There is a first spring male Summer Tanager in my yard.
I’ve thanked him for brightening my day.
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Your one-stop destination to eat, golf and bird. A flock of ibises at the
pond at Green Lea Golf Course in Albert Lea, Freeborn County. It’s a birdy
wetland. Stop at the pro shop and a kind person will tell you where to go. It’s
about a 400-yard walk or drive from the clubhouse.
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Merrill was one of my heroes.
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Nels Thompson of Owatonna has died. He was a good birder, a fine friend and a
great man.
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Knowing Elizabeth has been a blessing I’ve counted often. I am so sorry, Tom.
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Two birds at the corner of W. Richway Drive and Martin Road in Albert Lea along
the channel. Can be seen from sidewalk of bridge.
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where the next lifer will appear.”
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A photogenic Tufted Titmouse graces my yard’s feeders. I gaze at it admiringly.
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locations near Albert Lea and at the
Straight River Marsh in Steele County.
A Common Gallinule had been reported along State Line Lake, but I was unable
to locate it.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2016/10/12/woodpeckers-dyed-red-by-introduced-plants/#daa75e2bb63c
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Is, as far as I am aware, in need of a compiler.
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national cookie cutter conventions.
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was unable to
relocate.
Rough-legged Hawks at Myre-Big Island State Park. Incredibly lovely birds.
The lone cafe in Hartland closed its doors. Hysteria reigns.
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Bill Bryson from Alden, MN.
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. A lone barn swallow was seen before the snow hit.
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The Carolina wren in Albert Lea and the varied thrush in Madelia that were
reported in January are still present. If anyone would like more
information as to locations, please let me know.
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your grouse on!
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The first two sightings are likely of the same owl.
Redwood County
Eurasian Collared-doveCity of Milroy
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Northern Shrike on west side of Janesville.
Dead Trumpeter Swan south of Twin Lakes.
Great fun at Mankato CBC. My thanks to Merrill and Karen Frydendall for
being the compilers.
Merry Christmas,
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for the Lord God
Bird. Admission is free to University of Minnesota students with ID, $5 for
Bell Museum and The Film Society members, and $8 for general public. Event
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Summer tanager north of Easton in Faribault County.
Canada goose goslings galore.
Pair of Caspian terns flying over Geneva Lake in Freeborn County.
Bad weather made for great warbling on Saturday.
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Purple martin here on April 3. It was welcomed with open eyes.
Vesper sparrow songs this morning. Here, here, there, there, everybody
down the hill.
Pleasant birding.
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by to let me have a look.
Let the lovely music of the morning chorus begin!
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507-210-0961.
Your Hartland correspondent,
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birder and teacher, and the president of the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Bell Museum will be bringing out its exceptionally rare Ivory-billed
woodpecker specimen to be displayed for this event!!!
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I hit the road at the right time yesterday. A pleasant journey across
parts of Freeborn County and Waseca County produced more looks at Horned Lark
flocks than automobiles.
I am gratified by small gifts.
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in
Ellendale.
There are so many Eurasian Collared-Doves around that I predict that one of
our local high schools will change its team's nickname to the fighting
Eurasian Collared-Doves.
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Collared-Doves in the same area. The church does not have a lutefisk feed so
perhaps the titmouse will persist. That is my hope.
I wish you all euphoric avian quests,
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in which hunting
is
permitted. Tells about the work of Anna Giordano, an activist who helped
suppress the poaching of honey buzzards at the Strait of Messina. Describes
eating ambelopoulia at a restaurant in Cyprus. Briefly discusses the life and
beliefs of St. Francis of Assisi.
Al Batt
Pair of cattle egrets on SE edge of Albert Lea. A lovely sight on a day
that blew the whiskers off my face.
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A Virginia rail was calling along the Blazing Star Trail in Albert Lea
this afternoon. A cool sound on a splendid day.
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by others. I would rather show a
bird to someone who could add it to his or her list than to add a tick to any
list I might keep. A lifer for anyone is a kick. A joy shared is a joy
squared.
May happiness be your shadow,
Al
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A meadowlark is dining on the ground under a feeder in the fine city of
Hartland in Freeborn County. Perhaps it is a harbinger of a weakening
winter--or not.
Al Batt
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A Eurasian Collared-Dove on wire near the grain elevator in the city of
Clarks Grove in Freeborn County.
A first spring Summer Tanager at a feeding station south of Waseca in
Waseca County.
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Summer Tanager visiting backyard feeder in Albert Lea.
If anyone would like to see it, please let me know and I will pass along
the homeowner's phone number.
May happiness be your shadow,
Al
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A Eurasian Collared-dove in a backyard near the Lutheran Church in Emmons
and one in my yard in rural Hartland today. They are expanding from our
grain elevators to our yards.
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No kind act is ever wasted.
**Remember Mom
brought a brilliance that dwarfed the
price of the seed and feeders.
This is the best day of the year until tomorrow comes. I'm glad to be on
the planet.
Al Batt
Hartland
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**Remember Mom
, but I've already been well paid for the time spent with
wonderful young people.
Take a kid birding. Better yet, take a bunch of them birding.
Al Batt
Hartland
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A small contingent of Rusty Blackbirds spent a short time in my yard
yesterday. They were just the ticket to help me in my efforts to overcome an
addiction to looking for black ice.
Al Batt
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already on them so that we don't have to do that part ourselves.
My thanks to everyone involved with The Sax-Zim Winter Birding Festival
for making me one happy birder.
There is nothing like having a Boreal Chickadee three feet away from me to
drive away those winter blahs.
Al Batt
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A friend reports a Snowy Owl seen on Thursday, 1/22, near Sargeant in Mower
County. It was perched on a utility pole a half mile north of 290th St on
640th Ave.
Al Batt
Hartland, MN
William Blake wrote, The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that
everything was white
An interesting article about a Mason City, Iowa birder, Paul Hertzel--a good
guy.
_http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2008/12/29/news/local/doc49582c359f5c710
1928034.txt_
(http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2008/12/29/news/local/doc49582c359f5c7101928034.txt)
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Hartland
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