Rick:
Add Common Nighthawk to the list of species that European Starling mimic.
Onward!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio TX
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From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hoyme
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:45 AM
To:
On a local bird tour here in SIoux Falls, SD, I once had a sweet lady
along who asked several times before we headed out if we could see a
Baltimore Oriole, as they are so pretty. I told her not really a
problem as it was early June and there should be some singing away
along our route.
You can also add Gray Catbird and Eastern Meadowlark to the starling mimicry
list. I suspect there are many others.
Bob Holtz
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From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Stevan
Hawkins
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:44 AM
To:
Aside from my own mimicry of a birder, Northern Mockingbirds and
various threshers were the limit of my bird mimicry knowledge picked
up mostly in my native California.
The reports on the repertoire of our invasive European Starlings are
fascinating.
Are there other mimics in Minnesota?
There was a adult Little Gull flying on the southwest portion of
the lake. To see this gull scan the lake from the first pull off on
35. Then a couple minutes later at hillcrest there was a Pacific Loon
observed. Also observed was a Red-throated loon at Garrison.
Nathan Schirmacher
I went out and filled our feeders this morning with lots of hulled
sunflower seeds. This brought in the hordes of chickadees and
nuthatches (white- and red-breasted) that I've been feeding, but also
two entirely unexpected birds. First, a Rusty Blackbird came in and
was foraging on the
Immature flying towards Canal Park at 11:40 AM, spotted by Mike Hendrickson.
Chet Cochon
Duluth
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From: Laura Coble [mailto:shearwate...@frontiernet.net]
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:07 PM
To: 'mnb...@lists.mnbird.net'
Subject: Snow Buntings, Dakota Cty
Today around noon I enjoyed seeing a small flock of 11 Snow Buntings. They
were feeding along the road in an
I found two Surf Scoters at State Line Lake at Emmons, Minnesota, south of
Twin Lakes this morning. One appeared to be first winter and one an adult
female. A few Scaup were about as well as Ruddies.
Rita Goranson
Mason City, Iowa
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From: Rita Goranson [mailto:ri...@mchsi.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:43 PM
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Subject: Surf Scoters in Freeborn county
I found two Surf Scoters at State Line Lake at Emmons, Minnesota, south of
Twin Lakes this morning. One appeared to be first winter
At 5 pm yesterday afternoon, Friday, October 30, 2009, a Tufted Titmouse
briefly visited a feeder at our home in Minnetonka, Hennepin County,
Minnesota.
I watched for it again this morning and it finally showed up at 9:30. In
the two
hours since then it has been visiting about every 5 to 10
I arrived at the Superior Entry at the end of Wisconsin Point at 9:45am. Peder
Svingen joined me for a day of gull watching around 10:45am and we left at
4:30pm. Tom Bloom from Mpls. came by and spent sometime with us as well.
Highlights:
Immature Black-legged Kittiwake: I first noticed the
Hi folks,
For the second time this fall a Northern Hawk Owl has been sighted at/from
the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve in Duluth. Today's bird was located at
approximately 5:05pm (CDT) by counter Karl Bardon. It was flying southwest
along the shoreline of Lake Superior, then changed course and
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