[mou-net] Lyon County - Marshall unusual obs.

[Roger Schroeder]

Crazy bird day at home today. Red-shafted Flicker flew in for a few
moments. It flew, and when I went to look for it I observed a
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Down Woodpecker in another tree. A while
later, Eurasian Collared-Dove, and Mourning Dove were both seen. Not long
after, a lone Chipping Sparrow mixed with the resident House Sparrows. Also
unusual for our residence were 4 Cardinals (2 pair). I asked my wife if its
like this every day (when I'm at work). She said, "I better not tell you...
you might not ever go to work again".
Roger Schroeder


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[mou-net] Townsend's Solitaire Vadnais Lake not found

[Jason Caddy]

I looked for the Townsend's Solitaire today around 10:00am-12:15pm with no 
luck. It was by no means a waste of time because there was a lot of other birds 
on the lakes. The cedars did have groups of Cedar Waxwings eating berries but I 
could not pick out the solitaire. All of the other birds in the area were very 
active and fun to watch. Here are some of the other birds present:
Gadwall- 2
Canvasback- several
Common Goldeneye- several
Ring-necked Duck- several hundred
Hooded Merganser- over 100 I observed many with fish in their bills.
Bald Eagle- 1 juvenile
Red-winged Blackbird- 1
Common Loon- 2 Foraging together and one of them called.
Trumpeter Swan- 12 I'm assuming that they were this species. The bill on the 
juvenile birds had a black base.
American Coot- 1
 
Good Birding,
Jason Caddy
South Minneapolis
j.ca...@hotmail.com
  

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[mou-net] Black-legged Kittiwake and White-eyed Vireo in Lac qui Parle County.

[Bill Unzen]

The White-eyed Vireo found yesterday by Herb Dingmann was still present in
the cedars at the same location at 1:15 this afternoon.

I found an immature Black-legged Kittiwake at the Big Stone NWR at 3:15PM
today. The bird was on the east reservoir among the tree stumps near the
Hwy75 dam. It was still present when I left about half hour later.

-- 
Bill J. Unzen
Lac Qui Parle County.


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[mou-net] Minn Birding Weekends update

[Kim Richard Eckert]

The Minnesota Birding Weeks & Weekends (MBW) schedule for the 2011-12  
season has been posted on the MBWbirds.com website as of this morning,  
Nov 21, with the opening of registrations tomorrow, Nov 22. (Some  
registrations have already been received since Nov 15, the previously  
announced date in the MOU newsletter; these will be considered as Nov  
22 registrations.) This is MBW's 26th season in association with the  
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union: we started back in 1986 under the  
name of MOU Birding Weekends.


Please note there are 2 changes in the original schedule. The  
Washington-British Colombia MBWeek is now September 17-25, 2011, to  
match up with the recently posted Westport Seabirds pelagic trip  
schedule. And, since these dates now conflict with the September  
23-24-25 MBWeekend based in Duluth, that MBW has been canceled.


Also note there are still vacancies on 2 MBWs which are part of the  
2010-11 schedule: the Jan 8-9, 2011 MBWeekend in Duluth, and the Feb  
19-27, 2011 MBWeek in South Texas.


Complete descriptions, previous summaries, and registration  
information for all MBWs can be found at http://mbwbirds.com.



Kim Eckert
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[mou-net] Four Days Left To Pre-Register For The MOU Paper Session

[Carl Greiner]

There are only 4 days left to pre-register for the MOU Paper Session!

 

By pre-registering you can get 20% off the cost of registering at the door
and you can also order a box lunch!

 

The Annual MOU Paper Session will be held Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the
Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. Once again, Carroll
Henderson has organized an outstanding group of speakers and topics. In
addition to the speakers, there will also be a book sale, informational and
vendor tables, possibly a live Peregrine Falcon, and several hundred people
interested in birds just like you. The agenda and registration materials are
available online at http://moumn.org/paper.html.

 

MOU Paper Session

When: December 4, 2010 (Saturday)

Where: Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota

How:  Visit http://moumn.org/paper.html or Contact Carl Greiner at the
address below.

 

 

Carl Greiner 

Vice President, 

Minnesota Ornithologists' Union

 

1616 Hill St. S.W.

Chatfield, MN. 55923

507-271-8286

  cgrei...@mchsi.com

 

 

 



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Re: [mou-net] Chipping Sparrow still in backyard (Hennepin County)

[Paul Budde]

" Does anybody know what the latest a Chipping Sparrow has ever been seen in
the metro area or MN in general?"

The median south departure date for Chipping Sparrow is November 10th -
meaning that in half the years none are reported after this date and in half
the years one or more are reported.

We have a number of December and January records south - most recently in 8
of the last 15 winters.

Let's see how long this bird sticks around!
Paul

Paul Budde
Minneapolis, MN

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Subject: [mou-net] Chipping Sparrow still in backyard (Hennepin County)

We have relocated the Chipping Sparrow eating seed in our backyard this
afternoon.  Not sure that it is the same one that we had in our backyard
last week, but it doesn't seem like there would be a whole lot of other
Chipping Sparrows around at this point.

At this point, it seems like it is getting extremely late in the year to see
any Chipping Sparrow in MN.

Does anybody know what the latest a Chipping Sparrow has ever been seen in
the metro area or MN in general?

Chipping Sparrow Picture:
*http://tinyurl.com/26vr92g

*We also had a not-so-common visitor a couple of days ago with a Pileated
Woodpecker at our feeder.
*http://tinyurl.com/2b38juk*


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