I ask some of you to let me know when/wherever you find a WIWR during spring. I was hoping to find a very early one yesterday at Crosby Park, but too early I think. I often miss them altogether in late March/April, but for you that don’t listserv all your sightings, could you send me an email if you happen on this 'target species'? thanks. If you want to call me with the info that is faster than me on computer. I think my phone no. is in the MOU directory. I can send you my phone no's if you are willing. to the "awesomest ever" migration Gordon Andersson St Paul
-----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of linda whyte Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] miscellaneous Twin Cities birding With sights set on finding a few particular birds. Laura Coble and I made stops at several different sites in Dakota and Hennepin County. We first tried to see the Townsend's Solitaire at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights. While we had no luck seeing it, we did succeed in hearing its call note, on the lake side of the ravine; hard to tell if it was hidden against the north side of the ravine, or on the lakeshore a bit further north, but no amount of looking could locate it. Tom Tustison later spotted a Sharp-shinned Hawk nearby, so perhaps that's just as well. Next we visited the Merlin at Acacia Cemetery. It was sitting in some bare branches atop a conifer on the left side of the chapel building (on your left as you drive into the parking lot). It preened in the sun for awhile, and gave some of its classic call before we departed. >From there we went to Mounds Spring Park to search the ravine for a Winter >Wren. That met with no success, so we went to check out the ravine at Bass >Ponds. Once there, we met a familiar birder who had seen a probable female >Greater Scaup in the one open pond. Although we were unable to find it among >the many Mallards (and one C Merganser), we were glad of the time spent on the >effort, because a FOY Great Blue Heron treated us to its graceful flight. For a finale, we made a drive-through of Lilydale Road, to look at the Great-horned Owl I'd seen the other day. She's sitting on the abandoned eagle nest she has occupied for the past several years. The nest is high in the crotch of a huge tree that borders the wetland adjacent to the pedestrian/bike path. The tree is located just a short distance from the yacht club, and can (should) be viewed from the paved trail. Late afternoon seems to be when the bird raises her profile above the nest-edge. 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
