[mou] Bird interaction
At noon today ( the 28th of September ) I watched a Merlin trying to drive out of the area a soaring osprey. The location was at the Parrish Ave Bridge in downtown Elk River. Migration is great. Scott -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070928/d12c1c6c/attachment.html
[mou] Up north birding
A special thank you to Peder Svingen who tracked down my wife and I to see the yellow-breasted chat at Rice Lake. Unfortunately we did not see it after a two hour stake-out but it appeared to start calling at one point but abruptly ended within a few call notes. Notes: A Connecticut Warbler seen on Washburn Lake Forest Road in Aitkin Road ( about 200yards off the road into a black spruce swamp forest area ). A solitary sandpiper in Blackberry Township ( 7 miles southeast of Grand Rapids. ). -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070702/d31a6bad/attachment.html
[mou] Elm creek
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C76FAC.28BF4170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sunday Marhc 25, 1st song sparrows and 1st eastern phoebe of the season. Tree sparrows still present. Also saw a cooper hawk chasing a large flock of starlings. Spring is coming. --_=_NextPart_001_01C76FAC.28BF4170 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'Sunday Marhc 25, 1supst/sup song sparrows and = 1supst/sup eastern phoebe of the season. Tree sparrows still present. Also saw a = cooper hawk chasing a large flock of starlings. Spring is = coming.o:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C76FAC.28BF4170--
[mou] Blackbird
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C765B5.1BE06FEC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First blackbirds seen on Sunday(5) the 11th at Elm Creek Nature Center. --_=_NextPart_001_01C765B5.1BE06FEC Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns:st1=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DPlaceType/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DPlaceName/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3Dplace/ !--[if !mso] style st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /style ![endif]-- style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'First blackbirds seen on Sunday(5) the = 11supth/sup at st1:place w:st=3Donst1:PlaceName w:st=3DonElm/st1:PlaceName = st1:PlaceType w:st=3DonCreek/st1:PlaceType st1:PlaceName w:st=3DonNature/st1:PlaceName st1:PlaceType = w:st=3DonCenter/st1:PlaceType/st1:place.o:p/o:p/span/font= /p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C765B5.1BE06FEC--
[mou] Yellow Variant House Finch
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C74931.8F85F067 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday Feb. 2, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. I noticed at my thistle feeder an unusual bird. It was feeding with three goldfinches so it was easy to size (about an inch larger in length and more robust in girth. I did not have a good look at it as it was behind the feeder but I could tell that it had a yellow rump stripe that appeared to run a long way up the back, and some streaking on the lower body. I could see neither yellow on the wings nor any discernable wing bar. When the bird turned I saw a fairly bright yellow face. He turned towards the house and I saw what I thought was a fairly bright full chest area and then some streaking. He flew away but returned about one hour later. At this time he was still not in full sight but for about 5 seconds it came out in full view to the house and I could see that the bright yellow was on the face, the throat, and only partially into the chest area. The rest of the front body was intermediately striped (meaning neither crisp nor blurry). Due to the angle of the bird I never saw the beak shape. I photographed the bird but only have somewhat blurred photos do to the angle of the bird and me shaking from an unheated three season porch. This bird looked like a house finch but I was not aware of a yellow variant. I called my resident expert the next day (H. Towle) and he graciously gave me the geographical and other pertinent facts on where this bird typically is. Unfortunately, the bird has not returned. Scott =20 --_=_NextPart_001_01C74931.8F85F067 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'On Friday Feb. 2, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. I noticed at my = thistle feeder an #8220;unusual#8221; bird. It was feeding with three = goldfinches so it was easy to size (about an inch larger in length and more robust in = girth. I did not have a good look at it as it was behind the feeder but I could = tell that it had a yellow #8220; rump stripe#8221; that appeared to run a = long way up the back, and some streaking on the lower body. I could see neither = yellow on the wings nor any discernable wing bar. When the bird turned I saw a = fairly bright yellow face. He turned towards the house and I saw what I thought = was a fairly bright #8220;full#8221; chest area and then some streaking. He = flew away but returned about one hour later. At this time he was still not in = full sight but for about 5 seconds it came out in full view to the house and = I could see that the bright yellow was on the face, the throat, and only = partially into the chest area. The rest of the front body was intermediately striped = (meaning neither crisp nor blurry). Due to the angle of the bird I never saw the = beak shape. I photographed the bird but only have somewhat blurred photos do to the = angle of the bird and me shaking from an unheated three season porch. This = bird looked like a house finch but I was not aware of a #8220;yellow#8221; = variant. I called my resident expert the next day (H. Towle) and he graciously = gave me the geographical and other pertinent facts on where this bird typically = is. Unfortunately, the bird has not returned. Scott nbsp;o:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C74931.8F85F067--
[mou] Up north
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C74097.9E207E59 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A late post -on January 21st had a flock of 50 pine grosbeaks and attending with them 2 gray jays at the Nemedji State Forest (County Rd. 146 in northern Pine County ) Also- Jay Cook headquarters has a lot of feeders which had 60 Pine Siskens, Red-breasted and White Breasted Nuthatches. Also 2 porcupines, one on Hgwy 23 and one at Jay Cooke. =20 --_=_NextPart_001_01C74097.9E207E59 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'A late post #8211;on January 21supst/sup had a = flock of 50 pine grosbeaks and attending with them 2 gray jays at the Nemedji = State Forest (County Rd. 146 in northern Pine County )gt; Also- Jay Cook headquarters has a lot of feeders which had 60 Pine Siskens, = Red-breastednbsp; and White Breasted Nuthatches. Also 2 porcupines, one on Hgwy 23 and one at = Jay Cooke.nbsp; o:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C74097.9E207E59--
[mou] Eastern Bluebird
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C71D2E.C138695C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Had one male Eastern Bluebird on Saturday December 9, 2006. Location Lake Rebecca Rd. one-half mile north of Hennepin County 11 ( this is where there are the start of two trails and you see the start of the Lake ) Bird was on the north end of the east trail. Also, 5 Brown Creepers and 62 Trumpeters on the west side of the lake. --_=_NextPart_001_01C71D2E.C138695C Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns:st1=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3Dplace/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DStreet/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3Daddress/ !--[if !mso] style st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /style ![endif]-- style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'Had one male Eastern Bluebird on Saturday December 9, = 2006. st1:Street w:st=3Donst1:address w:st=3DonLocation Lake Rebecca = Rd./st1:address/st1:Street one-half mile north of Hennepin County 11nbsp; ( this is where there = are the start of two trails and you see the start of the st1:place = w:st=3DonLake/st1:place )gt; Bird was on the north end of the east trail. Also, 5 Brown = Creepers and 62 Trumpeters on the west side of the lake.o:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C71D2E.C138695C--
[mou] North Shore Birding and others
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6A7.21DAB508 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Highlights of the Northshore-LeConte's Sparrow at Flood Bay, a late juvenile y.b. sapsucker at the Two Harbors lighthouse, a kestrel hawking and terrifying a group of snow buntings at Kittichi Gama Park ( Friday October 20th ) and a late Tennessee Warbler in Duquette (Pine County) on June 21st. One other note- at Elm Creek Park I saw one week ago and this week at least 4 purple finches. =20 --_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6A7.21DAB508 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns:st1=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DPlaceType/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DPlaceName/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3Dplace/ !--[if !mso] style st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /style ![endif]-- style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'Highlights of the Northshore#8212;LeConte#8217;s = Sparrow at st1:place w:st=3Donst1:PlaceName = w:st=3DonFlood/st1:PlaceName st1:PlaceType w:st=3DonBay/st1:PlaceType/st1:place,nbsp; a late juvenile y.b. = sapsucker at the Two Harbors lighthouse, a kestrel #8220;hawking#8221; andnbsp; = terrifying a group of snow buntings at Kittichi Gama Parknbsp; ( Friday October = 20supth/sup ) and a late Tennessee Warbler in Duquette (Pine County) on June = 21supst/sup.nbsp; One other note- at st1:place w:st=3Donst1:PlaceName = w:st=3DonElm/st1:PlaceName st1:PlaceType w:st=3DonCreek/st1:PlaceType st1:PlaceType = w:st=3DonPark/st1:PlaceType/st1:place I saw one week ago and this week at least 4 purple finches.nbsp; = o:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6A7.21DAB508--
[mou] townsend solitare
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C6EE06.3DE2E60C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for the late post, on Wednesday October 11, 2006 I found a townsend solitare on County Road 124 ( just east of Wahkon-Mille Lacs County ) at 12:00 p.m. The bird was very docile and after I attempted to restart my car ( battery dead) I returned after two hours of battery hunting, and securing a camera, and it was still there and I photographed the same. The bird was very docile and was a life bird for me. Not bad for birding along Mille Lacs with a few strong gusts. Also saw my first tree sparrows. --_=_NextPart_001_01C6EE06.3DE2E60C Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns:st1=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DPlaceType/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DPlaceName/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3Dplace/ !--[if !mso] style st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /style ![endif]-- style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'Sorry for the late post, on Wednesday October 11, = 2006 I found a townsend solitare on County Road 124 ( just east of st1:place = w:st=3Donst1:PlaceName w:st=3DonWahkon-Mille/st1:PlaceName st1:PlaceName = w:st=3DonLacs/st1:PlaceName st1:PlaceType w:st=3DonCounty/st1:PlaceType/st1:place ) at = 12:00 p.m. The bird was very docile and after I attempted to restart my car ( = battery dead) I returned after two hours of battery hunting, and securing a = camera, nbsp;and it was stillnbsp; there and I photographed the same. The bird was very = docile and was a life bird for me. Not bad for birding along Mille Lacs with a few = strong gusts. Also saw my first tree sparrows.o:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C6EE06.3DE2E60C--
[mou] Pine Grosbeak
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C6A763.98CFE6C8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I should know this but is a pine grosbeak find ( Duluth area ) in the summer months: an usual find. I looked back at the Loon and it seems that this doesn't appear to be a usual find. Thoughts? Scott --_=_NextPart_001_01C6A763.98CFE6C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable html xmlns:o=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office = xmlns:w=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word = xmlns:st1=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags = xmlns=3Dhttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; head meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii meta name=3DGenerator content=3DMicrosoft Word 11 (filtered medium) o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3DCity/ o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3Durn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags name=3Dplace/ !--[if !mso] style st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /style ![endif]-- style !-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -- /style /head body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple div class=3DSection1 p class=3DMsoNormalfont size=3D2 face=3DArialspan = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'I should know this but is a pine grosbeak find ( = st1:City w:st=3Donst1:place w:st=3DonDuluth/st1:place/st1:City area ) = in the #8220;summer months: an usual find. I looked back at the Loon and it seems that this = doesn#8217;t appear to be a usual find.nbsp; Thoughts? = Scotto:p/o:p/span/font/p /div /body /html --_=_NextPart_001_01C6A763.98CFE6C8--