Found 2 pair Tufted Titmouse singing with a group of chickadees on bike trail - west side of Long Lake in Stillwater. Birds were located on south end of wood chip trail at intersection with paved bike trail. Also had 5 pair of Common Mergansers on the lake.
George Vania Stillwater [email protected] On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:05 AM, MOU-NET automatic digest system < [email protected]> wrote: > There are 5 messages totaling 147 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Loon > 2. Raptor 'Run', Randolph Ave., St. Paul > 3. volunteer request > 4. Chanhassen Raptors > 5. Crane Count this Saturday > > ---- > 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: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:54:42 -0500 > From: Bob Holtz <[email protected]> > Subject: Loon > > I spotted a Common Loon on Gervais Lake in Ramsey County this morning. > > > > Bob Holtz > > > ---- > 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: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 16:02:04 -0500 > From: linda whyte <[email protected]> > Subject: Raptor 'Run', Randolph Ave., St. Paul > > Along the dead-end stretch of Randolph, from Shepard Rd to the High Bridge, > we spotted 4 raptor species this afternoon. There was first a flyover by a > Red-tailed Hawk, above the old power station island. When we checked the > Osprey nesting platform on the island, an Osprey was perched there--along > with a couple of nesting branches that hadn't been there a few days ago. As > we drove past the Xcel Energy plant, we could see a bird perched in the new > Peregine Falcon nest box on the SE corner of the roof; it was later spotted > sitting atop the nearest power stanchion SE of that corner. By then, a Bald > Eagle had taken up post on another power stanchion, on the SW portion of > the island. While the Randolph Raptor Roster is nowhere near complete, it's > off to a nice start. > > 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: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 16:51:39 -0500 > From: Stephen Greenfield <[email protected]> > Subject: volunteer request > > Here is an opportunity to assist with research on bird mortality from > collisions with buildings. A biologist from Fordham University is focusing > on collisions with bridges, and it turns out that the Washington Avenue > bridge on the University of MN Minneapolis campus offers a unique > opportunity: it is the only bridge in his study where carcasses can be > readily collected, because there is a pedestrian walkway alongside an > enclosed portion with windows. One focus will be correlate birds found with > the radar indications of their presence, to see if a bird striking a bridge > at night can be detected by its radar signature. > > > > Volunteers are needed to walk once across the bridge and back down the > other > side, which should take about 15 minutes, between April 13 and May 13. > First > priority is to walk the bridge just before sunrise, but ideally just after > dark as well. > > > > If you are interested in helping with this research or want more > information, please contact Stephanie Beard at [email protected]. > > > > Steve Greenfield > > 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: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 00:06:56 +0000 > From: Paul Worwa <[email protected]> > Subject: Chanhassen Raptors > > On Saturday, while walking through the nature area behind our house, I > heard a cacophony coming from a very large willow tree. Perched on top of > the tree were two Red-shouldered hawks (they nest in the vicinity every > year) and one Cooper's Hawk, all protesting loudly at the Great Horned Owl > perched on a large branch about 15 ft below them. They took a few futile > dives at the GHO, but the owl largely ignored them. The party broke up a > short time later when some crows arrived and scattered the hawks by diving > at them. They ignored the GHO for the most part, which was surprising. The > rest of my walk was pretty quiet, the only birds of note were a pair of > Phoebes and one Song Sparrow. > > Paul Worwa > Chanhassen > > ---- > 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: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 00:20:17 -0400 > From: Steve Weston <[email protected]> > Subject: Crane Count this Saturday > > The annual Midwest Crane Count is this Saturday (April 8th). Are your > cranes going to be counted? The count runs from first light to 7:30 am, so > it won't interrupt your plans for the day, unless you were planning on > sleeping in. And, if you are one of the lucky ones with cranes calling in > your backyard, you might be able to do the count in your robe and slippers! > Instructions are on the web, so you don't have to be expert in cranes. > > Join us! Let me know if you are interested and where you are located and if > you know the area where the cranes are that you want to count. I will > either put you in touch with someone coordinating that area or set you up > to count. > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > End of MOU-NET Digest - 2 Apr 2017 to 3 Apr 2017 (#2017-77) > *********************************************************** > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
