[mou-net] Cassin's Kingbird in Grand Marais, Cook County update
I refound it and it was last seen about 15 min ago (445p) at the corner of 3rd Ave W and 2nd St, at and near the Congregational Church. Also present a Northern Mockingbird. Met 4 other birders there as well, glad they all had a chance to see it! Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 45' 05" -90° 20' 23" PO Box 1057 425 W Hwy 61 Lower Level (Log building/GM Pharmacy across from Dockside) Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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
Re: [mou-net] Julian's Post, Cardinal presence in the state
Al - We've had cardinals on the CBC for Grand Marais for quite a few years. Anywhere from 1 to 7 or 8 individuals. I know we've had them the last 3-5 for sure, and I'd have to look at the data to give you more specifics. I do know from anecdotal information that they've been seen 10-20 miles out of Grand Marais, so I would guess they are near or at the border. Does anyone have access or know of CBC data from Thunder Bay or surrounding area? Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer GM CBC Coordinator -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 3:29 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Julian's Post, Cardinal presence in the state Julian's post brings up two interesting questions: 1) When the did the cardinal move into the state? Was under the impression that it was irregular prior to the '60's; obviously this is misinformation if it was seen regularly in St. Paul from 1944 on. 2) Is it regularly seen all the way to the northern border? Know that Duluthians still remark on its presence locally. Thanks! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties 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] Northern Hawk Owl near Grand Marais MN
I found a Northern Hawk Owl working Hwy 61, 1.5 miles east of Naniboujou Lodge. Seems to be not concerned about the wind howling at all. Hopefully it'll move closer to Grand Marais, and we can get it on our Christmas Count. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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] Grand Marais CBC
The Grand Marais Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday December 18. All who are interested in participating should contact me prior to the count day to be assigned an area to cover, or to let me know you are feeder watching. We will then meet at 4:15pm at "The Garage", next to Radio Shack on 1st Ave W for a compilation of data from birders that can make it there at that time. Thanks, Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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
Re: [mou-net] Destructive Photographers at Sax-Zim Bog
Mike - Good for you for finding out who they were and publically admonishing their tactics, as well as naming names. I'll be passing the word as well to boycott their materials. It's too bad that it comes to this, especially when they could stage nice photos with educational birds, or get "real" natural photos by doing their legwork/long lens work, instead of baiting them. Thank you! Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.org -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Hendrickson Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:25 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Destructive Photographers at Sax-Zim Bog When we hear about people any where in Minnesota who are disturbing birds or being destructive on public lands for example ripping branches off trees to get better photos of a roosting owls, rip branches off live trees for perches, over tape use, using fishing poles with artificial bait that look like mice on the end of the fishing line to tease owls to get flight shots, or basically any act that is doing harm to the environment or to the birds we are asked to document the event and expose these people. Well below is documentation of how three people in the Sax-Zim Bog decided to be selfish and to manipulate an area in the Sax-Zim Bog to get photos of birds. Well today I was guiding two people and we were coming south on the Admiral Rd. I was intrigue to see the newly erected feeders that were placed up on Thursday of this week. My friend Jim emailed me to inform me that he will be maintaining the Admiral Rd feeding station this year as the person who created the feeding site decided not to continue maintaining the site this winter. Jim inform me he put up a large platform feeder with black oil sunflower seeds on the tree that was previous used in the past. The platform feeder was NOT nailed to the tree but it was hung up instead and Jim also put up a large onion sack full of beef suet chunks on the same tree or possibly the tree across the road where in past a suet feeder was hung up there that attracted Boreal Chickadees. So I am coming down Admiral Road and I see a group of three photographers at the site. I get out of the car and the platform feeder was taken down, the suet bag was on top of a make shift snow bank along the side of the road with the platform feeder on top of the suet bag! I inform that the feeders belong to Jim and they said not much accept they will put the feeders back up when they are done photographing the birds. I asked why they moved the feeders ?, and they said they took the suet feeder down because they wanted to concentrate the birds to one spot rather than having the birds go to both feeders. They moved the platform feeder off the tree because they wanted to set the platform feeder so they can get a better background with the perches they set up. I looked at their set up with fresh branches clipped to tripods right over the platform feeder so they can get some photos. As I walked into the snow to hang up my suet feeders on the tree that I know Boreal Chickadees used last year I noticed the tree branches were ripped off that tree and the ground where they were standing were full of ripped branches! I looked at the perches they used on the tripods and saw they matched the areas where they ripped them off and the branches on the ground were branches they decided not to use for perches. Yes they are professional photographers because all of them have websites that sell photos they took and all their websites talk about how they have respect for wildlife, the environment and how they create "natural" photos of wildlife. http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/2010/12/destructive-photograhers. html ( to see the photos ) Its not just ripping off branches of live trees to get perches that angers me but to interfere with someone else feeders they put up to feed the birds and to deliberately concentrate birds to one area so they can get photos to me is wrong and I think everyone on this listserv would agree. If they want to manipulate birds they should create their own feeding station in their own neck of the woods! This Admiral Rd site is a good site to photograph birds and see Boreal Chickadees very close up but I ask that when you bird the Sax-Zim Bog please do not interfere with any bird feeding stations on private land or in this case on county land. Who are these photographers? They are Derek Griggs, Chad Griggs and Chad Gustafson. I ask everyone to boycott purchasing their photos for any type of publication! I been inform that their photos will NEVER be used for publication in the Loon which is good news and I hope other sources will follow suit. Mike
[mou-net] Long Eared Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County
Folks - Got a report of a Long-eared Owl hanging out at the intersection and nearby area of Cty 42 (Cardinal Road) and Cty 44, right off of Cty 7 just west of Grand Marais. I plan to check the area tomorrow to see if it is still around. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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] Snow Geese in Grand Marais Harbor
Folks - I found two Snow Geese, one dark, one light, in the Grand Marais Harbor during the 12-1pm time. They were also eating up at the Artist's Point parking lot, and working back and forth from the water. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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
Re: [mou-net] Northern Hawk Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County
Steve - Not sure I'm qualified (if any of us are) to answer those questions. My aim was to let everyone know it was more consistently available than other owls I've seen or posted. Sax-Zim has consistent owls, maybe other places, Cook County typically does not. Anyway, it seems like some birds have time-shift or dimensional hopping capabilities, it still is amazing the lengths some birds migrate just for breeding. They can make the trip to summer breeding grounds, breed, and return to wintering grounds in one whole year. You must wonder. Jeremy -Original Message- From: Steve Weston [mailto:swest...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:41 AM To: Jeremy Ridlbauer Cc: mnbird; Mou-net Subject: Re: [mou-net] Northern Hawk Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County Hi Jeremy, the concept of a "somewhat consistent owl" just got me thinking: -Does the owl know it is consistent? -If not, what is it, when is not consistent? -What would an inconsistent owl be? -Perhaps, if it is inconsistent, it would not "be" at times, and would flicker in and out of reality. I believe that I have found birds like that, which seem to vanish into a bare tree or into bare ground. I know that I have seen a whole flock of Lapland Longspurs vanish into the bare ground of a plowed field. And Brown Creepers that could call across a dimensional wrinkle in a tree that filtered out their visibility. I watched a Buffed Breasted Sandpiper that was invisible with the exception of its eye. You could watch it through the scope, but not locate it with your bare eye. It was right in front of us at a distance of fifty feet with nothing obscuring it. Through the scope you could see it blink, but could barely make out its outline. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Ridlbauer" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:17 PM Subject: [mou-net] Northern Hawk Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County Hi - A Northern Hawk Owl has been seen at the intersection of the Fall River and Hwy 61, just west of Grand Marais, more than once by a couple of bird and non-bird folks, so it is somewhat of a consistent owl. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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 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] Northern Hawk Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County
Hi - A Northern Hawk Owl has been seen at the intersection of the Fall River and Hwy 61, just west of Grand Marais, more than once by a couple of bird and non-bird folks, so it is somewhat of a consistent owl. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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] Northern Hawk Owl Grand Marais
A Northern Hawk Owl was seen by one of my CBC contributor's feeder, near Hwy 61 and Birch Drive, just west of Grand Marais. Glad we got it as a count week bird! Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.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] Nighthawks through Grand Marais, MN
Folks - 6:30pm to 7:00pm tonight (Weds) we had 40-60 nighthawks in two waves pass over Grand Marais. They were flying fairly low and easy to watch their sharp movements. Very nice cap to a hectic day! Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47? 44' 59" -90? 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net sundew at boreal.org
[mou] Northern Cardinals in NE MN
I had a reliable report of a cardinal up at Gunflint Lodge, up the Gunflint Trail in Cook County, last weekend Oct 28-29. In the last few years, we've had over wintering cardinals in Grand Marais proper, as we've counted a couple on our Christmas Counts. They've been heard in the summer singing as well in the last few years. Jeremy Ridlbauer Grand Marais, MN 218-370-0733 -Original Message- From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of bte...@frontiernet.net Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:39 AM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mou] Northern Cardinals in NE MN Over the past week there have been 4 cardinals sighted between 47.5 and 48 degrees north latitude in northeastern Minnesota. On Thursday, Steve Schon saw and reported a female northern cardinal at his bird feeder in Ely. This morning Wayne Mickowski saw male and female northern cardinals at his bird feeder in Babbitt. Besides those sightings in St. Louis County, a male cardinal was spotted last Sunday by Norma Malinowski and seen by several others along the Croftwille Road just north of Grand Marais in Cook County. Who knows where they will pop up next. Bill Tefft Ely 218-365-6785 ___ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
[mou] FW: Grouse research technicians needed in MN
Thought I'd pass this along from the Ecological Society of America List serve. -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Mike-WLD Larson Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:08 PM To: ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu Subject: Grouse research technicians needed in MN Title: Wildlife research technicians, 6 are needed. Employer: Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources. Term: late-March to mid-May 2006. Wage: $13.43/hour, approx. 20 hours/week. Application deadline: 1 February 2006 or until all positions are filled. Description of work: Conduct field work for a study of methods for monitoring leks of sharp-tailed grouse in Minnesota. Technicians will work independently, driving to locations throughout large study areas to search for leks. Applicants should be available to conduct bird surveys until at least 3 hours after sunrise during 10 mornings out of each 14-day period between 3 April and 14 May 2005. Some technicians may work longer days to complete assessments of land cover. Students currently enrolled in a natural resources degree program are encouraged to apply. Requirements: Minimum qualifications include working knowledge of natural resources management, natural history, and science and the ability to operate a motor vehicle, hear and see well, navigate using maps and a GPS unit, and communicate effectively. Preference may be given to applicants who can use their own vehicle and be reimbursed for mileage, but DNR vehicles may be available. Housing within the study areas will be available at no cost. Contact for additional information and application instructions: Mike Larson, Grouse Research Biologist Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources 1201 East Hwy 2 Grand Rapids, MN 55744 Phone: 218-999-7933 Fax:218-999-7944 Email: michael.lar...@dnr.state.mn.us
[mou] Grand Marais CBC December 14th
Folks - Grand Marais' Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held Sunday, December 14, 2003. Please let either Jeff Kern @ jeffk...@boreal.org, 218-370-0979 or Jeremy Ridlbauer @ sun...@boreal.org, 218-370-0733 know if you'd like to participate. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 Office: 218-387-2966 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.org
[mou] Directions to Sage Thrasher
Elijah - Head up the North Shore on Hwy 61 to Grand Marais. You are almost there when you are going through the construction. Near the bottom of the hill coming into town, on the right side (lake side) is the rec park. It may or may not have a sign up right now due to the construction, but there are campground-like buildings and campers in sight from the highway. The SATH has been seen at the end of the road, near the boat launch area, at the pavilion, and along the creek that runs through the park. Just find a place to park and wander through, you'll be bound to run into another birder who knows where it is or find it yourself. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 Office: 218-387-2966 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.org -Original Message- From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu]on Behalf Of Elijah Parker Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:24 PM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mou] Directions to Sage Thrasher Could someone tell me how to find the campground that the Sage Thrasher is present at? I plan to go to find it tomorrow. Thanks in advance! -Elijah Fridley, MN ___ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
[mou] Cormorants @ Grand Marais Harbor 04-17-03
Folks - Just saw a flight of 17 Cormorants fly in to the Grand Marais Harbor, among the Mallards and Goldeneyes already present. No sight of the Pintail found last week. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 Office: 218-387-2966 http://www.sundewtech.net sun...@boreal.org
