Re: [mou-net] Live From Freeborn County
Unbelievable eagle migration this year! We are still seeing 30 - 50 bald eagles on Cottonwood Lake in Lyon County. Sue Morton Cottonwood, MN -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Allen Batt Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:03 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Live From Freeborn County There are 60 to 70 bald eagles on Bear Lake, north of Emmons. Al Batt 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] Birding about the Metro
Two new birds for the year yesterday (Wednesday): Song Sparrow under the feeder. I have yet to hear its song. Red-winged Blackbird on territory in Eagan. I may have seen it the day before, but did it did not sing and I did not grab my binocs. Canada Geese are beginning to carve up Quigley Lake. Yesterday there were one and a half pairs. Today there more, but they are not sticking around as there is very little open water. I wonder about the single goose. It is early on a prime spot and I suspect that its mate may not be returning. -- 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] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 4 April 2013
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 4, 2013 *MNST1304.04 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-necked Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Osprey Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Greater Yellowlegs Franklin's Gull Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Eastern Phoebe Gray Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Purple Martin Carolina Wren Winter Wren American Pipit Clay-colored Sparrow Western Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: April 4, 2013 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 Thursday April 4th, 2013. Karl Bardon found a pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at Canal Park in Duluth on March 25th. A SNOWY OWL was reported from Two Harbors, Lake County on March 31st and it was seen again on April 3rd. On March 29th, Jeff Stephenson and Jerry Pruett found a CAROLINA WREN in Winona County, along Elba Township 16 road just south and west of the Fairwater Cemetery. Jen Vieth reported the spring's first AMERICAN PIPIT in Dakota County on the 30th. A sampling of other spring arrivals includes ROSS'S GOOSE, HOODED MERGANSER, TURKEY VULTURE, OSPREY, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, RED-NECKED GREBE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, FRANKLIN'S GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, PURPLE MARTIN, WINTER WREN, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. Species ALREADY reported nesting in the state include BALD EAGLE, RED-TAILED HAWK, GREAT HORNED OWL, GRAY JAY, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, AMERICAN CROW, COMMON RAVEN, and HOUSE FINCH. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 11th, 2013. 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] Northern Saw-whet Owl in Radium MN
I got a call from a neighbor in Marshall County around noon. She had a small owl in an evergreen by the Snake River. I thought it might be a Boreal, but it turned out to be a Northern Saw-whet. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon 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] Redpolls and yellow legs
Saw a single lesser yellow legs yesterday. Today got home from work to find about 120 redpolls at the feeders. They are fun birds, but OMG have I gone through seed this winter! Randy Frederickson Willmar Middle School 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 4/4/13
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 4, 2013 *MNDU1304.04 -Birds mentioned Gadwall Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Varied Thrush Bohemian Waxwing Lapland Longspur -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: April 4, 2013 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 4th, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found by Karl Bardon on March 25th at Canal Park in Duluth. The over wintering male BARROWS GOLDENEYE was also present, but it was paired with a Common Goldeneye. Karl counted a record high ten GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS in the Duluth Harbor on the 31st, along with two THAYERS GULLS, two ICELAND GULLS, and eight GLAUCOUS GULLS. On the 29th and 31st he saw a ROSSS GOOSE in the harbor. A male VARIED THRUSH is still being seen sporadically by Alison Clarke in her yard at 226 Ridgewood Road in east Duluth. Birders are welcome to search for this bird. Karl Bardon and others counted 417 BALD EAGLES and 5 GOLDEN EAGLES on the 29th at the West Skyline Hawk Count, as well as nearly 1,600 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. Rod Burmaster saw a SNOWY OWL in Two Harbors on the 31st by the Holiday gas station at the west end of town. Small numbers of GREAT GRAY OWLS are still being seen along the North Shore, with one found by Peder Svingen on the 28th on the west side of Two Harbors and another found by Uwe Kausch on the 29th on the Wildwood Road west of the Homestead Road in Duluth Township. Bob Myers saw a flock of LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 29th at the Silver Bay marina. Mike Steffes saw a flock of nine LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 28th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. Recent spring arrivals in the past week include GADWALL, BLUE WINGED TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, HOODED MERGANSER, PIED-BILLED GREBE, GREAT BLUE HERON, TURKEY VULTURE, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 11th. 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] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, April 4, 2013
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *April 4, 2013 *MNDL1304.04 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Sharp-tailed Grouse Wild Turkey American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane Killdeer Mourning Dove Northern Hawk Owl Barred Owl Great Gray Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Northern Shrike Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Red Crossbill Hoary Redpoll Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: April 4, 2013 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, April 4, 2013 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. The first big wave of migrants has arrived. I have reports from nearly all of the northwest counties of CANADA GEESE, BALD EAGLES nesting, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER, GREAT BLUE HERONS, SANDHILL CRANES, KILLDEER, MOURNING DOVES, AMERICAN KESTRELS, MERLINS, HORNED LARKS, AMERICAN ROBINS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS and the first AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS and several WESTERN MEADOWLARKS. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE seem to be everywhere starting to form groups on the leks. Spring is in the air but there is little if any open water in the northern part of the region. Beth Siverhus reported four NORTHERN HAWK OWLS along MN 72 on March 30 in Lake of the Woods County. In Roseau County, Beth reported one GREAT GRAY OWL still to be found east of Roseau, and a MERLIN in Roseau on March 30. NORTHERN HAWK OWL and one GREAT GRAY OWL were seen along MN 72 in Beltrami County on March 30. Kelly Larson reported that a few ducks have found their way to the Clearwater River in Clearwater County as she found COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER, and COMMON GOLDENEYE there on March 29. Beth Siverhus was surprised to find several HOARY REDPOLLS in western Itasca County on the weekend. In Marshall County, Heidi Hughes reported a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL roosting in an evergreen near Radium on April 4. Gary Tischer called this evening to report a BARRED OWL calling tonight about three miles east of Thief River Falls in Pennington County near the Red Lake River. From Polk County, Emily Hutchins observed a NORTHERN SHRIKE along CR 45 west of MN 32 on March 28. Sandy Aubol saw a PEREGRINE FALCON on the East Grand Forks water tower on April 3. AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen near Fisher on April 3- wonder where they would find water. Sandy Aubol also saw a TURKEY VULTURE and COOPER'S HAWK near East Grand Forks on April 3. At Tamarac NWR in Becker County, Kelly Blackledge reported the first YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD on March 27. At Rainbow Resort, Linda Schumann reported that 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS showed up again at the feeder on April 4. Among the other species seen there were NORTHERN CARDINAL and NORTHERN SHRIKE. Cleone Stewart reported that the OSPREY has returned to the nest site along MN 10 in Becker County. Hubbard County sightings by Marshall Howe included 4 RED CROSSBILLS near Dorset on March 25. Teresa Jaskiewicz in Otter Tail County sent in observations of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS this week at the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center near Fergus Falls. Gary and Marion Otnes observed LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, WILD TURKEYS, TURKEY VULTURES, COMMON GRACKLE, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK in Otter Tail County on April 2. AMERICAN GOOT and GREAT BLUE HERON were mentioned by Judy Doll. John Ellis saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at Lake Carlos SP in Douglas County on March 30. Benjamin Eckhoff saw a HOODED MERGANSER on the Long Prairie River on March 30, and on March 31, flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS in the area. EASTERN BLUEBIRD was seen on April 2. Thanks to all, too numerous to name, who sent in sightings this week. Your sightings will all go into the record even if they could not be mentioned here. 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, April 11, 2013 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
