[mou] Birds

[Stefanie Moss]

Red Crossbill, Evening Grosbeak, Solitary Sandpiper all at or near YMCA Camp
DuNord July 10-08.




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[mou] Birds and Beers

[Sharon Stiteler]

After taking the month of May off, Birds and Beers is back this  
Thursday, June 19 from 6pm - 8pm at Merlin's Rest in Minneapolis  
www.merlinsrest.com.

Birds and beers is an informal gathering of birders of all skill  
levels to chat and talk some birds.  There is no commercial or  
financial sponsorship for Birds and Beers, it's simply a way for  
people to connect outside of the listservs and stakeout birds.


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN



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[mou] BIRDS ABOUT GULLS

[Forest & Kirsten Strnad]

Greetings: 
 
 I have consulted the books, GULLS, by P J Grant, and SEABIRDS,by Peter 
Harrison, and both books giver interesting comparison of these two birds and 
how they may be confused in identification.  I am sure other birders have 
referred to these two books too.
 
It would be nice if someone could get a better photograph of the bird so we 
could have better comparison.  Thanks to Paul Pedersen for his photographs.
 
Forest Strnad
Faribault, MN.


  
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[mou] 'Birds and Pastures' June 14 at Cedar Summit Farm

[Derric Pennington]

> 'Birds & Pastures' June 14 Near New Prague

Land Stewardship Project and the Saint Paul Audubon Society are co- 
sponsoring a birding event at Cedar Summit Farm near New Prague on  
Saturday, June 14.  Join us for an exciting morning birding Cedar  
Summit's rotationally grazed pastures. You'll not only see cool birds,  
but you'll also learn how the Minar family balance dairy production  
with protecting wildlife habitat. Participants will get a chance to  
sample the Minars' sustainably-raised products at their on-farm  
creamery. The fee for this event is $7.  To register, e-mail Derric  
Pennington, penn0107 at umn.edu.

Where: Cedar Summit Farm, 25830 Drexel Ave, New Prague, MN 56071
When: June 14, 2007 at 7:00 am
Price: $7
Carpool: Meet at 6:15 am in SW corner of the Sears Parking lot in St  
Paul.

Directions: 
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=8014235330933253125,44.577260,-93.298340&saddr=St.+Paul,+MN+55102&daddr=25830+Drexel+Ave,+New+Prague,+MN+56071&mra=pr&mrcr=0&sll=44.75014,-93.336855&sspn=0.580297,1.31012&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10





Derric Pennington
Conservation Biology Program
University of Minnesota
200 Hodson Hall
1980 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
penn0107 at umn.edu
612.624.4796 (office)
513.313.2185 (cell)








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[mou] 'Birds and Pastures' June 14 at Cedar Summit Farm

[Derric Pennington]

Dear fellow birders-

> 'Birds & Pastures' June 14 Near New Prague

Land Stewardship Project and the Saint Paul Audubon Society are co- 
sponsoring a birding event at Cedar Summit Farm near New Prague on  
Saturday, June 14.  Join us for an exciting morning birding Cedar  
Summit's rotationally grazed pastures. You'll not only see cool birds,  
but you'll also learn how the Minar family balance dairy production  
with protecting wildlife habitat. Participants will get a chance to  
sample the Minars' sustainably-raised products at their on-farm  
creamery. The fee for this event is $7.  To register, e-mail Derric  
Pennington, penn0107 at umn.edu.

Where: Cedar Summit Farm, 25830 Drexel Ave, New Prague, MN 56071
When: June 14, 2007 at 7:00 am
Price: $7
Carpool: Meet at 6:30 am in SW corner of the Sears Parking lot in St  
Paul.







Derric Pennington
Conservation Biology Program
University of Minnesota
200 Hodson Hall
1980 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
penn0107 at umn.edu
612.624.4796 (office)
513.313.2185 (cell)








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[mou] birds of cook county

[Josh Watson]

Hello to all you birders out there,
This is Josh Watson reporting on recent sightings in Cook County. I've been out 
and about the last few days enjoying the nice weather all those birds that 
finally decided to visit this long lost part of the state. Around home the 
warblers can finally be seen and heard consistantly which include: Redstart, 
Yellow-rumped, Blackburnian, Mourning, Northern Parula, Black-and-White, 
Nashville, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Northern Waterthrush, and Ovenbird. 
I also heard a Blue-headed Vireo on our land this morning however I have not 
come across a Red-eyed up here quite yet. I did a little birding over along the 
Trout lake Rd. up the Gunflint and CR-60 farms area and followed up on an 
Olive-sided Flycatcher along CR-14 just north of the CR-60 junction. I had 
Cliff, Barn, and Tree Swallows at the farms, Bittern, Red-winged Blackbird, 
Common Yellowthroat, Sedge Wren, Am. Kestrel, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Evening 
Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrows, Savannah
 Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincolns Sparrow, Eastern 
Bluebird, Alder and Least Flycatcher, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Am. Pipit, 
Wilsons Warbler and a few other common species but nothing too amazing as well 
as most of the warbler species named above. I spoke with the land owner of the 
first farm along CR-60 and found out he has been seeing Sandhill Cranes on his 
fields regularly as well. Yesterday I had saw a lone Bobolink on Artists Point 
along with Red-necked Grebes and Long-tailed Ducks out on Lake Superior. 
Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, and Goldeneye were all I saw inhabeting the 
harbor but I saw a pair of Blue-winged Teal on a small pond behind the 
treatment center in the Recreation Park/Municipal Camp Ground. I had about 30 
Whimbrel on the lone Rock Island out from Cut Face Creek west of Grand Marais 
and several Long-tailed Ducks there as well. I also noted about 30 to 40 
Chimney Swifts flying about the Cook County
 School earlier in the week. So far the birding is a little slow up this way 
yet and the birds seem to be just getting here and kinda staggering there way 
in a little at a time. 
Good birding,
Josh Watson
Grand Marais/Cook County


  
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[mou] birds in the snow

[john nelson]

AMAZING DAY 3-31.  29 and 30 had few birds at the feeders,just the  
usual suspects BCC, WBN,DWP,RBW,BJ,no Juncos, no Goldfinches. As the  
snow started on 31, 100-150 Grackles came in along with 55 Juncos and  
38 Goldfinches ( aren't they gaining color fast?). They were all there  
until late afternoon and were joined by 4 male and three female  
Cardinals. There was some competition going on with the latter. As I  
was standing in my garage wondering if the snow would ever stop, a  
Sharp Shinned Hawk flew up our hillside into the woods carrying a  
bird, which I couldn't identify, although my sense was Junco. I have  
found two bunches of Junco feathers in the in the past week and on one  
occasion saw a small hawk chase a Junco into the woods.
 ? To date myself and my Peterson guide what is a Cackling Goose?  
I observed and got a good picture of a pair of Giant Canadas at Loon  
Lake- near Lake Crystal on 3-30, standing near what I call Lesser  
Canadas. Were the latter now called Cackling? I also got good pictures  
of White Fronts, Trumpeters (they're not in my Peterson guide either,  
although he mentions a flock being started in MN),  
Buffleheads,Canvasbacks,Ruddies, a pair of Pintails we had not seen  
until we blew up the picture of the Trumpeters, a flock of 12 Common  
Merganser in flight and a number of others on the water Shovelers  
(which I grew up to know as Spoonbills), and a number of Scaup  
(Bluebills). A fun thing happened again on the computer when we got  
home. I had taken a number of photos at 100x digital zoom. They aren't  
good pictures but helpful in identifying birds to far away for our 10x  
binoculars. The best example was a photo of 4 fast  flying ducks app.  
50 yds away. I got a glimpse, brought the camera up and shot. I  
figured the odds  of the them being in frame at 100x were nil, but on  
the computer one was perfectly positioned  to show the wing stripe  
extending nearly to the end of the wing. I couldn't tell they were  
Bluebills when we saw them and certainly not Lesser or Greater.

After being a bird feeder for years , I'm working on a lifelist and  
the backyard keeps the list pretty short, I'm also finding bird  
identification in the field a little different than on a bird feeder  
outside the window. Tips would be appreciated. Also any tips on Lac  
Qui Parle would be helpful, I'm planning a trip this week.
John Nelson
Near Beauford and the Big Cobb R.

[mou] Birds and Beers

[Sharon Stiteler]

Just a reminder that there will be a Birds and Beers this Thursday at  
Merlin's Rest starting at 6pm.  Birds and Beers is a gathering of  
anyone interested in birds at any level.  People get together, have a  
beverage or an appetizer and talk some birds.  It's great way to  
learn about places to bird, activities and clubs offered in the area  
and just meet new people.

For directions, visit www.merlinsrest.com



Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
www.disapprovingrabbits.com
Minneapolis, MN


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[mou] Birds in Duluth

[Michael Hendrickson]

Yesterday I had a Common Grackle at my feeder which isn't great news but hey 
its winter and grackles in NE Minnesota is not a common sight.  On Monday I 
refound 400+ Bohemian Waxwings at Park Point that Shawn Zierman reported last 
Sunday. They pretty much wipe out most of the crab apples around the ball field 
area but there is still a lot of crab apples along the road way as you enter 
the park so more than likely they will move to these trees later on this week 
or this weekend. I counted 310 Common Goldeneyes in the canal under the Ariel 
Lift Bridge at Canal Park. I also counted 100 Herring Gulls and two 
Red-breasted Mergansers.

Today I headed over to Allison Clark's residence to search for the Varied 
Thrush (address on Duluth RBA) and after about 30 minutes of waiting for the 
thrush it made a short appearance around 12:45pm.  During my wait I also saw a 
White-throated Sparrow, 5 Robins and a Blad Eagle cruising over my head.

In my yard I still have 8 Northern Cardinals and a 12 Dark-eyed Juncos.  
Occasionally I have some Pine Grosbeaks in the yard feeding on crab apples.

I'll be out tommorrow scouting some other areas for the Christmas Bird Count 
this weekend.
 
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/


  

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[mou] Birds around Duluth over the weekend....

[sc...@aol.com]

Over the past three days bohemian waxwings have been massing on Minnesota  
Point.  Today there were at least 200 of them near the soccer field  devouring 
apples, eating snow, bathing in the snow, eating salt off the roads,  they are 
an absolute blast to watch. There was also a robin on Saturday  mixing it up 
with the bohemians.  There was also 10 cedar waxwings hanging  around with the 
bohemians on Saturday.  One of the cedars was a very young  juvenile who would 
occasionally still beg from the adults to be fed even though  he appeared 
completely capable of chowing down on the apples independently. Also  saw about 
5 
bald eagles flying around Lake Superior.  Found a northern  shrike on Hwy 61 
one mile past the French River as you head towards Two Harbors  from Duluth.  
This is the third time I have seen a shrike in that area in  the past two 
weeks so it could be the same one.  Saw one rough legged hawk  at Minnesota 
Point 
today while watching the bohemians, at one point the rough  legged flew right 
past a tall maple that the bohemians were perched in, they  did'nt seem the 
least bothered.  And lastly, pine grosbeaks have been  present at Minnesota 
Point consistently for quite some time now, never in big  numbers, but I hardly 
ever miss that species when I look through the crabapple  trees on Park Point.  
Happy Birding, Shawn  Zierman.



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[mou] Birds and Beers

[Sharon Stiteler]

I almost forgot myself, but this Thursday at 6pm at Merlin's Rest  
(www.merlinsrest.com) is Birds and Beers.  Anyone interested in birds  
is welcome to attend--from the hard core to the beginner to everyone  
in between. If you want to meet some people, talk some birds and have  
a beverage or two, this it the place for you.  We've had writers,  
banders, beginners, field trip leaders, just about all sorts.  It's a  
great way to meet other birders and share bird info.

We can talk about the coming paper session this Saturday.  Hope you  
can come!



Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN

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[mou] Birds and Beers Update

[Sharon Stiteler]

Last night was the biggest Birds and Beers yet!  We had 24 people  
show up throughout the evening from all over the metro--people from  
up near Carlos Avery, White Bear Lake, Wayzata, and Woodbury!  We had  
hawk banders, songbird banders, bird and conservation writers, new  
birders, photographers, mildly interested birders, hardcore birders-- 
it was a GREAT mix and so much fun to say hi to bird people I know  
and meet new people.

I want to thank everyone for coming and I hope you had a good time  
and had a chance to connect to more Minnesota birders.

The next two Birds and Beers are scheduled:

Cape May, NJ on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 8pm at Jackson Mountain  
Cafe (may be hard for some MN birders to attend):

http://www.capemayafterdark.com/jacksonmt/jacksonmt-cm.htm


Minneapolis, MN onThursday, November 29, 2007 at 6pm at Merlin's Rest:

http://merlinsrest.com/

Birds and Beers is an informal gathering of people interested in  
birds to have a chance to connect. Anyone interested in birds is  
welcome to attend--from the hard core to the beginner to everyone in  
between. If you want to meet some people, talk some birds and have a  
beverage or two, this it the place for you.

I'm not opposed to moving Birds and Beers around the state (heck, I'm  
having one in New Jersey).  If anyone has an idea of a birding event  
in a different town that we could combine a Birds and Beers with and  
knows a bar or restaurant that has a good atmosphere for  
conversation, please let me know!


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN

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[mou] Birds and Beers

[Sharon Stiteler]

The next Birds and Beers is October 18, 2007 at Merlin's Rest (http:// 
merlinsrest.com/) at 6pm, Thursday, October 18, 2007.  Due to  
request, it will be on a Thursday night this time, as some haven't  
been able to make Tuesdays.

There are so many people who are doing interesting things bird wise-- 
research projects, banding, writing, etc. and we don't often find out  
about it on the listservs. This is the chance! It's a fun get  
together of people interested in birds and we can have a drink and  
talk some birds. It doesn't matter what you're experience level is.  
If you are interested in birds, you are welcome!  We've had a variety  
of people at the eventd, it's just a fun mix and an opportunity to  
put faces with names on the listservs.

On the off chance that anyone is going to be in Cape May, NJ for the  
Autumn Weekend Bird Show, I have scheduled a Birds and Beers Friday  
night, October 26, 2007 at 8pm at the Jackson Mountain Cafe (http:// 
www.capemayafterdark.com/jacksonmt/jacksonmt-cm.htm).

Birds and Beers is a free event not sponsored by any company, it is  
just a chance to meet up with the fun birding folks in the area.


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
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[mou] Birds Today

[Michael Hendrickson]

I was out birding today with Chet Meyers. 
   
  Park Pt.
   
  -Franklin's Gull
  -Golden Plover
  -Sanderling
  -Blackpoll Warbler
   
  40th Ave West
   
  -Golden Plovers
  -Black-bellied Plovers
  -Pectoral Sandpiper
   
  Wisconsin Point
   
  -Short-eared Owl flying over Minnesota
  -Peregrine Falcon chasing birds on the Minn. side.
  -30 Golden Plovers flying into Minnesota
   
  No Sabine's or Little Gull but did see 1-5 distant Bonaparte's Gulls.
   
  Mike H.


Mike Hendrickson
  Duluth, Minnesota
  Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
  Local Bird Guide
  Lake Superior Birding Boat Trips
   

   
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[mou] Birds and Beers Correction

[Sharon Stiteler]

Actually, I need to make a correction to what I sent for the Birds  
and Beers date.  The date is actually September 18, 2007.  I got the  
Birds and Beers date confused with the Disapproving Rabbits book  
release party.  Sorry about that.

Sharon




On Sep 4, 2007, at 7:29 PM, Sharon Stiteler wrote:
I'm not sure if you guys are on the Minnesota bird listservs, but I  
organize an informal gathering of birders called Birds and Beers.  It  
is a gathering of birders to have a drink and talk some birds.   
People of all abilities are encouraged to come, if you're interested  
in birds, you're invited.  Last time we had bird banders, new  
birders, novice birders, hardcore birders and even a few non  
birders.  It's a great way to get to know each other outside of the  
listservs and stake out birds.

There's another Birds and Beers scheduled for September 18, 2007 at  
6pm at Merlin's Rest (www.merlinsrest.com).  It's a great way to meet  
some birders face to face, network and most importantly have fun and  
cut loose a little.

There's a recap of the last Birds and Beers here:

http://www.birdchick.com/2007/07/first-birds-and-beers-recap.html

I hope you can come and if anyone has ideas for future locations of  
Birds and Beers, please drop me an email.  Feel free to pass this on  
to anyone you think might be interested.




Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
www.disapprovingrabbits.com
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[mou] Birds and Beers

[Sharon Stiteler]

There's another Birds and Beers scheduled for October 18, 2007 at 6pm  
at Merlin's Rest.  Birds and Beers is a gathering of birders to have  
a drink and talk some birds.  People of all abilities are encouraged  
to come, if you're interested in birds, you're invited.  Last time we  
had bird banders, new birders, novice birders, hardcore birders and  
even a few non birders.  It's a great way to get to know each other  
outside of the listservs and stake out birds.  There's a recap of the  
last Birds and Beers here:

http://www.birdchick.com/2007/07/first-birds-and-beers-recap.html

Hope you can come and if anyone has ideas for future locations of  
Birds and Beers, please drop me an email.


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN

[mou] birds around the metro

[Steve Weston]

On Friday I came home and noticed a bird in a tree next to the drive way. 
Walking close I watched a Red-breasted Nuthatch on the elm tree.  It seemed 
totally unconcerned that I was standing about five feet away.

On Saturday I got out for a couple of hours checking out some small wood 
lots adjacent to farm fields in Rosemount.  It was quiet and I found few 
birds.  The trees were thick with fruit.  I have never seen the black 
cherries as plentiful.  I found plum trees so thick with fruit that even the 
bugs had failed to get to them all.  I collected a handful of perfect little 
plums, sweet and untouched by pests.  I brought them home to eat later.

I also got out to the sod farms in Empire (Jirik and Braun on CR66).  I 
didn't find as much as Jim Mattsson, who did a good job of describing what 
was out there.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
sweston2 at comcast.net 

[mou] Birds

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[mou] Birds and Beers Tonight

[Sharon Stiteler]

Don't forget, tonight at 6pm is Birds and Beers (a gathering of  
birders to have a drink and talk some birds) at Merlin's Rest  
(www.merlinsrest.com). People of all abilities are encouraged to  
come, if you're interested in wild birds, you're invited. My non  
birding husband will also be there too, so if you want to bring a non  
birding spouse, feel free.

Here's the announcement on Merlin's Rest website:

Tuesday: The Birds and the Beers! Join the Birdchick, our  
ornithologist publican (John Dingley), our ornithologist bartender  
Bob, and many others for an informal gathering of birdwatchers and  
enthusiasts. And did you know that Minnesota has its own  
ornithologists union? Check ?em out. Smart folks and great photos in  
their gallery.

Some people have emailed interest but can't do it tonight or in  
Minneapolis.  This is something I plan on doing periodically and  
throughout the state.  If you have good ideas for a  for a gathering  
of birders, please email me the locations and ideas.  Thanks!


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN




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[mou] Birds And The Beer

[Sharon Stiteler]

I'm organizing an informal get together of birders.  There are so  
many people that are doing interesting things bird wise--research  
projects, banding, writing, etc. and we don't often find out about it  
on the listservs.  I also notice that some of us only have a chance  
to meet at a stake out bird.  I thought it would be fun to get some  
of us together, have a drink, and talk some birds.

So, if you aren't doing anything on Tuesday, July 17 at 6 pm and are  
in the Twin Cities metro area, come on out for Birds and the Beer at  
Merlin's Rest http://merlinsrest.com.  This is not any kind of paid  
thing, or something the restaurant is sponsoring.  It's just an  
informal gathering to talk with fellow birders--beginners, novices,  
hard-core--whatever you are, come on in.  I chose Merlin's Rest  
because I know the owner (he's helped with peregrine falcon  
reintroduction in the Midwest) and it's got bird photos on the walls,  
so it can't be all bad.  Even one of the bartenders is an  
ornithologist.  They do serve food there as well, so if you want to  
grab a bite feel free.


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN




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[mou] Birds Not Seen

[Judith Sparrow]

Hi MOUers,
 
Jim Otto makes an excellent point in his posting below.  I agree that it's
just as important to post birds looked for but not seen as it is sightings.
Such a posting will save other birders a potentially long drive as well as
time.
 
Judith Sparrow
 
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page."
--Saint Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430)
 

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From: mou-net-bounces at moumn.org [mailto:mou-net-boun...@moumn.org] On Behalf
Of james otto
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 1:12 AM
To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net; mou-net at moumn.org
Subject: [mou] Lark Bunting posting


Randy, I thank you for posting , of the not being able to relocate the Lark
Bunting. This saved a number of people from making a very long trip. Last
weekend three of us went to look for the Cinnamon Teal in Yellow Medicine
County on Sunday. A number of people were not able to relocate it on
Saturday, but failed to post this information. If we would have had this
information, we most likely would not have made the long trip. Lets be more
considerate of others and give them up to date information, so they can make
the decision whether to go or not.
 
Jim Otto

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[mou] Birds about the Metro

[Steve Weston]

In addition to the prairie birds trip, I also stopped at the Black Dog Fen 
in Burnsville at about 7:30pm on Sunday.  I heard, but did not stop to find 
the Bell's Vireo.  I stayed about a half hour and listened to the  CHAT.  It 
was singing softly, as if it was at the nest.  Interesting, was the WOODCOCK 
that flash by in the late dusk as we stood in the parking lot.

On Friday, I found a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS on a pond in Champlin at about 
112th and Xylon.

Yesterday (Monday), I checked out woods below Shaar's Bluff off of Hillary 
Path, west of Hastings.  I found a Great Horned Owl being harrassed by a 
Cooper's Hawk, who enlisted the support of a murder of crows.  In the woods 
I found a Scarlet Tanager and Ovenbird.

Today (Tuesday) I found a COMMON LOON on the Arbor Lake in Maple Grove off 
of Hemlock.  There was also a Spotted Sandpiper there.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
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[mou] birds and frogs

[Steve Weston]

Tonight (Wednesday) I ran my frog & toad route in the Frontenac/Lake City 
area of Goodhue Co.  I found northern leopard frogs and spring peepers in 
good numbers compared to previous years.  Western chorus frog numbers were 
way down.  The Whip-poor-wills have not yet returned to the valley where I 
have found them for the last five years.   There were at least four Sora 
Rails calling at Frontenac Lake.

Elsewhere in the Metro I am finding Turkey Vultures, Barn Swallows, and 
Chipping Sparrows.  I saw my first Lesser Yellowlegs of the season in a 
small pond in Medina at H. 55 and Willow.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
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[mou] Birds of Weaver Dunes Preserve

[Bill Bruins]

Rich Biske of The Nature Conservancy asked me to gather up as much 
information as possible about the Birds of the Weaver Dunes Preserve.

I would appreciate any lists you have of bird sightings at the preserve.

Please forward this request to anyone you know who might have any information.

You can email the information to me or if you prefer you can mail it 
to the address below.

Thank in advance for any help you can provide.
Bill


O. William (Bill) Bruins
Rochester, MN 55906

[mou] Birds

[Carol Crust]

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Worked on our Morrison County list again this Saturday.  Found our first
Kestrel on 49 S of Michaels Lake.  Located two Northern Harriers and =
four
Red Tailed Hawks in same general area.  On the west side of Camp Ripley =
we
found  a Pileated, 5 Wild Turkeys, and a Common Raven.  At the Crow Wing
River south of Pillager there were Trumpeter Swans, Common Mergansers, a =
few
Mallards and a whole bunch of Canada Geese.  Along the way we also saw =
an
abundance of Rock Pigeons and American Crows.  On our way down to =
Morrison
County we found a few Horned Larks in Crow Wing County.

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ON Saturday  morning, in our back yard in South Brainerd, two male =
Northern
Cardinals were having a fight about something.  Hope it was a nesting =
site!

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Drove along the Mississippi on the way home from church today and saw =
Common
Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, one Blue Winged Teal, Canada Geese

and a few Mallards.

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After lunch two Ring Billed Gulls flew by our kitchen window.   Don and
Carol Crust

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Worked on our Morrison County list again
this Saturday.=A0 Found our first Kestrel on 49 S of Michaels =
Lake.=A0 Located two
Northern Harriers and four Red Tailed Hawks in same general area.=A0 On =
the west
side of Camp Ripley we found=A0 a
Pileated, 5 Wild Turkeys, and a Common Raven.=A0 At the =
Crow Wing River south of
Pillager there were Trumpeter Swans, Common Mergansers, a few Mallards =
and a
whole bunch of Canada Geese.=A0 Along the way we also saw an abundance =
of Rock
Pigeons and American Crows.=A0 On our way down to Morrison County we found a
few Horned Larks in Crow =
Wing County.

 

ON Saturday =A0morning, in our back yard in =
South
 Brainerd, two male Northern Cardinals were having a fight =
about
something.=A0 Hope it was a nesting site!

 

Drove along the Mississippi on the way
home from church today and saw Common Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, one =
Blue
Winged Teal, Canada Geese

and a few Mallards.

 

After lunch two Ring Billed Gulls flew by our kitchen
window.=A0=A0 Don and Carol Crust

 








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[mou] Birds I see

[W H+JR DENNHARDT]

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Hi,
Here in Stillwater, Minnesota, I see a nesting pair of Bald Eagles. One =
mile south of hwy 4. crossing on Manning Tr. N. (South bound they are to =
the right in a tree, easy to see. One mile north of the 4 crossing there =
are always wild turkey in the corn field on the right. You see so much =
on a bike. Michelle Dennhardt


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Hi,
Here in Stillwater, Minnesota, I see a nesting pair of Bald Eagles. =
One=20
mile south of hwy 4. crossing on Manning Tr. N. (South bound they are to =
the=20
right in a tree, easy to see. One mile north of the 4 crossing there are =
always=20
wild turkey in the corn field on the right. You see so much on a bike. =
Michelle=20
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[mou] BIRDS 10/28

[Mike Butterfield]

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Greetings,
   
  Went to 2 HARBORS and DULUTH 
  Saw
  in 2 Harbors
  1 3 Toed WP
  1 Blackbacked WP
  at Stony Point Road 
  about 60+ Lapland Longspurs overhead
  1 Cardinal by the spot next to the lake.
  In DULUTH
  1 MERLIN in DECC parking lot by wood playground - with a lunch of Lapland 
Longspur 
  where there was about a 100+ in the gravel in same area by 7th ave.
  1 SHORT EARED OWL in the small pine trees directly in front of band shelter 
at Bayfront-just about plowed into me when I went up to the trees to inspect - 
It flew above me for a minute or so and then flew over the DECC bldg. 
  30+ Golden eyes in the bay opposite the ball field 
   
  Good birding
  Mike Butterfield  LM  NYA MN

 
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Greetings,     Went to 2 HARBORS and DULUTH 
  Saw  in 2 Harbors  1 3 Toed WP  1 
Blackbacked WP  at Stony Point Road   about 60+ Lapland 
Longspurs overhead  1 Cardinal by the spot next to the lake.  
In DULUTH  1 MERLIN in DECC parking lot by wood playground - 
with a lunch of Lapland Longspur   where there was about a 100+ in 
the gravel in same area by 7th ave.  1 SHORT EARED OWL in the small 
pine trees directly in front of band shelter at Bayfront-just about plowed into 
me when I went up to the trees to inspect - It flew above me for a minute or so 
and then flew over the DECC bldg.   30+ Golden eyes in the bay 
opposite the ball field      Good birding  
Mike Butterfield  LM  NYA MN 

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[mou] Birds in Mountain Ash

[Pat DeWenter]

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If you want to plant a tree that birds LOVE, it is a Mountain Ash.  We planted 
one many years ago and last year was the first year we got berries.  This 
morning we had 3 Swainson's Thrushes, a female Scarlet Tanager, 2 Rose-breasted 
Grosbeaks, a Red-eyed Vireo and a Goldfinch, all eating berries.
   
  Last week we had a Pileated Woodpecker hanging on to the end of a small 
branch and trying to eat berries as he swayed to and fro.  It was really a 
comical sight!
   
  Our waterfall and pond also have been attracting a lot of migrants.  Today we 
had a Black and White and Nashville Warbler bathing, as well as our resident 
Red-breasted Nuthatches.  With the dry year we have had the birds really enjoy 
the water!  Birds that normally don't come to our suet feeders have been using 
them.  I guess there must be a real shortage of insects and worms.
   
  I think the Robins must have moved to St. Cloud and south where there has 
been rain, because I haven't seen them in our yard for over a month.
   
  We have had migrant birds coming through in small numbers for 2 weeks.  We 
also had an Ovenbird kill last week, as well as a hummingbird.  All the 
hummingbirds for the past week are females.  The males have already left our 
area.  They are always the first to come and the first to go.
   
  Pat DeWenter
  Bemidji
   
   


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If you want to plant a tree that birds LOVE, it is a Mountain Ash.  
We planted one many years ago and last year was the first year we got 
berries.  This morning we had 3 Swainson's Thrushes, a female Scarlet 
Tanager, 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, a Red-eyed Vireo and a Goldfinch, all 
eating berries.     Last week we had a Pileated 
Woodpecker hanging on to the end of a small branch and trying to eat 
berries as he swayed to and fro.  It was really a comical sight!  
   Our waterfall and pond also have been attracting a lot 
of migrants.  Today we had a Black and White and Nashville Warbler 
bathing, as well as our resident Red-breasted Nuthatches.  With the dry 
year we have had the birds really enjoy the water!  Birds that normally 
don't come to our suet feeders have been using them.  I guess there must 
be a real shortage of insects and worms.     I think
 the Robins must have moved to St. Cloud and south where there has been rain, 
because I haven't seen them in our yard for over a month.  
   We have had migrant birds coming through in small 
numbers for 2 weeks.  We also had an Ovenbird kill last week, as well as a 
hummingbird.  All the hummingbirds for the past week are females.  
The males have already left our area.  They are always the first to come 
and the first to go.     Pat DeWenter  
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[mou] Birds of NA access fun

[Adele Binning]

Hi Thomas,
Sounds like you had a pretty frustrating time. I don't have a  
Minneapolis Library card either but my experience was much different.  
I simply entered my St. Paul Public Library card into the MPL website  
and promptly got an email that gave me access to the BNA the same day.

This is not to say that you didn't just go through lots of gymnastics  
to get access. I just want others to know that they may not suffer  
the same fate. From St. Paul, it was really easy.

Adele


On May 18, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Thomas Maiello wrote:

> I want to share with you how to gain access to the wonderful Birds  
> of North America Online Database (or at least as far as I have  
> gotten) without suffering the slings and arrows that I have over  
> the last month.  Bottom Line - make sure you go to a Minneapolis  
> Public Library to get the appropriate access numbers.
> I live in Anoka County and was (I am now) not very familiar with  
> how the metro area library system works.  I went to the library in  
> Brooklyn Center to get a library card so I could access the  
> database (Oops - the Brooklyn Center Library is a Hennepin County  
> Library - not a Mpls library!).  They gave me a temporary MELSA  
> card but told me that they couldn't issue me a library card because  
> I live in Anoka County.  They said I could use the temporary card  
> to access the database until I got my card - then I would get a  
> library card number over the internet and then a formal Anoka  
> County Library card in the mail.
> I got home and could not access the database with the MELSA  
> temporary card.  I waited and got the email with my library card  
> number.  I still couldn't access the database.  I waited and got my  
> formal card in the mail.  I still couldn't access the database.  I  
> made many phone calls to Hennepin County and Anoka County libraries  
> and got various degrees of help and suggestions on how to go about  
> gaining access.  None worked.  I finally got hold of a Minneapolis  
> Library.  (A big problem was that I didn't understand that only  
> specific libraries were Mpls and that they did not communicate or  
> link their library card information from any other libraries except  
> Mpls..)
> Bottom line- I now have to go to a Mpls library with picture ID and  
> my Anoka library card to get something so that I can get access to  
> the Birds of North America Online database.  They said it would be  
> only a minute and it would be easy.  I have faith that by day's end  
> I will have access to it.  (I also have faith that I will see a  
> Chestnut-sided Warbler today.)  If you don't hear back from me on  
> this assume one of the following: 1) Everything worked out and I  
> got access; 2) Something happened and I never made it to the  
> library and had to suddenly leave Minnesota; 3) Aliens got me; 4)  
> The food at the vegetarian restaurant I am going to before I go to  
> the library was ill prepared and my constitution too weak to handle  
> it; or 5) All of the above.  Please send your answer on a brand new  
> pair of very expensive binoculars and a new field book to me in  
> care of the Hennepin County Library System.  Answers submitted  
> after 10:50 a.m. on May 18, 2006 will not be accepted.  Winners  
> will get to hear me squeal with joy as I peruse the BofNA database  
> online.
>
> Bottom Line - make sure you go to a Minneapolis Public Library to  
> get the appropriate access numbers to access the Birds of North  
> America Online Database.
>
> Thank you for playing our game and I hope this saves anyone from a  
> similar ordeal.
>
> Thomas Maiello
> Spring Lake Park
> Anoka County Library System participant and hopefully soon to be  
> Mpls library participant
>
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[mou] Birds of NA access fun

[Thomas Maiello]

I want to share with you how to gain access to the wonderful Birds of 
North America Online Database (or at least as far as I have gotten) 
without suffering the slings and arrows that I have over the last 
month.  Bottom Line - make sure you go to a Minneapolis Public Library 
to get the appropriate access numbers. 

I live in Anoka County and was (I am now) not very familiar with how the 
metro area library system works.  I went to the library in Brooklyn 
Center to get a library card so I could access the database (Oops - the 
Brooklyn Center Library is a Hennepin County Library - not a Mpls 
library!).  They gave me a temporary MELSA card but told me that they 
couldn't issue me a library card because I live in Anoka County.  They 
said I could use the temporary card to access the database until I got 
my card - then I would get a library card number over the internet and 
then a formal Anoka County Library card in the mail. 

I got home and could not access the database with the MELSA temporary 
card.  I waited and got the email with my library card number.  I still 
couldn't access the database.  I waited and got my formal card in the 
mail.  I still couldn't access the database.  I made many phone calls to 
Hennepin County and Anoka County libraries and got various degrees of 
help and suggestions on how to go about gaining access.  None worked.  I 
finally got hold of a Minneapolis Library.  (A big problem was that I 
didn't understand that only specific libraries were Mpls and that they 
did not communicate or link their library card information from any 
other libraries except Mpls..) 

Bottom line- I now have to go to a Mpls library with picture ID and my 
Anoka library card to get something so that I can get access to the 
Birds of North America Online database.  They said it would be only a 
minute and it would be easy.  I have faith that by day's end I will have 
access to it.  (I also have faith that I will see a Chestnut-sided 
Warbler today.)  If you don't hear back from me on this assume one of 
the following: 1) Everything worked out and I got access; 2) Something 
happened and I never made it to the library and had to suddenly leave 
Minnesota; 3) Aliens got me; 4) The food at the vegetarian restaurant I 
am going to before I go to the library was ill prepared and my 
constitution too weak to handle it; or 5) All of the above.  Please send 
your answer on a brand new pair of very expensive binoculars and a new 
field book to me in care of the Hennepin County Library System.  Answers 
submitted after 10:50 a.m. on May 18, 2006 will not be accepted.  
Winners will get to hear me squeal with joy as I peruse the BofNA 
database online.

Bottom Line - make sure you go to a Minneapolis Public Library to get 
the appropriate access numbers to access the Birds of North America 
Online Database.

Thank you for playing our game and I hope this saves anyone from a 
similar ordeal.

Thomas Maiello
Spring Lake Park
Anoka County Library System participant and hopefully soon to be Mpls 
library participant

[mou] Birds of NA reference

[Adele Binning]

Hi Thomas,
The email below came across this listserv back in April (seems so  
long ago now). I followed its directions and was able to access BNA  
easily. If you don't have a Mpls Public Library card, you will need  
to register your own library card with them but that was easy. Its a  
great resource. Thanks to Mark Martell and Virginia Pear for bringing  
it to our attention and showing us how to access it!

Adele Binning
St. Paul

As a staff member at Minneapolis Public Library, I was
thrilled that we subscribed to this wonderful database. I'm
so glad you mentioned it, Mark. The best news is that you
don't have to live in Minneapolis to use it.

To find Birds of North America from the library home page
http://www.mplib.org , click on Research Tools at the top of
the page, then on Online Databases. Birds of North America
is under the Science and Technology category (or use the
link for an alphabetical list of the databases). You will be
asked to enter your library card information to use it.

If you have a library card from almost any Minnesota
library, you can register it online by following the links
from "Get A Card" on the left side of the home page.
Registering your library card will allow you access to the
database.

Virginia Pear
Reference Librarian
Minneapolis Public Library




On May 18, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Thomas Maiello wrote:

> Could someone please tell me how to get access to the Birds of  
> North America Online that the Hennepin County Libraries have no?  I  
> get a library card but cannot seem to remember how to find it.   
> Many attempts and minor results.  I thought I would ask the experts.
>
> Thomas Maiello
>
> ___
> mou-net mailing list
> mou-...@cbs.umn.edu
> http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net

[mou] Birds of NA reference

[Thomas Maiello]

Could someone please tell me how to get access to the Birds of North 
America Online that the Hennepin County Libraries have no?  I get a 
library card but cannot seem to remember how to find it.  Many attempts 
and minor results.  I thought I would ask the experts.

Thomas Maiello

[mou] Birds of North America online

[MARTELL, Mark]

The Minneapolis Public Library has added Birds of North America, =
Produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society, as =
an online resource. The BNA is a great source of accurate up to date =
information on every species of bird found in North America.

Mark Martell
Director of Bird Conservation
Audubon Minnesota
2357 Ventura Drive #106
St. Paul, MN 55125
651-739-9332
651-731-1330 (FAX)

[mou] Birds in Brainerd

[Carol Crust]

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Sharp-shined Hawk flew by our kitchen window in South Brainerd at about 7
this morning.  Turkey Vulture flew over South 6th St. at about 5 this
evening.  Carol Crust


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over South 6th
  St. at about 5 this evening.  Carol =
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[mou] Birds (and their songs)

[alyssa]

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I went on a walk today (Golden Valley, Hennipin County) by the pond near =
the intersection of Laurel and Lousiana Ave. Some song highlights =
include:

@ Am. Robin (but they were very quiet, I think they were practicing!)
@ N. Cardinal
@ BC Chickadee
@ Mourning Dove

Then, at a more local pond on the corner of Western and New Hampshire, I =
found a single Red-winged Blackbird singing! That was quite exciting. =
Good *spring* birding!

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I went on a walk today (Golden Valley, =
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@ Am. Robin (but they were very quiet, =
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@ N. Cardinal
@ BC Chickadee
@ Mourning Dove
 
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[mou] Birds at Purgatory Creek Wetlands, Eden Prairie - Hennepin County

[Doug Kieser]

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The water level has gone down enough at the Purgatory Creek Rec. area in
Eden Prairie to once again expose a few mud flats.
Birds seen the evenings of Oct 2 and 3:
Long-Billed Dowitcher (11)  both days
Franklin's Gull (1) -  both days
White Pelican (1) - Oct 2 only
Bald Eagle (2) - Oct 3 only
American Bittern - Oct 3 - Flyby while waiting in Culver's Drive-Thru
Also Marsh Wren, Shovelers, Wigeon.
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Minneapolis
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Birds =
seen the=20
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Long-Billed=20
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Franklin's Gull (1)=20
-  both days
White =
Pelican=20
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Bald =
Eagle=20
(2) - Oct 3 only
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[mou] Birds from Duluth to the Twin Cities

[markfal...@comcast.net]

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My wife and I drove north and then cycled 25 miles on the Munger Trail north 
out of Carlton today and saw an Osprey, two Sharp-shinned Hawks and an 
abundance of Yellow-rumped Warblers, whose colors at this time of year proves 
God paints in watercolors. We had  a Fisher run in front of us on the trail 
just north of Kangas Road, I was not sure they are common this far south. I had 
never seen one south of teh BWCA before. A kettle of 8 Turkey vultures spiraled 
upwards north of Hinckley. A mature Bald Eagle sat in the fresh soil of sod 
farms along Hwy 35 north of Rush City, an immature Goshawk in a dead snag north 
of the Kettle River. South of Lindstrom, a flock of 20 White Pelicans soared 
overhead, pretty low, losing altitude, seeming to prepare for a landing nearby 
. The Munger Trail's soundscape resonated with the crystalline tseeps of 
Golden-crowned Kinglets that never visually appeared for me. What a great day, 
all this and exercise too. I am learning that birding at 14 mph 
 is about optimum for me.  I see many things very well as I approach them 
quickly and I get a great feel for the relative abundance of birds as I cover 
so much edge habitat. My wife can stand it since I am restricted to what I can 
see when I am still moving. I rely on my ears a lot an din spring the species 
list realy builds quick. I only stop when I think something great is around, 
like today to see what was eventually a Yellow-rump but caught my eye working a 
bridge abutment very like a Rock Wren. So it goes. Good birding.

Mark Alt
Brooklyn Center, MN
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My wife and I drove north and then cycled 25 miles on the Munger Trail 
north out of Carlton today and saw an Osprey, two Sharp-shinned Hawks and an 
abundance of Yellow-rumped Warblers, whose colors at this time of year proves 
God paints in watercolors. We had  a Fisher run in front of us on the 
trail just north of Kangas Road, I was not sure they are common this far south. 
I had never seen one south of teh BWCA before. A kettle of 8 Turkey vultures 
spiraled upwards north of Hinckley. A mature Bald Eagle sat in the fresh soil 
of sod farms along Hwy 35 north of Rush City, an immature Goshawk in a 
dead snag north of the Kettle River. South of Lindstrom, a flock of 20 White 
Pelicans soared overhead, pretty low, losing altitude, seeming 
to prepare for a landing nearby . The Munger Trail's 
soundscape resonated with the crystalline tseeps of Golden-crowned 
Kinglets that never visually appeared for me. What a great day, all this and 
exercise too. I am le
 arning that birding at 14 mph is about optimum for me.  I see many things 
very well as I approach them quickly and I get a great feel for the 
relative abundance of birds as I cover so much edge habitat. My wife can stand 
it since I am restricted to what I can see when I am still moving. I rely on my 
ears a lot an din spring the species list realy builds quick. I only stop when 
I think something great is around, like today to see what was eventually a 
Yellow-rump but caught my eye working a bridge abutment very like a Rock Wren. 
So it goes. Good birding.
 
Mark Alt
Brooklyn Center, MN

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[mou] birds in New Orleans area

[Jim Williams]

Interesting comments from a birder near New Orleans.
Jim Williams
Wayzata

Begin forwarded message:

From: Nancy L Newfield 
Date: September 20, 2005 12:19:29 PM CDT
To: birdc...@listserv.arizona.edu
Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] mosquito spraying in New Orleans area
Reply-To: Nancy L Newfield 

Liz et al.,

At 11:59 PM 9/19/2005, you wrote:

> [forwarded from the pollinator mailing list]
>
> >. the Office of Public Health will be using Air Force cargo=20
> planes to spray for mosquitoes in the Louisiana flood area.  [snip=20
> description of attempts to notify beekeepers in the area to protect=20
> their hives from the spray]
>
> >... the pesticide will be a specific application in accordance with=20=

> label instructions, yet public health issues will take precedence over=20=

> other concerns.
>
> This does not look good to me for all the warblers headed that way.

I have not kept up with all of this, but regular daily spraying to=20
reduce mosquitoes is a way of life in most of southern Louisiana - and=20=

it has been for many, many years.  I suspect that they are resuming=20
such spraying, using Air Force planes because the smaller planes used=20
by parishes were damaged or destroyed [speculation].

A lot doesn't look good for warblers down here.  I returned to stay on=20=

Sunday.  I live about 5 miles west of  the city of New Orleans.  My=20
home was not damaged, but damage to larger trees in my area and=20
certainly farther east [probably all the way east to Alabama] is 95%. =20=

Mosquito spraying won't be the worst problem they face.  There won't be=20=

many trees for them to perch in or to harbor the tiny insects.

Migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds seems heavier than usual,=20
probably because many sources of natural nectar and minute=20
invertebrates are much reduced.  I saw a young male Rufous this=20
morning.  However, overall, birdlife [resident] seems to be about 1/4=20
of what it was before the storm.

Not to make light of your legitimate concerns, but there is a lot of=20
concern about mosquito-borne diseases.  Mosquitoes are pretty fierce=20
around my home.  They were before the storm.  I have never been tested=20=

for West Nile antibodies, but I suspect I probably have been bitten a=20
time or two by mosquitoes carrying the virus.  However, many of the=20
emergency workers come from outside the area and they probably have=20
never been exposed to this kind of health threat.  We certainly don't=20
want folks who are giving so much of themselves to become ill as a=20
result of their good works.

Conditions will not be back to normal for years - if ever.  So far, we=20=

are the only family back on our block and we've heard that a couple of=20=

the families are moving to Texas.

My husband visited one of the hardest hit parts of the New Orleans area=20=

yesterday.  He went to retrieve a few valuables from an aunt's home. =20
Flood waters went all the way into the attic.  His 80-year old aunt=20
will never be able to return there.  We have been spending all of our=20
time trying to find her a space in a retirement home closer to us. =20
Presently, she is 200 miles away.  We have found her a place, but now=20
she will need some furniture and clothing.

This is just one tiny story among a population with a million stories,=20=

many more dramatic than ours.  The scope of destruction goes from 30=20
miles west of where we live to southern Alabama, maybe into Florida.

NLN







~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibr=ED
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  
~~

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[mou] birds and birders: continuing conversation

[Jim Williams]

Forward by Jim Williams
Wayzata

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Ted Lee Eubanks" 
Date: June 9, 2005 7:54:18 AM CDT
To: "'Sheri Williamson'" , 

Cc: , , , 


Thanks for the note, Sheri. However, I would caution you about any
conclusions about cause of death. I recently returned from a trip to
Chiapas, where I learned of an incident that might shed light on this 
case.
A tour group had called a Tropical Screech-Owl onto an exposed perch 
through the use of a taped call. As the tour group enjoyed leisurely 
views of the screech-owl, a Mottled Owl swooped in and eliminated the 
competitor. Did birding lead to the screech-owl's demise? Certainly. 
While we may never know what caused the death of the redstart, your 
report certainly calls into
question the behavior of birders in the area and the potential impact 
on the
bird.

Haans Petruschke comments that "birding is the only sport I know of, 
with a
written code of this sort." As with much of his letter, he seems to have
done little research to support his contentions. Here is the "Fair 
Chase"
code of ethics from Boone and Crockett. I have inserted our recreation 
where
appropriate:

 1. Obey all applicable laws and regulations.

 2. Respect the customs of the locale where the hunting [BIRDING] 
occurs.

 3. Exercise a personal code of behavior that reflects favorably on 
your
abilities and sensibilities as a hunter [BIRDER].

 4. Attain and maintain the skills necessary to make the kill
[IDENTIFICATION} as certain and quick as possible.

 5. Behave in a way that will bring no dishonor to either the hunter
[BIRDER], the hunted [BIRD], or the environment.

 6. Recognize that these tenets are intended to enhance the hunter's
[BIRDER'S] experience of the relationship between predator [OBSERVER] 
and
prey [BIRD] , which is one of the most fundamental relationships of 
humans
and their environment.

 From the comments I have seen from you (Sheri) and others, I would doubt
that the behavior by some birders in Arizona reflected favorably on the
recreation. I would agree with most of us wish to use an ethical 
standard to
"enhance the birder's experience." The comment that "reports now of 50
birders scrambling about, actually running down the Comfort Springs 
Trail,
which is no trail to be running down, and near traffic jams on Carr 
Canyon
Road..." seems incompatible with an "enhanced" experience. The bird's
demise, of course, leaves this question unresolved. No bird, no birding.

The comment from Mr. Petruschke that "I feel the suggestion that 
birders are
to blame for the death of this bird is not only irresponsible and 
completely
without merit it is also has no basis in science and anyone who claims 
to be
practicing science and makes this assertion has no credibility 
whatsoever"
is one of those self-serving assertions that makes me cringe. Too much
hyperbole, too little fact. Events of this sort should always provoke
self-reflection on the part of the recreation. How else do we improve, 
or
progress? Surely Mr. Petruschke is not arguing for a static, 
tradition-bound
recreation not willing to advance.

Finally, I always love to see the shop-worn "the bird is lost" 
argument. The
bird is lost, therefore the bird is disposable. What always amazes me 
is how
this argument always ignores the thousands of incidences where "lost" 
birds
actually return year after year to the same area. Arizona and South 
Texas
are excellent examples of regions where the appearance of individual
rarities may portend future range expansions. Tropical Kingbirds and
Clay-colored Robins in South Texas began with the appearance of single
individuals as well. As Sheri notes, the Slate-throated Redstart is 
hardly a
long-distance vagrant. The bird has now been found in summer in West 
Texas
as well. Given the proximity of its native range to the U.S., and the
well-documented phenomenon of northern Mexican birds ranging northward 
in
recent years, I would be hesitant to characterize a Slate-throated 
Redstart
in Arizona as an anomaly (no more than the original Eared Quetzal or
Black-capped Gnatcatcher).

Ted Eubanks


-Original Message-
From: Sheri Williamson [mailto:tzu...@mindspring.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:28 PM
To: ohio-bi...@envirolink.org
Cc: ha...@neffp.com; penn0...@umn.edu; savetheri...@cox.net; 
euba...@io.com
Subject: Re: "Loving" Birds To Death

Greetings, Ohio birders,

The BIRDWG05 listserv received a message today with an update on the
Slate-throated Redstart specimen: During preparation at the University
of Arizona, "it was determined that the bird had suffered trauma to
the back of the head and the right hip region...Outwardly the bird
showed no damage, as those who saw it in the field would attest. It
had some fat in the furcular depression (wishbone area) and weighed
7.9 grams; basically a healthy bird."

I'm as relieved as anyone that the evidence suggests a cause of death
unrelated to birding pressure and encouraged that t

[mou] Birds on Ely's Softball Fields

[Bill Tefft]

I am glad that either Richard Gibson or I usually check the softball
complex on the edge of Ely each day.  Today he discoved a Franklin's
Gull among all the Herring and Ring-billed Gulls feeding there and a
lone white-rumped sandpiper.   I see from other postings that there have
been some shorebirds showing up across the state.

It is also a tough time of year for nesting goldeneyes.  Some have
already hatched their young and it is fortunate for them.  I heard two
reports today of pine martens raiding nests - one was a cavity in an
aspen and another was a duck box that has been raided the past two
years.

After all pine martens have to eat also and I haven't seen any "Pine
Marten Guards" for aspen trees at bird stores.

Bill Tefft
Parks and Recreation Instructor
Vermilion Community College
1900 E. Camp Street
Ely, MN  55731
Phone: 218-365-7241
Fax: 218-365-7207

[mou] Birds in Ely

[Bill Tefft]

This morning provided some surprises.  We didn't get out of town but the
local wetlands/softball complex continued to provide interesting birds. 
In the past couple of weeks we have seen American plover, loggerhead
shrike, American pipits, bobolinks, Northern pintails, American bittern,
and the usual variety of flycatchers, sparrows and other wetland birds.

This morning I spotted a female lark bunting and then later Richard
Gibson saw two female lark buntings.  In addition, there was a
semi-palmated sandpiper and later at the Vermilion Community College
softball field two semi-palmated plovers.

The day is going well and it is not even noon yet.

Bill Tefft
Parks and Recreation Instructor
Vermilion Community College
1900 E. Camp Street
Ely, MN  55731
Phone: 218-365-7241
Fax: 218-365-7207

[mou] birds in duluth - thank you

[Roman Berdes]

Hi Everyone,

I want to thank everyone who replied to my query.  All your
suggestions have helped me understand where to find the more uncommon
birds.  I will be sure pick up the book "Where to find Birds in
Minnesota" by Kim Eckert.  That sounds like an excellent resource.=20
Hopefully when (and not if) I see the birds I'm looking for, I will
let everyone know and where and when.  Thanks again to all who
responded!

Roman Berdes
Duluth, MN

[mou] birds in Duluth

[Roman Berdes]

Hi Everyone,

I am new to birding and I'm looking for the best spots in the Duluth
Area to view a variety of birds, especially song birds such as
Northern Cardinals, Eastern Bluebirds, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo
Buntings, etc.  I've been to Enger Park and Hartley Park, but I
generally see the more common species like sparrows, Robins,
Chickadees, etc.  Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could
see the kind of birds that I mentioned earlier in my email.  I would
appreciate any suggestions or help.  Thanks!

Roman Berdes
Duluth, Minnesota

[mou] Birds excluded from migratory bird treaty act

[MARTELL, Mark]

March 15, 2005 Contact: Nicholas Throckmorton, (202) 208-5636
FWS SERVICE PUBLISHES FINAL LIST OF NON-NATIVE BIRD SPECIES
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published in the Federal =
Register a final list of the bird species to which the Migratory Bird =
Treaty Act (MBTA) does not apply because they are not native to the =
United States and have been introduced by humans everywhere they occur =
in the nation. The list is required by the Migratory Bird Treaty Reform =
Act of 2004.
Most migratory bird species in the United States are protected by the =
MBTA, which prohibits take of protected species, their nests and eggs =
except as permitted by regulation. The MBTA implements treaties for the =
protection of shared migratory bird resources signed by the United =
States with Canada, Japan, Mexico, and Russia.
"By declaring that the MBTA does not apply to nonnative human-introduced =
species, the Reform Act has restored the historic status of the MBTA and =
enabled State and Federal Agencies to resume effective management of =
native wildlife populations," said Service Director Steve Williams.
Williams noted that the publication of today's final list is for public =
information purposes only as required by the Reform Act and has no legal =
effect.
The actual list of migratory birds protected by the MBTA is published in =
the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 50, Part 10.13). When it became =
law late last year, the Reform Act excluded any species from protection =
not specifically included on the Title 50, Part 10 list.
Of the 125 species on the final list of species exempt from MBTA =
regulation, only 17 are known to have established self-sustaining =
breeding populations in the United States. Only one of the 125 species =
has ever been treated as federally protected under the MBTA. The mute =
swan was afforded protection beginning in December 2001 by order of a =
Federal court. Other prominent and well-known species on the list are =
the Eurasian collared-dove and rock pigeon.
The exclusion of these species from the MBTA does not change the =
protections that they might receive under other laws or treaties such as =
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild =
Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Endangered Species Act, or the Wild Bird =
Conservation Act. In addition, States and communities may protect =
nonnative, human-introduced species at their discretion.
Numerous other introduced species--including such widely distributed =
species as ring-necked pheasant, European starling, and house =
sparrow--don't belong to families covered by the MBTA and thus are not =
affected by this notice.
The notice is available on the Internet at =
 .

Mark Martell
Director of Bird Conservation
Audubon Minnesota
2357 Ventura Drive #106
St. Paul, MN 55125
651-739-9332
651-731-1330 (FAX)

[mou] Birds Feb 11-13 & News

[Mike Hendrickson]

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Had two groups in the last 3 days. A group from Arizona and a group from =
N. Carolina.

Highlights:
-Hoary Redpolls in Two Harbors and in the out skirts ofDuluth.
-Bohemian Waxwings 600-800 in Knife River across from Emily's Cafe.
-Black-backed Woodpeckers (2) drumming to each other across the road. A =
male and female.
-Townsend's Solitaire on Gladstone and 40th Ave East. (one block below =
the Cooke St. area) Same bird.
-Ruff Grouse=20
-Black-billed Magpie along Co. Rd 52 a mile east of Murphy Lake Rd.
-Glaucous Gulls roosting Allouz Bay in Superior Wi. (2) Off Wi Pt.
-Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Great Gray and Hawk Owls, and Evening =
Grosbeak and Gray Jays.
-Snowy Owl #V02 was seen Sat. evening on a yellow/black runway marker =
with a "D" on it. Just NW of the main airport building. Time was 5:00pm.

 * The best way to look for Snowy Owls on weekends is to park at the =
Federal Express Building parking lot and walk along the road along the =
runways and prison area. Walk on shoulders of road.

NO Boreal Owls were reported in the Sax Zim/Duluth/Two Harbors area.

News:
I was up at Isabella and had a chat with the owner of Moose Ridge Cafe =
and he is very happy with birders and the business he has gained from us =
that he is going to expand the feeding station. He is going to add more =
feeders, a heated water area and more suet feeders. I chatted with him =
about some designs and how to make them deer proof. I also told him to =
add a guest book and a latest seen book, so visiting birders can see =
what birds were seen at the feeder and when. All this will be added this =
summer! So hats off to all those that gave money to his continue =
feeding, buying his world famous cinnamon toast and egg sandwiches!  =
This is the only place where you can eat lunch and scan over hundreds of =
Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks and poss. a Boreal Chickadee coming to the =
feeders while you eat.

** All my thoughts and prayers are out for my very good friend Jude =
Williams.=20


Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
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Had two groups in the last 3 =
days. A=20
group from Arizona and a group from N. Carolina.
 
Highlights:
-Hoary Redpolls in Two =
Harbors and in the=20
out skirts ofDuluth.
-Bohemian Waxwings 600-800 in =
Knife River=20
across from Emily's Cafe.
-Black-backed Woodpeckers (2) =
drumming to=20
each other across the road. A male and female.
-Townsend's Solitaire on =
Gladstone and=20
40th Ave East. (one block below the Cooke St. area) Same =
bird.
-Ruff Grouse 
-Black-billed Magpie along =
Co. Rd 52 a=20
mile east of Murphy Lake Rd.
-Glaucous Gulls roosting =
Allouz Bay in=20
Superior Wi. (2) Off Wi Pt.
-Pine Grosbeaks, Common =
Redpolls, Great=20
Gray and Hawk Owls, and Evening Grosbeak and Gray Jays.
-Snowy Owl #V02 was seen Sat. =
evening on=20
a yellow/black runway marker with a "D" on it. Just NW of the main =
airport=20
building. Time was 5:00pm.
 
 * The best way to look =
for Snowy=20
Owls on weekends is to park at the Federal Express Building parking lot =
and walk=20
along the road along the runways and prison area. Walk on shoulders of=20
road.
 
NO Boreal Owls were reported =
in the Sax=20
Zim/Duluth/Two Harbors area.
 
News:
I was up at Isabella and had =
a chat with=20
the owner of Moose Ridge Cafe and he is very happy with birders and the =
business=20
he has gained from us that he is going to expand the feeding station. He =
is=20
going to add more feeders, a heated water area and more suet feeders. I =
chatted=20
with him about some designs and how to make them deer proof. I also told =
him to=20
add a guest book and a latest seen book, so visiting birders can see =
what birds=20
were seen at the feeder and when. All this will be added this summer! So =
hats=20
off to all those that gave money to his continue feeding, buying his =
world=20
famous cinnamon toast and egg sandwiches!  This is the only place =
where you=20
can eat lunch and scan over hundreds of Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks and =
poss. a=20
Boreal Chickadee coming to the feeders while you eat.
 
** All my thoughts and =
prayers are out=20
for my very good friend Jude Williams. 
 
 
Michael =
HendricksonDuluth,=20
MinnesotaMinnesota Birding Trekshttp://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/";>http://webpages.chart=
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[mou] Birds

[Mike Hendrickson]

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Saturday:
Sax Zim Bog:
-Snow Buntings
-Black-backed woodpecker(2)
-Boreal Chickadee
-Rough-legged Hawk (dark Morph)
-Hawk Owls (10)
-Great Gray Owls (7)
-Pine Grosbeaks
-Common Redpoll
-Gray Jay=20

Two Harbors:
-Harlequin Ducks (male getting brighter)
-Bohemian Waxwings

Duluth:
Snowy Owl

Sunday:

Lake Co. Rd. 2
-NICE cooperative Spruce Grouse male. One mile north of Sand River pull =
out.  (Thanks to Warren Regalmann of Mn for pulling his car over and =
waving at us to where it fed on the road) Time of sighting was =
8:05-8:15am.

Isabella Feeder:
-Boreal Chickadee (photo on my web site)
-Pine Grosbeaks & Common Redpolls

Two Harbors:
-Harlequin Ducks
-Bohemian Waxwings=20
*With recent warm spell the waxwings were seen in several spots in =
Duluth and along the shore. I saw a huge flock of around 200-300 fly =
over Hawk Ridge entrance on Glenwood St.

*No Boreal Owls have been found except dead one in Two Harbors and =
Duluth. No live roosting owls have not been seen or reported in 2 weeks. =
 With the arrival ofnormal temps below freezing the snow tops will be =
iced over like a ice cap and more owls will turn up dead or found by =
birders roosting or hunting in open places. =20
=20
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
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Saturday:
Sax Zim Bog:
-Snow Buntings
-Black-backed =
woodpecker(2)
-Boreal =
Chickadee
-Rough-legged Hawk (dark=20
Morph)
-Hawk Owls (10)
-Great Gray Owls =
(7)
-Pine Grosbeaks
-Common Redpoll
-Gray Jay 
 
Two Harbors:
-Harlequin Ducks (male =
getting=20
brighter)
-Bohemian =
Waxwings
 
Duluth:
Snowy Owl
 
Sunday:
 
Lake Co. Rd. 2
-NICE cooperative Spruce =
Grouse male. One=20
mile north of Sand River pull out.  (Thanks to Warren Regalmann of =
Mn for=20
pulling his car over and waving at us to where it fed on the road) Time =
of=20
sighting was 8:05-8:15am.
 
Isabella Feeder:
-Boreal Chickadee (photo on =
my web=20
site)
-Pine Grosbeaks & Common=20
Redpolls
 
Two Harbors:
-Harlequin Ducks
-Bohemian Waxwings =

*With recent warm spell the=20
waxwings were seen in several spots in Duluth and along the =
shore. I=20
saw a huge flock of around 200-300 fly over Hawk Ridge entrance on =
Glenwood=20
St.
 
*No Boreal Owls have been =
found except=20
dead one in Two Harbors and Duluth. No live roosting owls have not =
been=20
seen or reported in 2 weeks.  With the arrival ofnormal temps =
below=20
freezing the snow tops will be iced over like a ice cap and more owls =
will turn=20
up dead or found by birders roosting or hunting in open places. =20

 
Michael =
HendricksonDuluth,=20
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[mou] Birds 12/13 -14

[Mike Hendrickson]

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I was out guiding birders from Florida  (St. Petersburg/Tampa area) and =
we saw the following birds today and yesterday. These are just the =
highlights.

12/13
-Great Gray Owls Everywhere! Seen 25 for the day and seen 15 of them in =
one hour! (many photos on web site)
-Hawk Owls found 9 in the Sax Zim area and one in Lake Co.
-Northern Shrike:  everywhere!
-Brown Creeper:  Spruce Rd. Lake Co.

12/14
-More Great Gray Owls
-Bohemian Waxwings: Large flock of about 150 at he Two Harbors library =
and a smaller flock of 100 or so on Lake Co. Rd 2 north of hockey arena.
-Hoary Redpoll with a flock of Common Redpolls that landed on Scenic 61 =
between the rest area and Stony Pt.
-White-winged Crossbills at the corner of Strand and North Tischer Rd.
-Boreal Owl (photo on web site)
-Glaucous Gull ( WI landfill )
-Great Black-backed Gull (WI landfill)
-Iceland Gull (adult Kumliens)
-Thayer's Gull ( adult and imm)

** last week I found a Iceland Gull (Glaucoides) WI Landfill (photo on =
web site)

Michael Hendrickson

Minnesota Birding Treks
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I was out guiding birders =
from=20
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birds=20
today and yesterday. These are just the highlights.
 
12/13
-Great Gray Owls Everywhere! =
Seen 25 for=20
the day and seen 15 of them in one hour! (many photos on web =
site)
-Hawk Owls found 9 in the Sax =
Zim area=20
and one in Lake Co.
-Northern Shrike:=20
 everywhere!
-Brown Creeper:  Spruce =
Rd. Lake=20
Co.
 
12/14
-More Great Gray =
Owls
-Bohemian Waxwings: Large =
flock of about=20
150 at he Two Harbors library and a smaller flock of 100 or so on Lake =
Co. Rd 2=20
north of hockey arena.
-Hoary Redpoll with a flock =
of Common=20
Redpolls that landed on Scenic 61 between the rest area and Stony=20
Pt.
-White-winged Crossbills at =
the corner of=20
Strand and North Tischer Rd.
-Boreal Owl (photo on web=20
site)
-Glaucous Gull ( WI landfill=20
)
-Great Black-backed Gull (WI=20
landfill)
-Iceland Gull (adult=20
Kumliens)
-Thayer's Gull ( adult and=20
imm)
 
** last week I found a =
Iceland Gull=20
(Glaucoides) WI Landfill (photo on web site)
 
Michael =
Hendrickson
 
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[mou] Birds of the World website

[David A. Cahlander]

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I have been working on a web site to display pictures of birds that I =
have taken around the world.

http://pancho.cahlander.com/website/index.html

is the Birds of the World portion of the website.  The base of the web =
site is:

http://www.cahlander.com/
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I have been working on a web =
site to=20
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world.
 
    http://pancho.cahlander.com/website/index.html";>http://pancho.cah=
lander.com/website/index.html
 
is the Birds of the World =
portion of the=20
website.  The base of the web site is:
 
    http://www.cahlander.com/";>http://www.cahlander.com/
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[mou] Birds on fm107

[Sharon Stiteler]

 I will be guest hosting the Ian Punnet show Thursday morning between 7am -
9am on fm107.  So if you're in the Twin Cities area tune in and talk about
birds.  I have interviews scheduled with Mark Martell from Minnesota Audubon
and my favorite ornithologist Dr. Paul Johnsgard!

If you think there's a bird-related topic I should bring up on air, please
email me privately with your suggestions.

Sharon Stiteler
-- 
www.birdchick.com

[mou] Birds galore in our yard!!/Beltrami Co.

[Pat DeWenter]

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We returned to our Bemidji home from TX on Monday night.  There had been a 
hatching of small insects over the weekend, and there were warblers everywhere! 
 By a conservative estimate I think there were close to 500 Yellow-rumped 
Warblers in our yard and that of our neighbors!  They are still present here 
and along all the county roads.  My brother-in-law says he has as many as we do 
on the other side of the lake.  
 
Other warblers seen in our yard this week include Cape May, Palm, Pine, 
Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Bay-breasted, and Black and White.  Many 
Chipping Sparrows around also.
 
We also have had a Red-bellied Woodpecker again, the first time in several 
years and today had 5 male and 2 female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.  When we first 
moved to the Bemidji area we never saw either of these 2 species.
 
It has been very difficult to unpack and clean the house because I am always 
looking out the windows at another bird!!!



Pat DeWenter
Bemidji/Beltrami Co.
mailto:hoocooks4...@yahoo.com



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We returned to our Bemidji home from TX on Monday night.  There had 
been a hatching of small insects over the weekend, and there were warblers 
everywhere!  By a conservative estimate I think there were close to 500 
Yellow-rumped Warblers in our yard and that of our neighbors!  They are 
still present here and along all the county roads.  My brother-in-law says 
he has as many as we do on the other side of the lake.  
 
Other warblers seen in our yard this week include Cape May, Palm, Pine, 
Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Bay-breasted, and Black and White.  
Many Chipping Sparrows around also.
 
We also have had a Red-bellied Woodpecker again, the first time in several 
years and today had 5 male and 2 female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.  When we 
first moved to the Bemidji area we never saw either of these 2 species.
 
It has been very difficult to unpack and clean the house because I am 
always looking out the windows at another bird!!!
Pat DeWenterBemidji/Beltrami Co.mailto:hoocooks4...@yahoo.com";>mailto:hoocooks4...@yahoo.com
Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! 
Movies - http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861";>Buy 
advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' 
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[mou] Birds on the Radio

[Sharon Stiteler]

Talk station fm107 is looking for new programming ideas, they want to know
what listeners want--I don't know about you, but I would love to see an hour
long radio show about birding in the Twin Cities.  Email them and tell them
you want some birding on the radio:

feedb...@fm107.fm

Sharon Stiteler
Uptown, Minneapolis

[mou] Birds and cell phones

[Paul Budde]

For birders who cannot wait to get back on-line to check for the most recent
spring migration sightings, some cell phone services provide for the
reception of e-mail.  If you would like to subscribe your cell phone to
mou-net, contact us at

mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu

and let us know of your interest and your phone's e-mail address.  The
latter is usually something like

6125551...@phoneisp.com

(i.e., your cell phone number followed by an isp address for your provider).
Check with your phone company to learn your address.

A word of warning - these services usually limit the length of a message to
150 characters, so you might receive a message like

"pbu...@earthlink.net#[mou-net]anhinga#hi Birders! I'm happy to report that
today while birding over lunch I found a first state record Anhinga.  It was
seen at the north end of"

but at least then you'd know to call a friend who is really on-line to get
the details.

Happy birding,
Paul

Paul Budde
Minneapolis, Minnesota
pbu...@earthlink.net

[mou] birds everwhere.....scott co.

[Holly Peirson]

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Hi, Sharrie:

I wonder if you might put WHERE you live on your posts, so others know
approximately where the birds you’re talking about ARE, in case we want to
try to find them ourselves.

I assume the “white cranes” are Common Egrets, and the “Blue Cranes” are
Great Blue Herons, and as someone else mentioned, the Buffleheads are Hooded
Mergansers. The geese are most likely Canada Geese. I’m glad to see your
report of the Egrets and the Kingfishers, that’s the first I’ve heard of
some of my favorites this year so far. You know, when I was just beginning
in birdwatching, I carried a bird guide with me all the time to make sure I
was learning what all their names were. Of course the AOU likes to change
their names every so often just to keep us on our toes…!!

Turkey Vultures migrate to the south of Minnesota probably because it’s too
hard to see and SMELL dead stuff to eat in the winter. They of course have
the great 10x eyesight of birds, but they find their food more often by
smell, so they need to fly far enough south that their carrion is not frozen
all winter! I cannot answer your questions about mating for life or just the
season, I assume someone else can answer that.

Holly Peirson
Columbus Twnshp, SE Anoka Co

-Original Message-
From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu]on Behalf
Of sharrie
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:29 AM
To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; mnb...@lists.mnbird.net
Subject: [mou] birds everwhere.scott co.

i saw so many birds yesterday it was hard to concentrate on working..plus i
had just bought a new zoom lens, never did get any pictures cuz the birds
are way quicker than the school van.. hehehe..
anyhow, i saw my turkey vultures again.. actually twice.. or just more of
them.. they were flying in the same place only with about 15 more
relatives...and then i ran into another group of about 30 in  the minnesota
river area, about 5miles north of me..do they alway fly or stay in flocks ?
or is it just migration.? also do they mate for life, or just the season..?
and do they always migrate ?  i also saw a kestel and redtail both by mystic
lake, and about 2 dozen wild turkeys with a big ole puffed male standing
guard.. first time that i have seen them on the side of the road , they are
usually off in the distance..my 13yr old, is catching the bug,, yesterday
was the second time he came bursting in to the house yelling about birds
""MOM are those turkey vulture things you told me about big and black with
white under them... their at the park ."" he even thought they looked
awesome flying... then on the way to his friends i had him check out a
couple buffleheads with the binoculars, and we were able to see the crest go
up and down and his comment was. oooh.. punk rock birds.. oh well,
through the eyes of a child huh 
sharrie
plus :
2 white cranes
2 blue cranes
2 king fishers
bunch of wood ducks
and some kind of geese, that have all black necks, i keep trying to get a
better look at these

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Hi=
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Sharrie:

 

I =
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approximately
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to find them
ourselves.

 

I =
assume
the “white cranes” are Common Egrets, and the “Blue

[mou] birds everwhere.....scott co.

[sharrie]

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i realised that after i sent the post.. i dont know why i get them mixed =
up...not like the names should be a clue.. hooded merganser... =
hehehe...thanks tho..sharrie
  - Original Message -=20
  From: Michael Engh=20
  To: sharrie=20
  Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 5:53 AM
  Subject: RE: [mou] birds everwhere.scott co.


  a friendly correction.

  if you see the crest go up and down, it is a hooded merganser and not =
a bufflehead. there are other differences as well that a worth studying. =
both are beautiful birds.

  Mike Engh



  -Original Message-
  From: sharrie [mailto:slafl...@mchsi.com]=20
  Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:29 AM
  To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; mnb...@lists.mnbird.net
  Subject: [mou] birds everwhere.scott co.



  i saw so many birds yesterday it was hard to concentrate on =
working..plus i had just bought a new zoom lens, never did get any =
pictures cuz the birds are way quicker than the school van.. hehehe..

  anyhow, i saw my turkey vultures again.. actually twice.. or just more =
of them.. they were flying in the same place only with about 15 more =
relatives...and then i ran into another group of about 30 in  the =
minnesota river area, about 5miles north of me..do they alway fly or =
stay in flocks ? or is it just migration.? also do they mate for life, =
or just the season..? and do they always migrate ?  i also saw a kestel =
and redtail both by mystic lake, and about 2 dozen wild turkeys with a =
big ole puffed male standing guard.. first time that i have seen them on =
the side of the road , they are usually off in the distance..my 13yr =
old, is catching the bug,, yesterday was the second time he came =
bursting in to the house yelling about birds ""MOM are those turkey =
vulture things you told me about big and black with white under them... =
their at the park ."" he even thought they looked awesome flying... then =
on the way to his friends i had him check out a couple buffleheads with =
the binoculars, and we were able to see the crest go up and down and his =
comment was. oooh.. punk rock birds.. oh well, through the eyes of a =
child huh 

  sharrie

  plus :

  2 white cranes=20

  2 blue cranes

  2 king fishers

  bunch of wood ducks

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[sharrie]

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i saw so many birds yesterday it was hard to concentrate on =
working..plus i had just bought a new zoom lens, never did get any =
pictures cuz the birds are way quicker than the school van.. hehehe..
anyhow, i saw my turkey vultures again.. actually twice.. or just more =
of them.. they were flying in the same place only with about 15 more =
relatives...and then i ran into another group of about 30 in  the =
minnesota river area, about 5miles north of me..do they alway fly or =
stay in flocks ? or is it just migration.? also do they mate for life, =
or just the season..? and do they always migrate ?  i also saw a kestel =
and redtail both by mystic lake, and about 2 dozen wild turkeys with a =
big ole puffed male standing guard.. first time that i have seen them on =
the side of the road , they are usually off in the distance..my 13yr =
old, is catching the bug,, yesterday was the second time he came =
bursting in to the house yelling about birds ""MOM are those turkey =
vulture things you told me about big and black with white under them... =
their at the park ."" he even thought they looked awesome flying... then =
on the way to his friends i had him check out a couple buffleheads with =
the binoculars, and we were able to see the crest go up and down and his =
comment was. oooh.. punk rock birds.. oh well, through the eyes of a =
child huh 
sharrie
plus :
2 white cranes=20
2 blue cranes
2 king fishers
bunch of wood ducks
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i saw so many birds yesterday it was hard to =
concentrate=20
on working..plus i had just bought a new zoom lens, never did get any =
pictures=20
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hehehe..
anyhow, i saw my turkey vultures again.. =
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or just more of them.. they were flying in the same place only with =
about 15=20
more relatives...and then i ran into another group of about 30 in =
 the=20
minnesota river area, about 5miles north of me..do they alway fly or =
stay in=20
flocks ? or is it just migration.? also do they mate for life, or just =
the=20
season..? and do they always migrate ?  i also saw a kestel and =
redtail=20
both by mystic lake, and about 2 dozen wild turkeys with a big ole =
puffed male=20
standing guard.. first time that i have seen them on the side of the =
road , they=20
are usually off in the distance..my 13yr old, is catching the bug,, =
yesterday=20
was the second time he came bursting in to the house yelling about=20
birds ""MOM are those turkey vulture things you told me about big =
and black=20
with white under them... their at the park ."" he even thought they =
looked=20
awesome flying... then on the way to his friends i had him check out a =
couple=20
buffleheads with the binoculars, and we were able to see the crest go up =
and=20
down and his comment was. oooh.. punk rock birds.. oh well, through =
the eyes=20
of a child huh 
sharrie
plus :
2 white cranes 
2 blue cranes
2 king fishers
bunch of wood ducks
and some kind of geese, that have all black =
necks, i keep=20
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[mou] Birds in unusual places

[Mike Nelson]

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In October '01 we were in St. Louis checking out St. Louis University =
with our son. It's a very interesting campus with lifelike bronze =
sculptures everywhere. As our parent group approached the library we =
walked along a nicely tended courtyard with hedges and shrubbery. As I =
eyed the scuplture of a young boy pushing along his bicycle with an =
extended arm and finger in the air, a Townsend's Solitaire emerged from =
cover and landed on the finger; it was almost close enough to grab. The =
guide was going on about things so I was working hard to suppress =
myself. I thought I had heard this guy singing in the trees earlier and =
now it was confirmed.

After we returned home I reported the sighting to the St. Louis Audubon =
Society figuring it was routine. I got a very appreciative reply asking =
if I was totally sure because it would be an early winter record by at =
least a month. I knew I had him because I'd seen the one at Acacia =
Cemetery in February '01. The Acacia bird had not been shy at all =
either.

Which brings me to Pilot Knob birds. The day I saw the Solitaire several =
others were there; one had a monster setup and snapped the guy from just =
a few feet. THe one name I got was Mitch Paul who let me use his better =
binos. Don't remember if it was his camera as well. But someone on that =
Sunday afternoon got a spectacular shot of a Solitaire, and perhaps I've =
jogged someone's memory.

Hope to have been of help
Mike Nelson
Cottage Grove, Wash. Co.
tunef...@usfamily.net

ps perhaps not unusual but male House Finches have discovered the =
awesome amplification afforded by singing under the column tops at the =
front of Northrop Auditorium, UMN. It carries the entire length of the =
mall...!





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In October '01 we were in St. Louis =
checking out=20
St. Louis University with our son. It's a very interesting campus with =
lifelike=20
bronze sculptures everywhere. As our parent group approached the library =
we=20
walked along a nicely tended courtyard with hedges and shrubbery. As I =
eyed the=20
scuplture of a young boy pushing along his bicycle with an extended arm =
and=20
finger in the air, a Townsend's Solitaire emerged from cover and landed =
on the=20
finger; it was almost close enough to grab. The guide was going on about =
things=20
so I was working hard to suppress myself. I thought I had heard this guy =
singing=20
in the trees earlier and now it was confirmed.
 
After we returned home I reported the =
sighting to=20
the St. Louis Audubon Society figuring it was routine. I got a very =
appreciative=20
reply asking if I was totally sure because it would be an early winter =
record by=20
at least a month. I knew I had him because I'd seen the one at Acacia =
Cemetery=20
in February '01. The Acacia bird had not been shy at all =
either.
 
Which brings me to Pilot Knob birds. =
The day I saw=20
the Solitaire several others were there; one had a monster setup and =
snapped the=20
guy from just a few feet. THe one name I got was Mitch Paul who let me =
use his=20
better binos. Don't remember if it was his camera as well. But someone =
on that=20
Sunday afternoon got a spectacular shot of a Solitaire, and perhaps I've =
jogged=20
someone's memory.
 
Hope to have been of help
Mike Nelson
Cottage Grove, Wash. Co.
mailto:tunef...@usfamily.net";>tunef...@usfamily.net
 
ps perhaps not unusual but male House =
Finches have=20
discovered the awesome amplification afforded by singing under the =
column tops=20
at the front of Northrop Auditorium, UMN. It carries the entire length =
of the=20
mall...!
 
 
 




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[mou] Birds in unusual places

[Noble, David]

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And also  as I walked across the Robert Street bridge this morning to my
office in downtown St. Paul, noticed an adult Bald Eagle standing on the ice
in the Mississippi River.   I often see this Eagle soaring and circling in
the sky, usually east of the bridge.  But it was striking to see this
majestic raptor, look rather duck-like, standing along the edge of the ice
sheet in the middle of the river!
 
Dave Noble
St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Paul, MN

 
 
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While preparing for a future church service, noted a Ring-necked Pheasant on
the snowy roof of a trailer across the street (more dragging himself through
the snow than walking, we've had quite a bit of the white stuff in central
MN recently).  Must admit this was a personal first in 10 years of birding.
 
This also brought back memories of a Whip-poor-will sleeping on an urban
roof in Madison, WI (also mid-day but in summer) a number of years ago.
 
Thought this might be an interesting thread - what unusual locations have
you observed/heard birds in over the years?
 
Good birding to all!
 
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
 
 
 


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And also  
as 
I walked across the Robert Street bridge this morning to my office in downtown 
St. Paul, noticed an adult Bald Eagle standing on the ice in the 
Mississippi River.   I often see this Eagle soaring and circling 
in the sky, usually east of the bridge.  But it was striking to see 
this majestic raptor, look rather duck-like, standing along the edge of the ice 
sheet in the middle of the river!
 
Dave 
Noble
St. Paul 
Pioneer Press
St. Paul, 
MN
 
 
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unusual places

  While preparing for a future church service, 
  noted a Ring-necked Pheasant on the snowy roof of a trailer across the street 
  (more dragging himself through the snow than walking, we've had quite a bit 
of 
  the white stuff in central MN recently).  Must admit this was a personal 
  first in 10 years of birding.
   
  This also brought back memories of a 
  Whip-poor-will sleeping on an urban roof in Madison, WI (also mid-day but in 
  summer) a number of years ago.
   
  Thought this might be an interesting thread - 
  what unusual locations have you observed/heard birds in over the 
  years?
   
  Good birding to all!
   
  Al Schirmacher
  Princeton, MN
   
   
   

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[mou] Birds in unusual places

[Pastor Al]

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While preparing for a future church service, noted a Ring-necked =
Pheasant on the snowy roof of a trailer across the street (more dragging =
himself through the snow than walking, we've had quite a bit of the =
white stuff in central MN recently).  Must admit this was a personal =
first in 10 years of birding.

This also brought back memories of a Whip-poor-will sleeping on an urban =
roof in Madison, WI (also mid-day but in summer) a number of years ago.

Thought this might be an interesting thread - what unusual locations =
have you observed/heard birds in over the years?

Good birding to all!

Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN



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While preparing for a future church =
service, noted=20
a Ring-necked Pheasant on the snowy roof of a trailer across the street =
(more=20
dragging himself through the snow than walking, we've had quite a bit of =
the=20
white stuff in central MN recently).  Must admit this was a =
personal first=20
in 10 years of birding.
 
This also brought back memories of =
a=20
Whip-poor-will sleeping on an urban roof in Madison, WI (also mid-day =
but in=20
summer) a number of years ago.
 
Thought this might be an interesting =
thread - what=20
unusual locations have you observed/heard birds in over the =
years?
 
Good birding to all!
 
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
 
 
 

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[mou] Birds everywhere

[along...@att.net]

I had 80 Common Redpolls this weekend for PFW, as acurate as I could get that 
is they kept flying up and down from the birch tree..

Check the bottom of this thumbnail page for the picture of the Hoary from 
last weekends PFW count..

http://home.att.net/~alongtin2/BP2/thumbnails_BP_4.htm

I had all my WPs two this weekend, pair of Red-bellied, 2 pair of Downys, 
pair of Hairys, pair of Pileated..

Andrew


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Hardness Zone 4 (climate zone)
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See my WEB pages at 
http://home.att.net/~alongtin/Index
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NO SPAM NEEDED HERE
> The cold and now the snow has created a great variety of birds at my
> feeders this past week. I have had sporadic visits from Common Redpolls,
> a flock of 6; I have over wintering Mourning Doves, A White-throated
> Sparrow, and a Fox Sparrow, as well as the usual suspects of Chickadees,
> Goldfinches, House Finches, Cardinals, and Juncos. 
> 
> 
> Mark Alt
> Manager of Project Management
> Best Buy Co., Inc. Logistics
> mark@bestbuy.com 
> (w) 612-291-6717
> (Cell) 612.803.9085
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[mou] Birds everywhere

[Alt, Mark]

The cold and now the snow has created a great variety of birds at my
feeders this past week. I have had sporadic visits from Common Redpolls,
a flock of 6; I have over wintering Mourning Doves, A White-throated
Sparrow, and a Fox Sparrow, as well as the usual suspects of Chickadees,
Goldfinches, House Finches, Cardinals, and Juncos.=20


Mark Alt
Manager of Project Management
Best Buy Co., Inc. Logistics
mark@bestbuy.com 
(w) 612-291-6717
(Cell) 612.803.9085

[mou] Birds of the Gunflint Trail

[Naturalist]

Birding on the upper Gunflint Trail has been exciting this winter.
Large flocks of the pine grosbeaks, northern ravens, and common redpolls
have been present.  The other commonly seen birds this winter have been
the white-breasted nuthatch, black-capped chickadee, gray jay, blue jay,
downy woodpecker, and hairy woodpecker.  Some of the less common birds
seen in the last week have been the black-backed woodpecker (on the
Magnetic Rock Trail), and the pileated woodpecker.  The evening grosbeak
has also been seen off and on throughout the winter.  All the birds
listed have been seen close to the south side of Gunflint Lake.

John Silliman
Head Naturalist
Gunflint Lodge

[mou] Birds for thursday report

[Judd Brink]

Dear MOU
 
I have a few birds that I would like to report to you.  On 
Monday Jan 12 I had at least 20 pine siskins at the feeders, and that evening I 
observed a screech owl watching the flying squirrells.
 
Thanks
 
Judd Brink http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2746??PS=";>Check out the coupons and bargains 
on MSN Offers!  

[mou] Birds 1/7-8

[Laura Erickson]

A flock of about 50 Bohemian Waxwings flew over my neighborhood yesterday, 
between 47th and 48th Avenue East, from Superior Street up to Dodge 
street.  I had 6 juncoes feeding in the back of my yard this 
afternoon.  There were hundreds of siskins and redpolls in my yard today, 
though I couldn't pick out a Hoary.  And White-winged Crossbills were all 
around the neighborhood the past few days, and in many of my backyard 
trees, sometimes just perching in the sun in bare deciduous trees as well 
as pigging out in the spruce trees.

Laura Erickson
Duluth, MN

Producer, "For the Birds" radio program


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

[mou] Birds 1/7-8

[Michael Hendrickson]

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I was out birding with some people from Kansas and saw the following =
birds.

Great Grey Owl on Co. Rd. 133. I really don't know how far for sure we =
were from Co. Rd. 7 or Hwy 53 but we saw the owl around 7:30am where =
there are two adoptive highway signs on each side of the road. Kim =
Eckert and Kim Risen each had groups out and saw the same owl and Kim E. =
had precise mileage for the owl. The bird was seen both in the am hours =
and the pm hours near sunset or after sunset.

Great Grey Owl was seen by my group along Lake Co. Rd. a mile south of =
Greenwood Lake.  1/8

Hoary Redpoll at a Duluth feeder=20

Boreal Chickadees were seen along Owl Ave. near the north end in Sax Zim =
Bog.

Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Grey Jays, Northern Shrikes and other =
winter residents are found at most feeders or along the back roads of =
Sax Zim Bog.

Peregrine Falcon was seen 1/7 at the Duluth harbor at Cargil Elevator.

Hawk Owl on 1/9 was seen by my group in Wisconsin. From Duluth drive =
over to Superior WI and get on 53/2 and follow 53/2 for several miles =
and take 53 to Spooner WI and then take a left and head west (right) on =
70 to Co. Rd. H and drive south (left) for 4 miles and there is a =
intersection here and where the owl is located. This is a hour drive =
from Duluth.

White-wing Crossbills were found along Owl Ave. in Sax Zim Bog.

Bohmian Waxwings are only found so far in NE Minnesota at Grand Marais. =
They were seen yesterday.

The biggest let down is Lake Co. and al lithe places like Spruce Rd. and =
other spots off Hwy 1 and Lake Co. Rd. 2. I strongly believe at this =
point that Spruce Grouse is very very iffy to find along the 5 mile =
stretch of Lake Co. Rd. 2. I feel the good ole days in the past when you =
could expect to find grouse along this stretch is now more of a rare =
occurrence! Also this winter the finches are non existent up in northern =
Lake Co. as the Spruce Rd. was void of any bird life at all! This was =
echoed by Kim Eckert who was also up there the day before we were up =
there and he was right it is absolutely DEAD up there! The only spot =
that has any bird action is the feeder near the Wallace Rd. in Isabella =
right on Highway 1 at the yellow house.=20

I would bird Sax Zim Bog and places around Duluth as the northern Lake =
Co. till things turn around should be avoided! Well thats hard to do if =
you feel lucky about Spruce Grouse.

If it weren't for the Great Grey Owls and the few feeders around Duluth =
this winter is a real BUST!!  I would stick to Sax Zim Bog and around =
Duluth if I were a birder visiting NE Minnesota. Hopefully by Feb. =
things will turn around. What we need is a good ole fashion owl invasion =
with a bumper crop of finches!

Mike Hendrickson


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I was out birding with some people from =
Kansas and=20
saw the following birds.
 
Great Grey Owl on Co. Rd. 133. I really =
don't know=20
how far for sure we were from Co. Rd. 7 or Hwy 53 but we saw the owl =
around=20
7:30am where there are two adoptive highway signs on each side of the =
road. Kim=20
Eckert and Kim Risen each had groups out and saw the same owl and Kim E. =
had=20
precise mileage for the owl. The bird was seen both in the am hours and =
the pm=20
hours near sunset or after sunset.
 
Great Grey Owl was seen by my group =
along Lake Co.=20
Rd. a mile south of Greenwood Lake.  1/8
 
Hoary Redpoll at a Duluth feeder =

 
Boreal Chickadees were seen along Owl =
Ave. near the=20
north end in Sax Zim Bog.
 
Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Grey =
Jays,=20
Northern Shrikes and other winter residents are found at most =
feeders or=20
along the back roads of Sax Zim Bog.
 
Peregrine Falcon was seen 1/7 at the =
Duluth harbor=20
at Cargil Elevator.
 
Hawk Owl on 1/9 was seen by my group in =
Wisconsin.=20
>From Duluth drive over to Superior WI and get on 53/2 and follow 53/2 =
for=20
several miles and take 53 to Spooner WI and then take a left and head =
west=20
(right) on 70 to Co. Rd. H and drive south (left) for 4 miles and =
there is=20
a intersection here and where the owl is located. This is a hour drive =
from=20
Duluth.
 
White-wing Crossbills were found along =
Owl Ave. in=20
Sax Zim Bog.
 
Bohmian Waxwings are only found so far =
in NE=20
Minnesota at Grand Marais. They were seen yesterday.
 
The biggest let down is Lake Co. and al =
lithe=20
places like Spruce Rd. and other spots off Hwy 1 and Lake Co. Rd. 2. I =
strongly=20
believe at this point that Spruce Grouse is very very iffy to find along =
the 5=20
mile stretch of Lake Co. Rd. 2. I feel the good ole days in the past =
when you=20
could expect to find grouse along this stretch is now mor

[mou] Birds in Dakota Co., Goodhue Co.

[Dave and Linda Felker]

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Jan. 1st Clara Dahle and I went out and found a Northern Shrike at
Schaar's Bluff.  In Goodhue Co. we saw another Northern 
Shrike, Kestrel, and Song Sparrow.  
 
Linda Felker


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Jan. 1st Clara =
Dahle and I went=20
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Co. we=20
saw another Northern 
Shrike, Kestrel, =
and Song=20
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[mou] Birds of Manitoba

[Paul Budde]

For any birders who were disappointed by their Christmas/Hannukah/holiday
gifts, the Manitoba Naturalists Society has just released "The Birds of
Manitoba."  It looks to be a wonderful discussion of the status and
distribution (not identification) of the birds of this neighboring province.
Its 500 pp. are filled, for the most part, with species accounts that are
interesting reading in their own right.  Also included is a brief
description of birding locations, the history of ornithology in the
province, breeding bird atlas summaries and CBC results.  A separate
cataloging of all rare bird records by species shows where and when they
have been reported.  Manitoba does not accept single observer records of new
species unless accompanied by a specimen or photograph. The book has a list
of "hypothetical" species that fall into this category.

For more information, check their website:
http://www.manitobanature.ca/birder/birdsomb.html

Paul

Paul Budde
Minneapolis, Minnesota
pbu...@earthlink.net

[mou] Birds playing football

[Michael Hendrickson]

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Last night I was watching Monday Night football and hoping, begging and =
praying that Torry Holt would get a TD for my fantasy football league =
the TV camera guys spotted two birds along the 40 yd line. They were a =
white throated sparrow and a Lincoln's sparrow. The game was played in =
Cleveland, Ohio. John Madden tells Al Michaels while the camera were on =
the birds that some one would most likely call in and tell them what =
they are. I was tempted but decided to not call in. The funny part was =
as the huddle broke and play resumed the runningback ran towards the =
sparrows and they flushed as 600 lbs of players fell in thier directions =
and John Madden announces that birds are now on thier way to Miami. =
Torry Holt never got the needed 13 pts I needed but the sparrow shots =
were neat. Can I count these birds for my Ohio list since it was live =
td? OH NO I just opened a can of worms!

Enjoy!

Mike Hendrickson
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Last night I was watching Monday Night =
football and=20
hoping, begging and praying that Torry Holt would get a TD for my =
fantasy=20
football league the TV camera guys spotted two birds along the 40 yd =
line. They=20
were a white throated sparrow and a Lincoln's sparrow. The game was =
played in=20
Cleveland, Ohio. John Madden tells Al Michaels while the camera were on =
the=20
birds that some one would most likely call in and tell them what they =
are. I was=20
tempted but decided to not call in. The funny part was as the huddle =
broke and=20
play resumed the runningback ran towards the sparrows and they flushed =
as 600=20
lbs of players fell in thier directions and John Madden announces that =
birds are=20
now on thier way to Miami. Torry Holt never got the needed 13 pts I =
needed but=20
the sparrow shots were neat. Can I count these birds for my Ohio list =
since it=20
was live td? OH NO I just opened a can of worms!
 
Enjoy!
 
Mike =
Hendrickson

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[mou] birds indoors

[Jim Williams]

If someone was to want to find birds indoors in Minnesota in the winter,
where would one look? Actual birds, dead or alive, or representations of
birds (photos, artwork) all work for me. The obvious places are the Bell
Museum, the zoos, art museums. Where else? Is one likely to find sparrows
wintering in Home Depot stores, for instance?

This is a research effort. Your help is appreciated.

Jim Williams

[mou] Birds in Moorhead area and Mpls area

[jarneson]

I am an Oregonian in the state for a few days. I'll be in the
Fargo-Moorhead area until sometime Sunday and then the Mpls area until
Tuesday. I notice that Tree Sparrows are being seen in some areas of
northern Minnesota. Have any been seen in the Fargo-Moorhead area and
are they likely to be as far south as the cities?

Other life birds for me would Snow Buntings and the redpolls. Any info
re them would also be appreciated.

Jim Arneson
318 SE Jackson
PO Box 2190
Roseburg, OR 97470
541-673-0696

[mou] birds

[Anthony X. Hertzel]

Mike Henderickson just called me to say he found both a Sabine's Gull 
and a Pomarine Jaeger off Park Point in Duluth. He saw the birds from 
the end of Wisconsin Point but both were seen to fly into Minnesota.

-- 
Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhert...@sihope.com

[mou] Birds in Polk/Norman and Red Lake Co.

[Shelley Steva]

   Went birding today- July 26- in both Polk and Red
Lake Counties.
  In Polk Co. I went to Agassiz Dunes. It is found in
both Polk and Norman Counties so I am not sure exactly
which counties all these species are in. I think
though that most were in Polk County.
Highlights were:
4 species of sparrows-
Lark, Grasshopper, FIELD- heard the "ping pong sound",
and clay-colored. Most of these were immatures- and
not as easy to identify.
  I didn't realize how how the dunes extend. They are
much farther than I realized- over 2,000 acres at
least.   
  There was a large colony of bank swallows down by
the Sandhill River as well.
On me way back I found 2 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES along
Highway 32 very close to the Glacial Ridge Project
sign but on the east side of the road. They were about
one mile north of the intersection of Polk Co. 45 and
Mn highway 32.
   I saw one Henslow's sparrow in Red Lake Co. today.
(thanks to Peder Svingen for finding that. He heard
two others in the same area). To find the Henslow's,
turn east off Highway 32 onto Polk Co. 49 just past
the intersection of 32 and US Highway 2, drive 2 miles
east and then go 1.2 miles north.
  It was really exciting seeing the shrikes. The last
time I saw shrikes in the same area was 22 years ago!
Shelley Steva Thief River Falls


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[mou] Birds of Lake and Cook Counties

[Bob Dunlap]

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On Monday and Tuesday (July 7,8), Craig Mandel and I birded Lake and =
Cook Counties.  We spent most of Monday in Lake County looking for =
boreal species.  Of note were:
-Black-billed Cuckoo- Hwy. 2
-Connecticut Warbler- along Hwy. 2 near the Sand River
-Palm Warbler- Hwy. 1
-Black-throated Blue Warbler- Tettegouche State Park

We spent Monday evening searching for the White-winged Dove west of =
Grand Marais along County Road 7.  We did not find the dove, but did =
hear a Vesper Sparrow singing in the field adjacent to the red barn.  =
East of Grand Marais along Cnty. Rd. 58, we found quite a few LeConte's =
Sparrows singing in a sedge marsh on the south side of the road.  We =
also had an awesome encounter with a Whip-poor-will along this road.
We spent most of Tuesday morning along the Gunflint Trail in Cook =
County.  Before driving up the Gunflint, we searched for the dove again =
without success, but did find a Clay-colored Sparrow and Indigo Bunting =
in a field along Cnty. Rd. 7. Along the Gunflint, birds of note were:
-Both Merlin and American Kestrel
-Black-backed Woodpecker- near the North Brule River
-Winter Wrens in several places
-a few Swainson's Thrushes
-Lincoln's Sparrows singing
-Dark-eyed Junco- near the North Brule River
Back in Grand Marais, we found Gray Catbird, House Wren, House Sparrow, =
and House Finch.  A very unexpected sight was a flock of about 10 =
American White Pelicans just west of Grand Marais along Hwy. 61. =20
-Bob Dunlap, Carver County


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On Monday and Tuesday (July 7,8), Craig =
Mandel and=20
I birded Lake and Cook Counties.  We spent most of Monday in Lake =
County=20
looking for boreal species.  Of note were:
-Black-billed Cuckoo- Hwy. =
2
-Connecticut Warbler- along Hwy. 2 near =
the Sand=20
River
-Palm Warbler- Hwy. 1
-Black-throated Blue Warbler- =
Tettegouche State=20
Park
 
We spent Monday evening searching for =
the=20
White-winged Dove west of Grand Marais along County Road 7.  We did =
not=20
find the dove, but did hear a Vesper Sparrow singing in the field =
adjacent to=20
the red barn.  East of Grand Marais along Cnty. Rd. 58, we found =
quite a=20
few LeConte's Sparrows singing in a sedge marsh on the south side of the =

road.  We also had an awesome encounter with a Whip-poor-will along =
this=20
road.
We spent most of Tuesday morning along =
the Gunflint=20
Trail in Cook County.  Before driving up the Gunflint, we searched =
for the=20
dove again without success, but did find a Clay-colored Sparrow and =
Indigo=20
Bunting in a field along Cnty. Rd. 7. Along the Gunflint, birds of =
note=20
were:
-Both Merlin and American =
Kestrel
-Black-backed Woodpecker- near the =
North Brule=20
River
-Winter Wrens in several =
places
-a few Swainson's Thrushes
-Lincoln's Sparrows =
singing
-Dark-eyed Junco- near the North Brule=20
River
Back in Grand Marais, we found Gray =
Catbird, House=20
Wren, House Sparrow, and House Finch.  A very unexpected sight was =
a flock=20
of about 10 American White Pelicans just west of Grand Marais along Hwy. =

61.  
-Bob Dunlap, Carver County
 

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[mou] Birds of Becker and Clay County

[Bob Dunlap]

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Yesterday and today (6/28) Rick Hoyme and I birded Becker and Clay =
County.  We spent Friday afternoon and this morning in Becker, and this =
afternoon in Clay. =20
Yesterday afternoon, we saw the Common Moorhen at Hamden Slough NWR.  It =
seems to stay close to the vegetation on the SE corner of the pond.  The =
other interesting birds from Hamden Slough were 3 Greater Yellowlegs at =
the wetland just north of the moorhen pond on the west side of the road. =
 Could these birds be nesting?
This morning we had good birding in Tamarac NWR.  We found 11 species of =
warbler including: Golden-winged, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, =
Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Pine, =
Black-and-white, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat.  We found a =
pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the auto-tour road south of the =
nature center, and a Red-breasted Nuthatch behind the nature center.  =
LeConte's Sparrows were singing in almost every field we visited.
This afternoon we birded Felton Prairie in Clay County. Here we found: =
Orchard Oriole, Western Kingbird, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Upland =
Sandpiper, and Loggerhead Shrikes.
Good birding!
-Bob Dunlap, Carver County

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Yesterday and today (6/28) Rick Hoyme =
and I birded=20
Becker and Clay County.  We spent Friday afternoon and this morning =
in=20
Becker, and this afternoon in Clay.  
Yesterday afternoon, we saw the Common =
Moorhen at=20
Hamden Slough NWR.  It seems to stay close to the vegetation on the =
SE=20
corner of the pond.  The other interesting birds from Hamden Slough =
were 3=20
Greater Yellowlegs at the wetland just north of the moorhen pond on the =
west=20
side of the road.  Could these birds be nesting?
This morning we had good birding in =
Tamarac=20
NWR.  We found 11 species of warbler including: Golden-winged, =
Nashville,=20
Northern Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, =
Blackburnian,=20
Pine, Black-and-white, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat.  =

We found a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the auto-tour road =
south of=20
the nature center, and a Red-breasted Nuthatch behind the nature =
center. =20
LeConte's Sparrows were singing in almost every field we =
visited.
This afternoon we birded Felton Prairie =
in Clay=20
County. Here we found: Orchard Oriole, Western Kingbird, =
Chestnut-collared=20
Longspur, Upland Sandpiper, and Loggerhead Shrikes.
Good birding!
-Bob Dunlap, Carver=20
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[mou] "Birds in Art" @ Woodson Art Museum

[Marcia Theel]

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Hello, Minnesota Ornithological Union Members,

It won't be long until the 28th annual "Birds in Art" exhibition at the =
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum takes flight -- Saturday, September 6, =
to be exact. The exhibition stays aloft through Sunday, November 9.

Attached and below is a preliminary press release about the exhibition.

If you aren't already familiar with the exhibition, this is a great year =
to check it out. For those of you have enjoyed "Birds in Art" in years =
past, I hope we can look forward to welcoming you back this fall.=20

If you have questions about information in the release, please contact =
me. Also, our website www.lywam.org provides helpful information for =
planning a visit and learning more about our permanent collections -- =
both indoors and out.

Marcia


Marcia M. Theel
Associate Director/Public Relations Coordinator
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
700 N. 12th Street
Wausau, WI 54403-5007
Phone: 715-845-7010
Fax: 715-845-7103
E-mail: mth...@lywam.org
Web: www.lywam.org


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Release Date: August 1, 2003 Contact:  =
Marcia Theel

 =
 715-845-7010

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 mth...@lywam.org=20

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"Birds in Art" Lifts Off in Annual Salute to All Things Avian

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WAUSAU, WISCONSIN:  It's time to set cuckoo clocks and bird watches to =
September 6, 2003. Why? That's when the 28th annual "Birds in Art" =
exhibition lifts off at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, =
Wisconsin. This year's celebration of all things avian remains on view =
through November 9. =20

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The original paintings, drawings, mixed media, and sculpture comprising =
"Birds in Art" offer a visually stimulating response to the question =
"How many ways are there to look at birds?" This year the answer can be =
found in 124 different works created by artists who explore the world of =
birds as a rich mother lode for satisfying their imagination and =
observational skills. They investigate color and form, shape and =
pattern, realism and abstraction in endlessly intriguing, inspiring, and =
accessible ways.

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The simple beauty of "Birds in Art" is that each artist =
depicts individual, unmistakable birds - yet a Carl Brenders bird or a =
Nancy Howe bird or a Dan Ostermiller bird reflects the artist's personal =
vision. The exhibition's shared theme may be birds, but the true =
excitement comes from the varied way in which a body of national and =
international artists explores and interprets the theme.

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The 2003 exhibition includes work by 112 artists who hail from =
Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, =
The Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, and the United States.  Seven artists =
represent the Woodson's home state of Wisconsin. The mix of homelands =
and bird species is further enriched by the addition of 21 artists who =
are new to "Birds in Art."=20

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Elliot Offner, the 2003 Master Wildlife Artist, is =
represented with 10 sculptures and three watercolor studies that =
demonstrate his sensitivity to the natural world that is revealed =
through the poignant lyricism of his graceful and elegant sculptures.

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More than 70 exhibiting artists will be available during "Meet the =
Artists" from 9 am - noon, September 6. On that morning, from 10 - 11 =
am, Offner presents "Thoughtful Minds, Skillful Hands," a discussion of =
his work in the broader context of contemporary sculpture.



A 130-page full-color catalogue documenting every work in the exhibition =
is available for $18.50 plus $4.50 S/H. It can be ordered by calling =
715-845-7010 or on-line at www.lywam.org.=20

=20

In conjunction with "Birds in Art", the Woodson Art Museum will present =
two complementary exhibitions: "Owl Moon: A Classic Revisited" and "Bird =
Watcher's Digest: Celebrating 25 Years." =20

=20

John Schoenherr won the Caldecott Medal in 1988 for his illustrations in =
"Owl Moon," a modern classic of children's literature written by Jane =
Yolen. All sixteen of the original pen-and-ink and watercolor washed =
drawings that Schoenherr drew to create his special nighttime world will =
be on view to celebrate the book's 15th anniversary.=20

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Since its inaugural issue in September 1978, Bird Watcher's Digest has =
commissioned an original work of art to illustrate each bimonthly cover. =
 From the 150 works commissioned over the past 25 years, 14 have been =
selected by 

[mou] Birds May 6th-7th

[soybomb...@aol.com]

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May 6th at Shulze Lake 6:30-8:30PM .It was pretty quiet but a few new birds 
were seen.
@Eastern Towhee 
@Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
@Nashville Warbler
There were lots of yellow rumps and white throated sparrows. 

May 7th at Lake Byllesby. Nice afternoon, good numbers of birds but nothing 
too extaordinary.
@Clay Colored Sparrows
@Field Sparrows
@Yellow Warbler
@Am. White Pelicans
@Forster's Terns
There were some unidentified gulls and shorebirds seen from the cemetry but 
very few hours at a part time job doesn't produce the kind of money needed to 
buy a scope.  Oh well.

-Nick Tangen

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May 6th at Shulze Lake 6:30-8:30PM .It was pre=
tty quiet but a few new birds were seen.
@Eastern Towhee 
@Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
@Nashville Warbler
There were lots of yellow rumps and white throated sparrows. 

May 7th at Lake Byllesby. Nice afternoon, good numbers of birds but nothing=20=
too extaordinary.
@Clay Colored Sparrows
@Field Sparrows
@Yellow Warbler
@Am. White Pelicans
@Forster's Terns
There were some unidentified gulls and shorebirds seen from the cemetry but=20=
very few hours at a part time job doesn't produce the kind of money needed t=
o buy a scope.  Oh well.

-Nick Tangen

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[mou] birds of dakota co and around

[Steve Weston]

At 2pm Blaine Seeliger called me to report an American Bittern at the 180th 
Street Marsh near Vermilion.He was unable to
find the Great-tailed Grackle.  I was fortunately able to get down there later 
in the afternoon and that evening.  In the
evening (about 7:30) I inadvertently flushed the Bittern which flew right over 
my car.  On the far shore an adult Bald Eagle
perched in bare bleached tree.

At the 140th Street marsh most of the migrating waterfowl has already moved on
leaving several pairs of Blue-winged Teal, Gadwell, and Ring-necked Ducks, 
which were paired and hopefully considering
settling in.  Water levels were high and habitat was poor for shorebirds. 
Clay-colored Sparrows were calling from nearby
trees.

Elsewhere I found the season's first gossling (Canada) in Woodbury south and 
west of I-494 and I-94.  In New Hope south of
Winnetka and CR9 (Rockford) it appears that Ring-billed Gulls maybe tending 
nests.

Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan
swest...@attbi.com

[mou] Birds 3-22-03

[Roger Everhart]

Hey everybody,
With the weekend looking to be pretty nice I headed out to see what 
was around and was surprised at how quiet I found it. Some early 
migrants are around but the best birds of the day were

@Blue-winged Teal
@ Green-winged Teal

in a pond in a horse pasture just south of Murphy-Hanrahan Park on Cty 
Road 75. I think I'll try again tomorrow.

Roger Everhart
Apple Valley, MN