Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

2020-12-14 Thread Carol Skay 
We had a flock of about 30 male/female Pine Grosbeaks here in Minnetonka
last week, saw them on my morning walk -- I'm guessing that these might be
what you saw because of your comments of them being right close to your
feet.  The flock I watched didn't care at all that I was about 2 feet from
them and I was moving about trying to get better looks -- they just went
about their business chomping on seeds on the ground from the evergreen
tree above them, and a few were in the tree, seemingly knocking down more
seeds.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:09 PM Kriseichers  wrote:

> Perhaps Pine Grosbeaks? Immature males can look orangish. Females are
> yellowish and both have some black on them as well.
> There has been sightings of typically northern a Minnesota birds showing
> up in the Twin Cities area.
> Kris Eichers
>
> > On Dec 14, 2020, at 12:17 PM, Dennis Garrison <
> dennisgarri...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps crossbills?  They can be amazingly tame.
> >
> > Get Outlook for iOS
> > 
> > From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Susan
> Gilmore 
> > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 11:09:41 AM
> > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
> > Subject: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID
> >
> > I had the most wonderful experience this morning in my Golden Valley
> back yard and now need help with identifying what I actually saw! I was
> walking into my backyard when out of nowhere a group of 8 birds, 4 females
> and 4 males, flew to my feet and started picking up snow and picking at the
> leaves under the snow literally inches from where I stood. They must have
> been doing this for at least 5 minutes before they quickly flew away.
> > A male junco joined them for a few minutes and they were approximately
> the same size as the junco.
> >
> > They were colorful birds which I had never seen before. The male had
> orange on him and the females had more yellow or gold. Both males and
> females also had black. My mind was racing trying to figure out what they
> were. Were they Evening Grosbeaks but the males had orange and their bills
> were not a Grosbeak bill. Were they Crossbills but their bills did not look
> like Crossbills and again the males had orange on them & the females more
> gold/yellow.
> >
> > After looking in my bird books they have similar colors to a
> Blackburnian Warbler but those birds are not here in the winter.
> >
> > I hope someone can help me ID them.  I can’t stop thinking about the
> experience!
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> > Susan Gilmore
> > sgph...@mninter.net
> > 612-382-1171
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

2020-12-14 Thread Kriseichers 
Perhaps Pine Grosbeaks? Immature males can look orangish. Females are yellowish 
and both have some black on them as well. 
There has been sightings of typically northern a Minnesota birds showing up in 
the Twin Cities area. 
Kris Eichers

> On Dec 14, 2020, at 12:17 PM, Dennis Garrison  
> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps crossbills?  They can be amazingly tame.
> 
> Get Outlook for iOS
> 
> From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Susan Gilmore 
> 
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 11:09:41 AM
> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
> Subject: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID
> 
> I had the most wonderful experience this morning in my Golden Valley back 
> yard and now need help with identifying what I actually saw! I was walking 
> into my backyard when out of nowhere a group of 8 birds, 4 females and 4 
> males, flew to my feet and started picking up snow and picking at the leaves 
> under the snow literally inches from where I stood. They must have been doing 
> this for at least 5 minutes before they quickly flew away.
> A male junco joined them for a few minutes and they were approximately the 
> same size as the junco.
> 
> They were colorful birds which I had never seen before. The male had orange 
> on him and the females had more yellow or gold. Both males and females also 
> had black. My mind was racing trying to figure out what they were. Were they 
> Evening Grosbeaks but the males had orange and their bills were not a 
> Grosbeak bill. Were they Crossbills but their bills did not look like 
> Crossbills and again the males had orange on them & the females more 
> gold/yellow.
> 
> After looking in my bird books they have similar colors to a Blackburnian 
> Warbler but those birds are not here in the winter.
> 
> I hope someone can help me ID them.  I can’t stop thinking about the 
> experience!
> 
> Susan
> 
> 
> Susan Gilmore
> sgph...@mninter.net
> 612-382-1171
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

2020-12-14 Thread Dennis Garrison 
Perhaps crossbills?  They can be amazingly tame.

Get Outlook for iOS

From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Susan Gilmore 

Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 11:09:41 AM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
Subject: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

I had the most wonderful experience this morning in my Golden Valley back yard 
and now need help with identifying what I actually saw! I was walking into my 
backyard when out of nowhere a group of 8 birds, 4 females and 4 males, flew to 
my feet and started picking up snow and picking at the leaves under the snow 
literally inches from where I stood. They must have been doing this for at 
least 5 minutes before they quickly flew away.
A male junco joined them for a few minutes and they were approximately the same 
size as the junco.

They were colorful birds which I had never seen before. The male had orange on 
him and the females had more yellow or gold. Both males and females also had 
black. My mind was racing trying to figure out what they were. Were they 
Evening Grosbeaks but the males had orange and their bills were not a Grosbeak 
bill. Were they Crossbills but their bills did not look like Crossbills and 
again the males had orange on them & the females more gold/yellow.

After looking in my bird books they have similar colors to a Blackburnian 
Warbler but those birds are not here in the winter.

I hope someone can help me ID them.  I can’t stop thinking about the experience!

Susan


Susan Gilmore
sgph...@mninter.net
612-382-1171





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Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

2020-12-14 Thread Reuther, Brigitte 
How about American Redstarts?

Brigitte Kay Reuther

On 12/14/20, 11:09 AM, "Minnesota Birds on behalf of Susan Gilmore" 
 wrote:



I had the most wonderful experience this morning in my Golden Valley back yard 
and now need help with identifying what I actually saw! I was walking into my 
backyard when out of nowhere a group of 8 birds, 4 females and 4 males, flew to 
my feet and started picking up snow and picking at the leaves under the snow 
literally inches from where I stood. They must have been doing this for at 
least 5 minutes before they quickly flew away. 
A male junco joined them for a few minutes and they were approximately the 
same size as the junco. 

They were colorful birds which I had never seen before. The male had orange 
on him and the females had more yellow or gold. Both males and females also had 
black. My mind was racing trying to figure out what they were. Were they 
Evening Grosbeaks but the males had orange and their bills were not a Grosbeak 
bill. Were they Crossbills but their bills did not look like Crossbills and 
again the males had orange on them & the females more gold/yellow. 

After looking in my bird books they have similar colors to a Blackburnian 
Warbler but those birds are not here in the winter. 

I hope someone can help me ID them.  I can’t stop thinking about the 
experience!

Susan


Susan Gilmore
sgph...@mninter.net
612-382-1171





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