[mou] Eastern Kingbird behavior

2007-07-07 Thread Thomas Maiello
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



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[mou] Purgatory Creek - Not much

2007-07-07 Thread Chet Meyers
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[mou] [mnbird] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update

2007-07-07 Thread Warren Woessner
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

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[mou] [mnbird] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update

2007-07-07 Thread Warren Woessner
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

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[mou] Hennepin Bell's Vireo - Update

2007-07-07 Thread Howard Towle
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
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