Our Eastern Bluebird successfully hatched her 3rd set of eggs this
morning.
The four nestlings appear to be doing well. Through daily observation
at the mealworm feeders
and direct observation via the nest cam there is no doubt all three
hatches were by the same pair.
We know the first four
Sometimes the best birds show up while doing something else.
Golden Eagle at a business convention dinner - Violet-green Swallow during a
meeting break (both pointed out by non-birders) - Prairie Falcon while reading
in my chair - Tri-colored Heron while visiting relatives - sure there have bee
Many, over the years, though no species as exceptional as those. Most
recently, yesterday: arriving at my pet-care gig at a friend's house 2
blocks from home, a pair of Merlins in the conifer in her yard.
Linda Whyte
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Al Schirmacher wrote:
> Sometimes the best birds
Found 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the large Blue Valley Sod Farm located
east of Mapleton, MN on the north side of Co Rd 21/132th St, just west of Co
Rd 14/615 Avenue at 5:40 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Ron Erpelding
Willmar, MN
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Last Friday (Aug. 5) we banded a hatching year Palm Warbler at Carpenter Nature
Center. It is either an early migrant or from parents that nested below their
known breeding area.
We have no records of observing Palm Warblers at the Nature Center this summer.
Tom Bell
Grey Cloud Island
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On Friday a very young palm warbler was banded. I don't remember seeing palm
warblers in August before and this one didn't even have all his wing
feathers in yet.
Pic at:
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Larry S
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Bob Janssen and I just finished our three day shorebird workshop. We had a list
of 16 shorebird species:
Killdeer
American Avocet (41 in one location)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpi
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