[mou-net] This weekend northeast Metro?

[Missy Bowen]

Trips planned? Fri, Sat or Sun? Anyone going out? I have had my head deep
in work out of state for the last few weeks and surely missed notices.

My plan thus far is to check warbler/riparian migrant action at my cabin on
the St. Croix river then head to William O'Brien for chestnut sided
warblers and other higher ground action unless there's a better offer...or
if folks want to join in.
Missy Bowen
Marine on St. Croix


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[mou-net] Migration

[Bernard P. Friel]

FOY, ruby-throated, blackburnian and great-crested in my yard, Mendota Heights

 

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Mendota Heights, MN

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[mou-net] Great-crested Flycatcher

[Steve Weston]

FOY Great-crested Flycatcher in my yard.

Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
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Re: [mou-net] Hand-feeding Warblers

[Kathryn Rudd]

That’s amazing, Steve! Thanks for sharing those videos. While watching the 
video of the solo Pine Warbler visiting your hand, was it a chilly day? It 
looks to me like it is enjoying warming up in your hand. 😊
Kathryn in Eagan, Dakota County

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From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Steve Wilson 

Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12:33:45 PM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
Subject: [mou-net] Hand-feeding Warblers

Until recently, I didn't realize how many bird species would eat from my
hand, including warblers. Last year a pine warbler ate peanuts from my hand
five minutes after I tried. This year two yellow-rumped warblers were doing
the same within a few hours of showing up at the feeder. They don't always
come in that readily; inclement weather helps. Here are a few videos I took
within the last several days to illustrate what I'm talking about.



One video has spectacular closeups of a male pine warbler eating out of my
hand, and what happens when it suspects an avian predator may be nearby:

Hand Feeding a Pine Warbler (youtube.com)




This one has some fun interactions between warblers:

Hand-feeding a pine and two yellow-rumped warblers (youtube.com)




Here warblers struggle with uncooperative live mealworms so that they don't
go down the hatch the wrong way:

Yellow-rumped and Pine warblers eating live mealworms from my hand.
(youtube.com) 



Another species I've recently had success with is purple finch.



Going for a walk with a purple finch:

Purple Finches and a Human Birdfeeder - YouTube




This one's too long, I know, but for those of you not experiencing the
purple finch takeover of some NE MN feeders, just glancing at it gives you
an idea of the crazy number of purple finches we've had at our feeders
lately, how much some of us are spending on sunflower seeds, and why I had
to resort to the method in the previous video:

Purple Finch Feeding Frenzy (youtube.com)




Other species that have eaten from my hand include black-capped chickadee,
red-breasted nuthatch, gray jay, pine siskin, American goldfinch, common
redpoll, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, dark-eyed junco, and just today,
blue jay. Several days ago a boreal chickadee plucked a peanut from a small
dish held in my hand, but I haven't succeeded in having it feed directly
from my hand. I highly recommend adding this technique to a feeding regime;
it can't be beat for fun.



Steve Wilson - Isabella



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Re: [mou-net] More migrators in our trees!

[Michael Koutnik]

Also in Eagan, house wrens have returned for another year to our humble
bird house.

Mike Koutnik

On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 11:47 AM Kathryn Rudd  wrote:

> The past couple of days have brought a White Throated Sparrow, Rose
> Breasted Grosbeak, Catbird, and several Baltimore Orioles to our feeders,
> as well as a regular Piliated Woodpecker, Wood Duck pair, and waay too many
> Canada Geese. No hummingbirds yet.
> Kathryn Rudd, Eagan - Dakota County
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[mou-net] More migrators in our trees!

[Kathryn Rudd]

The past couple of days have brought a White Throated Sparrow, Rose Breasted 
Grosbeak, Catbird, and several Baltimore Orioles to our feeders, as well as a 
regular Piliated Woodpecker, Wood Duck pair, and waay too many Canada Geese. No 
hummingbirds yet.
Kathryn Rudd, Eagan - Dakota County

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