[mou-net] Peregrine Falcons program this Thursday
Special MRVAC Presentation in May Open to the Public Peregrine Falcons: Celebrating Success...Continuing the Work On May 28, 2009 7- 9 pm @ REI by Jackie Fallon, Midwest Peregrine Society The peregrine falcon has long fascinated people across the globe, known for its dramatic migration and amazing flight. Working with many different conservation groups and states, the Midwestern U.S. is now home to over two hundred nesting pairs of falcons, where 40 years ago, we had none. Although the species has recovered beyond pre-DDT population numbers, there is still a lot of information and work to be done to gain a better understanding of peregrine falcons. Jackie Fallon, VP of Field Operations for the Midwest Peregrine Society, will be presenting us with a program to help us understand the past, present and future of peregrine falcons-not only in Minnesota, but the entire Midwest region. She has worked on the project for nearly 20 years, and has not only facts and biology to share, but also some exciting stories about working with this charismatic bird. Jackie will bring a live peregrine to show the audience, first hand, how peregrines can capture the attention of many-both young and old. It promises to be an evening you won't want to miss! When: Please join us on May 28th at 7:00 pm at the Bloomington REI store for this special Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter meeting. We will socialize over coffee and cookies from 7:00 to 7:30 pm. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. Where: REI is located at 750 American Blvd E, Bloomington, (at 494 and Lyndale Ave. South, in the southwest corner of the intersection - but since Lyndale is closed you need to use Nicollet or Penn to go south from 494 to American Blvd. REI's entrance is now accessed via American Blvd, just west of Lyndale). REI's phone number is 952-884-4315. Their phone greeting includes driving directions around the construction. Steve Weston (MRVAC Program Chair) swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Lazuli Bunting/Otter Tail Co
5/25/2009 Thanks to those who posted the Lazuli Bunting's. Our group observed the female Lazuli Bunting intermittently from 2:30 to 3:15 pm and when we left it was still feeding in the Blue dish feeder. The last sighting of the male Lazuli Bunting, I am aware of was around 6:00 pm on the 24th. Thanks again to those who shared there sightings of these birds, Craig Craig Mandel egretc...@msn.commailto:egretc...@msn.com Hennepin 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] Lyon County - Boring Big Day
Did a Big Day on Friday (May 22) in Lyon County - ending with 136 species. The birds were very quiet all day, which made for a lot of work. Okay, it was not really boring, yet of the 136, NONE were unexpected, and only FOUR were warblers. The most unusual species observed that day was a Spotted Towhee... which is not unusual for SW MN. But, it beats working! Roger Schroeder 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] Lyon County good birds - Camden SP
May 23 - Camden SP. Wood Thrush near the group camp, and Osprey, and Broad-winged Hawk flew over the same area. Jackie Augustine (SMSU) banded a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher near the group camp, and Paul Rysdahl saw 2 Summer Tanagers on the ridge trail West of the Horse Camp Area. Roger Schroeder 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] Lyon County reliable locations
Responding to requests for *reliable* locations for a few species. These are easy locations to search for some of the species that are typically sought after by County Listers. Least Bittern American Bittern: Black Rush Lake. From MN Hwy 23 go 1 mile south of the Camden SP entrance, then turn East 1 mile on Lyon CR 59. Walk the Min. Maint. road South between the two halves of the wetland area. Eurasian Collared-Dove: Taunton, MN. Near the intersection of 4th and Lincoln Yellow-throated Vireo: Camden SP along the river trail by the South Picnic area and Group Camp Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Same as above, and trails by the Horse Camp Western Kingbird: Intersection of 250th St and 120th Ave. From Hwy 19 West of Marshall, go South on Lyon CR 13 for 2 miles, the 2 miles West on 250th Ave. Lark Sparrow: Lynd, MN - Savannah Oaks Golf Course area. Sometimes along the roadside of Savannah Heights Blvd. Sometimes on the rock piles of Marshall Sand and Gravel, sometimes in the scrubby area by the pond to the South of the golf course. Orchard Oriole: Dwire WMA (south of Black Rush Lake). From the town of Russell on MN Hwy 23, turn East on CR 2 for 2.5 miles, then North on 200th Ave for .75 miles. Roger Schroeder 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-Cerulean Warblers
I found 2 Cerulean Warblers at Carver Park this morning. One was at the same location its been the past couple years northwest of the nature center between Crosby Lake and Stone Lake. The 2nd was easier to see about 1/2 mile east-northeast of the nature center. He was closer to the trail out in the open more than the other. The only migrants I found were a few Tennessee Warbler and a Lincoln's Sparrow.On Saturday the only migrants I found were more Tennessee Warbler than today and a Mourning Warbler. Chevalle wetlands have been fairly empty of shorebirds besides Killdeer over the past week. The only migrant shorebirds were there on Saturday, those being a Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin, and a few Least Sandpiper. The Caspian Terns are still there, though. _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_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
Re: [mou-net] Prothonotary Warbler - Dakota County
Hi all, Thanks to Steve Weston and Jennifer Vieth, I got a better handle on the location of the Hastings Prothonotary Warbler. So, Jill and I went to look for it this morning, along with Ginkgo and Minnie, our Papillons. We all walked from our place down to the river and we concentrated mostly in the area near where the dike path curves up the hill, birding the woods on either side. We didn't see the Prothonotary, but we did get a whole bunch of good stuff, including several Gray Catbirds, Baltimore Orioles, a male and female Common Yellowthroat, a VERY BRIEF glimpse at a Marsh Wren, a Sora, Chimney Swift, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a pair of Green Herons, Yellow Warbler (heard and seen), a Red-eyed Vireo (heard further up the path; we have also had one in our yard), and multiple swallow species (Tree, Barn and Rough-winged), Killdeer, a Spotted Sandpiper and other species. We totatled 40 species for the day. But no Prothonotary. Sigh... Richard Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. Hastings, MN rwood...@yahoo.com From: Richard Wood rwood...@yahoo.com To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:12:03 AM Subject: Re: [mou-net] Prothonotary Warbler - Dakota County I'd like to go look for this bird today, but I am not sure where this trail is. I know how to get to Lock And Dam Number 2, but after that... Richard Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. Hastings, MN rwood...@yahoo.com From: Bruce Baer saqq...@worldnet.att.net To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:48:29 PM Subject: [mou-net] Prothonotary Warbler - Dakota County BlankPark at Lock and Dam Number 2 on the Mississippi River in Hastings. Follow the trail behind the fence and across the sand dike to the other side where there is open water on the left side of the trail. It was singing in the trees along the waters edge on the left. Bruce Baer Bloomington, Minnesota 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 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] Atlasing in northern Morrison County
Spend Sunday and Monday Minnesota Bird atlasing in the Shamineau Lake area (NE priority block and NW non-priority block) and had some intersting finds. 5 Caspian Terns (migrants no doubt) on Shamineau and 3 on Crookneck Lake. Raven family of 5 well-fledged and coming in to investigate my attempts to get a response from Soras by hand clapping, always a nice find this far south. A fully fledged and flying Lark Sparrow in a pine-planted open sandy savanna just south of Round Lake (Round Lake #132 in the state for the creative MN lake-naming early immigrant). Safe date for this species is June 1 but my experience in Midwest is that this species is back on their territories by early May at the latest and obviously one pair was. 8 pairs of loons on Shamineau Lake (doing loony things according to the lake association this year like nesting under boat docks and not nesting on the loon platforms). 26 White Pelicans moving north over Crookneck Lake. Dozens of Golden-winged Warblers in upland scubby sites ranging from aspen to pine--all seemed to be on territory but safe date not until June 1. No Purple Martins despite many houses, mostly falling apart, along the shoreline--where is Kelly Applegate when you need him? If you're going to do atlasing this year, please sign up soon as peak season is almost upon us. It's the most fun you can have birding in the summer! Bob Russell, USFWS 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] Alma'sLazuli
I tried to leave Little Falls at 10:30 to see the Lazuli but a sore leg (knee surgery) and rain caused me to turn around ( I did promise my wife I wouldn't do anything stupid after my surgery, but, it was a rare bird). Not to be beaten I called Milt Blomberg and he picked me up after his teaching day and we left Little Falls at 3:45. We arrived at Alma's house at 5:45 and we were informed the bird left 15 min. earlier. We hung around for 80 minutes and picked up 23 species from her yard. We were getting a little nervous thinking maybe the bird wasn't coming back, but, then she came in. The female Lazuli looked a little beat up with some feathers sticking up on it's crown. We didn't see the male and maybe he was worse off than the female and may not show again. The last 3 times Milt and I ran on a rare bird we came up empty. Just shows you can't keep good birders down. Alma was a very good host and we give a special thanks to her for letting us visit her home and sit there for as long as we did. 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] Lark Sparrow - Hubbard County
While surveying a priority atlas block near Dorset in southern Hubbard County on May 22, I found a pair of lark sparrows on private open farmland. They were still present today. Usually just the male (singing) is present, suggesting that this is a nesting pair and the female is incubating. If confirmed, this may be a county nesting record. I would be interested in other birders' observations of possible nesting lark sparrows, particularly in Hubbard or nearby counties. Marshall Howe Park Rapids Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
