[mou-net] Douglas County Summer Tanager and others (Shorebird ID?)

[John P. Ellis]

K On Thursday evening I was watching warblers and vireos and catbirds
from the deck of my cabin in Douglas County when either a female or juvenile
Summer Tanager showed up. I wasn't sure how long it had been there when I
turned to it as I had been looking through binoculars in another direction.
It was sitting and eating buckthorn berries about 25-30 feet away (I'm
trying to control the buckthorn, but maybe I shouldn't.) It was yellow with
greenish tinges, darker gray-green with yellowish tinges on the wings, dark
eye, dark legs and a large dark bill (long both in terms of length and
thickness.) It was catbird size but more bulk in the body.
  I also had a Mourning Warbler, C. Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler,
Ovenbird, Nashville, and Tennessee, Warbling Vireo (still singing), Red-Eyed
Vireo (still singing) and a Philadelphia Vireo. Marsh Wrens were still
vocalizing as were Soras and Virginia Rails. A few Nighthawks went over and
later on Saturday many Franklins Gulls were feeding as they migrated by. I
saw my Least Bittern twice and Green Herons were still around. Only one or
two juv. Hummingbirds left and the Orioles were no-shows. A Cedar Waxwing
was still feeding a voracious juvenile.
  In Douglas I had one Lesser Yellowleg, legions of Killdeer and one
interesting shorebird in a water-filled gravel pit that I couldn't ID
because it was strange (and I had left my scope at home.) The bird was
small, showed a lot of white on the belly and up the side, had a brown head
which showed reddish, and the wings were substantially darker, showing
darker grey at the distance I was. The bill was dark and about the length of
the head, perhaps a little shorter. Legs seemed dark but bad looks. It was
on a sand island in a water-filled quarry and walked slowly and deliberately
from about 8-9 feet from waters edge (height above water about 2-3 feet) and
occasionally to the water's edge but never into the water. Foraging
movements were deliberate also. The bird would lean to horizontal (from
slightly above horizontal) and then lean over and pick at whatever had
interested it. It was the only shorebird I saw besides the YLeg and
Killdeer. It was 1/4 the size of the Killdeer (or 1/2 the length of a Canada
Goose foot). Maybe a Baird's but it seemed smaller. Any thoughts???
 John Ellis-St. Paul


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[mou-net] Whooping Crane

[Douglas Mayo]

The picture of a Whooping Crane posted in "Recently Seen" by Dan Tallman shows 
bands on both legs, suggesting that this is a captive-bred and released bird, 
probably from Necedah NWR.  I understand that captive and released birds are 
not countable in Minnesota.  Is that correct?
Douglas Mayo  

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[mou-net] SW Corner of the Longspur Prairie has been plowed

[MARK OTNES]

I took a new birder through the Felton Prairie area in Clay County this
afternoon.  We found that the southwest corner of the Longspur Prairie has
been plowed up.  From about the buffalo rock to the south gate on the west
side of the road had recently been plowed.  The tractor and the discs were
still sitting in the field.  Hopefully the plowing doesn't go any further.

Mark Otnes
Fargo ND
markot...@cableone.net
701-241-4194


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[mou-net] Sanderlings in Itasca County

[Earl Orf]

I just added a photo to the "Recently Seen" section of the MOU site.  It
shows two of the three Sanderlings that Shawn Conrad and I saw on Friday.
It's the first time either of us had seen a Sanderling in Itasca County and
according to the MOU site it is the first fall listing for the county.
 
Earl Orf
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[mou-net] Northfield Whooping Cranes are in plowed field n. of 56, e of Baldwin - Sun at noon

[Warren Woessner]

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[mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warbler, Hennepin County

[Doug Kieser]

Female at Wood Lake Nature Center, just past play area.
Again, listen for call notes.
Doug Kieser
Minneapolis

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