[mou] White-winged Crossbill, Boreal Chickadee - Scenic State Park
I spent the better part of yesterday hiking (OK, bushwhacking...this wasn't the scenic part of Scenic) on the east side of Coon & Sandwick Lakes in Scenic State Park. Most notably, lots of passerines have gone silent compared to a few weeks ago. I only heard 5 warblers the entire day and they didn't include Yellow, Black-throated Green, Northern Parula, Black-and-white, or American Redstart! No pewees, Least Flycatchers, or Veery. In fact, a full day on the east side (largely inacessible except to the very determined) of Scenic only turned up 33 species, but a few good ones: - A male White-winged Crossbill greeted me by singing from the top of a spruce on the west side of Hwy 7, just as you reach the park's southern boundary - I found a Boreal Chickadee, a Gray Jay, and a Blue-headed Vireo in one of the bogs on the east side of the lake (I don't have better directions) - There were 2 families of Pileated Woodpeckers present...one to the south, one to the north - A few Pine Warblers were still singing from the old growth pines on the east shore of the lakeShawn Conradhttp://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ _ Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_family_safety_072008 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/7d8a1851/attachment.html
[mou] Bud Tordoff
Maybe Mark Alt's Peregrines were doing a fly over for their champion Bud. Were they in the Missing Man Formation? Thanks for a great story. Steve Slocum --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---
[mou] [rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, July 24, 2008
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *July 24, 2008 *MNDL0807.24 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Osprey Osprey Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pine Siskin -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: July 24, 2008 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru at wiktel.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 24, 2008 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. This has been a very quiet week in the northwest. There were few reports and no unusual species were observed. >From Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, Greg Knutsen reported that finally there is starting to be some shorebird habitat, and a few shorebirds are now being seen. Most are GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Some habitat can be seen along the county road at Parker Pool. Other interior pools that are showing some suitable habitat include Mud River Pool, Madsen Pool, and Webster Pool. Alma Ronningen reported from Otter Tail County that the OSPREYS near Otter Tail have two chicks this year. Five PINE SISKINS are being seen in her yard in Otter Tail. Three TRUMPETER SWANS can be observed in the area. Thanks to Alma Ronningen and Greg Knutsen for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru at wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, August 7, 2008. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/d66e1d2f/attachment.html -- next part -- ___ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
[mou] [rba] MOU RBA 24 July 2008
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *July 24, 2008 *MNST0807.24 -Birds mentioned Mute Swan White-eyed Vireo Carolina Wren Summer Tanager -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: July 24, 2008 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 Thursday, July 24th 2008. A WHITE-EYED VIREO was discovered at Murphy-Hanrehan Park in Scott County on the 19th. It was found along the pet trail about 200 yards south of marker #29. An adult MUTE SWAN was still at the Schaar's Bluff area of Spring Lake Regional Park near Hastings in Dakota County on the 19th. Gheck the river about three-quarters of a mile north of the picnic area. On the 20th, Tom Bell noticed a CAROLINA WREN in his yard on Grey Cloud Island of South St. Paul Park in Washington County. On the 18th, a female SUMMER TANAGER was along the Blue Hill Trail at Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County. The bird was a few yards before the main trail that turns left into the woods. The next scheduled update of this tape is Friday, August 1st 2008. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/62723de3/attachment.html -- next part -- ___ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
[mou] Fwd: Fall Raptor Banding Opportunity-Seeking Volunteers
Fall Raptor Banding Opportunity-Seeking Volunteers I am seeking volunteers to help with raptor banding projects for hawks and owls during the up coming 2008 Fall Season. The sites are located in the city limits of Duluth and Lakewood Township. Banding of hawks will start on 1 September and continue through mid- November. You will work with a licensed bander at each site. Nocturnal trapping for owls will start in late September and go through mid-November. This is a great opportunity to experience raptors up close. We will teach you all aspects of the banding process. You will also assist in the trapping process including learning to extract raptors from nets. A consistent commitment to the project is needed with a minimum of one day per week so that you can learn all the banding procedures. Exceptions may be made to accommodate individuals with previous banding experience. Lodging is possible for a short stay. If interested please contact me: Frank Nicoletti 5826 Morning Star Drive Duluth MN 55804 (218) 724-0758 bjboreal at aol.com - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel at sihope.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/bd2014b6/attachment-0001.html
[mou] Falcon family flight lessons
Nice one, Mark. Bud was an instrumental figure in the return of a magnificent species, saving it from the brink of oblivion...great story too. -- Sincerely, James Ryan 651-308-0234 business cell -- Your life is what your thoughts make it. - Marcus Aurelius As long as you live, keep learning how to live. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -- On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Alt, Mark wrote: > I work at Best Buy in Richfield and today I was treated to Peregrine > Falcons holding flight school on our corporate campus. Four birds paired > up, an adult with a juvenile, and flew over and between the four mesas > Best Buy's headquarters provides. > The juveniles worked hard to stay above and immediately behind the > adults at all times, strangely like a blackbird after a Red-tail. The > adults maintained a rhythm of flight - stooping past the ledge of our > building's roof, veering right and swooping back up to soar 50-100 feet > above the building. The falcon's kids tried to emulate the maneuver, > never getting it quite right. Adults were elegant, swift and crisp with > the stoop and swoop, no wasted energy or feathers out of place. The kids > would swing their legs like rudders and fan their tails at odd moments, > and never go down as quick or rise as high as the adults. They were > being convicted by Newton's laws. > The young birds appeared to be overall quite buffy from below as they > flew, standing out clearly from their dark parents. A pair stooped past > my window, barely 40 feet away, I could see their eyes, the adults > fierce and focused, and the kids reminding me a bit of my dog when she > thinks she won't get to go for a ride. I watched the birds for over a > half hour, they never let up in their flight patterns. This must be > dangerous times for young falcons; they were clearly pushing the > envelope of control. > Sadly strange to see this and then to hear of the passing of Bud > Tordoff. He would have loved to see this event, for he loved many all > things Peregrine and many people loved him for it. I am sure he would > have known the names and lineage of each bird, I sure wish I did. > Thanks, Bud, these birds are spectacular, and we really will follow you > every time we look at them in awe and inspiration. Good Birding. > > Mark Alt > Lean Six Sigma Black Belt > Project Resources Group > Best Buy Co., Inc. > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > > > --- > This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > Mailing list membership available on-line at > http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. > - > To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with a > subject of unsubscribe. > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/e28bff80/attachment.html
[mou] Banding last weekend
We had a fairly successful weekend bird banding her in Minnesota in spite of the slow start on Saturday morning. I have posted photos from this weekend for anyone interested: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart North Central Bird Observatory Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org
[mou] Falcon family flight lessons
I work at Best Buy in Richfield and today I was treated to Peregrine Falcons holding flight school on our corporate campus. Four birds paired up, an adult with a juvenile, and flew over and between the four mesas Best Buy's headquarters provides. The juveniles worked hard to stay above and immediately behind the adults at all times, strangely like a blackbird after a Red-tail. The adults maintained a rhythm of flight - stooping past the ledge of our building's roof, veering right and swooping back up to soar 50-100 feet above the building. The falcon's kids tried to emulate the maneuver, never getting it quite right. Adults were elegant, swift and crisp with the stoop and swoop, no wasted energy or feathers out of place. The kids would swing their legs like rudders and fan their tails at odd moments, and never go down as quick or rise as high as the adults. They were being convicted by Newton's laws. The young birds appeared to be overall quite buffy from below as they flew, standing out clearly from their dark parents. A pair stooped past my window, barely 40 feet away, I could see their eyes, the adults fierce and focused, and the kids reminding me a bit of my dog when she thinks she won't get to go for a ride. I watched the birds for over a half hour, they never let up in their flight patterns. This must be dangerous times for young falcons; they were clearly pushing the envelope of control. Sadly strange to see this and then to hear of the passing of Bud Tordoff. He would have loved to see this event, for he loved many all things Peregrine and many people loved him for it. I am sure he would have known the names and lineage of each bird, I sure wish I did. Thanks, Bud, these birds are spectacular, and we really will follow you every time we look at them in awe and inspiration. Good Birding. Mark Alt Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Project Resources Group Best Buy Co., Inc. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
[mou] rapids lake unit carver county - Lark Sparrows and unique grosbeak
Took a jaunt through the Rapid's Lake Unit.? I ran across around six adult and juvenile Lark Sparrows down the hill from the visitor center.? More interesting was a Grosbeak I found sitting in a tree just past the end of the paved trail going down from the visitor center.? It had a very distinct white eyestripe with a black crown.? The auriculars were brown and the throat, breast, and sides were more of a beige/ocher.? The wings were also brown and had white spots in the scapulars/coverts area.? The rump also appeared to be more of a beige or ocher color.? The bill was a definate grosbeak bill and was brownish.? The tail was also uniformly brown.? There was no streaking whatsoever on the breast.? Based on those marks, the closest bird I can find in any of my books is a juvenile or female Black-Headed Grosbeak which would obviously be quite out of range unless it was some sort of hybrid.? It sat in the tree (oak tree?) for quite some time and afforded me excellent looks.? Curious what others would think or to see if anyone else runs across the bird. Ben -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/262c3143/attachment.html
[mou] Bud
Harrison B. "Bud" Tordoff has passed away. This is very sad news. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel at sihope.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/2b08c1ee/attachment.html
[mou] WEVI and tape playing
Per Alyssa's question, I'm sure this won't apply to anyone going to find the WEVI at Murphy H. But, just in case ... ** American Birding Association's PRINCIPLES OF BIRDING ETHICS Everyone who enjoys birds and birding must always respect wildlife, its environment, and the rights of others. In any conflict of interest between birds and birders, the welfare of the birds and their environment comes first. CODE OF BIRDING ETHICS 1. Promote the welfare of birds and their environment. 1(a) Support the protection of important bird habitat. 1(b) To avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger, exercise restraint and caution during observation, photography, sound recording, or filming. Limit the use of recordings and other methods of attracting birds, and never use such methods in heavily birded areas, or for attracting any species that is Threatened, Endangered, or of Special Concern, or is rare in your local area; And it probably wouldn't hurt all of us to re-read the entire Code regarding other briding behaviors as well. James Mattsson mattjim at earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/f1c0fbed/attachment.html
[mou] White-eyed Vireo (Scott Co.)
The bird was heard-only again along the pet trail at Murphy Hanrehan P.R. today (7/24.) (See previous posts for specific info.) During the 2+ hours Bob Williams and I were present (8ish-10:15am), the vireo only sang 2-3 seperate times. So the time when it is not vocalizing ranged from .5-1 hr. It was first heard on the west side of the trail (about 100 yards off of trail), then it came to the east side where it was as close as 50 yards to the trail. By 10 o'clock, however, larger gusts of winds occured. According to others, the bird has been singing less frequently and shorter blurps of the song than earlier in the week. I wonder if over-taping could be the cause of this behavior... Alyssa DeRubeis tiger150 at comcast.net E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10330e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080724/b9e0afab/attachment.html
[mou] Hits & Misses
As fall migration begins, started thinking through personal (Minnesota) hits & misses for 2008. The balance of unusual hits & common misses this year is interesting. Hits * Harlequin Duck * Barrow's Goldeneye * Sharp-tailed Grouse * Common Moorhen * American Avocet * Red Knot * Great Gray Owl * Northern Hawk Owl * Say's Phoebe * Black-billed Magpie * Boreal Chickadee * Varied Thrush * Black-throated Blue Warbler Misses * Greater White-fronted, Snow, Ross' and Cackling Goose (bizarre!) * All scoters (but late fall & winter are my best shots) * Red-throated & Pacific Loons (often see in fall on Mille Lacs Lake) * Yellow Rail (simply haven't gotten up to Aitkin County early enough in the morning) * American Woodcock (despite probable nesting across the street from my home; son Nathan had on numerous occasions) * Thayer's & Iceland Gulls * Eastern Screech Owl * Northern Saw-wet Owl * American Three-toed Woodpecker (despite helping with the Sax-Zim field trips) * Acadian Flycatcher * Western Kingbird (despite past/probable nesting in Sherburne County) * American Pipit * Cerulean Warbler (despite sightings in Sherburne Refuge) * Henslow's Sparrow * Dickcissel (nested in yard last 2-3 years) * Red & White-winged Crossbills (haven't chased this summer, slow this winter) Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
