Unusual Location: I saw a Snow Goose land with a flock of Canada Geese in the Columbia Arena parking lot in Columbia Heights (Anoka County.) Tough Anoka County Bird, but what was more unusual was that at the time I was entering Locke Park & thinking to myself 'wouldn't that be cool if a Snow Goose showed up here with Canada Geese' and then it happened. Good thing I got pictures or I would have thought I imagined the whole event.
New Brighton Rough-Legged Hawks: Another Rough-Legged Hawk has found out how wonderful this field is & is also seen here frequently. I've seen the 2 RL's fight each other the last 2 days, with an all-out brawl on the ground occurring yesterday (and just now out of the corner of my eye, there they are chasing each other again.) There has been some snow plowing in the fields that doesn't bother the birds at all, in fact they both caught rodents near the plow yesterday. The RLs are pretty dependable, most of the time perched on the 'r' pipes in the field or in the trees across Old Highway 8, along Long Lake, though when the temperature was below zero, they were in the field less frequently. I failed to mention in my last post that there were Snow Buntings in this field a week & a half ago but I haven't seen them since. I also saw a Female Dark-Phase RL here last week that wasn't seen again (the 2 current RL's here are Male Light-Phase.) The location is Old Highway 8 (same as 5th Ave NW) between 694 & 14th St NW. Views of the Hawks perched on the pipes are best from 14th St NW & the service road that runs South from 14th St NW (right in front of the long building on the edge of the field.) For directions, Google Map this address: "154 14th st nw new brighton mn" Jason Bolish Hennepin County > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:29:28 -0600 > Subject: Re: [mnbird] Unusual locations > > I saw a Goshawk at the intersection of Co Rd 42 and Nicollet (Burnsville) > one time during an early summer evening. Both streets were full of cars & > the bird was sitting in a VERY small tree as hundreds of cars were going by > in all directions!!!!!! > Got a great view, it was definitely a Goshawk!!! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Manley Olson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "MOU" <[email protected]>; "mnbird" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 7:14 PM > Subject: Re: [mnbird] [wisb] Unusual locations > > > > Parking lot: First Abert's Towhee, Scottsdale AZ > > Yard: Varied Thrush and Long-eared Owl, Falcon Heights MN > > Work: Snowy Owl, On the roof of Northup Auditorium, U of Minnesota > > Restaurant: Western Kingbird, Rootbeer stand, Hudson WI > > Hotel:First Magnificant Frigatebird, San Juan PR > > > > Manley Olson Falcon Heights MN > > > > On 1/24/2011 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: > > > Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your > favorite > > > parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: > > > > > > * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot > > > > > > * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of > Princeton, MN > > > > > > * Work: Lark Sparrow > > > > > > * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie& Golden Eagle > > > > > > * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years > ago, > > > probably not unusual for residents). > > > > > > How about you? > > > > > > Al Schirmacher > > > Princeton, MN > > > Mille Lacs& Sherburne Counties > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > #################### > > > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mnbird mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
