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The previously reported White-faced Ibis at the Meyer Sewage ponds was still
present as of 7:00pm this evening. I joined
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Today while birding around LeSueur county I found a single Avocet at the St.
Peter sewage ponds.
Note that these ponds are
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I have two corrections regarding the Black-necked Stilts at the Belle Plaine
sewage ponds:
(1) The ponds are along Scott
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Around 10:00 a.m. this morning I found a singing Prothonotary Warbler at
Fort Snelling State Park. The bird was located
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For those interested..
There was a single American Avocet in the middle of a wetland located in
Eden Prairie today around
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This evening around 6:00pm there was a single Ruddy Turnstone on the south
shore of the Purgatory Creek wetland area in
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Esther Gesick I spent Saturday Sunday surveying our owl routes in Aitkin
(and parts of Cass Itasca) county this weekend.
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Spent the day birding Aitkin Cass counties with Esther Gesick, Charlie
Greenman and Bonnie Mulligan as part of the owl
A Snowy Egret was at Purgatory Creek (Eden Prairie) today around
4:30pm-5:00pm.
Also present: Caspian Terns, Forster's Terns and Bonaparte's Gulls
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Doug Kieser's shorebird area is located 1.5 miles north of the intersection
of CR 12 and CR 13. This is the northwest corner of CR 13 and 220 St.
Present today were Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers, Stilt
Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs,
Following in John Cyrus' footsteps today.:
Carver Park from 11:00am - 2:00pm
Blue-winged Warbler - 2
Golden-winged Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 6
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
American Redstart - about 10
Ovenbird - 3
With limited time this evening I was able to relocate the Surf Scoter
originally reported by John Cyrus. It was located on the south-east part of
Lake Waconia. I could not find any other Black Scoters.
I also saw nearly 70 Loons but all we too distant and light conditions too
poor to determine if
On a circle trip around Lake Mille Lacs today, Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick,
Charlie Greenman, Bonnie Mulligan I found a single, female Black Scoter
around 1:00pm from the public access just south of the town of Garrison on
the west side of the lake.
Also in the same area were roughly 45 Common
This morning at about 5:10am a singing Whip-poor-will was calling in the
woods on our property. Also, yesterday in the flooded field to the west of
our house were four Willets along with a few Pectoral Sandpipers, one
Semipalmated Plover, a few Dowitchers and close to 300 Lesser Yellowlegs.
I spent May 12-16 birding in Lyon and Murray counties. Despite generally
abysmal birding conditions Thursday through Saturday (strong and steady
northerly winds, rain and cold temperatures) there are some highlights to
report:
An out-of-range Louisiana Watherthrush is on territory at Camden State
After birding my BBA block in Nicollet county this morning, I decided to
check out some places on the Minnesota River for potential Prothonotary
warblers. I found two:
1. Along the west side of LeSueur county 102 about .5 mile south of
state highway 99. This is about 100 yards south of where
Two Henslow's Sparrows were present this morning at the Carver Rapids unit
of the MN River Valley NWR.
From the intersection of Carver county roads 50 11 (Jonathon Carver
Parkway), go north a little over a mile and park in the parking area on the
right (east) side of the road. Walk the two lane
While surveying breeding bird atlas block this morning, I decided to explore
some parts of the Minnesota River valley from New Ulm westward. There were
three Prothonotary warblers at the following locations:
1. MinneConn Park in New Ulm. It was singing way off on the east side
of the road on
A Black and Surf Scoter were seen on Lake Waconia today from 4:30pm-4:50pm.
They were still present when I left. They were seen from the public access
on the east side of the lake along county road 155.
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Greetings,
With all issues of The Loon available on the MOU web site, I no longer have
a need to fill up my rapidly diminishing storage space with 26 years of past
issues. Before I send these to the recycle bin, if anyone has any
suggestions on who might benefit from these past issues, please
This previously mentioned location is shaping up nicely to be a worthwhile
shorebird area in the coming weeks. Today, I counted just under 400
individual shorebirds present. Almost every one of these were either
Pectoral Sandpipers or Greater Yellowlegs. Only a handful of Killdeer and
Lesser
Between 5:30pm and 6:00pm Apr. 15, I counted just over 350 individual
shorebirds at the west end of Rice Lake. Most of these were Greater and
Lesser Yellowlegs along with a handful of Dunlin, one Least Sandpiper, nine
Hudsonian Godwits and one Marbled Godwit. The godwits, to the best of my
With recent rains the water level of Rice Lake has risen, mudflats have
vanished and the shorebird numbers have dropped. This afternoon I counted
just under 100 shorebirds of three species. Almost all were Lesser
Yellowlegs with a few Greater Yellowlegs and two Wilson's Phalaropes.
I am checking
I spent Friday evening through Sunday afternoon with Esther Gesick and Paul
Egeland surveying some breeding bird territories in Jackson and Watonwan
counties. We came up with the following birds of interest:
A singing Bell's Vireo was heard on the south side of Watonwan county road
1, about 1.3
Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick I birded from Chaska down to Mankato and back
today. Our best find was a Townsend's Solitaire at the Kasota Prairie area
in LeSueur county.
Directions:
Go south from the town of Kasota about a mile to Kasota Twsp road 140. Turn
right(west) and drive another mile. The
Spent the day birding around Sibley, Renville and Nicollet counties. The
most productive waterfowl spot I found, by far, was the Dehning WPA in
Sibley county. There were well over 1,000 individual waterfowl present in
this small wetland:
over 200 Trumpeter Swans
about a dozen Greater-white
Spent part of the morning birding in Sibley county.
A Prothonotary Warbler was found just south of the town of Henderson in a
backwater (ox-bow) of the Minnesota River along the east side of state
highway 93. The location is .6 miles south of state highway 19.
Also, at the Gaylord sewage ponds,
Spent part of the morning birding in Scott county.
The Kentucky Warbler reported from the Louisville Swamp was still present as
of 7:30am.
Also in the area were two Mourning Warblers, a single Wilson's Warbler,
several Tennessee Warblers, two Black-billed Cuckoos
and one Orchard Oriole.
At the
While working from home today, I had a female Evening Grosbeak appear at my
feeder at 11:45am and 12:15pm. If it appears again I will re-post.
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Two Avocets were present today at 5:30pm on the western most island at the
Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie. Also present were about 25 Lesser
Yellowlegs and one lone Greater Yellowlegs
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Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick, Bonnie Mulligan I birded Swift county on
Monday (May 18th). Some notables:
Yellow Rail
- a single calling bird was heard both Sunday afternoon and early
Monday morning at a marsh located just south of the Pope county line. The
marsh is just over a mile west of
I just received a call from Denny Martin.
At 2:00pm today Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekend found an adult
California Gull at the Headquarters Pool of Agassiz National Wildlife
Refuge.
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Spent the day in Sibley, Nicollet Blue Earth counties. Some highlights:
Warblers:
Two Cerulean Warblers at the Vale WMA in Sibley county.
Also at Vale WMA were: two late Mourning Warblers, one late Tennessee and
two Blue-winged.
Another Cerulean was found along High Island creek, 2.5 miles
Am contemplating heading out in the cold tomorrow to look for this bird.
Does anyone have any news of sightings seen on Saturday Jan 2??
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Was seen at 10:35am this morning Sunday, Jan 3rd. Thanks to those who
answered my inquiry from yesterday.
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The Cinnamon Teal was still present at the location in Carver county this
evening. It was seen in both the flooded corn field to the north of the
dairy farm as well as to the flooded grassy field to the south. This was
where it was last seen when I left at 7:45pm. Also present were Milt
Blomberg
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Last night I spent some time owling along the Minnesota River Valley in
parts of Carver, Scott and Sibley counties. I
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On Sunday, on my way to Pine County for an owl survey, I decided to stop at
Pool #4 at Carlos Avery WMA to look for that
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A brief visit to the New Germany shorebird area in Carver county today
turned up the following:
1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Warblers were moving today in Carver county. Between Carver Park and my
house there were 15 species seen including:
Spent the past two days birding along the Minnesota River valley looking for
migrants. In general, with the rain and north-northwest winds things have been
slow.
However, I did find two birds of note:
Blue-winged Warbler - Renville county
At the county park located next to county road 6 and
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I spent Tue-Fri this past week birding in Yellow Medicine, Lac Qui Parle and
Big Stone counties. Some highlights:
Snowy
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I awoke early yesterday spent the day in Lac Qui Parle county. Some
highlights:
Yellow-billed Cuckoos - a total of five
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Spent Friday most of Saturday birding in Yellow Medicine and Lac Qui Parle
counties. Some high-lights:
Lac Qui Parle:
12
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Located two Short-eared Owls this evening at the Rapids Lake unit of the MN
River Valley NWR. The birds were seen about
Two Willets were at the Purgatory Creek area in Eden Prairie this evening
about 5:30pm. Also present were roughly 60 Caspian Terns. These birds we on
the island sand-bar easily viewable from the path behind the Flagship
Corporate building.
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I spent the day birding in LeSueur county. Here are some of the highlights:
A single Peregrine Falcon at the St Peter
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This weekend probably falls in the category of How lucky can just one
person get.?
Rock Wren - Felton Prairie
The bird was
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Four Cattle Egrets were seen around 5:30pm today in the town of Mayer in
Carver County. They were located on the east side
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I spent the past five days birding Big Stone, Lac Qui Parle and Yellow
Medicine counties. Migration in general is very slow,
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At 8:30 this morning I saw four Buff-breasted Sandpipers mixed in with a
large flock of Killdeer at a sod farm south west of
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The Great Gray Owl was present this morning at 9:45am in the previously
described location (Carver county road 10 and
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On our way home from our weekend owl survey, Esther Gesick, Nadilia Gomez
and I found a Gyrfalcon at the intersection of
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Esther Gesick, Nadilia Gomez and I conducted our weekend owl survey in
Aitkin County. Here are some observations:
Great
I spent the past two days in west-central Minnesota (Chippewa, Lac Qui
Parle, Yellow Medicine, Swift Big Stone counties) with Esther Gesick,
Denis Ostroot and Susan Hartley. Waterfowl migration is in full swing.
There are impressive numbers of geese, ducks and swans throughout this area.
The
There was a single American Avocet on the south end of Wahibo Marsh this
evening at 7:45pm. It can be easily viewed from county road 30.
This is the same marsh that produced two White-faced Ibis in late April.
This former sod farm is turning out to be a very nice addition to the
county. It is
I found a pair of Carolina Wrens today at 12:30pm along the hiking club
trail in Minneopa state park. One bird was signing the typical
:tea-kettle, tea-kettle song. The other was giving a scolding call.
Directions:
Just prior to the campground, walk the hiking club trail west. It took me
five
The Northern Hawk-Owl was present today at 11:30am about .5 miles north of
the intersection of Tagus and 220th Street. It was on a power pole at house
number 22749.
In Hutchinson the heavily barred Snowy Owl was still sitting on the roof of
the house at the corner of Bradford St SE and Denver at
Hoping to find some open water and lots of waterfowl, I spent the weekend
birding primarily Grant county with a brief visit to Mud Lake and Traverse Lake
in Traverse county.
Most of the lakes in this area are still primarily frozen. The open water that
I did find had some waterfowl but was
Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick and I birded portions of Scott, Sibley, Nicollet
Carver counties today. Shorebird numbers were very good, but with some
exceptions, were almost entirely composed of Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral
Sandpipers and Greater Yellowlegs.
Scott county - from Jordan, go about
Several are looking at the Ruff right now(4:20pm).
We are viewing it from standing in the cattails looking to the southeast.
Scope is mandatory. Ground is soft and muddy. Boots are helpful.
It stands out by its larger size, bright rufous head and black chest.
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There are currently 17 Marbled Godwits on the east side of the Wahibo Marsh.
This marsh is accessed from county road 10 on the west side of Lake Waconia.
Please do not leave the pull-off area.
Also present Caspian, Black and Forster's Terns.
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There are over 300 shorebirds present right now at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds:
12 Avocets
Hudsonian Godwit
Sanderlings
Ruddy Turnstones
White-rumped Sandpipers
Both species of Phalaropes
Stilt Sandpipers
Dunlin
And more.
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The White-eyed Vireo was present at 9:00am this morning per the directions
previously given.
Also present at Flandrau State Park were Yellow-bellied and Alder
Flycatchers(both vocalizing), Mourning, Canada and Magnolia Warblers along with
resident Wood Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Scarlet
Prior to our evening Marshbird survey for MN Audubon yesterday, Esther and I
found a Northern Mockingbird on the southwest shore of Boise Lake in Brown
county about 5:30pm. This lake is located roughly midway between Springfield
and Cobden south of US Hwy. 14. We were able to watch the bird
Esther Gesick, Paul Egeland and I spent Monday and Tuesday birding Chippewa and
a portion of Lac Qui Parle counties. Some highlights :
One Henslow's Sparrow at the Gneiss Outcrops SNA heard on Tuesday.
At least five different Eastern Whip-poor-wills in the extreme southeast corner
of Chippewa
Are present at 5:30pm in the extreme southeast corner of Eggert Lake. They are
frequently hidden from view.
Thanks to all those who posted updates during the day. It made the decision to
chase these birds much easier.
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There is a single Snowy Egret amongst over 130 Great Egrets at the Gaylord
Sewage ponds in Sibley county as of 4:50pm.
It was last seen on the east berm walking among the rocks towards the south end
of the first pond on your left.
Also present were over 1,700 Franklin's Gulls.
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A single Surf Scoter is currently present on the east side of Lake Waconia. The
bird is just north of Lake Waconia a Regional Park about 50 yards from shore.
For what it's worth, the handful of Scoters I have seen on this lake over the
years have all been in the same general area on the east
Several birders have searched for the Brant this morning without success. So
presumably the bird has moved on.
A Red-throated Loon is present in Agate Bay.
And the Cattle Egret is still present by Lou's Fish Shop right along Highway 61.
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The Surf Scoter reported last week is still present as of 8:30am Monday on the
east side of Lake Waconia. The bird is just north of Lake Waconia Regional Park
about 50 yards from shore.
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As of 12:30pm, there is a single winter plumaged female Long-tailed Duck on
Tiger Lake in Carver county.
Tiger Lake is located just west of Norwood Young America on Highway 212. The
lake can be scanned from a wildlife management area on the west side of Tiger
Lake.
The bird is in the middle
As of 10:00am there is a trio of Black Scoters on Lake Waconia, Carver county.
They are viewable from Lake Waconia Regional Park on the southeast side of the
lake. The birds were to the northwest from the park and were quite distant but
readily identifiable. Scope is mandatory.
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Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick and I spent the weekend in Yellow Medicine, Lac Qui
Parle and part of Chippewa county. Some highlights:
Spotted Towhee located in the eastern half of the Lac Qui Parle county park on
Saturday. This park also held many of the usual sparrows, kinglets and late
season
There is a single Long-tailed Duck present on Lake Waconia right now. The bird
can be seen from Lake Waconia Regional Park on the southeast side of the lake.
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The 150th street flooded fields are now mostly drained. 90% of the water that
was here just a few days ago is now gone. The only waterfowl left are a few
Green-winged Teal, Coots and Mallards. There are some shorebirds present
including five Golden Plover's, both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs,
I spent yesterday birding Blue Earth county. As others reported yesterday in
other areas of the state, migrants were numerous.
Minneopa State Park had numerous Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Flickers, Hermit Thrush
and Fox Sparrows.
Waterfowl were still plentiful at the Born WMA(Indian Lake), the
Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick and I spent the past three days birding various
parts of southwest MN. For the most part songbird migration was lacking.
Sparrows in particular were absent and only a few kinglets and yellow-rumped
warblers were observed compared to other areas of the state where
Two shorebird areas are in play this spring in Carver county.
The Tacoma Avenue area held nearly 700 individual shorebirds this morning.
Virtually all were Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers. Solitary
Sandpipers and Wilson's Snipe were also present. The water level here is very
low.
another quarter mile and
turn south on Yancy Ave to view from the west.
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north and becomes CR36. The bird is at the point where the road turns
north. The location is mapped in the MOU Seasonal Reports data base.
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were too distant for identification. For
migrant songbirds we found one Olive-sided Flycatcher in Lac Qui Parle county
and two Northern Waterthrush along the auto tour drive of Big Stone NWR.
There were also late lingering single Orchard Oriole and Lark Sparrow.
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Chaska
This morning Esther Gesick and I have tallied 20 species of warblers at
Hok-Si-La Park in Goodhue County including:
Bay-breasted
Golden-winged
Blue-winged
Magnolia
Black-throat Green
Blackburnian
Chestnut-sided
Three species of cereals are also present.
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Spell check strikes again.
VIREOS not "cereal".
Thanks to all who pointed out the error of my ways.
May your future posts be typo-free.
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William Marengo
Chaska
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of the road.
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Chaska
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Recent rains have brought the Tacoma area field's back in business. There are
currently nearly 300 shorebirds present including:
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Short-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semi-palmated Plovers
White-rumped Sandpipers
Least Sandpipers
With more rain in
At 4:45pm today there were 13 American Avocets at the Albany WTP in Stearns
county. Other shorebirds present were multiple Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs
and a single Dowitcher.
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were located in the reeds and bull-rushes along the
north side of the railroad tracks within 50-100 feet from the trail.
Note this WMA is open for pheasant and waterfowl hunting.
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The Pine Grosbeak at the Arboretum is present as of 10:15 a.m. this morning. It
is in the same place as reported yesterday behind the visitor center in spruce
and crabapple trees.
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that parallels
part of the trail.
Note that I originally thought this was a Surf Scoter, but after scrutinizing
the bird for about 20 minutes it finally showed enough of its wing while
preening to see the white wing patch.
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Two White-winged Crossbills were present this morning in the spruce trees along
the west side of the Waconia cemetery which is along the south shore of the
lake.
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At 12:45pm there were two Snowy Egrets along CR 5 at the Westline WMA just west
of the town of Lucan.
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A quick visit to this spot south of Cologne yesterday showed only modest
numbers of waterfowl present despite abundant water levels. With the opening of
water elsewhere the waterfowl has moved on. No need to make any visits to this
area for waterfowl.
Regards.
William Marengo
Chaska/Victoria
that there were no “peeps” found at all today.
Also present in the county today were two Peregrine Falcons(one at the Willow
Lake WMA in Wanda, the other at the Lamberton WMA) and a single Swainson’s Hawk
also at the Lamberton WMA.
Regards,
William Marengo
Chaska/Victoria/Waconia
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As of 12:00pm there were three White-faced Ibis at the Metz WMA in Traverse
county. When I left at 12:30pm, they had moved into the vegetation and out of
sight. They should be still present.
Basic directions: from Browns Valley drive east 3 miles on County Road 2. Turn
north on CR 53. After
scanned.
Note that this area drains rapidly once things thaw out. The past two years
this area has only been viable for waterfowl for two-three weeks.
Regards,,,
William Marengo
Chaska/Victoria/Waconia
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This is a follow-up to Dave Cahlander’s announcement from Oct 13 regarding the
Seasonal Reports checklist. Specifically, “sub-species have been added to keep
track of the multiple sub-species seen in Minnesota.”
MOURC is now accepting reports of selected subspecies. We are doing this for
the
Another Lac Qui Parle Blue Grosbeak, presumably different than the one reported
by Ken Larson on July 29, was found today at an inactive gravel pit area. The
location is 5.5 miles west of US75 on the north side of 140th St. N in Freeland
Twsp. A map can be viewed via this eBird checklist:
A single SURF SCOTER was seen this evening while scanning Lake Waconia in
Carver County. It was seen from the Dakota Rail Trail which runs along the
north side of the lake.
If anyone is going here to look for this, park on North Shore road just west of
county road 155. The Dakota Rail Trail
As of 12:15 PM there is a Pacific Loon on the extreme south end of Lake
Traverse at the Browns Valley recreation area.
Park at the recreation area on the south west end and walk the dike. The bird
is anywhere from 50 to 200 yards offshore and only stays visible for a few
seconds between dives.
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