Re: [mou-net] Sherburne County

2013-07-12 Thread Erika Sitz 
Keep an eye on those kingbirds.  A few years ago we saw a nesting pair down
the road aways by the US10/CR14-15 overpass, in the row of trees by the old
cemetery (Bailly?)

Erika Sitz
Ramsey, north Anoka County

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Yesterday there was a Western Kingbird on the north side of Highway 10, just
west of 196th St., east of Big Lake, Sherburne County.  The bird was
alternating between sitting on utility wires and hawking for insects over an
adjacent field.  There may have been a second Western Kingbird in the field,
but the look I had was too brief to positively identify this bird.
 
In Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge there were numerous Grasshopper
Sparrow, a Henslow's Sparrow (at the location reported by others), Lark
Sparrow, and one lone Dickcissel.  In the adjacent Sand Dunes State Forest
many Eastern Whip-poor-will were calling.  I tried several times during the
day and evening to locate the Common Gallinule that has been seen at
Sherburne NWR, but was unsuccessful.  However, my patients was reward by
seeing and hearing several Least Bittern.
 
The sewage ponds at Princeton have been drawn down (there appears to be
construction or maintenance taking place), exposing extensive mud flats.
When I visited there the only shorebirds I saw were Killdeer, Least
Sandpiper, and Spotted Sandpiper.  However, in a county with little mud,
this site may be a attractive resting place for shorebirds and worth
checking over the next few weeks, assuming the sewage ponds remain drawn
down.  The sewage ponds are located south of Princeton at the  end of 120th
St., approximately 0.3 mile north of 317th Ave.

Douglas Mayo

  

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[mou-net] Lyon County

2013-07-12 Thread ssmorton 
On July 11 while working on the Breeding Bird Atlas Survey I came across an
upland sandpiper with a fledgling!

 

Location:  44/26/15 N 95/37/50 W

 

1 ½ miles south of State Highway 19 on 330th Ave between 260th and 270th,
NE quadrant of Clifton Township

Block T111R40a

 

Sue Morton

Cottonwood



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[mou-net] Sherburne County

2013-07-12 Thread Douglas Mayo 



Yesterday there was a Western Kingbird on the north side of Highway 10, just 
west of 196th St., east of Big Lake, Sherburne County.  The bird was 
alternating between sitting on utility wires and hawking for insects over an 
adjacent field.  There may have been a second Western Kingbird in the field, 
but the look I had was too brief to positively identify this bird.
 
In Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge there were numerous Grasshopper Sparrow, 
a Henslow's Sparrow (at the location reported by others), Lark Sparrow, and one 
lone Dickcissel.  In the adjacent Sand Dunes State Forest many Eastern 
Whip-poor-will were calling.  I tried several times during the day and evening 
to locate the Common Gallinule that has been seen at Sherburne NWR, but was 
unsuccessful.  However, my patients was reward by seeing and hearing several 
Least Bittern.
 
The sewage ponds at Princeton have been drawn down (there appears to be 
construction or maintenance taking place), exposing extensive mud flats.  When 
I visited there the only shorebirds I saw were Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, and 
Spotted Sandpiper.  However, in a county with little mud, this site may be a 
attractive resting place for shorebirds and worth checking over the next few 
weeks, assuming the sewage ponds remain drawn down.  The sewage ponds are 
located south of Princeton at the  end of 120th St., approximately 0.3 mile 
north of 317th Ave.

Douglas Mayo

  

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