[mou] Birding along I-94 to Fargo
Work sent me to Fargo today. A beautiful day for a drive and time to stop and look at some shorebirds. Red-tailed hawks along the way out were all lighter than I am use to seeing in the cities, especially on their heads. One pair of hawks sitting on hay bails on the north side of I-94 just east of mile 118 near Osakis looked like Ferruginous, but at 70+mph, all I could say for sure was that they were worth a second look. Stopped at Barnesville on the way back and checked out their very birdy sewerage ponds. Found an unidentified sandpiper (described below) that I studied a while and: Red-necked Phalaropes (5) Eared Grebe good variety of ducks At least eight varieties of shorebirds plus one unidentified sandpiper: smaller than lesser yellowlegs, estimated size 7 to 9. body shaped like yellowlegs, but yellow-green legs were shorter. Bill was longish (~ 1.5 x length of head), dark,thick at base and slightly decurved. Crown was rusty brown and streaked. Had a line through the eye. wings (and back?) was rich brown and sculpted. Primaries were dark with light edges. neck and breast was a rich buffy color and essentially unstreaked, although there was some faint streaking down the sides. Belly and under tail were white. Tail and upper tail coverts were white, with a black terminal smudge on tail, but might not be on all the tail feathers, The tail is unique, and easily marks the bird as the target. The bird does not match anything I can find. Perhaps someone else will be able to look at it and recognize it. In retrospect I believe it is an aberrant. Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan swest...@comcast.net
[mou] Purgatory Creek, Hennepin Cty
In Eden Prairie, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still present this morning, along with two Red-necked Phalaropes. Among other birds present were Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sora (juvenile - saw a juvenile Virginia Rail on my previous visit here) Caspian Tern Exact location--go south on Prairie Center Drive from Hwy 5 about 1/4 mile. Large wetLand is on your right. A scope is recommended. Paul Minneapolis, Minnesota pbu...@earthlink.net
[mou] Birding along I-94 to Fargo
Sounds like a Baird's Sandpiper. Mike H. - Original Message - From: Steve Weston swest...@comcast.net To: Mou-net mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; mnbird mnb...@lists.mnbird.net Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: [mou] Birding along I-94 to Fargo Work sent me to Fargo today. A beautiful day for a drive and time to stop and look at some shorebirds. Red-tailed hawks along the way out were all lighter than I am use to seeing in the cities, especially on their heads. One pair of hawks sitting on hay bails on the north side of I-94 just east of mile 118 near Osakis looked like Ferruginous, but at 70+mph, all I could say for sure was that they were worth a second look. Stopped at Barnesville on the way back and checked out their very birdy sewerage ponds. Found an unidentified sandpiper (described below) that I studied a while and: Red-necked Phalaropes (5) Eared Grebe good variety of ducks At least eight varieties of shorebirds plus one unidentified sandpiper: smaller than lesser yellowlegs, estimated size 7 to 9. body shaped like yellowlegs, but yellow-green legs were shorter. Bill was longish (~ 1.5 x length of head), dark,thick at base and slightly decurved. Crown was rusty brown and streaked. Had a line through the eye. wings (and back?) was rich brown and sculpted. Primaries were dark with light edges. neck and breast was a rich buffy color and essentially unstreaked, although there was some faint streaking down the sides. Belly and under tail were white. Tail and upper tail coverts were white, with a black terminal smudge on tail, but might not be on all the tail feathers, The tail is unique, and easily marks the bird as the target. The bird does not match anything I can find. Perhaps someone else will be able to look at it and recognize it. In retrospect I believe it is an aberrant. Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan swest...@comcast.net ___ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
[mou] MOU Field Trip Results
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000F_01C487BC.CB76ABD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well it was a good cool day. It was so cool that the Twin cities people = were complaining how cool it was on talk radio. For me being from Duluth = it was a beautiful day and I wore my shorts and sandals to show how = pleasant the weather was today. I met the group at 7:00am and we waited around for some missing folks = till about 20 minutes after the hour. We drove to Carver Co. and began = our day at Lowry Nature Center. Even though are only warbler was a = Common Yellowthroat we did manage to see some nice birds and had a fun = hike around the lake. I caught a Lake Darner (dragonfly) and everyone = got to see how beautiful dragonflies really up close in which to = hopefully spark some interest as well in this fast up and coming hobby. We left Lowry and headed to New Germany for shorebirds and saw 13 = species. The most notable was a Black-bellied Plover and a Solitary = Sandpiper. Chet Meyer who I owe a deep gratitude for doing al the scouting foe this = trip and help me get from place to place w/o losing people. The best = part was we were able to study and go over and over al the field marks = in separating the Least Sandpipers from Semi-palmateds and Bairds = Sandpipers. At the end I quizzed them all by asking what shorebird is = this and that and everyone passed my quiz. They knew very little at the = beginning and I feel I taught fairly well to go out and ID thier = shorebirds. New Germany along Yancy St. was full of shorebirds and the two prominent = species were Pectorals and Lesser Yellowlegs. On the west side of this = slough were a family group of Red-headed Woodpeckers that gave us plenty = of long views. Anyway the total species see from 8am to 12:30pm was 62 species. This is = not to bad a list for the few hours we were out. The best part of going = home was listening to the Minnesota Twins gain another game on the = Cleveland Indians!! Take Care Mike Hendrickson MOU Field Trip Guy. --=_NextPart_000_000F_01C487BC.CB76ABD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1458 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Well it was a good cool day. It was so = cool that=20 the Twin cities people were complaining how cool it was on talk radio. = For me=20 being from Duluth it was a beautiful day and I wore my shorts and = sandals to=20 show how pleasant the weather was today./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I met the group at 7:00am and we waited = around for=20 some missing folks till about 20 minutes after the hour. We drove to = Carver Co.=20 and began our day at Lowry Nature Center. Even though are only warbler = was a=20 Common Yellowthroat we did manage to see some nice birds and had a fun = hike=20 around the lake. I caught a Lake Darner (dragonfly) and everyone got to = see how=20 beautiful dragonflies reallynbsp;up close in which tonbsp;hopefully=20 sparknbsp;some interest as well in this fast up and coming = hobby./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2We leftnbsp;Lowry and headed to New = Germany for=20 shorebirds and saw 13 species. The most notable was a Black-bellied = Plover and a=20 Solitary Sandpiper./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Chet Meyer who I owe a deep gratitude = for doing al=20 the scouting foe this trip and help me get from place to place w/o = losing=20 people./FONTnbsp;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2 The best part was we = were able to=20 study and go over and over al the field marks in separating the Least = Sandpipers=20 from Semi-palmateds and Bairds Sandpipers. At the end I quizzed them all = by=20 asking what shorebird is this and that and everyone passed my quiz. They = knew=20 very little at the beginning and I feel I taught fairly well to go out = and ID=20 thier shorebirds./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2New Germany along Yancy St. was full of = shorebirds=20 and the two prominent species were Pectorals and Lesser = Yellowlegs.nbsp; On the=20 west side of this slough were a family group of Red-headed Woodpeckers = that gave=20 us plenty of long views./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Anyway the total species see from 8am = to 12:30pm=20 was 62 species. This is not to bad a list for the few hours we were out. = The=20 best part of going home was listening to the Minnesota Twins gain = another game=20 on the Cleveland Indians!!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Take
[mou] MOU Sept 25th
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0018_01C487BF.5BDB2B90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Me again. The next MOU field trip is September 25th. This should be a = another interesting trip for several reason. One reason is because I = live in Duluth and late September is good time for raptors, possible = good weather for jaegers and stray gulls, there are still migrants to be = found and most of all the leaves should be near peak in Duluth! The Wisconsin bird group will be doing there hike at WI Pt. and I'll = have cell numbers so they can call me on interesting sightings along = Lake Superior. This Wisconsin group usually have good luck with Jaeger = species, Sabine Gulls. Artic Terns or a Loon species (other than = Common). Hopefully by staying near Park Pt. we will create our own luck = by finding the above species off Park Pt. We will bird Park Pt. in the = morning hours, get something to eat, go to Hawk Ridge, possible bird up = to Knife River and end it at Park Point for another scan of the lake. = The day trip should end around 3-4pm. If you are interested than reply to this email and let me know you would = like to come along. Also I talked to Bill Lane and he is opening his = yard up for us to join him in the Northern Saw Whet Owl banding = operation on the October 16-17 Trip. This is a weekend trip where we = meet in Duluth, stay one night in Grand Marais and drive back to Duluth. = Even though the owl banding operation is the highlight of the trip but = there are plenty of neat and wonderful birds to be found along the shore = of Lake Superior. PLUS Sven and Ole Pizza! The September 25 trip meets at 40th Ave. West Perkins Restaurant off = I-35 at 7:00am. This is just a one day field trip. The trip will end = around 4pm or sooner. The October 16-17 field trip meets at 40th Ave West Perkins Restaurant = off I-35 at 7:00am. I should be back in Duluth around 4pm or possible at = 5pm. This depends on how the birding is on the way back to Duluth. Just reply to this email and let me know what trip you would like to = attend. Mike Hendrickson --=_NextPart_000_0018_01C487BF.5BDB2B90 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1458 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Me again. The next MOU field trip is = September=20 25th.nbsp; This should be a another interesting trip for several = reason. One=20 reason is because I live in Duluth and late September is good time for = raptors,=20 possible good weather for jaegers and stray gulls, there are still = migrants to=20 be found and most of all the leaves should be near peak in = Duluth!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2The Wisconsin bird group will be doing = there hike=20 at WI Pt. and I'll have cell numbers so they can call me on interesting=20 sightings along Lake Superior. This Wisconsin group usually have good = luck with=20 Jaeger species, Sabine Gulls. Artic Terns or a Loon species (other than = Common).=20 Hopefully by staying near Park Pt. we will create our own luck by = finding the=20 above species off Park Pt.nbsp; We will bird Park Pt. in the morning = hours, get=20 something to eat, go tonbsp;Hawk Ridge, possiblenbsp;bird up to Knife = River=20 and end it at Park Point for another scan of the lake.nbsp;The day trip = should=20 end aroundnbsp;3-4pm./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2If you are interested than reply to = this email and=20 let me know you would like to come along. Also I talked to Bill Lane and = he=20 isnbsp;opening his yard up fornbsp;us to join him in the = Northernnbsp;Saw=20 Whet Owl banding operation on the Octobernbsp;16-17 Trip. This is a = weekend=20 trip where we meet in Duluth,nbsp;stay one night in Grand=20 Marais/FONTnbsp;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2and drive back to Duluth. = Even though=20 the owl banding operation is the highlight of the trip but there are = plenty of=20 neat and wonderful birds to be found along the shore of Lake Superior. = PLUS Sven=20 and Ole Pizza!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2The September 25 trip meets at 40th = Ave. West=20 Perkins Restaurant off I-35 at 7:00am. This is just a one day field = trip. The=20 trip will end around 4pm or sooner./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2nbsp;The October 16-17 field trip = meets at 40th=20 Ave West Perkins Restaurant off I-35 at 7:00am. I should be back in = Duluth=20 around 4pm or possible at 5pm. This depends on how the birding is on the = way=20 back to Duluth./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial
[mou] Shorebirds in Yellow Medicine County
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003F_01C487CD.71CC0CE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today I birded Yellow Medicine County along with Rick Hoyme, John = Hockema, Josh Watson, and Carol Schumacher. We focused on shorebirds. = The best spot was Lanners Lake, two miles north and two miles east of = the town of St. Leo. Here there were hundreds of shorebirds. Other = birders have been reporting that this area has been great for = shorebirds, and today was no exception. Today we found 13 species = there, including: -Semipalmated Plover -both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs -Sanderling -Baird's Sandpiper -Stilt Sandpiper -BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (a few in the dry areas away from the water) -Wilson's Phalarope -Red-necked Phalarope Another shorebird spot was at Spellman Lake, which is a little over a = mile north of CR 2 on CR 8. This is east of Hwy. 59. Here there were = more ducks than shorebirds, but it appears that this area will get = better in weeks to come. Finally, we found one Buff-breasted Sandpiper mixed in with a flock of = Killdeer in a grassy field on the east side of Hwy. 274 about 3 miles = south of Granite Falls. -Bob Dunlap, Carver County --=_NextPart_000_003F_01C487CD.71CC0CE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1226 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Today I birded Yellow Medicine County = along with=20 Rick Hoyme, John Hockema, Josh Watson, and Carol Schumacher.nbsp; We = focused on=20 shorebirds.nbsp; The best spot was Lanners Lake, two miles north and = two miles=20 east of the town of St. Leo.nbsp; Here there werenbsp;hundreds=20 ofnbsp;shorebirds. Other birders have been reporting that this area has = been=20 great for shorebirds, and today was no exception.nbsp; Today we found = 13=20 species there, including:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Semipalmated Plover/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-both Greater and Lesser = Yellowlegs/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Sanderling/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Baird's Sandpiper/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Stilt Sandpiper/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (a few in the = dry areas=20 away from the water)/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Wilson's Phalarope/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Red-necked Phalarope/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Another shorebird spot was at Spellman = Lake, which=20 is a little over a mile north of CR 2 on CR 8.nbsp; This is east of = Hwy.=20 59.nbsp; Here there were more ducks than shorebirds, but it appears = that this=20 area will get better in weeks to come./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Finally, we found one Buff-breasted = Sandpiper mixed=20 in with a flock of Killdeer in a grassy field on the east side of Hwy. = 274 about=20 3 miles south of Granite Falls./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2-Bob Dunlap, Carver County/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_003F_01C487CD.71CC0CE0--
