[mou-net] Duluth Township-New Arrivals

2015-05-18 Thread Uwe Kausch
New arrivals this weekend include: Coot, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole and Belted Kingfisher Also, the pair of Canada Geese hatched 6 goslings. Despite having an island on my larger pond, which geese have used in the past, they instead used a post mounted basket I had placed in one

[mou-net] McLeod Mockingbird

2015-05-18 Thread Hoeger-Lerdal
N. Mockingbird this morning at Piepenburg Cty. Park north of Hutchinson, hanging out on the picnic tables and electric utility station at the entrance of the camping area. Also seen by Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingman. Bird was still there when I left at 12:45 pm. Pete Hoeger, Hutch Join or

[mou-net] FOY Rose Breasted Grosbeak/Grant County

2015-05-18 Thread Charlene Nelson
at feeder on our Elbow Lake farm Charlene Nelson 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] Black-throated Green Warbler hybrid—NOT

2015-05-18 Thread danerika
Hi All— I got all excited that I had banded a hybrid Black-throated Green x Townsend’s warbler hybrid on Saturday. My blog this morning explains why it probably is not a hybrid, but just a very good-looking Black-throated Green. http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan -- Dan or Erika

[mou-net] massive reverse migration on the North Shore

2015-05-18 Thread jsl...@frontiernet.net
Bob Myers just called to report a huge movement of warblers and flycatchers on the North Shore around Split Rock State Park.  He saw 24 warbler species in just a few hours, including many foraging at his feed in the rocks along the shore.  Most of the birds were moving southwest down the shore. 

[mou-net] Black-headed Grosbeak, Crow Wing County

2015-05-18 Thread Peter Nichols
John Richardson found and photographed a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK in his yard in Brainerd (Crow Wing Co). He posted the sighting and pics on the MN Birding Facebook page, and he welcomes visitors. His address is 409 Holly St. Brained. Crow Wing Co. He added the following note: In low lilacs and

[mou-net] Indian Point Campground (Duluth) warblers

2015-05-18 Thread Jeanne Tanamachi
Just got back from two hours spent watching hundreds of warblers, 16 kinds in all, along the trail that skirts the perimeter of the campground. There were approx. 100 Wilson's Warblers, with equal or greater numbers of Am. Redstarts, Yellow Rumps, plus good numbers of Chestnut-Sideds and Palms.

[mou-net] Least Bittern Ramsey County

2015-05-18 Thread Roy Zimmerman
Craig Mandel called me about a Least Bittern calling in White Bear Lake. I went 4 hours later and it was still calling. At the boat ramp at Central Avenue/ Lake Drive on the west side of White Bear Lake. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Painted Bunting, Eveleth

2015-05-18 Thread Connie Sabetti
Since about 4:00 this afternoon a male painted bunting has been feeding at a birdfeeder at 7863 Thunderbird Trail E, Eveleth, MN at the home of Connie Sabetti. She would welcome anyone who would like to visit. You can email Connie at conniesabe...@gmail.com or call 218-744-2325. They plan on

[mou-net] Another Ruff, Bass Ponds (Hennepin Co.)

2015-05-18 Thread Bruce Fall
This afternoon from 4:00-6:00 p.m. I watched a female Ruff at the Bass Ponds. She was hanging out with Lesser Yellowlegs, Wilson's Phalaropes, White-rumped, Least, and Semipalmated Sandpipers (5 avocets were nearby). This is a different bird from the one found by Steve Carlson two weeks ago,

[mou-net] Osprey

2015-05-18 Thread Gail Wieberdink
Early last week we saw an osprey on the platform by the waterworks at Lake Vadnais. I reported the sighting to Vanessa Greene for the Osprey Watch. We have not seen an osprey on this platform since the one time - the first time we have ever seen an osprey there. We don't get there every day and

[mou-net] Neotropic Cormorant on Sham Lake

2015-05-18 Thread MOU admin
(Posted by Garrett Wee garrett...@hotmail.com via moumn.org) This evening Brad, Seth Boerboom and I observed a Neotropic Cormorant roosting with around 75 Double-crested Cormorants on the eastern end of the lake! The group then flew to Cottonwood Lake. We were unable to relocate it afterwords

[mou-net] Wilson's Warbler

2015-05-18 Thread Susan Gilmore
We had a Wilson's Warbler in our Golden Valley backyard just now! Susan Susan Gilmore http://www.susangilmorephoto.com/ 763-545-4608 mobil 612-382-1171 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html