Re: [mou-net] North Shore Migration

2010-10-07 Thread Karl Bardon
Cameron and I were in fact doing our morning non-raptor survey from the apt rooftop at Lester River in Duluth on 6 October- in three hours of counting beginning at sunrise, we saw nearly 11,000 migrants, which brings our season total to 219,466 non-raptors. Recent flights have been so large two

[mou-net] junco recapture

2010-10-07 Thread danerika
Hi All-- This morning I caught the first two juncos of the fall. One was unbanded. The other I had banded on 9 April 2009. Thus I have recaptured it two breeding seasons after banding. It is interesting that at least some juncos appear to winter (and perhaps migrate through) the exact same

[mou-net] Band-tailed Pigeon- Hawk Ridge

2010-10-07 Thread Karl Bardon
At 9:10 this morning, an apparent Band-tailed Pigeon flew by the Hawk Ridge main overlook heading north. The bird was not seen again throughout the day, but I will post again if there are any further sightings. Karl Bardon Hawk Ridge counter Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 7, 2010

2010-10-07 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 7, 2010 *MNDL1010.07 -Birds mentioned Gray Jay Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Baltimore Oriole

[mou-net] WI Point—W .Grebes, J aeger (pho tos)

2010-10-07 Thread sparky stensaas
Thursday Oct 7Wisconsin Point, first pull-out Thousands of Ring-billed Gulls floating on the Lake. 2 Western Grebes only 100 yards off shore1 Bonaparte's Gull1 Parasitic Jaeger harassing the gulls I love jaeger watching in 75 degree weather! See photos here: www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com Sparky

[mou-net] Wisconsin Point Western Grebe more (Superior, WI)

2010-10-07 Thread Erik Bruhnke
I birdwatched at Wisconsin Point this morning from about 7am to 9am. One highlight of the morning was counting a flock of 66 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Another less-common highlight was a lone WESTERN GREBE observed on the lake-side from lot 1. In addition to yesterday's lone drake Bufflehead, I had four