[mou-net] birding about the metro

Saturday: I finally got the jelly feeder out and we have at least one Oriole trying its best to empty it out. The yard this morning was jumping with hawking Yellow-rumps! I didn't see any othe warblers. I found a late flock of about 15 Lapland Longspurs near 250th and CR47 in Dakota County.

Re: [mou-net] FW: DL Western Tanager

My apartment windows face east on the 5th floor. I am in the tree tops on the edge a rivulet, a slough and Foot Lake. After watching a pair of crows who are nest building, and the beautiful red-winged blackbirds perched on the reeds of the slough, I saw a male and female pair of yellow warblers,

[mou-net] FW: DL Western Tanager

_ From: kelly_blackle...@fws.gov [mailto:kelly_blackle...@fws.gov] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 6:01 PM To: ajjop...@q.com Subject: Fw: DL Western Tanager Neighbors Mike and Mary Davis & Ardie Duxbury reported a WESTERN TANAGER in their backyards on East Shore Drive in Detroit La

[mou-net] Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks refound, Watonwan County

Chad Heins just called to report that Andrew Krenz is currently looking at the two Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks at the wetland at the Intersection of Hwy. 60 and Hwy. 15 in Madelia. Bob Dunlap Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.

[mou-net] Northern Mockingbird - Cook County

Saw a Northern Mockingbird just north of Grand Marais. Location is just off Hwy 61 north of town near small apartment complex and small yellow house with bird feeder. There were many White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows and one Lincoln's Sparrow at the feeder. I saw th

[mou-net] Dakota Co. sightings

I relocated the Least Bittern that is at the 180th Street Marsh north of Vermillion with the help of some fellow birders. It was actively foraging at east edge of the western pool that is north of 180th about 30 feet from the road and about 15 feet away from the corn stalks in the tall grass. I

Re: [mou-net] Migrants up north (St Louis co)

There was a Canada Warbler up close at head height, just off the trail on the north side of the large lake at Crosby Farm Park in St. Paul last Wednesday. It was a short distance in from the east entrance ramp. The bird happened to be foraging near a Magnolia Warbler and both gave great looks, to m

[mou-net] Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Watonwan County

Chad Heins just called to report that he flushed two Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks from a wetland in Madelia near the grain elevators off of Hwy. 15. He said the birds headed north after flushing; Chad is still in the area and will update me again if he finds refinds them. Bob Dunlap

Re: [mou-net] Migrants up north (St Louis co)

Ben raises an interesting issue: I have searched in vain for a Canada warbler; I've seen virtually everything else during that search (ok, no cerulean or Conn either) but not one single Canada. The question I have: where are they? Is it the cold, nasty rainy weather? Anybody else seeing them

[mou-net] Warblers feeding on sidewalk, Mpls

To add to others' observations of warblers and other birds feeding underneath elm trees, I've been observing a similar mix of birds under a couple of big elms on the 3100 block of 34th Ave S in Minneapolis. In the last hour (since about noon) I've seen the following birds picking at elm seeds on t

[mou-net] odd mix of birds at the feeders

I have been watching a Scarlet Tanager eating at the orange halves at our feeders this morning. Along side the usual suspects (orioles), there have been Pine Siskins, a male Indigo Bunting and the continued presence of the Red Breasted Nuthatch that I would have thought would have left for the n

Re: [mou-net] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co

Hey all- Don't worry about Bay-breasteds yet... they arrived here in southern Wisconsin in big numbers yesterday and today. I think we had 10-15 in a few hours of birding this morning. Jesse Ellis Madison, WI On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Matt Dufort wrote: > Scott et al., > > I've also not

[mou-net] Migrants up north (St Louis co)

In spite of (or perhaps because of) the unpleasant weather conditions, our yard has been swarming with migrants for the last few days, including a male summer tanager (seen and photographed yesterday by Heidi and new for our yard list; not present today) and 24 species of warbler (including blac

[mou-net] Carver County (Rapids Lake and arboretum) 23 warbler species

Activity once again was quite good at both Rapids Lake and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Highlights included 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers making an odd attempt to harass a Great Horned Owl and 2 Mourning Warblers feeding within 10 feet of each other on the ground below a Golden-winged Warbler

[mou-net] Duluth, Park Point, White-winged Scoter (Tanya Beyer)

Tanya Beyer called and asked me to report a White-winged Scoter she just saw today on the Lake Superior side of Park Point, where the road curves toward the ball field. It was fairly close to shore, between the ball field and the airport, at the start of the curve. It later swam farther out.

[mou-net] Clarification?

Is it Northern Oriole or are we back to Baltimore? -- Hackensack/Longville Cass County, Mn Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co

Scott et al., I've also noticed way more Cape May Warblers than usual this year (seems like I'm seeing them everywhere in 1s and 2s). But I've yet to see or hear a Bay-breasted. As for birds feeding on the ground, I've been seeing a similar thing near my house. But rather than feeding on th