[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Saterday, January 3, 2015
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *January 3, 2015 *MNDL1501.03 -Birds mentioned Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Northern Goshawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Snowy Owl Barred Owl Great Gray Owl Northern Shrike Gray Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Boreal Chickadee Golden-crowned Kinglet Snow Bunting White-throated Sparrow Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: January 3, 2015 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjop...@mncable.net) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Sunday, January 4, 2015 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. After a brown Christmas, the white has certainly come to the northland now. Up to 10 inches of the white stuff on us was dumped on us during the past 24 hours . The temperatures are plummeting as well, so there is no doubt about which season it is. Three Christmas bird counts were held in the northern counties of Roseau and Lake of the Woods this weekend. Twenty-three species were counted on the Beltrami-Island count on January 1, including RUFFED GROUSE, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, two GREAT GRAY OWLS, 2 BARRED OWLS, GRAY JAYS, 15 BOREAL CHICKADEES, RED-BREASTED NUTNATCH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, COMMON REDPOLLS, HOARY REDPOLL, RED CROSSBILL, and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. There are no farms or feeders in that count circle. 31 species were tallied on the Baudette count including SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, many COMMON RAVENS and AMERICAN CROWS, NORTHERN SHRIKE , and both grosbeaks, but no house sparrows. Very few raptors were noted. I have not heard how the Roseau CBC went today, as I came home due to the high winds, and heavy snow already fallen. In Roseau county, Beth Siverhus reported a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in her yard in Warroad on December 29. Two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were reported in Marshall County a dark phase one on December 28 seen by Beth Siverhus, and one seen by Gary Tischer along US 59 three miles south of Newfolden on December 31. Several flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS were seen along MN 32 this morning. Sandy Aubol observed a GOLDEN EAGLE near the intersection of Polk county roads 23 and 20 on December 28. She also saw 5 SNOWY OWLS in Polk County that day. Blaine Hansel saw a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE northeast of Ashby near Lake Christina on December 28. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjop...@mncable.net OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, January 8, 2015. 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 County Snowy Owl(s)
I saw one of the two Snowy Owls today, in the middle of the morning today, thanks to Kathy Thom and her very young grandson who both saw it before I did. It was in the field quite close to the east side of Kane Avenue, about 1/8th of a mile (or less) south of 190th Street, the same location where it has been reported by Dave Bartkey, Gerry Hoekstra and Dan Tallman. The owl was facing away from us, but occasionally turned its head, so we could see its eye. It was lined up with a red house in the background. I didn't get a full look at its front, but the owl was all white on the head and back, except for some some very tiny spots on the wings, viewed from the back, so it was possibly the same owl that Dan photographed. Laura Coble Cannon Falls A note: 246 south is actually Kane Avenue as well, so if you turn at the sign for Nerstrand onto 246, don't turn right when you see the Nerstrand Big Woods sign--just keep driving south on what is 246/Kane Avenue until you reach 190th. Google does give this information. 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] Sax-Zim CBC Results, Highlights, Records, Lows & Misses
Sax-Zim CBC Results Fri. January 2nd, 2015 This was my (Sparky) 29th year compiling the count…and it was a good one! Thanks to all who participated in our annual Christmas Bird Count… Dave and Jonas Benson, Tony Hertzel and son, Frank Nicoletti, Kim Eckert, Bill Tefft, Susan (Bill and Susan walked 7 miles on a snowmobile trail!!), Chet Meyers, Keith, Heidi Pinkerton and Lori Williams. For those not familiar with CBCs, all birds are counted in a set 15-mile diameter circle. Our center is at the intersection of CR7 and CR52. HIGHLIGHTS included: 5 Great Gray Owls 1 Great Horned Owl (only our 5th recorded) 3 Northern Goshawk (all adults) 9 Sharp-tailed Grose (ALL at a FEEDER along CR29 south of Correction Line Rd on east side) 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 Boreal Chickadees 1 N Cardinal (NOT AT A FEEDER…in the woods on Nichols Lk Rd) 2 White-winged Crossbills (in spruce near Welcome Center) 3 Hoary Redpoll (NONE at feeders…2 along CR7 and 1 along Owl Ave) 39 Evening Grosbeaks (all at Morse's feeder on Blue Spruce Rd (Mary Lou's feeders on CR444 is not in the count circle) MAMMALS included Timber Wolf and Ermine (Loretta's feeders rib cages) RECORD & HIGH NUMBERS 495 Pine Siskins (This BLOWS AWAY the previous record of 141 in 2006) 494 Common Redpolls (including a "scissor-tailed redpoll" (see photo on Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Facebook page) 57 Purple Finches (HIGH…record 150 in 1996) LOW NUMBERS Only 10 Pine Grosbeaks! 5 Rough-legged Hawks BIG MISSES Snow Bunting (Let spa...@saxzim.org know if you saw any in the Bog during the day) N Hawk Owl (seen on 13 of 29 counts) Black-backed Woodpecker (seen during count week) 33 Species (28-yr average is 28, Record is 35 sp. in 2008) Low 4 degrees, High 12 degrees, calm, snow flurries and freezing drizzle, 4" snow on ground, all water frozen Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall MN 55797 218.341.3350 sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com www.KollathStensaas.com www.SaxZim.org 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] [mou-rba] [mou-net] Snowy Owl Update ~ Crow Wing County
12/31/2014 Finally have access to the internet and wanted to update the Snowy Owls reported in Crow Wing county. I was there on the 31st and relocated an immature Female Snowy Owl at 4:05 pm. The bird was on the roof of the Goodyear tire company, which is across the street from the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds. Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin County egretc...@msn.com > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:34:16 -0700 > From: r...@moumn.org > Subject: [mou-rba] [mou-net] Snowy Owl Update ~ Crow Wing County > To: mou-...@lists.umn.edu > > Ken and I saw the Snowy Owl again at 1 PM today (12/28) in the location > previously reported by Bob Ekblad, on Madison St. about ½ mile west of 13th > St., in front of the CTC Building. This is just west of the Crow Wing > County Fairgrounds. The owl was perched on the top of a powerline pole. > > --Pam Perry, Brainerd > > > > 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 County Snowy Owl photo
Hi All— This morning I posted a photo on my blog of one of the two Snowy Owls being listed in Rice Co. near Nerstrand. I also shared a link to a classic post by Kevin McGowan on how to tell the sex of some Snowy Owls. http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com Thanks to Dave Bartkey for alerting us to the owl’s location. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota daner...@gmail.com http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com " the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ”—H. D. Thoreau 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] [mou-rba] [mou-net] Todd County Townsend's Solitaire
January 2, 2014 Ron Erpelding and I were successful in our search for the Townsend's Solitaire previously reported in Todd county.This was on January 2nd at 9:00 am. Ron spotted the bird about 300 yards West of the location that Scott had found the bird on the 1st. There is a small stream at the location we observed the bird, which still had some open water. Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin County egretc...@msn.com > Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 13:48:25 -0700 > From: r...@moumn.org > Subject: [mou-rba] [mou-net] Todd County Townsend's Solitaire > To: mou-...@lists.umn.edu > > Connie Jo and I found and photographed a Townsend's Solitaire today on the > Long Prairie CBC. The Todd County location was on the south side of 170th > Street about 2/10 of a mile east of 241st Avenue. A small piece of pink > surveyor's tape was tied to the tip of an overhanging branch near where the > bird was seen. > > Scott and Connie Jo Dirks > > Sent from my iPad > > 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
