[mou-net] eBird input from MOU sightings
An experimental interface to eBird has been added to mou bird reporting. After birds have been entered into the seasonal report interface, a button is available at the bottom of the page that indicates: EXPERIMENTAL: To submit these sightings to eBird, click on Clicking on this button sends the report on to eBird. Everyone can use this interface but you must first have an account on eBird. You can register with eBird at http://ebird.org. Since eBird uses a concept of birding location as hotspots, the entry form for seasonal reports has added an autocomplete field for location. If you are birding in Hennepin County, for example, type bas brings up a selection that includes: Minnesota Valley NWR--Bass Ponds,44.84479,-93.23007 Personal locations can be added by typing in the location name Cahlander's House clicking on the button Location and selecting a point registers this location as a personal hotspot for this county. This location is saved and will appear when part of the name appears. (for example: type ca) This is experimental, some problems may occur. Please let me know if you try out this feature and if it is of any use to you. Be sure to report any problems. Thanks. --- David Cahlander da...@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 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] Carver County
Birding continues to be consistently good in the area. This fall has lacked the normal lull that I have become accustomed to occurring sometime during the first half of September. There has been the slower day mixed in, but it's not lasted any longer than that. Select counts are below. September 15 Carver Park Reserve Broad-winged Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Barred Owl 1 Sandhill Crane 2 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Sedge Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Nashville Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 American Redstart 1 (male) Magnolia Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Carver Creek Loop Trail at Rapids Lake MVNWR Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Orange-crowned Warabler 1 Nashville Warbler 7 Common Yellowthroat 3 Magnolia Warbler 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (adult male) September 16 Rapids Lake MVNWR (inorthern 2/3 of Rapids Lake Trail and Carver Creek Loop) Double-crested Cormorant ~40 American White Pelican ~300 Sandhill Crane 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Least Flycatcher 1 Alder/Willow Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 5 Blue-headed Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 4 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 (including a juvenile begging for food and being fed) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 Northern Waterthrush 1 Black-and-white Warbler 4 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 8 Common Yellowthroat 8 American Redstart 5 Cape May Warbler 1 (immature male) Magnolia Warbler 3 Blackburnian Warbler 1 (immature) Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 (male) Canada Warbler 1 (male) Rose-breasted Grosbeak 14 Indigo Bunting 10 September 17 Carver Creek Loop Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue-headed Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Tennessee Warbler 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Nashville Warbler 1 Mourning Warbler 1 male Common Yellowthroat 10 American Redstart 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Fox Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Indigo Bunting 6 September 18 Rapids Lake MVNWR (loop not as active as the day before) American White Pelican ~150 (many departing lake) Great Egret 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Chimney Swift 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 6 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 5 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Tree Swallow 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 Sedge Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 4 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 7 American Redstart 1 male Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 adult Yellow Warbler 1 immature Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 11 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Fox Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 35+ Lincoln's Sparrow 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 Indigo Bunting 1 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] Lapland Longspur, Ramsey County
This morning I was surprised to hear and then see a single Lapland Longspur fly over at the public beach on the northwest side of White Bear Lake. Usually I don't find longspurs in the southern half of the state until October, but with what seems to be an early fall for a lot of migrants I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. The Nelson's Sparrows appear to have finally departed the beach, but there was a nonbreeding-plumaged American Golden-Plover with several Killdeer on the shore further northeast from the beach. Also, at nearby Tamarack Nature Center I found an early Harris's Sparrow between the prairie and the western side of Tamarack Lake. Bob Dunlap -- Robert Dunlap Graduate Research Assistant Natural Resources Science and Management University of Minnesota Hodson Hall 1980 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: dunla...@umn.edu 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] eBird input from MOU sightings
I want to thank David for his work on trying to find a better way to exchange data between the MOU database and the eBird database. This is something I think both MOU and eBird share interest in. However, at this point, I need to ask that you not transfer data from the MOU database to eBird. The appropriate way to contribute data into eBird is by entering the data directly into eBird or to use BirdLog to enter data on an iPhone or Android. We also have upload functionality that is described in eBird. Data entry directly from MOU is not supported by eBird at this time. We would like nothing more than to work with hundreds of organizations around the world that each have slightly different data input mechanisms.But this simply isn't feasible for us. We prefer to act as a centralized data repository, which benefits users (all records in one place) and provides the research and conservation communities with one place to go to access records from the birding community. Instead of trying to develop 200 different data entry systems, each slightly different, we try to focus on two or three and then spend time developing eBird for birders, and ensuring that data are available to scientists and conservationists. eBird data are very much being used by groups around the world. Here is a list of organizations that have downloaded eBird data in the last 60 days. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Natural Heritage Program, American Birding Association, Audubon Pennsylvania, Biodiversity Research Institute, Bureau of Land Management, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIEco), UNAM, Mexico, Federal University of Goiás (Brazil), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Great Basin Bird Observatory, International Shorebird Survey, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Minnesota Ornithologists Union, National Phenology Network, New Hampshire Audubon, Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Placer County Community Development Resource Agency, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC), The Nature Conservancy—California, Tulane University, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.G.S. Biodiversity Inventory System of the Nation, United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, University of California, University of Connecticut, University of Havana, University of Illinois, VertNet, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve. This demonstrates just some of the ways eBird data are used for a variety of research and conservation purposes. Because of this, we require a bit more information from users than MOU has required. Of course, this benefits birders too. It's much more useful to know that a Long-tailed Jaeger was at Park Point, than somewhere in St. Louis county. We make a concerted effort to have accurate location, effort (start time, duration), and to know whether observers are reporting all species (for instance, is the reason you don't include starling on this list because you didn't detect any, or just because you hate them). While we thank Dave for his efforts, we simply cannot accept these data at this time. The data upload from MOU does not include some of these key variables and does not have the precise georeferencing system that eBird has. Ideally, we'd like for eBird data to be entered in eBird first, where the more specific locations and required fields can be quality-controlled and error-checked in eBird. Then, using the free download my data option, an export can be ported to MOU and displayed at the county-level or precise lat-long, whatever the MOU user community prefers. Alternatively there are mechanisms by which the MOU can download the entire dataset or recent data from eBird. Thanks for your consideration. Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:26 PM, David Cahlander da...@cahlander.com wrote: An experimental interface to eBird has been added to mou bird reporting. After birds have been entered into the seasonal report interface, a button is available at the bottom of the page that indicates: EXPERIMENTAL: To submit these sightings to eBird, click on Clicking on this button sends the report on to eBird. Everyone can use this interface but you must first have an account on eBird. You can register with eBird at http://ebird.org. Since eBird uses a concept of birding location as hotspots, the entry form for seasonal reports has added an autocomplete field for location. If you are birding in Hennepin County, for example, type bas brings up a selection
[mou-net] Sherburne juncos
I've had 3 juncos feeding outside the HQ today all day. Flushed a couple from a roadside last Friday - first sighting - but this is the first day they've been at feeders. Still a few warblers moving through, and today had a ruby-crowned kinglet and brown creeper as well. Haven't been on the wildlife drive this week yet - lots of student groups visiting and I GUESS they have priority. 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] Junco at Coon Rapids dam
A first off season junko was seen at Coon Rapids dam this afternoon. It was seen about a half mile south of the dam. Thomas P. Malone Attorney at Law Barna, Guzy Steffen Ltd Minneapolis, Minnesota
