Re: [mou-net] Blue Jay mimicking Ring-Billed Gull?
Hi All, This appears to be a mimicked call of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. Huge thanks to Dana Sterner for the ID! -- Adam Herman St. Paul, MN On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 9:46 AM Adam Herman wrote: > Hi All, > > I had an interesting experience yesterday near the Vadnais Lake reservoir > in Ramsey County. As suggested by the subject line, I think I heard a Blue > Jay mimicking a Ring-Billed Gull. I give a little bit more narrative in my > eBird checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66308727 > > Aside from the miscellaneous binks and bonks they make, I've heard Blue > Jays mimicking Red-tailed, Broad-winged, and Cooper's Hawks, but I've never > heard a non-raptor bird being mimicked. Apparently, this isn't without > precedence, either: https://z.umn.edu/blja_rbgu_pdf. > > Am I mis-identifying this? > > -- > > Adam Herman > St. Paul, 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] Early spring birds at Afton State Park
A good outing. Picked up a killdeer yesterday in Osceola, good to hear the loons are back home! Glenn Sent from my iPad > On Mar 28, 2020, at 8:15 PM, Keith Carlson wrote: > > Beat the rain and got in a 5.5 mile/2 hour hike at Afton State Park I > heard but never saw an Eastern Meadowlark several times in the upland > prairie. While looking at an oddly shaped mullen from last year with hopes > that the bulge on top was the Meadowlark, I did see two sandhill cranes in > the distance flying up the St. Croix River valley. I thought I heard > killdeers at the bottom of the downhill ski area below the prairie portion > of the trail but I later found myself doubting it. > > When I got down the hill to the river, I heard the skittering call of a > Bald Eagle. I scanned down river from the beach and noticed a nest in a > tree off the cove south of the beach. I missed the eagle sitting in the > nest at first but caught sight of it when I rescanned. Later saw three > more Eagles out on the ice north of the beach. They were adjacent to a > small open channel - 1 mature and 2 mottled juveniles. Saw the usual > chickadees and, just as I wondered why they weren't still around, a junco. > > As I came out of the trees on to the prairie after climbing out of the > river valley, I came upon a flock of about 25 foraging Robins. When I > reached the shelter at the intersection with trail circling the prairie, > there were possibly the same flock of Robins in the tree next to shelter. > As I walked past, I heard a noise that caused me to look around to find its > source until I realized it was Robins that I had spooked and that had taken > off simultaneously. > > As I departed in my car from the NW trail access, I drove the section of > road immediately adjacent to nothe river that leads to downtown Afton and > saw a Common Loon in the open water north of the ice where I previously saw > the 3 eagles. > > > 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] Early spring birds at Afton State Park
Beat the rain and got in a 5.5 mile/2 hour hike at Afton State Park I heard but never saw an Eastern Meadowlark several times in the upland prairie. While looking at an oddly shaped mullen from last year with hopes that the bulge on top was the Meadowlark, I did see two sandhill cranes in the distance flying up the St. Croix River valley. I thought I heard killdeers at the bottom of the downhill ski area below the prairie portion of the trail but I later found myself doubting it. When I got down the hill to the river, I heard the skittering call of a Bald Eagle. I scanned down river from the beach and noticed a nest in a tree off the cove south of the beach. I missed the eagle sitting in the nest at first but caught sight of it when I rescanned. Later saw three more Eagles out on the ice north of the beach. They were adjacent to a small open channel - 1 mature and 2 mottled juveniles. Saw the usual chickadees and, just as I wondered why they weren't still around, a junco. As I came out of the trees on to the prairie after climbing out of the river valley, I came upon a flock of about 25 foraging Robins. When I reached the shelter at the intersection with trail circling the prairie, there were possibly the same flock of Robins in the tree next to shelter. As I walked past, I heard a noise that caused me to look around to find its source until I realized it was Robins that I had spooked and that had taken off simultaneously. As I departed in my car from the NW trail access, I drove the section of road immediately adjacent to nothe river that leads to downtown Afton and saw a Common Loon in the open water north of the ice where I previously saw the 3 eagles. 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] Tufted titmouse (Washington County)
I saw and heard a tufted titmouse near the Boom Site just north of Stillwater this morning around 9 . So Exciting ! Before I saw it I wanted to dismiss it as a cardinal. Same one? Elizabeth closmore > On Mar 26, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Kyle TePoel > <0583427559cc-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > Excited to have my first titmouse yard bird this morning. I live in > Stillwater township. Singing pretty aggressively but I’m not so sure it’s > going to find a mate. I’ve personally only had one other titmouse in the > county (Washington), at Afton state park last spring. But who knows! > > Kyle Te Poel > > > 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] adding to my contacts
Bob Broyles Anatomy and Physiology Professor Butler County Community College 715 E 13th, #5122 Andover, Kansas 67002 316-218-6974 I am here to help my students succeed! 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] Varied Thrush
(Posted by Connie Grundhofer via moumn.org) Varied Thrush in our yard for one minute about 8:15 this morn. Did get a photo. First time for our yard. Neighbors have searched. No luck finding it again. Live in Anoka Co. near Ramsey Co. border. Connie 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] Yellow-Rumped Warbler - Coon Rapids Dam
A surprising find this morning on our walk upstream from the Dam on the Anoka County side ... Yellow-rumped Warbler - a solitary bright male, occasionally singing a weak, wispy song; by the ditch at the north end of the park Common Loon - 1, mid-river above the dam; vocalized once Hooded Mergansers - 3 in boat launch lagoon Common Merganser - 1 male, just downstream from dam in eastern channel We were hoping for Fox Sparrows or Hermit Thrushes, but haven't found any so far. Ron Refsnider 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] Blue Jay mimicking Ring-Billed Gull?
Hi All, I had an interesting experience yesterday near the Vadnais Lake reservoir in Ramsey County. As suggested by the subject line, I think I heard a Blue Jay mimicking a Ring-Billed Gull. I give a little bit more narrative in my eBird checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66308727 Aside from the miscellaneous binks and bonks they make, I've heard Blue Jays mimicking Red-tailed, Broad-winged, and Cooper's Hawks, but I've never heard a non-raptor bird being mimicked. Apparently, this isn't without precedence, either: https://z.umn.edu/blja_rbgu_pdf. Am I mis-identifying this? -- Adam Herman St. Paul, 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
