[mou-net] [mou-rba] Great Gray Owl: Aitkin County
A Great Gray Owl was seen this evening in Aitkin County hunting on the north side of US 2 about 1/2 mile west of MN 200. Tim Lamey Fargo, ND 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] White-winged Dove has returned for supper/Grant County
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[mou-net] Spotted Towhee back at Buffalo River State Park
This afternoon at about 2:30 I saw and heard a male Spotted Towhee. I presume this is the same bird that has been seen the previous two summers. To get to the area, go to the main swimming beach and picnic area and proceed west to the bridge that crosses the river to the south. Continue to the east on that trail for about 3/10 of a mile. The towhee was located in aspens and brush where the Prairie View and River View trails split off. You can also go to the left (north) for a couple of hundred feet to an overview bench on a bluff above the Buffalo River. I first heard the towhee from this area. Mark Otnes Fargo ND 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] Whitewater SP (YTWA, etc.) and Lake Byllesby shorebirds
Took the day off today and did some birding at Whitewater SP, with a stop on the way home at Lake Byllesby. Here are highlights: Whitewater SP: Yellow-throated Warbler - male still present at the nature store parking lot, started singing at @700AM. He was still vigorously singing at 830AM and 930AM when I passed back through. Louisiana Waterthrushes - at least 2 individuals heard/seen along the Trout Creek run trail (at the previously described location, and a little ways before the end loop of the trail). Also heard another singing male near the stream behind the group camp site (from the "Valley" Trail). Tufted Titmice - 4-5 singing birds heard while walking the "Dakota", "Valley", and "Meadow" trails in a long loop starting across the road from the nature store parking lot. Lake Byllesby (@1130-1200) Great mudflats visible from the county park entrance off of Hwy./Cty. Rd 88 (near the intersection w/ 56). The heat distortion was terrible, but in all I saw about 75 shorebirds on the flats. I wasn't able to positively ID most of them, but here's what I was able to pick out: Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Dunlin - 2 White-rumped Sandpiper - 10 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Plover - 1 Killdeer - 3 As I said, there is a lot of good habitat there right now, and there were a lot of birds on the flats. Most were "peep" sized birds. I thought I might have seen a few Sanderlings mixed in, but I'm unsure - they were far out and uncooperative. Would probably be worth the effort to check them out this evening once the heat distortion lessens. Good birding, Andy Forbes 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 30 May 2014
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 30, 2014 *MNST1405.30 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Cinnamon Teal Snowy Egret Yellow-crowned Night-Heron White-faced Ibis Mississippi Kite Whimbrel Parasitic Jaeger White-winged Dove Northern Mockingbird Yellow-throated Warbler Lazuli Bunting -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 30, 2014 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 Friday May 30th, 2014. On May 24th, a male CINNAMON TEAL was seen briefly by Andy Forbes in a pond on the east side of state highway 9 just south of Ada in Norman County. For one day, a KING Rail was foraging in Elijah Parker's yard in Zumbrota, Goodhue County, but it has not been seen since the evening of May 27th. On the 21st there was a very brief sighting of a soaring MISSISSIPPI KITE over Land of Memories City Park in Mankato, Blue Earth County. Charlene Nelson has had a WHITE-WINGED DOVE at her feeder in Elbow Lake, Grant County since this morning. A White-winged Dove was in Two Harbors, Lake County, on the 25th, along 1st Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street. Today, Roy Zimmerman found a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER singing on the east side of the Mantorville, Dodge County cemetery. On the 23rd, Dave Zumeta found a Yellow-throated Warbler as if fed in the grass at the picnic area north of the Whitewater State Park Nature Store in Winona County. A SNOWY EGRET was seen May 26th at the Agassiz impoundment in Marshall County, along 280th Avenue on the Marshall-Polk County line. As many as four WHITE-FACED IBIS were at the North Ottawa Impoundment in Grant County on the 29th. Three more were at the Hills Water Treatment Ponds in Rock County on the 21st. A ROSS'S GOOSE was in Bloomington, Hennepin County on the 25th, near 84th Street and highway 100. Doug Kieser discovered a WHIMBREL in a flooded area on the east side of Douglas County Road 7 just south of I-94 on May 26th. A PARASITIC JAEGER was reported on the 24the by Larry and Jan Kraemer from 23rd Avenue East in Duluth. Linda Schumann reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at Rainbow Resort in Becker County on the 24th. >From the 21st through the 23rd, a LAZULI BUNTING visited a feeder in Orono, Wright County, at the corner of Lyman Avenue and Smith Avenue. A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was also seen near here on the 25th. The next scheduled update is Thursday June 5th, 2014. 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] Dodge County Yellow-throated Warbler
Not sure my earlier post went through (I got an email could not be sent to this address message.) so I am posting again. This morning I found a singing yellow-throated warbler (not vireo) in the Mantorville cemetery east side. I will post a photo later today. 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] Dodge County Yellow-throated Warbler
Singing in the Mantorville cemetery, east side. 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] Loggerhead shrike sax-zim bog
Poplar rd half mile south of arkola road. Sent from my iPhone 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] Grant County White Winged Dove
at my feeder. tail in poor shape but very distinctive white on edge of wing, on wings in flight, and on tail. very different behavior than our resident Mourning Doves. Charlene Nelson Grant County farm I have pics 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] White-Faced Ibis Grant County
Yesterday after we saw the nesting Black-Necked Stilts at the Herman sewage ponds, we went to the North Ottawa impoundment and saw 4 White-Faced Ibis, a Cattle Egret and many other birds. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
