[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 11/13/14
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 13, 2014 *MNDU1411.13 -Birds mentioned Common Eider Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter Snowy Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: November 13, 2014 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for November 13th, 2014 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Two COMMON EIDERS were found by Karl Bardon on the 10th at Brighton Beach in east Duluth. The birds were later relocated at Glensheen Mansion and then at the Beacon Point condominiums near 21st Avenue East. They have been relocated every day between the 10th and the 13th, and have been seen as far west as Leif Erickson Park near 14th Avenue East and as far east as Brighton Beach and the mouth of the Lester River. This is the fifth record for Minnesota and the first since 1966. Tony Hertzel also photographed a HARLEQUIN DUCK flying by the two eiders in Duluth on the 11th. Amazingly, Bob Myers found a COMMON EIDER on the 13th at the Silver Bay marina in Lake County, at the same time the two were being seen in Duluth. The bird was seen in the bay south of the rock jetty that forms the southern border of the marina. It was visible from the cliffside observation platform on the west side of the marina property. A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was also seen nearby. Butch Ukura found a SNOWY OWL on the 11th in Aitkin County south of Palisade, along 310th Avenue, 1.2 miles south of 470th Street. RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS are still being reported from a few locations, including Smithville in west Duluth, East Arrowhead Road in Woodland, and along Scenic Highway 61, two miles west of Two Harbors. The next scheduled update of this report will be on November 20th. Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird Alert at duluth...@moumn.org The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at m...@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. 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] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 13, 2014
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *November 13, 2014 *MNDL1411.13 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Tundra Swan Canvasback Redhead Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Snowy Owl Black-billed Magpie Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Townsend's Solitaire Snow Bunting White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: November 13, 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, November 13, 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. Many things have changed this week. We are getting the first really cold spell now , and open water is disappearing quickly. Also the last cold front came in with a whoosh, and the cold wind persuaded many birds to keep moving. As a result, most of the waterfowl have gone, except those on large deep lakes that still have some open water. Yesterday, on a trip to Fargo we saw hundreds of CANADA GEESE in the fields south of Crookston, and today on our return, there were none. SNOWY OWLS are being reported, and today I looked for two of them reported below but found neither. They are definitely still on the move. A total of 4 SNOWY OWLS were reported in the northwest this week. Yesterday, November 12, an adult male was spotted by Shelley Steva 5 miles east of Brooks along MN 92 in Red Lake County. Kathy Jones reported one seen about 7 miles southwest of Thief River Falls in Pennington County around November 7. Neither of those two could be found today. Beau Shroyer saw one in front of the high school in Bemidji, Beltrami County, on the south side of US 2 bypass on November 11. Kathy Jones also observed a SNOWY OWL a few miles east of Roseau, Roseau County, on November 8. Benjamin Eckhoff reported species are changing in Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County, this week, as most of the waterfowl have gone from the smaller bodies of water, and numbers are down even on the larger lakes. That said a large influx of migrating diving ducks was seen this week ahead of the front, including HOODED MERGANSERS, BUFFLEHEAD, REDHEADS, CANVASBACKS, RUDDY DUCKS , and scaup. At the feeders were BROWN CREEPER and PURPLE FINCH. RED-TAILED HAWKS, and SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS are still migrating through. Marshall Howe in Dorset in Hubbard County saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE visit briefly on November 10. Other species seen this week in the county included ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 200 HOODED MERGANSERS on Lake Emma, SNOW BUNTINGS, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS. 5 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Lake Alice bog. >From Polk County, Sandy Aubol reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and one WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in her yard in East Grand Forks on November 8; on November 10 a RUSTY BLACKBIRD arrived and was joined by two others on November 11. Kim Greendahl reported BALD EAGLE and WILD TURKEY in Polk County on November 11. Dave Harbott observed ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES near Hazel in Pennington County on November 8, and a female NORTHERN CARDINAL at his father's place in St Hilaire. Also there was a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. Today, I saw over 50 WILD TURKEYS southwest of Thief River Falls near CR 7. Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Benjamin Eckhoff, Dave Harbott, Kathy Jones, Kim Greendahl, Marshall Howe, Sandy Aubol, and Shelley Steva 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, November 20, 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] Common Edier: St. Louis County
The Common Eiders were still present west of the Beacon Point condos between 11:30 and 12:15 today. These birds were best viewed from the Lakewalk just west of the condos. Douglas Mayo 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] Common Eider in Silver Bay, Lake County
Bob Meyers found a juvenile Common Eider today (Nov. 13) at the Silver Bay marina in Lake County. This is a different bird than the two currently being seen in Duluth (about 50 miles away), and is the first record for Lake County. Bob says the bird spent most of its time in the bay south of the rock jetty, which forms the southern border of the marina. It occasionally would go up into the rocks of the jetty. It was visible from the cliffside observation platform on the west side of the marina property. The marina entrance off MN Highway 61 is about a mile northeast of the Beaver River bridge. Stay to the right after turning into the marina, go down the hill past the boat launch, and park in the lot beyond the outhouses. Walk the wide gravel switchback trail up the hill to the observation platform along the lake on the back side of the hill. I got there late this afternoon and managed to get some distant shots in low light. I posted one on the Recently Seen page on the MOU page. Thank you, Bob! Jim Lind Two Harbors 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] Eveleth Naturalist Classes
(Posted by anonymous <> via moumn.org) Hi all, Just a note about our November Phenology class at the Eveleth Library! Hope to see some of you there. Thanks, Connie Sabetti 744-2325 Eveleth Naturalist Classes: FUN with PHENOLOGY November Session: A Visit to a Beaver Pond Guest Speaker: Jim DeVries Laurentian Environmental Center Naturalist Tuesday, November 18th 3:30 5:00 Eveleth Public Library Remember: Dress for the weather! (An adult must accompany attendees under the age of 13) 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] Common Eiders still present
Cindy and Vern Krienke (spelling?) just called to report that the eiders are still present in Duluth just west of the Beacon Pointe condos on Water St, accessed via 21st Ave East. Kim Eckert, Duluth 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] Unidentified Goose - Memorial Park, Shakopee
My guess is a Emden/African Goose hybrid. African geese have that dark stripe down the back of the neck. The white face would point to the Emden, which were originally derived from the Graylag. Uwe Kausch Duluth -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Schultz Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 4:15 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Unidentified Goose - Memorial Park, Shakopee Short stop by Memorial park in Shakopee this afternoon found this goose near the water flowage to the MN River. Struggling with an ID. The photos are poor from an iPhone. There was a domestic duck wading near by, perhaps it is a domesticated bird? https://plus.google.com/116879062136890706601/posts/DhJVLDwtewm Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
