[mou] MOU RBA 30 May 2007
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 30, 2007 *MNST0705.30 -Birds mentioned Common Moorhen Snowy Plover Arctic Tern Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Prairie Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 30, 2007 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel at sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Wednesday, May 30th 2007. On May 30th, Shawn Zierman discovered a pair of SNOWY PLOVER on Minnesota Point in Duluth. Both birds were on the lakeside shoreline near the Sky Harbor Airport, and at least one was still present later in the day. The ARCTIC TERN was seen as recently as the 29th over Lake Superior on Park Point in Duluth. It has been found at various locations along the lake shore, but most often from the 31st Street access. I have a secondhand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER from May 27th, at the Minnesota State University Moorhead Regional Science Center near Buffalo River State Park in Clay County. The bird was seen flying over the prairie just to the east of the parking area at the science center. On the 28th, a singing PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Ritter Farm Park in Dakota County. From the main parking lot walk northwest and follow the signs to the orange trail. After a couple hundred yards where the trail forks, take the muddy horesetrail up the hill to a row of conifers on the right. The bird was singing from the large deciduous trees on the left. Unusually far out of range was the COMMON MOORHEN reported on the 29th from western Duluth by Laura Erickson. It was along the Western Waterfront Trail beneath the Indian Point campground. On May 30th, Kelly Larson reported two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS from the Prairie Auto Tour Route of Big Stone NWR in Big Stone County. Both birds were seen near the restroom and parking lot facility in the interior of the route. One bird was directly behind the restroom in a shrubby patch of woods and the other was across the road in the flooded woodlands to the west. Another Chat was reported by Herb Dingman from near Walnut Lake in Faribault County over the weekend. The location was one mile north of I-90 on county road 119 near its junction with an unmarked gravel road. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 7th 2007. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/a364e8f0/attachment.html
[mou] Ruddy Turnstone Hennepin Co Bass Ponds (Bloomington)
Ruddy Turnstone seen at Bass Ponds unit of MN Valley NWR, Bloomington MN. Bird seems to be hopping on just one leg. To find, walk down hill, follow path straight south to T. Go left to trail marker 7. Look south, near large beaver lodge, bird is feeding on the mud flats. (some other shorebirds there also) Posted for George Skinner who is leading a bird walk at the Bass Ponds this evening the MN River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) and MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge Bass Ponds are south of Old Shakopee Rd at 86th, near Cyprus Semi Conductor plant. Anne Hanley Hennepin Co. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/b0b01b34/attachment-0001.html
[mou] Snowy Plover at Park Point in Duluth
Kim Eckert and Peder Svingen relocated the Snowy Plover, originally found by Shawn Zierman, at Park Point between the recreation area and the airport on the lakeside at 2:45 pm today. Sharon Lind
[mou] Common Loon in Crosby Park
Not earth-shaking, perhaps, but in my 28 years in St. Paul, I have never seen a loon in Crosby Park until this morning. It was in the middle of Crosby Lake. Julian Sellers -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/4023b2b6/attachment.html
[mou] Update on Snowy Plover
I arrived at Park Point at 3:50pm and refound the Snowy Plover at 4:45pm in front of bath house in Park Point. the Snowy Plover was not associated with other sandpipers or plovers on the beach. This is new state bird for me and a county bird. Thanks Sean! Other shorebirds seen: -Semipalmated Sandpipers (several) -Sanderlings (10-20) -Ruddy Turnstones (4) -Least Sandpiper (1) -Spotted Sandpipers -Semipalmated Plovers (2) *Red-headed Woodpecker is still in the park near playground area & the pavilions. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/152ee275/attachment.html
[mou] Update: Snowy Plover, Park Pt, Duluth St Louis Co.
the Snowy Plover was seen about 4:00 on the lake side near the airport beach access at the end of Park Point. Only one bird was observed. A Piping Plover was in with the mixed flock of shorebirds. Don Kienholz Duluth _ More photos, more messages, more storage?get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507
[mou] Prairie warbler still present
Hi, My sister and I watched the Ritter Park prairie warbler sing in the wind today at about 11:30am. He was in the scraggley elm described by Chet Meyers previously. When we swung back after a long hike around the park, he had moved to the opposite side of the trail, further south. I also found a black-billed cuckoo cucucu-ing at the back of our woods this am. Robin LaFortune Delano, MN -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/21863a4c/attachment.html
[mou] SNOWY PLOVER...
I now feel that I have it on authority (Thanks Mike Hendrickson, birding legend and youth sports coach extrodinaire), the birds I saw this morning were SNOWY PLOVERS! I will post an image of the bird on recently seen. Shawn Zierman. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/45a8f0bf/attachment.html
[mou] MOU Cass County Field Trip
There is still time to sign up for the next MOU field trip. Contact me at 612-728-2232 or at bxwilliams at cbburnet.com DEEP PORTAGE LEARNING CENTER - June 8-10 - Cass County This trip features a day and a half of birding in Cass County and 2 nights of birding for Yellow Rails, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows and other nocturnal birds with Ben Wieland, Dale Yerger and Molly Malecek. The cost is $100 which includes 2 nights at the Deep Portage Learning Center(rooms will be shared), 3 meals on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. More details are available upon request or you can check out the website for Deep Portage at www.deep-portage.org/rbirding.htm. The Deep Portage Learning Center is about 8 miles SE of Hackensack. This trip is limited to 20 but there is space available at this time. These trips are open to members and non-members alike. As always I am looking for more opportunities for field trips around the state. Contact me if you would like to lead one or if you have any ideas for trips. Bob Williams, Bloomington -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/c1acfd2c/attachment-0001.html
[mou] SNOWY PLOVER (hopefully).....
I saw Sean Zierman's photos and they are SNOWY PLOVERS! Wonderful find Sean! Mike Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ - Original Message - From: SCmzd at aol.com To: mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: [mou] SNOWY PLOVER (hopefully). I have looked at a number of pictures of snowy plovers now and I'm pretty sure that what I saw was two snowy plovers at Minnesota Point this morning, Duluth, MN. 8-10am. They associated with sanderlings which are still plentiful. If anyone has an opportunity to get down to the point today to try and get another sighting of the birds that would be awesome. They could be found on the Lakeside shoreline near the airport. :) Shawn Zierman. -- See what's free at AOL.com. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/258d672e/attachment.html
[mou] SNOWY PLOVER (hopefully).....
I have looked at a number of pictures of snowy plovers now and I'm pretty sure that what I saw was two snowy plovers at Minnesota Point this morning, Duluth, MN. 8-10am. They associated with sanderlings which are still plentiful. If anyone has an opportunity to get down to the point today to try and get another sighting of the birds that would be awesome. They could be found on the Lakeside shoreline near the airport. :) Shawn Zierman. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/8408b9b9/attachment.html
[mou] ID this PLOVER
This morning on Minnesota Point, I found two plovers that I was not able to id. I am familiar with semipalmated plovers and how they present in this setting- I've seen many. These two were different. They moved across the sand with much greater rapidity. They have a broken breastband, a finer all black bill, they do not appear to have any eye ring. I'm wondering if they were not snowy plovers, but my pictures (which are not the greatest, the fog was thicker than thick), don't seem to quite look like the ones on MOU from the nesting pair last year. Can someone help id them? Thanks for anyfeedback. Shawn Zierman. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/f54e6e15/attachment.html
[mou] Possible white-tailed kite?
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[mou] Big Stone Y-b Chat
Just returned from SW MN Birding Weekend in Luverne/Pipestone. My first MNBW, had a great time and saw lots of good birds - Thank you Kim and Craig! Took and extra day to bird Big Stone county on Tuesday before heading back to Bemidji. At Big Stone NWR along the Prairie Auto Tour route I heard and then spotted two Yellow-breasted Chat. Both where located at the restroom and parking lot facility in the interior of the route. One bird was directly behind the restroom in an overgrown, shrubby patch of woods. The second was across the road from the parking lot to the west in the flooded woodland tangle. Kelly Larson Bemidji, MN -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 652 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/fe02a175/attachment.bin
[mou] Kunkel WMA, Mille Lacs County
Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, Kunkel WMA (Mille Lacs County, just off 95 & CR 5, few miles west of 169). Kunkel is an interesting area, while still in Mille Lacs County is south enough to attract birds that are unusual for the area (eg, had Grasshopper and Field Sparrows there this morning, neither typical for the county). Kunkel is not an "A" birding spot, but a decent "B", occasionally drawing interesting birds like Carolina Wren and Henslow's Sparrows over the last couple of years. Cuckoos are relatively reliable in the summer. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
[mou] Common Moorhen in Duluth
Yesterday, one of the people on my weekly warbler walk to the Western Waterfront Trail (beneath the Indian Point campground) spotted a Common Moorhen at the far side of the marsh. It was at a distance and the light was poor, but I did take and post a lousy but identifiable photo of it on my blog at http://lauraerickson.blogspot.com/2007/05/last-western-waterfront-trail-spring.html -- Laura Erickson www.lauraerickson.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070530/ed8ea40a/attachment.html
