[mou] So. Hubbard Co. Boreal Chickadee

Hello all, A new yard bird for our cabin on Long Lake near Park Rapids - a Boreal Chickadee made an appearance at 3:00 this afternoon. Also found 3 female/immature Pine Grosbeaks at the public access to the Fish Hook River in Park Rapids this morning. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay

[mou] Redwood Falls CBC results, Eastern Bluebirds

Hello all, Here are the results for the Redwood Falls CBC. Two individuals participated and a third could not make it because of the weather. Cold and blustery, but still a good count for a party of two. The highlight was a flock of 6 male Eastern Bluebirds found in Redwood County just south of

[mou] Montana mystery bird

How big is the bird? It's impossible to tell from the photo. The markings match those of a fully black-eared Bushtit. Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 patrick.beau...@ndsu.nodak.edu

[mou] Posting Bird Sitings on a Google Map

Hello all, I think this is a good idea. I would really like to see something like this added to the MOU online seasonal reporting maps, if it's feasible. I realize this would be quite an endeavor, but I think it would be worthwhile. Exact dates and locations provide good information for people

[mou] Hubbard Co Trumpeter Swans

Hello all, I found a total of 27 trumpeter swans at various points along the Crow Wing River in southern Hubbard Co. today. This is my highest count ever for trumpeter swans in the state. Hopefully the trend will continue! A few rough-legged hawks and red-tailed hawks in the area. I did count

[mou] Wilkin Co Prairie Falcon

Greetings, This afternoon at Rothsay WMA, I had an adult prairie falcon soaring overhead. It put on quite a display of aerial acrobatics, climbing perhaps fifty feet and then tucking and rolling, pulling out of the dive and then climbing again. I watched the falcon do this for about five

[mou] fargo falcon website

Hello all, I've had a couple of requests from Minnesota birders for info on Fargo's nesting peregrine falcons. Here is a link to webpages on Fargo's peregrine falcons. These pages are part of the riverwatch website which focusus on education, current issues, history, conservation, etc. along

[mou] Wilkin Co Northern Goshawk

Hello all, I dashed down to Rothsay WMA for some late afternoon birding and was rewarded with an adult northern goshawk. This was in the exact same location that I saw the prairie falcon last Sunday (1/2 mile north of the junction of CR15 and CR176). The goshawk flew low in front of me and I

[mou] bird ticks

Hello all, I tried to post this message yesterday with a PDF attachment, but I did not know that there is a 10 Kb size limit. Anyone interested in these articles can contact me and I will send them to you personally. The message below appeared today on an entomology listserver. Good discussion

[mou] Clay Co Snowy Owl

Hello all, I did some late winter birding this afternoon in the Glyndon-Felton area. I found an adult male snowy owl near the Bicentennial prairie along Clay CR 108. If anyone comes up this way, be aware that the dirt roads to the prairies around the gravel pits are not plowed. If you want to

[mou] Norman Co Great Gray Owl, et al

Hello all, A great day birding in Clay and Norman counties today. The highlight of the day was a great gray owl in Norman Co. about 1 mile west of the junction of MN SH 32 and CR 151. The owl was being watched closely by 3 common ravens. Here are some other highlights of the day: Polk Co.:

[mou] Clay Co Tundra Swans, et al.

Hello all, I swung through northeastern Clay County yesterday around the Felton prairies and points east, and found large flocks of mixed waterfowl in a flooded marsh bordered by plowed land at the corner of 140th and 230th. Species present were: 100+ Tundra Swans 50+ Greater White-fronted

[mou] Clay Co. Red-necked Grebe, et al.

Hello all, Such a beautiful sunny day here in the FM area that I thought I would play hookey head down to Rothsay WMA. Not much happening there at all! But, I spent about an hour scoping the large wetland about 2 miles west northwest of Barnseville. The wetland is loaded with various

[mou] Hubbard Co. Wood Thrush, Osprey, et al.

Hello all, I spent Saturday birding in southern Hubbard County. Lots of thrushes - 18 Eastern Bluebird 15 Hermit Thrush 100+ American Robin And the highlight of the day, a very early Wood Thrush right across from Eagle Bay Farms Nursery about 1/2 mile west of Hubbard CR 20 on Circle Pines

[mou] Re: Hubbard Co. Wood Thrush

Hello all, More info on the potential Wood Thrush I found in Hubbard County on Saturday. I knew it was rather early for this species, and Jim Mattsson informed me that it would be the earliest in the North by ten days! Because this is a very significant record date, I am now a bit hesitant in

[mou] Hubbard Co., Clay Co. birds

Hello all, A few birds from the Park Rapids area (Long Lake), most notably a male rose-breasted grosbeak at my sunflower hopper feeder Saturday afternoon. I heard a great-horned owl and eastern screech owl Saturday evening. A few mourning doves still hanging around. Dark-eyed juncos are

[mou] Redwood Co. Varied Thrush

Hello all, While eating our Thanksgiving dinner in Redwood Falls at about 4:00 this afternoon, my mother glanced out through the sliding glass door and said Look at that robin. I noticed that the robin had an orange throat, orange supercilium, orange wing bars, and an incomplete dark V necklace.

[mou] Redwood Co Varied Thrush Directions

Hello all, I've had a few inquiries as to viewing the varied thrush, so here are the directions to my parents home in Redwood Falls. They would be happy to have any visitors. If no one is home, just go around behind the house and look around in the shallow ravine in the back yard. That's where

[mou] Redwood Falls Varied Thrush

Hello all, The varied thrush was back again this afternoon. It fed for a bit under the sunflower feeders and then flew back down into the ravine. Quite shy. A fellow birder from Minneapolis on her way home from South Dakota stopped by and the bird showed itself almost right away. Several of

[mou] Redwood Falls Varied Thrush

Hello all, My dad just e-mailed and said he saw the varied thrush beneath the feeders in the back yard. Glad to see it sticking around! I'll keep posting as long as the bird stays around. Cheers, Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State

[mou] Apology

Hello all, Last week during the height of the IBW discussions, I made some negative remarks about ecotourism. Upon further reflection, I realize that I was quite wrong. Not only were the remarks hypocritical ( as I am an avid outdoorsman), but they were grossly unfair, especially to those of

[mou] Hubbard Co. Trumpter Swans, others

Hello all, Sorry this is a day late. I spent the weekend at Park Rapids birding in Itasca S.P. on Saturday and southern Hubbard Co. on Sunday. Present at Bert's Cabins in ISP were 2 Gray Jays, a flock of 9 WW Crossbills, many BC Chickadees, WB and RB Nuthatches, and 1 Evening Grosbeak. Along

[mou] Clay Co. Varied Thrush relocated!

Hello all, At 3:00 this afternoon, I relocated the Varied Thrush reported yesterday by Ben Fritchman in the Oakport Township area of north Moorhead. I found the thrush at 608 Wall Street. There is a mailbox there with 608 on it and a wooden fence running to the north with a row of crabapples

[mou] Big Stone NWR Plegadis ibises

Hello all, I took the scenic route from Fargo to Redwood Falls this afternoon, stopping along the auto tour at Big Stone NWR. I found a total of 8 Plegadis ibis in the long wetland towards the east end of the tour loop. Other birds of note: Red-headed woodpecker, female about 8 miles NW of

[mou] Fargo Red Phalarope

The Red Phalarope found this afternoon by Ron Martin, Dean Riemer, and Corey Ellingson was still present at sunset. The bird is in the northeast corner of the west central cell. I got a couple of decent photos, but light was fading fast and I had to up the ISO on my Nikon D70. Consequently,

[mou] Purple Sandpiper photos

Hello all, I've posted a couple of Purple Sandpiper photos on my Flickr site. These were taken at about 10:00 this morning at Denny's Resort in Bena. When I left, the sandpiper had flown to the steep rocks along the east side of the small creek just to the west of the resort. The fall colors

[mou] Clay Co. birds

Hello all, I also went after the Gray Jay last evening, but with no success. I spent about an hour in the pine and spruce grove just off US 10 at the entrance to Buffalo River State Park. I found Pine Siskins (10, FOY), Golden-crowned Kinglets (14), a Red-breasted Nuthatch, one Brown Creeper

[mou] [Fwd: [ND-BIRDS] odd bird]

Hello all, These photos have sparked a bit of discussion on the ND listserver. My gut feeling is that it's a cowbird, but I'm only basing this on bill shape. Any ideas? Pat Original Message Subject: [ND-BIRDS] odd bird From:Corey

[mou] Clay Co. Townsend's Solitaire

Hello all, Today I found an adult Townsend's Solitaire near Bluestem SNA southeast of Glyndon. The bird was perched near a grove of pine and ash at a farm about 1/2 mile west on 17th Ave from the junction with CR23. This is about 1.5 miles north of the landfill. About 300 or so Ring-billed Gulls

[mou] Hubbard Co. Snowy Owl

Hello all, Just saw a Snowy Owl on the way in to Park Rapids from our cabin at Long Lake this morning. The owl was sitting in soybean stubble on the east side of CR 20 about 1/2 mile south of the junction with CR 17. The bird appeared to be an adult, though I did not have my binoculars with me

[mou] Hubbard Co. Snowy Owl not refound

Hello all, Haven't been able to relocate the Snowy Owl from this morning. Will keep trying. There are about 400 Hooded Mergansers out in front of our cabin on Long Lake near Park Rapids. Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo,

[mou] Clay Co possible California Gulls

Hello all, I would have posted this sooner, but I’ve spent all afternoon and evening at a south Fargo residence waiting for a white-winged dove to reappear at a neighborhood feeder. Unfortunately, it did not return but hopefully will in the days to come. Now on to the gull: I found a pair of

[mou] Clay Co California Gull

Hello all, I relocated one of the 1st winter (not 1st summer, sorry about that) California Gulls today at the Clay County landfill today and got a fairly decent photograph. I also was able to see the bird in flight. There was no indication of windows on the inner primaries, and the top of the

[mou] Clay Co. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Hello all, Just got a phone call from Matt Mecklenburg from the local Minnesota chapter of The Nature Conservancy. He found a scissor-tailed flycatcher on MN highway 9 just north of Downer on the east side of the road. I'm heading out the door as I write this. Pat Patrick Beauzay Department

[mou] Clay Co S-T Flycatcher

Hello all, No success locating the scissor-tailed flycatcher. It was pouring rain for about 1/2 an hour and then cool and breezy with rapidly failing light after that. I suspect it flew into the trees during the rain and had the good sense to stay put. I'm heading back to Downer over the noon

[mou] Big Stone Co. Snow Goose

Hello all, I found a late snow goose in a corn stubble field with about a dozen Canada geese in Otrey township near Otrey Lake. Very windy - not much moving around at all. Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105

[mou] Clay Co Henslows Sparrow

Hello all, I found a Henslow's sparrow in the same area along the longspur road near Felton that had been reported over the past weekend. I'm assuming this is the same bird. I found it about 1/2 a mile north of the northernmost wind generator on the west side of the road. Didn't see the snowy

[mou] Hubbard Co. Wood Thrush, Warblers

Hello all, I heard two wood thrushes singing near Lake George in Hubbard County today. They were heard from the Halverson Forest Road about 1/2 mile east of its junction with CR 4, about 2 miles south of Lake George. One thrush nearby on the north side of the road, and the other was more

[mou] Clay Co Yellow Rail, ST Sparrow

Hello all, Thought it would be a great evening to listen for marsh birds. At the junction of Clay CR 27 and 140th, I heard a single sharp-tailed sparrow vocalizing. It began at 10:30 p.m. and was still going when I left the area at 11:00. I drove north a ways on CR 27, and stopped at another

[mou] wildlife stamps

Hello all, In response to Jim Williams' posting on duck stumps, I think it's a great idea for birders to purchase federal duck stamps AND state fish and wildlife stamps. You do not have to hunt or fish to buy these stamps - anyone can do so. Many terrific birding areas are state owned and

[mou] Big Stone Co. Clarks x Western brood

Hello all, Just returned from the Big Stone NWR area. On the way home, three of us swung by Lake Thielke just north of Ortonville. On the south side of the lake, about 75 yards off shore, were a western grebe and an apparent Clark's grebe together, each sporting one chick on their backs with

[mou] Cowbird discussion

Hello all, Here is a good link to b-h cowbird ecology. It gives historical information and modern perspectives and is definitely worth checking out. http://www.audubon.org/bird/research/ Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota

[mou] Slaty-backed Gull Update

Hello all, The Slaty-backed Gull is still present in Grand Marais at the beach east of East Bay Suites as of 8:20 this morning. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491

[mou] SBG photos

Hello all, I've posted a couple of slaty-backed gull photos from my visit to Grand Marais yesterday morning on my Flickr photo site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/patsphotos Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University

[mou] Redwood Co. Kingfisher, Robins

Hello all, I did some scouting today for the Redwood Falls CBC tomorrow. I found about 80-100 American Robins at the lower shelter house in Ramsey Park. They were very active, flying from tree to tree and bathing in puddles that weren't completely frozen. B!! Also in the park was a single

[mou] Renville Co. Bluebird, Heron

Hello again, My brother and I drove the river bottom on the Renville Co. side from Morton to Goldmine Bridge near Delhi. We found a Great Blue Heron at Beaver Creek and a single male Eastern Bluebird at Goldmine Bridge. I sure hope we can relocate these birds tomorrow! Happy Holidays, Pat

[mou] Redwood Falls CBC results

Hello all, Here are the results from the 2nd annual Redwood Falls CBC. Some nice surprises today! I was particularly amazed at the number of American Robins present in Ramsey Park and near North Redwood. Species Count Canada Goose 68 Mallard 1

[mou] Redwood Co. Snowy Owl

Hello all, Many thanks to Dean Riemer for posting this sighting earlier today. I didn't know when I would be home today to post this sighting and thought there might be some area birders who could dash to Redwood Co. today if they needed this species for a county list. This is the first Snowy

[mou] Wilkin Co. Short-eared Owls

Hello all, I stopped at Rothsay WMA on my way home to Fargo today to look for owls. I was not disappointed! I posted up about 3/4 mile east of the junction of 190th and 280th at about 4:00 p.m. Short-eared owls started flying at about 4:15 and were very active by 4:30. I counted 12 owls in the

[mou] Slaty-backed Gull found dead

Hello all, I'm hoping someone collects the bird for the Bell Museum. If anyone hears that the bird has been or will be collected, could you please let me know who has collected it or will be collecting it? The reason is that I would very much like the lice from the bird for possible DNA

[mou] Becker Co. Prairie Falcon

Hello all, Found a prairie falcon at Hamden Slough NWR this morning around 9:30. The falcon was perched in dead tree near a large mudflat with a stream meandering through it. From the refuge HQ go east on CR 104 and follow it as the road curves to the north. As you crest the hill, the mudflat

[mou] Itasca SP Red Crossbills

Hello all, I found a small flock of red crossbills near the Oldtimers Cabin along the Brower Trail near Douglas Lodge. I was able to positively ID two females, and a few more birds were also present, though I only caught glimpses of them as they were working the cones at the tops of the spruces

[mou] Clay Co. cranes, cc longspurs, godwits

Hello all, I counted 412 Sandhill Cranes at Bluestem Prairie SNA this morning. They were using a hay field about 0.5 mile west of the junction of CR23 and 17th. This is just northwest of the landfill. Also had 46 Tundra Swans fly overhead. Many Canada Geese moving north. At Rothsay WMA (Wilkin

[mou] Clay Co. Worm-eating Warbler

Hello all, At about 11:00 a.m. this morning, Dennis Wiesenborn discovered a Worm-eating Warbler near his home in Moorhead along the river immediately south of the 12th Avenue tollbridge. Dennis, Dean Riemer and I relocated the bird at approximately 1:00. I looked for it again at 7:00 but could

[mou] Clay Co. Henslow's Sparrow

Hello all, Sunday afternoon I found a singing Henslow's Sparrow at Bluestem Prairie SNA near Glyndon. The sparrow was along 17th Ave about 1/4 mile east of the recent burned area on the south side of the road. I apologize for not contacting any area birders immediately - my cell phone was quite

[mou] Clay Co. Blue Grosbeak photo now in gallery

Hello all, A photo of the recently seen (May 6th) Blue Grosbeak in Moorhead (originally found by Bob O'Connor) is now in the photo gallery. I had hopes that this was the first photo of this species to appear in the gallery, but I see Terence Brashear beat me to it! Good Birding! Pat Patrick

[mou] Clay Co. Probable Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Hello all, I've just received a second-hand report of a likely Scissor-tailed Flycatcher seen on Sunday morning at the MSUM Science Center near Buffalo River State Park. The bird was described to a colleague of mine (Jerry Fauske) as rosy underneath and having long tail streamers. When Jerry

[mou] MSUM Science Center address correction

The MSUM Science Center/Buffalo River State Park turnoff is east of the US10/MN9 junction, not west as I stated in my earlier post. Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay at

[mou] Becker Co. Buff-breasted Sandpipers

Hello all, At noon today I found 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Hamden Slough NWR in the large slough along CR 104 about a mile northeast of the refuge headquarters. There are some nice mudflats here right now. A few other common shorebird species present, but not in large numbers at all.

[mou] Long-tailed Jaeger not present

Hello all, A few groups of birders and I waited and searched all day yesterday for the Long-tailed Jaeger near Agassiz NWR, but could not find it. We waited for the bird at 260th and 180th between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. but it did not show itself. Shorebird numbers and diversity are down from

[mou] Cass Co. Caspian Terns

Hello all, I stopped by the Walker sewage treatment ponds Sunday on my way back from a very cold and wet trip to the BWCAW, and noted about 24 Caspian terns on the rocks between two ponds. Does anyone know the current breeding status of this species in MN? Also present were about 100

[mou] Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Felton

Hello all, Just returned from the Felton Prairie area where I was setting up insect survey traps. I found a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow near the Bicentennial Prairie parking area. Walk down the two-track road to the east until you come to the flooded roadway. The sparrow was calling from a

[mou] Redwood Falls Varied Thrush

Hello all, The varied thrush was still present in the Cedar Point neighborhood in Redwood Falls as of yesterday afternoon. Cheers, Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491

[mou] Redwood Falls Varied Thrush

Hello all, My parents called and told me that the neighbors at 120 Cedar Point watched the varied thrush for 15 minutes this morning. The bird is still in the Cedar Point neighborhood! Our CBC team found a ring-necked duck at the Crystal Sugar wastewater treatment ponds in Moorhead yesterday, a

[mou] Redwood Falls Trial Run CBC

Hello all, On the spur of the moment, I decided to conduct a CBC in the Redwood Falls area on December 24th. We will meet at Tersteeg's grocery store at 8:00 am Saturday morning. Tersteeg's is located along Bridge Street (which is Hwy 71/19) at the corner of Dekalb Ave. This is basically a

[mou] Redwood CBC addendum

Hello again, Here is my cell number: 701-866-9498. We will meet on the east side of Tersteeg's parking lot. Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 patrick.beau...@ndsu.nodak.edu

[mou] RWF CBC Trial run

Merry Christmas! A great trial run for the Redwood Falls Christmas Bird Count. Matt Mickelson and I tallied quite a few birds this morning. Matt had to leave at noon and I added a few more species cruising the Minnesota River valley roads near Redwood Falls in the afternoon. Highlights for the

[mou] Hummingbird Question

--=_20050814121922_53012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Here is an excellent website on the ruby-throated hummingbird. http://www.rubythroat.org/RTHUMain.html Hummingbirds use a form of daily hibernation called torpor which is a rest period