[mou] Boreal Owl north of Duluth
I received a reliable second-hand report of a Boreal Owl seen roosting north of Duluth along the Rice Lake Road (CR 4) at the Normanna Road (CR 44), next to the fire hall. This is about 8 miles north of the Martin Road (CR 9). It was seen on March 20 and 21 on the south side of the parking lot for the fire hall, but it has not been seen since. Jim Lind
[mou] Tree Swallows
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Hi everyone,
Despite the fog, Troy Flicek and I were able to spot Tree Swallows today;
single birds at three different locations. Ruddy Ducks were present at Wells
Lake and the Common Loon is still hanging around at Alexander Park. We saw a
meadowlark in flight but did not hear I sing, and we heard a Barred Owl
calling at River Bend Nature Center before sunrise.
Good birding!
Dave Bartkey
Faribault, MN
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[mou] Central MN birding
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Went birding this morning with my Dad. We stopped at the ponds on 169 and C=
R 13 in Mille Lacs County. We had 74 Greater White-Fronted Geese, instead o=
f yesterday's two Cackling there was two Snow geese. We had a Canvasback,on=
e confirmed Tundra Swan,and many Trumpeter swans. We had 17 waterfowl speci=
es for the last two days in Mille Lacs and Sherburne counties. Other migran=
ts were one Eastern Phoebe,one Brewer's Blackbird,one Tree Swallow; as well=
as Fox, Swamp and Song sparrows today. Seven raptor species as well. Great=
birding day with 55 species.Nathan Schirmacher,Mille Lacs County
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bodydiv style=3Dtext-align: left;Went birding this morning with my Da=
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mpeter swans. We had 17 waterfowl species for the last two days in Mille La=
cs and Sherburne counties. Other migrants were one Eastern Phoebe,one Brewe=
r's Blackbird,one Tree Swallow; as well as Fox, Swamp and Song sparrows tod=
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[mou] Geese- 165,000
Had one of the most enjoyable bird days of my life yesterday, 3/23. Spent the day in western Minnesota with Ron Erpelding and hit a goose migration I didn't think was possible in this state. Estimates: White geese: snow/blue, Ross'- 110,000 White fronted- 35,000 Canada- 20,000 If you think these numbers are impressive, consider we did not really put on many miles looking to count. Ron is a county lister, so we spent time at each stop sorting through birds. Ron sorted as I did my best to count. But then, how do you count a flock of 25,000+ white geese, which we had at least 3 times. Mud Lake in Traverse county had impressive numbers of both white geese and white fronted, but we saw equally large concentrations north of there into Wilkin county (and excellent numbers of birds in Grant, Stevens, and Big Stone counties.) Because white goose hunting season is currently open, I would rather not divulge exact locations on the net. There were many times during the day, the sky was absolutely full of geese, scores of flocks with some flocks over 1500 birds. (I differentiate between flocks and swarms. Interestingly the white geese were swarming but not migrating...20,000 birds would get up circle around and land again in the same general area. Where as we would see large lines/flocks/skeins of white fronteds in formations heading north.) An interesting thought...even if my counting was pathetic and I grossly over-counted (which I didn't), if one assumes we saw 10% of the geese in Western Minnesota yesterday, that easily puts the bird numbers over 1 million. But the reality is, we really only spent time in 4 counties, and only got a few miles into both Wilkin and Big Stone. So, IF the goose numbers were any where near what we saw in the north and south ends of the state, there was easily several million geese in western Minnesota yesterday. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, the birds were unbelievable, and the company was...well, you can't have everything (just kidding, Ron). A day and experience I may never equal. P.S. If anyone else was at Mud Lake yesterday, I would be interested in knowing the number of birds you estimated there. Randy Frederickson Willmar
[mou] Black Vulture in Afton
I just received a phone call from Denny Martin who got a call from Bill Litkey reporting he had seen a Black Vulture this afternoon in Afton in Washington Co. Bill said it was roosting with Turkey Vultures on pilings in the Afton Marina on the St Croix River. I tried calling Bill back to get confirmation of the sighting but got no answer, and I decided to post this in haste since there is nothing on mou-net about it and since sunset will be in about an hour. My apologies in advance if I have any of the facts wrong. - Kim Eckert
[mou] Raptor Migration over West Duluth 3-23 and 3-24
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On Friday, 23 March, Harold Nordin and another hawk watcher spent an
enjoyable afternoon watching the bird migration at full steam from below the
Thompson Hill rest stop on West Skyline Parkway in West Duluth on a light
easterly wind with temperatures peaking out in the mid-50's F. Hours
covered 9 - 3 CST. Flight was concentrated in the pm. Here are the
highlights:
Raptors:
Turkey Vulture: 1
Bald Eagle: 87-63 adult and 24 immature.
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 10
Northern Harrier: 3-2 adult males, one adult female.
Red-tailed Hawk: 277, including one partial albino, which was entirely white
except for the wingtips and tail.
Rough-legged Hawk: 16.
Merlin: 1
Others:
245 Bohemian Waxwings
Heavy Canada Geese movement
Many Robins
Br. Crackle-1
Killdeer-1
Northern Shrike-1
Baird's type Sandpiper-2
Today, Saturday, 24 March, Harold Nordin, Howard Weinberg, Ben Yokel and his
sons, my son, Anthony, and I enjoyed a memorable afternoon raptor flight
from Thompson Hill above West Duluth on a light easterly wind with a peak
temperature of 60 F, hours covered 9 - 2:30 CST, as follows:
Raptors:
Turkey Vulture: 1
Bald Eagle: 353-272 adult and 81 immature.
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 49
Cooper's Hawk: 1
Northern Harrier: 4-2 adult males, one adult female, one unknown.
Red-tailed Hawk: 703, including 4 adult dark morphs and one
Krider's/Krider's intergrade.
Rough-legged Hawk: 55
Golden Eagle: 10, all adults.
An adult Peregrine Falcon was perched at the nest box on the Greysolon
Building on E. Superior Street in downtown Duluth at 2:45 CST.
Others:
4 presumably Tundra Swans in the warm water pool behind the WLSSD treatment
plant at 27th Avenue West.
Dave Carman
Duluth, Minnesota
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[mou] Mille Lacs County Falcon
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Nathan was playing basketball this evening while keeping one eye to the ski=
es. He observed a falcon fly rather casually over (through his bins ~20 fe=
et high) that landed in a tree approximately 250 yards distant, set up the =
scope and alerted me. Following is a combined description from binocular a=
nd scope views:* White breast and underbelly, few black spots on breast, mo=
re on belly* Very tan mantle coverts* Black streaking on axillaries und=
erwing coverts, lighter on the primaries secondaries* Light supercilium* =
Dark mustache* Dark ear patch* Mid-sized falcon, clearly larger than a Kest=
rel or Merlin. * We live in an open, rural, rather agricultural area. It =
perched at the top of a 30 foot tree, giving decent but distant 30-60X scop=
e views. I was reminded of a Peregrine Falcon, but the face was different =
than I have seen on any adult or immature Peregrines observed in the past -=
and other characteristics don't match well either. Migration has been int=
ense all day up here. Note that we have carefully avoided the word Prairi=
e until nowWould enjoy preliminary commentary before submitting docume=
ntation. Thanks!Al Nathan SchirmacherPrinceton, MN (8 miles north)(Pleas=
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bodydiv style=3Dtext-align: left;Nathan was playing basketball this e=
vening while keeping one eye to the skies.nbsp; He observed a falcon fly r=
ather casually over (through his bins ~20 feet high) that landed in a tree =
approximately 250 yards distant, set up the scope and alerted me.nbsp; Fol=
lowing is a combined description from binocular and scope views:brbr* W=
hite breast and underbelly, few black spots on breast, more on bellybr* V=
ery tan mantle amp; covertsbr* Black streaking on axillaries amp; under=
wing coverts, lighter on the primaries amp; secondariesbr* Light superci=
liumbr* Dark mustachebr* Dark ear patchbr* Mid-sized falcon, clearly =
larger than a Kestrel or Merlin.nbsp; br* We live in an open, rural, rat=
her agricultural area.nbsp; It perched at the top of a 30 foot tree, givin=
g decent but distant 30-60X scope views.nbsp; I was reminded of a Peregrin=
e Falcon, but the face was different than I have seen on any adult or immat=
ure Peregrines observed in the past - and other characteristics don't match=
well either.nbsp; Migration has been intense all day up here.nbsp; br=
brNote that we have carefully avoided the word Prairie until nowbr=
brWould enjoy preliminary commentary before submitting documentation.nbs=
p; Thanks!brbrAl amp; Nathan SchirmacherbrPrinceton, MN (8 miles nor=
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[mou] 140th goose not a greater white fronted
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[mou] BLACK VULTURE - Washington Co.
At 5:15 P.M. today I observed a Black Vulture in company with a number of Turkey Vultures milling around the marina at Afton. It was observed perched, flying, and on the ground, too close to even bother with a scope ! I spent considerable time attempting to phone a number of Twin Citians, but only one answered and they were on their way home from out of town. When I left Afton around 6:00 to dash home to get my photographer-wife, the vultures seemed docile, appearing as if they were going to roost there for the night. When we returned at 6:40 we found an entrance gate to be locked. A quick walk in to where the vultures were last seen did not produce a single bird. I would guess being that late in the day that they must be roosting in the area. I plan on returning in the morning. THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. I was not able to find anyone to seek permission from; the house on the north side of the marina is occupied by renters. If you go there please observe proper respect for the property. It probably would be best to stay off the docks. DIRECTIONS. Drive east on I-94 and exit just before the St. Croix R. bridge onto Hwy. 95 / St. Croix Trail. Go south several miles to Afton and turn east onto 31st St. S. Once through the gate turn left and proceed to search. Bill Litkey --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---
[mou] Raptors over my yard
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_004D_01C76E5D.3CA13440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Beautiful day! Highlights: -1 Golden Eagle (new yard bird)=20 -16 Rough-legged Hawks -20 Red-tailed Hawks -30 Bald Eagles -1 Turkey Vulture Most days Bohemian Waxwings are moving northward along the St. Louis = River, Purple Finches are becoming more frequent at the feeders and a = Northern Flicker was calling this morning.=20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ --=_NextPart_000_004D_01C76E5D.3CA13440 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 6.00.6000.16414 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4Beautiful = day!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 = size=3D4/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 = size=3D4Highlights:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4-1 Golden Eagle = (new yard=20 bird) /FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4-16 = Rough-legged=20 Hawks/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4-20 Red-tailed=20 Hawks/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4-30 Bald = Eagles/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4-1 Turkey=20 Vulture/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 = size=3D4/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4Most days = Bohemian Waxwings=20 are moving northward along the St. Louis River, Purple Finches are = becoming more=20 frequent at the feeders and a Northern Flicker was calling this morning. = /FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 = size=3D4/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DLucida Sans color=3D#808000 size=3D4Michael=20 HendricksonBRDuluth, MinnesotaBRLake Superior Boat TripsBRA=20 href=3Dhttp://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/;http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson//A/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_004D_01C76E5D.3CA13440--
[mou] Swan Lake, Nicollet County
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003D_01C76E5E.C554D200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On this Saturday afternoon, Vern and I observed hundreds of waterfowl on = Swan Lake at the Conservation Club, Nicollet County. Despite the fog, = the viewing wasn't bad out there. The lake is ice free as far out as we = could see with the scope. =20 Cindy Krienke Waterville LeSueur County, MN --=_NextPart_000_003D_01C76E5E.C554D200 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 6.00.2900.3059 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2On this Saturday afternoon, Vern and I = observed=20 hundreds of waterfowl on Swan Lake at the Conservation Club, Nicollet=20 County.nbsp;nbsp; Despite the fog,nbsp; the viewing wasn't bad out=20 there.nbsp; The lake is ice free as far out as we could see with the=20 scope./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2nbsp;/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Cindy Krienke/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Waterville/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2LeSueur County, = MN/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_003D_01C76E5E.C554D200--
[mou] Dakota, Wabasha, Wiona Counties
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C76E67.A8BAA6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Linda Sparling was kind enough to bring me along to Lake Byllesby. We = traveled in other counties too, mainly along the Mississippi River. It = was very foggy throughout the early morning. Birds seen at Byllesby: * NO GEESE (other than Canadas!) *13 Duck species, including 2 female Ruddy's. *Possible D-C Comorant landing on lake * A flock of 5 peeps farther out; much too far to ID. Other Dakota County Birds: * 3 probable meadowlarks on the way to 180th street * 3 Am. Kesterels * Flock of 10 turkeys, including 2 displaying males! On Lake Pepin (Wabasha Co.), there was a flock of 100+ Tundra Swans out = on the ice We got a little more lucky at Prairie Island, Wiona Co. Birds seen: *2 flocks of Am. White Pelicans flying downstream *Several flocks of Sandhill Cranes *17 Duck species, including one male Redhead, one Am. Black Duck, and = some Wood Ducks Also at Prairie Island, in the same 20 feet, by one of the parking lots, = there were two dead raccoons, a dead (and eaten) buck, and a eaten = waterfowl of some sort. A little more off in the woods, there was a dead = crow. Near where most of the carcasses where, there was a pile of = safflower seeds. We are concerned... Other things seen all around: * 1 Garter Snake * a butterfly (likely a question mark) * Painted Turtle * P-B Grebes * Many G-B Herons at Prairie Island * Pileated Woodpecker * Singing E. Bluebirds, Song Sparrows, and R-W Blackbirds everywhere!! Good birding~ Alyssa DeRubeis --=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C76E67.A8BAA6C0 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 6.00.6000.16414 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Linda Sparling was kind enough to bring = me along to=20 Lake Byllesby. We traveled in other counties too, mainly along the = Mississippi=20 River. It was very foggy throughout the early morning. Birds seen at=20 Byllesby:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* NO GEESE (other than = Canadas!)/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2*13 Duck species, including 2 female=20 Ruddy's./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2*Possible D-C Comorant landing on = lake/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* A flock of 5 peeps farther out; much = too far to=20 ID./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Other Dakota County Birds:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* 3 probable meadowlarks on the way to = 180th=20 street/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* 3 Am. Kesterels/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* Flock of 10 turkeys, including 2 = displaying=20 males!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2On Lake Pepin (Wabasha Co.), there was = a flock of=20 100+ Tundra Swans out on the ice/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2We got a little more lucky at Prairie = Island, Wiona=20 Co. Birds seen:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2*2 flocks of Am. White Pelicans flying=20 downstream/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2*Several flocks of Sandhill = Cranes/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2*17 Duck species, including one male = Redhead, one=20 Am. Black Duck, and some Wood Ducks/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Also at Prairie Island, in the same 20 = feet, by one=20 of the parking lots, there were two dead raccoons, a dead (and eaten) = buck, and=20 a eaten waterfowl of some sort. A little more off in the woods, there = was a dead=20 crow. Near where most of the carcasses where, there was a pile of = safflower=20 seeds.nbsp;Wenbsp;are concerned.../FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Other things seen all = around:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* 1 Garter Snake/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* a butterfly (likely a question = mark)/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* Painted Turtle/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* P-B Grebes/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* UMany/U G-B Herons at Prairie=20 Island/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* Pileated Woodpecker/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2* Singing E. Bluebirds, Song Sparrows, = and R-W=20 Blackbirds everywhere!!/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Good birding~/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Alyssa DeRubeis/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C76E67.A8BAA6C0--
[mou] Hyland Lake Park/ Old Cedar
In conifers south of Richardson Nature Center one, or more likely two, great-horned owls were circling among and around the stand of trees to distance themselves from people. There seemed to be some kind of orienteering race in progress, which resulted in an uptick in off-trail traffic. On at least a half dozen occasions, we stood in silent awe as the bird(s) winged noiselessly--and sometimes very closely--past us. Laura Cobles, Kelly Scott, Diana Doyle, and I had found what may be their nest; whenever agitated, they seemed to gravitate back in this direction, though we never witnessed them leaving or entering the nest. There were also crows presenting serious harassment at one point, so perhaps they avoided giving away the nest location. While we were in the pine plantation, a huge flock--many, many dozens--of sandhill cranes passed overhead in formation and full voice. There was also a very high fly-over by a harrier, plus a turkey vulture and an unidentified hawk. At the nearby wetland were at least 2 male and 2 female bluebirds actively feeding and singing, and in the mudflats, a killdeer was foraging. Pheasants crowed vigorously north of the Nature Center parking lot. Afterwards we visited Old Cedar Avenue, and located the possible saw-whet owl pellets that Jen Vieth had seen on the trail to the Hogback pond. From under the highway bridge we saw wood ducks, hooded and common mergansers, shoveler, widgeon, gadwall, bufflehead, c.goldeneye, ring-necked ducks, scaup and coots among the mallards. By the parking lot there was a pileated woodpecker. Linda Whyte
[mou] Sighting
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C76DE3.0BB90FDA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Two Common Loons on Cannon Lake in Faribault next to woolen mill on = Highway 3. 1:30 PM 3/23/07. --_=_NextPart_001_01C76DE3.0BB90FDA Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN HTML HEAD TITLESighting/TITLE /HEAD BODY !-- Converted from text/rtf format -- PSPAN LANG=3Den-usFONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3DArialTwo Common Loons = on Cannon Lake in Faribault next to woolen mill on Highway 3.nbsp; = 1:30nbsp; PM 3/23/07./FONT/SPAN /P /BODY /HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C76DE3.0BB90FDA--
