Wonderful day yesterday after the rain stopped and the gale force winds abated.
There were white caps breaking over the lower parking lot at the Lake City
wayside.
20 warbler species and many of most of the them. I've never seen Nashville's
and Tennessee's almost as abundant as yellow rumps. An
Philadelphia vireo outside my office window in Arden Hills.
Peregrine falcon perched on ledge of the Minneapolis Midtown Exchange Bldg
above the party room during my daughter's wedding rehearsal dinner.
Black throated blue warbler hitting the family room picture window in Wayzata
and sitting da
I checked Calhoun north by the channel (and south Lake of the Isles) and east
side from 4-5pm yesterday with no luck.
This is strike two for me.
Mike Engh
-Original Message-
From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Terence
Brashear
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012
I have two.
Lifer Le Conte's sparrow at Hok-Si-La.
Least bittern at 180th St marsh which I haven't seen in many years.
Just lucky to be at the right place at the right time.
Supports my birding motto: "expect the unexpected".
Mike Engh
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From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MO
This issue keeps coming up over and over every year and I'll bet most of
us are tired of it. New birders keep getting intimated instead of
supported as they should be and seasoned birders keep getting annoyed at
the volume of what they consider trivial junk email and they should be.
These complain
To add to the urban raptor stories...
There is a broad-winged hawk nest next to the street in our cul-de-sac
(Britton Ln) in Wayzata. There has been a broadwing in the neighborhood
for a last couple of years but this is the first year I've seen the
nest. I watched some nest building last spring. O
Several years ago as a moderately experienced birder, I discovered a
Bell's vireo in Cottage Grove and reported it to mou-net with detailed
directions. I was proud of my new skills that having never seen one
before, I recognized the song and found the bird.
There was no mention of my sighting in t
I cannot explain how I was utterly wrong about my report of the Bell's
vireo not being attributed to me and yet my memory of the incident is so
clear. The MOU editor kindly forwarded the RBA reports in question to me
and there was my name, plain as day. I am completely at a loss. Maybe it
was a dif
my neighbor has an owl sitting at the bottom of his chimney apparently on the
damper.
he can the eyes when looking down the chimney with a flashlight.
the raptor center says closed on Mondays.
any suggestions?
Mike Engh, Wayzata
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my neighbor is in contact with wildlife rescue now.
I'll try and send an update on species and condition.
thanks!
Mike
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this is definitely spam from a hacked email list
somebody should alert Chad Heins but be careful to use the correct address
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From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Chad Heins
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 1:14 PM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject:
A Kansas Dept of Wildlife and Parks brochure about crane hunting has this
statement:
As whooping crane numbers increase, we all must work
harder to minimize the chance of accidental shootings. Those
opposed to hunting, and sandhill crane hunting in particular,
are watching for migratory bird hunt
Nice set of warblers in Crepeau Nature area in Arden Hills during lunchtime
walk:
Yellow rumped (*)
Palm (3)
Common yellowthroat (2)
Northern waterthrush (2)
Orange crowned (2)
Nashville
Magnolia
Black and white (2)
Chestnut sided
Golden-winged (2)
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Well that’s confusing.
I called the number and the guy who answered said there is NO replacement
program.
He said there was misinformation put out on the internet the last 48 hours.
I quoted to him the statement below and he didn't have much to say other than
repeating that is incorrect.
He als
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I've had the pleasure of driving my sister's gas/electric hybrid Toyota =
Prius this past week. Its so cool that
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My daughter is a biology student at Gustavus Adolphus and I want to =
spend a day birding with her. I've never bi
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There is a wonderful display of bird photos at the Lutheran Church of =
the Reformation in St. Louis Park (2544 H
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Saw 20 species of warblers during 2 hours at lunch today.=20
Walked the trail on the east side of Sucker Lake (N
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My brother, not a birder, called me to say there was a house finch sized =
bird, sitting on a mixed seed feeder,
As I was getting in my car this morning, I was greeted with a very loud
bird song I hadn't heard before.
Then got close range looks at a Carolina wren. New yard and MN bird.
The only other time I had seen a Carolina wren was with my brother in
Nashville many years ago.
A few years ago, he moved to
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on a related note, my brother has a short life list because he insists
on adding a bird only if he identified it! s
I saw "melodious blackbirds" in Nicaragua; the species is resident from
S Mexico to Costa Rica.
Maybe your sighting should be documented. :->
-Original Message-
From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] On
Behalf Of linda
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:34 PM
To: m
the summer tanager at westwood hills many years ago sat above a bee hive
and would repeatedly fly down to grab a bee
Mike Engh
From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net
[mailto:mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Fagyal, Chris E
(US SSA)
Sent: Wednesday,
I was outside the party room at the top of the midtown exchange building
(the old concrete Sears tower at Lake and Chicago in south Mpls) and
observed a peregrine falcon at close range.
Does anybody know if there's a nesting pair using this building or if
there is a nest box?
thanks,
Mike Engh
Two night ago whilst cross country skiing, I skied right underneath a
great horned owl behind the visitor center at French Regional Park in
Plymouth. It was dueting with another one. The distant one was singing
the classic version of the song but the one overhead was singing its own
variation--a fe
A few days ago in the middle of the day, I was startled by the sight of
a barred owl, 15' away at eye level from an upstairs window, sitting on
a branch above my string of bird feeders. This was a couple days after I
skied under the singing great horned owl at French Regional Park. The
owls are fin
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after 8 years of waiting we finally have had redpolls at our feeders for
the past couple of weeks--30+ at times.
Th
I agree that MOU should be more inclusive and supportive of new birders.
I was intimidated by MOU as a new birder several years ago and really
enjoyed participating in MN bird.
=20
On the other hand, I stopped subscribing to MN bird because the volume
of emails was too much to receive while I was
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I was excited when we had a couple dozen redpolls for the first time a
couple of weeks ago.
This weekend I counted
=20
I'd like to add a personal note to the notice Steve sent yesterday about =
the program at the MRVAC meeting on the 28th (tomorrow!). My wife and I =
spent 3 days in the Miraflor in March while traveling in Nicaragua with =
our daughter who is studying in Central America. We spent a day with =
F
The Lake Byllesby little blue heron was very easy to see last evening
~6:30. It was right next to the road as we drove by. It then flew to the
far end of the pond but it was still close and in the open. We watched
it thrash a huge bullfrog to death and swallow it whole.
Mike Engh
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