Re: [mou-net] allotropic feeding
Nuptual feeding. The AOU should pull together an Ad Hoc committee to translate it to Latin to make it sound more impressive. Date night: Honey, Lets meet on our tuffet of beach grass and swap each others anchovies that we have been carrying 300 miles in our crop. shawn@lake park -Original Message- >From: Steve Weston >Sent: Apr 14, 2013 10:11 PM >To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU >Subject: [mou-net] allotropic feeding > > On my last post I used the term "allotropic feeding". I tried to find my >source for this term and could not. I am now pretty certain that I >invented the term. Allopreening is when one bird preens another as part of >pair bonding as in courtship. I was referring to when one bird feeds >another as part of pair bonding. Allotropic has a meaning in the physical >sciences that is not at all applicable to this behavior. I hate it when >someone uses technical words that they do not know. Misuse of vocabulary >such as this is called malapropism from an old English theatrical >character, Mrs. Malaprop. My apologies. >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 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] Snow geese and Snow Bunting, 180th Street Marsh, Dakota County
I stopped by 180th Street Marsh this morning and found around 60 SNOW GEESE, along with some TUNDRA SWANS and a mix of other waterfowl. There was also one SNOW BUNTING in a large flock of LAPLAND LONGSPURS about a mile east of the marsh on 180th. The marsh is a few miles east of 52 on 180th street, between Fischer and Goodwin Ave. I also stopped by Lake Byllesby and Randolph Industrial Park in the afternoon. I had similar sightings as others earlier today and yesterday but no short-eared owl. Caleb Ashling bale...@aol.com 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] allotropic feeding
On my last post I used the term "allotropic feeding". I tried to find my source for this term and could not. I am now pretty certain that I invented the term. Allopreening is when one bird preens another as part of pair bonding as in courtship. I was referring to when one bird feeds another as part of pair bonding. Allotropic has a meaning in the physical sciences that is not at all applicable to this behavior. I hate it when someone uses technical words that they do not know. Misuse of vocabulary such as this is called malapropism from an old English theatrical character, Mrs. Malaprop. My apologies. 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] Dakota County this afternoon - No short-eared owl
Spent a few hours in southern Dakota county this afternoon in the wind and rain. Talking with several birders at Great Western Industrial Park it seems no one was able to re-find the short-eared owl. The previously reported Swainson's hawk was still at the park. Between this park and Lake Byllesby I saw 18 species of waterfowl, including tundra swan, snow goose, and horned grebe. There was also an interesting looking falcon species at the Industrial Park. It was as big or bigger than a peregrine, but a much paler gray-brown above, with a very indistinct facial markings, than any peregrine I've ever seen. It was seen perched on a fence post on the north side of the park, and later on a telephone pole by Hwy 56. Unfortunately it flew north and out of sight before it afforded a positive ID. I did not see any dark on the axillaries, but it's possible my point of view did not allow a look. -Karl Roe 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
[mou-net] Good birding in bad weather in South Minneapolis
>From 7:30-8:45 a.m. this morning, in spite of a stiff wind and some sleet/snow, I observed 37 species along the Mississippi River in South Minneapolis (33rd Street south to 36th Street, Edmund Boulevard east to the river, plus a brief walk two blocks west of Edmund Boulevard on 34th Street) (some common species omitted; FOY=first of year): Tundra Swan 45 (latest spring migration date in 26 years of records for this area) Wood Duck 2 Common Merganser 10 Pied-billed Grebe 1 (rare on this reach of the Mississippi) Osprey 1 (FOY) (rare on this reach of the Mississippi) Bald Eagle 1 Ring-billed Gull 20+ Barred Owl 1 (sleeping by trail below river bluff, 30 feet up) Belted Kingfisher 1 (FOY) Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Eastern Phoebe 6 (feeding on sand at river's edge, 4 of them in one location) Tree Swallow 20+ (FOY) Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 1 (FOY) Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (FOY) Hermit Thrush 1 (FOY) Am. Robin 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (FOY) Fox Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 1 House Finch 1 (singing) Purple Finch 1 (singing) Common Redpoll 5 (also a pair at thistle feeder yesterday) Pine Siskin 2 Am. Goldfinch 2 Dave Zumeta 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] Dakota County (long)
Yesterday (Saturday) I spent the morning birding with Kathy Brown with some awesome results. We left my house in the dark at 5:30am to be on-site for a dawn census of cranes. Our first stop was 190th Street in Empire Township on the south edge of the U-More property. This primo birding location is a minimum maintenance road that is closed in the winter. Gates were closed and we hiked in perhaps a half mile to the area where cranes bred a couple of years ago. It was a chilly, but pleasant walk. We found no cranes. There were nice pools of shallow water teaming with Mallards. We also had a flock or two of Snipe, estimated at 30. We also saw three Northern Harriers and three Sharpies. A highlight was the coyote we spooked, who raced across the fields. We also found weasel tracks. Our next stop was Great Western Industrial Park at Hwy 56 and 284th Street in Randolph. We had both meadowlarks singing. At other locations we found quiet meadowlarks in agricultural fields. We found a cooperative flock of about 200 Lapland Longspurs. I was unable to find any thing besides a few Horned Larks in their midst. I witnessed several examples of allotropic feeding. I found a first of year (FOY) Vesper Sparrow. we did not find the Short-eared Owl or any tracks that suggested the presence of Gray Partridge. We stopped at Lake Byllesby visiting the boat launch on the SW corner of the lake, which was a poor site for waterfowl observation, but better for passerines, which were feeding in the debris that were driven into the shore by the winds. Passerines included Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow (FOY), Hermit Thrush (FOY), and Eastern Phoebe. We headed to park land on the NW corner of the lake, where we got the bulk of the 21 species of waterfowl that we found that day, including Horned Grebe, Northern Pintail and a flock of 30+ Tundra Swans flying over. At Lake Byllesby we ran into Kevin Smith and company and followed his suggestion to head to Miesville Ravine to look at Winter Wrens. We found two or three of them along streams and probably finished the day with twenty or thirty Hermit Thrushes, most of which were here. I suggest that anyone who wants to see those two birds head to Miesville Ravine and look along the streams. Everywhere we went we found flocks of Juncos and Tree Sparrows. Hermit Thrushes were widespread and numerous. We also had a couple of Turkey Vultures. 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] Lapland Longspurs in Rice County
Yesterday afternoon we saw a mixed flock of Lapland longspurs and horned larks at the intersection of County Rd. 1 and Babcock Rd. Exit I35 at County Rd. 1 (the first exit after Hwy 19 into Northfield) and go two miles east. Linda Fritschel Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
