Hastings CBC postponed to Jan 2, 2010 -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MOU-NET automatic digest system Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 12:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 23 Dec 2009 to 24 Dec 2009 (#2009-8)
There are 7 messages totalling 366 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Pelican in BDR 2. OOps...Correction to ==> Pelican in BDR 3. [mnbird] Pelican in BDR 4. [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, December 24, 2009 5. [mou-rba] MOU RBA 24 December 2009 6. [mou-rba] Mike Malling/R3/FWS/DOI is out of the office. 7. [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 12/24/09 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:28:49 -0800 From: Nyc <[email protected]> Subject: Pelican in BDR I wonder if anything is wrong with it (looks OK)? See here Nadav ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:47:26 -0800 From: Nyc <[email protected]> Subject: OOps...Correction to ==> Pelican in BDR I wonder if anything is wrong with it (looks OK)? See here: http://www.pbase.com/baznoded/pelicans Nadav ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:37:32 -0600 From: linda whyte <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mnbird] Pelican in BDR Maybe it's the same one I circling over Crosby park the other day, that headed back in the direction of Black Dog. If so, it flew well enough, but perhaps lacked stamina for a longer flight. If someone should have access to Black Dog and notices it's doing poorly, whom should they contact and how? There are people willing to go in and do boat rescues, but that would require some kind of legal access. Linda Whyte On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Nyc <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if anything is wrong with it (looks OK)?=A0 See here > > Nadav > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:32:04 -0700 From: Jeanie Joppru <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, December 24, 2009 -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *December 24, 2009 *MNDL0912.24 -Birds mentioned Sharp-shinned Hawk Merlin Barred Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Boreal Chickadee American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pine Grosbeak Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: December 24, 2009 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([email protected]) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 24, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. As I prepare this report, the first winter blizzard is pounding Minnesota, but here in the north, we are not getting the worst of it, and Christmas Eve dawned calm and pleasant with light snow falling. All is beautiful for a white Christmas, but more is forecast, and the situation may change. Feeders are active as normal in the winter, but I don't see any great increase in activity as is usual before a large storm. Beth Siverhus in Warroad had 60 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in her yard today.She also reported a BARRED OWL at the home of Bill Boyd just east of Warroad. Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported a DARK-EYED JUNCO of the Oregon race on December 20 at his feeders at the cabin northwest of Lancaster. The first PINE GROSBEAKS and an AMERICAN ROBIN showed up there on December 23. Connie Cox at Itasca State Park on December 18, reported that DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and one SNOW BUNTING were seen at the park on December 16. A flock of 30 RED CROSSBILLS was found on the East Entrance road on December 14. Doug Johnson reported that both RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found on the Itasca SP CBC on December 20. Other species seen that day included BARRED OWLS, two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, one BOREAL CHICKADEE at Lake Alice, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW along Clearwater CR 2 at the Mississippi River bridge four miles north of the park, and several EVENING GROSBEAKS. In Beltrami County, Doug Johnson reported that a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK has been coming to the Lake Bemidji SP entrance station feeder for about a week. Shelley Steva saw 5 CEDAR WAXWINGS and some EUROPEAN STARLINGS at Oklee in Red Lake County on December 18. Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a MERLIN, and a flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS at East Grand Forks on December 23. Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Connie Cox, Doug Johnson, Larry Wilebski, Sandy Aubol, and Shelley Steva for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at [email protected] OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, December 31, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:02:38 -0700 From: Anthony Hertzel <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-rba] MOU RBA 24 December 2009 -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 24, 2009 *MNST0912.24 -Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck White-winged Dove Snowy Owl Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: December 24, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([email protected]) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 24th 2009. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been seen at the home of Warren Wegener in Burnsville, Dakota County since the 20th. Please call before visiting. Warren lives at 13304 Oakland Drive. A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK is visiting a feeder in Duluth at 6219 East Superior Street. Take state highway 61 through Duluth to 60th Avenue East, turn left and go two blocks to Superior Street, then turn right to the home. The homeowners request that visitations be limited to a maximum of five people at a time. Birders should park on only Superior Street and should walk quietly up the driveway and before coming to the garage, go left to the back door and watch the feeders from the sidewalk between the driveway and the back door. Do not continue up the driveway or enter the backyard. A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-INCH briefly visited a feeder at Big Sandy Lake in Aitkin County on December 17th, but has not returned. A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was still at Point Douglas Park in Washington County on the 24th, as was at least one LONG-TAILED DUCK. A SNOWY OWL was reported from an unspecified location at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport on the 21st. Two more were a half mile north of the Rum Rver Drive exit in Princeton, Mille Lacs County on the 22nd. Finally, there has been a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK coming to the feeders at the Lake Bemidji State Park entrance station for about a week. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 31st 2009. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:01:48 -0600 From: Mike Malling <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-rba] Mike Malling/R3/FWS/DOI is out of the office. I will be out of the office starting 12/22/2009 and will not return until 12/28/2009. I will respond to your email when I return. Happy Holidays! ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:03:38 -0700 From: Jim Lind <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 12/24/09 -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 24, 2009 *MNDU0912.24 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Spruce Grouse Horned Grebe Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Boreal Chickadee Varied Thrush Brown Thrasher Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Black-headed Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: December 24, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 24th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was found by Pat Thomas on the 18th at her feeders at 6219 East Superior Street, and the bird has been seen daily though at least the 24th. Birders are welcome to look for the bird, but are asked to limit the number of visitors to five at a time and to stay between the driveway and the back door while looking for the bird. The male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE last seen in Duluth about a month ago was relocated by Peder Svingen during the Duluth CBC on the 19th on Lake Superior at Leif Erickson Park. Other highlights from the count included three ICELAND GULLS, three THAYER'S GULLS, eight GLAUCOUS GULLS, and two GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Canal Park, a SNOWY OWL the Port Terminal, a VARIED THRUSH at 3920 Rehbein Road (CR 242), and late-lingering CHIPPING SPARROW and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Highlights from the Two Harbors CBC on the 20th included a LONG-TAILED DUCK at Burlington Bay, ten HORNED GREBES at the Stewart River, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Stony Point and another along the Airport Road, and late-lingering BROWN THRASHER, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. A BOREAL OWL was seen on the Sax-Zim CBC on the 21st on Owl Avenue (CR 202), 0.5 mile north of the South Overton Road (CR 980). A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen along CR 133, 1.5 miles east of CR 7, and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were found along the Nichols Lake Road, 1.4 miles west of US Highway 53. Two GREAT GRAY OWLS continue to be seen by several observers in Aitkin County as recently as the 22nd along CR 18 near the Pietz's Road (320th Place). As many as three NORTHERN HAWK OWLS have also been seen along CR 18. Steve and Jo Blanich reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 20th about ten miles south of Aitkin near the intersection of US Highway 169 and 250th Lane. They also saw single NORTHERN HAWK OWLS north of Aitkin along CR 1 at the diversion ditch and 0.25 mile north of the end of the pavement, and north of Palisade along CR 5, five miles north of town and 0.7 mile south of CR 232. In Lake County on the 18th, Dave Benson and others found a GREAT GRAY OWL along CR 2 a mile south of the northernmost railroad crossing, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL at the junction of CR 2 and MN Highway 1, a SPRUCE GROUSE along CR 2 about 1.5 miles north of Greenwood Lake, and four BOREAL CHICKADEES on the Spruce Road at Endless Waters Road, about 0.2 mile east of MN Highway 1. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December 31st. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ End of MOU-NET Digest - 23 Dec 2009 to 24 Dec 2009 (#2009-8) ************************************************************ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
