Went looking for Horned Grebes Friday, 4/24/21, evening. I found them
mixed in with
Shovelers,
Red Breasted Mergansers
Ruddy Ducks
Unfortunately, almost all of them were all out in the middle of the
north end of the lake during the 40 minutes I was there and walked from the
NE shore to the
A nice variety of shorebirds were present on the west end of Lake Byllesby,
Goodhue/Dakota counties.
Observed from the Goodhue boat access this evening:
Semipalmated Plovers (2)
American Avocets (11)
Hudsonian Godwits (18)
Willets (8)
Long-billed Dowitchers (2)
Many yellowlegs, pectorals, and
(Posted by Chet Meyers via moumn.org)
Nice selection of waterfowl on Lake Harriet
this afternoon. Nothing surprising but a few
lesser scaup.
Chet Meyers Hennepin Cty.
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(Posted by Janet C. Green via moumn.org)
An observation on April 22 of about 30 Long-tailed Ducks diving as a group in
Lake Superior in
the pocket between the beach and the ship canal by Dave Zentner and Mark Kilen,
Izaak
Walton League members and accurate observers. They thought they were
Question. How migratory were bison before 1850? In particular, did they
migrate during the breeding season? Is this relevant?
Paul Sitz
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Myth. They DO recognize the eggs, but their only strategy is to build a new
floor for the nest, burying their own eggs too. Warbler and most sparrow
bills are too small to grasp the egg to toss it out.
New research has also led to the discovery that when parent birds do throw
out a cowbird egg,
This discussion has be so enlightening and fun! As we feel some relief from
Covid-19 I appreciate all who have contributed. I learned a lot and am a
little bit less hostile as I see the brown heads
Myth or truth?
Yellow warblers have figured out the difference of the BHC eggs and don’t
have
(Posted by Janet C. Green via moumn.org)
The White Pelican traditional stopover site on the St. Louis River in Fond du
Lac, Duluth, at
Chambers Grove park this year was very productive. They arrived around April
19th and on
Earth Day, April 22nd, John and I counted at least 280 birds, with
The point is, I didn't say the parasitism habit EVOLVED for the bison. I
just said it was darned beneficial to have it for one particular species
that did hang around the bison. NOW we know female cowbirds can be
sedentary as long as possible, but this article, not a scientific
paper, offers no
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