Re: [mou-net] Phainopepla Update

2022-10-31 Thread Laura Erickson
I don't know what the final determination about the Abert's Towhee was--that is a bird without any history at all of vagrancy. Phainopeplas are indeed found normally in the Southwest, like the towhee, but unlike the towhee, there are several records of Phainopeplas wandering widely--vagrants have

Re: [mou-net] Phainopepla Update

2022-10-31 Thread bluesk...@comcast.net
Isn’t this another example of the person who brings southwestern birds up to NE Mn; wasn’t there another bird from the SW seen similar to this a few months ago?? If that is the case, how does MOU and eBird handle artificial introductions? Howard > On Oct 31, 2022, at 12:41 PM, Tanya Beyer wr

Re: [mou-net] Phainopepla Update

2022-10-31 Thread Tanya Beyer
Yes thanks Mike for your update--I too saw the phainopepla over the noon hour in the motel grounds, flycatching from the crab apple tree and dead spruce, behaving just like the waxwings who I understand are its distant cousins. Likely this was a young bird that decided to wander northward. On Mon,

Re: [mou-net] Phainopepla Update

2022-10-31 Thread Michael Steffes
A big thank you, Michael, from one who benefited from your spotting the bird! Mike Steffes, Lake County On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:24 AM Michael Hendrickson < michaelleehendrick...@gmail.com> wrote: > I observed the Phainopepla today at 10:22 at 5127 old north shore drive and > also can be found

[mou-net] Phainopepla Update

2022-10-31 Thread Michael Hendrickson
I observed the Phainopepla today at 10:22 at 5127 old north shore drive and also can be found next door at the old Beachway Motel. Other birders here as well. -- Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: h

Re: [mou-net] Phainopepla still present

2022-10-31 Thread Tony Lau
The ABA rarity list doesn't include local rarities, only birds that are codes 3-6 in the ABA area. Tony Lau On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 9:45 AM Charlene Nelson wrote: > Any idea why this bird is not reaching my daily eBird ABA rarity notice? > I’ve noticed this before. Fully expected a first ever sig

Re: [mou-net] Phainopepla still present

2022-10-31 Thread Charlene Nelson
Any idea why this bird is not reaching my daily eBird ABA rarity notice? I’ve noticed this before. Fully expected a first ever sighting in MN to reach the daily ABA rarity list. Charlene Nelson > On Oct 30, 2022, at 10:05 AM, MOU wrote: > > (Posted by Andrew D. Smith via moumn.org) > > The