Re: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?

[Bonnie Heinecke]

Most surprising was the Red Shouldered hawk in my 'backyard' in Prior Lake. 
Sat in a low tree, then caught a mole and ate it before moving on




-Original Message- 
From: Al Schirmacher

Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:55 PM
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Subject: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?

What is your most surprising bird of the (half) year?

Mine would have to be the (lifer) Chuck's-wills-widow that visited our 
Kansas backyard the first week we moved here from central Minnesota; then 
it, of course, hasn't dropped by audibly or visibly since.


(Unless, of course, it was the surfeit of shorebirds that graced Princeton 
Sewage Ponds our last week or so in Princeton, adding new county birds not 
seen in the previous nine years there.  Nice to have godwits and avocets 
dropping bye to say goodbye.)


Al Schirmacher
Muscotah, KS
(formerly Princeton, MN & Madison, WI)


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[mou-net] most surprising bird

[julie calligure]

A tiny  (inch or so)  broken egg shell, blue, probably blown from the nest, 
with 
an embryo inside.   Seeing the tiny perfectly shaped head  including a 
miniscule eye dot 
and very wee bill was a first for me.  I still feel bad for the mom who worked 
hard to
get everything to that point.  We've been having very strong winds on Park Point
this summer.

Julie in Duluth


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Re: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?

[Andrew Nyhus]

Self found Long-tailed Jaeger at Roseau Lake WMA on June 14.


On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Michael Engh  wrote:

> I have two.
>
> Lifer Le Conte's sparrow at Hok-Si-La.
> Least bittern at 180th St marsh which I haven't seen in many years.
>
> Just lucky to be at the right place at the right time.
> Supports my birding motto: "expect the unexpected".
>
> Mike Engh
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Al
> Schirmacher
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:56 PM
> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?
>
> What is your most surprising bird of the (half) year?
>
> Mine would have to be the (lifer) Chuck's-wills-widow that visited our
> Kansas backyard the first week we moved here from central Minnesota; then
> it, of course, hasn't dropped by audibly or visibly since.
>
> (Unless, of course, it was the surfeit of shorebirds that graced Princeton
> Sewage Ponds our last week or so in Princeton, adding new county birds not
> seen in the previous nine years there.  Nice to have godwits and avocets
> dropping bye to say goodbye.)
>
> Al Schirmacher
> Muscotah, KS
> (formerly Princeton, MN & Madison, WI)
>
> 
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Re: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?

[Michael Engh]

I have two.

Lifer Le Conte's sparrow at Hok-Si-La.
Least bittern at 180th St marsh which I haven't seen in many years.

Just lucky to be at the right place at the right time.
Supports my birding motto: "expect the unexpected".

Mike Engh

-Original Message-
From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Al Schirmacher
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:56 PM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?

What is your most surprising bird of the (half) year?

Mine would have to be the (lifer) Chuck's-wills-widow that visited our Kansas 
backyard the first week we moved here from central Minnesota; then it, of 
course, hasn't dropped by audibly or visibly since.

(Unless, of course, it was the surfeit of shorebirds that graced Princeton 
Sewage Ponds our last week or so in Princeton, adding new county birds not seen 
in the previous nine years there.  Nice to have godwits and avocets dropping 
bye to say goodbye.)

Al Schirmacher
Muscotah, KS 
(formerly Princeton, MN & Madison, WI)
  

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[mou-net] Most Surprising Bird?

[Al Schirmacher]

What is your most surprising bird of the (half) year?

Mine would have to be the (lifer) Chuck's-wills-widow that visited our Kansas 
backyard the first week we moved here from central Minnesota; then it, of 
course, hasn't dropped by audibly or visibly since.

(Unless, of course, it was the surfeit of shorebirds that graced Princeton 
Sewage Ponds our last week or so in Princeton, adding new county birds not seen 
in the previous nine years there.  Nice to have godwits and avocets dropping 
bye to say goodbye.)

Al Schirmacher
Muscotah, KS 
(formerly Princeton, MN & Madison, WI)
  

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[mou-net] Nesting Sapsuckers in Floodwood

[thatsanoddduck]

This is my first post to MN Birds; that said, have spent partial summers up 
here four of the last five years.

If by any chance am posting in a way that does not meet "protocol", perhaps 
someone will email me privately.

Pretty sure Floodwood is in St Louis County.

In any event, there is a cavity nest that has a minimum of two young 
yellow-bellied sapsuckers. (Have photos of young.)

I will register to enter data into the altas once have regular, aka non-phone, 
internet. Will enter some additional nesting birds from the past coupla years 
at that time as well, unless, of course, said blocks already have higher levels 
of confirmation.

Renee Tressler
Cuyahoga Falls, OH


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