[mou-net] New non-raptor migrants, plus many new non-raptors up north!
I counted raptors this past Thursday and Friday here in Duluth, and had some good flights of raptors coming through. In addition to the many raptors tallied (899 on Thursday and 605 on Friday), there have been several new arrivals over the past few days. Below are my two biggest days of hawk counting so far. The first of two days I had 333 raptors come by in the one hour peak of migration for the day. It was crazy!! Also, two Tree Swallows and 24 Tundra Swans were observed. On Friday, two new-to-the-area sightings include two COMMON LOONS and a single NORTHERN FLICKER... the new-to-the-area raptor sighting on Friday included an OSPREY! Thursday's count https://www.hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=543ryear=2011rmonth=04rday=07 Friday's count https://www.hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=543ryear=2011rmonth=04rday=08 Below are the bird pictures... Red-tailed Hawk - adult Krider's x typical Eastern race integrade http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133794374 Red-tailed Hawk - adult dark morph Western race http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133794375 Red-tailed Hawk - adult Eastern Race http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133792696 Sandhill Crane http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133792698 Turkey Vulture coming head on, in a thermal http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133792699 Cooper's Hawk http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133794372 Osprey http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133794373 I spent some time in Ashland, WI, Friday night. I took a walk around the beautiful Northland College campus during my brief visit there, and found this one EASTERN PHOEBE . I hope the little guy will be able to find enough food up here! Eastern Phoebe: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133802433 While driving from Ashland back to Duluth yesterday morning, I saw 2 BELTED KINGFISHERS fly over the road! I'm thinking that this upcoming week could be very good for raptor movements, as well as potentially some new passerine movements as well. Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and guided birdwatching tours www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com 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
[mou-net] Carver County
Highlights yesterday on a quiet dreary morning were 18 Common Loons on Rapids Lake(1 additional at Chevalle wetlands), 1 each of Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Field Sparrow at Rapids Lake MVNWR, 49 Bonaparte's Gull, and 17 Franklin's Gull in rural Carver County. Highlights this morning were 19 waterfowl species including a pair of Red-breasted Merganser on Assumption Lake, increased Cormorant and some Egret roosting on the island at Lake Waconia, 7 Turkey Vultures together near Lake Waconia, Osprey back at the nest stand on arboretum property(in addition to those at Carver Park), 9 Bonaparte's Gull(rural), 5 Eastern Phoebe, 5 Golden-crowned, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Field Sparrow all at Carver Park, Savannah Sparrow, and Rusty Blackbird at Assumption Lake. 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] New raptor migrants, plus many new non-raptors up north (pictures too)!
Shoot! I meant to label my last email with raptors and non-raptors... pictures are in that last email too. Enjoy this gloomy day... April showers bring May flowers; we still have a little ways to go! :-) Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and guided birdwatching tours www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com 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
[mou-net] Lake Como - St. Paul
The ice has completely disappeared from Lake Como in the last 24 hours, and waterbirds have been plentiful this morning, including at least 10 Common Loons, Pied-billed Grebe, cormorants, and 10 duck species (Mallard, Wood Duck, Shoveler, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ruddy Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, and also Blue-winged Teal in golf course pond aross from lake). With the strong south winds there were birds leaving and arriving on an off through the morning, so not all duck species were present at once. The loons seem to be staying put, as is the decent-sized raft of ruddies, scaup, ring-necks and buffleheads. Interesting non-water birds included my first-of-year Tree Swallows, Rough-winged Swallows, and Swamp Sparrows. Scott Loss St. 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] Loons still at Lake Hiawatha
An active day today at Lake Hiawatha in south Minneapolis, 28th Ave side. Three Bald Eagles sitting in a tree on the north side of the lake. Only a few Redbreasted Mergansers seen. But, the Loons were plentiful and active. Images can been see at link below. Cheers, John Anderson http://powderhorn.us/ 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] Rice Co Sandhill Cranes 4-5-11
Here is a link to a short video showing a Canada Goose attacking and chasing a pair of Sandhill Cranes. I observed this interaction on April 5th in Rice County on the south side of New Prague Blvd, 1/2 mile west of the Jct of 19 and Panama Ave (where 19 turns south toward Lonsdale). I thought it was amusing and that others might enjoy seeing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPcXX_8wubA Carol Carter 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] 1000+ Bohemian Waxwings in Duluth
I just got a call from Dudley Edmondson who reported that there is a flock of 1000+ Bohemian Waxwings in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth, stretching from 43rd Avenue East to 60th Avenue East. I have also heard second-hand reports of hundreds of waxwings during the past 2-3 days in the same area of east Duluth. 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] Birding N Hennepin County
The ice is out on French Lake in N Hennepin county (Diamond Lake is still mostly frozen), there were 16 soecies of waterfowl including all 3 mergs, Cans, Redhead, Lsr Scaup, Green- and Blue-Winged Teal, Shovelers, Rn Duck. More exciting was spotting a pair of Sandhill Cranes walking through the wetland ne of the intersection of 144/13, (in between those ponds e. of the Llama Farm). I wonder if they will be nesting there. Also Brewer's blackbirds in the Blackbird flock on the farm property. Elm Creek had E Bluebird, Tree Swallows, SS Hawk, Pheasants (not many passerines as yet). Warren Woessner 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] Mountain Bluebird - Stevens County 4/10/2011
Hi, Linda Sparling just called to report that Kim Eckert had just found a male Mountain Bluebird on Stevens County Highway 1, 0.2 mile south of State Highway 28. It was at the south end of a small grove of trees, and was associating with a female Eastern Bluebird. Also observed by Linda, Paul Egeland, and Herb Dingmann. Doug Kieser Minneapolis This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. 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] Lake Como - St. Paul
We were at Como Lake between 1:00 and 2:00. In addition to those, we saw a waterfowl that we had trouble identifying. It was in the center of the lake and we saw only one. It was grebe-like, with a longer neck than a pied-billed so we think it was differnet than what Scott reported. The bill was definitely like the grebes. It seemed to have white on the front on the neck and a slight redness to the head. If others see it, we would appreciate your opinions. Thanks, Rosie Bunge From: Scott Loss scottrl...@yahoo.com To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Sun, April 10, 2011 11:42:27 AM Subject: [mou-net] Lake Como - St. Paul The ice has completely disappeared from Lake Como in the last 24 hours, and waterbirds have been plentiful this morning, including at least 10 Common Loons, Pied-billed Grebe, cormorants, and 10 duck species (Mallard, Wood Duck, Shoveler, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ruddy Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, and also Blue-winged Teal in golf course pond aross from lake). With the strong south winds there were birds leaving and arriving on an off through the morning, so not all duck species were present at once. The loons seem to be staying put, as is the decent-sized raft of ruddies, scaup, ring-necks and buffleheads. Interesting non-water birds included my first-of-year Tree Swallows, Rough-winged Swallows, and Swamp Sparrows. Scott Loss St. 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 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] Pope Co. swans, Stearns Co. egret
180 tundra swans, 8 white-fronted geese, 18 scaup (they didn't look great-er) and 17 canvasbacks were in a wetland 4.5 miles west of Sauk Centre along Hwy. 28 in Pope Co. this afternoon. Driving on I-94 a great egret flew over the highway about 1.2 mile west of the Melrose exit - Stearns Co. Betsy Beneke Avon, Stearns Co. 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] West-central Minnesota waterfowl
A group of birders consisting of John and Chris Hockema, Dedrick Benz, Dave Bartkey, Ben Fritchman, Shawn Conrad, Alex Watson, and myself held its third annual Wang Chung Waterfowl Weekend this weekend in west-central Minnesota, with a focus on the four counties of the windowpane (Douglas, Grant, Stevens, and Pope). Other counties birded included Traverse, Swift, Wilkin, Clay, Becker, and Otter Tail. In addition to the already posted Brant and Cinnamon Teal found yesterday, the group had several highlights from Friday afternoon through today (Sunday). Perhaps most notable were waterfowl and goose numbers: on Friday (4/8), large flocks (with one numbering near 5,000 birds) of Snow, Greater White-fronted, and Ross's Geese as well as Tundra Swans were observed along the Hwy. 75 corridor from northern Traverse County to southern Wilkin County. The majority of fields adjacent to the highway in this area are currently flooded and probably will remain so for at least a few days yet, attracting very large numbers of waterfowl and most of the state's regular species (excluding Mute Swan and sea ducks). Good numbers of geese were seen in western Grant County and northwestern Stevens County yesterday (4/9) as well; the best location was south and west of the town of Herman in Grant County (where we found the Brant). Just about any flooded field in the windowpane counties held several species of duck yesterday, while most ponds and lakes remained mostly frozen and therefore unattractive to large numbers of waterfowl. Here are some other highlights from our weekend: - 6 species of geese on Saturday (Canada, Cackling, Greater White-fronted, Snow, Ross's, and Brant) - single flyover Red Crossbill and Bohemian Waxwing at the group campground at Lake Carlos State Park north of Alexandria in Douglas County (Saturday morning) - early American Golden-Plover in a flooded field in southwestern Otter Tail County (Friday afternoon) - early pair of Swainson's Hawks along CR 20 in northwestern Stevens County (Saturday afternoon) - flock of around 25 Bohemian Waxwings feeding on crabapples in the town of Deer Creek in eastern Otter Tail County (Sunday afternoon) - breeding-plumaged Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs in several locations throughout the weekend Bob Dunlap, Nicollet 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] Murphy Hanrehan
Hiking at Murphy-Hanrehan today saw a wonderful array of songbirds, waterbirds and raptors including chickadees nuthatches cardinals cedar waxwings tree swallows belted kingfisher turkey vultures merlins or sharp-shinned hawks mallard ducks canada geese cormorant lovely pair of hooded mergansers Also noteworthy, saw a good-sized Blanding's turtle--distinctive yellow chin and throat. Sandy Herzan 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 Egret in Grant Co; Tundra Swans in Traverse Co
In addition to yesterday's very early Am Avocet and Marbled Godwits in Lac Qui Parle and Big Stone Co's and today's Mountain Bluebird in Stevens Co (already reported on MOU-net), the Minn Birding Weekends group had 2 other sightings of note today, April 10. - An early Cattle Egret near Herman along the W side of Grant CR 7, 1.2 mi S of Hwy 27. (This was near the site of yesterday's Brant sighting; neither the Brant nor yesterday's Cinnamon Teal NE of Herman could be relocated today.) - A minimum of 3,400 Tundra Swans counted/estimated in a single flooded field just N of Wheaton along Hwy 75; another 1,000+ were also seen by our group ~5 mi NE of here along Traverse CR 14, for a total of ~4,500 individuals. Kim Eckert ecker...@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.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] Am. Bittern
I know its not too big of news, but an Am. Bittern was seen in Lyon County @ Black Rush Lake (near Camden SP) on Saturday (9th). Roger Schroeder 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] NEEDED: MOU YMP kit transportation
I have completed what is likely my last Youth Mentorship program for a while. If someone from the metro area is ever near Marshall, MN this season, would you please consider transporting the MOU YMP birding kit to Bob Holtz? I do not foresee getting to the twin cities until mid- June. If you are able t do this, please contact me at b...@rohair.com, or by phone to (507) 531-0856 (cell #) Thank you, Roger Schroeder Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
