[mou-net] Thursday in Goodhue County
Great day birding yesterday with 87 total species including 21 warblers. Killer views of Blackburnian (numerous), magnolia, Canada, Cape May, blackpoll, black-throated green, northern parula, etc. Plus, the first hummingbird at my home feeder. 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] Minneapolis Summer Tanager--no luck
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Diana Doyle di...@managingthewaterway.com wrote: I biked over to nearby Powderhorn Park this evening, searching for the Summer Tanager with two other birders. We all looked for over an hour (5:00-6:15 in my case) but, as of when I left, couldn't relocate it. We did find the male Scarlet Tanager and swarms of warblers. So it sure felt like it was there -- at one point I even thought I heard two weak pikatuk calls. I re-found him easily this morning at 7:00 am by following his 'pikatuk' calls. I heard them as soon as I stepped out my back door and he was sitting in a tree next to the basketball court just south of the park building. jonathon 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 Lake NWR - Aitkin County; Chipping Sparrows; Blaniches at Deerwood
I was at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge near McGregor, MN yesterday and logged 95 species without trying very hard. It was a very birdy day there, yet I never met another vehicle the whole time I was driving their auto tour. Fine with me, but it was too bad too, because the birds were plentiful and not difficult to find, as leaves are just beginning to open. I had 16 species of warblers, and was able to watch several of them at eye level - I think the wind was keeping them out of the tree tops - that was a treat - no warbler neck. Thrushes were abundant - all were either Swainson's or gray-cheeked. I was surprised to see 6 bobolinks on the back side of the drive, but on inspection of their bird checklist, they are listed as abundant. I wasn't really thinking about seeing them on a refuge that has so much tamarack bog, lake and hardwood forest, but there are ag lands nearby too. It's a gorgeous refuge - you should visit! As an aside: I drove Hwy 47 north from Ogilvie, and along the east side of Mille Lacs lake, there were MANY temporary wetlands (i.e. standing water in people's yards, edges of fields, ditches) and it seemed that every other one had a shorebird or two in it - for several miles - primarily, greater and lesser yellowlegs, and solitary sandpipers. It took me a lot longer to get to Rice Lake than it should have! I flushed many small flocks of chipping sparrows from the roadsides throughout Aitkin County. The large-flowered trillium blossoms are beginning to open - when they're in full bloom, it's going to be an absolutely spectacular display! Lucky for birders, I think this will likely occur after fishing opener. I'm glad Hwy. 47 has wide shoulders - birders don't have to become a traffic hazzard! After leaving Rice Lake, I wandered over to Deerwood for a late lunch with Steve Jo Blanich at their home on Agate Lake. I hadn't been there for years, and forgot what a great yard they have for watching birds! Lunch wasn't a brief thing, as all 3 of us had to take many binocular breaks! Besides all the orioles, grosbeaks, sparrows, etc. that were around their feeding area, warblers were flitting around the edges. I added 3 additional warblers to my list for the day there, bringing my total to 21 species. Thanks, Steve and Jo! Did I mention how much I LOVE being back in Minnesota? Betsy Beneke Sherburne NWR 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] Orchard Orioles
At the grape jelly this morning 4 Orchard Orioles- 2 adult males, an adult female, 1 1st yr female, and 1 1st yr male John Nelson Good Thunder 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] Celebrate IMBD at Sherburne NWR
YOU are invited to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day and the North American Migration Count at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, May 14. I'll have Refuge Headquarters open tomorrow from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Stop by for a cup of shade-grown, triple certified, Caffe Ibis coffee, hot chocolate or a breakfast snack. Pick up a bird check list, get a bird sightings update - and be on your way to enjoy the avian life that is PLENTIFUL at Sherburne right now! We'll have a bird sightings (count) and information board up all day, so please stop in to share your sightings! You are welcome to join a FREE guided bird tour beginning at 7:00 a.m. for avid birders, which will include walking trails and driving the auto tour; or a family/beginning birder guided tour starting at 8:30 a.m. which will be a car caravan tour around the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive. Meet your guides at Refuge Headquarters for both trips. Pick up a FREE International Migratory Bird Day poster or Jr. Birder Activity Book (while supplies last). To sign up for a tour (appreciated, but not required), or get questions answered, send an email or call: Betsy Beneke Visitor Services Manager 763.389.3323 ext. 13 betsy_ben...@fws.gov 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] Interested in birding by canoe/kayak?
Hi All, I'm fairly new to Minnesota and interested in birding and kayaking. I'd like to find a group of people to go out paddling with. Anyone interested in setting up some birding by canoe/kayak trips? Or know of established groups I can join? If there's enough interest, maybe we can form a club and set up regular field trips. I've done a little research and started putting together a list of places I'd like to explore. Here's a map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8hl=enmsa=0msid=218076230414051361031.0004a31f473656eb209d3ll=44.567969,-92.259064spn=0.769961,1.082153t=hz=10 Please respond off list, as I'm not sure if this topic meets the listserv guidelines. Thanks, Jennifer -- ~~ Jennifer Strahan, GIS Web Developer GreenInfo Network, St Paul, MN Field Office 1541 Laurel Ave, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55104 phone: 651.917.0191 fax: 651.917.0191 www.greeninfo.org | www.mapsportal.org Subscribe to MapLines, our e-enewsletter at www.GreenInfo.org ~~ GreenInfo Network, San Francisco 564 Market Street, Suite 510, San Francisco, California 94104 phone: 415.979.0343 fax: 415.979.0371 ~~ 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] Bass Pond birding
Space is still open for Bell Museum May 21 bird walk led by Alexis Powell at the Bass Ponds. $10, $8 Bell members. Call 612-626-9660 to register. Gordon Murdock Curator of Education, Bell Museum of Natural History University of Minnesota murdo...@umn.edu 612-624-6380 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] Powderhorn summer tanager
At 12:50 pm it was at the SW corner of the lake, in one of the large elms. The bird was about 15 ft off the ground and associating with a small flock of warblers. Paul Paul Budde | Aon Benfield Aon Benfield Analytics t: +1 952.886.8119 m: +1 612.810.3172 e: paul.bu...@aonbenfield.com (Sent from BlackBerry) 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] Powderhorn summer tanager -Update
The Summer Tanager was still present at 2:07 P.M. It was calling from a residential Elm tree directly above the street sign for 11 Ave. 341/2 Street. It was with a male Scarlet Tanager. If it was not calling, I might easily have missed it. Tom Tustison Hennepin County Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 13:01:22 -0500 From: paul.bu...@aonbenfield.com Subject: [mou-net] Powderhorn summer tanager To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU At 12:50 pm it was at the SW corner of the lake, in one of the large elms. The bird was about 15 ft off the ground and associating with a small flock of warblers. Paul Paul Budde | Aon Benfield Aon Benfield Analytics t: +1 952.886.8119 m: +1 612.810.3172 e: paul.bu...@aonbenfield.com (Sent from BlackBerry) 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] WESTWOOD BIRD WALK
A cool windy gray morning greeted 6 determined birders at westwood nature center this AM.67 species seen were 20 warblers including, blackburnian, blkthroated green,goldenwinged,magnolia,mourning,chesnut side,palm,yellow,common yellowthroat,wilson,bw,tennesee nashville,ylwrumped,gazillion blackpolls,am redstarts every where,ovenbird,n. waterthrush, and bay brested .Warbling yellowthroated vireo other highlight were Cliff swallows building nests! tree and barn swallows,chimney swifts.also a,red tailed hawk peering at us from his perch 12 feet above our heads.also peregrine falcon see by one of our birders. great crested flycathcher, least flycatcher and phoebe were seen also. Hope to see you all next thursday weather permitting!! Vic Lewis, SpringMigrant from Scottsdale Az 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] Anoka Cty: warbler Fallout
Hello Birders, Diane I toured Springbrook Nature Center today and it was pleasant. We saw a male *Rose-breasted Grosbeak* at 3 ft (on the feeder, through the window) Also saw: *Swainson's Thrush* *Lincolns Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Ovenbird Black White Warbler Am. Redstart Wilson's warbler* *Baltimore Oriole* Later, we went to Coon Rapids Dam regional Park and had a fallout: Near the Boat trailer parking lot we had: *Scarlet Tanager *- 2 males at eye level for 5 minutes. Awesome to see 2 in the same binocular field! *Great-crested Flycatcher* - at eye level *Palm, Yellow, Yellow rumps* on the ground Finally, at Lot 5 I slowed for what I thought was a flock of sparrows at the road edge where it meets the trail. Instead we had about* 30 warblers on the ground!* We viewed them for about 10 minutes from 30 feet at eye level. What a treat! Included were: *Blackburnian* -1 male ready for combustion *Magnolia *- 3 gorgeous males *Chestnut-sided* - 2 males *Yellow *- 2 males *Nashville* - about a dozen *Tennessee* - about a dozen *Yellow-rumps* - several *Indigo Bunting* - a pair (FOY), just for added color Chipping sparrow -1 for a reality check. What an awe-inspiring end to a great, but brief day birding! -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. - *Lucius Annaeus Seneca* 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] Summer Tanager Not refound in Mpls
Hello Birders, Out this morning at about 11am before heading to Anoka County, Diane and I tried in vain for about 30 minutes to re-find the reported tanager. Aside from lots of Mallards, Wood Duck pairs and some Canada Geese with goslings, not much avian activity at that time. Apparently it did re-appear later. With leaf-out imminent, things will get a bit tougher very soon! -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. - *Lucius Annaeus Seneca* 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] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co
I’ve been noticing unusual groups of birds feeding on our neighborhood streets in the southeast part of St Paul. They congregate under overhanging elm trees. The trees are dropping seeds, but I don’t think the birds are eating the seeds. A group on Totem Road this morning included 5 Swainson’s (maybe grey-cheeked?) thrushes and a number of yellow-rumped warblers. Another group on Mystic St included a mourning warbler (male in full spring plumage), a yellowthroat, 2 Nashvilles, 4 Tennessees, a number of yellow-rumps and 2 chipping sparrows. I watched each group with binoculars from my car and I could not figure out what they were eating. They were not picking up the seeds. They were so busy pecking at the pavement that they didn’t move until the car was almost on them. Later, I examined the pavement and the seeds but couldn’t find any bugs or larvae. About half of the Mystic St group were still feeding in the same location in the evening, including the yellowthroat. I was not able to refind the mourning warbler. Anybody have any idea what they were eating? 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] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co
Everyone is seeing warblers on or near the ground this year, even canopy species such as Tennessee and Blackburnian. Here's my theory: with the late leaf-out, birds are not finding the usual caterpillars (and perhaps other bugs) in the tree-tops, so they're finding food in the low shrubbery, where the leaves are further along, and on the ground. Julian -Original Message- From: John Zakelj Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:53 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co I’ve been noticing unusual groups of birds feeding on our neighborhood streets in the southeast part of St Paul. They congregate under overhanging elm trees. The trees are dropping seeds, but I don’t think the birds are eating the seeds. A group on Totem Road this morning included 5 Swainson’s (maybe grey-cheeked?) thrushes and a number of yellow-rumped warblers. Another group on Mystic St included a mourning warbler (male in full spring plumage), a yellowthroat, 2 Nashvilles, 4 Tennessees, a number of yellow-rumps and 2 chipping sparrows. I watched each group with binoculars from my car and I could not figure out what they were eating. They were not picking up the seeds. They were so busy pecking at the pavement that they didn’t move until the car was almost on them. Later, I examined the pavement and the seeds but couldn’t find any bugs or larvae. About half of the Mystic St group were still feeding in the same location in the evening, including the yellowthroat. I was not able to refind the mourning warbler. Anybody have any idea what they were eating? 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] 24 warblers Sherburne and Mille Lacs Counties
My Dad had 24 warblers in between Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge and Kathio state park. There was a probable Audubon warbler at Kathio as well. Only missed Orange-crowned and Mourning warblers for the day. Looking forward to the MOU Sherburne trip tomorrow. Great Birding to all, Nathan Schirmacher Princeton,MN Mille Lacs 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
Re: [mou-net] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co
Anyone with flowering fruit trees should keep an eye them. Our plum is in full bloom right now and this afternoon it hosted Nashville, Tennessee and Cape May warblers, both genders. I wouldn't be surprised if they're eating both plant and animal material. Linda Whyte On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Julian Sellers juliansell...@msn.com wrote: Everyone is seeing warblers on or near the ground this year, even canopy species such as Tennessee and Blackburnian. Here's my theory: with the late leaf-out, birds are not finding the usual caterpillars (and perhaps other bugs) in the tree-tops, so they're finding food in the low shrubbery, where the leaves are further along, and on the ground. Julian -Original Message- From: John Zakelj Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:53 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co I’ve been noticing unusual groups of birds feeding on our neighborhood streets in the southeast part of St Paul. They congregate under overhanging elm trees. The trees are dropping seeds, but I don’t think the birds are eating the seeds. A group on Totem Road this morning included 5 Swainson’s (maybe grey-cheeked?) thrushes and a number of yellow-rumped warblers. Another group on Mystic St included a mourning warbler (male in full spring plumage), a yellowthroat, 2 Nashvilles, 4 Tennessees, a number of yellow-rumps and 2 chipping sparrows. I watched each group with binoculars from my car and I could not figure out what they were eating. They were not picking up the seeds. They were so busy pecking at the pavement that they didn’t move until the car was almost on them. Later, I examined the pavement and the seeds but couldn’t find any bugs or larvae. About half of the Mystic St group were still feeding in the same location in the evening, including the yellowthroat. I was not able to refind the mourning warbler. Anybody have any idea what they were eating? 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 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] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co
I have also been seeing the street-feeding mixed flocks under elms, with one especially diverse flock located a block north from the north end of Lake Como. Yesterday, it included: Indigo Bunting, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrow, Swainson's Thrush, Bay-breasted Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler. My friend Gopi Sundar reported the same at the U of M student housing in St. Paul, with additional species including Magnolia, Cape May, and Nashville Warblers, plus Robin, and Cowbird. On a related note, is it just me, or are Bay-breasted and Cape May Warblers particularly abundant this year? Typically, these are the hardest common warblers for me to find, as I see 1 or 2 a spring, and I sometimes completely miss one or the other over the course of an entire season. This year, I have seen 3+ of each every time out... and not just on the ground (which would suggest increased ease of detectability over previous years), but also feeding in tree canopies. Was there a spruce budworm outbreak in the boreal forest last year? 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] Lark Sparrow - Lyon County
Seen today at Camden SP at the Horse Camp. Two additional reliable locations are 1) the undeveloped area near the Savannah Oaks Golf Course (Lynd, MN), and 2) the areas near the Russell, MN cemetery. 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
