[mou-net] Douglas County birds

2015-05-10 Thread John P. Ellis
Had a few new birds in Douglas yesterday: Warbling, Blue-Headed and Yellow-Throated Vireos, Black and White, Orange Crowned, Wilson's, Yellow, Nashville Warblers and C. Yellowthroat, Savannah and Vesper Sparrows and a Sedge Wren. Just a few in numbers. John Ellis-St. Paul Join or Leave mou-ne

[mou-net] Summer tanager Re: [mou-net] SUMMER TANAGER and CERULEAN WARBLER, Afton State Park (Washington County)

2015-05-10 Thread Liz Harper
Summer tanager present @ 1050 north end of Prarie loop approx .4 miles south of the park boundary/ 50th (straight @ 1st fork). Calling from slope on west side then flew over prairie loop trail and called from east side. Happy birding. Liz On May 9, 2015 8:20:54 PM CDT, Peter Nichols wrote:

Re: [mou-net] Summer tanager Re: [mou-net] SUMMER TANAGER and CERULEAN WARBLER, Afton State Park (Washington County)

2015-05-10 Thread Liz Harper
Correction on 1st location and still present at noon. Was farther in than described. My GPS had not caught up to my location. Observed again at noon on the western trail of the 2 trails that come north off trout brook loop. Liz On May 10, 2015 11:11:47 AM CDT, Liz Harper wrote: >Summer t

[mou-net] Adult Bald Eagle at Wood Lake

2015-05-10 Thread Warren Woessner
Carrying nesting material. Warren W Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Loggerhead Shrike

2015-05-10 Thread Bill Tefft
Late this afternoon, Steve Schon and I saw a loggerhead shrike working the softball field complex on Old Airport Road at the east end of Ely It crossed the road to the Ely Cemetery just before we left at about 4:30 p.m. This is only the third loggerhead shrike that I have seen in my 38 years in E

[mou-net] Summer Tanager

2015-05-10 Thread Pete Makousky
Question about the search for the Summer Tanager. Where is the best place to park to begin the search? I see the locations that the bird is being found by looking at the map. Pete Anoka, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists

[mou-net] Western Tanager

2015-05-10 Thread Mike Tonder
Yesterday (May 9, 2015) and today I have had a Western Tanager at my suet feeder on Thomas Lake near Two Harbors. This is my first sighting of a Western Tanager and I got some pretty good photos to confirm the sighting. Anyone else been seeing Western Tanagers? Mike Tonder Two Harbors, MN. --

[mou-net] Ruff update, Cerulean Warbler, etc. (Hennepin Co.)

2015-05-10 Thread Alyssa DeRubeis
The Ruff was last seen early this morning (~7:30am) at Long Meadow Lake/Bass Ponds (part of the Minnesota River Valley NWR) in Bloomington. I--along with at least three other parties--tried later in the day for the bird, but to my knowledge no one has seen it. There are plenty of places where a sho

Re: [mou-net] Summer Tanager

2015-05-10 Thread Liz Harper
Park on the shoulder of the road on 50th (Afton State Park North Prairie Loop on the hotspot map here https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zxhEeTJp5xQo.kjGnKnidF9Y4&msa=0 ) Walk south on the trail to the north part of the prairie loop, take the first right (west) - the bird has been seen an

[mou-net] Loggerhead Shrike

2015-05-10 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Loggerhead shrike seen Friday and today on 180th just west of 180th street marsh . Dakota county Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Bill Tefft wrote: > > Late this afternoon, Steve Schon and I saw a loggerhead shrike working the > softball field complex on Old Airport Road at t

[mou-net] Afton SP Cerulean Refound

2015-05-10 Thread Peter Nichols
I was contacted by Joe Conley, who refound the Afton State Park CERULEAN WARBLER that I reported two days ago. He said it was on the Trout Brook Loop, along the portion closest to the road (St. Croix Trail), at the bottom of the long hill. Joe said the bird was singing and acting aggressively towa