Keep an eye on those kingbirds. A few years ago we saw a nesting pair down the road aways by the US10/CR14-15 overpass, in the row of trees by the old cemetery (Bailly?)
Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Mayo Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Sherburne County Yesterday there was a Western Kingbird on the north side of Highway 10, just west of 196th St., east of Big Lake, Sherburne County. The bird was alternating between sitting on utility wires and hawking for insects over an adjacent field. There may have been a second Western Kingbird in the field, but the look I had was too brief to positively identify this bird. In Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge there were numerous Grasshopper Sparrow, a Henslow's Sparrow (at the location reported by others), Lark Sparrow, and one lone Dickcissel. In the adjacent Sand Dunes State Forest many Eastern Whip-poor-will were calling. I tried several times during the day and evening to locate the Common Gallinule that has been seen at Sherburne NWR, but was unsuccessful. However, my patients was reward by seeing and hearing several Least Bittern. The sewage ponds at Princeton have been drawn down (there appears to be construction or maintenance taking place), exposing extensive mud flats. When I visited there the only shorebirds I saw were Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, and Spotted Sandpiper. However, in a county with little mud, this site may be a attractive resting place for shorebirds and worth checking over the next few weeks, assuming the sewage ponds remain drawn down. The sewage ponds are located south of Princeton at the end of 120th St., approximately 0.3 mile north of 317th Ave. Douglas Mayo ---- 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
