[mou-net] W. Sandpiper

This afternoon's quest was some improvement in skill at identifying shorebirds, so I went looking for the W. Sandpiper. After running into a construction roadblock, I parked the DeLorme Atlas in my lap, and found another way to the farm pond where it had been reported. It took about a half hour, ev

[mou-net] another oriole nest

Found another female oriole building another nest about 20 yds away from the 1st. A bunch of males are present now. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archi

[mou-net] Good birds for MG

Nashvilles and Tennessees are in as wells as Common Yellowthroats and Swainson Thrushes. Had two Caspian Terns hunting on the lake. The female Baltimore Oriole has begun nest building in a highly visible location along a very active walkway along the lake. Amazing to watch her weave the nest

[mou-net] Say's Phoebe - Worthington - Nobles County

Kim Eckert just called and he and Don Kienholtz are looking at a Say's Phoebe in Worthington. >From the corner of Interstate 90 and US Hwy 59, go north on Hwy. 59 1/2 mile >and then go east 1/2 mile. There are settling ponds and what looks like a sewage treatment pond and some fences. The bir

[mou-net] Cerulean Warbler, Lark Sparrow, Dunlin

Lake Byllesby- Dunlin 3 Had some good birds for me this morning. Lake Byllesby- Dunlin 3 Least sp Semi Palmated pl and sp Black Tern Many Am. Pipits Plus Franklin's Gull, Forster's and Caspian Terns, several Am. White Pelicans More types of peeps were present-  just not sure of ID. Miesville R

[mou-net] Fw: Cooper's Nest, Inver Grove Hts.

Okay, so I've been a baby about the Cooper's Hawk swooping through my bird buffet and scaring all my birds away. Well, now I'm not going to whine as much because I found the nest--within 150 yards of my home. I can't watch it from my house, but I can set up a chair in my south yard and observe

[mou-net] Broad-wing Hawk, Inver Grove Hts

At about 1:30 today I was able to watch a Broad-winged Hawk dine on a snake. It was "at" the gas station on the northwest corner of Cahill and 80th St in Inver Grove Hts. (Perhaps a migrant "refueling" for the next leg of its journey?) It ate in one of the small trees just to the west of the

[mou-net] Western Sandpiper still present, Dakota Co.

Just got a message (now 1:00pm) that my brother, Donn, found the bird this morning and it was still present at 10:00am. Jim Mattsson Eagan, MN 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] lethal week for martins

No doubt of it! I birded around Pope County much of this week and had a similar, but anecdotal, experience. Martins were trying to feed low over any body of water, as were swallows. I saw very weak Martins that I am sure will not survive. Sid Stivland Plymouth (and Pope County) - Origi

[mou-net] lethal week for martins

Four days of rain and temps in the 30's-40's have hit purple martins hard in most of Minnesota. Preliminary numbers here in Kandiyohi county suggest we had about 10% mortality by late yesterday, with a second group of birds too weak to fly and soon to succumb. Combined with last year's large chic

[mou-net] Indian Point/Western Waterfront Trail

Finally a nice enough morning for some decent birding. On a 2 hr walk from the point to Knowlton creek yielded: half dozen or so Yellow warblers single Chestnut-sided warbler a few Black-and-White warblers Ovenbird Gray Catbird Blue-Headed Vireo Rose-Breasted Grosbeak very numerous American Go

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 14 May 2010

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 14, 2010 *MNST1005.14 -Birds mentioned Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron American Avocet Western Sandpiper Ruff Red-necked Phalarope Caspian Tern Black Tern Common Tern Ruby-throated Hummingbird Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo S