[mou-net] deformed Yellow-rumped Warbler
Hi All-- Recently I banded a deformed Yellow-rumped Warbler. It had no toes on one foot, and was missing the back toe on the other. I have no idea how this bird perched. A photo is on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com I have seen birds missing a toe, either to frostbite or avian pox, but this appears to be different. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika daner...@gmail.com the best shod travel with wet feet Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes --Thoreau 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 close encounter with a Merlin
Lucky for me I was looking at my feet when this happened. Otherwise I may have missed it.At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum this morning, a Merlin soared just above the ground right by me.His wing came a few inches from my shoe. I haven't had that close of an encounter with a raptor since I was 11 and a Northern Goshawk nearly scalped me in Colorado. Arboretum count Virginia Rail 2 (calling back and forth) Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Great Horned Owl 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 (1 presumably the same that I saw on Wed. as he was in the same bush) Brown Creeper 2 Winter Wren 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12 Hermit Thrush 2 Tennessee Warbler 2 (1 male in full breeding plumage with a little down hanging loosely from below his wing) Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 Palm Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 White-crowned Sparrow 1 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] Tower Day from Dassel, Meeker Cty
We did our Tower Day on the 1st and we seen 56 species, compared to 60 last year. (55 in 2008, 55 in 2007, 53 in 2006, 49 in 2005) We had 16 different species last year that we didn't see this year and 12 species this year that we didn't see last year. Our Tower Day is where we are in the Tower that we built to watch birds in. We do a Tower Day once a month, each month, all year long. We are out there from dawn to dusk for the entire day, no matter what the conditions are, hot or cold. We also keep record of the weather conditions to see what the difference is in birds that we see. It is interesting to see what birds are seen or not being seen from year to year. 1) Canada Goose (lots) 2) American Robin (lots) 3) Sandhill Crane -3 4) Barred Owl -called 5 times 5) Red-winged Blackbird 6) Blue Jay (lots) 7) American Crow 8) White-breasted Nuthatch 9) Black-capped Chickadee 10) House Wren 11) Ring-billed Gull (lots) 12) Pileated Woodpecker -3 13) Ring-necked Pheasant 14) Cedar Waxwing (lots) 15) Downy Woodpecker 16) Yellow-rumped Warbler (lots) 17) Ruby-crowned Kinglet -8 18) Red-bellied Woodpecker -4 19) Hairy Woodpecker -3 20) American Goldfinch 21) Dark-eyed Junco -4 22) Gadwall -823) Double-crested Cormorant -3 24) Pied-bill Grebe -3 25) Chipping Sparrow 26) House Finch 27) Golden-crown Kinglet -228) Wood Duck -2 29) Northern Flicker -2 30) Northern Cardinal 31) Orange-crowned Warbler -3 32) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -1 33) Eastern Bluebird -4 34) Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 35) American White Pelican -6 36) Killdeer -1 37) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -1 38) Red-tailed Hawk -3 39) Common Grackle -2 40) Sharp-shinned Hawk -541) Turkey Vulture -9 42) Eastern Phoebe 43) Cooper’s Hawk -2 44) Tree Swallow -2 45) Mourning Dove 46) White-crowned Sparrow -2 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 47) Broad-winged Hawk -1 48) Rock Dove 49) Trumpeter Swan -2 50) European Starling -1 51) Bald Eagle -3 52) Golden Eagle -2 53) Northern Harrier -1 54) Common Nighthawk -1 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 Paul Koni Fank Dassel, MN Meeker 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] Tower Day from Dassel-Meeker Cty
We did our Tower Day on the 1st and we seen 56 species, compared to 60 last year. (55 in 2008, 55 in 2007, 53 in 2006, 49 in 2005) We had 16 different species last year that we didn't see this year and 12 species this year that we didn't see last year. Our Tower Day is where we are in the Tower that we built to watch birds in. We do a Tower Day once a month, each month, all year long. We are out there from dawn to dusk for the entire day, no matter what the conditions are, hot or cold. We also keep record of the weather conditions to see what the difference is in birds that we see. It is interesting to see what birds are seen or not being seen from year to year. 1) Canada Goose (lots) 2) American Robin (lots) 3) Sandhill Crane -3 4) Barred Owl -called 5 times 5) Red-winged Blackbird 6) Blue Jay (lots) 7) American Crow 8) White-breasted Nuthatch 9) Black-capped Chickadee 10) House Wren 11) Ring-billed Gull (lots) 12) Pileated Woodpecker -3 13) Ring-necked Pheasant 14) Cedar Waxwing (lots) 15) Downy Woodpecker 16) Yellow-rumped Warbler (lots) 17) Ruby-crowned Kinglet -8 18) Red-bellied Woodpecker -4 19) Hairy Woodpecker -3 20) American Goldfinch 21) Dark-eyed Junco -4 22) Gadwall -8 23) Double-crested Cormorant -3 24) Pied-bill Grebe -3 25) Chipping Sparrow 26) House Finch 27) Golden-crown Kinglet -2 28) Wood Duck -2 29) Northern Flicker -2 30) Northern Cardinal 31) Orange-crowned Warbler -3 32) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -1 33) Eastern Bluebird -4 34) Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 35) American White Pelican -6 36) Killdeer -1 37) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -1 38) Red-tailed Hawk -3 39) Common Grackle -2 40) Sharp-shinned Hawk -5 41) Turkey Vulture -9 42) Eastern Phoebe 43) Cooper’s Hawk -2 44) Tree Swallow -2 45) Mourning Dove 46) White-crowned Sparrow -2 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 47) Broad-winged Hawk -1 48) Rock Dove 49) Trumpeter Swan -2 50) European Starling -1 51) Bald Eagle -3 52) Golden Eagle -2 53) Northern Harrier -1 54) Common Nighthawk -1 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 Paul Koni Fank Dassel, MN Meeker 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] Olmsted and Winona Co. Nelson's; Titmouse
Hello fellow birders, Thank you very much to Bob for the post about the birds in Rochester! I got to the site previously mentioned just north of Shopko where Hwy. 52 and Hwy. 63 meet in south Rochester at about 7:00am. The new fire station that Bob mentioned is adjacent to Shopko to the northeast. I was hoping to find the Cackling and Ross's Geese that were mentioned but did not think I would fare well with a shy species like a Nelson's Sparrow. Much to my surprise, this was one of the first birds I saw before the sun had even come over the horizon. It was across from the fire station in a tall patch of grass that is near a puddle. The bird came out to drink several times in full view before it would get chased back into the grass by some active Savannah Sparrows. What a beauty! I was then able to focus on the geese that were flying, swimming in the pond and grazing in the nearby field. Sure enough there were two Ross's, one blue morph Snow Goose, and probably more than two dozen Cackling Geese along with the Canadas. There was quite a bit of other bird activity in the area but nothing of particular interest. I headed east from Rochester on Hwy. 14 and found probably the biggest surprise of the day. At the Arches about 11 miles west of Winona I closely observed a beautiful Tufted Titmouse that was feeding in an area of high bird activity. It was the best observation I've ever had of this species. This was about halfway between the exit from Hwy. 14 at the easternmost entrance and Farmer's Park. There was also a Nashville and a Orange-crowned warbler in the area along with the numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers. Along the Mississippi there were many A.W. Pelicans but I didn't have enough time to find anything else of interest. There were hundreds of Ring-billed gulls but I could not pick out another species of gull. Overall a VERY productive day with four state birds and one of those being a lifer! The Cackling, and Ross's Geese and the titmouse I had not seen before in the state and the very cooperative Nelson's (sharp-tailed) Sparrow was a great lifer from a much sought after genus of which I have now seen five of the seven N.A. representatives. Good birding to all, Jason Caddy southwest Minneapolis j.ca...@hotmail.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
