I believe that I found two Great Horned Owls on nests along the interstate in
the northwest metro. In both cases I was going too fast and did not get back
to get a better look. both birds were in easy to spot red-tailed hawk nests
along the edge of the woods.
The first nest was on the
I inadvertantly left out the report sent in by Dave and Betty Hochhalter.
See below.
Dave and Betty Hochhalter reported WILD TURKEYS, NORTHERN CARDINAL, and
PURPLE FINCH in their yard among others in Becker County this week.
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
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RE:Local Ospreys. The Freeway Osprey nest has actually been occupied for
several days and there has already been an interesting change in the
identities of the birds there. Always interesting! This is my 17th year of
behavioral and productivity research on Ospreys and if anyone would like to be
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*April 2, 2010
*MNST1004.02
-Birds mentioned
Green-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Loon
Green Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
So Sorry Folks...the Osprey nest I was referring to is on the lights at the
intersection of 169 / 62 in the metro area. ( southeast cloverleaf). I
apologize
for not being clearer. It has been there since 2005.
Thanks for all the interest!
Vanessa Greene
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Hi All--
Mallards returned to our backyard water feature for the second year. See my
blog (http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com) for a technical and hopefully
not too x-rated discussion of of their copulatory behavior!
Dan
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Dan or Erika Tallman
Northfield, Minnesota
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