I saw this bird at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.I later found out
that it was #52, a male.
http://www.pbase.com/powderhorn/image/122884344
Cheers,
John
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Philadelphia vireo outside living room on Pagoda Dogwood eating berries.
Also yesterday joining the Philadelphia vireo were
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow Warbler, imm female
Robins, imm
Phoebe
Redstart
Black Capped Chickadee
Charlene Nelson
Grant County
On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Michael Engh
I was sitting on the dock that at that time was right behind the Lake Harriet
Bandshell. It was an early, warm summer evening and very crowded, as usual.
What's sitting just about five feet away, but a Black-crowned Night-Heron. It
was lined up on the dock like the rest of us (but his feet
on the rocky coast I was amazed at
their appearance. Such an orange bill on such a black bird! Very cool! Jason
CaddySouth minneapolisj.ca...@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:36:08 -0500
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Subject: [mou-net] Best Bird While Not Birding?
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Caddy
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I was exploring the Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala and there was a group
of green toucans
Over twenty years ago when I was still a smoker, I was banished to our front
porch to smoke. I looked over at our neighbor's porch roof and saw what I
thought was a Saw Whet owl. I quietly went in the house and called Jeff to
come verify my observation. He came out and quickly identified it
As the wedding vows were being said at a beautiful site along the lake shore
in Door County, WI., two juvenile merlins flew around and called raucously.
Henceforth to be known as the merlin wedding by the few birders present
among all the guests!
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Claudia Egelhoff
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: Monday, August 8, 2011 8:02 AM
Subject: [mou-net] Best bird while non-birding: two merlins at an outdoor
wedding
As the wedding vows were being said at a beautiful site along the lake shore
in Door County, WI., two juvenile merlins flew around and called raucously.
Henceforth to be known as the merlin
This may make some cringe. I don't know if this counts, but I've seen some of
my best birds while pheasant/duck hunting. I've seen dozens of
short/long-earred owls. I kicked up a Wilson snipe in January once. Another
time I had a Prairie Falco make a failed pass at another Wilson Snipe that I
A bit of a tough question to answer, because I'm 'always birding',
especially if I'm out and about!*
*
One thing I've found about being a birder, which is being observant, is it's
hard to shut it off!*
*But here are my best while out doing something else: *
White-winged Scoter *- while attending
Philadelphia vireo outside my office window in Arden Hills.
Peregrine falcon perched on ledge of the Minneapolis Midtown Exchange Bldg
above the party room during my daughter's wedding rehearsal dinner.
Black throated blue warbler hitting the family room picture window in Wayzata
and sitting
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Subject: [mou-net] Best Bird While Not Birding?
Sometimes the best birds show up while doing something else.
Golden Eagle at a business convention dinner - Violet-green Swallow during a
meeting break (both pointed out by non-birders) - Prairie
A number of years ago I was working at Dayton's Distribution Center which
was in a huge warehouse. One day a golden-crowned kinglet got into the
building and was frantically trying to find an exit. Another birder who
also worked there and I were able to throw a shirt over the bird when it
landed
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Philadelphia vireo outside my office window in Arden Hills.
Peregrine falcon perched on ledge of the Minneapolis Midtown Exchange
Bldg above the party
My first exposure to nature when I moved to MN from Oklahoma! I was out at
Grand Forks AFB managing a project of installing deep wells and assessing base
contamination. I was collecting samples from a monitoring well in late May in
the morning after a rainy night. Puddles were everywhere.
As I
Long before I even started birding and while attending the University
of California at Santa Barbara (darned ornithologists who taught
zoology courses that I took for my anthro major made me do it for
labs; now I can't quit), I was working out on my bicycle on a frontage
road of the
My best bird while not birding occurred when I was a kid, many years before
I became a birder. I grew up in Golden Valley. My dad built our house on 2
acres and there was a large field behind our house. One winter day my mom
came and got me and told me to look out back. There sitting on a stump
] Best Bird While Not Birding?
Sent: Aug 8, 2011 7:30 PM
Long before I even started birding and while attending the University
of California at Santa Barbara (darned ornithologists who taught
zoology courses that I took for my anthro major made me do it for
labs; now I can't quit), I
Kind of a double header: driving to the wedding of my sister-in-law in Maple
Grove with my mother and young daughter, I noticed something odd flying
parallel to our road. Trying to drive and look (don't tell my wife!), it looked
like two birds flying side by side. As we continued, the bird(s)
Sometimes the best birds show up while doing something else.
Golden Eagle at a business convention dinner - Violet-green Swallow during a
meeting break (both pointed out by non-birders) - Prairie Falcon while reading
in my chair - Tri-colored Heron while visiting relatives - sure there have
Many, over the years, though no species as exceptional as those. Most
recently, yesterday: arriving at my pet-care gig at a friend's house 2
blocks from home, a pair of Merlins in the conifer in her yard.
Linda Whyte
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