[mou-net] Long-tailed Duck present this afternoon
I ventured down to South Saint Paul at the Grand & Hardman Ave. walkway about 3:30pm. The Long-tailed Duck was still present and feeding heavily with the Goldeneyes and Mergansers. Further North at Kaposia Landing (enter off of Bryant), lots of ducks and geese were present, mostly Mallards and Canadas. Also present were at least a dozen Bald Eagles and 1 Red-tailed Hawk. -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside -- "Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." - Samuel Butler "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180) 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] Bohemian Waxwings-Carlton County
On our way back to the Twin Cities today I saw about 50 Bohemian Waxwings in a tree in Cromwell (Carlton County). This was at the intersection of MN 73 and MN 210. Earl Orf www.earlorfphotos.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] LtDu & HaDu - yes, scoter no
The Long-tailed duck was near the pump house at Hardman and Grand but I didn't see the scoter. I spoke to several other birders who couldn't fine it either. This was about 11:00. The Harlequin Duck was present on the Washington County side near the pier for the RR bridge but could only be observed from the Prescott side just north of the condos. That was about noon. Bill 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] Owl & White-Throated Sparrow (St. Paul)
I've had a White-Throated Sparrow hanging around the brushy woodlot next to my apartment ever since the snow storm. I am fairly certain that I've ever seen one this late. Also, twice this week I located a Great Horned Owl in almost the exact same spot within Crosby Regional Park along the Mississippi River. Kyle TePoel Saint Paul 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] a bat, not Al Batt
I thought I could see a knob on a limb or a lone leaf on th Greetings: I thought I could see a knob on a limb or a lone leaf on the appe tree in front of our kithchen window this, Saturday, afterrnoon. It moved, but not like the wind blowing it. It was a pulsating, rhythmic movement. It finally moved a bit and I could see it was a bat. It stayed there all afterrnoon. My computer got mixed up so this is going out Sunday instead of Saturday afternoon. I checked the tree this morning - Sunday - and the bat is hanging down from a limb. It is dead. The bat is about 10 to 12 feet above the ground on a small branch. I don't know how a person could get up into the tree without a ladder. For those interested, I don't know if it should be collected. Rev. Forest V. Strnad Faribault, Mn. 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 Scoter at Hardman
I spotted a White-winged Scoter at the Hardman viewing area this morning around 9 am. I found it east of the ped bridge - down by the building where the river bends further south. It flew west past the first building where the walkway comes down when flushed by a plane but it soon came back to the original location. It was there when I left a few minutes ago. Sent from Bob Ekblad's iPhone Byron, MN - Olmsted County http://www.Birding-Minnesota.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] Cedar Waxwings-Robin
The Varied Thrush has not reappeared.However, we were greeted this morning by 6 Cedar Waxwings in the same viburnum favored by the thrush and in the same bush a young Robin. While winter Robin sightings have become fairly common around the state, it is very unusual here. I wish I had a lot more Wentworths, I have only one and the other nameless ones don't see any activity until spring. On a back country drive yesteday saw very few birds. 3 Horned Larks in one spot, 8 in another. Other than that just HSP. John Nelson Good Thunder, Blue Earth Cty 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] Ventriloquist birds
>From a study at UC-Davis: Birds call to warn friends and enemies Birds' alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist's trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a UC Davis studyThey might be warning others of the threat, but they might also be telling the predator, "I've seen you." "It's not clear how they're accomplishing this," [the researcher] Yorzinski said. See: http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9332 -- Claudia Egelhoff Minneapolis, MN 55405 Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
