I was delighted today at 10:30 and later to see 6 rosebreasted grosbeaks on my feeders in St. Paul, there were four males and two females. Bill > Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 00:02:21 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 7 May 2011 to 8 May 2011 (#2011-128) > To: [email protected] > > There are 17 messages totalling 1112 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Sora in Winona > 2. MOU-NET Digest - 6 May 2011 to 7 May 2011 (#2011-127) > 3. Murphy-Hanrehan Park on Saturday > 4. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Goodhue Co. > 5. birding como lake > 6. Carver County > 7. Gray Cloud State Natural Area > 8. Lake Harriet Ruddy Ducks > 9. Nicollet Co. Update > 10. St. Louis River crazy duck display video > 11. Isanti County Red-throated Loon not refound 5/8/2011 > 12. Cass County > 13. Snowy egret > 14. Wood Lake -Kentucky Warbler-Hennepin Co > 15. Around Saint Paul > 16. St Paul Audubon Warbler Weekend Report May 6-8 > 17. Recent migrants & more (photos from this morning's hawk count) > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 06:57:57 -0500 > From: Andrew Beerman <[email protected]> > Subject: Sora in Winona > > There has been a sora present for two days in a row on prairie island=20 > road in Winona. Right after you turn on the road, and drive over the=20 > culvert, there are blue bird houses attached to the phone poles on the=20= > > left. The sora has been seen in the weeds at the edge of the water=20 > near the second bluebird house. Also seen in McNally park, a parula. > > Andrew Beerman > Winona > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 08:47:37 -0500 > From: Jim Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: MOU-NET Digest - 6 May 2011 to 7 May 2011 (#2011-127) > > Upon returning from the bird banding session at Hok sa La Park in Lake = > City I found a Red headed woodpecker on my suet feeder as I drove in the = > driveway in Point Douglas near Hastings. Quite a day it was. I banded my = > first ever Golden Winged and Magnolia Warblers and We were kept pretty = > busy all day. Jim Fitzpatrick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of = > MOU-NET automatic digest system > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 6 May 2011 to 7 May 2011 (#2011-127) > > There are 11 messages totalling 382 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Carver County > 2. Clark's Grebe, Nicollet County > 3. Sherburne NWR Bird tour > 4. foy RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD > 5. LOST: Birding equipment at 180th St. marsh > 6. new arrivals > 7. BIRDS! > 8. Migrants at Minnesota Valley NWR > 9. Sora,yes Virginia, no Falcon Heights > 10. Alexandra Area birds > 11. Red-throated Loon - Isanti County > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 15:24:28 +0000 > From: John Cyrus <[email protected]> > Subject: Carver County > > There was a nice variety this morning at Rapids Lake MVNWR > > Select count > > Visitors center area > > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 > Gray Catbird 4 > Brown Thrasher 2 > Nashville Warbler 4 > Yellow Warbler 2 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 > Lark Sparrow 3 > Lincoln's Sparrow 1 > White-crowned Sparrow 1 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 > Baltimore Oriole 4 > > Other areas > > Great-crested Flycatcher 1 > Yellow-throated Vireo 1 > Blue-headed Vireo 1 > Warbling Vireo 1 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 > Brown Thrasher 2 > Golden-winged Warbler 1 > Tennessee Warbler 1 > Orange-crowned Warbler 1 > Yellow Warbler 1 > Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 > Palm Warbler 3 > Black and White Warbler 1 > American Redstart 1 > Ovenbird 3 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 > > At Assumption Lake there were still a few Lesser Scaup and some Coot on = > the=3D > lake and 3 Yellow-rumped=3D2C 2 Nashville=3D2C and 1 Yellow Warbler = > nearby. > > Yesterday with a limited amount of time(didn't cover several areas) at = > Car=3D > ver Park > > Least Flycatcher 1 > Brown Creeper 1 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 > Gray Catbird 2 > Brown Thrasher 2 > Nashville Warbler 4 > Yellow Warbler 5 > Magnolia Warbler 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler ~30 > Palm Warbler 4 > Black and White Warbler 5 > American Redstart 2 > Ovenbird 1 > > =3D > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: = > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ----------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 10:26:02 -0500 > From: Bob Dunlap <[email protected]> > Subject: Clark's Grebe, Nicollet County > > Kim Eckert's MBW group is currently looking at a Clark's Grebe on Oak = > Leaf =20 > Lake just west of St. Peter on the south side of Hwy. 99. The bird is =20 > associating with a few Western Grebes. There is also a late Greater =20 > White-fronted Goose on the south end of the lake. > > Bob Dunlap > Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless > > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 12:15:14 -0700 > From: Betsy Beneke <[email protected]> > Subject: Sherburne NWR Bird tour > > Doug Stucki and Barb Kull=A0 led 41 participants on our refuge=3D > > Hi All,=3D0A=3D0ADoug Stucki and Barb Kull=3DA0 led 41 participants on = > our refuge=3D > bird walk/tour this =3D0Amorning, and they found=3DA054 species.=3DA0 = > Yellow-rum=3D > ps remain plentiful, but few =3D0Aother migrant warblers have = > arrived.=3DA0 The=3D > common moorhens reported back on =3D0ALittle Bluestem Pool on the = > wildlife d=3D > rive were not seen.=3D0A=3D0AHighlights included:=3D0A=3D0APileated = > woodpecker (yes=3D > , this is a highlight for a lot of people)=3D0ABrown creeper=3D0ARuby & = > golden-=3D > crowned Kinglets=3D0AHermit Thrush=3D0ABrown Thrasher=3D0AWarblers:=3DA0 = > yellow, ch=3D > estnut-sided, yellow-rumped, black & white, palm and =3D0AAmerican = > redstart=3D > =3D0AEastern towhee=3D0AChipping, field, vesper, song, Lincoln's, swamp = > and whi=3D > te-throated sparrows=3D0ARose-breasted grosbeak=3D0AAmerican = > goldfinch=3D0A=3D0ABet=3D > sy Beneke=3D0ASherburne National Wildlife Refuge > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: = > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ----------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 16:53:04 -0500 > From: Victor Lewis <[email protected]> > Subject: foy RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD > > hI ALL,A male ruby throated hummingbird was at my feeder this afternoon = > at > 4:45 pm in Minnetonka MN. yahoo!!! > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 14:59:43 -0700 > From: Scott Loss <[email protected]> > Subject: LOST: Birding equipment at 180th St. marsh > > This message is to the gentleman I ran into this afternoon at the 180th = > str=3D > eet marsh in Dakota County (around 3 PM) - you were trying to photograph = > th=3D > e swimming Sora. I think you dropped a piece of birding equipment out of = > yo=3D > ur car since I found it at the first intersection west of the marsh. > > Before I got there, a tractor passed this spot, and part of it sustained = > so=3D > me damage. The most valuable part appears undamaged. > > If you back-channel me, I'd be happy to set up a dropoff. > > And for others on the list - birding at the marsh was slow.=3DA0 4 = > Greater Ye=3D > llowlegs and a Killdeer were the only shorebirds, but there were still = > plen=3D > ty of Soras and Marsh Wrens. > > Scott Loss > St. Paul > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: = > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ----------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 19:26:04 -0500 > From: "john c. nelson" <[email protected]> > Subject: new arrivals > > Nothing like spring migration for constant surprises. Upon arriving =20 > home from work FOY Indigo Bunting on a Nyjer sack. While getting a =20 > photo of the bunting the first Red-breasted Nuthatch in some time =20 > appeared on a suet log just outside the window. > > John Nelson > Good Thunder MN > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 20:16:36 -0500 > From: Nicholas Tangen <[email protected]> > Subject: BIRDS! > > So today started out with a Spring Bird Count for the Landing Minnesota > River Heritage Park (not just for history buffs anymore). It was their = > Civil > War day as well so we were birding amongst Union soldiers. Let me tell = > you > this park is a great spot. We ended the count around 1:30 with 54 = > species! > Some highlights include; > > Brown Thrasher > American Redstart > Blue-gray Gnatcatchers - these guys were everywhere in the Oak Savanna > restoration area > Great-crested Flycatcher > Yellow Warbler > Prothonotary Warbler!! > > Since we felt we were on a roll the wife and I decided to keep on = > keeping on > and headed to the Bass Ponds/Old Cedar Bridge. We didn't get the number = > of > warblers that have been reported previously, but still had a good haul > including; > > Common Yellowthroat > Forster's Tern > Yellow Warbler > Spotted Sandpiper > Northern Waterthrush > Nashville Warbler > Orange-crowned Warbler > Ruddy Duck > Yellow-headed Blackbird > Greater Yellowlegs > Black and White Warbler > Long-billed Dowitcher > Lesser Yellowlegs > > Stopped briefly at T.S. Roberts as well. > > Magnolia Warbler > > We ended the day with a total of 85 species! This was a great day! > > > --=20 > *Thanks, > Nicholas R Tangen > (651) 808-7067 > [email protected] > > "In wildness is the preservation of the world." - Henry David Thoreau* > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 20:23:23 -0500 > From: Matt Dufort <[email protected]> > Subject: Migrants at Minnesota Valley NWR > > Hi all, > > I spent a couple hours this morning at the Minnesota Valley NWR=20 > visitor's center area (off State Hwy 5 near the MSP airport). It was=20 > hopping with birds, and I found a really nice diversity of migrants,=20 > especially sparrows and warblers. This was all in the area around the=20 > parking lot and on the trails that go down the hill from the visitor's=20 > center. Highlights: > > - 15 species of warblers, including Blackburnian, Parula,=20 > Black-throated Green, Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided, Redstart, Tennessee,=20 > Ovenbird, Orange-crowned, Nashville (many), Black-and-white, Yellow, and = > > Palm (many). > - Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrush > - tons of sparrows feeding in recently-burned areas near the parking=20 > lot, with a couple Lincoln's, a couple Clay-colored, and a large flock=20 > of Zonotrichias that included about 5 White-crowned and 1 Harris's=20 > Sparrow. There was some hefty restoration work going on when I left, so=20 > there might now be a lot less cover at the edges of this habitat than=20 > there was this morning. > > Very few vireos so far this year. I've seen one Blue-headed, and that's = > > it. Migration seems to be coming very late, but it is really picking = > up. > > Good birding, > > Matt Dufort > 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, 7 May 2011 20:52:22 -0500 > From: Manley Olson <[email protected]> > Subject: Sora,yes Virginia, no Falcon Heights > > About 8:30 this morning I and another birder found 2 Soras by the pond=20 > in the SW corner of Community Park. > He also saw one on the next pond to the North. > About 8:15 this evening the two were still there. As far as I know the=20 > Virginia Rail has not been seen since Thursday evening. All the rails I=20 > have seen were viewed from the walking path. > Also tonight my FOY Baltimore Oriole. > Manley Olson > Falcon Heights > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 21:47:32 -0500 > From: Rick <[email protected]> > Subject: Alexandra Area birds > > While visiting our children in Alexandra they say FOY Baltimore Oriole=20 > male only and Yellow Warblers several. > > Good birding, > > --=20 > > Rick Holbrook > Fargo, ND > N 46=B053'07" > W 096=B048'18" > or > 46.887527N > -96.805079W > > > Remember the USS Liberty > http://www.ussliberty.org/ > > Reply to: fholbrook(at)cableone.net > > ---- > 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, 7 May 2011 23:19:36 -0500 > From: Herb Dingmann <[email protected]> > Subject: Red-throated Loon - Isanti County > > At about 7:15 this evening I found a winter-plumaged Red-throated Loon = > at=20 > the north end of South Stanchfield Lake. This lake is in northwestern = > Isanti=20 > County off of CR15. > > Initially the bird was swimming away from me along the left (east) side = > of=20 > the lake, so I tried to get a better look from CR15 along that side of = > the=20 > lake. After several unsuccessful passes up and down the side of the = > lake, I=20 > returned to the boat launch and found the loon had done an about-face = > and=20 > was now closer to the boat launch, allowing me to now get some very good = > > looks. The bird was resting with its head tucked into its back when I = > left=20 > at 8:40, so I expect it may still be there in the morning. > > Also present on the lake was an Eared Grebe. > > Herb Dingmann > St. Cloud > > ---- > 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 - 6 May 2011 to 7 May 2011 (#2011-127) > ************************************************************ > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 08:54:58 -0500 > From: Claudia Egelhoff <[email protected]> > Subject: Murphy-Hanrehan Park on Saturday > > Judy Chucker and I visited the strangely bare, un-leafed woods of > Murph-Hanrehan on the Scott-Dakota county line. The birds were quiet, > mostly, but we had good views. Blooming bloodroot and mayflowers were thick > along the trails. > > Notable birds seen: Clay-colored sparrow, Yellow-rumps, Swainson's Thrush, > Palm WA, Common loon, Catbird, YB Sapsucker, Ovenbird, Least Flycatcher, > Great-Cr flycatcher, Nashville WA, Golden-winged WA (several!), Hooded WA, > Redstart, Parula WA, Black&White WA, Yellow WA (many), Bluebirds > > This morning, the Tennessee WA are singing in Wirth Park. > -- > Claudia Egelhoff > Mpls > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 09:27:25 -0500 > From: Steve Weston <[email protected]> > Subject: Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Goodhue Co. > > Saturday: Lead the annual Hok-si-lah warbler adventure in this Lake City = > park along the Mississippi River in Goodhue Co. We had 30 participants. > > Most notable bird was the third earliest record of a Yellow-billed = > Cuckoo in Minnesota that was most cooperative and uncharacteristically = > visible bird seen by many. We had a remarkable 23 species of warblers = > with several species missed by many of the participants. Most common = > after Yellow-rumps were Nashville and Black & white. Most = > uncharacterstically uncommon were Tennessee; most interesting was a = > Louisianna Waterthrush found late after most of the participants left. = > It was found at the entrance to the Sand Point Trail in dry habitat. = > Birding at Hok-si-lah was in a word excellant. Sand Point trail was = > impassible due to high water. I heard reports of Indigo Bunting, = > Cerulean Warbler, and Orchard Oriole, but these were not seen by our = > group. We also had Broad-winged Hawk, three vireo including = > Philadelphia, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, tons of Orioles, flocks of = > migrating Blue Jays, Great-creasted Flycatcher, Ruby-throated Hummers, = > Least Flycatcher, Brown Creepers (several at Sand Point), Swainson's = > Thrush, Purple Martins.=20 > > Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan, 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 10:34:32 -0500 > From: becky <[email protected]> > Subject: birding como lake > > This morning at Como Lake: dozen cormorants, pied-billed grebe; 6 baltimo= > re=20 > orioles, eastern king bird; 2 ruddy ducks; many yellow-rumps; dozen wood = > ducks;=20 > pair of lesser scaups; common mergansers; buffleheads; 4 great blue heron= > s;=20 > yellow warbler; hairy woodpecker > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 15:50:25 +0000 > From: John Cyrus <[email protected]> > Subject: Carver County > > At Carver Park this morning where migrants were scattered > > Common Loon 1 > Sandhill Crane 2 > Chimney Swift 1 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 > Least Flycatcher 1 > Great Crested Flycatcher 2 > Yellow-throated Vireo 1 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10 > Swainson's Thrush 1 > Blue-winged Warbler 1 > Tennessee Warbler 1 > Nashville Warbler 4 > Yellow Warbler 15 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 > Palm Warbler 5 > Black and White Warbler 1 > American Redstart 3 > Common Yellowthroat 1 > Eastern Towhee 1 > Bobolink 1 > > At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum today(pretty quiet) > > Great Crested Flycatcher 1 > Yellow-throated Vireo 1 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 > Yellow Warbler 1 > Common Yellowthroat 1 > > Yesterday on an otherwise quiet afternoon at the arboretum=2C there were 1 = > each of Olive-sided Flycatcher=2C Great Crested Flycatcher=2C and Eastern K= > ingbird. > > > > > > = > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 09:01:57 -0700 > From: Scott Loss <[email protected]> > Subject: Gray Cloud State Natural Area > > I birded Gray Cloud (entrance at the west end of 110th St. south of Cottage= > Grove) with 4 other birders this morning (Brandon Breen, Chih-Ming Hung, G= > opi Sundar & Swati Kittur). Most of the sparrows are back, though we couldn= > 't find Henslow's in the area of tallest grass that I saw them last year. T= > he Lark Sparrows were down the hill from the parking lot along the tracks (= > i.e. where they usually are), and one was gathering nesting material. Highl= > ights follow: > > 8 Sparrows: > Chipping > Song > Field > White-throated > Vesper > Clay-colored > Grasshopper > Lark > > Eastern Meadowlarks > Baltimore & Orchard Oriole > Rose-breasted Grosbeak > Only 4 warblers (Yellow-rumped, Palm, Nashville, Blue-winged) > Marsh Wren > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher > Yellow-throated Vireo > Many Brown Thrashers &=A0 Towhees > > Scott Loss > St. Paul > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 12:22:03 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Lake Harriet Ruddy Ducks > > Hello: On our walk this morning I counted 75 Ruddy Ducks in a large raft= > on the southwest corner of Lake Harriet in Hennepin county. This was aro= > und 8:45 a.m. =20 > > > > Thanks, Robert Jessen > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 12:32:00 -0500 > From: Jason Caddy <[email protected]> > Subject: Nicollet Co. Update > > I went to search for the Clark's Grebe on Oak Lead Lake west of St. Peter o= > n C.R. 99 and did not find it but I did turn up lots of other good birds. A= > t the lake there was : > Canvasback > B.W. Teal > Lesser Scaup > Ruddy Ducks > Bufflehead > Redhead > Western Grebe- only 1 that I could find > Forster's Term > Warbling Vireo > Easter Meadowlark > On the two roads that go south from C.R. 99 next to the lake I found 2 Lark= > Sparrows on each and Harris Sparrows on 367th along with Vesper Sparrows. > At and near 7-mile creek park there were wablers active and other birds inc= > luding: > Y.R. Warbler > Nashville Warbler > Ovenbird > B. + W. Warbler > American Redstarts > Orange-crowned Warbler > Yellow-throated Vireo > Blue-headed Vireo > Rose-breasted Grosbeak > Baltimore Oriole > Pileated Woodpeckers- 2 > There was still a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Red-breasted Nuthatch around. > Late migration but fun because it seems like right now both early and late = > migrants are here at the same time. I had 67 species in a few hours and the= > n it started raining and I had to get back to my wife for Mother's Day:) > =20 > Good Birding=2C > =20 > Jason Caddy > Minneapolis > =20 > = > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 20:11:59 +0000 > From: sparky stensaas <[email protected]> > Subject: St. Louis River crazy duck display video > > I've really enjoyed watching the displays of courting diving ducks on the S= > t. Louis River this spring. > > ...the crazy head throw and toylike buzz of the goldeneyes=2C the exotic cr= > est and head shake of the Hooded Mergs=2C the tail fanning of the Common Me= > rgs and the head pumping of the Buffleheads. > > Here are some clips I put together for fun. > > http://www.vimeo.com/23114536 > > > Sparky Stensaas=20 > 2515 Garthus Road=20 > Wrenshall=2C MN 55797=20 > 218.341.3350 cell=20 > > > [email protected] > > www.SparkyPhotos.com > > www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com > > www.SaxZim.org > > www.StoneRidgePress.com > > > www.KollathStensaas.com > =A0 > > > = > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:13:01 +0000 > From: Doug Kieser <[email protected]> > Subject: Isanti County Red-throated Loon not refound 5/8/2011 > > Late this morning, Jim Otto and I were unable to relocate the Red-throated = > Loon on South Stanchfield Lake found last evening by Herb Dingmann. > The Eared Grebe was still present, as well as a Red-necked Grebe. > Small numbers of migrant warblers were moving through the area (Yellow-rump= > ed, Northern Parula, Northern Waterthrush). > For Isanti County, a bonanza of shorebirds was present in a small flooded a= > rea on county hwy 22, north of county hwy 3 =96 Lesser Yellowlegs (3), Spot= > ted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher (2) and Killdeer. > > Doug Kieser > Minneapolis > > ________________________________ > > This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged.= > Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this messa= > ge for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or discl= > ose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If y= > ou have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-= > mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 17:29:12 -0500 > From: "Bruce...Hackensack, Mn" <[email protected]> > Subject: Cass County > > FOY Redstarts and ick... Cowbirds > > -- > Hackensack/Longville > Cass 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 20:21:03 -0500 > From: Craig Menze <[email protected]> > Subject: Snowy egret > > Found a snowy egret today in Ottertail county. It was in a wetlands > on the west side of Interstate 94 just north of the Douglas and > Ottertail county line. > Craig Menze > > Sent from my iPod > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 20:27:31 -0500 > From: Joe Conley <[email protected]> > Subject: Wood Lake -Kentucky Warbler-Hennepin Co > > Saw a kentucky warbler about 4:30 this afternnoon (5-8). > Was at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, 67th & Lyndale Ave so. > West of building, just past first path that goes left. > Left a couple marks on trail where I saw it. > Followed it on path as it foraged on ground, parallel on north side of p= > ath. > Joe Conley > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 19:22:17 -0700 > From: Seth Hayden <[email protected]> > Subject: Around Saint Paul > > Around Saint Paul over the weekend: > My Backyard (Merriam/Midway) > Veery-1 (first time in yard) > Chipping sparrow-5 > White-crowned sparrow-3 > White-throated sparrow-2 > Red-bellied woodpecker-1 > Downy Woodpecker-2 > House Finch-2 > > Lake (at the corner of Prior and Pierce Butler)-unsure of Lake's Name- Anyone > know this? > Green herons-2 have seen them the past two weeks at this location. > Brewers Blackbird-10 > RWBB-20+ > Hooded Merganser-2 > > Merriam Park > Sharp-shinned-1 immature- hunting warblers > Northern flicker-5 ground feeding > YW warbler-15+ > Chipping, white-crowned and white-throated sparrows also abundant. > > Seth Hayden > Saint Paul, Ramsey 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 22:17:10 -0500 > From: Bill Stjern <[email protected]> > Subject: St Paul Audubon Warbler Weekend Report May 6-8 > > The 40th Annual St. Paul Audubon Warbler Weekend at Villa Maria in=20 > Frontenac, Goodhue County was a resounding success May 6-8. 95=20 > enthusiastic birders, wonderful warm weather, no wind, and trees with few= > =20 > leaves combined for one of our best birding weekends in years. Highlight= > s=20 > were both Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, 26 species of warblers=20= > > including 3 Ceruleans, Canada, Connecticut, Prothonotary, and Bay-breaste= > d,=20 > 14 species of sparrows including Henslow's at Frontenac State Park, Tufte= > d=20 > Titmouse, and 5 vireo species. A total of 130 species were found. Hok-s= > i-la=20 > Park in Lake City held the greatest variety and density of warblers. The = > Sand=20 > Point trail was flooded and will be for a long time. Thanks to all who le= > d groups=20 > and participated. > > ---- > 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: Sun, 8 May 2011 23:22:41 -0500 > From: Erik Bruhnke <[email protected]> > Subject: Recent migrants & more (photos from this morning's hawk count) > > There has been so many new birds showing up throughout the northwoods over > the past week! The sightings in this email are from Ashland, WI, however due > to the anticipated day-after-day-after-day of east winds expected throughout > the upcomign week, I thought I'd send this your way; especially for anyone > birdwatching around Duluth and throughout northern MN. Many migrating birds > get "pushed around" with strong winds, especially if the winds out of the > same direction for consecutive days. Today was an exciting day to see > raptors along the South Shore of Lake Superior, and many of the birds could > be headed to NE Minnesota soon (raptors especially). The copied email is > below. Enjoy! > > This past Friday, my field ornithology class had one of the most exciting > days in the field so far this month. We started out on the east side of > Ashland, just off the shore of Lake Superior. When we arrived at this one > site, we were greeted by Herring Gulls going back and forth overhead, with > large chunks of soil holding together chunks of roots and vegetative matter. > It was cool to see the gulls making so many frequent trips in such a short > time! Shortly after explaining what these gulls were doing and going over > many interesting tidbits about nesting birds, behavior, migration, etc... a > small flock of sparrows flew in front of us. In one scope view, my entire > class and I were treated to 4 sparrow species! We must have watched the > sparrows feeding ~40 feet in front of us for at least 20 minutes straight. > The little group of sparrows (all in one scope view) consisted of 2 AMERICAN > TREE SPARROWS, 1 Chipping Sparrow, 1 Savannah Sparrow and several Dark-eyed > Juncos. A little outside of the scope-view was a Song Sparrow singing away. > Just before ending class late Friday morning, the students and I were > treated to another fantastic treat right in Northland College's campus. We > were taking a stroll around campus, and came across the male Merlin > (slate-backed) feasting on what looked to be a Dark-eyed Junco. For as crazy > as it sounds, the Merlin can call with food in its bill at the same time! It > was funny and interesting to watch. Then after a few minutes on snacking on > the small morsels of songbird, the female (brown-backed) flew into the > adjacent area, also calling. The male Merlin gave the food to the female, > and they both flew off in different directions. > > Here are the birds my field ornithology class and I have observed and > identified this spring so far (over the past week). In addition to the class > list, I also observed a CHIMNEY SWIFT, heard a Clay-colored Sparrow and also > heard an overhead AMERICAN PIPIT while walking around campus this morning). > Common Loon > Horned Grebe > Great Blue Heron > Green Heron > Mute Swan > Tundra Swan > Canada Goose > Mallard > American Black Duck > Northern Pintail > Gadwall > American Wigeon > Northern Shoveler > Blue-winged Teal > Green-winged Teal > Wood Duck > Redhead > Ring-necked Duck > Scaup > Common Goldeneye > Bufflehead > Common Merganser > Red-breasted Merganser > Bald Eagle > Turkey Vulture > Sharp-shinned Hawk > Broad-winged Hawk > Red-tailed Hawk > Peregrine Falcon > American Kestrel > Merlin > Killdeer > Greater Yellowlegs > Lesser Yellowlegs > Spotted Sandpiper > Willet > Sanderling > Bonaparte's Gull > Ring-billed Gull > Herring Gull > Common Tern > Forster's Tern > Mourning Dove > Rock Pigeon > Belted Kingfisher > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker > Hairy Woodpecker > Northern Flicker > Pileated Woodpecker (watched one tear a stump apart for about 15 minutes... > it was awesome!) > Blue Jay > American Crow > Common Raven > Tree Swallow > Cliff Swallow > Black-capped Chickadee > Red-breasted Nuthatch > White-breasted Nuthatch > Brown Creeper > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > American Robin > European Starling > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Palm Warbler > Black-and-white Warbler > Nashville Warbler > Orange-crowned Warbler > American Tree Sparrow > Chipping Sparrow > Savannah Sparrow > White-throated Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Swamp Sparrow > Song Sparrow > Brown-headed Cowbird > Red-winged Blackbird > House Finch > Purple Finch > American Goldfinch > House Sparrow > > > I got up to the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center today and began > hawkwatching at noon, going until about 3:45pm. Fellow Northland student and > birder Sam Krerowicz joined me today, and helped spot some raptors atop the > tower. Here is the list of raptors observed today from the tower. In > addition to a fun and steady flight of raptors, the highlights of the > afternoon included an immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and one GREATER > WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE seen from atop the tower. Sam found the Greater > White-fronted Goose seen today! > > Turkey Vulture - 19 > Sharp-shinned Hawk - 19 > Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 > Broad-winged Hawk - 104 > Red-tailed Hawk - 10 > Osprey - 1 > Bald Eagle - 19 > American Kestrel - 1 > > > Here is a photo of one of the Merlin on campus (taken this morning) > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551426 > > Kettle of Broad-winged Hawks flying over my apartment. First photo is the > initial small kettle, second photo of the larger combined kettle > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551421 > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551422 > > Close-up of Broad-winged Hawks > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551423 > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551424 > > Molting immature Red-tailed Hawk flying overhead > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551427 > > Greater White-fronted Goose > http://www.pbase.com/image/134551425 > > Good birdwatching, > Erik Bruhnke > Ashland, WI > > -- > *NATURALLY AVIAN* > www.pbase.com/birdfedr > www.naturallyavian.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 > > ------------------------------ > > End of MOU-NET Digest - 7 May 2011 to 8 May 2011 (#2011-128) > ************************************************************ ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
