Re: [mou-net] Baird's sparrow - Douglas county

2016-06-13 Thread Williams, Bob
I have been at the spot for nearly two hours now and have not heard the bird. It is actually about .75 miles west of CR 6 at a small depression with a few hay bails lined up on the north side of the road. Maybe it will be back in the morning. Bob Williams Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13,

[mou-net] Has anyone seen the Yellow-throated Warbler at Gold medal park recently?

2016-06-13 Thread Warren Woessner
I thought I heard it Sat am near the memorial but could never see it Warren 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] Calliope Hummingbird in Duluth

2016-06-13 Thread Kim R Eckert
An adult male is present now at Park Point along the trail between the parking lot on the south side of the ballfields and the beach. It was photographed this morning by Linda Atella of Two Harbors, who forwarded her photo to Jim Lind this afternoon, and it was relocated just minutes ago by Don

[mou-net] Baird's sparrow - Douglas county

2016-06-13 Thread Daren Carlson
Encountered a Baird's Sparrow while finishing my Ashby BBS route this morning. Approximate coordinates are 46.10078 n lat, -95.47714 w long. This is in Douglas County about 10 miles W-SW of Parker's Prairie. About 1.5 miles west of Douglas Co. Rd 6 on Ost Rd NW. -Daren Carlson Join or Leave

Re: [mou-net] yellow-billed cuckoo window kill

2016-06-13 Thread Tanya Beyer
No one I think has mentioned that hawks--a merlin that I know of, at least--sometimes seem to use windows as a way of getting bird prey, driving them in for a collision. I had heard of this from a friend, than last fall experienced what sounded like an explosion just after I had shut off propane

Re: [mou-net] yellow-billed cuckoo window kill

2016-06-13 Thread Randy Frederickson
My interpretation of that data is that being cuckoos are prone to understory and dense vegetation flight, they are also more prone to window collisions. I think this would account for both data sets, and the peregrines find them after the window strikes?? Has anyone ever seen a falcon chasing a