[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 21 May 2010
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 21, 2010 *MNST1005.21 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Snowy Egret Black Vulture Piping Plover Whimbrel Say's Phoebe Northern Mockingbird Henslow's Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 21, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (r...@moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 20th, 2010. A BLACK VULTURE was reported by Jan Green on the 15th at the west end of Stoney Point Drive in St. Louis County. It was relocated on the morning of the 16th, but it hasn't been seen since. On the 14th, Kim Eckert and Don Kienholtz found a SAY'S PHOEBE in Worthington, Nobles County. From the corner of I-90 and U.S. Highway 59, go north for half a mile and then half a mile east. Check the fence line outside the settling ponds. At Park Point in Duluth, Peder Svingen found three RED-THROATED LOONS off the Recreation Area and three WHIMBRELS at Hearding Island near at 36th Street on the 18th. A PIPING PLOVER was seen by Shawn Zierman on the 16th at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport, and Laura Erickson reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 18th just east of the runway. Chad Heins found a SNOWY EGRET on the 15th, in a flooded field at the corner of Watonwan County Roads 58 and 15. HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were found by Julian Sellers at Grey Cloud Dunes SNA in southern Washington County on the 19th. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 27th, 2010. 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] Rochester area birds
I enjoyed a nice walk on Wednesday morning on part of the Douglas Trail, from 75th Street NW (town of Douglas) north to 90th Street. I have never seen so many Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks in my life. Probably close to 20, and well over that number of Baltimore Orioles. Also found an Olive-Sided Flycatcher and a pair of Orchard Orioles near 90th Street. Tennessee Warblers were numerous, plus a few Nashvilles, several Yellows, a Swainson's Thrush and a few Brown Thrashers. Yesterday (Thursday) at Willow Creek Reservoir in southwest Rochester I walked the loop around the lake and found several more Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, both Orioles (at least 4 Orchards in two locations), a pair of adult Bald Eagles, Eastern Kingbirds, many sedge wrens, Blue-Winged Teal, Field Sparrows, Yellow Warblers, Red-Eyed and Warbling Vireos, Rough-Winged Swallows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Savannah and Grasshopper Sparrows, Nighthawk, a pair of Eastern Meadowlarks and much more. At Keller WMA southwest of Rochester were Barred Owls, more Grosbeaks, Clay-Colored Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Coopers Hawk, Thrasher, Yellow-Throated Vireo, Great Crested Flycatcher, and many fireflies. Horned Larks and Vesper Sparrows found throughout the backroads of south/southwest Olmsted County. To cap the night off, around 10 pm at my parents' house were both calling Barred and Great Horned Owls. In all the years I've lived and visited back home, I'd never seen or heard an owl (let alone two) in our neighborhood! 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] Hennepin County - Minneapolis - nighthawk
Saw and heard my foy nighthawk tonight walking the dog - near the Mississippi R. just north of Lake St. First one last year was 8 days later - May 29. 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] Hennepin County - Minneapolis - nighthawk
Another FOY Common Nighthawk also by the Mississippi River seen flying along Water Street (by Lilydale Yacht club) -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community - Aldo Leopold “There has been a tremendous renaissance in nature study in recent years; it has been called a form of escapism, and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality; but rather, a return to reality; a flight from unreal things.” - Roger Tory Peterson On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Susan Tertell stert...@gmail.com wrote: Saw and heard my foy nighthawk tonight walking the dog - near the Mississippi R. just north of Lake St. First one last year was 8 days later - May 29. 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
