Townsend's solitare seen again by several groups of birders today 12/16 at the Carpenter Nature Center.
-----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MOU-NET automatic digest system Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 14 Dec 2011 to 15 Dec 2011 (#2011-127) There are 5 messages totalling 286 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. 274 Bald Eagles and 1 Snowy Owl (2) 2. [mou-rba] MOU RBA 15 December 2011 3. [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, December 15, 2011 4. Possible Snowy Owl sightings in Sibley, Le Sueur and Scott Counties ---- 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, 15 Dec 2011 16:06:23 -0600 From: Scott Mehus <[email protected]> Subject: 274 Bald Eagles and 1 Snowy Owl Wanted to let everyone know what the bald eagle numbers are like along the = Mississippi River near Wabasha. At 1:00 today there were over 274 bald eag= les near Read's Landing. Most of these were visible from the town of Read'= s Landing and the first pull off just upriver from the town of Read's Landi= ng. One small sandbar had over 60 eagles sitting on it! There is also a n= ice assortment of waterfowl, along with both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans. From the HWY 61 Geological marker just upriver from the above mentioned sp= ots, I also found a Snowy Owl. I was standing in Minnesota, but the owl wa= s standing along the shoreline on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin. THANK YOU, Scott A. Mehus Education and Eagle Research Director NATIONAL EAGLE CENTER ---- 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, 15 Dec 2011 16:37:26 -0600 From: Robert Burmaster <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 274 Bald Eagles and 1 Snowy Owl Thanks for the update, Scott! I'm hoping to visit Reed's Landing the week= =20 between Christmas and New Years. I'm already excited to go. And, a report= like=20 this makes me want the clock to go much faster. :) Related note, I visited the Smith's Bay eagle migration gathering spot on= Lake=20 Minnetonka on Saturday and yesterday. Saw a handful of eagles both times = -=20 seems the big numbers have moved south. On Saturday, my son and I managed= =20 to creep within 20 feet of an eagle sitting in a tree between the road an= d lake. I=20 snapped off a bunch of photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rburmaster/6488195951/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rburmaster/6488185143/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rburmaster/6488202045/ ---- 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, 15 Dec 2011 17:10:24 -0700 From: Anthony Hertzel <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-rba] MOU RBA 15 December 2011 -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 15, 2011 *MNST1112.15 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Black-legged Kittiwake Lesser Black-backed Gull Carolina Wren Townsend's Solitaire -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: December 15, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([email protected]) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for December 15th, 2011. In Duluth, an adult male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen at Canal Park on the 11th, and this is likely the same bird first found back on November 19th. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was also at Canal Park on December 13th. On the 10th, two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and a LONG-TAILED DUCK were at Point Douglas Park in Washington County. Another LONG-TAILED DUCK is being seen on the west side of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis along with a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. On December 13th, there was a late ROSS'S GOOSE at Sleepy Eye Lake in Brown County. Over the weekend, a CAROLINA WREN stopped by the feeders at the visitor center at Wild River State Park in Chisago County and it was still being seen as recently as the 13th. The park is north of Taylors Falls on the St. Croix River. That TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE which has been at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County since November 27th was seen again on December 9th. The next scheduled update of this tape is December 22nd, 2011. ---- 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, 15 Dec 2011 19:27:26 -0700 From: Jeanie Joppru <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, December 15, 2011 -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *December 15, 2011 *MNDL1112.15 -Birds mentioned Ring-necked Pheasant Greater Prairie-Chicken Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Shrike Black-billed Magpie Brown Creeper Varied Thrush Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Eastern Towhee White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Brewer's Blackbird Common Redpoll Pine Siskin -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: December 15, 2011 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 15, 2011 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. Here in the northwestern part of the state, we await the first measurable snowfall that will stay. Folks with perennials and folks with snow "toys" are eagerly awaiting that time. So far we have only seen flurries once in a while. Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann made another swing through the northern counties last weekend and reported a SHORT-EARED OWL flying from Otter Tail into Grant County along Otter Tail CR 26 on December 9. In Wilkin County on December 9. they reported NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and GREAT HORNED OWL . Marshall Howe found 350 SNOW BUNTINGS in central Hubbard County between Dorset and Nevis on December 12. Among them were 30 LAPLAND LONGSPURS. On December 14 , he saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE on MN 71 at Lake Alice west of Lake George. Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann observed a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and COMMON REDPOLLS at Tamarac NWR in Becker County on December 8, and reported that the VARIED THRUSH seen earlier is still there. In Clay County they saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at the feeders of Bob O'Connor in Moorhead on December 9. PINE SISKINS and COMMON REDPOLLS were at the Moorhead State Science Center near Buffalo River SP. Their Norman County sightings included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and BROWN CREEPER at the Hendrum county park. Mahnomen County sightings this week were RING-NECKED PHEASANT, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN and NORTHERN SHRIKE. In Polk County, Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann found two SNOWY OWLS , both along 290th St NW west of MN 32 and south of US 2. Sandy Aubol reports tonight that the EASTERN TOWHEE, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW are still coming to her feeders. A GREAT HORNED OWL also visited her neighborhood in East Grand Forks. Herb and Ron also found LAPLAND LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS in the area where the snowy owls were seen. Heidi Hughes found a GOLDEN EAGLE at 190St NW between CR 68 and MN 1 on December 10. Eight ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were also seen along 190th St NW. An AMERICAN KESTREL , RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD were seen in Red Lake County on December 9. Here in Pennington County, I saw a mature BALD EAGLE soaring over the fields east of Thief River Falls one morning this week. Thanks to Heidi Hughes, Herb Dingmann , Ron Erpelding, Marshall Howe, and Sandy Aubol 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 22, 2011 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, 15 Dec 2011 22:45:16 -0600 From: "Williams, Bob" <[email protected]> Subject: Possible Snowy Owl sightings in Sibley, Le Sueur and Scott Counties I attended a meeting in Henderson tonight and heard about Snowy Owl sightings from some of the people there. From what I heard one would have been along the east side of the MN River in Blakely Township, Scott County; one would have been along the west side of the river along Co. Rd. 6 in Jessenland Township, Sibley County and one would have been at the Ney Center on the south side of Hwy 19 just east of the river in Le Sueur County. It is possible that this is the same bird in 3 different places, but that is pure speculation on my part. A 4th was seen near Le Center in Le Sueur County. I apologize for not getting more info than this, but at least it is further evidence of the irruption(assuming of course that all of the ID's were correct).=20=20 Bob Williams, Bloomington=20=20=20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------=0 D "The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's =0D confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended =0D solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail =0D message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended =0D recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken =0D or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be =0D unlawful."=0D =0D "The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free =0D of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. =0D This message and its attachments could have been infected during =0D transmission. 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