[mou-net] Androgynous Northern Cardinal in PA

2021-02-24 Thread Knopick, Alex 
ICYMI, spectacular photos

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/02/24/rare-half-male-half-female-cardinal-spotted-in-pennsylvania/

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On Feb 24, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Kara Snow 
<14e3e51d51c5-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote:

 Hmm.
That's highly unlikely given their rande and habitat preferences.
Perhaps a wheezy BCCH?

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> Heard and saw at least one boreal chickadee in the NE corner of Pioneer
> Park, Chatsworth St N, Roseville (Ramsey County).
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> Festina lente.
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Re: [mou-net] Yellow-crowned Night Herons in Freeborn County

2021-04-19 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Heron pair is now perched in tree 125 yards south of bridge on west side

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On Apr 19, 2021, at 8:29 AM, Al Batt  wrote:

 Two birds at the corner of W. Richway Drive and Martin Road in Albert Lea 
along the channel. Can be seen from sidewalk of bridge.

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Re: [mou-net] FOY Rose-breasted Grosbeak, south Cass

2021-05-02 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Saw two M and 2 F bluebirds at Flying Cloud fields on Saturday morning.  Frank 
Fabro pointed out a female standing on one of the nesting boxes on the West 
side of the soccer fields.  At least 2 of the boxes are occupied by tree 
swallows.

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I have heard from others in Dakota County wondering where the bluebirds are.

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> I live in Thief River Falls, Pennington County, and have yet to see a
> bluebird this spring. Usually I see several in March or early April, then
> by May , the main migration shows up.I think they must have run into some
> of the snowstorms further south causing them to turn south again. I expect
> they will eventually arrive, but no time for two broods this summer.
> Jeanie
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> > Had my first rose-breasted grosbeak (a male) this morning, ONE day after
> my first eastern
> > bluebird. What's wrong with this picture? I haven't heard from any of
> my northern
> > birdwatcher friends who have seen a bluebird yet, but they must be
> nesting in some places in
> > MN already. Just curious where.
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Re: [mou-net] Nighthawk migration

2021-08-29 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Had two feeding under the Kuhlman field lights on Friday night in Edina

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On Aug 29, 2021, at 9:47 AM, Mike Welch  wrote:

 Had dozens of them streaming over Surly field yesterday last afternoon, and 
otherwise been seeing them every time I look up the last few days.

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Re: [mou-net] Swearing Australian musk duck shows birds can imitate humans - The Washington Post

2021-09-08 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Audio recording here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSJsKpKKBaI

AK

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Subject: [mou-net] Swearing Australian musk duck shows birds can imitate humans 
- The Washington Post

I’m not sure how much of the article can read without a subscription but FWIW:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/07/australia-talking-duck-bloody-fool/


Tom

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Re: [mou-net] Fwd: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds

2022-09-01 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Little Wing… Hendrix/SRV

From: Minnesota Birds  On Behalf Of Winter X
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 4:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fwd: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds

Oh My  when I posted the request ,,had no idea Birders were music Birds 🌻
Here's the List from our MOU -- Bird Singing Team 😁
- EELS-- - I Like Birds
-Judy Collins. - Bird on a Wire
-Judy Collins. - Secret Gardens
-Beatles. - Blackbird
-Trashmen. - Surfin Bird
-Marimba Cover. - Yellow Bird
-Beautiful Day. -White Bird
-Pink Floyd. -Grandchester Meadows
-Big Thief. - Cattails
-Bob Marley. - Three Little Birds
-Hozier. - Strike
-James Taylor/Carly Simon. - Mocking Bird
Beach Boys. - California Gulls
Minnesotan. - Looney Tunes
--- - Listen to the Mockingbird
Eagles. -🦅
Yikes --- great response  blew me away 😱
Thxs so much 
Jack St. Ores
Baytown Township -- Lake McDonald

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> 🦅 Which one do you like 🌻
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>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Winter mailto:jj...@me.com>>
> Date: August 31, 2022 at 10:33:37 AM CDT
> To: Winter mailto:jj...@me.com>>
> Subject: Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds
>
> 
> http://www.top2040.com/2014/07/top-40-songs-about-birds.html


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Re: [mou-net] Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds

2022-09-01 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Learn to Fly, Foo Fighters

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On Sep 1, 2022, at 5:59 PM, Missy Bowen  wrote:

 Anybody added these yet?
The Cuckoo (She's a Pretty Bird) - traditional; I know the versions by Bob
Dylan, Jerry Garcia and by Doc Watson
Bird on a Wire - the Neville Brothers
Nightbird - The Radiators
Mockingbird - Taj Mahal
Bluebird - Bonnie Raitt
A Little Bird Told Me - Maria Muldaur


On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 2:23 PM Steven Chesney 
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> "Phoebe" by Minneapolis' own folk blues legend (Spider) John Koerner.
> Phoebe | Spider John Koerner (bandcamp.com)<
> https://spiderjohnkoerner.bandcamp.com/track/phoebe>
>
> Phoebes are fly catching birds that have been coming back to nest on my
> cabin up in the woods for the last 30 years. We're old friends now. They
> put up with me and I put up with them. Phoebes were the first birds that
> Audubon banded to study their migration habits.
> credits
> from What's Left Of Spider John<
> https://spiderjohnkoerner.bandcamp.com/album/whats-left-of-spider-john>,
> released April 28, 2013
> Spider John Koerner (vocal & guitar)
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Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 6 Jan 2023 to 7 Jan 2023 (#2023-5)

2023-01-09 Thread Knopick, Alex 
2 years ago there was a substantial rookery around bridal veil falls (near 
Franklin ave bridge and East River Parkway)

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Recently there was one near the old Honeywell building (aging myself!) on
35 W and 28th street, and I remember the park across from the Minneapolis
Art Institute also having large roosts. I also still see large numbers
flying past the Loring Park Eastward to some roost at dusk (maybe the ones
above?)

Nina

On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 11:46 AM Keith Carlson 
mailto:keitheca...@gmail.com>> wrote:

> I saw what wasn't a roost but nevertheless a huge murder of crows - I
> estimated about 2,000 to 2,500 - on the newly formed ice on the MIssissippi
> River between the Broadway and Plymouth Avenue bridges within 30 to 40
> minutes of dusk a few weeks ago with the first cold snap of the year. I
> assume they ultimately roosted together nearby.
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> > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 07:38:04 -0600
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> > Subject: Re: Big Crow Roosts?
> >
> > Back during my undergrad days (~1977), I participated in research on
> crows
> > winter roosting in Janesville, WI. Our largest count was >14,000.
> > Departed well before dawn, tracked some flying 25+ mi away, Returned to
> > roost on 4 established flight paths well before sunset.
> >
> > Maybe 10 yrs ago, crows roosted near Washington Ave Bridge, UofMN/ Miss
> R.
> > Gorge. But that roost seems to move from year to year. Suspect they are
> > now at site mentioned by Tom Gilde.
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Re: [mou-net] Swainson’s Warbler in Edina.

2023-04-29 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Swainsons Warbler still on location 12:25PM

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On Apr 29, 2023, at 10:20 AM, Trey Weaver  wrote:

 Found by Jeremy Cushman at Arden Park.

GPS: (44.9087155, -93.3359301)


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Re: [mou-net] Swainson’s Warbler (Hennepin Co.)

2023-04-30 Thread Knopick, Alex 
Still present at 3:30 deeper in woods

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On Apr 30, 2023, at 10:50 AM, Linda Burns  wrote:

 Viewed 5 minutes ago North of the bridge, north of the end of the boardwalk.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 30, 2023, at 10:20 AM, Alyssa DeRubeis  wrote:
>
> Sunday morning update: Most recent update I have is that it was spotted 
> about an hour ago at this spot, disappearing for periods of time in the brush 
> pile and getting chased around by other birds: 44.908635,-93.335741
>
> Good birding,
>
> Alyssa DeRubeis
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> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 29, 2023, at 10:58 AM, Alyssa DeRubeis  wrote:
>>
>> Jeremy Cushman photographed a Swainson’s Warbler at Arden Park (Edina). He 
>> said he was looking at it “right now” 35 minutes ago. I have no other 
>> details.
>>
>> Good luck folks!!
>>
>> Alyssa DeRubeis
>> sadly not in Hennepin Co., but rather
>> Montreal, QC
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Re: [mou-net] Ruby Throated Population

2024-07-19 Thread Knopick, Alex 
We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, including tonight.

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On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser  wrote:

 Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling.
A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened afterwards?
And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found on many
milkweed plants.
Nancy
Superior Highlands


On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson 
wrote:

> We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of milkweed and
> other natives for them to enjoy.
>
> Charlene Nelson
> Grant County farm
>
> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field 
> wrote:
> >
> > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we have planted
> > milkweed. Hope.
> >
> > Becky Field
> > Orono
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde <
> > 2247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of their
> wintering
> >> forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm planting
> >> milkweeds, anyway.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom Gilde
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann <
> jbaumann-...@outlook.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu
> >>
> >> I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is full of
> >> wild milkweed.
> >>
> >> On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote:
> >>> No monarchs. Troubling.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey Saffle<
> >> jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
>  We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more struck by a
>  near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully raised and
>  released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve only found
> >> one
>  caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly rainy
> >> weather
>  was hard on them. What are others’ thought?
>  Jeffrey Saffle
>  Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason Frank  >> jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird all summer
>  long. I
> > only saw a few in the spring.
> >
> > There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one around
> here
> >> is
> > spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for everything else,
> > though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century idiocy
> that
> > employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the town once
> a
>  week
> > to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all dem golfers
> and
> > lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There are plenty
> >> of
> > flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks and
> >> ravines. I
> > too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... and I
> haven't
>  seen
> > a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole cumulative
>  effect
> > of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, and bird
> flu,
> > which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders are in
> close
> > proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and heavy rain
>  during
> > nesting season probably didn't help, either.
> >
> > Jason Frank
> >
> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser <
> >> nancyhu...@gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down this summer.
>  From a
> >> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.and who knows
> >> the
> >> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have dwindled to less
>  than a
> >> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones have
> fledged.
> >> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland above Two
> >> Harbors)
> >> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They started
> to
> >> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. Wondering about
> >> bird
> >> flu.
> >> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer because of all
> the
> >> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming to feeders
> >> in
> >> previous wet summers.
> >> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been steadily going up
> >> for
> >> over
> >> 25 years. Many feeders out. Such a shock to have so few birds.
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> Nancy in Superior Highlands
> >>
> >> 
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