[mou-net] Golden Eagle Survey
I posted a couple of pictures that I took during last weeks golden eagle survey on my blog today. The group that I was with counted 5 golden eagles, 4 of which flew directly over our head which gave me some great opportunities for photographs. In total 125 golden eagles where counted in this years survey which is the highest number to date. If you would like to check out the pics you can follow the link below. http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/2012/01/golden-eagle-survey.html Jeff Fischer http://ecobirder.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] C. Wren, Chisago Co; Varied Thrush, Dakota Co.
I went out with Paul Ogren yesterday and we first went to Wild River State Park and I spotted the Carolina Wren immediately at the visitors center on the down hill slope next to the feeders. It then disappeared for a bit and came back and exhibited some fun behavior by skulking in a dense patch of dried leaves high up in a tree and then exploring inside of some crevices and holes in the tree trunks nearby. After hanging out far about 20 minutes it disappeared again and did not return before we left. I love the shortened version C. Wren because my daughters first name is Caitlin and middle name Wren (after the bird of course:)) and sometimes people call her C Wren. We did not find the Northern Shrike reported earlier but there was a Trumpeter Swan in with many Canada Geese on the river. We then went down to the Varied Thrush on 17774 blackbird trail and the homeowner Richard was outside to greet us. There were many A. Tree Sparrows and D.E. Juncos around and the thrush did make a brief but very exciting appearance. We then tried very quickly for the Townsend's Solitaire at the Carpenter Nature Center and found to woods to be about as silent as the outdoors can sound but I had seen this bird previously. Overall a very warm and successful January day. Good Birding, Jason Caddy, Minneapolis 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] Brown Creeper by Calhoun Village
Brown Creeper in the Chinese Elm outside my home office window, located where the North Cedar Trail splits from Midtown Greenway Trail, and behind Calhoun Village. Kathy Connelly Hennepin 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] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 27 January 2012
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 27, 2012 *MNST1201.27 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Spruce Grouse Carolina Wren Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: January 27, 2012 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (r...@moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for January 26th, 2012. A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen on the Otter Tail River in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail River on January 24th. It was reported from the walking path near downtown. Another was still at Canal Park in Duluth on the 22nd where it has been seen sporadically since November 19th. On January 22nd, Dave Bartkey reported that a LONG-TAILED DUCK was still at Point Douglas Park in Washington County near the railroad bridge. Tanya Beyer found a SPRUCE GROUSE on the 21st along Lake County Road 2 about a mile south of Louie's Road. A CAROLINA WREN was still at the feeders at the Visitor Center at Wild River State Park in Chisago County on January 26th. A VARIED THRUSH -- first seen January 17th in Hasting Dakota County at 17774 Blackbird Trail -- was still present on the 25th. And the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE which has been at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County since November 27th was seen again on the same day. The next scheduled update of this tape is February 2nd, 2012. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
