I want to thank everybody for their input about the high-pitched bird call I heard last week. It was a forested area, but I had one suggestion that it was an American Robin alarm call. I found a site that had this call and I believe it is very similar to what I heard, and since I saw many Robins I am pretty sure that is what it was. The call can be found at the next link at the "High Seeeeee Call."
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/Dictionary.html Never knew a Robin made such a call. I went birding in Carver County yesterday specifically around Salem Ave north of Assumption Lake to see if I could find any shorebirds. I did find about 36 Killdeer, a Solitary Sandpiper and 4 peeps which I was unable to identify. Three were the same type, which I believe were Least Sandpipers and then there was one much lighter plumaged sandpiper that was about the same size as the other three, which I can only think is a Semipalmated Sandpiper because it has a thicker, less pointed beak which did not curve downwards like the other three. I have some pictures, unfortunately with the distance and cropping they seem to be a bit blurry. Presumed Least Sandpiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/6027537525/in/photostream Other Sandpiper with two possible Least in the foreground: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/6028089202/in/photostream/ Both together with a poorly placed piece of grass: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/6028089304/in/photostream/ I also found a very cooperative presumable juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. He hunted and made lots of noise that I have never associated with a Red-tailed Hawk before, but I did manage to get very close to him and take video of him calling (whining?). http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/6027495401/in/photostream Fall migration seems to be picking up for sure! Ben Harste Bloomington, 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
