[mou-net] More on lesser black backed gull

[Brad Abendroth]

I have been stopping at that park in the evening  often in the last week or
so.   Large flocks would stop for awhile and eventually leave southerly to
other sections of prior lake or maybe spring lake. I eventually made it to
Spring tonight and refound it.  It was on the water with a minimum of 5000
gulls.   Herring and a few franklins gulls were there as well.  There is a
small parking lot off Shoreline Boulevard which runs between Upper Prior
Lake and Spring.  From there it's a short walk to the water


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[mou-net] Swans, Osprey, Sparrows- LqP/Yellow Med.

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(Posted by Jason Frank  via moumn.org)

MARCH 24-

14 yuge Trumpeter Swans flew low over Salt Lake this afternoon, hooting and 
hollering. Lots 
of Mallards and Green-Winged Teal; water is high since the snowmelt, mudflats 
are gone. 
The road around the NW side remains a quagmire, apparently due to a plugged 
tile 
attempting to drain a swamp. 

Had a good look at an Osprey heading north along Hwy 75 in the Madison Dairy 
Queen 
Parking Lot. Gadwalls and Shovelers are prominent in flooded fields, with large 
rafts of 
Redheads and Canvasbacks on deeper wetlands.

Great Blue Herons are carrying lots of nesting material to a secluded grove 1 
mile west of 
Lac qui Parle CR 7, at the intersection of 140th and 107th Ave, just west of 
Goodman 
Marsh. Looks like the start of a new rookery. 

Big flocks of American Tree Sparrows are still in the area, and today I found 
my first 
Vespers, Savannahs, and Chippings in Lac qui Parle County. 

One Woodcock is peenting at Prairie Marsh Farm.

Red-bellied Woodpeckers are calling, and there’s an active pair of Pileated 
Woodpeckers just 
over the border in Gary, SD, in the woods behind Buffalo Ridge Resort.

MARCH 23-

There were 40 Tundra Swans on the lake at Miller Richter WMA visible from my 
vantage 
point along Yellow Medicine Co Hwy 67, 10 miles due south of Dawson. A pair of 
Horned 
Grebes were out in the middle. Lots of ducks, around 500 Mallards, with 
Shovelers, Ring-
Necks, Scaup, Green Wings, Hooded Mergansers, and Buffleheads also present.

At the smaller slough just west of Miller Lake, there was a mixed flock of 
Snows, White 
Fronted, and Canada Geese, guessing around 1,000.

The Eurasian Collared Dove population is exploding out here. They are the 
dominant “town 
birds” in Gary and Marietta now. Also present in Madison, Dawson, and Canby. 
They seldom 
venture beyond city limits.

-Jason Frank

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[mou-net] Lesser black backed gull scott county

[Brad Abendroth]

Found a single bird maybe same one from black dog that came here assuming
after Burnsville dump. 42 to crest avenue and then south. Park is on the
left which connects to beach. Scope required


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[mou-net] Hennepin Co. Red-breasted Mergansers

[Pat Norton]

A flock of red-breasted mergansers were on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis at 5
pm today.


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[mou-net] Osprey Watch

[Vanessa Greene]

The Ospreys will be returning to their nests in the twin cities area within the 
next few days or weeks and Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch needs your help. This 
is our annual plea  to please report new nests or osprey activity in the eight 
county metro area  to us. We are trying to monitor all know nests in Hennepin, 
Ramsey, Carver, Washington, Anoka, Wright, Dakota and Scott counties as part of 
a long term study on these raptors. We are also seeking volunteers to help 
monitor these nests. (122 known occupied nests last year, which included 13 new 
nests.) We are assembling our field teams now so If you are interested in 
helping us by checking a nest once a week through the breeding season, please 
contact Vanessa Greene at osprey...@gmail.com. You can find more info, 
including last years productivity and behavioral results, on our facebook page 
( 
https://www.facebook.com/Twin-Cities-Metro-Osprey-Watch-218968924786696/?ref=hl)
 or our blog... www.ospreywatch.blogspot.com
Please feel free to share this post with anyone who might be interested in 
joining this research effort. Thanks!

Vanessa Greene
Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch
osprey...@gmail.com
Osprey watch.blogspot.com
On Facebook too!

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[mou-net] Woodies

[Sid Stivland]

On Monday, mama Wood Duck was checking out one of the Woody boxes here at the 
Stivland ranch in Plymouth.  This morning, she was checking out the interior of 
the box while papa stood guard on the Wood Duck box roof.  No sign of Hoodies 
yet.  Mallards are swimming in the 9 inches of open water at pond edge.  Geese 
have made noisy visits, as well.

Sid Stivland
Plymouth, MN


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[mou-net] Ducks: McMahon Lake, Scott County

[Elizabeth Tiller]

Canvasbacks, ring-necked ducks and scaup


BethTiller


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[mou-net] Eur. Collared-Dove still in Duluth

[KIm Eckert]

John Richardson found the dove on Park Point near 31st Street on Wednesday and 
it is still present this morning at 25th Street perched on a utility wire. I'm 
posting this because it has not been reported yet on mounet and it's possible 
some visiting birders
could be in Duluth this weekend who'd be interested. 

I believe this is only the third St Louis Co record, with the two previous 
collared-doves in Duluth  disappearing shortly after being seen. There's also a 
Two Harbors record, maybe two, and the species has been seen several times in 
recent years in Grand Rapids. Otherwise, this species has been essentially 
absent in NE Minn. 

Kim Eckert, Duluth

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