[mou-net] The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
No one in the group this afternoon at Tacoma Avenue and County Rd. 32, so far as I know, saw the bird after the initial midday sighting. We sure did search from the roadside, while the wind shook our scopes and conditions dimmed. Joel Schmid called me after we had departed the scene to report that a Wisconsin birder in the group had driven ahead with him along Tacoma and believed she had spotted the sharp-tailed based on warm cinnamon streakless breast and prominent white supercilium. I whirled the car around at the edge of Mayer and came back, found Joel and the other birder a quarter mile or so north of the main pond at the corner, and agreed, in failing light, that those field marks were present. This bird was considerably far back from our post along Tacoma Avenue looking west this time, with a developing rainstorm for a backdrop. My suggestion for birders tomorrow is that the bird is likely still in the area. *Tanya Beyer* http://www.epiphaniesafield.com/home-page.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] sharp-tailed directions
Take MN 7 to Mayer, south on Hwy 25 2+ miles, west on Hwy 32 1 mile. Stop where all the birders are standing in the road On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Jim wrote: > Could anyone provide precise directions to the sharp-tailed sandpiper? > Thanks. > Jim Williams > birding blog at startribune.com/Wingnut > > > 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] sharp-tailed directions
Could anyone provide precise directions to the sharp-tailed sandpiper? Thanks. Jim Williams birding blog at startribune.com/Wingnut 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] North American Big Year record
If you’ve been following this year’s quest for a new North American Big Year record, the mark keeps rising. Australian birder John Weigel as of Sept. 14 had recorded 763 species. The old mark was 749. Hoping for the usual fall bonanza of Asian strays on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, Weigel added only two new birds in 25 days. Twenty-five days!! OMG! Birders who visit Gambell routinely said this fall was the worst they’ve experienced for vagrants. The stormy westerly winds needed to blow Asian migrants off course and into the island village of Gambell never materialized. Weigel presently in on St. Paul Island, another Bering Sea hotspot. His one new bird there, Jack Snipe, was seen on the 14th. He wrote me on the 18th with nothing else to report, so birding must be slow there, too. He said he expects the two other BY birders who spent time on Gambell to break the old record. One of them is Laura Keene, a birder from Ohio who has set a new NA BY record for women, and who likely will hold the second of third highest total ever when the year ends. Jim Williams Wayzata birding blog at startribune.com/Wingnut 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] Adult Golden Eagle, Hen. City.
(Posted by Chet A. Meyers via moumn.org) This morning I visited the Coldwater Spring unit of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) where an open house was taking place. As I entered, a large dark raptor was drifting by. I asked one of the park rangers. expecting a raptor release demonstration. Such was not the case. The bird was an adult golden eagle, no white on tail or wings, completely dark and with golden and lighter touch to head, wings, and tail coverts. At first I thought is was a Harlan's hawk, but it was too small and the underwings were almost completely darK It drifted in a circle so I got good looks at it. As if in confirmation of size, an adult bald eagle flew over a couple of minutes later in the same location 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] Sharp-tailed sandpiper present Saturday
The bird is being seen off and on this morning (Saturday) at the previously reported location. Patience may be required as it has spent some time hiding in clumps of grass. Karl Roe 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
