Re: [mou-net] Fwd: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds
For those interested, I've been blogging about songs that mention Whip-poor-wills (there are many, many, many). I'm at the start of this project, but if you're interested, you can read here: https://lonesomewhippoorwill.com/tag/bird-songs/. To bring this back around to Minnesota, the band Big Thief, which has some connections to the state, has a lovely song called "Cattails," which mentions loons. Finally -- I'd welcome emails, off list, about birders' experiences with Eastern Whip-poor-wills and Common Nighthawks. - Jared Del Rosso Denver, CO (formerly St. Paul, MN / Cloquet, MN) On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 9:42 AM Kathryn Rudd wrote: > Ooh! Ooh! “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley! > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Sep 1, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Jennifer Gleason > wrote: > > > > > > > > Shrike by Hozier is a must. > > > > "Dragging along > > Following your form > > Hung like the pelt > > Of some prey you had worn > > Remember me, love > > When I'm reborn > > As a shrike to your sharp > > And glorious thorn" > > > > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G, an AT 5G smartphone > > > > > > > > Original message > > From: Kathryn Rudd > > Date: 9/1/22 9:45 AM (GMT-06:00) > > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fwd: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds > > > > Charlie, I had their album and loved that song! The violinist was > amazing. Has anyone mentioned “Mockingbird” by James Taylor & Carly Simon? > Also, the “Listen To the Mockingbird” that old chestnut? > > Kathryn Rudd, Eagan > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Aug 31, 2022, at 11:24 PM, Charles Greenman > wrote: > > > > > > What about” White Bird “ by Its a Beautiful Day? Charlie Greenman > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >> On Aug 31, 2022, at 4:06 PM, Kurt Schulzetenberg < > 3075a50844b4-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > >> > > >> "I wish they all could be California Gulls" by The Beach Boys. > > >> > > >> > > >> -Original Message- > > >> > > >> From: Warren > > >> To: MOU-NET > > >> Date: Wednesday, 31 August 2022 1:27 PM CDT > > >> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fwd: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds > > >> > > >> May the bird of paradise fly up your nose! (Little Jimmy Dickens?) > > >> W > > >> > > >> -Original Message- > > >> From: Minnesota Birds On Behalf Of David > Greening > > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 1:50 PM > > >> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > >> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fwd: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds > > >> > > >> Any such list is TOTALLY BOGUS without Surfin Bird by The > Trashmen!! > > >> > > >>>> On Aug 31, 2022, at 10:37 AM, Winter < > 14c7543ba227-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> 礪 Which one do you like > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Begin forwarded message: > > >>> > > >>> From: Winter > > >>> Date: August 31, 2022 at 10:33:37 AM CDT > > >>> To: Winter > > >>> Subject: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> http://www.top2040.com/2014/07/top-40-songs-about-birds.html > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >>> > > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >> > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and co
Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana
Apparently, pigeons will eat hemp seeds. When the U.S. Congress first began criminalizing marijuana use in the late-1930s (first by issuing a tax on it, not actually criminalizing it), bird seed companies (at the last minute) tried to interject, seeking an exception for seed production for pigeons. They argued that the seeds were indispensible to the production of healthy squabs; other seeds "changed the character" of the bird. (My source is the sociologist Howard Becker's book *Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance.)* - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, Colorado (formerly, part-time in St. Paul and Cloquet) On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 1:18 PM Kathryn Rudd wrote: > Are the birds lounging about on the fallen leaves and giggling? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 2, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Laura Erickson > wrote: > > > > I was one of the people in Carrol Henderson's study offering the hemp > seeds > > at my feeder in Duluth--didn't have any takers, either. But it's possible > > the difference is that the hemp seed in the experiment was "industrial > > hemp," not "psychoactive hemp." > > > > Best, Laura Erickson > > Duluth, MN > > > >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:08 PM sparky stensaas < > sparkystens...@hotmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Ha! This is exactly what Carrol Henderson was working on... > >> Hemp seeds were used as a bird seed many years ago. > >> Last year he had many of us test hemp seeds in our feeders to see if > this > >> was still a viable commercial operation. > >> Results were mixed...No birds ate it up in Sax-Zim Bog feeders. > >> But obviously Rochester chickadees like it! > >> > >> Sparky Stensaas > >> 2515 Garthus Road > >> Wrenshall MN 55797 > >> 218.341.3350 > >> sparkystens...@hotmail.com > >> > >> www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com > >> www.KollathStensaas.com > >> www.SaxZim.org > >> > >> > >> From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Joel H. > >> Dunnette > >> Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 1:28 PM > >> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > >> Subject: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana > >> > >> In a park under development in Rochester, I watched several chickadees > >> feeding avidly on seeds of marijuana plants. > >> I was able to sit in the open less than 10 feet from them, and they kept > >> coming back for more. > >> > >> Has anyone else noticed this sort of thing? > >> > >> -- > >> Joel Dunnette > >> > >> “The purpose of argument should not be victory, but progress” > >> > >> > >> Join or Leave mou-net: > >> > https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.umn.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwa%3FSUBED1%3Dmou-netdata=02%7C01%7C%7Cfdf042e208cc4eaed7fd08d86700f9b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637372601170944644sdata=1Tv6bQqK9HYBhdew0F2d%2FMd%2Fb9DbmKsl4WKI729TVAc%3Dreserved=0 > >> Archives: > >> > https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.umn.edu%2Farchives%2Fmou-net.htmldata=02%7C01%7C%7Cfdf042e208cc4eaed7fd08d86700f9b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637372601170944644sdata=zWthzYIfJk8GIVI2iJ3aSNYkBeHoeLAlNX1bTQ7KJ0k%3Dreserved=0 > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > >> > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > > > > -- > > Laura Erickson > > Duluth, MN > > > > For the love, understanding, and protection of birds > > www.lauraerickson.com > > www.patreon.com/lauraerickson > > > > You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. > > —Annie Dillard > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > > > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > -- JDR Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
Re: [mou-net] Jonathan Franzen's article in current New Yorker magazine--- link
Parts of *Freedom* were also set in Minnesota, and the book featured a curmudgeonly birder, perhaps a stand-in for the author, who railed against outdoor cats and seems to do better with birds than with people. Having just read Franzen's article, Jim Williams' response, and Audubon’s reply, it looks to me like Franzen badly wanted to make a point -- concern for long-term climate change often dampens concern for the present -- to set the stage for this article and so cherry picked tiny portions of quotes to turn Jim Williams and Audubon into so many straw men. Heck, the article in which Jim Williams' quote appears addresses the sort of local, concrete, present day concerns that concern Franzen in this piece: As alarming as the Audubon study is, [Carrol] Henderson said that other issues may pose even bigger — and much more immediate — problems for the state’s bird population. He’s particularly concerned about contaminants in lakes, especially lead used in fishing gear, that’s poisoning the loons. He also pointed to the loss of grasslands and an increasing use of pesticides. And a very quick look through Jim William's postings on the *Star Tribune* turn up heaps of writing on and suggestions for keeping birds from flying into windows. I like much of Franzen's work -- fiction and non-fiction -- but it's too bad he misused Jim Williams' words and apparently Audubon's work to set the stage for this lengthy article on issues other than Minnesota, birds and glass, and the Vikings' new stadium. - Jared Del Rosso Denver, CO Formerly St. Paul, MN On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Gordon Andersson gpanders...@msn.com wrote: Here is the link to the entire article Carbon Capture by Franzen. I havent read it thru yet, but it is about much more than the stadium and Audubon. The subtitle is Has climate change made it harder for people to care about conservation? He is a birder and conservationist. I think his novel Freedom featured a Cerulean Warbler on the cover and the species was featured in the plot. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/06/carbon-capture GAndersson St Paul -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Williams Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 2:35 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Jonathan Franzen's article in current New Yorker magazine Perhaps you have read author Jonathan Franzen's take on bird conservation, the beginning of which hinges on the Vikings stadium now under construction. He writes in the April 6 issue of The New Yorker. (The article Is available on-line.) Franzen takes a stick to the National Audubon Society, as well as a poke at me. Response to this from Audubon Vice President Mark Jannot, linked below, clearly and without mercy offer Audubon's reaction. Jannot gives me a helping hand as well, since I am prominent in the beginning of the Franzen piece. That consideration is much appreciated. Jannot posted his comments on the National Audubon web site. https://www.audubon.org/news/friends-these Jim Williams Wayzata, Minn birding blog at www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/Wingnut.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 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- JDR 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] White-winged Crow - Crosby Farm Regional Park - Ramsey County
A month or so ago, I glimpsed, from a distance, a striking, black bird with a white streak in its wings at Crosby Farm Regional Park in St. Paul. It reminded me of a magpie, but knowing that was impossible, I figured it was one of the park's pileated woodpeckers. Later, during that same outing, I noticed a crow, flying with another, that appeared to have a symmetrical--or nearly symmetrical--white streak in each of its wings. I wasn't confident in what I saw, though. The crows were flying high and it was a very sunny day, so I thought the white I was seeing in the wings might have been the light playing tricks on me. Today, I saw this white-winged crow fly from the trail bordering Crosby into my neighborhood (the Shepard Park neighborhood -- near Madison St and Stewart Ave). I had my dog, rather than my camera, with me, so I didn't have a chance to get any photographs. It appeared to have a white feather on each of its wings. Though not an uncommon or rare bird, the crow is striking and, for a photographer, might be worth the effort of tracking down. - Jared Del Rosso, St. Paul, MN -- JDR 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] Perched Common Nighthawk - Crosby Farms Regional Park - St. Paul, MN
At around 1:30 pm, there was a Common Nighthawk perched on a tree on the south side of Crosby Farm Rd. If you were heading into the park, you'd come across the bird before passing Watergate Marina. (My apologies for not paying better attention to the approximate distance of the tree from the marina.) The bird was quite visible from the road where I observed it from my car on the way out from the park after walking my dog. It looked a bit like a knot in the middle of the branch, as it was perched atop an open branch, 12-15 feet above the trail that runs along the road. - Jared Del Rosso St. Paul, MN -- JDR 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] Cloquet (Carlton County) - Snowy Owl @ Catholic Church at 4:30 pm.
The Cloquet snowy owl has returned to the top of the Catholic Church. This is around 4th St and Avenue F. It is there as of writing... Best, Jared -- JDR Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
