[mou-net] Warbler Special

2014-05-11 Thread Warren Woessner
I found 14 species between Wood lake and Vet's park with a lot of overlap Best was the Brewer's at VP Warren Sent from my iPhone 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] Probable Western Tanager, Mower County

2014-05-11 Thread rvjesse
Hello: This morning around 6:30 a small wave was in our backyard here in Austin along Turtle Creek. Among the warblers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks there appeared to be a Western Tanager. The light was poor with clouds but I could see the bird was larger than a warbler and I could see the

Re: [mou-net] Black Throated Gray Warbler

2014-05-11 Thread linda whyte
Thank you to all who have posted even-tempered, constructive responses to the original post. Having read the original, and now re-read it to understand all the responses, I see much positive criticism and potential solution to the problems of communication involved. I believe the tone of the

[mou-net] White-faced Ibises--yes, plus other birds (Sherburne Co.)

2014-05-11 Thread Alyssa DeRubeis
The flock of four White-faced Ibis at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (near Zimmerman) reported by Betsy Beneke were observed around 7:30am this morning by Craig Mandel and me. They were very close to CR-17 on Upper Roadside Pool (on the right/north side of the road), then the group flew

[mou-net] Jaeger sp., Park Point, Duluth

2014-05-11 Thread balec11
Observed a jaeger around 11:30 flying over open water straight out from the boardwalk dune crossing at the last parking area on park point. This would be the east side of the parking lot. It made several passes through the area, chasing gulls and landing several times. It was a ways out

[mou-net] Cattle Egret in Medina, Hennepin County

2014-05-11 Thread Madeleine Linck
I just had a good look at a Cattle Egret in a shallow marsh in Medina. It is best seen from private property, I can not give out the address. It might be possible to see it from a public road however: south side of Medina Rd, just east of Brockton Lane, in Medina, very close to the Plymouth

[mou-net] Northern Mockingbird - Redwood County

2014-05-11 Thread Mike Majeski
There is a northern mockingbird just north of 100th street, approximately 3.3 miles west of CR 6 at the extreme southern end of Redwood county, about 4 miles south of Lamberton. The mockingbird was in a small bush in the ditch just north of the Cottonwood county line/100th street. Mike Majeski

[mou-net] White-faced Ibis, Wabasha County

2014-05-11 Thread Dedrick Benz
I checked the flooded fields along CRs 30 and 24 again today. I didn't spend a lot of time, but it looks like there was some turnover of shorebirds overnight, as I was unable to relocate American Avocet, Dunlin, Red-necked Phalarope or Willet. However, at this field: 44.3429698,-91.9769119

[mou-net] Carver County White-eyed Vireo

2014-05-11 Thread John Cyrus
I found a White-eyed Vireo along the western shore of Rapids Lake this morning. I uploaded a photo to the MOU site, or you can look here https://www.flickr.com/photos/27446731@N02/with/14158606261/ Otherwise I turned up the same but more(a few species less) of 21 warbler species that I saw

[mou-net] Brown Pelican

2014-05-11 Thread Anthony Hertzel
Bill George reported a Brown Pelican today from the north end of the highway 61 bridge in Hastings, Washington County. It was headed down river toward Red Wing at 1:00 PM. Anthony Hertzel axhert...@gmail.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Fwd: Summer Tanager, Blue Earth County

2014-05-11 Thread Brian and Risa Smith
Correction, direction should say SE not NE of the intersection (seen down near the bee hives). Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Original message From: Brian and Risa Smith brsm...@sleepyeyetel.net Date:05/11/2014 10:59 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Minnesota

[mou-net] Fwd: Summer Tanager, Blue Earth County

2014-05-11 Thread K R E
For some reason the earlier posting about the MBW's Summer Tanager today did not go through. Am trying again. Kim Eckert Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Brian and Risa Smith brsm...@sleepyeyetel.net Date: May 11, 2014 at 12:27:44 PM CDT To: MOU mou-net@lists.umn.edu, Kim

[mou-net] Summer Tanager, Blue Earth County

2014-05-11 Thread Brian Risa Smith
(Sorry for this being slightly late but my earlier attempt to e-mail this from the field went awry for some reason). Kim Eckert's Minnesota River Valley MBW group found an adult male Summer Tanager around 10:00 a.m. this morning near the town of Courtland in NW Blue Earth County. The bird was

[mou-net] Ibis--Sherburne County

2014-05-11 Thread Paul and JoAnn Gunderson
Hi Birders, The White-faced Ibis were still present in Upper Roadside Pool as of 3:20 this afternoon. We observed them from the shoulder of County Road 16 east of the culvert. They were foraging in a strip of bright green grass just in front of a row of shrubs. We were able to see only three

[mou-net] Warblers and white pelicans

2014-05-11 Thread David Zumeta
Observed 19 species of warblers on Saturday and Sunday in South Minneapolis at two locations: the Mississippi River gorge (around 36th Street and West River Road in South Minneapolis) and along the bike trail between the dog park parking area in Minnehaha Park south to Coldwater Spring (east of

[mou-net] Blackburnian Warbler

2014-05-11 Thread Linda Krueger
I was able to photograph a Life Bird on Mothers Day in our own yard - a Blackburnian Warbler! Also visiting our yard was a Yellow Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Chipping Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird, Chipping Sparrow, Black-capped Chicadee, House Finch, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Wild