[mou-net] Summer Tanager - Spring Valley, Fillmore Co.
About 6 pm last night I stopped by Ray Pothoff's house in Spring Valley and while Ray was telling me the Summer Tanager had not been seen all day it flew in (picture & address on Recently Seen). Cool bird. Thanks a lot Ray. Carl Greiner 1616 Hill St. S.W. Chatfield, MN. 55923 507-271-8286 cgrei...@mchsi.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] Carver County-Lark Sparrow
The first Lark Sparrow of the season was feeding on the yard of the old farmhouse at the Rapids Lake MVNWR(right behind the visitors center).There was also a Sandhill Crane that flew over heading towards Louisville Swamp. _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_more_042009 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] Red-throated Loon, Stearns Co.
This morning - from 0805 (when I arrived) through 0925 (when I left) - there was a Red-throated Loon on Sauk Lake, in the town of Sauk Centre. The loon was in winter plumage, and I suspected it to be less than a year old because of how weakly red-tinged the iris was. To get to the spot from which I viewed the loon, take US 71 north through downtown Sauk Centre. On the north side of downtown, where US 71 bends hard to the right, turn left on 4th St. N; then take 4th St. N to its end - it dead-ends at the lakeshore. From here, the loon was sometimes straight offshore; sometimes as much as 300 yards to the NW; and sometimes as much as 200 yards to the SW. Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John's University 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] New yard bird..
Today I have had both Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets in my yard, the Golden-crowned was new for my yard.. I have two Trumpeter Swans do a low fly over the yard this morning also.. I'm looking for a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email: birder...@comcast.net Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Supporter http://www.hawkridge.org Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Member http://www.moumn.org Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) Member http://www.hmana.org Cornell Lab Member (PFW) http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw 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] Bass Ponds and Crosby Farm
Hello, Decided to celebrate this Earth Day by doing some morning birding. First stop was Bass Ponds and Old Cedar Bridge where I found most of the birds to be expected plus some FOYs: Broad-winged Hawk (BP), White-throated Sparrow (BP), Swamp Sparrow (OCB), and Tree Swallow (BP) (another pair of birders said they also saw Bank and Cliff swallows there today). Then over to Crosby Farm where I again found the usual plus another Broad-winged Hawk, lots of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and my FOY Belted Kingfishers. I also saw my first real treehugger. She was really passionately hugging a tree for a few minutes. Only on Earth Day. On my bike ride to work I saw some Horned Grebes along the north shore of Lake Harriet (stopped for a few minutes looking for the Sage Thrasher - I saw a photo on Facebook of the Thrasher that said the photo was taken on the 19th - I haven't seen a report since the 14th) -- Derek Bakken spottedtow...@gmail.com ornitholature.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] Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Duluth
Heard a Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Smithville neighborhood which is located just west of the Duluth Zoo. I actually heard the bird called several times from my yard which is a new yard bird for me. Mike 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] Barred Owl - Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden- Mpls
Saw a barred owl in the conifers at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden this evening while looking at wildflowers. It was about 10 feet off the ground and moved to differerent trees but all very close to the walking path. Roger 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] SD solo bird count
So today with lots of sun and strong southern winds, I decided to put up a lawn chair in the front yard of the place we're staying at, and get out the binocs and scope and scan for raptors. I had a very fun time, with a total of 55 raptors over the course of roughly 4 hours. Two Broad-winged Hawks flew overhead in a small kettle of Swainson's Hawks, a Sharpie, Cooper's, and Red-tailed Hawks, totalling a dozen birds in a kettle. What a rush it is, counting and IDing raptors in kettles! Here's my totals from the yard today Red-tailed Hawk - 8 (two dark morph) Broad-winged Hawk - 2 (my first of the season!) Turkey Vulture - 2 Swainson's Hawk - 21 Cooper's Hawk - 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 American Kestrel - 6 Unknown buteo - 6 Unknown Falcon - 3 Unknown raptor - 2 American White Pelican - 80 Double-crested Cormorant - 34 Franklin's Gull - 70 Here's stuff that's within the front yard, or within a block of my house which I heard/saw today while doing the hawk count... Mourning Dove Eurasian Collared Dove Northern Flicker (most are Yellow-shafted, but we have seen several red-shafted ones too!) Hairy Woodpecker American Crow American Robin European Starling Common Grackle HARRIS'S SPARROW RED CROSSBILL Tomorrow's forecast weather is lots of sun (upper 80's for temp), and strong south winds. I'll likely be doing this tomorrow :) Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Hyde Co, SD birdf...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdfedr Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
