[mou-net] Great Blue Heron

[Kathryn Rudd]

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> A Great Blue Heron has been visiting our pond this morning, much to the 
> consternation of several Red Wing Blackbirds and Blue Jays. It just flew away 
> to better hunting wetlands.
Kathryn Rudd Eagan - Dakota
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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron is back

[Kathryn Rudd]

The Great Blue Heron that’s been trying to forage in our drought-and-contractor 
destroyed pond is back again. But it seems to be in distress or sick. I can’t 
imagine it’s finding anything to eat. Is it normal for Great Blues to still be 
in Dakota County at this time? Should I call a wild bird rescue agency?
Thank you for any words of wisdom,
Kathryn Rudd, Eagan

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[mou-net] Great blue heron rookery threatened by development in Rochester

[Lynn Cornell]

Dear all, there is a large great blue heron rookery in the Rochester area
that is being threatened by a developer. See this article today from our
local newspaper. This restraining order is in place only for 20 days I
believe. There is a Facebook group dedicated to trying to save this rookery
(link is in the article and below).

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/science-and-nature/6957921-Restraining-order-pauses-development-through-heron-nesting-site

Facebook group link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/266561745128418

Thanks all for your help!
Lynn Cornell
Rochester, MN


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[mou-net] GREAT BLUE HERON IN STEELE COUNTY

[Nels F. Thompson]

One perched atop the tallest part of the rookerie on Straight River Marsh (The 
Marsh) today just at sundown.
The Marsh is about 10 miles south of Owatonna on CR #45.


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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron

[mou]

(Posted by James V Weber  via moumn.org)

Saw a Great Blue Heron fly over North Minneapolis today.

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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron

[Gail Wieberdink]

Late this afternoon I saw my first of the season Great Blue Heron in Lady 
Slipper Park, Roseville, Ramsey County.


Gail Wieberdink


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[mou-net] Great Blue heron , Prior Lake, Scott Cnty

[B.heineke]

My FOY Great Blue heron just flew overhead in Prior Lake...  Poor thing will be 
in for a rough day tomorrow if we get the 6-12 inches of forecasted snow

Bonnie H.

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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron - Theodore Worth Golf Course - Golden Valley

[Pete Makousky]

Today while at Courage Kenny (the new name for Courage Center) I spotted a
Great Blue Heron in the creek.

The actual location was on the other side of the fence as the creek runs
into the golf course.

 

Fun.

 

Pete

Anoka, MN



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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron

[EdP]

Walking my dog in Shoreview; spotted a GBH flying over frozen pond.



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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron Rookery Update North Mississippi Regional Park

[J Brophy]

Forwarded message:

Hello Volunteers and Supporters of the North Mississippi Regional Park,

Firstly, we would like to express our gratitude to everyone for your 
support of our park and the rookery after the May 22nd tornado. 
Secondly, we apologize that it has taken awhile to contact many of you.
We were out of power for almost a full week after the storm and have 
lost many trees and, as many of you already know, our heron rookery.


Hopefully you have seen the news clips and newspaper articles about the 
rookery and heron chicks. I am happy to report to you that many of our 
adult birds have relocated down river to two islands near Marshal 
Terrace Park located on NE Marshal St. just off of Saint Anthony 
Parkway. There are two islands, one can be seen from the Marshal Terrace 
Park river stairway, and at least two newly built nests with herons 
sitting can be seen from this location. If you decide to go and view the 
Blue Herons new location please be advised that it is down some steep 
stairs that are incomplete at the bottom and appear to end straight into 
the river. Please be cautious and bring a friend with if possible.


The chicks that were rescued and sent to the Wildlife Rehabilitation 
Center are doing well and growing strong. You can see updates of them on 
their website at www.wrcmn.org and see a video of the chicks at 
http://www.youtube.com/user/WRCMN#p/a/u/0/TgQhwLHxWgs. WRC staff plan on 
releasing the birds in Northeast Minneapolis and will tell us in advance 
when and where this is going to take place. We will keep you updated!


We are looking into the possibility of Great Blue Heron nesting 
platforms being put on the island. So far it is just in investigation 
stage, but we will also keep you posted on this.


More exciting  news includes that our paths are being cleared of trees 
and debris!! Yesterday trucks came and started the process and are 
continuing their clean up today. We also had many volunteers from 
General Mills Nature Valley Snack Division and Wilderness Inquiry staff 
come and remove invasive plant species from our prairie and wooded 
areas. The park is getting quiet the face-lift!! Come and check it out!


We will be hosting some of the Juneteenth celebration activities this 
Saturday and welcome you to come and join the fun. We hope to see you 
soon and will keep you updated.


Thank you again for your support and remember to stop in and say hello.

Sincerely,

Kelsey Olson
Interpretive Naturalist
on behalf of all North Mississippi Regional Park and Kroening 
Interpretive Center Staff



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Re: [mou-net] Great Blue Heron rookery, Hennepin County

[jeff fischer]

I posted some pictures of the herons and the rookery that I have taken over the 
past week and a half on my blog. http://ecobirder.blogspot.com 


Thanks,
Jeff Fischer





From: Curt Rawn cn...@comcast.net
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 10:45:32 PM
Subject: [mou-net] Great Blue Heron rookery, Hennepin County

I scoped the Great Blue Heron rookery North of the Camden Avenue bridge on the 
Mississippi at 2:30pm. About 3/4 of the nests are taken by at least one Heron. 


It occurs to me now that I should have counted them, and the number of nests. 

I was looking for an owl's nest in the midst of it. If one is there it was 
hunkered down low and I didn't see it. I did get to see mating, nest building, 
preening and much flying about. Some of this was in the company of an adult 
Bald 
Eagle which stayed to one side, without inhibiting their behavior 


This rookery can be reached via the nature center at 49th and Lyndale Avenue 
North, in Minneapolis.

Curt Rawn


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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron rookery, Hennepin County

[Curt Rawn]

I scoped the Great Blue Heron rookery North of the Camden Avenue bridge on the 
Mississippi at 2:30pm. About 3/4 of the nests are taken by at least one Heron. 

It occurs to me now that I should have counted them, and the number of nests. 

I was looking for an owl's nest in the midst of it. If one is there it was 
hunkered down low and I didn't see it. I did get to see mating, nest building, 
preening and much flying about. Some of this was in the company of an adult 
Bald Eagle which stayed to one side, without inhibiting their behavior 

This rookery can be reached via the nature center at 49th and Lyndale Avenue 
North, in Minneapolis.

Curt Rawn


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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron rookery, Hennepin county

[Curt Rawn]

I stopped by the North Mississippi Regional Park to look for Great Horned Owls 
nesting in the Great Blue Heron rookery. I saw none, though I was there for 1 
1/2 hours.

I did see 6 GBHE on 4 nests, and also saw mating behavior and one pair 
copulating. 
Here is a map link to the park.  

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qsource=s_qhl=engeocode=q=north+mississippi+regional+parksll=44.966559,-93.295727sspn=0.029756,0.053644gl=uslayer=tie=UTF8hq=north+mississippi+regional+parkhnear=ll=45.072793,-93.290062spn=0.112742,0.214577z=12

The park is 8 miles downstream from the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, which 
also has a Heron rookery.

Curt Rawn
Plymouth, MN


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Re: [mou-net] Great Blue Heron feeding

[linda whyte]

I've seen that behavior in the Great Blues before--up in Sherburne
NWR. It was the middle of a very bright, sunny, summer day. I wasn't
sure if it helped the bird see its prey, or the larger shadow deceived
the prey as to the bird's shape and impending spear-action.
Linda Whyte

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:11 PM, danerikadaner...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi All--

 I birded Circle Lake in Rice Co. and found a Great Blue Heron using its
 wings to shadow the water as it fed.

 http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/RiceCoBirding#5362129492569596546


 I have not seen this behavior in this species before and it is not mentioned
 in Butler, Robert W. 1992. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), The Birds of
 North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology;
 Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online:
 http://bna.birds.cornell.edu.bnaproxy.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/025.http://bna.birds.cornell.edu.bnaproxy.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/025

 Perhaps I have not watched Great Blues for enough time!

 The only other bird of interest was what I presume to be a Vesper Sparrow
 singing from a bluebird box.

 http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/RiceCoBirding#5362134322758263906

 dan
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 Dan or Erika Tallman
 Northfield, Minnesota
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[mou-net] Great Blue Heron, Houston Co.

[fred lesher]

One GBHE at Wildcat Creek delta along Hwy 26 south of Brownsville, Houston Co. 
March 5.

Pool 8 of Miss. R. still largely covered by ice  snow. This will change fast  
soon.

Fred Lesher
LaCrosse, Wis.


  


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