[mou-net] St. Paul White-winged crossbills
Yesterday morning around 11:00am (January 24) I saw flock of white-winged crossbills noisily feeding in the neighbor's spruce trees. These are the first I have seen in my area (West Side-just across from downtown). Tom Klein West Side of St. Paul, MN MOU-NET automatic digest system lists...@lists.umn.edu 01/24/09 12:11 AM There are 10 messages totalling 300 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. not present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. 2. [mou-rba] MOU RBA 23 January 2009 3. Snowy Owl in Mower County 4. White-winged Crossbills Downtown Duluth 5. Sax-Zim Bog / Duluth 6. Harlequin 7. golden eagle count results 8. Itasca County Northern Goshawk 9. Sax-zim Friday 10. Need pictures Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- Date:Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:05:12 -0600 From:George B Skinner george.skin...@gte.net Subject: not present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. Friday, Jan 23, the owl was not in the box at 7:30 am. George Skinner Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- Date:Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:28:01 -0700 From:Anthony Hertzel r...@moumn.org Subject: [mou-rba] MOU RBA 23 January 2009 -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 23, 2009 *MNST0901.23 -Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter Barrow's Goldeneye Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Townsend's Solitaire Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: January 23, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhert...@sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, January 22nd 2009. In Duluth, an immature GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at 21 East College Street on the 17th but has not been observed recently. Also in Duluth, the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was at Canal Park on the 19th. A SNOWY OWL was in Clay County on January 18th at the Crystal Sugar Ponds near Moorhead, on the dike near the intersection of 28th Avenue and 28th Street. On the 20th, a Snowy Owl was on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota near the junction of 15th and University Avenues. In Dodge County, a Snowy Owl was seen on the 16th, a quarter of a mile east of county road 3 and south of county road 4. And a Snowy Owl was in Murray County on the 15th near mile marker 21 of highway 30, four miles west of Lake Wilson. Unusual was the one-day appearance of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Nicollet County on the 20th. The bird was found in North Mankato between Candi Lane and Mary Lane, but has not been seen since its initial discovery. On the 18th, both a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and a HARLEQUIN DUCK were on the Mississippi River near Hastings, Dakota County. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen on the 20th at the Ann Lake campground in Sherburne County. It was along the path to the right of the parking lot, one mile east of county road 5. Another solitaire was in Duluth on the 17th along East Flynn Road, a tenth of a mile east of McQuade Road. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, January 29th 2009. Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- Date:Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:37:55 EST From:Al Batt snoe...@aol.com Subject: Snowy Owl in Mower County A friend reports a Snowy Owl seen on Thursday, 1/22, near Sargeant in Mower County. It was perched on a utility pole a half mile north of 290th St on 640th Ave. Al Batt Hartland, MN William Blake wrote, The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that everything was white. The owl is getting its wish today. **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- Date:Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:57:58 + From:sparky stensaas sparkystens...@hotmail.com Subject: White-winged Crossbills Downtown Duluth A flock of cooperative White-winged Crossbills has been feeding in the spru= ces along the Lakewalk behind the 100 block of East Superior Street.They ha= ve been essentially in the same place for the last three days. Fairly low s= o great opportunities for watching/photography. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthu= s Road Wrenshall=2C MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell=20 sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.stoneridgepress.com www.kollathstensaas.com www.sparkyphotos.com =20
[mou-net] Golden Eagle, Scott and Le Sueur counties
Around noon today I observed a 1st year Golden Eagle flying along the MN River bluffs near Ney Nature Center in the northwest tip of Le Sueur County. As the bird headed north it crossed Hwy. 19 into Scott County, then interacted with an approaching Bald Eagle. I have posted a couple photos of the duo on my blog (address below). The bird headed north out of sight around 12:10. This is the first Golden Eagle I have found in the MN River Valley during winter (they are very rare migrants spring and fall in the area). Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County bobthebirdman.blogspot.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] White-winged crossbills in Roseville
I saw several white-winged crossbills this afternoon in Roseville - there was a large group that was scattered in the spruces along County Road B2 between Dale and Western Ave., a small group near Central Park, and 2 small groups in spruces along Merrill Street between Howard Johnson Park and Cottontail Park. Liz Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Dodge and Mower County Snowy Owls; Dodge county WW Crossbills
Jim Otto and I travelled to Dodge and Mower counties today in search of the recently reported Snowy Owls. The Dodge county Snowy Owl was found in the field to the west of 150 Ave., about halfway between 690 St. and 700 St. At first it was on the ground next to one of the large white posts, then perched on the post. There was a flock of over 100 White-winged Crossbills just north of here, in the spruces along the east side of 150 Ave. north of 690 St. It was very enjoyable viewing the crossbills feeding in these low spruces. The Mower county Snowy Owl was briefly observed perched on a utility pole on 640 Ave., south of 300 St. It then flew into the field to the west of 640 Ave. (5:00 pm). Thanks to everyone who posted locations and updates on these Snowy Owls, and to Bruce Lees for alerting us to the presence of the White-winged Crossbills. Doug Kieser Minneapolis This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival
The Sax Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival is February 13-15th 2009 in Meadowlands, Minnesota. Meadowlands Minnesota is only 40-45 minutes northwest of Duluth. This area so far is producingGreat Gray Owls, Northern Hawk Owls and in Duluth Boreal Owls are beginning to show up in several areas along the north shore of Lake Superior and in residential areas in Duluth. Snowy Owls are also being found in the Duluth harbor. If there is a time to view northern owls in northeastern Minnesota this is the year. Please plan on joining us this year at the Sax Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival. The festival speakers are Al Batt and Larry Weber. The festival website : http://moumn.org/sax-zim/ * Go to this site to register for the festival online and get all the information you need about the festival * We are also selling festival sweatshirts with a Great Gray Owl as the image. * We have room for 35 more birders to join the festival. We currently have 142 registered birders from all over the United States that are anxious in viewing the winter birds of northern Minnesota. Please come and join us! Winter Bird Specialties: - * Barrow's Goldeneye (currently being seen in the canal park area of Duluth) - Sharp-tailed Grouse (Aitkin Co. trips will see several birds displaying on a lek) - Ruffed Grouse - Thayer's Gull ( very good chance in seeing on the Duluth trips ) - Glaucous Gull ( very good chance in seeing on the Duluth trips ) - Iceland Gull ( a fair chance in seeing on the Duluth trips ) - Snowy Owl ( should be able to find one in the harbor ) - Northern Hawk Owl ( several owls in the bog ) - Great Gray Owl ( a lot sightings in Sax Zim Bog area ) - Boreal Owl ( several sightings in the last two weeks in the Duluth area. ) - American Three-toed Woodpecker ( Both woodpecker species have been found fairly consistently in the bog this winter ) - Black-backed Woodpecker - Northern Shrike - Gray Jay ( feed some by hand ) - Boreal Chickadee ( several feeders in the bog have them ) - Bohemian Waxwing ( not a good year for Bohemians - very hard to find ) - Snow Bunting - Pine Grosbeak - White-winged Crossbill ( very good year for them ) - Red Crossbill ( not many sightings this winter ) - Common Redpolls - Hoary Redpolls ( a lot of sightings this winter ) - Evening Grosbeak Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Dodge County - Snowy Owl - WW Crossbills
While looking and finding the Snowy Owl in Dodge County this morning I found White-winged Crossbills roughly a third of a mile north from the intersection of 150th Avenue and 690th Street.While travelling to the site, look for a small wind turbine which is located on the east side of 150th.I estimate there were 50 Crossbills moving back and forth between the grove north of the wind turbine and a farm site containing two houses located on the west side of 150th. I just finished Doug Keiser's post on the same subjects. His estimate is much higher. I am horrible in estimating numbers of birds - I will go along with Doug, there were a lot of Crossbills. I was glad to hear of his success on finding the Mower County Snowy Owl. I spent about 45 minutes at mid-day today without success. John Morrison Austin - Mower County Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Owls in Melrude (St Louis)
David Alexander and Joshua and Peter Yokel found the followinf owls in Melrude today Northern Hawk Owl: west melrude rd (59), three miles east of Hwy 53 Great Gray Owl: Stone Road, one mile east of Lee Rd (which in turn is located just south of the melrude town hall and pub) Ilana Yokel found another Great Gray owl on west Melrude rd about one mile east of 53 Our redpoll/siskin/pine grosbeak flock has been growing exponentially every day. Birders visiting Melrude are welcome to check out our feeders (visible from our driveway on Young Lake Rd) Ben Yokel Cotton, MN Sent via BlackBerry by ATT Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] RFI: Birding Panama
Jerry Wozniak is considering a solo birding trip to Panama this year for spring break (06march - 14march). Can anyone recommend for him the name of a good local birding guide, or a reputable local birding outfitter? Also, is anyone else interested in going? Please respond to Jerry using this e-mail address: geraldwozn...@hibbing.edu Thank you. Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] panama bird guide
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