[mou-net] birding about the Metro
As I walked out the door this morning, I was greeted by a singing Tennessee Warbler. Second best bird of the day was a pair of Sand Hill Cranes on the lawn of the Hospital in Princeton. I was all set to check out the sewerage ponds there, when work call me back as fast as possible to the cities. This weekend I have to run my second frog and toad survey as the tree frogs are loudly proclaiming their lust from what seems like every wetland around. this run will be about two weeks early. I have received a report that the deer ticks are thick. I have not found any yet. -- Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.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] new arrivals
FOY This morning our first Baltimore Oriole appeared at the grape jelly feeders. Yesterday FOY Gray Catbird at jelly and House Wren began filling a nest box. Harris's Sparrows serenaded us this mrorning. 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] birding event in northern Minnesota
Fellow birders, For those of you who may be interested, we are hosting a Spring Migration Birding Event at our resort May 11 12. This is an opportunity to see some birds in the northern part of our state during the spring migration. Please visit this link to learn all the details http://www.twoinlets.com/rates/migrationBirdPackage.html We are located in Becker County, a short driving distance from Itasca State Park and Tamarac Wildlife Refuge, and of course are located on a lake (Two Inlets Lake) and adjoin Two Inlets State Forest. This will be an opportunity to bird with a small group in a relaxed atmosphere. You can expect to view many warbler species such as Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian and Redstarts. A brief look at a Goshawk is also possible along with nesting loons and eagles. All of our cabins have a screen porch, every dock has a bench, and we also have canoes to help get you out on the water to view shore birds. You must reserve your spot by Monday, May 7th. Grab a friend! We'd love to have you join us! Thanks, Jennifer at Two Inlets Resort -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jennifer and Bob Bateman 2009 Congress of Minnesota Resorts Resorters of the Year Honored to be chosen by Midwest Living Magazine for a feature travel article Please join us on Facebook ! https://www.facebook.com/twoinletsresort www.twoinlets.com Two Inlets Resort 32240 County Hwy 50 Park Rapids, MN 56470 1-800-843-7453 218-732-5434 If you're lucky enough to be at the lake... you're lucky enough! 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] It Begins, Sherburne Mille Lacs
Nine warblers amidst 14 year birds during two morning walks yesterday today. Keep the storms coming! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Sent from my iPhone 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 Vireos -- it's a Wave!
I am tied to my desk and other indoors activities today but my windows are open just a little bit so as to keep rain out. In the last hour, I have heard calls from MANY birds of these species, and can see them flitting about in the underbrush and canopy. It's a WAVE at my house! * Yellow-rumped Warbler (first heard Weds - several) * Black and White Warbler (first heard Weds - 1 individual) * Tennessee Warbler (wow are they loud when they get up close! Like the spring peepers...) * Nashville Warbler * Blue-headed Vireo * White-throated Sparrows (been here for weeks, but still fun to hear them) * Song and Swamp Sparrows (also been here for a while) I also saw/heard the B. Oriole yesterday, so have to rush out when time to do errands and get some grape jelly... I tried the Strawberry we made last year but they just don't like it as well...! The Red-shouldered Hawk has built a new nest, almost visible from the porch, this year. They are kee-eeer-ing overhead quite frequently. Holly Peirson Columbus, SE Anoka 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] Sherburne this morning
This morning around our headquarters on CR 9, and woodlot at the Oak Savanna Trail - beginning of the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive just of CR 5, I found the following: Yellow-throated vireo Warbling vireo Blue-gray gnatcatcher Blue-winged warbler Tennessee warbler Orange-crowned warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Palm warbler Black-and-white warbler Common yellowthroat Rose-breasted grosbeak Baltimore Oriole Indigo bunting Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper (on a small mud flat in the river outside HQ) What a GREAT morning!!! Betsy Beneke Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Zimmerman - Sherburne 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
[mou-net] American Bittern not found, Hennepin cty
Silverwood Bittern not seen this morning. Curt Rawn Curt Rawn Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile phone 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, Sparrows and Swallows Oh My!
Found FOY Black and White, Orange Crowned and Common Yellowthroat Warblers today. Also a probable Golden-Winged. Plus a couple LBJs I didn't recognize and am in no postion to try to name. I also keep hearing a call that sounds like a croaky, maybe slightly defective old fashioned steam whistle. It is two sequential toots in roughly 1 1/2 seconds. It's quite loud and often startles the heck out of me. I've no idea what it is. Brian 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] SDOU Spring Meeting in Edgemont June 1-3
Greetings Minnesotans , If you wish to come to our SDOU Spring Meeting, please know you are very welcome. It's June 1-3, 2012 in the sagebrush country of South Dakota. It's to be held on a guest ranch north of Edgemont. For details please go to: http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/palmerj/SDOU/meeting.pdf and http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/palmerj/SDOU/registration.pdf Please contact myself (by return e-mail) or Rosemary Draeger Brdrae...@sio.midco.net by May 25, 2012. You may PAY at the door, of course, but getting a head count, especially for meals is rather important for us. Thanks everyone. Doug Douglas Chapman, Editor SDOU Bird Notes Sioux Falls, SD food...@sio.midco.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
Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 1 May 2012 to 2 May 2012 (#2012-124)
Wings on the Prairie May 05, 2012 6:30 am – 1:00 pm U.S. Fish Wildlife Service Wings on the Prairie Discovery Center Windom Wetland Management District, Wolf Lake Waterfowl Production Area Windom, MN CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 2012 • Early Riser’s Bird Walks6:30 and 8:00 am • Swan registration begins with NHLGPA8:00 – 10:30 am • Prairie Ecology Bus Center Activities8:00 – 10:30 am • Kids Activities: 8:00 – 10:30 am Build wood duck house Color duck stamps Explore wetland critters Bingo nature hike DNR “Wall of Shame” ● Wolf Lake WPA Water Control Structure 9:00 – 9:50 am presentation with Private Lands Biologist Scott Ralston • Sioux Falls Zoomobile Program 10:30 – 11:15 am • Trumpeter Swan Release 11:30 – 12:00 Noon • Bison Burger Lunch 11:45 – 1:00 pm • Friends Group Raffle Drawings Noon • Tour of Wolf Lake Water Control Structure 1:00 pm The Friends of the Windom Wetland Management District, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the goals of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be on hand to explain their role in supporting the work of the District. Please take time to talk with members of the Friends Group and consider becoming involved as a Friend of the Windom Wetland Management District. For more information visit our web page at http://midwest.fws.gov/windom Partners helping to bring you this event include: Friends of Windom Wetlands; Minnesota DNR non-game division; Minnesota Zoo; North Heron Lake Game Producers Association (NHLGPA); The Cottonwood County Bird Club; Jackson County Birding Club; Prairie Ecology Bus Center; Stone Hill Bison Farm; Hy-Vee; Hardees; McDonalds; Subway; The Windom Chamber of Commerce and Convention Visitors Bureau and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. James A (Tony) Thompson PO Box 128 Windom, MN 56101 sa...@rconnect.com 507-831-3483 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] hummingbird
Get out those feeders I just put my hummingbird feeder out and soon thereafter one appeared. Jeff Stephenson Olmsted County, Rochester MN Cell Phone 507 254 8194 Home Phone 507 289 7635 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] hummingbird
I put out two hummingbird feeders yesterday and within an hour a hummer showed up! Judith Sparrow Prescott, WI (across the river from Hastings, MN) Pierce County -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeff Stephenson Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:45 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] hummingbird Get out those feeders I just put my hummingbird feeder out and soon thereafter one appeared. Jeff Stephenson Olmsted County, Rochester MN Cell Phone 507 254 8194 Home Phone 507 289 7635 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] hummingbird
Good Idea !! Earlier this afternoon I was hummed while sitting on the deck. I quickly put out several feeders and it (he), while rather shy, is using them. Still waiting for the Indigo and Tanagers. John Nelson Good Thunder MN On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Jeff Stephenson stephensonj...@charter.netwrote: Get out those feeders I just put my hummingbird feeder out and soon thereafter one appeared. Jeff Stephenson Olmsted County, Rochester MN Cell Phone 507 254 8194 Home Phone 507 289 7635 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] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 3 May 2012
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 3, 2012 *MNST1205.03 -Birds mentioned Cinnamon Teal Surf Scoter Red-throated Loon American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Caspian Tern White-winged Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Northern Mockingbird Smith's Longspur Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Wilson's Warbler Le Conte's Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 3, 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 May 3rd, 2012. The WHITE-WINGED DOVE reported April 22nd in Lewiston, Winona County, was still present on the 29th. It was last seen in a maple tree across from St. Johns Church. A pair of CINNAMON TEAL was found on April 29th at the Haydenville WMA in Lac qui Parle County, about five miles west of Madison. In Duluth, ten RED-THROATED LOONS were on Lake Superior on May 2nd, out from the Sky Harbor airport on Park Point. A SURF SCOTER has been at the Prairie Island spillway in Winona, Winona County since April 28th. Dedrick Benz found it just east of the entrance to McNally Landing, along Prairie Island Road, two miles northwest of Riverview Drive. On May 1st, Chad Heins found an AMERICAN AVOCET at Perch Lake northeast of Mapleton along Blue Earth County Road 4. Andrew Krenz reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on April 30th at the Watonwan County DNR station south of state highway 60 and west of Madelia. It was in the southwest corner of a prescribed burn area. Dozens of new spring arrivals have been reported in the past week. Highlights include UPLAND SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CASPIAN TERN, WHIP-POOR-WILL, CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SMITH'S LONGSPUR, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. The next scheduled update of this tape is May 10th, 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
[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 3, 2012
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *May 3, 2012 *MNDL1205.03 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Wood Duck Common Goldeneye Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Great Egret Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Virginia Rail American Avocet Spotted Sandpiper Marbled Godwit Eurasian Collared-Dove Belted Kingfisher Loggerhead Shrike Cliff Swallow Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Ovenbird Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee Clay-colored Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: May 3, 2012 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjop...@q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 3, 2012 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. A little rain and some warmer humid weather has turned the northwest a vivid green and leaves are coming out all over. You need to be quick if you are to see the warblers before the trees are fully leafed out. Migration has been spotty in the last week, but new species continue to turn up every day. Steve Midthune reported SWAINSON'S THRUSH and OVENBIRD at Tamarac NWR in Becker County on May 2. Heidi Hughes in Polk County found LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at the intersection of CR 68 and 23 on April 28. Other species seen in the area included ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, SWAINSON'S HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, MARBLED GODWIT, HERMIT THRUSH, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Leon and Donna Thoreson saw a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Climax on April 29. Other species they saw included WOOD DUCK, GREAT EGRET, BELTED KINGFISHER, and PALM WARBLER. On April 29, Sandy Aubol saw a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and on April 30, 6 HARRIS'S SPARROWS, 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and 12 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in her East Grand Forks yard. On May 1, there was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and on May 2, a YELLOW WARBLER. On May 3, Leon and Donna Thoreson saw an EASTERN TOWHEE in their yard near Climax. Tonight in our yard in Pennington County, I saw a SWAINSON'S THRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County , Gregg Knutsen saw a MARSH WREN on April 23, Maggie Anderson found a VIRGINIA RAIL there on April 23, Lynda Knutsen reported a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at headquarters on April 25, and HARRIS'S SPARROWS arrived on May 1. Casey Skaggs found four AMERICAN AVOCETS on Tamarac Pool on May 2. Cliff Steinhauer found three SHARP-TAILED GROUSE leks in Marshall County on May 2 - two were in Excel township. One of those was a half mile east from 150th Ave on 250th St. There was another in East Valley Township. He also found a GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN lek with 4 birds. He also reported 4 TURKEY VULTURES feasting on carrion in the Thief River. A CANADA GOOSE with 6 goslings was spotted on May 2. Paul Clay saw a TURKEY VULTURE at the south edge of Hallock in Kittson County on April 27. Beth Siverhus in Warroad , Roseau County, reported RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on April 26. On the 29th, she saw CLIFF SWALLOWS and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and on May 2 , EVENING GROSBEAKS near a feeder in Warroad. Other species seen in the area included COMMON GOLDENEYE, RUFFED GROUSE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, TRE SWALLOW, SWAMP SPARROW and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. In Lake of the Woods County , Beth saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of Baudette on April 22. Thanks to all the folks who sent in their sightings this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjop...@mncable.net OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, May,10 2012. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, 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] Birds in Hennepin County
Today I didn't get to have binoculars but woke up to a FOY House Wren in the backyard being chased away by a Bluebird. I went for a brief walk at Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie and saw a Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler The highlight and biggest surprise of all was hearing a Sedge Wren singing near the boardwalk that leads to the blind. At first I thought I was mis-hearing it and that it was a Marsh Wren since most of that area is marshy but it was definitely a Sedge Wren which is a first in Hennepin County for me! Ben Harste Bloomington, 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] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 5/3/12
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 3, 2012 *MNDU1205.03 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon American White Pelican Broad-winged Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Willet Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue-headed Vireo House Wren Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Cape May Warbler Palm Warbler Eastern Towhee Clay-colored Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: May 3, 2012 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 3rd, 2012 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. As many as 11 RED-THROATED LOONS have been reported by several observers between the Park Point Recreation Area and Lafayette Square. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw four WILLETS flying over the lake at the Recreation Area on the 2nd. Peder Svingen saw two RED-THROATED LOONS on the 28th at Brighton Beach in east Duluth. Sarah Grosshuesch saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 1st at Juniata Street and 57th Avenue East in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. Peder Svingen saw an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN on the 1st at Knife Island in Lake County. Sharon Lind saw an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 3rd on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue in Two Harbors. New arrivals in the area during the past week include BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERN, FORSTERS TERN, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LE CONTES SPARROW, HARRISS SPARROW, and BREWERS BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 10th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at m...@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. 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] Frontenac State Park/Old Frontenac
I went to Frontenac State Park and Old Frontenac birding today. I was surprised at the few warblers. Too early? But had a great day. Saw FOYs Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Palm Warbler, Swamp Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Tennessee Warbler, Cliff Swallow, and Ovenbird. Also saw lifers - Henslow's Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Sedge Wren, and Blue Winged Teal. Cheryl So. Washington 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
