[mou-net] foy rose breasted grosbeak
FOY rose breasted growbeaks, male, yesterday., Oak Grove, Anoka 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
Re: [mou-net] American Avocets at Purgatory Wetlands ~ Hennepin County
These species were all still present at 9:30, except the Grebe. Also saw Snowy and Great Egrets on the western shore. Make sure to dress warm. Steve Slocum Eden Prairie, MN - Original Message - From: Conny Brunell connybrun...@earthlink.net To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:12 AM Subject: [mou-net] American Avocets at Purgatory Wetlands ~ Hennepin County This morning there were 2 American Avocets foraging at the Purgatory Creek Wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. What a spectacular sight in the morning sunshine to see these two graceful birds forage by sweeping their long slender bills from side to side in the water both along the mudflats and the weedy island. They flew back and forth between the two showing off their distinctive black and white back and wing pattern and vocalizing. There was also a Horned Grebe circling the mudflats that contained a full house of Caspian and Forster's Terns, Franklin's and Bonaparte's Gulls and Am. White Pelicans squeezed in there pretty tight. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Co. Purgatory Creek Wetlands The Purgatory Creek Wetlands is in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. It is south from MN State hwy 5 on Prairie Center Drive about .4 mile on the south side of Prairie Center Drive. You will see the Purgatory Recreation Area and The Flagship Corporate Center signed and can park in either lot to walk the paved trail around the wetlands. A good viewing area is behind the office building on the bridge that overlooks the wetland and mudflats. 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-95 species day
I probably could have pushed the total to 100 species(especially if I had gone to Carver Park), but I needed a break after 7 hours...maybe later The many highlights included: 2 Broad-winged Hawks (1 at the refuge and 1 near Assumption Lake) Merlin (at Rapids Lake MVNWR flew over to Louisville Swamp) Ruddy Duck and Lesser Scaup 5 Red-necked Grebe Black and Forster's Tern Least Flycatcher and Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated and Blue-headed Vireo 6 swallow species +Chimney Swift (4 Purple Martin were mixed with ~100 of the 5 other swallow species at Chevalle wetlands. They breed nearby. Swallows were pretty much anywhere there was water) Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery and Swainson's Thrush 11 warbler species: Blue-winged, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Prothonotary(1 at Chaska Lake MVNWR), Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, and Common Yellowthroat 10 sparrow species including Lark and Lincoln's Scarlet Tanager (male at Rapids Lake MVNWR) Eastern and Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbirds 5 Baltimore Oriole Notable misses included: Pileated Woodpecker, Sedge Wren(gone from the spot he was at last weekend, if not at Carver Park today will be soon), White-crowned Sparrow(There has been 1 at the refuge the last week but I never see it when I'm there.), Great Egret(just need to go to Carver Park or Lake Waconia to find this), and American White Pelican. _ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 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] Photo Website Update
For those interested, Kevin and I have updated our photo website again. Since last notifying you, we have traveled to southern Texas (again!), Nebraska, and South Dakota. In Texas we returned, for a second time, to the Martin Refuge. Again, we would highly recommend going there to photograph or just observe birds. They have numerous blinds with some built half in to the ground so that you are observing/photographing at eye level. One of their blinds is a raptor station where Crested Caracara, Harris's Hawk and Greater Roadrunner come. They also have an outstanding Bird Guide, Patty Raney who will answer all your questions and make sure your visit is rewarding. Visit their website at www.martinrefuge.com. In mid-April we returned to Mitch and Patty Glidden's Sandhills Motel in Mullen, Nebraska to photograph the courtship display of Greater Prairie Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse from blinds. We highly recommend this experience too. Mitch spends a lot of time figuring out just where the birds are going to be each season and sets up the blinds accordingly. He does an excellent job! Visit his website at www.grassland.dance. We also have photos from Sax-Zim Bog and from around our own home. This year we have two Robins, an Eastern Phoebe, and Eastern Bluebirds nesting in our yard. We are hoping to get a Hummingbird nest this year! Here are the birds found in our newest photos: Northern Mockingbird Curve-billed Thrasher Red-winged Blackbird Common Pauraque Buff-bellied Hummingbird Swainson's Hawk Ring-necked Pheasant Western Meadowlark Greater Prairie Chicken Sharp-tailed Grouse Great Horned Owl Crested Caracara Harris's Hawk Plain Chachalaca Greater Roadrunner (this bird camped with us! He was so much fun.) Great-tailed Grackle Black-bellied Whistling Duck Mallard x Black Duck Hybrid Mottled Duck Cinnamon Teal Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Solitary Sandpiper Black-throated Sparrow Green Jay Northern Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia Clay-colored Sparrow Cassin's Sparrow Olive Sparrow Vermillion Flycatcher Audubon's Oriole Green-tailed Towhee Golden-fronted Woodpecker Common Ground Dove Northern Bobwhite Blue Jay Dark-eyed Junco House Sparrow Common Redpoll Pine Siskin Boreal Chicadee Grey Jay Pine Grosbeak Any problems with the website, please let us know. Any comments or suggestions, we'd love to hear from you! ENJOY Linda and Kevin Krueger www.FlightOfNature.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] Dakota County Thrushes
Looking out my kitchen window at 1:30 PM today I simultaneously saw Swainson's Thrush (1st seen on 5/2), Gray-cheeked Thrush, Veery and Wood Thrush (all FOY), foraging in the garden. All were in the open, on the ground, and allowing for a nice comparison and study. Gotta love it! It would have been great to have a Hermit, which seemed to come through the yard far more frequently this year than is typical throughout April, but last seen on 4/28. Drew Smith Eagan, Dakota 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] American Avocet Images @ Purgatory Creek
A big thank you to Conny Brunell for posting about the American Avocets at Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie. I arrived around 2PM, Saturday, May 8, 2010, and the avocets were out on the sand bar with a group of gulls and terns. A second year Ring-billed Gull did not care for the avocets very much and starting attacking them. It drove them off to the west. The American Avocets returned in about a half hour. The gull once again attacked them and they flew to the same area to the west. I decided to go setup with my camera to the west and see what would happen. The birds were not present when I first arrived, but I could make them out on the sand spit. Once again the Ring-billed Gull attacked them and they flew right over in front of me. I took a series of pictures and then a flock of gulls and terns took flight from the sand spit. The Ring-billed Gull was one of the birds and zeroed in on the avocets near me. It drove them off and they flew out to the island directly in front of the bridge near the water fountain. I left at 5PM. Here are a few images of the birds: http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_9927.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_9938.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_9940.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_9947.jpg Regards, Terry Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.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] Cattle Egrets - Carver County
Herb Dingmann and Jeff Stephenson called @ 7:00 p.m. this evening and ask me to post they found 9 Cattle Egrets spread out in several pastures (no livestock present) on the north side of US Hwy 212 where MN Highways 25 and 5 turn south a few miles west of Norwood-Young America Ron Erpelding Kandiyohi 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] Northern Mockingbird - Lake Co.; possible Western Tanager
This afternoon I saw a Northern Mockingbird along the 200 block of 2nd Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. I also received a second-hand report of a possible Western Tanager seen 3 days ago along Greenwood Lane west of the Ryan Road (St. Louis Co.), but I am waiting to get details and directions. I will post any additional information as soon as I get it. Jim Lind Two Harbors 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] N. Hawk Owl, Short-eared Owl, Sharp-tailed Grouse CR 18 Aitkin County
The northern hawk reported yesterday by Butch Ukura was still at the same location but just north (~0.2 miles) of CR 18 on the east side on Hwy 169 perched at the top of a large white pine this morning around 9:10 and again this afternoon at 1:30. Did not locate the great grey owl on CR 18 but did observe a short-eared owl flying low over willow brushland about 1.2 miles east of Hwy 169 on CR 18; also saw 3 sharp-tailed grouse at this location too. Wes Bailey Grand Rapids, MN On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Barb Butch Ukura oatm...@embarqmail.com wrote: Tonight Warren Nelson and I went birding to Cty Rd 18 Cty Rd 5 North of Palisade, Minnesota. The following birds were observed: 1.) Jct169 Cty Rd 18--Northern Hawk Owl flew in front of vehicle with a mouse in its talons. (6:30Pm) 2.) Sharp Tail Grouse--(2) on south side of Cty Rd 18 approx 2 miles east of 169. 3.) Sandhill Crane--(1) Cty Rd 5 approx 2miles south of Cty Rd 18 on west side of road. 4.) Great Grey Owl--(1) .2 mile east of Pietz Road. We watched the owl catch a mouse, kill it, swallow it and fly back up to an oak tree. (7:30PM) 5.) Bald Eagle--(1) Mature bird on 169 heading back to Aitkin Good Birding, Butch Ukura:) 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] Probable Ross Goose - Pigeon Lake, Meeker County
On my way home from Carver County this evening, I stopped at the Pigeon Lake overlook off of Hwy 15 in Meeker County to see what might be there. Among all of the cormorants, pelicans, herons, and egrets on the island were a few Ring-billed Gulls and one white goose which seemed to be roughly the same size as the gulls. It was working its way towards the right point of the island, so it had its back to me for the most part as it wended its way through the cormorants and I never got a very good look at the bill. Once it reached the point, it continued on around towards the backside of the island and was immediately lost from sight behind all of the other birds. It was either a Snow Goose or a Ross Goose, but based on its apparent size, I'm leaning towards Ross Goose. If anyone gets a better look, I'd appreciate hearing your opinion. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud 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] Cattle Egrets - Carver County
We stopped by this area on our way home. Got there about 8:30 and were able to see a flock of Cattle Eggrets on the ground about 150 yards north of 212, about a quarter of a mile west of the intersection mentioned by Herb and Jeff. Five minutes later the flock flew in a surprisingly tight formation to the east to roost somewhere on Tiger Lake. We counted at least 12 birds in the flock, even though we had not seen that many on the ground. Best bet in the morning would be the public hunting access at the WMA on the northeast corner of the lake if the birds are not back in the previously mentioned fields. Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN dbmar...@skypoint.com - Original Message - From: Ron Erpelding rerpeld...@charter.net To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:11 PM Subject: [mou-net] Cattle Egrets - Carver County Herb Dingmann and Jeff Stephenson called @ 7:00 p.m. this evening and ask me to post they found 9 Cattle Egrets spread out in several pastures (no livestock present) on the north side of US Hwy 212 where MN Highways 25 and 5 turn south a few miles west of Norwood-Young America Ron Erpelding Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
