My wife and I were in west central Wisconsin over the weekend and observed hundreds of Tundra Swans and Canada Geese feeding in fields , in the lakes, and flying overhead. We've never seen so many swans in the area.
Paul Worwa Chanhassen -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim & Charlene Nelson Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mou-net] North Shore Fruit Report We are in Grant County and we also had that freeze that affected fruiting trees/bushes. We also had fewer bees and other pollinators. Along with the drought our crab apples just did not produce. There were fewer chokecherries but the high bush cranberry did produce. Not sure why, if they flowered at a different time? Anyway, yesterday I had about 16 Cedar Waxwings hawking insects near sunset. We would normally see larger flocks of waxwings up to 250 at a time. We would also normally have flocks of assorted geese flying over and Tundra Swans. Have not seen or heard them yet. Wondering if they are migrating a different route East or West this year. Charlene Nelson Elbow Lake farm, Grant County > On Nov 7, 2021, at 9:22 AM, Juile Grahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I live near Cook, MN and this area experienced that late freeze in May as > well. I have been looking around town at the crab apple trees and have not > found any with fruit. > > I have been seeing white-winged crossbills and common redpoll around here > too, but no waxwings. Pine grosbeaks have been showing up. I often see my > FOS feasting on crab apples but that was not the case this year. > > I wonder if anyone living on the shores of Lake Vermilion that have crab > apple or mountain ash trees might have been spared from that freeze > considering the lake might have moderated the overnight lows. > > Juliann Grahn >> On Nov 6, 2021, at 3:41 AM, Shawn Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The lack of crabapples and other fruit extends away from the Shore as >> well. I'm in Itasca County and numbers of seed-eating finches like >> redpolls and crossbills have been very good lately, but so far no >> waxwings at all. >> >> In addition to the drought, we had a hard frost in late May that >> killed blossoms on many fruit trees and shrubs--particularly >> crabapples. The crabapple yields around here are terrible, though if >> you actually find a few good trees, they should draw birds. >> >> Shawn Conrad >> Itasca County >> >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 4:47 PM Rich Hoeg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> As a fyi, I live in Duluth and bird the North Shore constantly. The >>> pygmy crab apple crop in the Duluth area is poor. This fruit will >>> not be attracting birds late this fall or winter. The Mountain Ash >>> trees are okay, but the yield is not super (assume for both the >>> apples and mountain ash this is because of the drought). >>> . >>> However, I just arrived in Grand Marais about an hour ago, and the >>> Mountain Ash trees are amazingly loaded with fruit. I have to >>> believe in the near future the birds migration south, per normal, >>> will make a major stop in Grand Marais. Tomorrow I will work the >>> Gunflint Trail and then backroads to the Arrowhead Trail down to Hovland. >>> >>> ---- >>> Join or Leave mou-net: >>> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>> >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice >>> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. >>> >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
