Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull
Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! - Reply message - From: M z zerrm...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Dec 5, 2010 11:18 pm Subject: [mou-net] Ross's Gull To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Folks who are interested in the Ross's Gull, today he was visible most of the afternoon. Hundreds of birders from all over the country have been to Yankton. SD to see the pink beauty. See the newspaper article at: http://www.yankton.net/articles/2010/12/05/community/doc4cf9d5094ef43588295378.txt The weather should hold for the week so he will probably stay, as the fishing is good for the gulls. He spends his time on the ice on Lake Yankton, and feeds below the dam every hour or so. (see map and area photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/siouxfalls/sets/72157625413635401/show/ Mick Zerr Sioux Falls Bird Club 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] Grand Marais CBC
The Grand Marais Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday December 18. All who are interested in participating should contact me prior to the count day to be assigned an area to cover, or to let me know you are feeder watching. We will then meet at 4:15pm at The Garage, next to Radio Shack on 1st Ave W for a compilation of data from birders that can make it there at that time. Thanks, Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59 -90° 20' 17 PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.org Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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[mou-net] hybrid ducks photo, Duluth
Today I was able to photograph the two hybrid ducks found at Canal Park in Duluth on 27 November- a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye and a Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye- and I posted this to recently seen for anyone interested in what these two birds look like. Also seen at Canal Park were 3 Great Black-backed Gulls (first-cycle, second-cycle and adult), 3 Iceland Gulls (first-cycle, second-cycle and third-cycle), and 3 Thayer's Gulls (1 first-cycle and 2 third-cycles). Karl Bardon Duluth, 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] Live from Freeborn County
A Tufted Titmouse has been seen around Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church in beautiful downtown Hartland. It makes sense. All birds in Hartland tend to practice Lutheranism except for those few that have embraced Leucism. The bird has been visiting feeders. There are a number of Eurasian Collared-Doves in the same area. The church does not have a lutefisk feed so perhaps the titmouse will persist. That is my hope. I wish you all euphoric avian quests, Al Batt 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] Canal Park this morning with photos
I bundled-up and watched the gulls starting a few minutes after sunrise this morning, and enjoyed the gulls for about 1 1/2 hours. This morning there were quite a few RING-BILLED GULLS hanging around (at least 10 that I saw), many HERRING GULLS, one 1st-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, one 3rd-cycle THAYER'S GULL, one juvenile THAYER'S GULL, two adult/near-adult ICELAND GULLS, and that oddball slightly (relatively) larger-winged, pale-headed, 2nd-cycle gull. There is definitely some Thayer's Gull in this bird, due to the solid tail band, but the overall paleness on this bird (for having a very evenly-uniform tail band) is confusing. Also, the bill isn't quite Thayer's Gull-like... it appears a little too crunched and small to be a typical Thayer's Gull bill, if there is such a thing. However even with knowing general bill size for a species, sexual dimorphism exists in gulls (where males are larger than females). Part of the challenge of gull ID is knowing what to look for in each species, relative to other field marks/profile distinctions on that individual bird... to lead you to a species if possible. Tertial patterns can be a very good way to tell a Thayer's Gull from an Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gulls have the solid-blotched dark tertials, with pale scrawling on the outer edge of the feather, and Iceland Gulls tend to have barred tertials). It is so interesting how much light and dark color variation can exist within a species, especially within the arctic-dwelling Thayer's, Kumlien's, and Iceland Gulls (species listed from west to east). This morning also hosted one RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, one COMMON MERGANSER, and many COMMON GOLDENEYES. Here are photos of that bird from a few weeks ago: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/130434264 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/130434265 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/130434265 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/130434293 Gull-photo wise, these next three photos are some of my favorite all-time photos which I have ever shot. All were taken last fall. I hope you enjoy them :) THAYER'S GULL next to ICELAND GULL (sitting and taking off in sequence): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119465445 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119465446 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119465447 I have many photos to come from yesterday's and today's gull-watching at Canal Park... photos will be posted later. Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN NATURALLY AVIAN - Bird photography and guided bird hikes www.pbase.com/birdfedr (recently updated with new information!!) birdf...@gmail.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
