22 Lapland Longspurs at 180th Street Marsh yesterday, only one in breeding plumage. Bob Russell
************************************************************************************* Robert P. Russell Wetland Bird Biologist US Fish and Wildlife Service 5600 American Blvd West, Suite 990 Bloomington, MN 55437-1458 612-713-5437 [email protected] On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 12:04 AM, MOU-NET automatic digest system < [email protected]> wrote: > There are 8 messages totalling 308 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Birding about the Metro > 2. Crane vs. Fox > 3. Westwood Birdwalk > 4. White-winged Dove > 5. [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 4/30/15 > 6. Great Western Industrial Park, Dakota Cty, Pectoral Sandpiper > 7. Washington County Birding: Warblers, Sparrows, and More > 8. Clark's Grebe - Kittson; Eurasian Wigeon - Marshall > > ---- > 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: Fri, 1 May 2015 10:29:43 -0500 > From: Steve Weston <[email protected]> > Subject: Birding about the Metro > > FOY birds: > No. Rough-winged Swallow heard and seen on Wednesday in St. Louis Park > today: > House Wren > Palm Warbler > > Also, I heard (for the first time) and saw our Tufted Titmouse. I hadn't > seen it for over a week (not unexpected since I have not been around much). > If people want to try and observe it, come to the cul-d-sac on the east > end of Carlson Lake Lane in Eagan by Quigley Lake. (Directions will not be > provided) I have no idea of any pattern to its movements as I see it > infrequently and it is not very vocal. DO NOT USE BIRD CALLS to attract > it, as we believe that it is nesting here. I have not heard that any of my > neighbors have seen it. > > Steve Weston > On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN > [email protected] > > ---- > 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: Fri, 1 May 2015 16:12:29 +0000 > From: Uwe Kausch <[email protected]> > Subject: Crane vs. Fox > > My wife and son heard our dogs barking yesterday morning and witnessed a > Sa= > ndhill Crane chasing a red fox away from the edge of our large pond. This > l= > eads me to suspect that the cranes we have seen for the last few weeks > migh= > t be attempting to nest. As far as I know, this would be a first for > Duluth= > Township. > > Also nesting: Canada Geese (on nest basket), Tree Swallows (staking out > box= > es) > Suspected Nesting: Hooded Merganser, Mallard and possibly Ring Neck Duck, > K= > estrel, Flicker > > No Bluebirds as of yet... > > Uwe Kausch > > Duluth Township > > ---- > 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: Fri, 1 May 2015 14:04:28 -0500 > From: Vic Lewis <[email protected]> > Subject: Westwood Birdwalk > > 20+ Birders enjoyed a wonderful morning of birding with a total of 47 > specie= > s! > Pied-billed Grebe > DC Cormarant > Great Blue Heron=20 > Great Egret > Canada Goose=20 > Wood Duck > Mallard > Blue Winged Teal > Hooded Merganser > Red Tailed Hawk > Wild Turkey > American Coot > Bonaparte Gull=20 > Ring-billed Gull > Mourning Dove=20 > Red Bellied Downey Hairy pileated WP=20 > Northern Flicker > Blue Jay > American Crow > Tree cliff Barn Swallow=20 > Black Capped Chickadee=20 > White Breasted NH > R-C Kinglet > Blue grey Gnatcatcher=20 > American Robin > Hermit Thrush=20 > Orange-crowned Warbler=20 > Nashville, yellow Rumped. Palm and Black and White warblers=20 > Northern Cardinal > Chipping White Throated Song Swamp Sparrow=20 > Brown headed Cowbird=20 > Red Winged Blackbird=20 > Common Grackle=20 > American Goldfinch=20 > House Sparrow=20 > Thx to all Participants and the great hospitality of the Staff of Westwood > N= > ature Center!=20 > > Vic Lewis Westwood Volunteer and Spring Migrant from AZ=20 > > Sent from my iPhone= > > ---- > 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: Fri, 1 May 2015 14:13:19 -0500 > From: Smidthune <[email protected]> > Subject: White-winged Dove > > Bird was seen today in Detroit Lakes. Address: 15368 Sunset Hill Dr. I saw > b= > ird in trees in back of house.=20 > > Sent from my iPhone= > > ---- > 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, 30 Apr 2015 20:45:48 -0600 > From: Jim Lind <[email protected]> > Subject: [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 4/30/15 > > -RBA > *Minnesota > *Duluth/North Shore > *April 30, 2015 > *MNDU1504.30 > > -Birds mentioned > Black Scoter > Long-tailed Duck > Broad-winged Hawk > Golden Eagle > Thayer's Gull > Iceland Gull > Glaucous Gull > Forster's Tern > Bohemian Waxwing > Chipping Sparrow > Savannah Sparrow > -Transcript > > Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore > Date: April 30, 2015 > Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) > Reports: (218) 834-2858 > Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) > > This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 30th, 2015 sponsored by the > Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > > Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a BLACK SCOTER on the 23rd in the Duluth > Harbor out from 36th Avenue on Park Point. A flock of 26 LONG-TAILED > DUCKS was seen at Brighton Beach in east Duluth on the 26th. A flock of > 19 was seen at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors on the 27th. > > Clinton Nienhaus saw two first-cycle ICELAND GULLS on the 25th at the > first parking lot on Wisconsin Point. Jan and Larry Kraemer also saw a > THAYER'S GULL and three GLAUCOUS GULLS there on the 25th. > > A flock of 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen by Ben Anderson on the 29th > near the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. A flock of 12 BOHEMIAN > WAXWINGS was also seen on the 29th in Two Harbors along CR 2 (4th > Street) at 10th Avenue, across from the clinic. > > An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in Morgan Park in west Duluth on the > 26th. > > Recent new arrivals in the area include CHIPPING SPARROW on the 24th, > BROAD-WINGED HAWK, FORSTER'S TERN on the 26th, LE CONTE’S SPARROW and > SAVANNAH SPARROW on the 27th > > The next scheduled update of this report will be on May 7th. > > Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird > Alert at [email protected] > > The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota > Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more > information on the MOU, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at > [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. > > ---- > 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: Fri, 1 May 2015 18:48:29 -0500 > From: Laura Coble <[email protected]> > Subject: Great Western Industrial Park, Dakota Cty, Pectoral Sandpiper > > Except for one Solitary Sandpiper, I observed the same species today at = > Lake Byllesby and the nearby industrial park that have been there on and = > off for 2 to 3 weeks: White Pelican (many), Greater Yellowlegs and = > Lesser Yellowlegs (many), Wilson's Snipe, Pectoral Sanpiper, Northern = > Shoveler, Mallard, Green and Blue-winged Teal, American Coot, Eastern = > and Western Meadowlark (Great Western I P). A large flock of = > Yellow-rumped Warblers flew into the cemetery, plus at least 1 Palm = > Warbler before I left. I saw or heard no other sparrows except Song, = > and saw Hermit Thrushes and a very vocal Brown Thrasher. The west = > side of Lakeside Cemetery has been extended for cemetery use, and some = > of the wood piles that attract spring and fall sparrows have been = > scattered or removed along the trail. There have been some widespread = > controlled burns on the west side, which is accessed through the now = > open gate on Hwy 88, just south of Randolph & hwy 56. The burns were = > needed, and the these areas don't prevent anyone from getting to the = > look-outs on the west side. Extensive shorebird habitat is still there = > for now. > > Laura Coble > Cannon Falls= > > ---- > 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: Fri, 1 May 2015 20:39:40 -0500 > From: Peter Nichols <[email protected]> > Subject: Washington County Birding: Warblers, Sparrows, and More > > I went birding at the Grey Cloud Dunes SNA this morning (Washington County) > and picked up 46 species, including 8 FOYs. Among the highlights were five > warbler species--all singletons: BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, > BLACK-AND-WHITE-WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and > PALM WARBLER. Other highlights included HOUSE WREN, a singing LINCOLN'S > SPAROOW, a small kettle of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, eight FORSTER'S TERNS, and > three VESPER SPARROWS. There was a cacophony of song from many BROWN > THRASHERS (10), EASTERN TOWHEES (6), and FIELD SPARROWS (20). > > Later in the afternoon, the rain brought down a small mixed flock into my > yard in Cottage Grove (Washington County). Present were BOTH KINGLETS, > ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (2), NASHVILLE WARBLER (2), TENNESSEE WARBLER > (another FOY), a few Yellow Rumps, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (FOY), and PURPLE > FINCH. Later in the evening I had a larger flock of about 15 Yellow-rumps > and a calling BROAD-WINGED HAWK. > > Good birding! > Peter Nichols > Cottage Grove > Washington County > > ---- > 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, 30 Apr 2015 21:39:04 -0500 > From: Herb Dingmann <[email protected]> > Subject: Clark's Grebe - Kittson; Eurasian Wigeon - Marshall > > Ron Erpelding and I found a couple of interesting birds today up in NW = > Minnesota. > > First we located a single Clark's Grebe associating with a pair of = > Western Grebes at the Karlstad WTP in Kittson County. Butch Ukura and = > Jeannie Joppru were both able to see the bird later, and Butch said he = > took lots of pictures, which I'm sure will be my better than my couple = > of crummy ones. The bill on the Clark's was bright yellow versus a = > greenish yellow, the black at the top of the head did not go below the = > eye as it did with the Westerns, and the flanks were noticeably lighter = > than on the Westerns. > > We then went to Agassiz NWR in Marshall County and found a Eurasian = > Wigeon on the Mud River Pool on the refuge. This is in an area = > ("Enhanced Access area") that requires a key from the staff to get to. = > One of the staff later refound the bird and has posted it to eBird. > > Herb Dingmann > St. Cloud > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > End of MOU-NET Digest - 30 Apr 2015 to 1 May 2015 (#2015-116) > ************************************************************* > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
