In the wildlife management area on the south side of Co. 18 (Anoka
Co., I think), a flock of snow buntings passed over a marshy field. We
later encountered one of their kind in the sandy roadbed on the east
side of this area. It was most cooperative about giving us good views,
as it spent 20 minute
At Carlos Avery this morning there was a flock of 11 dunlins at pool
9, and two ravens in a tree along the road at the northwest corner of
pool 5. The ravens flew off with a wonderful "gronk, gronk, gronk".
Cranes everywhere, including one group of 46 in a wet meadow.
I visited Carlos Avery today and there were 100's of ringed-necked ducks,
perhaps 700 mostly in Pools 9 and 10 20-25 pied billed grebes, perhaps 40
coots, 5 N shovelers and a few bw teal about 10 to 15. There were also a few
Canadian geese about 15 and mallards perhaps about 10. I also spotte
On way to Carlow Avery NWA:
Sandhill Cranes:?4? ( 2?on the county rd that passes Gander Mountain and Cat
Heavy Equipment & 2 on Zodiac Ave toward entrance to NWA:)
At Carlos Avery NWA (walked 7.2 miles RT)
Wild Turkey - 1
Whitebreasted Nuthatch- 1
Brown Creeper- 1
Hermit Thrush- 4
Bald Eagle-
Hello All,
Today at Carlos Avery was a pretty good day:
Eastern Kingbirds (picture on blog)
Scarlet Tanagers
Baltimore Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (picture on blog)
Sandhill Cranes
Green Herons
Common Yellowthroat
I also have one bird that I'm not sure on. Picture posted on my blog:
http://c
Went with Bob Holtz and others to Carlos Avery this morning. Quite a few of
the usual things that others have been seeing..exceptthe highlight
of the day was a black-billed cuckoo. The bird was sitting on the road and
fluttered up to a shrub on the side of the road for a 30 seconds or so
gi
I spent a few hours at Carlos Avery today here is a short list of what I
encountered:
Bufflehead (30)
Northern Harrier (2)
Sandhill Crane (7)
Hooded Mergansers (10)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Eastern Bluebird (2)
Northern Flicker (2)
Eastern Wild Turkey (1 hen)
Turkey Vulture (1)
I posted some photos
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Correction to posting below: the thrushes observed at Carlos Avery were =
Hermit, not Swainson's.
- Ori
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Checked out Carlos Avery south, east and north of the game farm today =
between 8 and 11:30 AM. We were looki
I can contact about this problem? Thank you.
Craig
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Hey All,
Yesterday evening I walked through the south section of Carlos Avery =
(across fro
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Hey All,
On Monday evening I walked through the south section of Carlos Avery
(across from the Wildlife Science Ce
Hey All,
Yesterday evening I walked through the south section of Carlos Avery =
(across from the Wildlife Science Center). I saw the following birds:
Eastern Bluebird (1)
Tree Sparrows (20)
Dark eyed Juncos (10)
Hooded Mergansers (3)
Wood Ducks (2)
Northern Harrier (1)
Rough legged Hawk (1)
Sandh
Hey All,
Yesterday evening I walked through the south section of Carlos Avery =
(across from the Wildlife Science Center). I saw the following birds:
Eastern Bluebird (1)
Tree Sparrows (20)
Dark eyed Juncos (10)
Hooded Mergansers (3)
Wood Ducks (2)
Northern Harrier (1)
Rough legged Hawk (1)
Sandh
(along a snowmobile trail accessed by taking Lexington Ave. to Jordell
Drive/St. NE, which becomes Saturn Ave.; the trail entrance is by
Saturn's intersection with 205th St.--this trail runs into Carlos Avery,
BUT BE WARNED THAT CARLOS AVERY'S USUAL ENTRY ROADS ARE CURRENTLY
CLOSED, presumabl
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Somehow took a 'wrong' turn on my way home
to Rochester from St Cloud this evening
and ended up at Carlos Ave
January 15, 2007
Took a MRVAC group up to Carlos Avery today and we were able to get some
great looks at the Short-eared Owls, that have been reported from there for
the last month or so. Still plenty of them around and Rough-legged Hawks
were also observed in good numbers there to. Roads in
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They're still there. This afternoon my husband went over to Carlos to check
them out. Approaching the Pool 9 triangle f
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Went out with Laura Erickson to Carlos Avery today it was very windy
and we didn't see much in the way of short-eared owls but we did see
the fo
Hello,
I had posted a few shots of the Owls and Hawks from last Saturday, but I
had forgotten that we had seen a Rough-Legged Hawk (Dark Morph) as well.
If you're interested, I posted a shot of the Dark Morph to my blog today
as well as another shot of the owl. Thanks again to all that visited and
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I was able to see the Short-Eared Owls in Carlos Avery yesterday, an =
incredible sight. What was probably m
Hello All,
I went back for my second visit with the Short-eared Owls and =
Rough-Legged Hawks tonight. There were about 8-10 owls flying around =
relatively close at times. The hawks were plentiful and gave quite a =
show tonight. There were also a couple Northern Shrikes present tonight =
which w
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I met up with Scott Meyer today at Carlos Avery and he helped me see the hawks
and owls.
I arrived about 3:30 p.m. under skies spitting rain, snow and sleet pellets.
There was a slight
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Relocated the Townsend's Solitaire this morning at 10:06 AM, in a =
different area of Carlos Avery than the o
I've gotten enough response back about my photo from birders that know =
more than me that the bird in Carlos Avery was indeed a Townsend's =
Solitaire. Since I had so many requests for info, I found a map online =
& made notes where I sighted the bird, which you can find here:
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http://www.bol
I also spent some time in Carlos Avery, Sunday Morning.
**15 Rough Legged Hawks. 3 outside of refuge & 1 dark morph in a pine =
tree on the road that goes by Little Coon Lake. So awesome to see these =
birds soaring & hovering in Anoka County!
**5 Northern Harriers - all juveniles
**4 Bald Eagle
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What I thought could be Gray Jays turned out to be Townsends Solitaires. =
Was able to ID them with a pic I
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Very busy morning in Carlos Avery. Saw 2 possible Gray Jays in =
different areas of the Refuge, moving too q
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Hi Holly:
My name is Bob Fashingbauer and I am the Assistant Manager here at
Carlos Avery WMA. A former DNR employee made a checklist of the birds
of Carlos Avery. I have some copies here if you w
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Hello Birders:
Carlos Avery is one of the many places that are being considered as IBAs in
Minnesota. An IBA, for those
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Greetings! We went to Carlos Avery today and saw a couple of migrant species:
a lone Red-necked Phalarope in Pool 8 and 10 Least Sandpipers in Pool 4. Other
than that it was the usual summ
This morning at Pool #4 in Carlos Avery WMA, the H. Godwit and S - b
Dowitcher were joined by 12 Ruddy Turnstones and greater numbers of Semi.
Sandpipers and Plovers. There was also a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the
vicinity. Furthermore, an Acadian Flycatcher was observed near the road in
the woods
Nathan and I may venture over to Carlos Avery tomorrow morning. I've been
there twice since relocating to MN in 12/03, and my (self-designed) routes
have taken forever. Anyone have some insight on simple and/or shorter
routes in? I will be coming south from the Princeton area on 169 initially
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I took a drive through Carlos Avery today, despite the rain and mud I
saw a fair amount of birds. Here are a few of note:
Sandhill Cranes (40 or so, in the recently burned area)
Yellow Warblers
Goldfinch (many)
Blue Winged Teal
Wood Duck
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Numerous other birds I'm not good enough
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Took a run through through Carlos Avery this morning at sun up..
Saw that following:
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Doub
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Got up this morning and spent it driving around Carlos Avery, got my Anoka Co.
list from
13 to 44, also got a few more
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