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This morning we had the pleasure of seeing about 10 or more blue birds migrating through. We live on Lake Pepin north of Lake City. They stayed about 1/2 an hour, ate a bit of seed and drank lots of water, then they were gone. Nancy On Lake Pepin To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20081026/8fc64b71/attachment.html
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I was radio tracking a Mallard that nested (unsuccessfully) in a tree one time in Sask. If I recall correctly it used an old crow nest. I don't believe it even had a chance to start incubation. I believe it is more common for Canada Geese to nest in trees than Mallards, but that is just my impression. There was a paper published perhaps 15 years ago about Canada Geese nesting above ground in one particular location. If I remember right it they were nesting on powerline towers somewhere out west - perhaps Idaho. I believe it was in the Wilson Bulletin in perhaps 1993 or 94. Brad Bolduan Windom -Original Message- From: mou-net-bounces at moumn.org [mailto:mou-net-bounces at moumn.org]On Behalf Of Lou Bellamy Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:08 To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net; mou-net at moumn.org Subject: [mou] (no subject) I have a hen mallard on a nest very high in a willow tree in my yard. Has anyone observed this, what I would call odd, behavior? Lou Bellamy Founder Artistic Director Penumbra Theatre Company 270 North Kent Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 New Phone: 651-288-6790 Fax: 651-224-7074 -- Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080429/ff536ce8/attachment.html
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I have a hen mallard on a nest very high in a willow tree in my yard. Has anyone observed this, what I would call odd, behavior? Lou Bellamy Founder Artistic Director Penumbra Theatre Company 270 North Kent Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 New Phone: 651-288-6790 Fax: 651-224-7074 _ Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize! http://www.gowindowslive.com/Mobile/Landing/Messenger/Default.aspx?Locale=en-US?ocid=TAG_APRIL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080428/f49c3a6f/attachment.html
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does anyone have any info on Henderson,MN. as being the birding Capital I read something on it now I can't find anything on it Thank You vbgeis at aol.com **Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv000316) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080405/a0b8f176/attachment.html
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My Aunt, Sandra Beckering, of Worthington (Nobles County) reports a number of fox sparrows scratching around in the 2.5 of new snow in her backyard. Harris sparrows shouldn't be far behind. Also, a good birding friend of my mother, who lives in Dodge County, reported seeing a meadowlark just outside of Mantorville. Thanks! Christa McCorison Christa.McCorison at LincolnSettlements.com Lincoln Settlement Services 5151 Edina Industrial Boulevard Ste 409 Edina, MN 55439 Phone 952-806-9055 Fax 303-876-1408 This electronic mail message transmission contains information which may be Confidential and/or Privileged. The information is intended to be for the sole use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately. _ This electronic mail message transmission contains information which may be Confidential and/or Privileged. The information is intended to be for the sole use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately. _ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080327/b1c1ef19/attachment.html
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Hey everyone- I took advantage of the nice day and headed out to the 140th St. marsh and the 180th St. marsh to see what's around. As others have reported, the 140th St. marsh is bone dry and may be lost as a birding hotspot. The 180th St. marsh on the other hand was really fun. Highlights included 9 species of waterfowl: Gadwall American Widgeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Also saw FOY Am. Kestrel, Turkey Vulture and Song Sparrow. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com http://www.ncbo.org
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Hi, Here are the results for the Golden Eagle Survey of 2008. the count day total was 37 golden eagles, the count week total, adding birds seen either a few days before or after count day, on different locations, added 23 more for a grand total of 60. There were 67 observers, and 26 routes, (16 in MN, 9 in WI and 1 in IA). On count day 31 birds were seen in WI and only 6 in MN. In 2007, 47 participants counted 54 Golden Eagles. Also seen this year were 390 Bald Eagles, 112 Red Tails, 18 Rough- Legged Hawks and several American Kestrels, Northern Shrikes, Sharp -shinned hawks and 1 Red Shouldered Hawk.Anyone wanting more details, please contact Scott Mehus(scottmehus at nationaleaglecenter.org). Scott really deserves a lot of thanks from all of us for all the work he has put into this over the years. It would not be happening without him. On a more personal note, I got skunked (not literally) on count day, but Scott and I reran part of the route the next day. My route is the southern end of Buffalo County. Near the end of Pipers Valley we saw an juvenile golden with wings set come across the road. He was flying back across the road with a squirrel in his talons, when literally out of nowhere 2 adult balds appeared. (I think they were lurking in the trees) They got the squirrel away from him. He then went after them but to no avail, and one of the balds chased him out of the area. Everything that I've ever read says the Golden Eagles are dominant over the Balds at prey. I think this outcome was different because the golden was a juvenile, and the Balds were definitely acting as a team. There is a very large nest near there on the Trempealeau River, and I am guessing this was the pair from the nest. If that wasn't enough, on Platt valley road, we had an adult Golden sitting right in front of us on a telephone pole (idiotic squirrel seen clinging to pole). He flew, and a subadult Golden came in. What a great day. these spots are easy to find. If you are heading north on highway 35 turn right on to County Road P. Go north, go past Piper's Valley road. Big nest on Right side by River. Turn Left onto Platt Valley Road. We saw the perched eagle just on top of the ridge, after we crossed Jumbeck Road. At Brandhorst Road go left. (Good place to start looking for Rough legs) after a short distance, take a left on Piper's Valley Road. Where the valley opens at the bottom we saw the juvenile golden. This takes you back to county P, so its a loop. Brandhorst, County P beyond Platt's and County M on the ridge are also good places to look. as is Rocky Ridge Road, a dead end off of county M. Joan Schnabel Fountain City WI
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A male Harlequin Duck was seen from Point Douglas at 2:30 PM near the Wisconsin shoreline near where Doug Kieser previously reported it this morning. It was also diving frequently. A second Male Harlequin Duck was also seen at 2:40 PM, North of Point Douglas in Washington County, MN. This Male Harlequin was by it's self approximately 100 yards north of the Point. Also present were many Goldeneyes, but the Barrow's was not relocated. Ducks also scattered between Wisconsin and Minnesota were Common Mergansers, Black, Ring-necked, Canvasback, Redhead, and Mallard. It was fascinating watching Mallards catching fish, many to large for them to eat. Scott B. Meyer Richfield, MN -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071222/95319bf5/attachment.html
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Spending a day with Lars Jonnson in the field was a big wake-up call for me. We went to La Crosse, WI and spotted a Glaucous-winged Gull, but what we spent time on (2 hours) was detailing the pattern of primary windows (white spots) on Herring Gulls. After sketching and cataloguing the 200 Herring Gulls in range of view, Lars proceeded to tell us that with all likelihood, these birds were from the St Lawrence Seaway, these were from the Midwest, and these may have their origins in the north Atlantic, it was time well spent with one of the world's experts on gulls, but the lesson was that Lars knew this stuff because he spent time looking at it, studying it and thinking about it. He understood the irregularity and variability in what was for me up to that time - a flock of gulls. Bob Duncan, a great birder out of Florida, was coaching me on Vireos one day. Check every Red-eye for the Black Whiskers, and when I asked him how many Red-eyes he might tally in a year, he guessed 2-3 thousand. How many Black-Whiskered Vireos do you get in a year? He said he might get 1 every 3rd or fourth year, adding that if I didn't check all the Red-eyes, I would never get any of the others. I appreciate the mad skills of a Kim Eckert, Mike Hendrickson, Kim Risen who can discern ambivalent field marks at a great distance in a mixed flock of birds, and I am only scared a little bit at the Frank Nicolleti's of the world who can call out birds at an accuracy level and scale that tires me to talk of it, so for myself, so what I do for my own skills is I play warbler and sparrow songs every spring, focusing on the voices of birds rather than the exact phrasing (Chestnut Sideds still sound like Yellow till I hear a bunch of them), and I chase down a sighting of every bird I hear sing ( I wear boots a lot). In the bog in early spring, this means craning my neck and moving around a lot to pick Blackburnians giving a partial call out from Bay-Breasteds and Cape May's. This means every Red-eyed Vireo can be a Philadelphia. Call notes of sparrows are tough, but if you can get them down, you can find a lot more Harris's in fall. I wish I had some of the time back that I have spent studying the songs of Savannah Sparrows across the USA, they seem to have more variability in plumage and song than anything else I have run into, but wait a minute, I take that back. Maybe I can match Lars for Savannah Sparrows There is always hope. Good birding. Mark Alt Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Project Resources Group Best Buy Co., Inc.
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Interestingly enough all the South Dakota banding recoveries for Herring Gulls are from the St. Lawrence Seaway (!). (See Birds of South Dakota.) (I have the data for MN recoveries but have not studied them yet.) Dan Tallman Northfield On Dec 19, 2007 1:02 PM, Alt, Mark Mark.Alt at bestbuy.com wrote: Spending a day with Lars Jonnson in the field was a big wake-up call for me. We went to La Crosse, WI and spotted a Glaucous-winged Gull, but what we spent time on (2 hours) was detailing the pattern of primary windows (white spots) on Herring Gulls. After sketching and cataloguing the 200 Herring Gulls in range of view, Lars proceeded to tell us that with all likelihood, these birds were from the St Lawrence Seaway, these were from the Midwest, and these may have their origins in the north Atlantic, it was time well spent with one of the world's experts on gulls, but the lesson was that Lars knew this stuff because he spent time looking at it, studying it and thinking about it. He understood the irregularity and variability in what was for me up to that time - a flock of gulls. Bob Duncan, a great birder out of Florida, was coaching me on Vireos one day. Check every Red-eye for the Black Whiskers, and when I asked him how many Red-eyes he might tally in a year, he guessed 2-3 thousand. How many Black-Whiskered Vireos do you get in a year? He said he might get 1 every 3rd or fourth year, adding that if I didn't check all the Red-eyes, I would never get any of the others. I appreciate the mad skills of a Kim Eckert, Mike Hendrickson, Kim Risen who can discern ambivalent field marks at a great distance in a mixed flock of birds, and I am only scared a little bit at the Frank Nicolleti's of the world who can call out birds at an accuracy level and scale that tires me to talk of it, so for myself, so what I do for my own skills is I play warbler and sparrow songs every spring, focusing on the voices of birds rather than the exact phrasing (Chestnut Sideds still sound like Yellow till I hear a bunch of them), and I chase down a sighting of every bird I hear sing ( I wear boots a lot). In the bog in early spring, this means craning my neck and moving around a lot to pick Blackburnians giving a partial call out from Bay-Breasteds and Cape May's. This means every Red-eyed Vireo can be a Philadelphia. Call notes of sparrows are tough, but if you can get them down, you can find a lot more Harris's in fall. I wish I had some of the time back that I have spent studying the songs of Savannah Sparrows across the USA, they seem to have more variability in plumage and song than anything else I have run into, but wait a minute, I take that back. Maybe I can match Lars for Savannah Sparrows There is always hope. Good birding. Mark Alt Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Project Resources Group Best Buy Co., Inc. -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home danerika at gmail.com the best shod travel with wet feet Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes --Thoreau -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071219/962a7840/attachment.html
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Dear Ed, I have also been having RBNU,s at my feeders in my yard in North Oaks. At least two RBNU,s (a male and a female) have been to my feeders during the day every day since before Oct. 10. I don't know if this is interesting to you or not, but thought I'd send it just in case. I'm a bird bander at Warner Nature Center, so that is how I got your message. Jean Royer - Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071112/8d6bdd10/attachment.html
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Just posted a photo of the Black Bellied Whistliing Duck From Tree Rivers Park for anyone to enjoy...thanks to all who were so kind with info to a newbie. Nate Lovas -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071030/81b5e410/attachment.html
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I have had a few people asking where I posted the photo, so... I am new to this so I don't know if I put it in the right place, but if you go to galleries, then MN, then black-bellied whistling-duck, then select next image, it will be there...it is the second image in that gallery...place and date should be there...would love to know it there is another place I should have put it...thanks...nate -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071030/b069110c/attachment.html
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Was the e list off line this weekend or did my computer not pick up the emails? -- Surviving is important, thriving is elegant. Maya Angelou Debra J. Wells Maple Grove, MN 55311
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Early this morning a short 40min loop down on Rausch Lake Road (RockvilleTwnsp-Luxembourg area of SEStearns):Ducks: C.Mergansers, Lesser Scaups, Ringnecks, Woodducks, Am. Widgeon pr., Gadwall pr., N. Shoveler 2 pr., Hooded Mergansers, Bufflehead, Mallard, sounds of Loons, Sandhills Geese, Other notes: Flicker, 100's of Juncos still, few Tree Swallows (all single), an influx of Mourning Doves and Song Sparrows. 40 species. mjb -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070415/7b42178f/attachment.html
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Does anyone know about the Green-tailed Towhee that was spotted in Mountain Lake. I'd like to speak with someone about the bird. I'm writing a story for the National Post newspaper in Canada. Tanya Flanagan 416-383-2338
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there was a surf scooter in the Duluth shipping channel.
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Hi Thanks to everyone who participated in the golden eagle count. We will be posting results soon, but if there's anybody out there that has not turned in their sightings whether on an official route or just a bird you saw while out and about, please get them to me or Scott soon so we can finish up. thanks Joan
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Hi All: Could someone send me the directions to the Green-tailed Towhee? I am considering making the trek for this bird tomorrow morning before we get a bunch of snow in this area. Thanks, Danny Akers ISU - Ames, Iowa birdmandan1...@hotmail.com _ Your Hotmail address already works to sign into Windows Live Messenger! Get it now http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme002001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0084_01C71AA5.38AC7220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday (12/7) morning I saw a Great Gray Owl 1.9 miles north of = Federal Dam alongside Cass County 8. Cheers, Bill Nelson --=_NextPart_000_0084_01C71AA5.38AC7220 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 6.00.2800.1491 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVYesterday (12/7) morning I saw a Great Gray Owl 1.9 miles north of = Federal=20 Dam alongside Cass County 8./DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVCheers,/DIV DIVBill Nelson/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_0084_01C71AA5.38AC7220--
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0003_01C6CE94.76DC0450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Aug. 30 Spotted a Phalarope on Big Marine Lake in Washington County. Not sure = which one it was because it flew away before I could note detailed = markings. We were in a boat and didn't have binoculars! It was east of = the park reserve in the south end of the lake.=20 Stephanie --=_NextPart_000_0003_01C6CE94.76DC0450 Content-Type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 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=3Dwindows-1252 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2900.2963 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DEras Light ITC color=3D#80 size=3D2Aug. = 30/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DEras Light ITC color=3D#80 size=3D2Spotted a = Phalarope on Big=20 Marine Lake in Washington County. Not sure which one it was because it = flew away=20 before I could note detailed markings. We were in a boat and didn't have = binoculars!nbsp;It was east of the park reserve in the south end of the = lake.=20 /FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DEras Light ITC color=3D#80 size=3D2Stephanie=20 /FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_0003_01C6CE94.76DC0450--
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My friend Kathleen Anderson, who has a wilderness retreat, Wintermoon Summersun, in Brimson (less than a mile from my Breeding Bird Survey route), has been getting a partial albino chickadee since March 9. It's a really cool looking bird--its head is mostly white, but it also has pink legs and toes, with just a bit of pigment on some of the claws. I went over to look at it yesterday. Photographing it was frustrating--it was much more skittish than her other chickadees. But I did post some photos of it here: http://birderblog.com/bird/Species/Titmice/Black-cappedChickadee/BCCHGallery.html Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson
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--Apple-Mail-1--168060388 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 2nd. On the 25th, James Ryan reported a gray morph GYRFALCON in Dakota County on U.S. Highway 52 near its junction with state highway 55 just south of the Gas refinery. Patrick Beauzay found a first county record GREAT GRAY OWL in northern Norman County on the 26th. The location was along 365th Street a mile and a half southwest of the town of Gary. He also reported that on the 25th a SNOWY OWL was in the Felton Prairie area of Clay County near the Bicentennial Prairie, which is along Clay County Road 108. The Snowy Owl mentioned on previous RBAs was still present on the 26th along Goodhue County Road 1, just south of Goodhue County Road 9. Mark Ladwig found a Snowy Owl at the junction of U.S. Highway 52 and Dakota County Road 46. Also, not far from here, were two SHORT-EARED OWLS in Wabasha County. From Bellchester in southeastern Goodhue County go east on County Road 16 about four miles. Just past 300th Avenue look for t hay field on the south side of the road. On the 24th, Jay Hamernick refound the previously reported NORTHERN HAWK OWL on Aitkin County Road 56 about two miles east of U.S. Highway 169. Ed Gaughan, who lives on the west side of General Shields Lake in Rice County, heard SANDHILL CRANES flying on the 2nd. Other birds reported lately include TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and FOX SPARROW. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 9th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhert...@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1--168060388 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 HTMLBODY style=3Dword-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; P style=3Dtext-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; FONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelveticaThis is the Minnesota Birding Report for /FONTFONT = class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelveticaBThursday, March = 2nd/B/FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelvetica./FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelvetica=A0/FONT/PP style=3Dtext-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; BR/PP style=3Dtext-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; FONT = class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelveticaOn the 25th, James Ryan = reported a gray morph /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = color=3D#FF face=3DHelveticaBGYRFALCON/B/FONTFONT = class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelvetica in Dakota County on U.S. = Highway 52 near its junction with state highway 55 just south of the Gas = refinery.=A0/FONT/PP style=3Dtext-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; BR/PP = style=3Dtext-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; FONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelveticaPatrick Beauzay found a first county record = /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span color=3D#FF = face=3DHelveticaBGREAT GRAY OWL/B/FONTFONT = class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelvetica in northern Norman County = on the 26th./FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelvetica=A0= /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelveticaThe location = was along 365th Street a mile and a half southwest of the town of Gary. = He also reported that on the 25th a /FONTFONT = class=3DApple-style-span color=3D#FF face=3DHelveticaBSNOWY = OWL/B/FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelveticaB = /B/FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelveticawas/FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelveticaB /B/FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = face=3DHelveticain the Felton Prairie area of Clay County near the = Bicentennial Prairie, which is along Clay County Road 108. The = /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span color=3D#FF = face=3DHelveticaBSnowy Owl/B/FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span= face=3DHelvetica mentioned on previous RBAs was still present on the = 26th along Goodhue County Road 1, just south of Goodhue County Road 9. = Mark Ladwig found a /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span = color=3D#FF face=3DHelveticaBSnowy Owl/B/FONTFONT = class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelvetica at the junction of U.S. = Highway 52 and Dakota County Road 46. Also, not far from here, were two = /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span color=3D#FF = face=3DHelveticaBSHORT-EARED OWLS/B/FONTFONT = class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelvetica in Wabasha = County./FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span face=3DHelvetica=A0 = /FONTFONT class=3DApple-style-span
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Standing in the UPS parking lot around 8:30 this morning I spotted one of = the snowys flying (right after the snow removal trucks went careening by) = towards me from the direction of IKEA and then landed next to a small = mound of snow. He then proceeded to run to the snow mound and disappear = behind it. Went over to the glycol plant and saw one on the ground by the = same sign as yesterday, was that 22 4 k? Then I walked over to talk to = some other birders and guess what, another was on top of the brick = building! He sat for about 30 minutes and then showed off his spectacular = wings and headed to the other side of the runway. I am new to this list = serv, thanks for all the help, my first snowys!!!
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Friends in birding- I only have a moment but wanted to update you all on our (Clay Christensen and I) dipper chase. On Saturday we spent about 3.5 hrs at the location in Cook county where a possible bird was seen this spring. Excellent habitat, no bird. Will elaborate later. Does not mean one was not present somewhere along the river or was not present earlier. Great people, new friends, paddling...still a successful trip. Randy Frederickson
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No whooping cranes, or cranes of any kind, were found in a 3 hr search of the area previously mentioned. Lots of hills and wetlands and egrets though. Randy Frederickson With eagle eye Ron Erpelding for luck... now I know why they don't call him crane eye
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---1112023797 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Saw at 730am this morning at Shultz Lake, Lebenon Park Egan I coyote About 120 -140 Sand hill Cranes fly over Eastern Meadowlark Song Sparrow Wood Ducks Ben Pearson Eagan, Dakota Co. ---1112023797 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HTMLHEAD META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; cha= rset=3DUS-ASCII META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1400 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY style=3DFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f= f DIVSaw at 730am this morning at Shultz Lake, Lebenon Park Egan/DIV DIVI coyote/DIV DIVAbout 120 -140 Sand hill Cranes fly over/DIV DIVEastern Meadowlark/DIV DIVSong Sparrow/DIV DIVWood Ducks/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVBen Pearson/DIV DIVEagan, Dakota Co./DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV/BODY/HTML ---1112023797--
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Many thanks to Mark Alt for his map of Pine Country owl locations that he kindly posted at the Duluth Audubon web site. Even more for the inspiration than navigational aid, my wife and I drove up from St. Paul and looked around his route for four hours this Sunday, the 20th. We were rewarded with our first ever great gray sighting, as well as our 21st, at dusk. The last owl of the day was the proverbial frosting, a hawk owl. Most of the GGOs were seen driving toward Kerrick on State 23, and on the drive west on County 46 to Military Road to County Line and back to 23. The hawk owl was seen just east (about 2 miles) of Kerrick on County 46 as the light was fading. Although we maintained appropriate distances from the owls we were rewarded with a pretty spectacular event with #7, who swooped down not far from our car and hit a red squirrel, which it gulped down with two swallows -nice work! Thomas F. Gilde Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota P.O. Box 64560 St. Paul, MN 55105 651.662.2257 651.662.1099 (fax) The information contained in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. If you have any questions concerning this message, please contact the sender. Unencrypted, unauthenticated Internet e-mail is inherently insecure. Internet messages may be corrupted or incomplete, or may incorrectly identify the sender.
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Thanks to all those who have responded to my/our request for information on birding expenditures in Minnesota this winter. A brief update... I've heard from 57 people representing 151 birders, and 16 states. I will share final numbers, including dollars later. I'm guessing that is maybe 40% of all out of state birders and 10% of Minnesota birders who have actually spent money making trips (partially because many MN birders are not on this list serve). I'm hoping to hear from many more of my fine friends, and, oh well, even the not so fine ones! I know many of you are waiting to submit your results the end of Feb. which is of course great. (just don't forget, or the bird gods will send flocks of grackles to your feeders in May!) Randy Frederickson MOU conservation committee
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Peder Svingen has asked me to post some other suggestions for Owl viewing behavior and etiquette in addition to the ones I offered earlier. Please consider these as guidelines. I believe if you take any action with the benefit of the Owl in mind, you will be doing the right thing. * When an owl is sighted while driving, stop 75 feet or more away from a bird and turn off the engine. Avoid disturbing the bird as it feeds by being closer than that * If the bird is looking at you it is not paying attention to hunting, leave it alone so it has a chance to feed. * Do not post a Boreal Owl sighting on the Mnbird or MOU-net. I am not sure all the birding pressure directed at a single bird will be a survivable incident. Please report it directly to the MOU rare bird alert and, if possible to Steve Wilson, who specializes in this species. Looking to discover the birds yourself may be challenging, but may reduce the pressure on an individual bird. * Start looking for the dead birds as well as the live birds. Look for the wing tips peeking out of the snow, not a pleasant task , yet it is important to know if starvation is setting in. We will have to check out the dead birds to determine their conditions. * Stick to the uninhabited areas or to feeder homes where you know you are welcome.=20 * Do not drive less than 45 mph when on the main roads, if you have to stop, pull off where there is a place to do so. Walk to a better viewing area. * Use a scope when a closer proximity is not available * Go out of your way to be friendly. Wave and smile at all passing motorists.=20 * If you have to stop and see birds at someone's home, please go knock and talk with the person first, this may flush the birds, but it is more important for you to gain permission than to see the birds.=20 * Carry calling cards or business cards to give to people you meet or to leave at local businesses. * Show respect to EVERY ONE. Trappers and people with aggressive trespassing signs should all be able to go on with their normal lives without us disrupting them in any way. Good Birding! Mark Alt MOU president
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---1088520996 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yesterday a friend from Northfield told me he had a Black-and-white Warbler at his thistle feeder on 6/26. Rather late for that far south. Bob Holtz If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. ---1088520996 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HTMLHEAD META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; cha= rset=3DUS-ASCII META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1106 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY style=3DFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f= f DIVYesterday a friend from Northfield told me he had a Black-and-white War= bler at his thistle feeder on 6/26. Rather late for that far south. /DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVBob Holtz/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3DSANSSERIF PTSIZE=3D10= If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy./FONT/DIV/BODY/H= TML ---1088520996--
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C4375B.46161360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On May 7th, at Blackhawk Park in Eagan, Mn, I was very excited to see a = little blue heron. It flew out of a drainage pipe within 10 feet of me. = I had as excellent view of it. Today, I had a summer tanger drink at = my backyard birdbath 2 miles north of New Ulm. It was a young male with = with bright red and patches of the yellow tan. Elaine Poulson --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C4375B.46161360 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 6.00.2800.1400 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2On May 7th, at Blackhawk Park in Eagan, = Mn, I was=20 very excited to see a little blue heron.nbsp; It flew out of a drainage = pipe=20 within 10 feet of me.nbsp; I had as excellent view of it.nbsp; Today, = I had a=20 summer tanger drink at my backyard birdbath 2 miles north of New = Ulm.nbsp; It=20 was a young male with with bright red and patches of the yellow=20 tan./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Elaine = Poulson/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C4375B.46161360--
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No. Quoting jerrold anderson janderso...@mn.rr.com: Do night raptors form kettles?
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C40691.7598F6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our backyard pond is about 3/4 open water and has attracted dozens of = mallards and geese. The surprise of the morning was a pair of pintail = that remained about half an hour. This was the first time we have seen = them in the pond. The first male red-winged blackbird showed up about = the same time, and the yellow variant house finch was back at the = feeder. Don Starkweather Northfield --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C40691.7598F6C0 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 6.00.2800.1400 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT size=3D2Our backyard pond is about 3/4 open water and has = attracted=20 dozens of mallards and geese.nbsp; The surprise of the morning was a = pair of=20 pintail that remained about half an hour.nbsp; This was the first time = we have=20 seen them in the pond.nbsp; The first male red-winged blackbird showed = up about=20 the same time, and the yellow variant house finch was back at the=20 feeder./FONT/DIV DIVFONT size=3D2Don Starkweather/FONT/DIV DIVFONT size=3D2Northfield/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C40691.7598F6C0--
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---1070556344 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to all who responded to my request for information on the feeding habits of American Tree Sparrows. I received 18 responses. Seventeen indicated they had only observed them feeding on the ground or rarely a platform feeder. One said he may have seen one at a thistle feeder some time in the past. The reason I asked the question was that I had always observed the same, ground feeding. However, this year I had tree sparrows for about three weeks (they have not been here for the last four days). There were six or seven of them and at least three of them ate from my tubular thistle seed feeder daily. Keep your eyes open. They may be adapting. Bob Holtz If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. ---1070556344 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HTMLHEAD META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1106 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY style=3DFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f= f DIVThanks to all who responded to my request for information on the feedin= g habits of American Tree Sparrows. I received 18 responses. Seventeen indic= ated they had only observed them feeding on the ground or rarely a platform=20= feeder. One said he may have seen one at a thistle feeder some time in the p= ast./DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVThe reason I asked the question was that I had always observed the same= , ground feeding. However, this year I had tree sparrows for about three wee= ks (they have not been here for the last four days). There were six or seven= of them and at least three of them ate from my tubular thistle seed feeder=20= daily. Keep your eyes open. They may be adapting./DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVBob Holtz/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3DSANSSERIF PTSIZE=3D10= If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy./FONT/DIV/BODY/H= TML ---1070556344--
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0042_01C3A7C6.DA64ACE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a number of late blackbirds in my yard and am unsure of their = identity. They appear to be juvenile birds of fairly large size. The = distinguishing mark is a whitish stripe above and extending down from = the eye. I thought they might be juvenile red wings, but have not been = able to identify any patches on the wings. Appreciate any help in = identification!!! --=_NextPart_000_0042_01C3A7C6.DA64ACE0 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 5.50.4134.600 name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I had a number of late blackbirds in my = yard and am=20 unsure of their identity.nbsp; They appear to be juvenile birds of = fairly large=20 size.nbsp; The distinguishing mark is a whitish stripe above and = extending down=20 from the eye.nbsp; I thought they might be juvenile red wings, but have = not=20 been able to identify any patches on the wings.nbsp; Appreciate any = help in=20 identification!!!/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_0042_01C3A7C6.DA64ACE0--
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--part1_1d6.13f294d5.2ce19789_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sent yesterday, but typed address in wrong :-( Hello Birders, We took a trip to Grand Marais, leaving Friday morning and coming back=20 Saturday at sunset. Stopped at park point to eat our lunch and saw: white-winged scoters,=20 goldeneye and bufflehead ducks.=A0 There were other ducks in the bay but I d= idn't i.d.=20 them.=A0 At the was a big group of snow buntings and about a half dozen horn= ed=20 larks.=A0=20 Along the shore we saw common merganser, tree and savannah sparrows,=20 pied-billed grebe in silver bay marina, bald eagels, broad-tailed hawk, lapl= and=20 longspurs and a good deal of snow buntings.=A0=20 Bohemian waxwings were seen at the Grand Marais Campground, at the parking=20 lot at artist's point and at Croftville Road north of Grand Marais.=A0 At=20 Croftville Road also saw pileated woodpecker, pine grosbeaks and common redp= olls=20 amongst the 'common birds'.=A0=20 At the marina Hovland (either Chicago road or Chisago road), we saw what=20 looked like a pied billed grebe milling around the broken concrete pier.=A0=20= Looking=20 closer we saw it was a harlequin duck.=A0 It was very cooperative and was ju= st=20 dining amongst the rocks on shore and the pier. The Zajics Eagan, Dakota County --part1_1d6.13f294d5.2ce19789_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HTMLFONT FACE=3Darial,helveticaFONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3DSANSSERIF FACE= =3DArial LANG=3D0Sent yesterday, but typed address in wrong :-(BR BR Hello Birders,BR BR We took a trip to Grand Marais, leaving Friday morning and coming back Satur= day at sunset.BR BR Stopped at park point to eat our lunch and saw: white-winged scoters, golden= eye and bufflehead ducks.=A0 There were other ducks in the bay but I didn't=20= i.d. them.=A0 At the was a big group of snow buntings and about a half dozen= horned larks.=A0 BR BR Along the shore we saw common merganser, tree and savannah sparrows, pied-bi= lled grebe in silver bay marina, bald eagels, broad-tailed hawk, lapland lon= gspurs and a good deal of snow buntings.=A0 BR BR Bohemian waxwings were seen at the Grand Marais Campground, at the parking l= ot at artist's point and at Croftville Road north of Grand Marais.=A0 At Cro= ftville Road also saw pileated woodpecker, pine grosbeaks and common redpoll= s amongst the 'common birds'.=A0 BR BR At the marina Hovland (either Chicago road or Chisago road), we saw what loo= ked like a pied billed grebe milling around the broken concrete pier.=A0 Loo= king closer we saw it was a harlequin duck.=A0 It was very cooperative and w= as just dining amongst the rocks on shore and the pier.BR BR The ZajicsBR Eagan, Dakota CountyBR /FONT/HTML --part1_1d6.13f294d5.2ce19789_boundary--
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No time to include details. Male Cerulean Warbler seen and heard at Camden State Park, Lyon County, at 4:15pm today (Monday June 23). At the bridge crossing the redwood River just after the entrance to the South Picnic Area. -- Peace, Rog
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htmldiv style='background-color:'DIV/DIV DIVFONT size=5/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVGreetings!/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVSaw perigrine falcons testing their wings this evening (Sun ~6pm). Observed two birds but heard three.nbsp; One was screaming loudly; that's the one that did the flying.nbsp; Another one was content to just sit it out on a crossbar.nbsp; This was at Fort Snelling State Park, under the 494 bridge where it crosses the Minnesota River.nbsp; I entered the park on the Mendota side.nbsp; This entrance is behind the historic area of Mendota where the Henry Sibley, Fairbault, etc houses are.nbsp; I just parked parallel to the railroad tracks.nbsp;The trail I was on paralells the MN river and is directly across the river from Pike Island so I imagine you'd be able to see them from Pike Island as well.nbsp; /DIV DIVOn the same trail I observed an Indigo Bunting, Eastern Wood Peewee, Great Blue Heron, and the other usual suspects such as Northhern Cardinal, Am Robin, Am Goldfinch and the like.nbsp; /DIV DIVnbsp; It was a great hike!/DIV DIVSusan /DIV DIVRamsey Co/DIV/divbr clear=allhrAdd photos to your e-mail with a href=http://g.msn.com/8HMSENUS/2746??PS=;MSN 8./a Get 2 months FREE*./html
