[mou] MOU RBA 17 March 2006
--Apple-Mail-21--1060386479 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 16th. On the 12th, the GYRFALCON was seen again near Hastings perched on power pole near mile marker 216 of state highway 55. Terry Brokke reported a GREAT GRAY OWL the 12th, one mile west of state highway 32 along Norman County Road 151. On March 14th, Diane Gonsorowski found a SNOWY OWL in Thief River Falls along North Crocker Avenue near the bridge on U.S. 59. Warren Nelson relocated two SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County last weekend. One is along County Road 1 north of Aitkin and the other is along 310th Avenue, just south of Palisade. On the 11th, Bruce Fal reported a singing CAROLINA WREN near the south fence at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County. Check near the south junction of the Prairie and Perimeter trails. Steve and Cindy Broste reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 9th at the Best Western Cliff Dweller motel northeast of Tofte in Cook County. They also found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL at the Lutsen ski area. Jordon Masieniec and Chuck Neil found a Northern Hawk Owl on the 11th north of Virginia along St. Louis County Road 21, about one mile east of U.S. Highway 169. Another Northern Hawk Owl was reported by Frank Nicoletti north of Kelliher along state highway 72 in Beltrami County on March 10th. Pam Coy saw a VARIED THRUSH at her home in Grand Rapids in Itasca County on March 12th. This bird may have been around since December. Other recent reports include PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, DOUBLE- CRESTED CORMORANT, AMERICAN COOT, SANDHILL CRANE, KILLDEER, TREE SWALLOW, YELLOW-RUMPD WARBLER, SWAMP SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 23rd. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhert...@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-21--1060386479 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, March 16th.=A0On the = 12th, the GYRFALCON was seen again near Hastings = perched on power pole near mile marker 216 of state highway 55.=A0Terry Brokke reported a GREAT GRAY OWL = the 12th, one mile west of state highway 32 along Norman County Road = 151.On March 14th, Diane Gonsorowski found a SNOWY OWL in = Thief River Falls along North Crocker Avenue near the bridge on U.S. 59. = Warren Nelson relocated two SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County last weekend. = One is along County Road 1 north of Aitkin and the other is along 310th = Avenue, just south of Palisade. =A0On the 11th, Bruce Fal reported = a singing CAROLINA = WREN near the south fence at Wood Lake Nature Center in = Richfield, Hennepin County. Check near the south junction of the Prairie = and Perimeter trails.=A0Steve and Cindy Broste reported a TOWNSEND'S = SOLITAIRE on the 9th at the Best Western Cliff Dweller motel = northeast of Tofte in Cook County.=A0 They also found a NORTHERN HAWK = OWL at the Lutsen ski area. Jordon Masieniec and Chuck Neil = found a Northern = Hawk Owl on the 11th north of Virginia along St. Louis County = Road 21, about one mile east of U.S. Highway 169. Another Northern Hawk = Owl was reported by Frank Nicoletti north of Kelliher along = state highway 72 in Beltrami County on March 10th.Pam Coy saw a VARIED THRUSH at her home in Grand Rapids = in Itasca County on March 12th.=A0 This bird may have been around since = December.Other recent reports include PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED = GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, AMERICAN COOT, SANDHILL CRANE, = KILLDEER, TREE SWALLOW, YELLOW-RUMPD WARBLER, SWAMP SPARROW, RED-WINGED = BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.The = next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March = 23rd. - - -Anthony Hertzel -- mailto:axhert...@sihope.com";>axhert...@sihope.com = --Apple-Mail-21--1060386479--
[mou] FW: [wisb] Snowy Owls - Ashland, Wisconsin
Hi folks, For those of you heading to Duluth this weekend for the "Owls on the Move" northern owl symposium, I have re-posted information from Ryan Brady about the Snowy Owls in Ashland, Wisconsin. Ryan Brady has been watching & photographing the Snowy Owls in Ashland all winter (and there have been a LOT). Ashland is 90 miles east of Duluth. More information is below. See you at the symposium! Debbie p.s. Ryan's website is chock full of bird photos, including gyrs, snowies, and shrikes in the Ashland area. __ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwat...@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "Owls on the Move" Symposium: March 17-19, 2006 http://www.hawkridge.org/events/owl.html "In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught." --Baba Dioum REPOSTED WITH PERMISSION: -Original Message- From: Ryan Brady [mailto:ryanbrad...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:45 AM To: dwat...@hawkridge.org Subject: RE: [wisb] Snowy Owls Here's the necessary details for those wanting to see Snowy Owls near Ashland: Snowy #1 = immature female along Ashland lakefront (roosts on ice by day) Snowy #2 = adult female along Ashland-Bayfield Rd on west side of Ashland's JFK Airport Snowy #3 = immature female along Sanborn Avenue (Hwy 112) between Wakefield and Klaus Roads Snowy #4 = immature male along Beaser Avenue near Butterworth and Weister Roads Best time to find all birds is the last hour of daylight, but #1 can be seen on ice during day with scope and inland birds occasionally seen on ground or haybales during day. If unsuccessful at above locations, check surrounding field areas. Ryan Brady Ashland, WI http://www.pbase.com/rbrady > > >-Original Message- >From: Wisconsin Birding Network [mailto:wisbi...@lawrence.edu]on Behalf >Of Ryan Brady >Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:17 AM >To: Wisconsin Birding Network >Subject: [wisb] Snowy Owls > > >Made a quick pass through Ashland's south fields from 6 - 6:30 pm Thursday. >Found the Airport Snowy Owl along Cty Line Rd on the west side of the >airport. Also had the immature female Snowy on a fencepost on the west >side >of Sanborn between Klaus and Wakefield Rds. Couldn't find the >Beaser/Weister Rd. bird but that doesn't mean much. So, still at least 3 >and potentially 4 Snowy Owls in the Ashland area. > >Ryan Brady >Ashland, WI >http://www.pbase.com/rbrady > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.4/282 - Release Date: 3/15/2006
[mou] Dilemma solved
---1142620073 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone, I just wanted to email and thank you all for your advice on what to do. We decided to bring it to the shelter; so we went out and caught it in a sheet and put it in a box to bring it there. And thank you Beth for the detailed account of what we should do. It helped. The bird was okay all the way to the center and we gave it to them. They said if we email them back in a couple of days they'll tell us how the bird is. The center was a very nice place, we were impressed. So, thanks again for all the help, it was great, we really appreciated it! -Leo WM ---1142620073 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, I just wanted to email and thank you all for your advice on what to do.= We=20 decided to bring it to the shelter; so we went out and caught it in a sheet=20= and=20 put it in a box to bring it there. And thank you Beth for the detailed accou= nt=20 of what we should do. It helped. The bird was okay all the way to the center= and=20 we gave it to them. They said if we email them back in a couple of days they= 'll=20 tell us how the bird is. The center was a very nice place, we were= =20 impressed. So, thanks again for all the help, it was great, we really appreciated=20 it! -Leo WM ---1142620073--
[mou] Horned lark arrival dates
I saw a horned lark near fergus falls on January 27 of this year. I assumed that that was normal for them, but now that I read everybody's post about horned larks showing up I'm wondering if that wasn't perhaps early. Does anybody know if that is uncommon? I also saw three ring-necked ducks on Lake Winona in Alexandria Wednesday the 15th. Two males and one female.
[mou] Itasca County Bohemian Waxwings
There is still a small flock of Bohemian Waxwings hanging out near the Bovey post office today. Shawn Conrad Bovey
[mou] Counters sought - April 22 Sandhill crane count
This is the 31st year for the Midwest Annual Crane Count, used to monitor the general population trends of sandhill cranes and to promote awareness of wetland conservation. The count takes place on April 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 in the morning. This is the only day and time for this count. Hennepin County has not been included since 2002 in this count and we would like to revive our participation. We have over 100 good sandhill crane viewing spots in the county. New birders are welcome to join in this effort. Counters will select one or more sites from the list of 100+ sites (or can nominate a new site) for the two hours of April 22. All sites are one square mile and counters can either stand in one spot or move around to survey it from multiple perspectives. Counters record both the total number of individual cranes seen or heard and also the number of cranes in "unison call", a sign of a pair bond. A short orientation session will be held in April for counters who want training. Information on crane calls is also available at http://www.savingcranes.org/species/sandhill.cfm Please contact me off-list if you are interested. You can also call me at 612-377-3241. Claudia Egelhoff Minneapolis
[mou] Golden Eagle, Turkey Vulture
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_007E_01C649E4.D81A2100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, After checking out the lakes this morning, I ended up at River Bend = Nature Center. After a walk through the snowy woods which produced = nothing more unusual than a couple of hundred robins, I started scanning = the skies for possible migrating raptors. Before too long, Tom Boevers = joined me on this impulsive raptor watch. Things started out slowly in = the late morning, with a handful of birds flying to keep our interest. = After a short break for lunch, we ended up right back at River Bend's = parking lot where things picked up nicely. Topping the day was a nice, = low golden eagle. As it was flying towards us, I stated that we may have = another turkey vulture, which we had seen a short while earlier. What = threw me was the dihedral shape in which the wings were held. After long = looks, (and me thinking that's a bald eagle, but it's all WRONG!) we = perused Tom's Peterson field guide, and confirmed our suspicions. To = further solidify my doubting mind, I ran into the gift shop there and = checked their Sibley guide! (I had all my guides at home...) It ended up = a personal first county record for me. Other notables today included - 1 turkey vulture (maybe 2 if they were diff. birds) 2 or 3 red-shouldered hawks (#3 was very pale, so we're still not = sure...) 2 rough-legged hawks several Cooper's hawks 1 sharp-shinned hawk 18 double-crested cormorants (they're baaackkk!) song sparrow common grackles everywhere a few ring-billed gulls and lots of waterfowl including pied-billed grebe, trumpeter swans and = wood ducks. I even ended up sunburning my face! Weird with all the snow around! Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN screech...@charter.net=20 --=_NextPart_000_007E_01C649E4.D81A2100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, After checking out the lakes = this morning, I=20 ended up at River Bend Nature Center. After a walk through the snowy = woods which=20 produced nothing more unusual than a couple of hundred robins, I started = scanning the skies for possible migrating raptors. Before too long, = Tom=20 Boevers joined me on this impulsive raptor watch. Things started out = slowly in=20 the late morning, with a handful of birds flying to keep our interest. = After a=20 short break for lunch, we ended up right back at River Bend's parking = lot where=20 things picked up nicely. Topping the day was a nice, low golden=20 eagle. As it was flying towards us, I stated that we may have = another=20 turkey vulture, which we had seen a = short=20 while earlier. What threw me was the dihedral shape in which the wings = were=20 held. After long looks, (and me thinking that's a bald eagle, but it's=20 all WRONG!) we perused Tom's Peterson field guide, and confirmed = our=20 suspicions. To further solidify my doubting mind, I ran into the gift = shop there=20 and checked their Sibley guide! (I had all my guides at home...) It = ended up a=20 personal first county record for me. Other notables today included = - 1 turkey vulture (maybe 2 if they were = diff.=20 birds) 2 or 3 red-shouldered hawks (#3 was = very pale, so=20 we're still not sure...) 2 rough-legged hawks several Cooper's hawks 1 sharp-shinned hawk 18 double-crested cormorants (they're=20 baaackkk!) song sparrow common grackles everywhere a few ring-billed gulls and lots of waterfowl including = pied-billed grebe,=20 trumpeter swans and wood ducks. I even ended up sunburning my face! = Weird with all=20 the snow around! Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN mailto:screech...@charter.net";>screech...@charter.net = --=_NextPart_000_007E_01C649E4.D81A2100--
[mou] Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Colvill Park
Both a first-cycle and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull were present today at Colvill Park, Red Wing, Goodhue County. Since first-cycle birds are seldom seen in Minnesota, this is a great opportunity for close study of this plumage! Also present was one adult Thayer's Gull. Lake Pepin is now entirely open to Lake City, so the ridiculous concentration of eagles that were present here last Sunday were mostly gone (most of the eagles on Sunday were sitting out on the ice, apparently grounded by the fog). There were even more mergansers today, however (3,450 Commons and 29 Red-breasteds). Karl Bardon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[mou] Colvill Park
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64A13.E08C1A30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I spent from 10AM until 7PM at Colvill Park today photographing! It's definitely worth going there tomorrow, if you're interested. I counted 43 Eagles with binoculars and that didn't include the dozen flying over the bluff and all the ones along the river edge. I'm guessing there were at least 70 Eagles there. I also saw two Double-Crested Cormorants, one Great Blue Heron, hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, and a Gull that I can't identify. I will notify the group as soon as I post the unidentified Gull on my website and then I'll ask your help! Stay tuned! Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! --=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64A13.E08C1A30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> I spent from 10AM until 7PM at Colvill Park today photographing! It’s definitely worth going there = tomorrow, if you’re interested. I counted 43 Eagles with binoculars and that = didn’t include the dozen flying over the bluff and all the ones along the river = edge. I’m guessing there were at least 70 Eagles there. I also saw two = Double-Crested Cormorants, one Great Blue Heron, hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, and a = Gull that I can’t identify. I will notify the group as soon as I post = the unidentified Gull on my website and then I’ll ask your help! = Stay tuned! Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site = at: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger";>www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and = enjoy! --=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64A13.E08C1A30--
