November 21, 2009
Led a field trip at the Wilkie Unit of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife
Refuge this afternoon. There were over 100 Tundra Swans on Fisher Lake and by
sunset over 500 Ducks had settled in on Fisher lake for the night. A Northern
Shrike was observed at the SE corner of
On Nov 21, 2009, at 10:45 P.M., Dennis and Barbara Martin wrote:
One thing we do believe. This is by far the latest date recorded with us not
knowing of any records after October 10th and most late dates are in very
early October or September. A bird this late seems to us to increase the
The owl was not in the box this morning. There is still just one pellet in the
box.
Yesterday the owl stayed down in the box until 4:30 pm when it moved up to the
entry hole. It then flew away at dusk.
I won't post again until it returns.
George Skinner
15330 Lynn Terrace
Minnetonka, MN
Around noon today there was a pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves sitting
in a tree at the intersection of Third and Cedar St. in the town of
Nicollet. This pair has been around since August, and this location
seems to be the most reliable for ECDs in the county. A couple blocks
north there is
As announced in the November-December 2009 MOU newsletter, the
2010-2011 schedule of Minnesota Birding Weekends Weeks (MBW) is now
available. MBWs have been offered since 1986 in association with the
MOU (our original name was MOU Birding Weekends), and this will be our
25th season.
The
Hi everyone,
John Hockema and I birded Waseca County this morning and found a few
noteworthy things:
2 Ross' Geese @ Loon Lake
1 Snow Goose @ Loon Lake
1 (maybe 3 but they flew off) Eurasian Collared Dove in Janesville
84 Bonaparte's Gulls @ Janesville Sewage Ponds
2 Franklin's Gulls @
I spent a delightful morning yesterday (11/21) up near the Highway 2 and
Highway 15/16 intersection North of Two Harbors.
Highlights included three hawk owls, and three separate sightings of individual
spruce grouse.
The grouse were seen on the South and North ends of the Stony River Forest
This morning I watched the gulls at Canal Park, scoping out the
beautiful gulls through the light fog. Here's my e-bird list from this
morning. Sarah Glesner, Karl Bardon and Peder Svingen met up with me
at Canal Park.
Location: Duluth--Canal Park
Observation date: 11/22/09
Number of
Hi Everyone,
At around 12:45 pm today (11/22), I spotted a male Barrow's Goldeneye among
a small group of Common Goldeneyes on Lake Superior off 21st Ave. E, in
Duluth. This is most likely the same individual spotted on 11/17 by Peder
Svingen. The birds were fairly close to shore and best viewed
And later in the day(about 13:40) just before leaving town in that same spot
I saw the Goldeneye(both species), a female Ring-necked Duck, a Black
Scoter, and a White-winged Scoter..
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