There was a Willow Flycatcher Sunday, near the Bell's Vireos. Linda Whyte On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 2:20 PM Molly Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday afternoon, 7-16-18, I saw at least 3 Solitary Sandpipers on the > north side of the 140th St Marsh (there might've been 4). Initially I > thought they might be juvenile Spotted Sandpipers, but they all had the > heavily barred tail shown in flight and when "stretching" their wings (plus > other markers). > > > Has any one seen a flycatcher (maybe an Alder, or similar?) in the area > between the dump slope and first big bit of water? > > > Saw Brown Thrashers, Catbirds, and the Bell's Vireos carrying food. Also > seen: Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroats, Orchard Oriole, Eastern > Kingbirds, Robins, Goldfinches, Clay-colored Sparrows, Field Sparrow, Song > Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Cedar Waxwings, Pied-billed Grebes, Coots, and 1 > Yellow-headed Blackbird (M) within ~200 Red-winged Blackbirds. I thought > there were dozens of Red-wings, but a deer bounded through the corn field > on the south side of the road and a dozen dozen Red-wings flew up. > > > I might have to go back. I missed the Spotted Sandpiper, Green Heron, > Dickcissels, and Marsh Wrens. No Blue Grosbeak, although I saw them when > they nested here in 2011. > > > Molly Miller > > Inver Grove Hts, Dakota Co. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:54:57 -0500 > From: Gail Wieberdink <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: 140th St. Marsh, Dakota, 7/15 > > We did not see nor hear the Blue Grosbeak at 140th today but we DID see a > Spotted Sandpiper! It was moving along the side of the road and then > crossed the road in front of our car and went through the gate and up the > dump road. I have not seen any other reports of people seeing a Spotted > Sandpiper there but I could have missed it. It was unexpected but > unmistakable. > > Gail Wieberdink > Ramsey County > > > > On July 16, 2018 at 3:47 PM linda whyte < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > A report of a Blue Grosbeak at this location inspired another check for > the > > species yesterday morning, though I'd looked here on a few previous trips > > this year. Parking closer to the east border of the waste site, I walked > > west, noting the many other species to be seen and heard. It wasn't > until I > > turned back, walking east toward the car, that I heard Blue Grosbeak > song. > > The bird was singing from the top of a tree on the slope. The voice and > > song were unmistakable. Its size, shape and stance were typical of the > > species. Unfortunately, it was back-lit, so didn't give good looks at its > > deep blue color or its russet wing patch. Before I could get in a > position > > of favorable light, it took off, flying west and dropping behind a ridge > > near the bottom of the waste site. It was not seen again by me or several > > other observers who were there at the time. > > Thanks to Joe Conoly I did finally see the Bell's Vireos I'd been unable > to > > find earlier this year. They are apparently nesting in the same location > > as last year. They were going back and forth to a large bush between the > > dump driveway and the main pond, with food. > > Linda Whyte > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:07:46 -0500 > From: linda whyte <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: 140th St marshtoday > > I did not mention it in my report, but there were also a few shorebirds at > the 140th St. Marsh yesterday. Spotted Sandpiper was mentioned by Joe, but > there was at least one Solitary in the wet area on the north side of the > road. > 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
