[mou-net] 180TH ST. Marsh, Dakota: Red-necked phalarope
male red-necked phalarope molting into basic plumage (half and half), this morning in sw pool. Flew around a couple times and then took off with two other birds who may have been dowitchers, but I didn't even know they were around until they all flew. Beth Tiller . Farmington, MN 55024-9526 651-200-2489 beth87til...@gmail.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] [mou-rba] Buff-breasted Sandpipers
Hey birders, The Hockema Brothers wandered west and graciously included me in their pursuit of Buff-breasted Sandpipers in the Minnesota River Valley. While striking out in Blue Earth County at the sod farm on the corner of CR21 and CR14 east of Mapleton (a regular observation site in fall), we did manage to find fields with mixtures of Upland and Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Nicollet and Renville Counties. In Nicollet County we found 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 5 Upland Sandpipers in a field on the southwest corner of CR5 and CR12 northwest of Swan Lake. We also visited the field previously reported northwest of Renville in Renville County where we found 18 Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 14 Upland Sandpipers. At that site we also heard and saw a male Blue Grosbeak in the yard of the corner house to the south and a Western Kingbird on the telephone wire just north of this field. We had 3 other shorebird locations of note: 1) Fairfax sewage ponds (a mile south of town and to the east): both yellowlegs, Pectoral, Least, Spotted, Baird’s, and Buff-breasted (1) Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitcher, Red-necked Phalarope, Semipalmated Plover, and Killdeer along with some assorted ducks 2) Nicollet CR111 north of Nicollet at the infamous “cattle pond” on the east side of the road: Lesser Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher, Semipalmated Plover, Least, Pectoral, and Baird’s Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plover, and Killdeer. 3) Nicollet CR21 northwest of CR15 near New Ulm. This is a bit of a tricky spot because there is not much room to park on the side of the road. Please be careful! We parked in front of a gate to a private property and walked back southeast along the road to an opening where we could scan. This is an open wetland on the southwest side of the road about halfway between New Ulm and the Harkin Store. There were extensive mudflats and we estimated well over 500 shorebirds at this site: both yellowlegs, Pectoral, Least, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitcher, Semipalmated Plover and Killdeer. Numerous Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets were present here as well. We ended up with a total of 96 species for the day which was a pretty great total in the valley. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato *Chad Heins* Assistant Professor of Biology Bethany Lutheran College 700 Luther Drive Mankato, MN 56001 Office: 507.344.7327 | Toll Free: 800.944.3066 chad.he...@blc.edu| www.blc.edu 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] Douglas County Birds 7/31/15
Thanks to those who posted Buff-breasted Sandpipers yesterday. It got me out looking in Douglas yesterday evening and my last stop (Douglas 15 and 56) there were mud flats with 3-400 shorebirds present. While I was there a flock of 23 Buff-breasted Sandpipers flew in and landed on a mud peninsula in the middle of shallow water, looking decidedly out of place. In ten or 15 minutes 22 of them took off, flying NW. The other stayed and fed for about another 15 minutes. I did not see it take off. Also present were Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semi-Plover, Least, Semi, Pectoral, Stilt, and at least one White-Rumped Sandpipers, a Wilson's Snipe, a Wilson's Phalarope and some Bairds Sandpipers. Also present were a family of Soras feeding on bulrush seeds. Also had a Nashville Warbler yesterday earlier in the day. 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] Franklins Gulls
P.S. Had upwards of 1500 Franklins Gulls at the Osakis Sewage Ponds today. John Ellis-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
[mou-net] Red shouldered hawk
We've had a red shouldered hawk in our yard and close to the house for at least the past three weeks. In Shoreview. John 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] Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Anoka Co.
7 Buff-breasted Sandpipers still present in same area as of 9:45 this morning. Fields are being mowed so the birds might move around a bit. Bob Dunlap bobthebirdman.com On Jul 31, 2015 7:42 PM, Erik Collins suee...@msn.com wrote: One more Buff-breasted Sandpiper report today. There are at least seven at the AL Sod farm in Anoka County (Highway 14 east of Lexington Ave.). They are in a field on the north side of road, east of the building. Currently a scope is needed to see them. 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 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] 180th St. Marsh, Dakota County, phalarope
That was a hard bird to ID even at relatively close range, at least for me! But then it flew and showed its wing stripes (and I even got a picture of it flying, and called as it flew and conveniently cinched the ID as red-necked. Looked like a male but with big gobs of gray feathers! The shrikes were active, hunting insects under the wires. Saw 2 adults and one juvenile. Beth Tiller beth87til...@gmail.com On Aug 1, 2015, at 3:01 PM, linda whyte wrote: I believe Laura Coble and I saw the same Red-necked Phalarope reported by Beth Tillerman, only later this morning. However, we found it at the back of the NW body of water, the largest pool. It was swimming in characteristic circles. Periodically,it would move behind the point of grasses on the east side, probably feeding in shallower waters nearer shore, but would then return to mid-lake. At first we had thought to ID a Wilson's, but scope views, with field-guide checks, suggested Red-necked. The only shorebirds we found at Jirik/Braun sod farms were Kildeer. Linda Whyte 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] 180th St. Marsh, Dakota County, phalarope
I believe Laura Coble and I saw the same Red-necked Phalarope reported by Beth Tillerman, only later this morning. However, we found it at the back of the NW body of water, the largest pool. It was swimming in characteristic circles. Periodically,it would move behind the point of grasses on the east side, probably feeding in shallower waters nearer shore, but would then return to mid-lake. At first we had thought to ID a Wilson's, but scope views, with field-guide checks, suggested Red-necked. The only shorebirds we found at Jirik/Braun sod farms were Kildeer. Linda Whyte Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
