A COOPER'S HAWK had the good taste yesterday to dine on the greedy sparrows at my feeder, not the chicadees, cardinals and nuthatchs. Feeder is corner of Girard and Lincoln not far from downtown Minneapolis. Been a banner year - coyote raced down street 2 blocks away.
James P. Lenfestey TURNING 40 PRODUCTIONS 1833 Girard Ave. So. Minneapolis, MN 55403 612-730-7435 www.coyotepoet.com -----Original Message----- From: MOU-NET automatic digest system <[email protected]> To: MOU-NET <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 5:03 pm Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 21 Jan 2011 to 22 Jan 2011 (#2011-23) There are 5 messages totalling 177 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. bird calls, refuges, harassment and USFWS 2. Pine Siskins, Purple Finches-Minneapolis 3. Aitkin County 4. Birding Today 5. Pine and Carlton highlights ---- 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:29:38 GMT From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: bird calls, refuges, harassment and USFWS Just a reminder that is is unlawful to use recorded bird calls to attrac= t birds on National Wildlife Refuges and because of this you may be fine= d. However, the only birds protected federally from harassment are enda= ngered species and bald and golden eagles. Unfortunately, reporting une= thical harassment of other birds to USFWS law enforcement will not resul= t in any action because it is not in any federal regulations. Deanne Endrizzi ____________________________________________________________ Globe Life Insurance $1* Buys $50,000 Life Insurance. Adults or Children. No Medical Exam. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4d3b1444f1dc2c2b2fest04duc ---- 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:19:04 -0600 From: Diana Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: Pine Siskins, Purple Finches-Minneapolis There is still a good-sized flock (~20) of Pine Siskins regularly = feeding on the alder cones along Minnehaha Creek (closest street = intersection 32nd Ave S and E. 46th St). They tend to be there on sunny = mid-mornings, in the cluster of alders along the creek just below the = tennis courts. I haven't seen a redpoll mixed in with the flock this season, although = I've been checking. Also this morning there were at least seven purple finches feeding with = several pine siskins less than a block upstream (toward Lake Hiawatha). = The purple finches hang out in the green ash trees and are eating the = seedpods. Diana Doyle S. Minneapolis ---- 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:24:56 -0600 From: Warren <[email protected]> Subject: Aitkin County In the last four days, I have had a NORTHERN SHRIKE, an immature SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and an adult COOPER'S HAWK at my feeders. For the most part, they seem to go after the House Sparrows -- there is a good reason to keep feeding the sparrows! They still have to catch about fifteen more to wipe them out. I also have about a dozen COMMON REDPOLLS coming to my feeders along with the normal birds. Don and Hulda Lind who live near Gun Lake south of Palisade still have a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER coming to their feeders -- as well as PINE GROSBEAKS, COMMON REDPOLLS ans BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES. Warren Nelson ---- 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:12:43 -0800 From: Michael Hendrickson <[email protected]> Subject: Birding Today Hello: Day two guiding two birders from Texas. Highlights: Spruce Grouse (male) Lake CR 2 about 1 mile north of the Sand River * Drove entire Stoney River Rd. Starting from the south end at FR 11 to Hwy 1. The road south of the Whyte Rd was plowed about 2 weeks ago and there is snow on the road but with a SUV 4X4 or a 4X4 truck you can drive it easily but with a front wheel drive passenger car the road is some what messy and I would vote against driving it to be on the safe side but it looks like to gets plowed once in a while. On the other hand Stoney River Rd from Hwy 1 to the Whyte Rd is plowed but at the will of the logging outfits that are using this section of the road. I did not see any logging trucks today but I can see Whyte Rd is being used a lot by logging trucks. Ely: Varied Thrush at 2100 block of Main Street. The thrush was calling a lot and easily detected by the low "chuck" calls. It spent most of its time in the cedars across from the dark blue house that has feeders on the east side of the house. I finally figured out that "Pillow Rocks" is not a street name or business name but a pile of green stone rock that is a billion years old. There is fence around it and sign. This is basically directly across from the blue house. Thanks to all who responded to me ! Bohemian Waxings flew over the house hosting the Varied Thrush but we also found a lone bird in a crab apple tree in the middle of town. Evening Grosbeaks: Thanks from a tip from Doug Keiser sent me we found a flock in Winton (3 miles east of Ely). We drove into this very small community and found a flock coming to a feeder. Also some Common Redpolls in town as well. Sax-Zim Bog Black-backed Woodpecker are being found in decent numbers in the McDavitt Rd bog. There is a main foot path on the east side of the road that heads into the bog. Walk on the foot path and walk under the large spruce tree and just beyond that you enter a clearing with some trees that were worked on recently and just keep listening for them calling and working the trees. By the way the snow in some spots is up to my waist when you walk off the packed trail. Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://www.mikehendricksonbirding.com Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ---- 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:42:49 -0600 From: Dennis and Barbara Martin <[email protected]> Subject: Pine and Carlton highlights Pine County Bohemian Waxwings-20 near Willow River Common Redpolls-8 near Denham Red-tailed Hawk-1 normal, 1 similar to Kriders Red Crossbills-3 males, 3 females, 1 first winter or juvenile, Walters = Road, 8/10's east of Military Road, this is east of Willow River Carlton County Pine Grosbeak-1 in Cloquet Rough-legged Hawk-several in multiple places Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ End of MOU-NET Digest - 21 Jan 2011 to 22 Jan 2011 (#2011-23) ************************************************************* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
