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Re: Nighthawks, I have only heard them twice and seen one this summer. This worries me as they are one of my favorite summer birds to have around. I love the sound of them in the evening. Both occasions have been in S. Mpls. Another bird I have been meaning to ask the lists about is Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. I have not seen one yet this year. In the past, I have never had to work at seeing one, they just pop up during a days birding. Anyone seen any or have any good locations for them this year? Nice find on the Cooper's variant. I saw a mature Sharp-shinned hawk in my neighborhood this weekend. Jim in Longfellow On 7/11/06, Steve Weston <swest...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Found an interesting hawk this evening in Eagan in Lebanon Hills, visible > in > one of the small swamps on the south side of Cliff Road between the > Holland > Lake and the entrance to Shultz Lake. I believe it was the swamp by the > old > entrance. This beauty was clean white below with only faint banding on > its > tail and blond head markings. From its long tail, fluffy white under tail > coverets, and slim appearance, I believe this is an unusual light morph > Coopers Hawk. I assume it is a juvenile. Tail feathers were in molt with > only two feathers at full length. I don't know that I have ever seen a > picture of bird with this coloration. > > A friend inquired if I had seen any Nighthawks this summer, and I have > not. > I have not been driving through any of the small towns with my windows > open, > so I may have missed them. Is anybody finding them in eastern Minnesota? > > Got a call from a co-worker today asking what birds were building mud > nests > on his deck and how he might be able to discourage them. It seems that > these birds, which we determined were Barn Swallows, were terrorizing his > kids. After determining that the nests were empty, he washed them away > with > his hose. I suggested that he could hang plastic sheeting from hsi deck > to > discourage the swallows, but that removing the nests was technically > illegal, and especially illegal if the birds had started to lay eggs. > > Then I told him, that he was really missing a show that would really > excite > his kids. I guaranteed him that if he left them to nest, the kids would > be > watching through the window everyday. The Barn Swallow is an insect > feeder > and will scarf down more than its weight in mosquitos everyday. (Well, > that > may be a lie. They may not eat as many mosquitos as larger bugs.) And, > while the birds will dive bomb anyone approaching their nests to protect > their young, as time continues they will probably become accustom to the > kids and be less threatened by them. In any case, they may dive at them, > but they will not attack, and they wouldn't even draw blood if they were > in > hand. (Oh, well that maybe another slight exaggeration.) I hope I > convinced him to welcome the birds. > > We are going through a lot of grape jelly. Cherie had to refill the dish > that I filled yesterday. She reported at least seven orioles today. > > Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN > swest...@comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-...@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > -- Sincerely, James F. Ryan, D.C., Agel distributor Start Building Your Own Business Today! With Products to Make You Feel Great, a Strong Support Team with Proven Leaders, and a Revolutionary New, Lucrative Compensation Plan! http://agelnow.com/ muchmore...@gmail.com 877-694-2226 ext. 754 651-308-0234 cell ------=_Part_37353_14819312.1152616645420 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Re: Nighthawks,<br>I have only heard them twice and seen one this summer. This worries me as they are one of my favorite summer birds to have around. I love the sound of them in the evening. Both occasions have been in S. Mpls. <br><br>Another bird I have been meaning to ask the lists about is Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. I have not seen one yet this year. In the past, I have never had to work at seeing one, they just pop up during a days birding. Anyone seen any or have any good locations for them this year? <br><br>Nice find on the Cooper's variant. I saw a mature Sharp-shinned hawk in my neighborhood this weekend.<br><br>Jim in Longfellow<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Weston </b> <<a href="mailto:swest...@comcast.net";>swest...@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Found an interesting hawk this evening in Eagan in Lebanon Hills, visible in <br>one of the small swamps on the south side of Cliff Road between the Holland<br>Lake and the entrance to Shultz Lake. I believe it was the swamp by the old<br>entrance. This beauty was clean white below with only faint banding on its <br>tail and blond head markings. From its long tail, fluffy white under tail<br>coverets, and slim appearance, I believe this is an unusual light morph<br>Coopers Hawk. I assume it is a juvenile. Tail feathers were in molt with <br>only two feathers at full length. I don't know that I have ever seen a<br>picture of bird with this coloration.<br><br>A friend inquired if I had seen any Nighthawks this summer, and I have not.<br>I have not been driving through any of the small towns with my windows open, <br>so I may have missed them. Is anybody finding them in eastern Minnesota?<br><br>Got a call from a co-worker today asking what birds were building mud nests<br>on his deck and how he might be able to discourage them. It seems that <br>these birds, which we determined were Barn Swallows, were terrorizing his<br>kids. After determining that the nests were empty, he washed them away with<br>his hose. I suggested that he could hang plastic sheeting from hsi deck to <br>discourage the swallows, but that removing the nests was technically<br>illegal, and especially illegal if the birds had started to lay eggs.<br><br>Then I told him, that he was really missing a show that would really excite <br>his kids. I guaranteed him that if he left them to nest, the kids would be<br>watching through the window everyday. The Barn Swallow is an insect feeder<br>and will scarf down more than its weight in mosquitos everyday. (Well, that <br>may be a lie. They may not eat as many mosquitos as larger bugs.) And,<br>while the birds will dive bomb anyone approaching their nests to protect<br>their young, as time continues they will probably become accustom to the <br>kids and be less threatened by them. In any case, they may dive at them,<br>but they will not attack, and they wouldn't even draw blood if they were in<br>hand. (Oh, well that maybe another slight exaggeration.) I hope I <br>convinced him to welcome the birds.<br><br>We are going through a lot of grape jelly. Cherie had to refill the dish<br>that I filled yesterday. She reported at least seven orioles today.<br><br>Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN <br><a href="mailto:swest...@comcast.net";>swest...@comcast.net</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mou-net mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mou-...@cbs.umn.edu";>mou-...@cbs.umn.edu</a><br><a href="http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net";> http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Sincerely,<br><br>James F. Ryan, D.C., Agel distributor<br>Start Building Your Own Business Today!<br>With Products to Make You Feel Great, a Strong Support Team with Proven Leaders, and a Revolutionary New, Lucrative Compensation Plan! <br><br><a href="http://agelnow.com/";>http://agelnow.com/</a><br><br><a href="mailto:muchmore...@gmail.com";>muchmore...@gmail.com</a><br>877-694-2226 ext. 754<br>651-308-0234 cell ------=_Part_37353_14819312.1152616645420--
