I saw the White-winged Crossbill flock (originally reported by Derek Bakken
yesterday) on the U of M - St. Paul campus this morning. They were feeding
atop a lone spruce 2 houses north of the intersection of Commonwealth and
Cleveland. I had a brief look before they flew off toward the
Hi,
Had a flock of ~ 24 Common Redpolls at my home feeder in Sleepy Eye this
morning. Not terribly unusual for this winter, but it is significant in these
are a new yard bird for me in almost 10 years and only the third sighting I've
had of them
in Brown County. One looked very similar to
After not seeing them in Nicollet County since mid-November, this
morning a small flock of White-winged Crossbills flew over the
Interpretive Center on the south side of campus at Gustavus Adolphus
College in St. Peter.
So far it seems like the majority of southern MN crossbills have been
I apologize for the late posting-
At 12:30 today?there were about 8 White-winged Crossbills feeding in the small
stand of trees right outside Carpenter Nature Center's Visitor Center front
door. They foraged for about 20 minutes then flew off to the treeline.
Jen Vieth
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I re-found the Dodge County Snowy Owl this morning at 11:45 am. It was on the
east side of 150th Ave, about 150 yards out, sitting on the ground on the south
side of a fenceline that runs east/west. The fenceline is 0.4 miles north of
where 700th St. intersects.
I also found
Today, observed a Great Horned Owl on nest in Dakota County.This bird has
nested here at least for the last 3 years. The nest is just east of the
intersection of Dodd Road and Cedar Avenue.
James Otto
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A flock of about 20 were feeding at eye-level on the small planted spruces on
the west side of the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce parking lot. I was able to
pull my car right up and they ate right in front of me. What I thought was
interesting is how some of them would yank the entire cone off
I birded Alder Road and the Marcell/Bigfork/Effie corridor today including a
few snowshoe treks in various spruce bogs. Birding was slow except for finches
along Alder Road and at the Effie Cafe.
A Hoary Redpoll was visiting the feeders at the Effie Cafe along with Common
Redpoll, American
In Lake Co today, my tour group found a Spruce Grouse on Hwy 1 and an
Am Three-toed Woodpecker on Spruce Rd.
The grouse was a male picking at grit in the road at mid-morning at
mile 299.1, which is 12 mi NW of the Co Rd 2 intersection. Earlier in
the morning there was also a road-kill
I'm wondering if anyone has observed any gulls at Black Dog Lake of late. I
know there are some hanging out down in Prescott.
Ben in Chaska
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