Several of us enjoyed looks at both the 1st cycle and adult Lesser
Black-backed Gull today at Colville Park, just down Hwy 61 from Red Wing
this afternoon. While there were still numerous gulls present we were
unable to relocate any of the other species recently reported by Karl
Bardon.
Saturday PM, March 18
There was too much snow to service my Wood Duck houses so went birding.
Rothsay on Friday (4-7 PM) was productive. Saw Short Eared Owls at two
locations;
one near the farmstead just south of where Wilkin 176 reaches its eastern end
near the traditional lek, and
Derek,
If I had to take a guess. I would say that they are male Mallard-Black Duck
hybrids. If you have access to a copy of National Geographic's Field Guide
to the Birds of North America you can see an artist's rendition of this
hybrid. I have had the opportunity to see and photograph a few of
Yes,
I have a pair in my yard, I have had a few BB fledge out of them but
those damn sparrows are still a hassle.. I do like them for looking in the
nest, I think by unhooking them at the top and peeking in there is less of a
chance for the babies to jump out on you..
-Original
There were 59 species tallied on this Tri-state
effort. Not everyone saw each species. My apologies
for losing the route and losing several of 17
cars-briefly-and the DeSoto, WI trailer court speed
bumps! Approximately 40 participants. Temperature
started at 20 degrees and climbed to 39 degrees.
Greetings,
This afternoon at Rothsay WMA, I had an adult prairie falcon soaring
overhead. It put on quite a display of aerial acrobatics, climbing
perhaps fifty feet and then tucking and rolling, pulling out of the dive
and then climbing again. I watched the falcon do this for about five
Steve Wilson and a group of Massachusetts birders and I headed north =
from the owl symposium Saturday night and were treated to a grand =
display of Northern Lights, which then dimmed and faded, outshown by a =
waxing 3/4 moon of canary yellow. A near windless night gave us =
excellent chances
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For those interested, I updated my website tonight with some new photos of
Ring-billed Gulls (action shots), a Herring Gull
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