[mou-net] 21 Warblers
Just returned from my annual four day birding vacation, culminated by the MOU Sherburne trip. Hopefully will have an opportunity to post more details tomorrow, but wanted to advise that 21 warblers were observed and heard by the field trip on Mahnomen and Blue Hill Trails in Sherburne Refuge yesterday, including killer looks at Bay-breasted, Cape May, Blackburnian and Black-throated Green. 110 species overall on the trip, strong morning with a quieter afternoon. Good birding! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties 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] Mockingbird still present at Crane Lake
This morning I re-located the Northern Mockingbird at Handberg's Marina in Crane Lake (far northern St Louis County). He is hanging out around the Handberg sign and the public boat landing at 7123 Handberg Road. Dee Kuder Crane Lake, MN 55725 218-993-2445 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] hooded warbler on the am of the 14th, minneapolis
From: Rich Pagen richwpa...@yahoo.com To: mou-...@lists.umn.edu Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: [mou-rba] hooded warbler on the am of the 14th, minneapolis At 830am on 14 May, a male hooded warbler (along with 15 other warbler species, 4 species of vireo, 3 species of thrush) was spotted by Eric Wornson at Roberts bird sanctuary on the northeast side of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. From the east entrance near the Peace Park, walk the plastic boardwalk trail to where the plastic boardwalk ends. The bird was seen in the woods on the right side of the plastic boardwalk trail right where the board walk ends. Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html 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-past few days
In yesterdays cold wind, birding was slow while I was out in the morning. I only managed 8 warbler species. I was probably out too early. The most unusual sparrow of the morning was a Harris's. That evening I stopped at Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie(Hennepin Cty.). There was a flock of Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper along with 1 Baird's Sandpiper. There was also a Wilson's Phalarope feeding separate from the flock. The large flock of Caspian Terns was still on the center island with some American White Pelicans. Saturday evening at the Chevalle wetlands in Chaska, there were 19 Least Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpiper, and 41 Caspian Terns. On Thursday, the Caspian Terns were there with a few Forster's along with a single Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling, and Wilson's Phalarope. Friday evening, the terns were gone, but a few Semipalmated Sandpipers were there with a White-rumped Sandpiper. This morning at Carver Park I found 15 warbler species: Yellow-rumped, Palm, Yellow, Blue-winged, Black and White, Tennessee, Nashville, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Blackpoll, Wilson's, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, and Northern Waterthrush. I finally found my late FOY Warbling and Blue-headed Vireo. I noticed several more Yellow-throated Vireos and Least Flycatchers compared to earlier in the week. Thrush for the morning were many Swainson's, 1 Wood, and a couple Veery. Migrating sparrows were Lincoln's and White-crowned. The Henslow's Sparrow was still singing from the same location being drowned out by Bobolinks. I had 2 Common Nighthawks flying low overhead, but there was not much else in terms of flybys. _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 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] Bell's vireo-Lake Nokomis, Mpls
The Bell's vireo is back at the same area of Lake Nokomis (Minneapolis) as last year. Great close-up views as it sings around its territory and with the leaves not filled in yet! Location: The lagoon (area west of Cedar Ave Bridge), along the west side pedestrian path. Stop by the huge burned out tree stump. It was singing constantly this morning behind this stump at about 11:00. Diana Doyle S. Minneapolis 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] Goldfinches and Merlins in Bemidji
We have had many goldfinches at the feeders the last week. I am a little surprised because we have a pair of merlins nesting in the back yard (with young, I think). We haven't had many song birds this spring because of the merlins, but the goldfinches seem not to care. We do find quite a few remains of birds (like a few feathers) in the area and I think the merlins are feeding well, but so far no goldfinches seen to be prey. Interesting interaction. Merlins have to eat and feed their babies, too, but the goldfinches are so beautiful I would hate to lose them for baby food. 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] Plegadis Ibis Shorebirds, Brown Co.
Birded at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds from 3:00 - 4:45 pm with Cody Fox of New Ulm. While the warbler migration has been poor at best around here, the shorebird migration has been very good. There were a few highlights that I thought worth mentioning. A Plegadis Ibis passed over the easternmost sewage pond flying north. I'd guess that it was less than a hundred yards from us. The long, decurved bill was evident as was its long legs. It flew over the large marsh which borders the sewage ponds on the north. It slowly circled over the marsh and then landed in the marsh. When it banked I could see the irridescent chestnut/green colors on it. We tried to relocate it but weren't able to. The shorebird migration has been excellent at the sewage ponds over the past week. Today we found a total of 23 Hudsonian Godwits in less than two hours. This is the largest number of Hudsonian Godwits that I've ever seen in one day. There were two flocks, one of 16 which we only saw in flight (they slowly circled above us showing their striking underwing pattern as well as the prominent tail with the central tail extentions) and the other flock numbered 7. The flock of 7 landed and gave us very good looks. There were also 3 Willets at the ponds. They weren't skittish and allowed us to approach very closely. Also seen were 5 Ruddy Turnstones and at least 6 Sanderlings. At one point a Peregrine Falcon made a pass over the ponds and scattered the birds. Also seen were Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Phalaropes and other peeps. All in all a fun couple of hours of birding! Brian Smith Sleepy Eye 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] Hooded warbler, Cannon R. Wilderness E., 5/16
(Please excuse the late post; obligations necessitate choosing between birding and posting, and we know what wins.) A daylong trip Saturday to the E. Cannon River Wilderness and Nerstrand Woods State Park yielded great looks at the following, among others: redstart, magnolia, yellow, c. yellow-throat, golden-wing, blue-wing, cerulean, Cape May (seen by two of the party), chestnut-sided, palm, and hooded warbler; Tennessee and Nashvilles (heard only); ovenbirds; house wrens; blue-gray gnatcatchers; scarlet tanager; yellow-bellied sapsucker; Swainson's and gray-cheeked thrushes; bluebirds; veery; indigo bunting; E. towhee; rose-breasted grosbeak; great-crested flycatcher; catbird; cuckoo (heard only, from across the river); warbling, yellow-throated, and blue-headed vireos (heard); Cooper's and red-tail hawks. The prairie burn area was heavily populated with thrushes.The hooded warbler was beyond the entry-ravine, very near the second boardwalk. It flew low, across the path just in front of us, landing on a low branch just a couple of feet away from the trail. It chipped, never sang, but gave excellent, though brief, looks. The other highlight was the sapsucker (male) entering a cavity. He went all the way in, then poked out his head to stare back at us---most charming turn-about. En route there were a meadowlark, shrike, and E. phoebe. At Nerstrand we did spot the red-headed woodpecker in the main campground, fleetingly, as he took off into the woods. Altogether, it was a great day. Linda Whyte Reply Reply to all Forward New window Print all Add to calendar Hooded warbler, Cannon... Sun May 16, 2010 - add Sponsored Links Quality Sparrow Traps Rid Unwanted Sparrows. Professional Safe Control Products. Buy Now! www.Nixalite.com/SparrowTrap VW Camping in Paradise Hawaii beachfront camping in a VW Westfalia Camper Van.1.888.550.3918 www.happycampershawaii.com Birds: Parrotlets,Conures Sweet Pet Birds-Parrotlets, Conures Lovebirds, and Bourke Parakeets. www.friendlybirdaviary.com Free WaImart Birds Want Free Birds? Get Your Free Birds Worth $1000 At WaImart yourfreesavings2009.com Missouri Camping Over 1500 Camp RV Sites to choose from at Lake of the Ozarks. www.funlakecamping.com The Birds T-Shirt We Admire This Hitchcock Classic So We Had To Make A Shirt About it www.WeAdmire.net/TheBirds About these links « Back to Sent Mail Archive Report spam Delete Move to Inbox Labels More actions ‹ Newer 2 of 1730 Older › Import contacts from Yahoo, Outlook, and others into your Moosewoods.us Mail contact list. Learn more You are currently using 688 MB (9%) of your 7323 MB. Last account activity: 10 hours ago at this IP (208.42.91.229). Details Moosewoods.us Mail view: standard | turn off chat | basic HTML Learn more ©2009 Google - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy - Program Policies - Google Home Powered by Google 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] Post DL Festival Avocets and BB Plover
What do you do after a four day marathon of bird festival events? Bird all the way home! After the Agassiz NWF field trip I departed from Thief River Falls and opted for Cty Rd 1 east to Cty Rd 27/2. Heading south on (Pennington) 27/(Red Lake) 2 on the way to Gully passes through some of my owl route territory which includes rice paddies that are full of swans during the survey period. I wanted to see what they held later in spring and I wasn't disappointed. There are two rice paddies located on the east side of the road just south of the Peatland Reds Potato sign (sign on the west side). At the southern impoundment were 9 species of dabbling duck, 4 Avocet and 3 Black-bellied Plover. A very nice end to to a great birding adventure! ** NOTE: EMAIL CHANGE ** NEW ADDRESS AS OF APRIL 1ST northernflightsf...@gmail.com Kelly Larson The Bagley Farm -Clearwater The Bemidji Loft -Beltrami Minnesota Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! 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] Summer Tanager in Carver County
This evening around 5:15 my wife and I found a Summer Tanager at the Kelly Lakes Unit of the NWR. It was near the ground in a dried up swampy area acting like a flycatcher. We had great looks for a couple of minutes before the bird flew off and was not relocated. I marked the spot along the trail with a bottle and a can that I found along the trail that I placed on a fallen dead limb about 75 yards from Co. Rd. 40 in the far SE corner of Carver County. There is a place to park by the gate and walk into the wooded area. This is on the west side of the MN River less than a mile North of where MN 25 crosses the river at Belle Plaine. On the way home we stopped at the Belle Plaine sewage ponds which are now marked PRIVATE PROPERTY NO TRESSPASSING. There were a number of shorebirds present including a Marbled Godwit and a Hudsonian Godwit feeding side by side, 3 Willets, Dunlin and Stilt Sandpipers. Bob Williams, Bloomington 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] Mankato area birds
My wife and I went birding in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties this weekend. Thought I'd share a few of the birds we saw. Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County: Yellow-throated and red-eyed vireo, blue-winged warblers, lark sparrows, Franklin's gulls (and one coyote!) Wildlife Management Area just north of Nicollet, MN and the Nicollet sewage ponds just south of that town (thanks to Bob Dunlap for his May 14 post): Forster's and black terns, yellow-headed blackbirds, ruddy ducks, western meadowlark, bobolink, grasshopper sparrows, short-billed dowitchers, wilson's phalaropes, lesser yellowlegs, and least sandpipers (and probably other shore birds, but without a scope...) Ottawa Bluffs Nature Conservancy area, Le Sueur County: Blue-winged and Bay-breasted warbler, Wood thrush, yellow-throated vireo (And thanks to Diana Doyle for posting the Lake Nokomis Bell's vireo, which we re-found in the same spot at about 7 pm tonight, still singing) Karl Roe Minneapolis Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
