[mou-net] MRVAC - Faribault/Martin County Birding Days - 9/11-12/14 - Field Trip Summary
September 12, 2014 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Southern Minnesota Birding Days September 11, 12, 2014 Field Trip Itinerary Our group enjoyed some great birding in Martin Faribault county the last few days. On Thursday we birded in Faribault county and observed 88 species of birds, including five species of Vireo and 17 species of Warblers. We made lots of stops along the Blue Earth river and some county parks and WMAs and WPAs. We observed migrating song birds at most of our stops. Today we birded in Martin county and observed 91 species of birds, including five species of Vireo and 17 species of Warblers. On there way home Susan and Ken Schumacher also spent some time in Faribault county and observed a Ruddy Turnstone at the Wells WTP. The bird was still present at 6:30 pm. Here are some of the species we observed on the trip: Shorebirds: Killdeer, Spotted, Solitary, Least, Baird's and Pectoral Sandpipers, Greater Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone and Wilson's Snipe. The Ruddy Turnstone was observed in the Southern cell of the Wells WTP. Which is located West of the town of Wells along Highway 109. The Turnstone and other Shorebirds were observed along the Southern shore of the cell. Franklin's Gull - 100s were observed on most of the lakes we visited and also in flight during the mornings. Eastern Screech Owl Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo - We observed several dozen Blue-headed Vireos, at various locations in the two counties. Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo - We observed, 6 at five different locations on the Thursday and several today. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - These were observed in small numbers on both days. Brown Thrasher Warblers Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged, Black-and-white, Tennessee, Nashville, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Green, Canada Wilson's Warbler. Here are some of the locations we stopped at that had good numbers of migrants: Pilot Grove Lake WPA, Dobson Cemetery, Woods Lake County Park, Steinberg Nature Park, Wolter Park, Klessig County Park, Timberlane County Park, Cedar Park the Ceylon Wells WTP's. All these locations, plus another 30+ random stops along the Blue Earth River and the East Chain of Lakes in Martin county, held some nice waves of Warblers and other birds. It is interesting that in the 1000s of Warblers our group observed over the two day period. Not a single Yellow-rumped Warbler was observed. Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin County egretc...@msn.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] Hooded Warbler, Anoka County
Male Hooded Warbler found by myself and several others foraging low in the brush on the east side of Linwood Lake around 4pm. From the boat launch on the northeast side of the lake, follow the trail east around the lake for a ways until it turns south and you get to a large uprooted tree. We watched it for several minutes at this location as it worked its way north. Bob Dunlap bobthebirdman.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
Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website
According to the book it was never recovered. The book is a fascinating read, all of the places he birded, a tamarack swamp where the Mpls impound lot is now... On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Mary McGrath mc...@comcast.net wrote: Was it ever found? On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:29 PM, Mark Johnson wrote: In the Biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts that came out last year, A Love Affair with Birds, there is a description of a mounted Passenger Pigeon that was stolen from the Bell museum. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Matthew Boisen docma...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi allHaving quite a time getting around the restrictions and uploading errors on MOU, but I think I finally found a way to post to the MOU Gallery the image of the postcard from the Science Museum and Planetarium from the old Minneapolis Library. This is of a male Passenger Pigeon, nest and egg that was likely the specimens collected in Minneapolis in June of 1895. http://moumn.org/gallery/pictures/9702.jpg Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:37:30 -0500 From: gpanders...@msn.com Subject: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU This organization has compiled a mass of records and citations of PAPI observations in all 50 states (thanks Joel Greenberg). You can click on each state and be astonished, or unpleasantly surprised. Extinction is forever. This quote is from the treatment for MN: The last record for the state, as mentioned above, was the nest, male, and egg taken in June 21, 1895 in Minneapolis. It is, in fact, the last nest and egg known of a wild bird from anywhere. Both the nest and the egg are on display at the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. This quote is from the treatment for WI: The largest recorded nesting of Passenger Pigeons in U.S. history took place in central Wisconsin in 1871. A conservative estimate of the nesting area was 850 square miles, and population estimates put the number of nesting pigeons at 136 million. Many recorded descriptions of this nesting exist in historic articles, books and other publications. see also the speech given by Aldo Leopold. http://passengerpigeon.org/ http://passengerpigeon.org/ gordon andersson st paul 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 -- http://www.thecedar.org Mark Dudek Johnson Director of Events Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave South Minneapolis MN 55454 U.S.A. cell: 612-226-2307 fax: 612-338-1687 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- http://www.thecedar.org Mark Dudek Johnson Director of Events Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave South Minneapolis MN 55454 U.S.A. cell: 612-226-2307 fax: 612-338-1687 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website
Thanks so much. Good tip on a book I would like to read. Mary On Sep 13, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Mark Johnson wrote: According to the book it was never recovered. The book is a fascinating read, all of the places he birded, a tamarack swamp where the Mpls impound lot is now... On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Mary McGrath mc...@comcast.net wrote: Was it ever found? On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:29 PM, Mark Johnson wrote: In the Biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts that came out last year, A Love Affair with Birds, there is a description of a mounted Passenger Pigeon that was stolen from the Bell museum. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Matthew Boisen docma...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi allHaving quite a time getting around the restrictions and uploading errors on MOU, but I think I finally found a way to post to the MOU Gallery the image of the postcard from the Science Museum and Planetarium from the old Minneapolis Library. This is of a male Passenger Pigeon, nest and egg that was likely the specimens collected in Minneapolis in June of 1895. http://moumn.org/gallery/pictures/9702.jpg Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:37:30 -0500 From: gpanders...@msn.com Subject: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU This organization has compiled a mass of records and citations of PAPI observations in all 50 states (thanks Joel Greenberg). You can click on each state and be astonished, or unpleasantly surprised. Extinction is forever. This quote is from the treatment for MN: The last record for the state, as mentioned above, was the nest, male, and egg taken in June 21, 1895 in Minneapolis. It is, in fact, the last nest and egg known of a wild bird from anywhere. Both the nest and the egg are on display at the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. This quote is from the treatment for WI: The largest recorded nesting of Passenger Pigeons in U.S. history took place in central Wisconsin in 1871. A conservative estimate of the nesting area was 850 square miles, and population estimates put the number of nesting pigeons at 136 million. Many recorded descriptions of this nesting exist in historic articles, books and other publications. see also the speech given by Aldo Leopold. http://passengerpigeon.org/ http://passengerpigeon.org/ gordon andersson st paul 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 -- http://www.thecedar.org Mark Dudek Johnson Director of Events Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave South Minneapolis MN 55454 U.S.A. cell: 612-226-2307 fax: 612-338-1687 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- Mark Dudek Johnson Director of Events Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave South Minneapolis MN 55454 U.S.A. cell: 612-226-2307 fax: 612-338-1687 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
