I noticed a lone male yellow rump feeding on my suet feeder in St. Paul today. > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:02:10 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 16 Apr 2013 to 17 Apr 2013 (#2013-105) > To: [email protected] > > There are 13 messages totalling 465 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Pied-billed Grebe in Duluth > 2. Pope County birds > 3. Trips to Tiffany Bottoms NWA > 4. Migration Information by County > 5. Wood ducks > 6. UNSUBSCRIBE. > 7. Becker co. > 8. woodcock? (2) > 9. Lac Qui Parle birding last weekend > 10. Robin Hordes in St. Paul/Bass Ponds today > 11. Purgatory Creek (Hennepin County) > 12. digest on > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:37:04 -0500 > From: Erik Bruhnke <[email protected]> > Subject: Pied-billed Grebe in Duluth > > While on a lunch break today, I walked to Canal Park and scanned the bay in > search of waterfowl. It was a surprisingly-quiet time to be out, in terms > of raptors. One adult Bald Eagle was observed migrating overhead. The > highlight from today was finding a (first of the year) Pied-billed Grebe > way out over the open water. With many of the inland lakes still frozen up, > the arrival of loons and grebes is concerning. Sounds like there is more > snow on the way... these birds can't seem to catch a break with migratory > conditions this spring! In case you'd like to see the Pied-billed Grebe > from today, the picture is found below. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/149716551 > > Good birding, > Erik Bruhnke > Duluth, MN > > > -- > *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Birding Tours and Bird Photography > [email protected] (e-mail) > www.naturallyavian.com (birding tours) > www.pbase.com/birdfedr (photos) > www.facebook.com/NaturallyAvian (facebook) > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:03:16 -0500 > From: Sid Stivland <[email protected]> > Subject: Pope County birds > > Spent the last three days in Pope County and was able to squeeze in some = > birding =E2=80=93 if you can call it that. Sunday afternoon was some of = > the worst weather I can remember, and I grew up there so I can recall a = > good many snowy April (and May) days. The combination of 20 to 25 MPH = > winds combined with a mix of snow, rain, sleet, and freezing rain made = > it impossible to bird outside the car. Scope was out of the question. = > The only (relatively uncommon) birds seen were Lapland Longspurs and = > Horned Larks. No matter how many times I see these little guys in this = > kind of weather, I continue to marvel at their hardiness. =20 > > Bird summary: > > Sunday PM: > > Horned Larks =E2=80=93 in pairs or small groups of three > Lapland Longspurs =E2=80=93 larger group of 40 to 50 birds feeding in = > the ditches along highway 55, and a small group at my farm > Am. Robins =E2=80=93 group of 8 birds feeding in a crab-apple tree = > outside the church and hanging on for dear life > Dark-eyed Juncos =E2=80=93 Very large flock of a hundred or more in = > Lowry > House sparrows, American Crows, and Chickadees > > Monday: still very windy and DRIFTING SNOW, but no freezing rain. = > There is no open water on any of the area lakes except for the small = > open areas at culverts draining into the lake. Consequently, all of the = > waterfowl is concentrated on runoff ponds on agricultural fields = > (drainage culverts are still frozen). Thousands of geese and ducks are = > on those ponds and feeding on area corn fields. =20 > > Canada Geese =E2=80=93 Thousands all over in farm fields > Greater White-fronted Geese =E2=80=93 Dozens mixed in with Canadas > Swans =E2=80=93 presumably Tundras =E2=80=93 I was not able to use my = > scope. > Mallards > Ring-necks > Shovellers > Wood Duck > Common Goldeneyes > Hooded Mergansers > Great Blue Heron =E2=80=93 One very cold looking GBHE hunching down, = > at the small pond feeding Lake Minnewaska near Torgy=E2=80=99s > Gadwall =E2=80=93 one bird in the small pond in Glenwood keeping the = > Heron company > Canada Geese, Mallards, Shovellers, Hoodies, Goldeneyes and Ring-necks = > at the game farm pond on SH 28 in Glenwood > Killdeer =E2=80=93 4 or 5 running around on the snow at game bison = > farm > Pied-billed Grebe > One lonely Ring-billed Gull > =20 > Along country roads - =20 > Lapland Longspurs =E2=80=93 they must have moved on =E2=80=93 only one = > small group of 5 birds > Horned Larks =E2=80=93 all over the place > Snow Buntings =E2=80=93 3 or 4 but they were nearly completely in = > breeding plumage=20 > Western Meadowlarks =E2=80=93 three birds also hanging on to madly = > swinging weed tufts > Northern Harrier =E2=80=93 one pair > Red-tailed Hawks =E2=80=93 we quit counting at 20 birds. > =E2=80=9CRichardson=E2=80=99s race=E2=80=9D Merlin =E2=80=93 Thanks to = > Drew Smith for ID assistance, as this was not a bird either my wife or I = > had seen previously. > Dark-eyed Juncos =E2=80=93 large flocks around and at my farm > Blackbirds, Red-wings in large numbers, a few Brewer=E2=80=99s mixed = > in. > Common Grackles > Sparrow (sp)=20 > > Tuesday: Much nicer day. Waterfowl still concentrated in large numbers = > on farm fields. Pretty much the same birds around. > Cooper=E2=80=99s or Sharpie chasing a robin near Starbuck > Redheads =E2=80=93 3 pair in the farm fields > Blue-winged Teal =E2=80=93 in Glenwood > American Kestrals - 5 birds between Glenwood and Plymouth (not Pope = > County) > Again, we quit counting Red-tails at 15. > One Rough-legged=20 > > On Tuesday, I photographed 20 or more people ice fishing on Lake = > Minnewaska, and not right by shore, either. I was told there is still 1 = > to 2 feet of ice or more on the lake. There is NO SIGN of =E2=80=9Cgray = > ice=E2=80=9D! > > Sid Stivland > Plymouth, MN (and Pope County) =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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:53:05 -0500 > From: Susan Tertell <[email protected]> > Subject: Trips to Tiffany Bottoms NWA > > The Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis is sponsoring two field trips on Sunday, > May 5th and Sunday, May 19th from 1:00 to 5:00 to bird in the Tiffany > Bottoms National Wildlife Area. The trip features a ride on a narrow-gauge > train through the area, with stops to get off for birding. > > For more information, see the chapter's website at > audubonchapterofminneapolis.org, or e-mail [email protected]. > > Susan Tertell > Field Trip Chair > Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:46:00 -0500 > From: David Cahlander <[email protected]> > Subject: Migration Information by County > > A new page has been added to the MOU web site that allows you to examine = > how migration occurs through the state. The page is available from the = > main page http://moumn.org > > Click on > Review Reported Birds -> Migration by County > > You select a species and then can move the slider to change the date. = > The map shows how many reports the MOU database has for the combination = > of day-of-the-year, species, and county. As you move the slider, you = > can see what counties the bird is reported in. > --- > David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:24:33 -0500 > From: Judith Clayton <[email protected]> > Subject: Wood ducks > > While out driving country roads today, I observed 7 male and 3 female = > wood ducks. Also saw2 red-winged black birds and heard several singing. = > Judy in Alexandria, douglas 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:20:40 +0000 > From: "Carpenter-Gemlo, Lynda" <[email protected]> > Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE. > > Please take this email off of your lists.... [email protected]= > u<mailto:[email protected]> effective immediately... way t= > oo many emails. > Your site makes it very difficult to leave the site, unsubscribe..... > Thank you, > > > Lynda Carpenter-Gemlo > > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:50:48 -0500 > From: Steve Midthune <[email protected]> > Subject: Becker co. > > Larger numbers of waterfowl have finally made it this far north. In flooded > fields just north and east of Lake Park (CR 12 between 9 and 13) are: dozens > of tundra swans, common goldeneye, wood duck, redhead, northern shoveler, > Lesser scaup, and bufflehead. There was also 3 Wilson's snipe. > > Steve Midthune > > Lake Park > > Becker co. > > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:07:11 -0500 > From: Heather Ilse <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: woodcock? > > My 11-yo son and I were tickled to spot a well-camouflaged American > woodcock in our urban backyard rain garden a couple blocks north of > Minnehaha Creek in the Ericsson neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Thanks > to Mike Engh for help with identification! Photos through the window are > here: > https://plus.google.com/photos/103107138357440386972/albums/5867859928030478865?authkey=COjI4tyH-d-wXA > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Bruce Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Once the snow cover melts, where would be a good place to observe/hear > > woodcock nuptial flights near St. Paul? Thanks. > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:24:23 -0500 > From: Heather Ilse <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: woodcock? > > My 11-yo son and I were tickled to spot a well-camouflaged American > woodcock in our urban backyard rain garden a couple blocks north of > Minnehaha Creek in the Ericsson neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Thanks > to Mike Engh for help with identification! Photos through the window are > here: > https://plus.google.com/photos/103107138357440386972/albums/5867859928030478865?authkey=COjI4tyH-d-wXA > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Bruce Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Once the snow cover melts, where would be a good place to observe/hear > > woodcock nuptial flights near St. Paul? Thanks. > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > -- > "You look so beautiful. I wish you could see what I see." ~Paul Hawken, > 2006 Bioneers plenary > > Family, leisure & boatbuidling: http://www.ZamboniDriver.com > Learning via living: http://magmacenter.wordpress.com/ > Creative expressions: http://ajoyfulgirl.wordpress.com/ > Permaculture: http://faithinhal.wordpress.com/ > Available stuff: http://provisionermama.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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:47:27 -0500 > From: Ken Larson Mary Lou Frank <[email protected]> > Subject: Lac Qui Parle birding last weekend > > Saturday in western LQP county was a cool sunny day with 7" of recent = > snow still on the ground. Most wetlands had some open water with large = > areas still covered with ice. > Two Forester's Terns west of Hutchinson > 11 A. Kestrels along the way > 12 Killdeer along the way > Mostly White-fronted Geese flying but some Snow's and Canada Geese > Sweetwater WMA and Farrell WPA cnty rds 9 and 12 4,000-5,000 ducks and = > geese > 3,000 + White-fronted Geese > 120 Cackling Geese > 1 Common Goldeneye > 100's of Mallards > BW and GW Teal > A few N. Shovelers and Wood Ducks > Gadwalls > Ring-hecked Ducks and some Scaup > Redheads > Only a few Canvasbacks > Salt Lake > 2 Trumpeter Swans and one Gadwall > Haydenville WMA 5,000-6,000 ducks and geese > 4,000 + Malllards > 152 male Pintail > Mix of other ducks > Driving rural roads > 1 Hermit Thrush > 127 Meadowlarks > Many flocks of A. Tree Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos, Common Grackles = > and Red-winged BB > 6 Bald Eagles > 5 Red-tailed Hawks > 1 Copper's Hawk > 1 E. Phoebe > Song, Fox, Chipping, Savannah Sparrows > Snow Buntings, Lapland Longsprus, Horned Larks > No shorebirds yet. No Ruddy Ducks. > Ken Larson > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:31:42 -0500 > From: linda whyte <[email protected]> > Subject: Robin Hordes in St. Paul/Bass Ponds today > > Either more Robins are on the move, or the more secretive ones that > overwintered in river valleys have come out of seclusion to feed. My > husband was stunned at the number of Robins he observed on Summit Avenue > this morning. I was equally surprised at the size of a flock in the SE > corner of Highland park this afternoon. They were clearly targeting > Hackberry and Crabapple trees in both areas, as well as taking advantage of > the softening ground. > > Bass Ponds had huge numbers of N. Shovelers and Teal (Blue-winged and a few > Green-winged but alas, no Cinnamon) as well as Wood Duck and Mergansers, > both Common and Hooded. The Great Blue Herons have been joined by a few > Egrets at last. Raptors were well-represented, with Bald Eagle, 2 > Red-tailed Hawks (one being harassed by a crow), a Kestrel, 2 N. Harriers, > and a Cooper's Hawk on the nest. The Belted Kingfisher was fishing on the > large pond that empties into the river, and the air above that water was > thick with hunting Tree and Barn Swallows. At the shoreline, a couple of E. > Phoebe and at least one Yellow-rumped Warbler, vied for insects, nearly > colliding with me at one point. The Hermit Thrushes in the woods by the > stream were no less intent on food---I hope everyone had sufficient success > to withstand tomorrow's challenge. > > Linda Whyte > > ---- > 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:13:45 -0500 > From: Ben Harste <[email protected]> > Subject: Purgatory Creek (Hennepin County) > > I stopped at Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie this evening and had m= > uch success despite the drizzle at the time. Many ducks and 3 species of Gr= > ebes were on the lake!! > > I was not properly clothed for the cold rain to take the time count or scan t= > horoughly but here is a list of highlights. > > Buffleheads - many, it seemed to be the most common with at least 30 or 40 > Lesser Scaup - plenty of scaup too, a greater could have been hidden amongst= > them > Red-necked Grebe - 5 on the edge of the closer group of Buffleheads > Horned Grebe - 10 near the Red necked grebes, most sleeping > Pied-billed Grebe - 3 > Redhead - 3, at least > Ring-necked Duck - 10, one small group > Common Merganser > Northern Shoveler - 1 > > They were scattered in groups throughout the lake, they were all viewed from= > the east side of Purgatory Creek off of Columbine Rd next to the Lifetime Fi= > tness. > > Ben Harste > Bloomington, 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: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:29:06 -0500 > From: Bill Kahn <[email protected]> > Subject: digest on > > ---- > 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 - 16 Apr 2013 to 17 Apr 2013 (#2013-105) > ************************************************************** ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
