A slight correction from what I’ve heard: The bird was initially seen by Milt, and flew off after being photographed on a wire. That photo is available on the MOU Webpage. The Hosch’s refound it with the same flock of birds it had been originally seen with (interestingly the same or similar composition to the 1995 record) but similarly disappeared quickly and before being photographed. No one else was able to find the bird again after the second Hosch’s sighting. Last night was an excellent night for migration, so it’s likely that the bird has moved on with the flock, but I know a number of people who will still be looking this morning and will update if it’s refound.
Also, the sighting was shared initially to 3 Facebook groups (County Listers, Minnesota Heartland Birding +, and the ABA Rare Bird Alert), and then a 4th and 5th later (Minnesota Birding and Minnesota Rare Bird Alert). Perhaps it was shared to more, but those are the groups that I am a part of that got the Wheatear post. An amazing record, and one I hope is refound today! Only 1 of the previous 4 records stayed longer than a day, and that was the Duluth Bird which stayed for 6 days. All the best and happy Birding! Alex Sundvall Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2019, at 8:43 PM, jellisb...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks for this post, Mike! John Ellis, St. Paul > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 22, 2019, at 7:28 PM, Michael Hendrickson >> <michaelleehendrick...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am only sharing this since this report because it hasn't reached the MOU >> listserv. >> >> Milt Blomberg found a Northern Wheatear around 3:00-3:30pm today between >> 3501-3665 Locke Avenue NW. This location is just south of Annandale, >> Minnesota. (Northwest of Minneapolis ) >> >> Milt shared the sighting with photos on Minnesota County Listers & Big Year >> Birders which is a Facebook Group at 3:20pm. >> >> Several birders tried to locate the bird but no sightings were reported >> until around Hosche’s relocated the bird in the same area at 5:20pm. Herb >> Dingman and other birders along with Hosches observed the Wheatear at 5:20 >> pm but no location was given but I assume it was in the same area. Some >> were suggesting it was in the company of some Eastern Bluebirds. >> >> This is a significant sighting for Minnesota and I know some maybe >> frustrated that when significant sightings such as this that get reported >> on Social Media it rarely makes it to the MOU Listserv. >> >> Hopefully the Wheatear will hang out long enough to allow other birders to >> view it. >> >> Good luck >> -- >> Mike Hendrickson >> Duluth, Minnesota >> >> ---- >> 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
