[mou] Jean McIntosh
Jean McIntosh,long-time MOU member died Jan 16. Memorial service on April 4. Obit in April 1 Star-Tribune. Jean was employed in the Botany dept at the U of Minnesota and was active in the Minnesota Bird Club which met at the Bell Museum. Manley Olson
[mou] Am. Goldfinches at Eloise Butler
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3258270215_107448 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit American goldfinches seen at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary Sunday morning. Hordes of other birds as well, but I am lousy at bird song IDs and the lighting was poor at 8am. Kathy Connelly Golden Valley --B_3258270215_107448 Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable HTML HEAD TITLEAm. Goldfinches at Eloise Butler/TITLE /HEAD BODY FONT FACE=3DTimes New RomanSPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:12.0px'American goldfi= nches seen at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary Sunday morn= ing. nbsp;Hordes of other birds as well, but I am lousy at bird song IDs an= d the lighting was poor at 8am. nbsp;BR BR Kathy ConnellyBR Golden Valley/SPAN/FONT /BODY /HTML --B_3258270215_107448--
[mou] Trumpeter/Tundra- Steele Co.
Life was sweet when you saw a flock of swans and you could default them as Tundra (or Whistling). The reintroduction of Trumpeters in our area has complicated matters, albeit more fun. A friend alerted me to the presence of 12 swans Saturday. He ID'd them as Tundra based on two that he scoped. I stopped there a couple hours later and thought they were Trumpeters. I then checked the others and determined both species were present. I called my friend back and reported my findings. He stopped later; scoped each one and determined 8 Trumpeters and 4 Tundra Swans. I'm wondering how often mixed flocks of swans have been encountered by others. Their location: southern Steele Co.; MN Hwy 30 east of I-35, one mile east of CR 45, then north on SE 14th Ave (gravel) 3/4 mile in a WPA area on the west side of the road. Ken Vail Blooming Prairie
[mou] Odd Sundry birds (Sharptails, Bonaparte's, GYLegs, Snows Ross's)
Ten SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were singing and dancing on the lek E side of Kestral Avenue .4 Miles S. of Tamarack MN, on Saturday Am 6:45 to when I left at 7:30. TUNDRA SWANS, one SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, a RUFFED GROUSE, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a MERLIN, SANDHILLS and several B. Eagles were at Rice Lake NWR on Sat. AM. As others noted, Many SNOW GEESE (white and blue) and many ROSS'S GEESE were at Traverse County (Try county 9 NW of Wheaton from 4:30 PM on til Sunset.) Studied a smallish juvenile plumaged BLUE GOOSE with a whitish eye-ring and head highlights for a long time. Oh well. Also many GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were mixed in. Douglas County had COMMON LOONS in three places, singing EASTERN and WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, most duck species and lots of rain and snow today (Sunday). The Albany sewage ponds had many ducks but more interesting was ONE Very Carefully Studied and Identified BONAPARTE'S GULL out eating on the last shards of green ice with a GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. Had a run-in with a White-tailed deer on Saturday on the way from Duluth to Tamarack. The wages of early morning birding. The car is drivable but the deer died. John Ellis-St. PaulBRBRBR**BR See what's free at http://www.aol.com./HTML
[mou] Dakota Cty - more spring arrivals
--=_Part_36293_12777068.1175475427183 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello Birders, Checking out 140th St marsh this morning yielded few new arrivals (for me). Present were: Brown-headed cowbird - first of year juncos - lots again. noticed several color phases, but no Oregons Tree sparrow Brewers blackbird - first of year all the other expected locals On Emery Ave. just south of 145th I heard then saw: Field Sparrow - first of year At 180th, things were a bit more interesting: I saw a pair of ducks(?) about coot sized with dark bill and head with pale grayish body - that was what I assume to be the male. The assumed female was less descript. I am not sure what they were - they were at the far end of the furthest out pond and hard to see well amongst the reeds in the wind. L. scaup maybe? They stayed low in the water the whole time I saw them - necks tucked in. Gadwall - first of year Redhead - first of year American Widgeon - 5 or 6 pairs - the most I have ever seen at once Ring-neck ducks - still lots Brewers blackbirds - 2 flocks -plus a few in mixed flocks with Grackles, redwings, etc. Coots - first of year Bufflehead Blue-wing teal on the way home along Hwy 52 at Concord (South) by Cahill road I saw: L. scaup - first of year All in all, not a bad jaunt for about 2 hours of birding! -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan 651-308-0234 cell A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life. - Charles Darwin --=_Part_36293_12777068.1175475427183 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello Birders,brbrChecking out 140th St marsh this morning yielded few new arrivals (for me).nbsp; Present were:brbrBrown-headed cowbird - first of yearbrjuncos - lots again.nbsp; noticed several color phases, but no Oregons brTree sparrowbrBrewers blackbird - first of yearbrall the other expected localsbrbrbrOn Emery Ave. just south of 145th I heard then saw: brbrField Sparrow - first of yearbrbrbrAt 180th, things were a bit more interesting: brbrI saw a pair of ducks(?) about coot sized with dark bill and head with pale grayish body - that was what I assume to be the male.nbsp; The assumed female was less descript.nbsp; I am not sure what they were - they were at the far end of the furthest out pond and hard to see well amongst the reeds in the wind. L. scaup maybe? They stayed low in the water the whole time I saw them - necks tucked in. brbrGadwall - first of yearbrRedhead - first of yearbrAmerican Widgeon - 5 or 6 pairs - the most I have ever seen at oncebrRing-neck ducks - still lotsbrBrewers blackbirds - 2 flocks -plus a few in mixed flocks with Grackles, redwings, etc. brCoots - first of yearbr clear=allBuffleheadbr Blue-wing tealbrbron the way home along Hwy 52 at Concord (South) by Cahill road I saw:brbrL. scaup - first of yearbrbrbrAll in all, not a bad jaunt for about 2 hours of birding!brbr-- brSincerely,br brJim Ryan br651-308-0234 cellbrbrquot;A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life.quot; - Charles Darwin --=_Part_36293_12777068.1175475427183--
[mou] Loggerhead Shrikes in dakota County
Hi Everybody, I went out in todays lousy weather and took a drive to 140th St=2E marsh and then down to 180th St=2E marsh=2E Not a lot of new birds a= t either place but on the drive between the two locations I got a good look at some Loggerhear Shrikes along Emery Ave=2E between 160th St=2E and 170th St=2E=2E I located one by itself first and then a bit down the road I located three together sitting on the phone wires and chasing each other around=2E I got good enough looks that I am confident that they are Loggerheads and not Northern Shrikes=2E This is the area where Loggerheads have traditionally nested=2E =20 Roger Everhart North Central Bird Observatory Apple Valley, MN www=2Encbo=2Eorg
[mou] Loggerhead Shrikes in Aitkin County
This afternoon, Steve and Jo Blanich, Pam Perry, Don and Carol Crust and I watched a pair of LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES hunting from the telephone line north of Aitkin. The pair are along County Road 1, about 9 miles north of the Mississippi River bridge (this is right near where the Willow River crosses over C.R.1). We also saw a SHORT-EARED OWL in the same area. Also seen this weekend on the rice paddies along and just off of C.R. 1 were 2000 to 3000 TUNDRA SWANS (on Saturday, nearly 1000 in one paddy), hundreds of geese (both CANADA and CACKLING), hundreds of ducks (14 species), several SANDHILL CRANES, TURKEY VULTURES, EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, etc. Warren Nelson
