Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

We had a flock of about 30 male/female Pine Grosbeaks here in Minnetonka last week, saw them on my morning walk -- I'm guessing that these might be what you saw because of your comments of them being right close to your feet. The flock I watched didn't care at all that I was about 2 feet from them

Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

Perhaps Pine Grosbeaks? Immature males can look orangish. Females are yellowish and both have some black on them as well. There has been sightings of typically northern a Minnesota birds showing up in the Twin Cities area. Kris Eichers > On Dec 14, 2020, at 12:17 PM, Dennis Garrison > wrote:

[mou-net] Reply: Need help with bird ID ... White-winged Crossbill

Thank you everyone for the flurry of messages! After looking at photographs I am now sure they were a small flock of White-winged Crossbills, thanks to Alyssa DeRubeis. She also mentioned, along with ebird, they had been seen in western Hennepin. Alyssa replied: Hi Susan, I would wonder eit

Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

Perhaps crossbills? They can be amazingly tame. Get Outlook for iOS From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Susan Gilmore Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 11:09:41 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID I had t

Re: [mou-net] Need help with bird ID

How about American Redstarts? Brigitte Kay Reuther On 12/14/20, 11:09 AM, "Minnesota Birds on behalf of Susan Gilmore" wrote: I had the most wonderful experience this morning in my Golden Valley back yard and now need help with identifying what I actually saw! I was walking into my ba

[mou-net] Need help with bird ID

I had the most wonderful experience this morning in my Golden Valley back yard and now need help with identifying what I actually saw! I was walking into my backyard when out of nowhere a group of 8 birds, 4 females and 4 males, flew to my feet and started picking up snow and picking at the leav