I was at the 140th street marsh area on Saturday morning and did not see either the blue grosbeak or the mockingbird (I'm assuming it has moved on). There were lots of birds all along the road including numerous fledglings from several species including bluebirds, orchard oriole, Baltimore oriole, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow warbler, warbling vireo, clay-colored sparrow, song sparrow and catbird. I'm thinking the birds mentioned below were immature Eastern Bluebirds.
Mike Henry ________________________________________ From: Minnesota Birds [MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] on behalf of Robert Manning [robertvmann...@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:07 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 8 Jul 2016 to 9 Jul 2016 (#2016-27) 1st year Eastern Bluebirds would have dark grey backs at this time of year. Robert Manning robertvmann...@hotmail.com > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:00:34 -0500 > From: lists...@lists.umn.edu > Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 8 Jul 2016 to 9 Jul 2016 (#2016-27) > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > There are 2 messages totaling 54 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Two possible female blue grosbeaks > 2. Western bluebird in Eagan? > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 20:59:30 -0600 > From: m...@moumn.org > Subject: Two possible female blue grosbeaks > > (Posted by Chet A. Meyers <chetmey...@visi.com> via moumn.org) > > 140th St. Dakota County 8:15 p.m. Saturday, July 9th After waiting > for half an hour, during which time two eastern kingbirds sat at the > top of the tallest tree (location of 2011 bird), two birds flew in together, > very briefly sat. Rich light orange brown chest and two broad rusty wing > bars. Never got good look at bill, but my initial response was, "now > that's different bird." Both birds then dove into a tree about 50 > yards east of their perch. > Chet Meyers > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 22:28:35 -0500 > From: "Michael A. Koutnik" <m.kout...@comcast.net> > Subject: Western bluebird in Eagan? > > Hi, > > In front of my yard today I saw an odd bluebird. Very characteristic beak and > size and orange breast. But the back was blacker than blue. I saw it fly off > our mailbox to the top of a tall spruce tree across the street. I retrieved > my 12x binocs and still didn't see the bluer back I am familiar with. It > later flew in to a red osier dogwood on our lawn but didn't stay there long > enough to get a better view. Could this be a western bluebird? Or do easterns > get that dark? > > Thanks, > > Mike Koutnik > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > End of MOU-NET Digest - 8 Jul 2016 to 9 Jul 2016 (#2016-27) > *********************************************************** ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
