[mou-net] Park Point addition
I forgot to mention that in addition to the earlier mentioned shorebirds I also saw a breeding plumage American Golden-Plover. Jason Caddy 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] Roberts Sanctuary; belated thanks
Our thanks is due to Gary Johnson for sharing his knowledge of Roberts Bird Sanctuary Friday. I'd been there only twice, some time ago, and Rob had never visited. It was a special joy to finally see a FOY Connecticut Warbler, after having only a questionable look at the one in Veterans' Park. The Veery, too, gave us our FOY look, after having listened to them several times this year. Seeing both a Great Horned Owl and a Cooper's Hawk (prey in talons), along with so many other species in the area, hammered home how vital such an 'island of habitat can be. 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
[mou-net] Acadian Flycatcher, Cannon River Wilderness East
Acadian Flycatchers have returned to this Rice County park area. Over a couple of Cerulean Warblers' songs came the distinct PIT-za call a few times, before it went silent for awhile. I'm guessing the larger, shadowy bird that entered the scene briefly, was a Cooper's Hawk. When it showed up, the Acadians would only make chip calls. After its departure, I heard the full calls again, and one of the Acadians showed itself in plain sight at the second (dry) stream crossing (the one without a bridge, where the path leads down into the stream-bed). Some of the other birds present were: Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Great-Crested Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Wood Pewee, American Redstart, Indigo Bunting, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellow-throat, Blue-winged Warbler, and at least one other Empid species in the open brushy areas of the Cannon bottoms. Wood Thrush sang from the hillside beyond the boundary of the trail, and Barred Owls were calling across the river, in the West Wilderness area. We listened, but did not hear any of the Cuckoos present in the past, nor did we see any sign of the Common Nighthawk caught snoozing on a branch here a couple of weeks ago. 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
[mou-net] Bird Guides Birding in WSJ Today
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. Interesting article on the evolution of bird guides and birding in the Wall Street Journal today. If you are having trouble with any of the links in this message, or if the URL's are not appearing as links, please follow the instructions at the bottom of this email. Title: WSJ.com - Knowing a Hawk From a Handsaw This article will be available to non-subscribers of the Online Journal for up to seven days after it is e-mailed. Copy and paste the following into your Web browser to access the sent link: http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThisetMailToID=1677993818pt=Y Copy and paste the following into your Web browser to SAVE THIS link: http://www.savethis.clickability.com/st/saveThisPopupApp?clickMap=saveFromETpartnerID=150etMailToID=1677993818pt=Y Copy and paste the following into your Web browser to forward this link: http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=forwardetMailToID=1677993818partnerID=150pt=Y Email pages from any Web site you visit - add the EMAIL THIS button to your browser, copy and paste the following into your Web browser: http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=browserButtonspt=Y; * Instructions: - If your e-mail program doesn't recognize Web addresses: 1. With your mouse, highlight the Web Address above. Be sure to highlight the entire Web address, even if it spans more than one line in your email. 2. Select Copy from the Edit menu at the top of your screen. 3. Launch your Web browser. 4. Paste the address into your Web browser by selecting Paste from the Edit menu. 5. Click Go or press Enter or Return on your keyboard. 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] Fwd: Re: [BIRDCHAT] Knowing a Hawk From a Handsaw
In addition to being posted on MOU, references to the Wall Street Journal article on field guides has shown up on other birding sites, some with questions about the significance of the tittle. Here is the explanation as I understand it. Manley Olson Original Message Subject:Re: [BIRDCHAT] Knowing a Hawk From a Handsaw Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 07:43:38 -0500 From: Manley Olson manleyol...@gmail.com To: CC: While on the face of it knowing a hawk from a handsaw appears to be a ludicrous statement, it has a factual basis. The phrase is from Shakespeare and has its basis in the colloquial names for heron which included hernshaw and hernser. It is easy to see how to see these could be corrupted to handsaw. Shakespeare also talks of knowing jays from turtles where his reference is to the turtle dove as is the King James Bible reference to the voice of the turtle. Shakespeare was an observer of of birds and includes many references in his works. Unfortunately he has one reference to starlings which was part of the impetus for an enthusiastic Shakespeare lover to import all of the birds he mentioned to America which is how we got starlings. Manley Olson St Paul MN On 5/28/2012 5:52 AM, Boute Expeditions - It's life time wrote: Interesting... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304203604577397871538852242.html Sent from my iPod Paulo Boute, Brazil. -- paulobo...@hotmail.com BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksbirds.org/birdchat/ Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.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] Whimbrel - Dakota Co.
I just got a call that there is a Whimbrel on the south side of 210th St. East and Northfield Boulevard in Vermillion, Dakota Co., the area where the shorebirds have been previously reported from. Conny Bruenll Richfiled, Hennepin 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] Red-throated Loons, Park Point Duluth
Eight Red-throated Loons at Lafayette Square viewing platform 1/2 hour ago, at least 10 currently at beach house. Doug Kieser Scott Meyer Sent from my Windows Phone This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. 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] Marshall/Polk Counties this past weekend
FOS Grasshopper Sparrow (Marshall) FOS Common Merganser (Polk) FOS American Black Duck (Marshall) FOS Ruddy Turnstone (Marshall) FOS Whimbrel (Goose Lake IBA, Pennington) FOS American Golden-Plover (Marshall) Possible FOS Eastern Meadowlark (Polk) - Bird was heard but not seen just south of the Polk/Marshall county line Confirmed Breeding Wood Duck - brood of 10 in Warren (Snake River) Confirmed Breeding Gadwall (Marshall) - Nest of 7 (+ 1 predated) eggs at Agassiz Valley Impoundment A large variety (if not large numbers) of shorebirds are still passing through the Agassiz Valley Impoundment. 18 species seen on 5/26: Killdeer Semipalmated Plover Marbled Godwit Hudsonian Godwit Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Western Willet Ruddy Turnstone 6 Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope (currently outnumbering Wilson's) The first American Golden-Plovers for Agassiz Valley Impoundment this year were seen on Thursday but not by me. Upland Sandpipers were seen there on 5/25. Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers were seen there on 5/24. Whimbrel: I had 2 at the actual Goose Lake of Goose Lake IBA along the Historical Pembina Trail in Pennington County on 5/27. No photo taken. I'm familiar with both this species (having grown up birding the coast of Georgia) and their look alikes (both Marbled Godwits and Long-billed Curlews in Colorado). Definitely Whimbrels. Other Species Seen: Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret American Bittern (Aerial courtship display?) Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Trumpeter Swan Canada Goose (some Lessers, 1 Cackling Goose in ND) Mallard Gadwall Wood Duck Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye American Wigeon Ruddy Duck Hooded Merganser Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk (including 1 apparent Krider's morph) Bald Eagle American Kestrel Sharp-tailed Grouse Sandhill Crane American Coot Ring-billed Gull Forester's Tern Black Tern Mourning Dove Rock Dove Great Horned Owl Short-eared Owl Common Nighthawk Barn Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Tree Swallow Northern Flicker Downy Woodpecker Ruby-throated Hummingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Eastern Pheobe Warbling Vireo Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Chimney Swift Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Sedge Wren Marsh Wren House Wren American Robin Eastern Bluebird Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing European Starling Yellow Warbler Tennessee Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Mourning Warbler Chipping Sparrow Savanna Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Song Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Western Meadowlark Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch Pine Siskin House Sparrow Bill Blackburn Minnesota Audubon Warren, MN A note on locations (since many of them are new): The impoundments are open to the public but may not always be open to vehicles Audubon Center of the Red River Valley (Polk County): Formerly Wetlands, Pines, and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary. South on Marshall 36/Polk 68 from Minn 1 east of Warren Agassiz Valley Impoundment (Polk/Marshall Counties): Immediately north of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley. NOT to be confused with Agassiz NWR. Off Channel Impoundment (Marshall County): 4 miles north of Minn 1 on 240th. 240th is 2 miles east of the turn for the Audubon Center AO#4 Impoundment (Polk County): Polk 68 South from the Audubon Center till it dead ends at Polk 23. Head south 1 mile then east 1 mile. Euclid East Impoundment (Polk County): 1.5 miles east of Euclid on Polk 19 Parnell Impoundment (Polk County): Take US 75 south out of Euclid to Polk 17 east. Impoundment is on the north side of the road 2.5 miles east of US 75. 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] Sand Hill Cranes, Cotton, MN
We just saw a pair of sand hill cranes in a field along St. Louis County Rd. 52 just north of the rail road tracks.
[mou-net] [mou-rba] Whimbrels and warbler fallout at Park Point
At least 8 shorebird species at 22nd Street public access on Park Point including 6 Whjmbrel. Warbler fallout at Southworth Marsh on Park Point including Golden-winged and two singing Connecticut Warblers. Peder Svingen Duluth 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] Lac Qui Parle birding Salt and Corey lakes
Around SW LQP county Sunday May 27 5 different swallows including Cliff and Bank Western Kingbird-1 Eastern Kingbird every where Red-headed Woodpecker-1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak-2 Yellow-headed Blackbird not as common as some years Bobolink-20 Yellow Warbler and Common Yellow-throated A Kestrel 3 pairs Merlin 1 male Turkey Vulture 6 Red-tailed Hawk 5 pairs Bald Eagle 2nd year Clay-colored, Vesper, Savannah, Song Sparrow Willow Flycatcher one pair Western Meadowlark Killdeer chicks Salt Lake east side Eared Grebe-2 Pied-billed Grebe Local Ducks and some Canvasback and Redhead A. White Pelican every where Canada Goose Salt Lake west side Short-billed Dowitcher-1 Pectoral SP-1 Greater Yellowlegs-4 Lesser Yellowlegs-13 Dunlin-6 Baird's SP-10 Semipalmated SP Wilson's Phalarope-4 female Red-necked Phalarope-26 mostly female Sora Rail-heard Corey Lake at Hamlin WPA more than 1,000 shorebirds Mostly Semipalmated SP I stopped counting after 200 Baird's SP Wilson's and Red-necked Phalarope-35 Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Ken Larson, Jason Frank, Mary Lou Frank 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] Hooded Warbler pair, Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Hi all, This morning I took a short walk at Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Dakota County, starting at the Visitor's Center on Cliff Rd, and circling Schulze Lake. I heard the singing male Hooded Warbler reported previously, along the trail that leads south from Schulze Lake towards Portage Lake. In this same area, constant chipping led me to an actively foraging adult female Hooded Warbler. I didn't get to see the two birds interacting, or see any signs of nesting. But for folks visiting this area, please keep an eye out for any evidence of nesting activity. Also in the area - lots of Eastern Towhees, a singing Scarlet Tanager, and many other more common woodland birds. Good birding, Matt Dufort 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
Re: [mou-net] [mou-rba] Whimbrels and warbler fallout at Park Point
Four Whimbrel currently feeding on the Recreation Area ballfields. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Peder Svingen Sent: 5/28/2012 1:13 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] [mou-rba] Whimbrels and warbler fallout at Park Point At least 8 shorebird species at 22nd Street public access on Park Point including 6 Whjmbrel. Warbler fallout at Southworth Marsh on Park Point including Golden-winged and two singing Connecticut Warblers. Peder Svingen Duluth 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 This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. 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] Egg ID Request, Bittern RFI, and Marshall/Polk Counties 5/28/12
Anyone able to identify to following egg for me? It was located on the edge of a mudflat. My current guess is Killdeer since I have seen fledglings in the area recenting, but I don't know anything about egg identification. http://williamhblackburniibirding.shutterfly.com/pictures/162 http://williamhblackburniibirding.shutterfly.com/pictures/161 With the better weather the majority of shorebirds have departed the Agassiz Valley Impoundment. 14 species seen today: Killdeer ~10 Marbled Godwit 8 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Spotted Sandpiper ~10 Short-billed Dowticher2 Dunlin~30 Stilt Sandpiper1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 White-rumped Sandpiper ~10 Semipalmated Sandpiper ~10 Least Sandpiper~10 Wilson's Phalarope ~10 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Warblers seen at the Audubon Center: Ovenbird American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Other birds interesting birds at the Agassiz Valley Impoundment: American White Pelican 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 (seen in both Polk and Marshall Counties) Bonaparte's Gull1 American Black Duck 1 Hooded Merganser2 American Bittern 3 RFI: Does anyone know where I can find a detailed description of the aerial courtship displays of American Bitterns? The only information I have found so far is that a display exists, but nothing goes into any detail. Thanks. Bill Blackburn Minnesota Audubon Warren, MN A note on locations (since many of them are new): The impoundments are open to the public but may not always be open to vehicles Audubon Center of the Red River Valley (Polk County): Formerly Wetlands, Pines, and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary. South on Marshall 36/Polk 68 from Minn 1 east of Warren Agassiz Valley Impoundment (Polk/Marshall Counties): Immediately north of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley. NOT to be confused with Agassiz NWR. Off Channel Impoundment (Marshall County): 4 miles north of Minn 1 on 240th. 240th is 2 miles east of the turn for the Audubon Center AO#4 Impoundment (Polk County): Polk 68 South from the Audubon Center till it dead ends at Polk 23. Head south 1 mile then east 1 mile. Euclid East Impoundment (Polk County): 1.5 miles east of Euclid on Polk 19 Parnell Impoundment (Polk County): Take US 75 south out of Euclid to Polk 17 east. Impoundment is on the north side of the road 2.5 miles east of US 75. 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 and Beers, May 30 at Wilde Roast Cafe, Mpls
This is a reminder of a Birds and Beers gathering at the Wilde Roast Cafe at 5:30 pm on May 30th. It's at 65 Main Street SE, Mpls. Mn 55414. Birds and Beers is an informal gathering of birders of all abilities-if you're interested in birds, you're invited. You can meet other birders-maybe find a carpool buddy, ask about where to find target birds, share cool research projects you might be working on, ask a bird feeding question, share life lists, share some digiscoping tips, promote your blog-the sky is the limit. It's low key and it's fun. Read more about the Wilde Roast Cafe at Wilderoastcafe.com Curt Rawn Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
