[mou-net] Forum for Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas

[David A. Cahlander]

An on-line forum has been added for the Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas project.  
From the main site:

http://mnbba.org

click on Discussion Forum.

Questions and comments can be made to this forum.

I'm not sure if the categories cover what we want to cover, but these are the 
categories used by the Ohio BBA project.

Thanks.
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[mou-net] Steele Co Whooping Cranes: Update

[Howard Towle]

The two Whooping  Cranes reported this morning from just south of  
Owatonna were still present this evening at 6:30 PM in the same field.  
Does anyone know the origin of these birds? Are they part of the  
Wisconsin flock that overshot their mark?


Thanks Ken!

Howard Towle
Golden Valley, MN


Two Whooping Cranes were first spotted by Emily Hutchins Monday  
night around 7:30.  They were flying over the intersection of Hwys.  
218 and 14 on the south side of Owatonna.  They landed in a green  
meadow on the south side of 18th Street on the eastern edge of  
Owatonna.  They were still present at 7:30 Tuesday AM.


Ken Vail
Blooming Prairie



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[mou-net] Harris's Sparrow - U of M - St. Paul campus

[Scott Loss]

This evening between 6:30 and 8:00, a Harris's Sparrow was present along the 
east edge of the St. Paul campus "mall" (along Eckles Avenue in front of Coffee 
Hall).  I saw the bird 3 different times, always in clear view on the pavement 
of the street and on the nearby lawn.  It was hanging out with a group of 
White-throated, White-crowned, and Chipping Sparrows.
 
Scott Loss
St. Paul





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[mou-net] Shorebird update- Kandiyohi co.

[Randy Frederickson]

The two piping plovers seen Sunday at Olson Lake WPA were NOT relocated
today but could still be present, as there was over 800 shorebirds this
evening.  Today's highlights included:  104 wilson's phalarope (still no
red-necked), 81 dowitchers sp., 11 avocets, 2 golden plovers.  Turnover rate
is very high, with lots of birds moving through.  I would have liked to
count more species, but my fingers and toes were getting tired.

The banded piping plover west of Pennock WAS still present as of 6:00 pm
this evening.

For both these locations you are looking east, so afternoon/evening viewing
is much more productive.

Randy Frederickson
Willmar


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[mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warbler, Martin Co.

[Ed Brekke-Kramer]

Seen this evening, 5/5, in Fairmont.  Second Co. record?  Second earliest 
arrival?
 
 
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[mou-net] New arrivals, Wirth Park in Mpls

[Claudia Egelhoff]

Seen on Tuesday afternoon near the creek that runs to the old mill:

--a Swainson's Thrush, feeding on the asphalt path with a group of yellow
rumps and white throats
--a Least Flycatcher, bothering the resident E Phoebe

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Claudia Egelhoff
Minneapolis, MN


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[mou-net] Marbled Godwit - Rice Co.

[Dave Bartkey]

Hi everyone,

  I am reporting this for my friend Troy Flicek who went to Cody Lake this 
evening looking for the previously reported American Avocet seen on 5/4. The 
avocet appears to have moved on but there was a single Marbled Godwit present 
in the same location along with many other shorebirds including lots of 
Wilson's Phalaropes.

 

Good birding!

 

Dave Bartkey

Faribault, Mn

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[mou-net] Chimney Swifts have arrived - Corcoran

[Andrew Longtin]

Well I just noticed that my neighbors Chimney Swifts have arrived today,
every year they have nesting birds..

 

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[mou-net] Winona New Arrivals

[Williams, David A]

Seen today at McNally Landing at Prairie Island in Winona:

Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Orchard Oriole

Lots and lots of shorebirds near the Minnesota City Boat Club. Carol 
Schumacher, Andrew Nyhus and I spent some time looking. Dowitchers and Dunlin 
the highlights, along with the first big push of peeps I've seen here this 
spring...mainly Pectoral and Least.

Good Birding

Dave Williams
Winona

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[mou-net] Hudsonian Godwits - Ramsey Co.

[Bill Litkey]

Around 5:00 this afternoon Erik Collins and I observed 2 female Hudsonian 
Godwits
feeding and preening on the long, narrow island just to the west of the Manitou
Island bridge on White Bear Lake.  The godwits were about 100 yards out from the
parking lot.  This area is known as Matoska Park.

Bill Litkey (Oakdale)

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[mou-net] Golden-winged Warbler

[Ben Wilson]

While birding Lilydale Brickyard Trail this morning, I saw my first
Golden-winged Warbler.  This beautiful bird was at the top of the bluff 20
yards east of the Vento's View.
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[mou-net] Cobb River WPA and vicinity

[Chad Heins]

Hey birders!

I had a chance to get out briefly this morning and went down to check out the 
shorebirding at Cobb River WPA.  I was rewarded with Willet (1), American 
Golden-Plover (24), Semipalmated Plover (2), Long-billed Dowitcher (7), Lesser 
Yellowlegs (25), Pectoral Sandpiper (~150!), Least Sandpiper (10), Solitary 
Sandpiper (1), and Spotted Sandpiper (3).  Wilson's Snipe were doing displays 
at the WPA too!

Other FOYs for the day: Blue-winged Warbler, Palm Warbler, Northern 
Waterthrush, Forster's Tern, Sedge Wren.

Happy Birding!

Chad Heins
Mankato, MN



  


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[mou-net] House sparrows

[Donald Jones]

Help!
Over the years I have tried to "chase" the house sparrows away. The  
neighborhood Coopers Hawks have taken a couple but seem to prefer  
other birds. I remove the nests and access to my house gutters and  
such. Yet here we are again, a yard full of the little bastards. Does  
anyone have a reliable way to get rid of them? Starlings are not a  
problem but the HOSP are overwhelming my yard so much that I don't  
dare put any food out in the feeders.


Much appreciated.

Donnie Jones


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[mou-net] willets gone DL

[Beau Shroyer]

Went back to the beach at 1500 hrs.  The willets are gone, but there are two 
caspian terns and at least one herring gull on the J&K Marina dock.  Two other 
large brown gulls are probable herring gulls.
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[mou-net] Henderson Field Trip canceled

[Williams, Bob]

The MOU Field Trip scheduled for this Saturday, May 9, in Henderson has
been canceled.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
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[mou-net] four willets on Lake Detroit

[Beau Shroyer]

Ten minutes ago I saw four willets on Lake Detroit at West Lake Dr. and Lake 
Ave. (right by J&K Marina).  Still lots of yellow rumps and a couple palm 
warblers.  RB and bonaparte's gulls, forster's terns.
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[mou-net] Say's Phoebe-Pope county

[Dennis and Barbara Martin]

Ron Erpelding called to report a Say's Phoebe that he found at 11:25 AM today.  
The bird was still present until 11:45 when he left the area.  

Directions are a bit complicated but the following should work.

Go south of Glenwood on State Hwy 104 about 7 1/2 miles to 255th St.  Go west 
about 1 1/2 miles to 245th Ave.  Go south on 245th Ave to where 270th 
intersects from the east.  At this point there is a dead end road on the west 
that is not on my county map.  Go west about 1 mile to a area with grassland on 
both sides of the road.  Ron described the area as a bit depressed so somewhat 
out of the wind that is blowing pretty good out there.

Ron reached the area by a slightly different way so hopefully these directions 
did not hit any closed roads.

The bird was feeding on both sides of the road.

DennyDennis and Barbara Martin
Shorewood, MN
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[mou-net] 4 Surf Scoters, Olmsted County

[Bob Dunlap]

John Hockema called to report that he found 4 Surf Scoters at the East  
Landfill Reservoir in Olmsted County around 7:45 this morning. Two of  
the birds were males in breeding plumage while the other two were  
either females or juvenile/1st year males.


Bob Dunlap


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[mou-net] Whooping Cranes: Steele Co.

[Ken or Rebecca Vail]

Two Whooping Cranes were first spotted by Emily Hutchins Monday night around 
7:30.  They were flying over the intersection of Hwys. 218 and 14 on the south 
side of Owatonna.  They landed in a green meadow on the south side of 18th 
Street on the eastern edge of Owatonna.  They were still present at 7:30 
Tuesday AM.

Ken Vail
Blooming Prairie









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[mou-net] Indigo Bunting

[CAROLE NIMLOS]

One of my first visitors to the birdbath was  an Indigo Bunting at my home in 
Vadnais Heights.
  - Original Message - 
  From: MOU-NET automatic digest system 
  To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:00 AM
  Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 3 May 2009 to 4 May 2009 (#2009-106)


  There are 10 messages totalling 340 lines in this issue.

  Topics of the day:

1. 3 Piping Plovers, 3 Am. Avocets in Kandiyohi Cty.
2. Black-bellied plover
3. oops!
4. Significant Migration in Sherburne & Mille Lacs; MOU Sherburne trip
   reminder
5. Winona yellow-throated warbler
6. Rice County - Carleton Arboretum: Blue-winged Warbler and other FOS
7. Crane Meadows, Morrison County report
8. Thank yous and FOY
9. American Avocet in Rice County
   10. Least Bittern, Nicollet County

  
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  Date:Mon, 4 May 2009 01:01:20 -0400
  From:Linda Sparling mailto:hags...@aol.com>>
  Subject: 3 Piping Plovers, 3 Am. Avocets in Kandiyohi Cty.

  I found a single Piping Plover at the flooded field NW of Pennock, .8 mile=
   north of Hwy 12 on 120th St. =C2=A0When I looked at my photos I discovere=
  d that the bird has a green band on its right leg. =C2=A0I also found two=
   Piping Plovers at Olson Lake in the SW part of Kandiyohi County. =C2=A0Th=
  ere were also three American Avocets at Olson Lake.
  Also at Olson Lake:

  Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers

  Stilt Sandpipers

  Dunlin

  Wilson's Phalaropes

  Baird's, Least, Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpipers

  Peregrine Falcon




  At the location NW of Pennock:

  Willets

  both Dowitchers

  American Pipits




  Thanks to Randy Frederickson for sharing these productive locations.




  To end the day I ventured to the Nature Conservancy area south of Regal.=
   =C2=A0It was absolutely magical to serenaded at dusk by American Bittern,=
   Soras, Marsh and Sedge Wrens, Swamp Sparrows, VIrginia Rails and American=
   Woodcock.




  Linda Sparling

  
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  Date:Mon, 4 May 2009 08:19:17 -0500
  From:Robin LaFortune 
mailto:fort...@frontiernet.net>>
  Subject: Black-bellied plover

  I stopped at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds on my way home from the MBW and =
  was rewarded with a beautiful black-bellied plover in breeding plumage.  =
  It was walking on the berm between the front and back ponds.=20

   There was plenty of activity in the back pond -=20
  30+ Wilson's phalaropes, 5 Willets, many peeps and yellowlegs, and a few =
  dunlin. Also a nice variety of waterfowl.

  I also found several red-necked grebes on Braunworth lake, just NE of =
  Young America on 25.

  This morning, red-breasted grosbeaks and Baltimore oriole at the =
  feeders.

  Robin Lafortune
  Delano, MN

  
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  Date:Mon, 4 May 2009 08:43:13 -0500
  From:Robin LaFortune 
mailto:fort...@frontiernet.net>>
  Subject: oops!

  ROSE- breasted, not red-breasted grosbeak-  this am at the feeders- =
  jeez.

  Robin

  
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  Date:Mon, 4 May 2009 09:20:21 -0500
  From:Pastor Al Schirmacher 
mailto:pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net>>
  Subject: Significant Migration in Sherburne & Mille Lacs; MOU Sherburne trip 
reminder

  New migrants in in Mille Lacs County & Sherburne NWR area last few days:

  * 5/4, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Marsh Wren, Grasshopper Sparrow

  * 5/3, (not a birding day), House Wren

  * 5/2, Lesser Yellowlegs (bizarre to be this late), Willet (Mille Lacs 
  County bird after 5.5 years here), Spotted Sandpiper, Forster's Tern, Purple 
  Martin (they've been at Mille Lacs Lake for while, I'm sure) Northern 
  Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Black-and-White Warbler

  * 5/1, American White Pelican (again, I'm sure they were here earlier), 
  Orange-crowned Warbler, Palm Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow


  For those involved in the Sherburne NWR field trip - we meet Saturday, May 
  16th 7:00 AM at Mahnomen Trail.  Take 169 to Sherburne CR 9, CR 9 west until 
  you enter the refuge, Mahnomen Trail will be on your left within 1/2 mile or 
  so (there are signs).


  Good birding to all!

  Al Schirmacher
  Princeton, MN
  Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties 

  
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