Fyi - this morning Ben Douglas re-found the BOWA in the same cedar tree grove. The coordinates in my previous email can be used as a starting point but they do move around, so again I recommend driving around the entire grove.
Greg Jahner Saint Paul Park > On Dec 16, 2017, at 3:57 PM, Gregory Jahner III <jahne...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > This morning I found a Bohemian Waxwing at these coordinates on the Cottage > Grove/Saint Paul Park border (Lat 44.8096 Long -92.9811). Note: I had > previously reported this bird as Grey Cloud Island however that's not the > case. As an additional reference point this location is about a mile away > from Hazen Moores Park (where the Kittawake was found by Karl Isley) > > There is a fenced in tree grove on private property at these coordinates but > parking on the shoulder is fine, and the bird was viewable from the side of > the road in the right of way. It was mixed in with a large flock of roughy > 75 cedar waxwings and was mostly hanging out at the top of some deciduous > trees along the farm fence line. Bring a scope as it was very backlit today. > If its not at the coordinates listed there are roads that surround the tree > grove so just travel those until you find the flock. > > I have been birding this location for a number of years now and this area > generally has cedar waxwings present year round likely due to the high > concentration of cedar trees and lack of people traffic on the land, I > mention that for anyone looking to chase it, I'm highly encouraged that the > Bohemian could stick around due to the great habitat. > > According to MOU records this is only the second record in Washington County > in the past 15 years with just under 40 records all time, presuming I'm > interpreting and retrieved the data accurately. > > Also while there, Ben Douglas had arrived to view the waxwing, and within > minutes found a Townsend's solitaire at the same coordinates above! Amazing! > > Feel free to email if you are going to chase it and want more specifics. > (jahne...@hotmail.com) > > Greg Jahner > Saint Paul Park ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
