[mou] About the metro
A couple of days ago I passed a probable Rough-legged Hawk along I-35e about a mile south of I-35 split near Forest Lake. The hawk was right next to the road perched on the twigs of a very small tree. I received more reports of other birders finding the dark eagle by Black Dog. I still haven't had a definitive ID. The lack of comments by experienced birders, leads me to suspect that it might have just been an immature Bald Eagle. There is a family of what looks like Trumpeter Swans on the north side of I-494 bridge. Hopefully they will stay through the CBC count. I am still finding smashed Possums, most recently in Eagan and Apple Valley. This isn't as significant as finding them in wild areas away from the civilization where they can provide the important service of guiding lost hikers back to the nearest road (where they can fulfill their destiny). Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net
[mou] Eurasian Collared-Dove, Blue Earth County
This morning I found a Eurasian Collared-Dove in the town of Mapleton in southern Blue Earth County. The bird was perched on a powerline directly over Hwy. 22 on the north end of town. I don't know if this is a new location for this species, as they have been seen elsewhere in Blue Earth County in the past few years. Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
[mou] Mille lacs lake ,Seven plover year
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roated Loon with two Commons.On the beaches were county road 35 curves into=
169 there was a American Golden-Plover.At the fish pull of in Garrison the=
re was a Little Gull.I have had a great year so far but espcially the plove=
rs (Killdeer,Snowy,Piping,Wilsons,Semipalmated,Black-Bellied, and American=
-Golden plovers) in MN.In all seven plovers this was not a goal until the W=
ilsons showed up on Mille Lacs lake in Aug.This sort of made it a goal whic=
h now with the Golden plover i have reached my goal.Good birding to all.Nat=
han SchirmacherPrinceton,MN
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[mou] Townsend's Solitaire, Cook County (Croftville Rd)
Saturday. A couple of groups have found a Townsend's Solitaire this afternoon along the Croftville Rd, which is a couple miles upshore from Grand Marais. It was seen at mile markers 1460, and 1479. I understand the Knife River solitaire was seen again today, as well as several at Stony Point near Duluth. The Scoter scene has been slim in Cook County, but there is one White-winged Scoter that has been in the Grand Marais Inner Harbor (ie, by the fish shacks) for several days. Dedrick Benz Winona County _ Try the next generation of search with Windows Live Search today! http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-ussource=hmtagline
[mou] Tentative report at Lake Byllesby
Hello everyone. My dad went out alone to Lake Byllesby on this overcast day and asked if I would post his findings. The main thing was he is /pretty /sure he spotted 3 American Golden Plovers, but it was hard to tell. It would be great if anyone nearby could try to verify it. It was on the fact that they were about twice the size of the Least Sandpipers and had the plover-bill. (Short and stout) So, he's not 100% sure, but it's probable. He also spotted about 8 Dowitchers. (Tentatively leaning to short-billed, though it was hard to tell.) - Leo WM
[mou] Northshore Birding!
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0029_01C6FAC3.AEFB9D90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What a day! Highlights: - White-winged Scoter in the harbor at Grand Marais. - 4 Northern Three-toed Woodpeckers. 3 females behind the lighthouse in = Two Harbors and a male at Good Harbor Bay rest area. -8 Black-backed Woodpeckers. 5 migrating along the shore at various = locations north of Grand Marais along Hwy. 61 and 3 behind the = lighthouse in Two Harbors. -Townsend's Solitaire seen at the Good Harbor Bay rest area at 8:15am. -Red Crossbills in good numbers migrating down the shore. -White-winged Crossbills in fair numbers as well. -Common Redpolls were moving down the shore in good numbers! -Pine Grosbeaks were also seen migrating down the shore as well. -Evening Grosbeaks in fair numbers. -Bohemian Waxwings in Grand Marais and Beaver Bay. -Red-bellied Woodpecker in Beaver Bay. -2 Northern Cardinals in Lake County. -4 Gray Jays but they were all seen in Cook County. In my opinion the = big push of Gray Jays is pretty much done along the northshore. Seen about 45 species today. The weather today was cold with very gusty = winds from the NW. I bumped into Jim Lind and Denny Barb Martin who were participating in = the annual Swedish Raisin Rye Toast Bird Trip to Grand Marais. They = informed me that the group spotted 3 Townsend's Solitaires. The group = spotted two solitaires together at Stoney Point and I forgot where the = other was found. I just read Dedrick's report and notice another = solitaire was found along the Croftville Rd. in Cook County, so that = makes 5 townsend's solitaires discovered today along the northshore! =20 I have some decent photos of the White-winged Scoter in the Grand Marais = harbor and will be posting these photos tonight on my website under = recent sightings. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ --=_NextPart_000_0029_01C6FAC3.AEFB9D90 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 6.00.2900.2963 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2What a day!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2Highlights:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2- White-winged Scoter in the = harbor at=20 Grand Marais./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2- 4 Northern Three-toed = Woodpeckers. 3=20 females behind the lighthouse in Two Harbors and a male at Good Harbor = Bay rest=20 area./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-8 Black-backed Woodpeckers. = 5 migrating=20 along the shore at various locations north of Grand Marais along Hwy. 61 = and 3=20 behind the lighthouse in Two Harbors./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Townsend's Solitaire seen at = the Good=20 Harbor Bay rest area at 8:15am./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Red Crossbills in good = numbers migrating=20 down the shore./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-White-winged Crossbills in = fair numbers=20 as well./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Common Redpolls were moving = down the=20 shore in good numbers!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Pine Grosbeaks were also = seen migrating=20 down the shore as well./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Evening Grosbeaks in fair=20 numbers./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Bohemian Waxwings in Grand = Marais and=20 Beaver Bay./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-Red-bellied Woodpecker in = Beaver=20 Bay./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-2 Northern Cardinals in Lake = County./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2-4 Gray Jays but they were = all seen in=20 Cook County. In my opinion the big push of Gray Jays is pretty much done = along=20 the northshore./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2Seen about 45 species today. = The weather=20 today was cold with very gusty winds from the NW./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DComic Sans MS size=3D2I bumped into Jim Lind and = Denny amp;=20 Barb Martinnbsp;who were participating in the annual Swedish Raisin Rye = Toast=20 Bird Trip to Grand Marais. They informed me that the group spotted 3 = Townsend's=20 Solitaires. The group spottednbsp;two solitaires together at Stoney = Point and I=20 forgot where the other was found.nbsp;I just read Dedrick's report and = notice=20 another solitaire was foundnbsp;along the Croftville Rd. in Cook = County, so=20 that makes 5 townsend's solitairesnbsp;discovered today along the=20
