[mou-net] Eared Grebes, Polk County
As of yesterday, at the East Grand Forks sewage lagoons in Polk County, I counted close to 90 Eared Grebe nests. I assume this will likely be the last year for thsee sewage lagoons as I have heard they are “soon to be decommissioned”. Sandy Aubol East Grand Forks Polk County 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] Tropical Kingbird update
Being seen now at previously reported Cottonwood Tree. Don Kienholz 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] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, July 2, 2015
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *July 2, 2015 *MNDL1507.02 -Birds mentioned Wood Duck Common Merganser Ruffed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Wild Turkey Eared Grebe American Bittern Least Bittern Black-billed Cuckoo Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Red-breasted Nuthatch Veery Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird Orchard Oriole -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: July 2, 2015 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, July 2, 2015 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. Baby birds and fledglings are everywhere in the northwest, and one hears strange baby talk all around. Weather has been pleasant for the last few days, but due to forest fires in northern Saskatchewan, skies have been hazy or overcast much of the time. We have been treated to some beautiful sunrises and sunsets due to that haze. Charlene Nelson in Grant County, reported an ORCHARD ORIOLE near Elbow Lake on July 1. From Douglas County this week, Benjamin Eckhoff reported seeing many fledglings being fed by their parents. He also reported a pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS near the new Alexandria High School, an AMERICAN BITTERN at Glacial Lakes SP, and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD north of Lake Carlos State Park. Craig Mandel was in Wilkin and Otter Tail Counties last weekend where Wilkin County sightings included GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, EARED GREBE at the Breckenridge WTP, a pair or RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in Breckenridge at the intersection of Oak St. and Central Ave, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at the same location, NELSON'S SPARROW on CR 15 a fifth of a mile east of CR 30, and LE CONTES SPARROW on 190th St 1.5 miles east of CR 15. Larry Sirvio observed an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Maplewood State Park, 0.2 miles west of the entrance station on June 25, and a KRIDER'S RED-TAILED HAWK, also in Otter Tail County. Craig Mandels group reported a LEAST BITTERN a quarter mile west of US 59 on the south side of Otter Tail CR 24 and at Maplewood SP- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, RUFFED GROUSE and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. Sandy Aubol reported a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at her feeders in East Grand Forks, Polk County on July 1. She also counted 90 EARED GREBE nests at the East Grand Forks WTP. In Pennington County, Sandy Aubol observed a LEAST BITTERN on the Red Lake County line just east of Pennington CR 10 on June 28. Other species seen along CR 10, also known as the Pembina Trail, included 5 WILD TURKEYS on the east side of CR 10 north of CR 58, OVENBIRD, VEERY, LE CONTE'S SPARROW on CR 61 just west of CR 10, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and VESPER SPARROW. Here along the river near Thief River Falls, I was surprised to see a COMMON MERGANSER on June 26. A mother WOOD DUCK brought her family of eight delightful babies up on the yard where they may have been born a couple of weeks earlier. Thanks to Benjamin Eckhoff, Charlene Nelson, Craig Mandel, Larry Sirvio, and Sandy Aubol 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, July 9, 2015. 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] 12 Common Loons Ottertail County
And a pontoon full of idiots chasing them Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Charlene Nelson birdnir...@gmail.com wrote: Eagle Lake Charlene Nelson 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] 12 Common Loons Ottertail County
Eagle Lake Charlene Nelson 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] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 7/2/15
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *July 2, 2015 *MNDU1507.02 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Horned Grebe Black-backed Woodpecker Philadelphia Vireo Connecticut Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: July 2, 2015 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for July 2nd, 2015 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen on the 27th by Dave Benson, Kim Eckert and others in the Sax-Zim Bog along the McDavitt Road, about 3.2 miles north of the Sax Road. They also found a CONNECTICUT WARBLER on the Admiral Road about 3.8 miles north of the Sax Road. Dan and Pam Guynn found a CONNECTICUT WARBLER on June 23rd in Aitkin County along West White Pine Forest Road, 2.25 miles west of MN Highway 65. Denny and Barb Martin found a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO on July 1st at Crosby Manitou State Park, near the main parking lot. Gerald Hoekstra and Kevin Smith saw two BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS on June 23rd at Oberg Mountain in Cook County. The SURF SCOTER at Agate Bay in Two Harbors was seen as recently as June 26th. A HORNED GREBE was seen at Burlington Bay on July 1st. The next scheduled update of this report will be in two weeks on July 16th. This report is compiled from MOU-net postings, local eBird checklists, various Facebook group pages (some of which may require joining), and personal contacts. Please follow the links below for the most up-to-date information: MOU-net: http://www.mail-archive.com/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/maillist.html eBird: http://ebird.org/ebird/places Facebook group pages: Minnesota Ornithologists Union: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moumn.group/ Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnbirding/ Minnesota Rare Bird Alert: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570731239835376/ Northeast Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177159692431348/ Sax-Zim Bog: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saxzimbog/ Duluth Phenology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/duluthphenology/ 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] Eastern Towhee in northern St Louis County
I was surprised again this week when I found a singing Eastern Towhee in Orr, MN. You can listen to a video on the Minnesota Birding Facebook group. (I will share to the MOU Facebook group as well) I remember a few years ago when someone reported an Eastern Towhee by Elephant Lake. I blew it off as a Hermit Thrush because they have a very similar trill sound that they make as a secondary call. The Towhee is still singing now and he has mixed in the Hermit Thrush sounding trill at times. It's fun to hear the different calls. Made my day! -- Dee Kuder Crane Lake 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] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird
I see Cornell's All About Birds guide to this species http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tropical_Kingbird/id is lacking video. Perhaps someone can shoot some and submit it to Cornell. Tom Klein St. Paul -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of R.D. Everhart Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:59 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird Hey everyone- I went out to chase the Tropical Kingbird that has been seen at Murphy-Hanrahan Park south of Minneapolis/St. Paul and got a few photos that I have posted here: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com The bird was seen off and on between about 7 am and 9:30 am. It did not vocalize while I was there. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN 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
[mou-net] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird
Hey everyone- I went out to chase the Tropical Kingbird that has been seen at Murphy-Hanrahan Park south of Minneapolis/St. Paul and got a few photos that I have posted here: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com The bird was seen off and on between about 7 am and 9:30 am. It did not vocalize while I was there. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN 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] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird
I'm quite sure that the sounds and videos used on the AllAboutBirds site come from the Macaulay Library, and ML has 40 videos of tropical kingbird. So I think that the lack of videos for this species is more about them not having time to update all of their species accounts rather than a lack of videos. Not that this should discourage anybody from getting some good video... Jonathon On Thu, 2015-07-02 at 18:12 +, Klein, Tom (DNR) wrote: I see Cornell's All About Birds guide to this species http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tropical_Kingbird/id is lacking video. Perhaps someone can shoot some and submit it to Cornell. Tom Klein St. Paul -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of R.D. Everhart Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:59 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird Hey everyone- I went out to chase the Tropical Kingbird that has been seen at Murphy-Hanrahan Park south of Minneapolis/St. Paul and got a few photos that I have posted here: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com The bird was seen off and on between about 7 am and 9:30 am. It did not vocalize while I was there. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN 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 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] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird
Internet Bird Collection has videos; http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/tropical-kingbird-tyrannus-melancholicus -Original Message- From: Jonathon Jongsma Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 1:33 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird I'm quite sure that the sounds and videos used on the AllAboutBirds site come from the Macaulay Library, and ML has 40 videos of tropical kingbird. So I think that the lack of videos for this species is more about them not having time to update all of their species accounts rather than a lack of videos. Not that this should discourage anybody from getting some good video... Jonathon On Thu, 2015-07-02 at 18:12 +, Klein, Tom (DNR) wrote: I see Cornell's All About Birds guide to this species http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tropical_Kingbird/id is lacking video. Perhaps someone can shoot some and submit it to Cornell. Tom Klein St. Paul -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of R.D. Everhart Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:59 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Minnesota Tropical Kingbird Hey everyone- I went out to chase the Tropical Kingbird that has been seen at Murphy-Hanrahan Park south of Minneapolis/St. Paul and got a few photos that I have posted here: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com The bird was seen off and on between about 7 am and 9:30 am. It did not vocalize while I was there. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN 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 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
[mou-net] Two YB Chats, Olmstead Co.
Two individual Chats viewed simultaneously at the previously reported location. One singing, one carrying food (photographed). Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
