Re: [mou-net] Superior Gyrfalcon sightings?

[Glenn Olsen]

Molly,

I was in Duluth leading a tour and made 4 trips to try and find the Gyrfalcon.  
Most people were seeing it on the catwalk structure of the "Peavy" grain 
elevator. I never saw it there.  I went around noon, mid afternoon, and 
evening. 
Finally saw the bird around 7:00 am but not on the Peavy elevators. 
As you drive over to Superior on 535, just after you cross the water, look to 
your Right and you will see a large building with an American flag on the top. 
It is the tallest building. I do not know the name of the building, but it is 
the tallest and has the flag on it.
The bird was first seen from over on the Peavy side. It was on the east wall of 
the building. I could tell it was a falcon but not sure if a Gyrfalcon or a 
Peregrine. It was perched on a small extension from the building with a red 
light on the end. However, he flew around to the side (south) and disappeared. 
We drove over to look for it.  As we were standing and scanning facing the 
southwest corner of the building we say it fly out from the building. It made a 
couple of passes and flew back toward the building. It perched on some yellow 
railings about 1/4 of the way down from the top of the building. These railings 
were nearly flush with the sides of the building. 
The light extension that he was originally on was not visible from the south 
side of the building.
You will need to scan carefully. If we had not seen him flying we may have 
missed seeing him, he was that well concealed. He made a couple more flight 
excursions, returning to the same perch that had a little sunlight shinning on 
it. It appeared the birds was catching some rays.
Good Luck

Glenn Olsen
Houston, TX 







> On Mar 9, 2015, at 8:15 PM, Molly Tuma  wrote:
> 
> Hi all! I am heading up north this coming weekend, and I heard that there
> was a Gyrfalcon in Superior, WI. Does anyone have more info on it? Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Molly Tuma
> (Minneapolis, MN)
> 
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[mou-net] BALD EAGLES ON NEST IN STEELE COUNTY

[Nels F. Thompson]

About 100 yards south of the (southern) intersection of CR #3 and CR #4, in
Steele County, and looking west about 1/4 mile (toward the Straight River)
we watched  one eagle looking from the nest while another was perched a few
feet away.  In that the bird in the nest was off to one side, it may have
been to the side of chicks.


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[mou-net] SNOWY OWL, DODGE COUNTY

[Nels F. Thompson]

As of 7:30 this evening there was still one spotted near the corner of 690th
and 130th.  Looked to be a female.


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[mou-net] Superior Gyrfalcon sightings?

[Molly Tuma]

Hi all! I am heading up north this coming weekend, and I heard that there
was a Gyrfalcon in Superior, WI. Does anyone have more info on it? Thanks!

-- 
Molly Tuma
(Minneapolis, MN)


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[mou-net] all-call for Winter Wren in metro area

[Gordon Andersson]

I ask some of you to let me know when/wherever you find a WIWR during spring.  
I was hoping to find a very early one yesterday at Crosby Park, but too early I 
think.  I often miss them altogether in late March/April, but for you that 
don’t listserv all your sightings, could you send me an email if you happen on 
this 'target species'?  thanks. If you want to call me with the info that is 
faster than me on computer.  I think my phone no. is in the MOU directory.  I 
can send you my phone no's if you are willing.  
to the "awesomest ever" migration
Gordon Andersson
St Paul

-Original Message-
From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of linda whyte
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 6:39 PM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [mou-net] miscellaneous Twin Cities birding

With sights set on finding a few particular birds. Laura Coble and I made stops 
at several different sites in Dakota and Hennepin County. We first tried to see 
the Townsend's Solitaire at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights. While we 
had no luck seeing it, we did succeed in hearing its call note, on the lake 
side of the ravine; hard to tell if it was hidden against the north side of the 
ravine, or on the lakeshore a bit further north, but no amount of looking could 
locate it. Tom Tustison later spotted a Sharp-shinned Hawk nearby, so perhaps 
that's just as well.

Next we visited the Merlin at Acacia Cemetery. It was sitting in some bare 
branches atop a conifer on the left side of the chapel building (on your left 
as you drive into the parking lot). It preened in the sun for awhile, and gave 
some of its classic call before we departed.

>From there we went to Mounds Spring Park to search the ravine for a Winter 
>Wren. That met with no success, so we went to check out the ravine at Bass 
>Ponds. Once there, we met a familiar birder who had seen a probable female 
>Greater Scaup in the one open pond.  Although we were unable to find it among 
>the many Mallards (and one C Merganser), we were glad of the time spent on the 
>effort, because a FOY Great Blue Heron treated us to its graceful flight.

For a finale, we made a drive-through of Lilydale Road, to look at the 
Great-horned Owl I'd seen the other day. She's sitting on the abandoned eagle 
nest she has occupied for the past several years. The nest is high in the 
crotch of a huge tree that borders the wetland adjacent to the pedestrian/bike 
path. The tree is located just a short distance from the yacht club, and can 
(should) be viewed from the paved trail. Late afternoon seems to be when the 
bird raises her profile above the nest-edge.

Linda Whyte


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[mou-net] Winter Seasonal Reports

[Paul Budde]

The winter season (12/1 - 2/28) has ended.  If you will be submitting a
seasonal report of bird observations for inclusion in the winter summary to
be published in The Loon, please do so now.  We encourage submissions using
the MOU website (  ). Look under
"Seasonal Report" at the top of the web page.  

Please provide data by March 15th so it can also be reviewed for the North
American Birds summary for Minnesota.
 
Thanks for your observations and the details you provide!
 
Paul
pbu...@earthlink.net


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[mou-net] Lake Byllesby ice out?

[Rick Gibson]

For any of you living in the Cannon Falls area, I'll be very interested to
hear as soon as the ice on Lake Byllesby starts to clear.  With the warmer
weather this week, one can hope for early ice-out dates across the
southern part of the state.

Thanks.

--rick


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