Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 9 Jan 2023 to 10 Jan 2023 (#2023-8)
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 11:00 PM MOU-NET automatic digest system < lists...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > There is 1 message totaling 43 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Possible Goshawk Ramsey County Hamline-Midway neighborhood > > > 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. > > -- > > Date:Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:15:17 + > From:Simon Emms > Subject: Possible Goshawk Ramsey County Hamline-Midway neighborhood > > This morning a very large juvenile accipiter briefly visited a tree next > to my garden birdfeeder near the intersection of Aldine and Blair. I saw it > with the naked eye through a window from about 15 feet away, but it flew > off before I could grab a camera or binoculars. I’m tilting (cautiously) > towards Goshawk rather than Cooper’s based on the following features: > > 1. Size and bulk. It looked very large – rather like a Red-shouldered > Hawk but with a longer tail. It was much larger than a very brave gray > squirrel that was mobbing it from a few feet away, and although I didn’t > see them simultaneously, I would say it was easily more than twice the size > of a Blue Jay or a Red-bellied Woodpecker and larger than an American Crow. > On the other hand, it may have looked larger than it was simply because of > how close I was to it. > 2. Color and patterning. I saw it from the side-rear, and it seemed to > have a greyish mid-brown tone, rather than a dark brown one, and had lots > of coarse white spotting on its back and coverts. The left flank looked > near-white, and the dark spotting seemed coarse, but the view wasn’t great. > I had a good look at its head, and didn’t see an obvious white supercilium, > but it was perched somewhat above my eye level. > > I realize that none of this is definitive, and that in an urban > neighborhood Cooper's is far more likely, but I thought I’d put the > information out for anyone who lives and birds in the neighborhood or > surroundings (Como Park is quite close). If it was a Goshawk, it’s possible > that it’s the same bird that was seen at Vadnais and Sucker Lakes in late > 2022. > > Simon Emms > > > 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. > > -- > > End of MOU-NET Digest - 9 Jan 2023 to 10 Jan 2023 (#2023-8) > *** > 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.
[mou-net] orchard oriole
From: Leslie Marcus Date: Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 4:41 PM Subject: orchard oriole Today at 11:30am at Westwood Environmental Nature Center in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, i saw a first summer male orchard oriole. it was singing full voice when it caught my attention from the many baltimore orioles singing & showing nearby. I observed it from about 20 feet away & saw it mostly from the underside, a brilliant yellow with the black chin & throat. not a very good view of wings, but could see bluish wings & white white wing bars. i followed it for a short time, then didn’t see or hear it again, but couldn’t spend more time looking again after that. It was on the south side of the lake, west of the south dock of the lake (which is named “the T Dock,” near an area not too distant, where there’s a longish old wooden bench with short grass in front, south side of boardwalk. a new bird for my Westwood list! Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin County Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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[mou-net] Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Tacoma Ave. Carver Co.
This morning, Ruth Hiland, Phyllis Bofferding and I saw 4 buff-breasted sandpipers in close scope views at the junction of Tacoma Ave. & County Rd. 32 in Carver Co. Also present was a single American Golden Plover molting into basic plumage. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park Hennepin Co. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile 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] Least Bittern, Henn. Co.
A this morning about 10:30am Ruth Hiland, Phyllis Bofferding I (plus two others) saw a juvenile least bittern at Wood lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin Co. It was seen well from the boardwalk on the east side, looking toward the southwest cattails. A calling sora attracted our attention, which turned out to be right along side the bittern. It stayed perfectly still for a few minutes, then withdrew into the cattails, same location. Leslie Marcus Sent from my iPhone 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] Tropical Kingbird
The kingbird was not seen from about 7am until 11am this morning. It was first spotted by Kim Risen in shrubs east of the picnic table at mile marker 36. It was far across the grassy field in green shrubs dead bare branches on the left side of the protruding island of trees bushes. Several birders got close looks and heard it calling. Phyllis Bofferding Leslie Marcus Sent from my iPhone 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] Black-throated Blue Warbler, Hennepin Co.
Scott Clark found an adult male black-throated blue warbler at 2pm. today at Westwood Nature Center in St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co. It was foraging low among bushes and trees just north of the “Rotary Club” observation deck. I joined Scott at 2:30pm. and we were able to relocate it in the same general area. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Mn. Hennepin Co. 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] Mute swans, Weaver Bottoms
Ruth Hiland and I found 2 mute swans mixed in with the many hundreds of tundra swans at about a mile south of the Weaver boat landing. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Mn. Sent from my iPhone 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] hooded warbler in hennepin co.
The hooded warbler was still present at Robert’s Sanctuary in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co. in the same general location as recently posted. The bird was seen about 12pm. or so today, again foraging on the ground a bit further east than the broken down boardwalk, still near the main trail. A thanks to Mary Alyce Krohnke for spotting it after a bit of a search! Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co. 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] eared grebe in hennepin co.
This afternoon I saw a single eared grebe in the mix of several horned-grebes on the southwest corner of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co. I tried to find any others, but couldn’t at the time (2:30pm). Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Henn. Co. 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] great blacked-back gull, hennepin co.
This afternoon at about 3pm., I saw an adult great black-backed gull mixed in with a long line of gulls on Lake Harriet in Mpls. I watched it for about 20 minutes or so, and then it disappeared. Chet Meyers called me later, after sunset, to report that he saw the great blacked-backed gull (along with 2 lesser black-backed gulls and the glaucous gull) standing on an ice shelf on Lake of the Isles. What’s after the trifecta? ' The great blacked back gull flew off after a while. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co. 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] western kingbird, hennepin co.
A western kingbird was seen at westwood Environmental Education Center in St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co. It was perched in a tree above the bench just west of the boardwalk that goes over the water on the north side of the lake. I could see the withe outer tail feathers, and it appeared to be an adult. I didn’t have a scope, so I can’t be sure about that, but it was still a brilliant yellow color on the breast. There were a smattering of warblers, such as wilson’s, black and white, bay breasted, nashville, oven bird, and juvenile common yellowthroateds. Westwood is at 8300 W. Franklin Ave. in St. Louis Park, 55426. One access is on Hwy 394 to Texas Ave. So., turn west on Franklin to the first stop sign. A half block on Franklin gets you into the nature center. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin County 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] glaucous gull, hennepin co.
chet meyers called me to report that he saw a first winter glaucous gull at lake calhoun, hennepin co. this evening at dusk. it was on the floating dock on the northwestern corner of the lake. leslie marcus st. louis park, 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
[mou-net] Fw: no bohemian waxwing in hennepin co.
I am resending this message (sorry for the mess-up): I searched for the bohemian waxwing this morning from about 9:45 to 10:30am and no luck. The robin flock was still present. It was not a good sign to notice two feathers, brightly colored, hanging from branches on the hosting tree. One had the whole shaft intact, and it was mostly a bright yellow. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co. 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] Surf Scoter relocated in Lake of the Isles, Hennepin County
At 3:15pm. I was able to relocate the surf scoter previously reported in Lake of the Isles, Minneapolis, Hennepin County. It was on the west side of the lake, slightly north of Lake of the Isles Blvd. and Kennilworth Pl. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park Hennepin County 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] Long-tailed duck in Ramsey Co.
The long-tailed duck was seen again today from 12:30pm to 1:00pm on Lake Vadnais in Ramsey County. This time it was back on the north side of the lake, still associating with common goldeneyes. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co. 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] buff-breasted sandpipers relocated in chisago county
At about 10:30am this morning, I was able to relocate the buff-breasted sandpipers in North Branch, Chisago County, as reported by Doug Kieser yesterday (July 25). They have moved from the north side of the road at 400th Street, 0.6 miles east of Hemingway Ave., to the south side of the road in the dried up field. This made them somewhat of a challenge to find, as they blended so well into the dried field. Eventually they got a bit closer so that I could see them very clearly with the scope. I saw 4 birds, and possibly a fifth out in the distance. I couldn't find any baird's sandpipers, and today there seemed to be far more than 50 killdeer in both fields north and south of 400th. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park Hennepin County 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] Fw: hennepin co. le conte's sparrow
At noon today, Joey and Alex Sundvall and I saw a Le Conte's sparrow at Westwood Nature Center in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Mn. It was perched in a tumble of reeds towards the lake, not singing. Credit goes to Joey (Alex's mother) for intially spotting the bird. Two hours later, Linda Sparling and I relocated the bird in the same area. At the nature center, the bird was at the base of the steps leading down from the visitor center to the lake. Go about 20 feet north of the steps, and this is the area where the bird was seen. Directions to the Center: Westwood Nature Center is west of Hwy. 100 on 394. Go south on Louisiana Ave. to Cedar Lake Rd. Go west (right) on Cedar Lake Rd. to Texas. Go north (right) on Texas to Franklin Ave. Turn west (left) on Franklin past the stop sign for half a block, and turn north (right) into the parking lot of the nature center. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park Hennepin County 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] red-breasted mergansers, common loon
The ice is mostly gone from lakes Calhoun and Harriet in Minneapolis. Today at 2pm. on Lake Calhoun, there were over 100 red-breasted mergansers and northern shovelers, some coots, ring-necked ducks, gadwalls, and red heads. There was a common loon on Lake Harriet. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Hennepin County 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] green-tailed towhee
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_006A_01C76D25.48773D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The green-tailed towhee in Mountain Lake was seen March 21 at 3pm. It = was in the bushes and on the ground below the feeders in front of the = same house as originally reported. Leslie Marcus St. Louis Park, Mn. --=_NextPart_000_006A_01C76D25.48773D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2900.3059 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVThe green-tailed towhee in Mountain Lake was seen March 21 at 3pm. = It was=20 in the bushes and on the ground below the feeders in front of the same = house as=20 originally reported./DIV DIVLeslie Marcus/DIV DIVSt. Louis Park, Mn./DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_006A_01C76D25.48773D20--
[mou] Trumpeter Swans in Hennepin Co.
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4E44F.4D6AA300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today at noon there were 2 adult and 3 juvenile Trumpeter Swans on the = northwest side of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. One of the adults had a = yellow band on its neck (H25). At 1pm, they were on the northeast side = of the lake. Leslie Marcus =20 St. Louis Park Hennepin County --=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4E44F.4D6AA300 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1479 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Today at noon there were 2 adult and 3 = juvenile=20 Trumpeter Swans on the northwest side of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. = One of the=20 adults had a yellow band on its neck (H25). At 1pm, they were on the = northeast=20 side of the lake./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Leslie Marcusnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; = /FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2St. Louis Park/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Hennepin = County/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4E44F.4D6AA300--
