[mou-net] Osprey season has begun!
Osprey season in Minnesota has officially begun! I visited 12 nests today and found Ospreys on four of them, with a pair at one nest. So this is my annual plea for people to please report any new Osprey nests or Osprey activity to Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch. We are trying to monitor all known nests in the eight county metro area surrounding Minneapolis and St Paul. In 2015 we gathered data at 110 known nests in the metro area, with 75 of those nests successfully fledging at least one chick! We also always need help watching over these nests if anyone would like to become a volunteer nest monitor and visit a nest weekly thru the breeding season, please contact Vanessa Greene at osprey.mn@ gmail.com. You can visit our Facebook page for more information about the Ospreys in the metro area : https://www.facebook.com/Twin-Cities-Metro-Osprey-Watch-218968924786696/?ref=hl , or our blog at www.ospreywatch.blogspot.com Sent from my iPad 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, March 31, 2016
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *March 31, 2016 *MNDL1603.31 -Birds mentioned Wood Duck Hooded Merganser Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Snowy Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Merlin Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch Common Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: March 31, 2016 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, March 31, 2016 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. This has been a fine spring week in the northwest, but we are getting the inevitable cool down tonight. Hopefully, it won't last long. Many species are back already, and the mix has changed greatly. Now the common redpolls are mostly gone, replaced by dark-eyed juncos, and the blackbirds and grackles are coming in more and more every day. Killdeer are heard commonly now, and horned larks are paired off and starting to sing. In Lake of the Woods County, Beth Siverhus this week saw several BALD EAGLES, one GOLDEN EAGLE, and three ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. Two SNOWY OWLS were reported by Jake Boyd on the shore of Lake of the Woods this week, straight north of Roosevelt. I am not sure which county they were in. In Roseau County, Beth Siverhus reported BALD EAGLE, MERLIN, RING-BILLED GULL, KILLDEER , DARK-EYED JUNCOS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and PURPLE FINCH. COMMON REDPOLLS are still in Roseau County in large numbers. Here in Pennington County, I can report that most of the COMMON REDPOLLS have moved on. WOOD DUCKS and HOODED MERGANSERS are being seen along the rivers. Larger numbers of AMERICAN ROBINS have arrived, and are beginning to sing in the mornings. Some RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS have arrived this week. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER pair is nesting in a tree beside our deck. Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN CREEPER, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO along the Red River in East Grand Forks on March 29. TURKEY VULTURE and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD were reported in Becker County by Heather Hundt on March 25. On March 24, Benjamin Eckhoff also saw a TURKEY VULTURE in Douglas County. Thanks to all who sent in their sightings this week. 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, April 7, 2016. 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] Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis April meeting
Gerald Niemi, Senior Research Associate and UMD professor, will present on the topic of Bird Conservation and Management in the Great Lakes Region. The Chapter program will be held 7 - 9 pm Tuesday, April 5th at the Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center 55430. As always, chapter programs are free and open to all. Please join us for a very informative evening. Madeleine Linck ACM Board 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 3/31/16
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 31, 2016 *MNDU1603.31 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Gadwall American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Belted Kingfisher Winter Wren Bohemian Waxwing Fox Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: March 31, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for March 31st, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A female-plumaged HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen on the 30th at Knife Island in the town of Knife River. A flock of 23 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was still present on the 31st at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. John Richardson saw 16 species of waterfowl on the 30th at Park Point in Duluth, including 11 CANVASBACKS. Chris Lake saw 10 CANVASBACKS on the 30th at Blackmer Park in the Morgan Park neighborhood of west Duluth. Mike Hendrickson saw an ICELAND GULL on the 31st at the Park Point Recreation Area. Peder Svingen and others saw a GLAUCOUS GULL there on the 30th, and Peder saw ten GLAUCOUS GULLS, two THAYER'S GULLS, and a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 31st on Allouez Bay at Wisconsin Point. Frank Nicoletti, Dave Carman and others saw their third RED-SHOULDERED HAWK of the season on the 28th at the West Skyline Hawk Count along Skyline Drive at Thompson Hill. They also counted 1,751 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 28th, and 1,685 on the 29th. Kim Eckert saw a flock of at least 500 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 30th on the 1900 block of Kent Road near UMD. Recent new arrivals in the area include PIED-BILLED GREBE and EASTERN MEADOWLARK on the 26th, WINTER WREN on the 27th, TUNDRA SWAN, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT on the 29th, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN SHOVELER, REDHEAD, GREAT BLUE HERON, BELTED KINGFISHER on the 30th, and FOX SPARROW on the 31st. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 7th. 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] recent arrivals, Crosby Farm Park, St. Paul; Mendota Heights/Lilydale
On Wednesday, there were some new additions to the waterfowl mix at Crosby Park. Besides the usual Canada Geese, Mallards, and Wood Ducks, there were several pairs of Ring-necked Ducks, a few pairs of blue-winged Teal, a Pie-billed Grebe, and a Trumpeter Swan. On the river path there was a flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets foraging high along the banks. There were also Brown Creepers, though these may have been the same ones seen here during the winter months. Additional Brown Creepers and Golden-crowned Kinglets were found today, along the paved path that runs from highway 13 to highway 110, parallel to 35E. The Creepers were concentrating their gleaning efforts on the deep crevices of mature cottonwoods. While most of the kinglets were feeding in the upper canopy, some were at eye-level, flashing the flame color beneath their yellow crowns. A drive-by check in Lilydale revealed no Osprey on the Station Island nesting platform. However, there was a new occupant on the abandoned nest that Osprey had built on the power structure at the east end of the main lake, right next to the road and the railroad bridge. Last year, a Canada Goose used it. Now the nest has been expanded, and was hosting a Bald Eagle. Further west, off the bike path and overlooking the wetland, the Great-horned Owl was visible on her adopted Eagle nest. No other nests occupants were visible at the time, but perhaps the weather was keeping everyone hunkered down to brood. 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
[mou-net] Tufted Titmouse, Simon's Ravine, W St. Paul
A belated report, and a belated thanks to Julian Sellers for his post: the Tufted Titmouse was found Tuesday on the south hillside of Simon's ravine, close to the lower-most station of the disc golf course. It was doing its "Peter" call and one other vocalization. It was among a group of Chickadees, near the housing at the top of the bluff. 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
