The Yellow-throated Warbler was present along the parking lot behind the Nature
Store at Whitewater state park at 11:00 today.
Brian Smith
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At 11:45 a.m. there are 3 Ross's Geese along Centennial beach on Lake Okabena,
Worthington.
Brian Smith
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This afternoon I was surprised to see an American White Pelican resting along
the shore of a marsh in Nicollet county (the marsh is frozen over). The bird
was on the east side of the road. This was on 541st Ave, 1.7 miles north of
Courtland. I have to believe that it's sick or injured. I
At 4:15 pm I found a Mute Swan just north of the town of Courtland. It was in a
flooded ag field 1.1 miles north of Hwy 14 on 541st Ave. It was on the west
side of the road, maybe 50 - 100 feet in. I wonder if this could be the same
Mute Swan found in Nicollet County within the last year?
Correction, direction should say SE not NE of the intersection (seen down near
the bee hives).
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From: Brian and Risa Smith brsm...@sleepyeyetel.net
Date:05/11/2014 10:59 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Minnesota
Am currently birding Redwood county and am listening to a Henslow's Sparrow
singing its full repertoire. It's 4/10 ths of a mile north of Hwy 14 on Cty
61(on west side of the road). I've also heard Eastern Meadowlark and Upland
Sandpiper. This is part of Lamberton WMA. There's a lot of
Still present at 8:00 p.m.
Brian Smith
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Am currently viewing a male Snowy Owl standing on a little patch of snow in a
stubble field in very NE corner of Redwood County. It's on the north side of
Co. Rd. 3, about a mile east of the town of Morgan (across from farm site
address 45332). Very likely same bird reported to me by Ron
Around 7:00 p.m. I was birding at the Sleepy Eye W.T.P.’s when I noticed a
large flock of birds flying above me (they were a couple of hundred feet up).
They reminded me of a large skein of geese that we see in the spring. When I
got my scope on them I ID’d them as American Golden Plovers.
There’s a Snowy Egret at Somsen W.M.A. (just west of Menards along Hwy 14 in
New Ulm). It was found by Sarah Taylor yesterday and Mike Oetken reported it
to me today. It’s probably a juvenile but according to Sibley some adults in
nonbreeding plumage are similar.
Brian Smith
Sleepy Eye, MN
In addition to the Red Crossbills reported this morning by Bob Ekblad, I found
another in Nobles County (a juvenile) at Lake Bella Recreation Area earlier
this evening. It was found among a row of conifers that are on the east side
of the road that goes north from the entrance to the park on
Hi,
Earlier this morning I walked a large grassland at the Lamberton WMA in south
east Redwood county in search of Smith’s Longspurs and I was fortunate to find
a number of them (I estimated at least 30). The area that I searched is a
grassland that has been mowed by the DNR recently and it’s
A possible Bullock's Oriole first showed up at my feeder around 6:00 p.m. I got
some mediocre pictures of it with my cell phone at the time. It reappeared at
7:35 p.m. and I was ready for it this time. Mike Oetken came over and was able
to get some good pictures of it with his Canon camera. I
Around 6:45 a.m. (Monday 5/13) the adult male Bullock’s Oriole reappeared at my
home feeder. I was sitting at our dining room table and my wife, Risa, was in
the kitchen and we were visiting and she was looking towards our feeders when
she said that an Oriole had just landed on the feeders. I
Hi,
I birded along the Brown/Redwood county border earlier today. I found 3 Blue
Grosbeaks in Brown county (this is just east of Sanborn). Two were singing
along 445th Ave. This is a large gravel mining operation and it’s been
generally dependable to find them here over the years. Usually
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