[mou-net] oops another Stearns Co. bird
Hermit Thrush - singing - never have heard one in our woods before 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] Stearns County - new birds
FOY birds on Upper Spunk Lake and in our yard on the lake yesterday and today: Red-necked grebe Forster's tern Red-breasted merganser American white pelican Double-crested cormorant yellow-rumped warbler brown creeper chipping sparrow swamp sparrow cedar waxwing Betsy Beneke Avon 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] Painted Redstart - Dakota County - not refound
There was a report of a Painted Redstart sighting in Eagan on 4/22. Information about this sighting was sent by telephone to the local Burnsville/Eagan birders on 4/23. The bird was not seen. The home owner reported seeing the bird feeding on the ground under an "Absolute Feeder" for some time. It was not seen again after this one sighting. The homeowner has indicated that she is willing to document the sighting and I am sending her the RQD forms. --- David Cahlander da...@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 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] Whimbrel & Painted Redstart(?)
After Easter Mass I stepped outside and saw 15 White Pelicans flying over St. James Catholic Church in West Duluth. I then headed over to Park Point and relocated the Whimbrel that Peder Svingen found on Friday and it was still there as of this morning. The Whimbrel was foraging for worms along the side walk that runs the length of the ball field in front of the bath house. I then headed home and saw some Tree Swallows over my house and saw my first Chipping Sparrow of the season. I just got back from Colorado so I am trying to get caught up on what has been reported in Duluth lately. On my Facebook account this afternoon I saw a report from Greg Neise that a Painted Redstart was spotted in MN this spring season. Greg got the report from Chris West of WI through a Facebook group called ABA Rare Birds. Chris West got the original bird report from Alyssa DeRubeis of Minnesota. Chris asked for more details from Alyssa but so far no reply. I am just curious if others might know of this sighting in Minnesota? Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://www.mikehendricksonbirding.com Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.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] Eared Grebes, Lake Calhoun, Hennepin
10:30am 4/24 Jim Otto and I viewed from Thomas Beach at south end of lake. Horned Grebe - est. 200 Eared Grebe - 4 (alt. plumage) Red-necked Grebe - 6 Pied-billed Grebe ~ 12 Best viewing will be late P.M. from west side of Calhoun. We dipped on the Western Grebe at Lakw Nokomis. Two R-n Grebes were present. Good numbers of loons on all lakes. Jim Mattsson Eagan 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] Smith's Longspur, Wabasha County
On Saturday April 23rd, Chris Hockema and I headed to Weaver Dunes in the evening in hopes of seeing a Short-Eared Owl, which are sporadically reported from the area. We had no such luck with the Owl, but did repeatedly hear, and, only only once, glimpse in fading light a Smith's Longspur. I headed out Sunday April 24th to attempt to relocate the bird just to raise my certainty from 95% to 100%. Thankfully, the lone Smith's Longspur was still around! While I never had a portrait look on the ground, several times, I had good looks in flight, and was able to notice an overall buffy bird, with a large amount of white in the tail feathers, and white wing bars. I did not notice the breeding male facial pattern, indicating this bird was in a somewhat drabber plumage. The bird called a lot in flight, and at first Chris and I thought we were hearing the 4-note sputter call of a Brown-headed Cowbird, or an Eastern Meadowlark (plenty of both were present). The "dry rattle" was quite unlike that of a Lapland Longspur. As I was leaving Sunday, John and Chris Hockema were just arriving, so perhaps they will have more to add. Directions: >From Wabasha County Road 84, head east on Twp Rd 141 (605th St.). At fire >marker 13551, you will come to a 3-way split. Park here, and walk along the >leftmost of the three "roads." This path is sometimes driveable, but right >now, there are wood beams there, I think to help improve the roadbed, but >right now, they will take out the undercarriage of your vehicle. From here, >it is about a 1/4 mile walk to the Nature Conservancy parking are, where there >is a large windmill, a useful landmark. From the parking area, there is a >wide, mown path, that heads due east. Walk this about 200 yards, and there is >another wide, mown path that heads due south. The bird has been favoring on, >or near these two mown paths, as well as (maddeningly) the taller grass to the >right of both of these paths. Finding one lone Longspur, as long as it stays >in this area, is not too difficult a task, but if the bird ever explores more >of the amazing amount of habitat here, the needle in a haystack cliche will >rear it's ugly head in spades. Or something like that. Loggerhead Shrikes, Woodcock, and numerous nocturnal Henslow's Sparrows are other fun birds in this area. I had a Lark Sparrow NEAR here on 4/17, but otherwise they, and Grasshopper Sparrows, common here in summer, don't appear to be in yet. While Spring Smith's Longspur records in SE Minnesota are slim, eastern Iowa actually has quite a few, and as Weaver Dunes has expanded in size and quality, it shouldn't be a huge suprise that we find Smith's Longspur here in Spring migration. Dedrick Benz Winona, 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] Carver County
Select count this morning Carver Park Common Merganser 8 Common Loon 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Brown Creeper 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Hermit Thrush 12 (best spring by far I've had seeing these) Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 (10 male, 10 female) American Tree Sparrow 3 Lake Waconia Red-breasted Merganser 21 Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Canvasback, Redhead, and Lesser Scaup arriving to the lake over the last couple days The most Great Blue Heron and Great Egret I have seen all spring American White Pelican Rice Lake Ruddy Duck 2 Forster's Tern 7 Brown Thrasher 2 Salem Ave Wilson's Phalarope 4 Bonaparte's Gull 30 (maybe a Franklin's mixed in but glare was not helpful) Trumpeter Swan, Shoveler, and Blue-winged Teal Vesper and Savannah Sparrow Assumption Lake Still many Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Redhead(few), Ruddy Duck, and a late male Northern Pintail Brown Thrasher 1 Cty Rd. 152 Lesser Yellowlegs 16 150th St. Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Bufflehead Vesper Sparrow Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
