[mou] Prothonotary in Maplewood Nature Center, Ramsey County?
I searched for the Prothonotary Warbler after work today and was told by a couple I approached that they'd seen it just two minutes prior to my arrival at that spot. ?It seems from the other posts related to this (these?) birds that the area close to the entrance is a likely place to find the bird. ?The folks who saw it this evening (5/5) found it on the little island to the left as you enter the trail from the parking lot. One point of clarification - I looked at my maps to verify the county Maplewood Nature Center is in, and it looks like it's in Ramsey County, not Washington. ?Is this correct? Other birds seen: Common Yellowthroat Northern Waterthrush Yellow Warbler Black and White Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow (just 1) ? Yesterday (May 4) I checked on the owl nest in northern Meeker County that I initially discovered a couple of months ago. ?I'm happy to report that mama Great Horned Owl was sitting next to one big owlet. ?The nest is on 617th Av., about .1 mile north of 365th St. ?This is just southeast of Eden Valley. Linda Sparling Hennepin County -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080505/19848698/attachment.html
[mou] Stop posting comments about comments
mou-net is not a discussion group. It is a group to share bird information and sightings. Please stop posting opinions about other people's comments to the net. If you feel that you need to make a comment about how mou-net is run, please post to mou-net-owner at moumn.org and the folks on the ECC will try to condense the information and report back to the net. Thanks. --- David Cahlander mou-net administrator david at cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080505/b0e441d0/attachment.html
[mou] FOY Warblers in Roseville
During a 45 minute walk this morning I observed 33 species including three FOY (for me) warblers. They were Orange-crowned, Blackpoll and Nashville. I also saw Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Green Heron and Solitary Sandpiper. Bob Holtz If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. **Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod000301) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/13898150/attachment.html
[mou] Carolina Wren at Crosby Park, St. Paul
At about 8:30 this morning, I heard a Carolina Wren singing in Crosby Park in St. Paul. The park is along the Mississippi, below Shepard Road, between the MN 5 bridge to Fort Snelling and the I-35E bridge. The bird was on the south side of Crosby Lake (the big lake), roughly somewhat to the west of the center point of the lake, probably a three-quarter-mile hike from the main parking area at the west end, and a half-mile from the east end. At this location, the paved trail is about 100 yards from the lake shore. I didn't have time to look for the bird, but I'm positive of the song ID. Julian St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/7a2d2d87/attachment.html
[mou] Birding at Dodge Nature Center
I went birding at Dodge nature center this weekend and yesterday. Besides seeing many yellow-rumped warbles I also saw: ? Palm warblers, Tennessee warbler, yellow warbler, yellow throat, Sora, Cooper's hawk Broadwing hawk. ? I did take pictures which I will post on my blog when?I get a chance. For those interested there are absolutely NO pictures for sale on my blog, as always. ? Thanks, Jeff Fischer http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/2cad5cfa/attachment-0001.html
[mou] St Louis Co Lk Superior - H Grebes, otter - Mockingbird
Good numbers of Horned Grebes were noted on Lake Superior this morning, as well as a single river otter, off the 9400 block of North Shore Scenic Drive. A survey between McQuade and Lester River (binoculars only, bicycle-based) tallied: 2 Canada Geese 3 Mallard 8 Bufflehead 3 Common Mergansers 8 Red-breasted Mergansers 14 Common Loons 249 Horned Grebes 5 Red-necked Grebes And the Mockingbird posted by Dave Grosshuesch was refound at 910 a.m. Good BGBY bird. Thanks, Dave. Frank Berdan --- David Grosshuesch dgrosshu at nrri.umn.edu wrote: Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 07:55:19 -0500 From: David Grosshuesch dgrosshu at nrri.umn.edu To: mou-net at moumn.org Subject: Re: [mou] mou-net Digest, Vol 378, Issue 1 I found a Northern Mockingbird yesterday in Duluth at 57th and Juniata St. The bird was foraging around the neighborhood throughout the late afternoon. A great yard bird for us and the first new species added in 2008. Numerous sparrows continue to be at our feeder, with as many as 8 species found last weekend. Dave Grosshuesch Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
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Redstart and Great Crested Flycatcher at Otter Lake Dog Park -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/7fd8d2b0/attachment.html
[mou] Clark's Grebe, Ross's Goose at Thielke L; Yellow Rails at McGregor
Early yesterday afternoon, May 5, I saw both a Clark's Grebe and a Ross's Goose on Thielke Lake in Big Stone Co. Both were observed from Co Rd 62, which runs along the S side of the lake. The Clark's initially was by itself on the E half of the lake, but it eventually joined the main group of ~40 Western Grebes on the W side. The late- lingering Ross's Goose was an adult on the E half of the lake, closely associating with a pair of Canada Geese. Then yesterday night, between 11:15 and 11:25 pm, at least 2 Yellow Rails were heard calling in the McGregor marsh in Aitkin Co. Both were on the E side of Hwy 65: one was quite close to the road near mile marker 116, which is 0.7 mi S of the Hwy 210 intersection; the other was quite far from the road and hard to hear, 0.8 mi S of 210. Other birds of note found yesterday were 13 late Cackling Geese on the Wheaton sewage ponds, a Western Kingbird along Traverse Co Rd 76 just E of Mud L, and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher along the Big Stone NWR's auto tour in Lac Qui Parle Co. Kim Eckert
[mou] Ross's Goose? Lake Vadnais
This morning we saw this goose in the western section of Lake Vadnais, right along the road off Rice Street. Is this a Ross's goose or some type of domestic goose? I've never seen a Ross's up close but it looks like one except it has a bit of black on the back of its neck. It must have flown in sometime yesterday afternoon or last night, it was not there yesterday morning. I've posted some photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailw/sets/72157604914069638 Would appreciate some ID help. Thanks! Gail Gail Wieberdink wieber64 at comcast.net -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/298d8bde/attachment.html
[mou] Theodore Wirth/Eloise Butler this morning
Highlights from earlier this morning at Theodore Wirth Park (the swampy area across Glenwood from?Wirth Lake) ?and Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in Minneapolis noisy and active great crested flycatcher least flycatcher northern waterthrush a half dozen?black-and-white warblers yellow-rumps galore Nashville warbler a house wren foraging in the leaves swamp sparrow? perched on a reed, in full voice one warbler that I didn't?recognize and haven't had a chance to look up- grayish wings and head,?distinct wingbars, yellowish throat and belly,?dullish streaks along sides Karen Kraco Minneapolis, MN Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/58d340bb/attachment.html
[mou] willets dakota county
Seen at 10:30 am at 180th street marsh 4 Willets. At Schaar's Bluff saw my fifteenth warbler species of the year. Of the 15 seen 8 have either tied or beat my previous earliest dates. Jim Otto _ Get Free (PRODUCT) RED? Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=TXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/b5d72479/attachment.html
[mou] Ross's Goose -- NOT
Thanks everyone for taking the time to look at the photos and share opinions. The consensus is domestic goose of some sort. One really has to wonder, though, how a domestic goose shows up in the middle of a city;-) We'll keep tabs on it and see how long it hangs around. Gail -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/2f0c8935/attachment.html
[mou] Lark Bunting Anoka County
Male Lark Bunting in the scrub grass, NW corner of the junction of 35W and Anoka Co. Rd. 52. This roas has two other names 95th NW and Radisson Rd. There are also Yellow-headed Blackbirds in the area that have similar markings. --- David Cahlander david at cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/9cc80dc5/attachment.html
[mou] Lark Bunting
As of 2:15 this afternoon,Tony Hertzel, who found this bird, reports that he watched it go out of sight. He deemed it unlikely that the bird could be refound.
[mou] cc: re: [mnbird] Birding at Dodge Nature Center--Alder Flycatcher
I was just about to post about a visit to Dodge Nature Center, but Jeff Fischer beat me to it. In addition to everything Jeff already posted, I saw: Several ovenbirds, Hermit and Swainson's Thrushes, a courting House Wren (apparently touring his potential mate to multiple nest sites, singing at each stop; pretty neat to watch!) and a singing Alder Flycatcher, seen near the big pond west of the 'prairie' area near the main entrance. As Jeff mentioned there were Sora- I was able to find two, in separate marshes/ponds, very close to the trail! Kyle TePoel St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/d75419aa/attachment.html
[mou] Pine Siskin / Lincoln's Sparrow
Had a Pine Siskin munching on my thistle feeder tonight when I got home, also a Lincoln's Sparrow on the ground under the feeders.. -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See My WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com http://www.birderguy.com/ Email: BirderGuy at comcast.net Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Supporter http://www.hawkridge.org/ Minnesota Ornithologists Union Member http://www.moumn.org/ Cornell Lab Member (PFW) http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ Support a Soldier: http://www.operationminnesotanice.com/contact.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/5a150f08/attachment.html
[mou] Indigo Bunting - Woodbury
Spotted a male Indigo Bunting in the yard at about 6;15 PM. Jim Gay Woodbury -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/c4c0d4bc/attachment-0001.html
[mou] 1st Oriole just showed up..
I just had my 1st Male Baltimore Oriole show up and look for my grape jelly feeder, I wish I could get my Orioles banded because I'm sure I have some of the same birds year after year. Every year they land on the empty Shepard's hook, look around for the feeder that's not there yet, and practically knock on my window asking for the jelly feeder to be put out.. Andrew -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See My WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com http://www.birderguy.com/ Email: BirderGuy at comcast.net Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Supporter http://www.hawkridge.org/ Minnesota Ornithologists Union Member http://www.moumn.org/ Cornell Lab Member (PFW) http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ Support a Soldier: http://www.operationminnesotanice.com/contact.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080506/efe4c47b/attachment.html
[mou] Hok-Si-La Banding
This Saturday Carpenter Nature Center banders plan to be at Hok-Si-La Park from 9AM to at least Noon. Hok-Si-La is a Lake City, MN park just north of Lake City on Highway 61. Everyone is welcome to come and watch. Oh yes, there are a lot of warblers there now too - Yoli and I went last night for a while and again this morning. The migrant list for the day: black and white warbler black throated green warbler - see http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl?op=showcase for a close encounter. blue gray gnat catcher Baltimore oriole palm warbler warbling vireo yellow throated vireo (heard only) yellow rumped warbler yellow warbler empidonax flycatcher Judith Sparrow and Gary Ash were also there and their list was longer. I hope the weather holds for the weekend.
[mou] 20 Red-throated Loons, Little Gull, Piping Plover at Duluth
For most of the afternoon today (6 May), light winds and good lighting produced excellent viewing of birds on Lake Superior from the public access sites on Park Point. Between 5:20 and 6:10 PM, I watched 19 Red- throated Loons from the Beach House at the Park Point Recreation Area. The birds were far enough off shore to require a spotting scope, but the excellent viewing conditions left no doubt as to their identity. At almost the same time, Kim Eckert found a Red-throated Loon off 31st Street (Lafayette Square), making a total of 20 Red-throateds off Park Point this evening. I found an adult Little Gull among a large gathering of Bonaparte's Gulls on Lake Superior off 22nd Street in the late afternoon; it was refound by Kim Eckert off Canal Park at about 7:00 PM, where most of the gulls seen earlier between 12th Street and the Recreation Area had assembled into a noisy congregation. A record high spring migration total of 4,153 Bonaparte's Gulls was carefully counted by groups of 10 at Park Point between 3:15 and 6:15 PM today (6 May). Not included in this total were flocks of 775 Bonaparte's seen earlier in the day near the mouth of Miller Creek off 27th Ave West and 943 Bonaparte's on the back side of Hearding Island, since they were assumed to be part of the evening congregation at Canal Park. Kim and I estimated that more than 3,000 Bonaparte's Gulls gathered at Canal Park in the early evening -- not including a large flock that passed overhead. Other highlights at Park Point: Horned Grebe -- total of 902, relatively late peak count Piping Plover -- unbanded bird still present at 22nd Street access Willet -- three between 12th Street and 22nd Street Ruddy Turnstone -- one at 22nd Street access Sanderling -- three at 22nd Street access Forster's Tern -- two at Recreation Area (Common Tern, which has a median arrival date of 1 May in northern Minnesota, has yet to be found at Duluth this spring). -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN
