[mou] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update
The Bell's Vireo reported near Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis was present on Saturday morning from 7:30-8:15 AM. The bird was singing actively (except when the jets were roaring by directly overhead) and followed exactly the same pattern described by Paul Budde yesterday (pasted below). This guy seems to be on territory and, as far as I could see, it was another case of unrequited love. Howard Towle Golden Valley, MN ** Pasted from Paul Budde's message: Still present today at 11 AM, in the previously described location. From 54th St and Lake Nokomis Parkway on the west side of Cedar Ave, there is a side walking path towards the lake (going east). The northernmost point at which I heard the vireo was where this side path meets the main path. I followed it southward on this path with the lake to the east and a marshy area to the west all the way to where the path makes a sharp left turn and there is a small wooden bridge. At this point it was singing from some coniferous trees (with a small deciduous tree growing in the middle of it). This entire area is the extreme SW corner of the lake, all of it on the west side of Cedar Ave. Thanks to Don Wanschura for finding the bird and to Tony Hertzel for passing along the information. Paul Budde Minneapolis -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070707/ef5518db/attachment.html
[mou] [mnbird] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update
Oops 1030 AM of course (it was only 85 degrees then) Warren From: Warren Woessner Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:23 AM To: 'Howard Towle'; MnBird ListServ; MOU ListServ Subject: RE: [mnbird] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update At 1030PM it was north of the E/W trail that goes toward the lake where 54th hits the boulevard at the west side of the lake, about at the second bench on the lakeside N/S trail, about 200 feet north of the E/W trial. This is about where the first tall trees are north of the trail, past the willow thicket that is just north of the trail Warren Woessner From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Howard Towle Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:39 AM To: MnBird ListServ; MOU ListServ Subject: [mnbird] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update The Bell's Vireo reported near Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis was present on Saturday morning from 7:30-8:15 AM. The bird was singing actively (except when the jets were roaring by directly overhead) and followed exactly the same pattern described by Paul Budde yesterday (pasted below). This guy seems to be on territory and, as far as I could see, it was another case of unrequited love. Howard Towle Golden Valley, MN ** Pasted from Paul Budde's message: Still present today at 11 AM, in the previously described location. From 54th St and Lake Nokomis Parkway on the west side of Cedar Ave, there is a side walking path towards the lake (going east). The northernmost point at which I heard the vireo was where this side path meets the main path. I followed it southward on this path with the lake to the east and a marshy area to the west all the way to where the path makes a sharp left turn and there is a small wooden bridge. At this point it was singing from some coniferous trees (with a small deciduous tree growing in the middle of it). This entire area is the extreme SW corner of the lake, all of it on the west side of Cedar Ave. Thanks to Don Wanschura for finding the bird and to Tony Hertzel for passing along the information. Paul Budde Minneapolis -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070707/5c4af0c5/attachment.html
[mou] Eastern Kingbird behavior
I was stunned over the last few days as I fished in Girl Lake north of Brainard, to watch what I thought was obviously Eastern Kingbirds feeding on insects from the surface of the lake in broad shallow waters along the lake shore. At first I was surprised to see one on one side of the lake, hovering like I was used to seeing in Oklahoma in fields along barbed wire fences, except this bird was hovering over lily pads and catching insects on the wing. When I changed locations on the lake, I spotted another sitting prominently on a stick protruding from the water and then totally shocked me by acting almost like a kingfisher, smacking the water repeatedly apparently feeding on aquatic insects or emerging larvae- and not just once but repeatedly - the entire time I fished. Now I am open to this being what I saw but more likely perhaps I mis- IDed the birds? I got Eastern Kingbirds down pretty well I thought as I used to park along fence rows and watch Eastern or Western Kingbirds taking turns at passing grasshoppers along with the ever- present Scissor-tailed Flycathers. I was always comparing their behavior as I studies them all during and after an Animal Behavior course I took one summer and them continued on my own just to enjoy their acrobatics and aerial displays and differing abilities to track the flying grasshoppers that get out of hand in Oklahoma summers. Has anyone else seen this behavior or am I just making a bad ID and insisting that they are Eastern Kingbirds. They had the dark and light upper and lower bill mandibles and the tell-tell white fringe on the end of their tails. Coloration the same or perhaps a bit darker than what I am used to but the profiles and flying abilities were the same or very similar. Willing to be wrong Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Spring Lake Park, MN -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070707/0e2b68f5/attachment.html
