[mou-net] Sherburne Wildlife Drive - 54 species
I made a loop around the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive this morning and found 54 species. I was surprised to hear as many birds singing as there were, at 23 degrees! Nice collection of waterfowl and my FOY brown thrasher serenade was appreciated. No gallinules...yet! Here's my complete list: greater white-fronted goose (small flock - flyover Nelson Pool) Canada goose trumpeter swan wood duck gadwall American wigeon mallard blue-winged teal green-winged teal ring-necked duck bufflehead hooded merganser ring-necked pheasant wild turkey common loon pied-billed grebe great blue heron turkey vulture bald eagle northern harrier red-tailed hawk American kestrel sandhill crane killdeer greater yellowlegs (Little Bluestem Pool) mourning dove downy woodpecker northern flicker eastern phoebe blue jay American crow tree swallow bank swallow black-capped chickadee white-breasted nuthatch brown creeper ruby-crowned kinglet eastern bluebird American robin brown thrasher European starling yellow-rumped warbler eastern towhee field sparrow lark sparrow fox sparrow song sparrow white-throated sparrow dark-eyed junco red-winged blackbird eastern meadowlark common grackle brown-headed cowbird American goldfinch Betsy Beneke Sherburne NWR 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] Sherburne Refuge - burning Thursday
Hi All, We're planning a prescribed burn for tomorrow late morning and through the afternoon on the SE side of the refuge, west side of Little Elk Lake. Smoke will travel to the NW, so the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive will be right in the line of this, with the leading edge of the fire less than two miles away. If you're planning a trip up, get there early in the a.m. Burns don't usually begin until mid to late morning - 10 or 11 am - but depends on conditions. OR just come another day. Betsy 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] Myre/Big Island State Park
On Albert Lea lake. 42 White Pelicans 23 Double Crested Cormorants Ray Potthoff Spring Valley 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] Bobwhites---
I recognize that these must be escaped birds but as a note my wife and I saw two female bob whites at the General Mills trails ( southeast corner of 55 and 169) in Hennepin County. The bobwhites were on the far east side of the trails that abut an apartment complex. They were not calling but moving around ( quail like) about three feet off the path. 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 Phalen Horned Grebes
Horned grebes in full breeding plumage have made their brief seasonal return to the northwest side of Lake Phalen on the border of St. Paul and Maplewood in Ramsey County. Red breasted mergansers have been on the lake as well for a week or two. Keith Carlson keithec...@usfamily.net 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] Rusty Blackbirds, Cannon River Wilderness, West, Rice C.
A flock of a few dozen or more Rusty Black birds was frequenting the banks of the Cannon River in the West Wilderness late this afternoon. They were foraging and bathing at water's edge, with periodic song-fests in the trees over the river, just around the bend downstream from the big footbridge. Because they were on the near side of the river, they gave excellent looks at their plumage, some of them showing distinct traces of rufous edging on tertials and a rusty cast on nape and mantle. The river path was awash in clouds of flying insects and large numbers of gorging Yellow-rumps, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Golden-crowned Kinglets. Eagles and pairs of Belted Kingfishers and E. Phoebe hunted on the river as well. The bluff trail, too, had many Kinglets and Yellow-rumps, but also several Hermit Thrushes feeding on sumac berries. Somewhere near the large footbridge, there were at least two Barred Owls doing a call and response, but the singing was too brief to allow tracing. Linda Whyte Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
