[mou-net] Western Kingbirds location
Recently Joe Conley (I think) posted a note concerning the locale of Western Kingbirds at Armstrong in the City of Ramsey. I seem to have somehow lost the note. Can anybody send it (or the directions) to me? Thank you in advance. Regards, Tom Thomas P. Malone Attorney at Law Barna Guzy Steffen Minneapolis Minnesota tmal...@bgs.com (Via BlackBerry)
[mou-net] Carver County
The daily turnover of good numbers(for this area) of shorebirds continues in Carver County. I have never birded so consistently for shorebirds during the spring season, so this may not be that abnormal.Though the amount of suitable shorebird habitat(still quite a few flooded fields though some have dried to mud) at this time of year is abnormal. It should only be a couple weeks til the first shorebirds(Least Sandpiper) begin to head south. June 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 15 White-rumped Sandpiper 29 Pectoral Sandpiper 4 Dunlin 1 June 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 11 White-rumped Sandpipe 9 Peep species 7 Pectoral Sandpiper 23 Dunlin 1 Wilson's Phalarope 1 female 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] Grey Cloud Dunes SNA and Afton State Park
Here is a belated report of my outings to Grey Cloud Dunes SNA (5/31) and Afton State Park (6/1), both in Washington County. Highlights from Grey Cloud Dunes included BOBOLINK, DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LARK SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, and numerous BROWN THRASHERS and EASTERN KINGBIRDS. Highlights from Afton State Park included a late CANADA WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, FIELD SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and BELTED KINGFISHER. Full eBird reports are pasted below. Peter Nichols Washington County Grey Cloud Dunes SNA, Washington, US-MN May 31, 2012 9:05 AM - 10:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 40 species Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 10 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 7 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 8 Cedar Waxwing 20 Ovenbird 1 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 15 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 10 Field Sparrow 10 Vesper Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 2 Grasshopper Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 1 Dickcissel 2 Bobolink 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Afton SP, Washington, US-MN Jun 1, 2012 8:55 AM - 11:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) 46 species Canada Goose 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 7 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 10 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Eastern Bluebird 10 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Singing repeatedly from the undergrowth near park entrance. Two or three quick chip notes followed by, loud, complex, staccato whistle: Chip chip dippedy dippedy dip! Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 10 Henslow's Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.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
Re: [mou-net] Grey Cloud Dunes SNA and Afton State Park
At grey cloud dunes this morning, most of those species and also a singing Bell's Vireo and Orchard Orioles. On 6/2/12 10:25 AM Pete Nichols wrote: Here is a belated report of my outings to Grey Cloud Dunes SNA (5/31) and Afton State Park (6/1), both in Washington County. Highlights from Grey Cloud Dunes included BOBOLINK, DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LARK SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, and numerous BROWN THRASHERS and EASTERN KINGBIRDS. Highlights from Afton State Park included a late CANADA WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, FIELD SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and BELTED KINGFISHER. Full eBird reports are pasted below. Peter Nichols Washington County Grey Cloud Dunes SNA, Washington, US-MN May 31, 2012 9:05 AM - 10:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 40 species Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 10 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 7 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 8 Cedar Waxwing 20 Ovenbird 1 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 15 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 10 Field Sparrow 10 Vesper Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 2 Grasshopper Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 1 Dickcissel 2 Bobolink 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Afton SP, Washington, US-MN Jun 1, 2012 8:55 AM - 11:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) 46 species Canada Goose 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 7 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 10 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Eastern Bluebird 10 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Singing repeatedly from the undergrowth near park entrance. Two or three quick chip notes followed by, loud, complex, staccato whistle: Chip chip dippedy dippedy dip! Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 10 Henslow's Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.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 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 Nesters Tour
29 people covered portions of Mahnomen Blue Hill Trails, as well as the Prairie Wildlife Auto Tour on this Sherburne Refuge field trip. Highlights among 83 species: * Least Bitterns * LeConte's Sparrow * Dickcissel * Black-billed Cuckoos * Orchard Oriole * Eight warblers, seven woodpeckers, eight blackbirds. We did miss the gallinules. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN (BirdSeeker Tours) 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] Tomorrow - Dakota Co. Prairie Birds Field Trip
Dakota County Prairie Birds, Hastings MN Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 7:00 am. Meet at: Schaar's Bluff Trailhead 8395 127th St E Hastings Tomorrow I will be leading the annual MRVAC Dakota County Prairie Birds field trip. We’ll travel by car to various prairie and grassland sites in Dakota County where these beautiful birds flourish. Meet at Schaar's Bluff (Spring Lake Park) parking lot. This trip involves little walking. Target birds include Brewer's Blackbird, Swainson's Hawk, Dickcissel, Bobolink, both Meadowlarks, Lark Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow. Bring lunch. As with other MRVAC field trips, this is free and open to the public. No reservations are needed. Directions: from the north, take I-494 to State Hwy 52, Hwy 52 south to State Hwy 55, Hwy 55 east to County Road 42 East, go east on County Road 42 for 1.8 miles to Idell Ave., go north then west on Idell Avenue one mile to Schaar's Bluff archway, turn north through archway to trailhead. -- 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] Afton State Park Today
I led a St. Paul Audubon Birding By Ear field trip to Afton State Park this morning, having scouted it yesterday morning. I think THE Hooded Warbler has moved. Yesterday, at 9:00 and again at 11:30, it was singing constantly (the primary song) at the first main overlook north of the big terminal parking lot. Today, we did not hear it there—either on our way out or on our way in—but we did hear a HOWA singing the same song almost a mile north, in the northeastern corner of the park. We took the North River Trail (along the St. Croix), then the left turn and switchback that goes up a long hill to the northern boundary of the park. We first heard the HOWA as we approached the bend to the east, then found it singing near the trail’s bend at the park border. (We did not see it.) On the trail maps, the mileage indicator 0.6 is printed near this location. Yesterday and today we did not hear any Prothonotary Warblers in the promising area of flooded silver maples where Trout Brook flows under the trail bridge, but yesterday I SAW two Prothonotaries (or maybe one) there. One of them had a caterpillar in its beak, and it flew toward the outer silver maples. A Henslow’s Sparrow is singing on territory close to the trail between the two “prairie loops” in the north-central part of the park. On the map, there is a trail junction with symbols for a shelter and a toilet. From this junction, go west on the trail segment that is 0.2 miles long. You will probably hear the HESP as soon as you leave that junction. It is on the right (north) side of the trail, near the first pole with a blue diamond marker. Several sedge wrens are also in the area. Other grassland birds are scarce in this area, with a few very distant Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks. Julian St. Paul 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] great gray, etc.
Thursday evening there was a Great Gray prrched on a powerpole next to MN 72 7 miles north of Kelliher. I believe there were reports of this species posted in that area earlier, this maybe the same bird. A couple hours before I encountered a Spruce Grouse on the Rapid River Road not far from Oaks Corner in Beltrami Island State Forest. I encountered one near the same location last year. I spent a day in the Bog and encountered all the generally sought after and expected boreal species except Black Backed Woodpecker, incldung being scolded by a pair of Boreal Chickadees. Brad Bolduan Windom 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] Western Kingbirds location
And on way to Sherburne, checked for Western Kingbirds in Ramsey, Mn. Found a pair where they were last year, Between Ramsey Blvd.-CR 56 and Armstong Blvd.-CR 83 on US Hwy 10, southside of highway. 5-26-12 Heading North on US Hwy 10 go past Ramsey Blvd -CR 56. Just past Cor sign is a blue sign for future Ramsey Northstar Train station. I parked in this driveway and looked directly across highway. The Western Kingbirds were in the two trees standing alone. There is a bar closed down on south side of highway with large empty parking lot. Just north of that place are paved walking paths around a couple small ponds. Last year I parked there and saw Western Kingbirds up close hunting. Also saw orchard orioles and grasshopper sparrows there last year. Watch telephone lines for any bird hawking bugs with yellow. Good Luck. Joe Conley 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] Western Kingbird, Ramsey, Anoka County
Early afternoon today we saw a Western Kingbird in the location Joe Conley posted earlier, on US10 between Ramsey Blvd and Armstrong Blvd across from the site of the new NorthStar station. We saw it on the wire on the south side of the hwy, then watched it fly across and sit on a yellow post in the construction area, then it flew toward the north toward the Ramsey City Hall. Yesterday morning I saw it on the wire and then it flew into the same tree on the south side of US10 where we found the nest last year. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka 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] Horned grebe
Found a horned grebe on Rush Lake ( a very small lake that is part of the Briggs Chain of Lakes) in northern 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
Re: [mou-net] Grey Cloud Dunes SNA and Afton State Park
That's a good guess, but it was actually in a sumac/honeysuckle thicket at approximately the location of the green arrow marker here: http://goo.gl/maps/evFK (assuming I read the satellite view correctly). There's a easy-to-overlook side path that goes down a little gully and then up to the top of a grassy hill. There were also several singing Vesper and Clay-colored sparrows up there (and about 25 brown thrashers, or so it seemed). Here's a recording of the Bell's from this morning: http://www.xeno-canto.org/102965 jonathon On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:27 PM, hags...@aol.com hags...@aol.com wrote: Nice find on the Bell's Vireo. If you could post the approximate location within the SNA, I know many on the list serve would appreciate it. I'm assuming it was in the willow thickets near the RR tunnel? Linda Sparling Hennepin County -Original Message- From: Jonathon Jongsma jonat...@quotidian.org To: MOU-NET MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 12:36 pm Subject: Re: [mou-net] Grey Cloud Dunes SNA and Afton State Park At grey cloud dunes this morning, most of those species and also a singing Bell's Vireo and Orchard Orioles. On 6/2/12 10:25 AM Pete Nichols wrote: Here is a belated report of my outings to Grey Cloud Dunes SNA (5/31) and Afton State Park (6/1), both in Washington County. Highlights from Grey Cloud Dunes included BOBOLINK, DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LARK SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, and numerous BROWN THRASHERS and EASTERN KINGBIRDS. Highlights from Afton State Park included a late CANADA WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, FIELD SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and BELTED KINGFISHER. Full eBird reports are pasted below. Peter Nichols Washington County Grey Cloud Dunes SNA, Washington, US-MN May 31, 2012 9:05 AM - 10:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 40 species Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 10 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 7 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 8 Cedar Waxwing 20 Ovenbird 1 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 15 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 10 Field Sparrow 10 Vesper Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 2 Grasshopper Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 1 Dickcissel 2 Bobolink 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Afton SP, Washington, US-MN Jun 1, 2012 8:55 AM - 11:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) 46 species Canada Goose 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 7 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 10 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Eastern Bluebird 10 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Singing repeatedly from the undergrowth near park entrance. Two or three quick chip notes followed by, loud, complex, staccato whistle: Chip chip dippedy dippedy dip! Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 10 Henslow's Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.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 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- jonner Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
