Overall bird activity has increased here in Grand Rapids, MN and the past
few days have yielded many first of season birds. My wife and I usually
visit Bass Brook WMA in Cohasset, MN about 4 times a week - this WMA is
unique in that management of the area is centered on non-game wildlife. We
have
Hi All
A White-throated Sparrow that I banded near Dundas, Minnesota, on 3 May
2007 was recovered in Montichello, Arkansas on 20 March 2012. Since the
bird was at least in its second year when banded, the age when recovered
was at least six years, a respectable age for a sparrow. More details on
Saturday at Hamden Slough: solitary sandpiper, black tern, long-billed
dowitcher, blackpoll warbler.
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Migrants this morning during 2 short walks.
Carver Park
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1 (1st 5 vireo species day of the year)
Swainson's Thrush 1
Black-and-White Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 17
Nashville Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Rapids Lake
Tennessee
I had a similar experience birding at Veteran's Park in Richfield and at Wood
Lake Sat AM. Vet's Park yielded only a Gray Cheeked Thrush aad Least Flycatcher
(and dozens of singing Tenn's, Yellows and a Redstart. Wood Lake had a couple
of Yellow Rumps and a lone Wilson's. Not quiet what with
On the way back from Craig Mandel’s Fillmore Co trip on Friday evening we
stopped at a restaurant near the Mississippi River. At sunset we saw 7 or 8
drake mallards sitting on the roof of a condo next door to restaurant.
Some were sleeping – others were preening or stretching. It looked like
Attempted a local big warbler day but had to stick close to home because of
pooches so spend the day at French Regional Park, Hennepin County. It was
kind of like birding in Disney World with all the people but the birds
didn't seem to mind. Managed over 50 species even with my late start (10:00
On the road just behind the taco bell on lake vadnais there is a mudflat
out in the western of the two lakes that has two species of terns on it as
well as cormorant. There were 6 larger terns which I think were caspian
based on the bright look of the bill and the dark underwing tips when
flying,
I have seen Mallards perched on rooftops in a suburban neighborhood before,
but not roosting. I thought that was odd enough.
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Sincerely,
Jim Ryan
Saint Paul's Westside
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and
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We live in suburban Falcon Heights. I have often seen mallards perched
on roofs but I do not recall seeing more than 3 at any one time and they
did not appear to be sleeping or staying very long. This past week I had
a pair perched on the roof while I mowed the lawn. They were there at
least
I went back to where the terns were and was able to figure out ID better.
The cormorants were gone but wood ducks and gulls were there for size
comparison. The larger ones were definitely Caspian based on size, the
redness of the bill, and the dark underwing edges. The smaller ones I
believe
This afternoon at the Albany ³settling ponds² were Least Sandpipers-dozens,
Wilson¹s Phalarope-dozens, Stilt Sandpiper (2), Greater Yellowlegs(1),
Spotted Sandpiper (2), Killdeer. Probably other peeps as well, but my
optics, such as they were, were limited and I was only able to discern the
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