[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 18 March 2011
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 18, 2011 *MNST1103.18 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Tundra Swan American Wigeon Northern Pintail Long-tailed Duck Ruddy Duck Common Loon Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Merlin American Coot Northern Flicker Clark's Nutcracker Eastern Bluebird Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: March 18, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (r...@moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for March 17th, 2011. On the 11th, Bill Unzen reported a CLARK'S NUTCRACKER which he had seen briefly in northeastern Lac qui Parle County in a spruce stand on the south side of 330th Street. This is about a quarter of a mile east of state highway 119. Despite several searches over the next few days, no one has seen the bird since. Bruce Monson reported twenty LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still at Agate Bay in Two Harbors, Lake County on the 17th. On the 16th, Kim Eckert reported that there was still a GREAT BLACK-BACKED at Canal Park in Duluth. On the 11th, Brian Smith reported several migrant ROSS'S GEESE at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds in Brown County, and the spring's first TURKEY VULTURE was seen on the 16th by Bob Dunlap near the Gustavus Adolphus campus in St. Peter, Nicollet County. Other widely reported spring migrants include TUNDRA SWAN, SNOW GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN WIGEON, RUDDY DUCK, MERLIN, COMMON LOON, GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN COOT, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, and COMMON GRACKLE. The next scheduled update of this tape is March 24th, 2011. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Turkeys Trumpeters!
I was on a business retreat yesterday (Thurs) in the conference cottage at St Croix River Bluffs Regional Park (Washington Co). As I drove from Rte 10 onto St Croix Trail and proceeded up the hill to the left curve in the road, I saw at least 40 wild turkeys feeding in the yard of the house on the right side of the road (they have a lot of feeders up and I suspect that they also provide sustenance for the gobblers, as well). A few of the turkeys were displaying...Then, further up St Croix Trail, about 1/2 mile before the St Croix Bluffs park entrance, I had a beautiful low flyover of 6 trumpeters swans. They continued flying over the farm fields to the northeast... During the retreat, as we sat in the cottage with a wall of windows overlooking the St Croix River, I couldn't help noticing eagle activity: an adult pair landed on the ice at the base of the tree-covered hill below the cottage, a couple of adults flew individually up the river, and late in the day an immature gave us good looks heading south on the MN side of the river at eye level. What a way to do business! Glad I stumbled on this retreat location while out birding in the Prescott area earlier this winter ;-) Kathy Confer Near Lake Josephine in Ramsey County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Long-tailed ducks
Ben Wilson wishes to express thanks for the posting of those Long-tailed ducks in Agate Bay. He has just scoped and counted 38 of them, near the coal-chute docks, as seen from the breakwater. Linda Whyte On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bruce Munson bruce55...@yahoo.com wrote: 20 long-tailed ducks in Agate Bay in Two Harbors. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry 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
[mou-net] Rice Count, St. Patrick's day
Ring-billed Gull - 6 American Coot - 7 D-b Cormorant 14, but not at island in Wells Lake Lesser Scaup - 2 Ring-necked Duck - 5 American Robin - 2 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 foy Shoveler foy - 1 Ruddy - 1, foy Forest Strnad Faribault, MN. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Dakota County - Lake Byllesby and Hastings Great Egret
My wife and I birded between Lake Byllesby and Hastings and came up with several early migrants. The 1000+ geese at Lake Byllesby were still present, but difficult to view down at the west end of the lake. We saw numerous Greater-white fronted and Cackling Geese with the Canadas, but could not spot any Snow Geese, despite thorough scoping. Several common waterfowl species included Ring-necked and Ruddy Duck, Lesser Scaup, Goldeneye, C. Merganser, Gadwall, Wigeon. Grackles and Robins were see in several spots around the lake, but Horned Larks were probably the most common songbird of the day. Cruising the farm fields between Lake Byllesby and Hastings was pretty unproductive, except for larks and one flooded field that had Green-winged Teal and Gadwall. Somewhere between Canon Falls and Hastings seemed to be the line where fields became frozen instead of having some open water. Lake Rebecca park in Hastings was very productive (mostly at the aerated pond) where we saw a Great Egret (a bit early?), Great Blue Heron, Pied-billed Grebe, Scaup, Ring-necks, and a flock of Ring-billed Gulls. Scott Loss St Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Coon Rapids Dam March 18
A Pied billed grebe was working the west side about 300 yds north of the dam. It was very near a lone coot and both were near the shore. Two gb Herons flew over to the NW. Thomas P. Malone Attorney at Law Barna Guzy Steffen Minneapolis Minnesota tmal...@bgs.com (Via BlackBerry)
[mou-net] goethite WMA
Birding around the Goethite WMA in Fillmore County. Again 3 trumpeters and 9 sandhills in addition the usual geese wood ducks, lesser scaup and ring billed ducks. New today was a flock of Eastern Meadowlarks (15) and bluebirds (5) and a fox sparrow. Also noted an immature Bald Eagle, numerous starlings, juncoes and a small flock of wild turkeys. Ray Potthoff Spring Valley, Minn. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
