Re: [mou-net] Dickcissel Irruption

Also being seen in Sax-Zim big on Racek Rd Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2017, at 4:36 PM, Steve Wilson wrote: > > Are others seeing evidence of a major dickcissel irruption into NE MN this > summer? I just returned from a mined area 8 miles north of Hoyt Lakes, now

[mou-net] King Rail, Grant Cty

The King Rail showed well as it crossed 250th at previously posted location. Seen by several 5 pm. Don Kienholz Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Dickcissel Irruption

It is not just in NE Minnesota. I haven't seen this many Dickcisells in SW MN (Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine Counties) since 2011. Driving around here I am finding one male singing every half mile or so, in Mound Spring SNA/WMA, Florida Creek WMA, Sioux Nation WMA, Florida Creek WMA, and

[mou-net] Dickcissel Irruption

Are others seeing evidence of a major dickcissel irruption into NE MN this summer? I just returned from a mined area 8 miles north of Hoyt Lakes, now a restored grassland, and lost track of the number of singing males when I got to 10. They were at this site in the 2012 irruption, but not in

[mou-net] Possible Loggerhead Shrike--Pine County

Around 11:30 today while driving north on MN 23 between Brook Park and I-35, I saw a bird fly across the highway in front of me and I noted it had black wings with conspicuous flashes of white in the wings. Hwy 23 was too busy for me to stop and I was with the non-birding family besides, so I

[mou-net] Summer Tanager at Arboretum

A Summer Tanager returned to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum again this year. It was first reported earlier this week. I saw it near the rhododendron and buckeye gardens with the Sundval family this morning at 11:00. Photos and sound recordings in my ebird list: