[mou-net] Tower Day from Dassel, Meeker Cty
We did our Tower Day on the 1st and we seen 56 species, compared to 60 last year. (55 in 2008, 55 in 2007, 53 in 2006, 49 in 2005) We had 16 different species last year that we didn't see this year and 12 species this year that we didn't see last year. Our Tower Day is where we are in the Tower that we built to watch birds in. We do a Tower Day once a month, each month, all year long. We are out there from dawn to dusk for the entire day, no matter what the conditions are, hot or cold. We also keep record of the weather conditions to see what the difference is in birds that we see. It is interesting to see what birds are seen or not being seen from year to year. 1) Canada Goose (lots) 2) American Robin (lots) 3) Sandhill Crane -3 4) Barred Owl -called 5 times 5) Red-winged Blackbird 6) Blue Jay (lots) 7) American Crow 8) White-breasted Nuthatch 9) Black-capped Chickadee 10) House Wren 11) Ring-billed Gull (lots) 12) Pileated Woodpecker -3 13) Ring-necked Pheasant 14) Cedar Waxwing (lots) 15) Downy Woodpecker 16) Yellow-rumped Warbler (lots) 17) Ruby-crowned Kinglet -8 18) Red-bellied Woodpecker -4 19) Hairy Woodpecker -3 20) American Goldfinch 21) Dark-eyed Junco -4 22) Gadwall -823) Double-crested Cormorant -3 24) Pied-bill Grebe -3 25) Chipping Sparrow 26) House Finch 27) Golden-crown Kinglet -228) Wood Duck -2 29) Northern Flicker -2 30) Northern Cardinal 31) Orange-crowned Warbler -3 32) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -1 33) Eastern Bluebird -4 34) Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 35) American White Pelican -6 36) Killdeer -1 37) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -1 38) Red-tailed Hawk -3 39) Common Grackle -2 40) Sharp-shinned Hawk -541) Turkey Vulture -9 42) Eastern Phoebe 43) Cooper’s Hawk -2 44) Tree Swallow -2 45) Mourning Dove 46) White-crowned Sparrow -2 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 47) Broad-winged Hawk -1 48) Rock Dove 49) Trumpeter Swan -2 50) European Starling -1 51) Bald Eagle -3 52) Golden Eagle -2 53) Northern Harrier -1 54) Common Nighthawk -1 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 Paul Koni Fank Dassel, MN Meeker Cty Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Tower Day from Dassel-Meeker Cty
We did our Tower Day on the 1st and we seen 56 species, compared to 60 last year. (55 in 2008, 55 in 2007, 53 in 2006, 49 in 2005) We had 16 different species last year that we didn't see this year and 12 species this year that we didn't see last year. Our Tower Day is where we are in the Tower that we built to watch birds in. We do a Tower Day once a month, each month, all year long. We are out there from dawn to dusk for the entire day, no matter what the conditions are, hot or cold. We also keep record of the weather conditions to see what the difference is in birds that we see. It is interesting to see what birds are seen or not being seen from year to year. 1) Canada Goose (lots) 2) American Robin (lots) 3) Sandhill Crane -3 4) Barred Owl -called 5 times 5) Red-winged Blackbird 6) Blue Jay (lots) 7) American Crow 8) White-breasted Nuthatch 9) Black-capped Chickadee 10) House Wren 11) Ring-billed Gull (lots) 12) Pileated Woodpecker -3 13) Ring-necked Pheasant 14) Cedar Waxwing (lots) 15) Downy Woodpecker 16) Yellow-rumped Warbler (lots) 17) Ruby-crowned Kinglet -8 18) Red-bellied Woodpecker -4 19) Hairy Woodpecker -3 20) American Goldfinch 21) Dark-eyed Junco -4 22) Gadwall -8 23) Double-crested Cormorant -3 24) Pied-bill Grebe -3 25) Chipping Sparrow 26) House Finch 27) Golden-crown Kinglet -2 28) Wood Duck -2 29) Northern Flicker -2 30) Northern Cardinal 31) Orange-crowned Warbler -3 32) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -1 33) Eastern Bluebird -4 34) Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 35) American White Pelican -6 36) Killdeer -1 37) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -1 38) Red-tailed Hawk -3 39) Common Grackle -2 40) Sharp-shinned Hawk -5 41) Turkey Vulture -9 42) Eastern Phoebe 43) Cooper’s Hawk -2 44) Tree Swallow -2 45) Mourning Dove 46) White-crowned Sparrow -2 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 47) Broad-winged Hawk -1 48) Rock Dove 49) Trumpeter Swan -2 50) European Starling -1 51) Bald Eagle -3 52) Golden Eagle -2 53) Northern Harrier -1 54) Common Nighthawk -1 55) Franklin’s Gull -15 56) Mallard -1 Paul Koni Fank Dassel, MN Meeker Cty Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Tower Day from Dassel
Here is our Tower Day report that we did on the 31st of May, due to prediction of rain on the 1st of June. We had a great day observing the birds and the weather co-operated all day until about 6pm with a few sprinkles. We had 69 species with the birds being very active. The list is as follows: Paul Koni Fank 1) 2) 3) 4) Mourning Dove 5) Red-winged Blackbird 6) Eastern Wood-Pewee (2) 7) Wild Turkey (2 Toms) 8) Ring-necked Pheasant 9) White-breasted Nuthatch 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) 38) 39) 40) 42) 43) Chimney Swift (2) 44) 45) 46) 47) 48) Sandhill Crane 49) 50) 51) 52) Warbling Vireo (2) 53) 55) Pileated Woodpecker (1-by nesting cavity) 56) Yellow-throated Vireo (2) 57) 58) 59) 60) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1) 61) 62) 63) 64) Common Tern (1) 65) 66) 67) Orchard Oriole 68) 69) Blue-winged Teal (2)Northern Harrier (1 m) Ring-billed Gull (2)Least Flycatcher (1)Bald Eagle (2)Indigo Bunting (2-mf)House Sparrow (1)Turkey Vulture (3) Eastern Bluebird (2-mf)Red-tailed Hawk (4) 54) Red-eyed Vireo (1) Great Crested Flycatcher Yellow Warbler American Redstart Brown-headed Cowbird Hairy Woodpecker Killdeer (1)Northern Flicker (2)Song Sparrow Rock Dove 41) Trumpeter Swan (2)Eastern Phoebe Gray Catbird Cooper’s Hawk (2)Cedar Waxwing (18)Chipping Sparrow Purple Finch American Crow Great Blue Heron American White Pelican House Finch American Goldfinch 30) Northern Cardinal Common Grackle American Robin Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2-m, 1-f)Red-bellied Woodpecker European Starling (2)Common Nighthawk (1)Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-capped Chickadee Brown Thrasher (2)Wood Duck (2)Double-crested Cormorant Mallard Baltimore Oriole Great Egret (2)Downy Woodpecker Barn Swallow Purple Martin Tree Swallow House Wren Canada Goose (36) Common Yellowthroat Blue Jay Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
