Dedrick Benz and I queried the sightings database at moumn.org last night
and discovered that a Black-necked Stilt was found yesterday at Miller Lake
15 miles west of Clarkfield along Hwy 67. It was still present at 7 am this
morning.
Andy Nyhus
Winona, MN
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Wendsday
New birds: E. Kingbird on the shore of Quigley Lake.
Swainson's Thrush (FOY) Ham Lake, Anoka Co. They have been avoiding me.
Cliff Swallows flock (100+) starting to build nests at Lifetouch corp
headquarters on Viking Drive just east of Prairie Center Drive on the shore
of Smetana
Oh this time of the year is incredible!
We just watched a Black-Throated Green Warbler hop from pine tree to
pine tree in our front yard!
An Indigo Bunting is back along with the Great Crested Flycatcher.
Life is good!
Susan
Golden Valley near General Mills Nature Area
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We are still having good numbers of the Cape May warblers on our feeders
today. They are coming to suet grape jelly feeders and are also loving the
fresh oranges. As I mentioned in yesterdays posting this is a first for us over
the years. Yesterday we also had the Pine warbler coming into the
Many people responded to my questions about cameras and binoculars. My thanks
to all. Some of you are quoted, as we discussed. Not all of that material made
the cut. My apologies to those folks. The column will run in the Home and
Garden section of the StarTribune on May 28 or the first
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 15, 2014
*MNDL1405.15
-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
White-winged Scoter
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Osprey
Osprey
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Common Raven
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's
We too have had cape mays at our feeders - mostly to the meal worms, but also
the grape jelly.
They are chasing off the other smaller birds such as chickadees and nuthatches
and even sometimes the cat birds.
This is the first time we have seen them, a lifer for me. We live in northern
Anoka
We will have another Bird walk at Westwood Nature Center Tuesday May 15th at
8:00 am! Westwood is located in St Louis Park at Franklin and Texas ave ! If
the weather is Bad we could do Wednesday instead! Hope for another good
turnout! Good Birding to all ! Vic Lewis Westwood volunteer and
From intersection of Lone Oak Rd and Ames Crossing Rd, go about 0.3 miles
North on Ames Crossing Rd to a small un-named lake on the East side of Ames
Crossing Rd.
(Ames Crossing Rd is posted no parking.)
Male Black-Throated Blue Warbler was seen today (Thursday) at about 2:00 PM
on the paved
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