[mou-net] Black-Throated Blue Warbler - Dakota County

[Pam Blixt]

>From intersection of Lone Oak Rd and Ames Crossing Rd, go about 0.3 miles
North on Ames Crossing Rd to a small un-named lake on the East side of Ames
Crossing Rd.
(Ames Crossing Rd is posted no parking.)
 
Male Black-Throated Blue Warbler was seen today (Thursday) at about 2:00 PM
on the paved trail near the North side of the lake.
 
Also American Redstart, Black-and-white Warbler, and Rose-breasted
Grosebeak.
 
 
Pam Blixt and Dave Schmidt
 


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[mou-net] Westwood Bird walk

[Vic Lewis]

We will have another Bird walk at Westwood Nature Center Tuesday May 15th at 
8:00 am! Westwood is located in St Louis Park at Franklin and Texas ave ! If 
the weather is Bad we could do Wednesday instead! Hope for another good 
turnout! Good Birding to all ! Vic Lewis Westwood volunteer and spring migrant 
from Az! 

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Re: [mou-net] Cape May's at feeders

[Pamela Freeman]

We too have had cape mays at our feeders - mostly to the meal worms, but also 
the grape jelly.
They are chasing off the other smaller birds such as chickadees and nuthatches 
and even sometimes the cat birds.
This is the first time we have seen them, a lifer for me. We live in northern 
Anoka county.
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:50 AM, Linda Schumann  
wrote:
 
We are still having good numbers of the Cape May warblers on our feeders 
today. They are coming to suet & grape jelly feeders and are also loving the 
fresh oranges. As I mentioned in yesterdays posting this is a first for us over 
the years. Yesterday we also had the Pine warbler coming into the feeder as 
well but have not as of yet seen them this morning. 

The feeders are right outside our Lodge windows so fantastic viewing of these 
special little warblers. We also are still seeing high numbers of the yellow 
rumped warblers also coming to the feeders. Once the temps warm up & bugs 
more plentiful I am sure they will be moving on. 

Photos of the warblers at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rainbow-
Resort/229742137049029 

Hoping for beautiful weather for the Festival of Birds 
http://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/events/festival-of-birds 
field trip trip here on Saturday am. 

Linda Schumann
Rainbow Resort Becker County
www.rainbowresort.com
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[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 15, 2014

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 15, 2014
*MNDL1405.15

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
White-winged Scoter
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Osprey
Osprey
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Common Raven
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Cape May Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 15, 2014
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjop...@mncable.net)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 15,
2014 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.

Migration continues, and warbler migration has begun in the area. With
the cool weather, warblers should be easier to see this year. Almost
everyone has also reported BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS in the last few days.

>From Dent in Otter Tail County, Alma Ronningen reported she saw the
first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD today. Other species seen in her
vicinity this week included TRUMPETER SWAN, OSPREY, VEERY, HARRIS'S
SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

Marshall Howe had a belated secondhand report of two possible
WORM-EATING WARBLERS on Hubbard County 13, about 5 miles south of Nevis
sighted on May 10. This would be a very exciting sighting is someone can
verify it.

Linda Schumann at the Rainbow Resort in Becker County reported that
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and BALTIMORE ORIOLES have arrived in the
county. The first of the warblers are there also including CAPE MAY
WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

Matt Mecklenburg reported COMMON RAVEN, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and WESTERN
KINGBIRD in Clay County this week.

On May 10, Sandy Aubol observed COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and PALM WARBLER in
East Grand Forks in Polk County. On the 14th, she saw EASTERN TOWHEE,
HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
CHIPPING SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, CAPE MAY WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and ORCHARD ORIOLE. Steve and Terri Scholand
, southeast of East Grand Forks, reported EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and 20
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS near their place on May 14. Shelley Steva and I found
a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the UMC campus at Crookston on May 10. Also seen
there were OVENBIRD, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and PALM WARBLER.

At our feeders east of Thief River Falls in Pennington County on May 15
were a couple of BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH was prowling
in the flowerbed.

Steve and Teri Scholand saw a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINBIRD in Alvarado in
Marshall County on May 11. Shelley Steva and I saw a GREAT HORNED OWL
pair with two large owlets in the headquarters yard on May 10. Also seen
there were eight species of warblers, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT
THRUSH,LINCOLN'S SPARROW , and on Headquarters pool , a WESTERN GREBE,
EARED GREBE, and PIED-BILLED GREBE.

Beth Siverhus reported BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and
BROWN THRASHER in Warroad in Roseau County since May 12.

Beth also reported that Ben Huener saw two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on Lake
of the Woods off Springsteel Island on May 9.

Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Beth Siverhus, Linda Schumann, Marshall Howe,
Matt Mecklenburg, Sandy Aubol, Steve and Terri Scholand, and Steve
Midthune for their reports.

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, May 22, 2014.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN




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[mou-net] cameras and binoculars

[Jim]

Many people responded to my questions about cameras and binoculars. My thanks 
to all. Some of you are quoted, as we discussed. Not all of that material made 
the cut. My apologies to those folks. The column will run in the Home and 
Garden section of the StarTribune on May 28 or the first Wednesday in June.

Jim Williams
birding blog at 
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Re: [mou-net] More About the Metro

[linda whyte]

I'm surprised a Red-bellied Woodpecker would bother to work at a
Chickadee's small hole, unless it was trying to find food in the cavity, or
planning to enlarge the hole for its own nesting. It seems as though that
kind of behavior is related to the proliferation of the species, to the
detriment of other species.
Linda Whyte


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Steve Weston  wrote:

> Wendsday
>
> New birds:  E. Kingbird on the shore of Quigley Lake.
> Swainson's Thrush  (FOY) Ham Lake, Anoka Co.  They have been avoiding me.
> Cliff Swallows flock (100+) starting to build nests at Lifetouch corp
> headquarters on Viking Drive just east of Prairie Center Drive on the shore
> of Smetana Lake in Eden Prairie.  I was told that they made such a mess
> last year that they cleaned out the nests.  I told the receptionist that
> the nests were protected once the birds were occupied.
> Other finds: Sand Hill Crane feeding in a bare field along Viking Drive
> where it swings around Swan Lake in Oak Grove (Anoka Co).  This bird was so
> brown that it almost blended in.
>
> One of my neighbors was upset about a Red-bellied Woodpecker cleaning out
> the nest of a Chickadee:
> " He just flew in , stuck his head in the hole and started to pull stuff
> from the house. The chickadee was fluttering his wings and screaming at the
> redbelly. I knocked on the window and tried to discourage it but it just
> kept ripping the bedding out of the house. I could take it no longer so I
> opened the window and hollered at the the red belly and then he finally
> flew off leaving the chickadee bewildered and very angry. The female was
> screaming also at first but then she flew off. He stuck around. I went out
> and picked up the stuffing and put it on the railing thinking he would put
> the stuff back in the house but after a bit he too took off. A very sad
> story. I mean a wren had already ripped his first attempt at a home apart.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> swest...@comcast.net
>
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[mou-net] Cape May's at feeders

[Linda Schumann]

We are still having good numbers of the Cape May warblers on our feeders 
today. They are coming to suet & grape jelly feeders and are also loving the 
fresh oranges. As I mentioned in yesterdays posting this is a first for us over 
the years. Yesterday we also had the Pine warbler coming into the feeder as 
well but have not as of yet seen them this morning. 

The feeders are right outside our Lodge windows so fantastic viewing of these 
special little warblers. We also are still seeing high numbers of the yellow 
rumped warblers also coming to the feeders. Once the temps warm up & bugs 
more plentiful I am sure they will be moving on. 

Photos of the warblers at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rainbow-
Resort/229742137049029 

Hoping for beautiful weather for the Festival of Birds 
http://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/events/festival-of-birds 
field trip trip here on Saturday am. 

Linda Schumann
Rainbow Resort Becker County
www.rainbowresort.com
i...@rainbowresort.com
218-734-2241 





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[mou-net] Black-Throated Green Warbler

[Susan Gilmore]

Oh this time of the year is incredible!

We just watched a Black-Throated Green Warbler hop from pine tree to  
pine tree in our front yard!


An Indigo Bunting is back along with the Great Crested Flycatcher.  
Life is good!


Susan
Golden Valley near General Mills Nature Area










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[mou-net] More About the Metro

[Steve Weston]

Wendsday

New birds:  E. Kingbird on the shore of Quigley Lake.
Swainson's Thrush  (FOY) Ham Lake, Anoka Co.  They have been avoiding me.
Cliff Swallows flock (100+) starting to build nests at Lifetouch corp
headquarters on Viking Drive just east of Prairie Center Drive on the shore
of Smetana Lake in Eden Prairie.  I was told that they made such a mess
last year that they cleaned out the nests.  I told the receptionist that
the nests were protected once the birds were occupied.
Other finds: Sand Hill Crane feeding in a bare field along Viking Drive
where it swings around Swan Lake in Oak Grove (Anoka Co).  This bird was so
brown that it almost blended in.

One of my neighbors was upset about a Red-bellied Woodpecker cleaning out
the nest of a Chickadee:
" He just flew in , stuck his head in the hole and started to pull stuff
from the house. The chickadee was fluttering his wings and screaming at the
redbelly. I knocked on the window and tried to discourage it but it just
kept ripping the bedding out of the house. I could take it no longer so I
opened the window and hollered at the the red belly and then he finally
flew off leaving the chickadee bewildered and very angry. The female was
screaming also at first but then she flew off. He stuck around. I went out
and picked up the stuffing and put it on the railing thinking he would put
the stuff back in the house but after a bit he too took off. A very sad
story. I mean a wren had already ripped his first attempt at a home apart.

Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
swest...@comcast.net


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[mou-net] Fwd: Yellow Medicine Black-necked Stilt, American Avocets...resend

[melissa hein]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "melissa hein" 
Date: May 15, 2014 8:14 AM
Subject: Fwd: Yellow Medicine Black-necked Stilt, American Avocets...resend
To: 
Cc:

I thought I sent this out yesterday...apparently it didn't go through.
Thanks to Andy Nyhus for mentioning that he saw the sighting in the
database.
-- Forwarded message --
From: "melissa hein" 
Date: May 14, 2014 2:12 PM
Subject: Yellow Medicine Black-necked Stilt, American Avocets
To: 
Cc:

Today at around 1:30 pm I spotted a number of shorebirds at Miller Lake
(Hwy 67 and 290th).  Of special interest were the single Black-necked stilt
and 8 American Avocets.  Also present were 25 Wilson's Phalaropes, Least
Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Plovers, 3 Dunlins, Killdeer, Stilt Sandpiper,
Ruddy Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, N. Shovelers, Mallards, Double-crested
Cormorant, Canada Geese, and Bufflehead.

Melissa Hein


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[mou-net] Black-necked Stilt - Yellow Medicine Co

[Andrew Nyhus]

Dedrick Benz and I queried the sightings database at moumn.org last night
and discovered that a Black-necked Stilt was found yesterday at Miller Lake
15 miles west of Clarkfield along Hwy 67. It was still present at 7 am this
morning.

Andy Nyhus
Winona, MN


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