MN birds
With fall most are gone
Me too...
This short haiku says a lot about my life right now.
My wife and I are moving to Akron, Ohio. I will now be working for
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, in a role in their global PMO...those
of you that are on Facebook or LinkedIn are
My neighborhood trees are greened out ... the mature red oaks, silver
maples, Green Ash, White and Pitch Pines attracted many waves of
passerines today that I saw by noon.
The first wave at 7 am was the best I saw, here is what I tallied:
1. Yellow-rumped Warbler (10+), flycatching,
This morning, a block from my home in Brooklyn Center, at the corner of
Ekberg Ave and France Ave N., I was surprised to see a raptor emerge
from between two houses on the western side of France Avenue. The bird
was flying two feet off of the ground, so I expected it to be the
resident Cooper's
It was a dark and stormy Saturday...as I sat sipping coffee Saturday
morning, looking out over my backyard landscaping, I was astonished to
see a flock of 60+ sparrows chicken scratching in my mulch - One
White-crowned adult male, the remainder were White-Throated Sparrows, as
near as I could
As I was walking into the Plymouth Congregational Church at Franklin and
Nicollet in Minneapolis yesterday for a rehearsal of Gilbert
Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, some motion caught my eye, so I lifted
my head to see a House Sparrow buzzing along about 50 feet over the
church roof, heading
Important Bird Areas is the term NAS uses, then the students can easily find
info on-line for the concepts involved...
Mark Alt
-Original Message-
From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of linda whyte
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:29 AM
To:
I support the DNR's right to make the decision, but that does
not make their decision-making process right. When we are excluded as a
party to such legislation, it is a clear message to us that we are not
considered a partner in such initiatives, which hurts since the DNR, the
MOU and
I have been enjoying being home this summer, yet have been remiss in
setting up my usual feeding stations. The combination of rich sunshine
and regular rainfall has led to My Pagoda Dogwood trees being heavy with
berries. They fruit this time of year every year, and I usually find
Robins and
Working in Richfield today, my office looks out on the corporate lawn
and some 15 ft tall Norway Spruce, I was pleased to be visited by a male
Mourning Warbler for moist of the rainy morning. His black face and bib
were not complete, but he made quite a view of himself for me at eye
level from 12
Feeding the birds in China. I read in the China Daily newspaper this morning
that a village in northern Beijing's Huairou district, Yangshodixia, celebrates
China's lantern festival with a special festival of their own, the Liangqiao
Festival. It seems two families traveled to a distant village
Here are the birds I have seen this week, guess where I am?
* Masked Laughing Thrush
* Eurasian Blackbird
* Little Grebe
* Brown Shrike
* Light Vented Bulbul
* Tree Sparrow
* Red-billed Blue Magpie
72 degrees out, feels like spring...
Mark Alt
Brooklyn
As I loaded my luggage into the car to go to the airport this week, six
White-winged Crossbills, emitting raucous longspuresque rattles, settled
down in my raggedy Pitch Pine that overhangs my driveway. They jumbled
about and then zipped off very energetically. Is it me or does their
flight
At work in Richfield today, I watched a flock of ≈ 75 Snow Buntings fly right
over my building, flying East the SW.
Mark Alt
International Program Director
Retail Operations New Country Development
Best Buy International Holdings, Inc. |
7601 Penn Ave. South | Richfield, MN 55123 |
cell:
Here are the counts for the CBC for Pine County held Dec 29th, 2008.
Highlights are:
* Snowy Owl at a private residence east of Duquette
* Black-billed Magpie seen for count week at private residence east of
Kerrick
* More Common Redpolls than we have ever seen!
* No Pine
, Mark
Subject: RE: [mou] snowy owl in Grand Marais
Mark,
I have seen snowy owls take brant geese and have a photo of one taking a
Canada goose.
Have a great day,
Norman
-Original Message-
From: Alt, Mark [mailto:mark@bestbuy.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:13 AM
To: Norman
Peter Neubeck and I walked around the Eloise Butler Sanctuary today, and
we found many Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creepers (we saw a few,
heard many of both species, which is which?) We also ran into large
flocks of Pine Siskins and Cedar Waxwings in the tall Pines and Spruces.
The Spruce and
At Best Buy Richfield we had the same flock come over, and two
Bonaparte's were seen in the flock, as well. They kettled right over our
building and we got great looks at them.
From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net
[mailto:mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net]
As I write this. The family of Peregrine Falcons is sitting atop one of
the buildings that make up the corporate Best Buy Campus. I was alerted
to this by one of the adults stooping by my window, looping out over
Penn Avenue, then perching. They are visible from the SW, and are
placidly sitting,
Thanks for the clarification, but please do not be too hard on yourself.
I really appreciate your willingness to share. If anyone sounded
critical in their comments to you, please do not think the MOU shares
their perspective. I guarantee they do not speak for the overall
organization, or even a
There are very few nesting records of WW Crossbills in MN, so if anyone
has pictures of babies being fed or the like, it is important to get
them in to the MOU for archiving...
From: mou-net-bounces at moumn.org [mailto:mou-net-boun...@moumn.org] On
Behalf Of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_dmGsVCcZg
[Mark Alt's comments]
This is a link to a youtube video taken of a bird in Pine County, MN
on
Friday, June 6, 2008 at 6:30 AM. We were on the edge of a large
300+acres grassy field, populated with Eastern Meadowlarks and
winnowing
Snipe.
I have captured 28 stills from my video - pretty bad quality, but here
they are.
90% of respondents see it as a Vesper Sparrow, yet some ask if there
might be some Dark Eyed Junco in there also, the black markings on the
breast being the slate colored hood feature showing up. I have really
The Pine County Birding festival again had a great visit to the
Nickerson Bog. I led a group of 10 birders to my favorite area for
birding in the state, the Nickerson Bog up in the NE corner of Pine
County. We stopped east of Kerrick where the road runs right through
where the Tamaracks thin out,
I blanked on a really unique bird seen on this trip, but it was nto seen
by me. A female Western Tanager was along the net lake road, in the
company of a female Scarlet Tanager. I was in the wrong place at the
wrong time, without my binos, so I missed it - my nemesis bird for MN.
Mark Alt
Lean
Cool stuff..
From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net
[mailto:mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Claudia Egelhoff
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:49 PM
To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
Subject: [mnbird] Why phalaropes spin
From a recent Science
I have a Red Oak in my neighbor?s yard, a mature tree standing 80 feet tall; it
is where I have seen Great Horneds perch to hunt flying squirrels, seen
Cooper?s Hawks perch to survey the neighborhood, or where the Coopers peel bark
to line their nest with. Great Crested Flycatchers, Baltimore
Peter Neubeck and I shared a great day afield with Peter's son Noah in
Sherburne, Benton, and Stearns County last Saturday, 5/3/08. The highlight of
the day was a juvenile Ferruginous Hawk that was driven right in front of us by
harassing crows, eye level in perfect light less than a hundred
The Black and white Warbler and Parula are switched... duh. Sorry about that.
People should report their sightings to MOU and be comfortable about it.
Any bird seen in MN is perfectly ok to post, or questions about ID. I
believe the moderators wish to direct interpersonal messages not
directly involved with birds in Minnesota away form the list serve. I am
not saying that
It has been about 5 years since I got two new yard birds in one day at
my home in Brooklyn Center. A single Sandhill Crane soared for a half
hour over Twin Lakes in Brooklyn Center. As I watched this bird gain
height, 45 White Pelicans in three chevrons glided through my airspace.
I bet the small
I subscribe to PA Birds and a Northern Wheatear has been found there
mixed in with a flock of Horned Larks, Perhaps this is the motivation I
needed to get out there and check every one of those thousands of LBB's
that are around this time of year. I checked out a flock today, but it
was all Larks
Spent the day in the bog yesterday, started out at -8 and raised slowly
to +35 before we left. Highlights were the Northern Hawk Owl in the
normal spot on 7, north of the sod farms, and 3 Black-backed
Woodpeckers, two on Admiral Road and one on McDavitt. We found Boreal
Chickadees at four
it is thought that the warbling song of the Northern Shrike is a siren song,
used to lure birds out in the open, attracting them as prey. It is thought that
it serves as a generic finch territorial song. People allude commonly to its
quiet tone and variable nature. This is quite cool. Record it
Interesting that all the birds Matt reported fall neatly into two
categories: 1) those that are horned; 2) those that are named for snow.
This is the season for such creatures, indeed.
From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net
[mailto:mnbird-bounces at
Peter Neubeck and i put some more time into not finding Snowy Owls today at he
MSP airport-2.5 hours of scoping and driving and scanning and squinting. The
one living thing we found was this rodent at the glycol plant on Cargo Road. I
am not certain, but I believe it is a dark phase Deer Mouse.
One more time for a link to the Snow Buntings video in Kanabec county, this one
from you-tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLBtisCDrl0#GU5U2spHI_4
PM
To: Alt, Mark
Subject: Re: [mou] FW: Pine CTY CBC
Mark,
I've written you in the past. My dad lives on Sturgeon lake, in
Pine county. The Red Crossbill are of interest as I've never seen
one before. Where did you find them?
Thanks
Mark Palas
On Dec 29, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Alt, Mark
Here is a link to my blog entry of a video of feeding Snow Buntings in Kanabec
County..
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blogMytoken=FF91BA23-E888-487F-A01
This flock of over 100 Snow Buntings is coming to a feeder in Kenabec County.
The birds feed for 2-3 minutes, then flush and
to edit content to
myspace, but I guess harder to send people to. Any ideas on this web 2.0 stuff,
please advise!
-Original Message-
From: mou-net-boun...@moumn.org on behalf of Alt, Mark
Sent: Sun 12/30/2007 5:54 AM
To: MOU net
Subject: [mou] Kanabec Snow Buntings
Here is a link to my
-Original Message-
From: Alt, Mark
Sent: Sat 12/29/2007 4:32 PM
To: Alt, Mark
Subject: Pine CTY CBC
Bird Species seen on Pine County CBC 12/27/07
Ruffed Grouse 13
Wild Turkey 13
Bald Eagle
Spending a day with Lars Jonnson in the field was a big wake-up call for
me. We went to La Crosse, WI and spotted a Glaucous-winged Gull, but
what we spent time on (2 hours) was detailing the pattern of primary
windows (white spots) on Herring Gulls. After sketching and cataloguing
the 200 Herring
Peter Schmidt and I birded Black Dog Road in the Minnesota River Valley,
off of 35 W yesterday and found a flock of more than 2,000 gulls. They
were about 80% Ring-billed Gulls, with Herring making up the remainder.
The only exceptions we noted (far out from the west outflow of the
reservoir) were
If anyone has a spot where Swifts flock together to roost at night in
the Twin Cities, please let me know, I am interested in filming the
spectacle and posting it to the MOU gallery. I will also collect such
spots and submit them for consideration as important bird areas
Mark Alt
Lean Six
My wife Shirley and I did the night shift last night, and it was slow
and beautiful, with a nice flyover of 7 Nighthawks about 7:00 PM.
Best question of the day? What is the etymology of the phrase to give
one the bird - In obsolete theatrical usage (Partridge gives a date of
1883), the bird
Check this out, a great chance to add to our knowledge of these great
birds. If you see large gatherings of Swifts, please post their location
to this list server for all to share, or take part in this
program...Good Birding!
A SWIFT NIGHT OUT
A SWIFT NIGHT OUT is a continent-wide
Yesterday morning (Thursday) at Jirik Sod Farms in Farmington, Dakota
County, Peter Neubeck and I watched flocks of Buff-breasted Sandpipers
forage and fly. The birds were viewed from 7:00 AM until 9 AM, during
which time they restricted their movements to the fields east of Blaine
Avenue, south
Three Baltimore Orioles spent the afternoon Saturday running the rapids
in the waterfall in my backyard, Ouzels they certainly aren't, yet if
you wish to see some of their antics, I have posted a clip to the MOU
website video gallery. The URL to the clip is:
http://www.moumn.org/video/171-1.mov
Three Baltimore Spent the afternoon running the rapids in my waterfall in my
backyard. The images are quite small, but you can see some of tehir antics. I
believe teh one that shows an orange rump is an adult female (momma?), the
other two have more olive coloration on their rumps. The URl to
FYI...Hummers on the move now..
-Original Message-
From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania
[mailto:PABIRDS at LIST.AUDUBON.ORG] On Behalf Of Scott Weidensaul
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:08 PM
To: PABIRDS at LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Hummingbird Behavior
Chris,
Yesterday morning in Spring Lake Park, I came upon three Great Egrets
fishing in a small pond. I had my video equipment with me, on my way to
a Red-bellied Woodpecker nest, so I started shooting the 3 white waders.
The pond is only about 150 feet across, causing me to wonder what the
treasure
Pine County never fails to amaze me with its diversity of habitat and
relative seclusion. Peter Neubeck and I led a group to the Nickerson Bog
area of Pine County on Sunday, after scouting the trip on Saturday.
Highlights were a pair of GRAY JAYS along Net Lake Road, numerous
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS
The entrance to Wood Lake Nature Center from Bryant Avenue in Richfield
still puts you in the proximity of an actively singing Black-Throated
Blue Warbler, at least that was true from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM this
morning. I got some video footage of it, but it was high up and backlit,
so it may not be
Website with a series of still photos capturing two Peregrine Falcons
battling on a nest box in Pittsburgh.
http://www.paconserve.org/rc/peregrine-07-images/index.html
Mark Alt
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Project Resources Group
Best Buy Co., Inc.
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--- Mike Schrage mikeschr...@fdlrez.com wrote:
From: Mike Schrage mikeschr...@fdlrez.com
To: birdn...@yahoo.com
Subject: rosy finch directions
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:04:36 -0600
=20
Terry,
=20
There's been some mild confusion regarding
directions for the rosy finches.
=20
Birders don't
My screen door creaks open - seventeen below
A sound effect from a Vincent Price show
Footsteps crunch loudly in new-fallen snow
Car engine turns over, barely working, so slow
My car is now warming; I clean windshield and mirror
A faint warbling birdsong finds way to my ear
A cardinal proclaiming
This is interesting about ravens in Pennsylvania, especially the last
comment. Good Birding.
-Original Message-
From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania
[mailto:pabi...@list.audubon.org] On Behalf Of Scott Weidensaul
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:32 AM
To: pabi...@list.audubon.org
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It was on the Morning show this morning on Mn public radio, as well.
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From:
Today at 2:00 PM Steve Novatney found the first year Snowy Owl due west =
of the de-icing area on Cargo Road at the MSP Airport. This bird is the =
darkest Snowy I have seen in years, and shows as a light grey form =
against the white snow to the naked eye. It was visible from the =
de-icing
The wonders of Hedbom Road has left me studying three hours of video =
shot there last Friday, learning more about these birds, reobserving =
what I filmed. I was in the constant company of a total of six =
Black-backed woodpeckers (2 female s, 4 males) and a male American =
Three-toed Woodpecker.
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Pine County CBC was held on Weds Dec 27th, 2006
36 Species seen=20
Ranked by # seen:
Black-Capped Chickadee 444
Common Redpoll 223
Rock Pigeon 210
European Starling 195
House Sparrow 154
American Crow 145
Snow Bunting107
Pine Siskin 77
Red-breasted Nuthatch 59
Blue Jay
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Around dusk last evening, as I calmly and serenely scanned Carlos Avery
for birds in declining light, I caught motion peripherally to my left. I
turned and was faced with a Short-eared moving at good speed, who
seemingly was wishing to perch on me since I was so well-placed. One
flap and he was 3
Pine County -=20
* 2 gray Jays seen along net Lake Road east of Nickerson
* I Short-eared Owl at dawn in Nickerson bog east of Kerrick
* 4 Rough-legged Hawks east of Kerrick (one was vocalizing)
* Only finches seen were Goldfinches
Anoka County -=20
* 8-12
Good info on Saw-whets from my home state.
-Original Message-
From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania
[mailto:pabi...@list.audubon.org] On Behalf Of Scott Weidensaul
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:51 PM
To: pabi...@list.audubon.org
Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Question: Saw-whet winter
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The following are directions to the St Louis County home that is being =
visited by a Curve-billed thrasher.=20
*
A white Gyrfalcon is loose in the west metro area, from a falconer, Vic
Peppe. If you spot this bird please contact Vic or his wife at
612-280-4842. This is a very valuable bird and we are concerned for its
welfare.
Mark Alt
-Original Message-
From: PEPPE ENTERPRISES INC.
Excellent sequence of bird behavior
-Original Message-
From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net
[mailto:mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Alan Stankevitz
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:16 PM
To: mnb...@lists.mnbird.net
Subject: [mnbird] Bald Eagles playing catch
Well the
Stay in the parking lot when on the property! This is important for us
to curry favor with the landlords and tenants, to continue to be granted
access to these fine birds.
Mark Alt
Mark,
I gather Terry has forwarded the info I sent him for you to post on the
MOU
site. Could you please add
Information forwarded with permission of original poster of Rosy-finch=20
sighting - Mike Schrage:
There are at least 3 birds. They are quite approachable, but please
stay away at least 75 feet to avoid stressing them. They were first
spotted on the morning of the 27th on the old sunflowers in
The MOU Board Meeting has to be moved to November 29th, the Wednesday,
of the week prior to the Paper session, due to conflicts of schedule.
The new meeting time and place is Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield,
Minnesota, in the Twin Cities; the meeting is to begin promptly at 6:00
PM, and all
black bills inside=20
and out and some AHY birds have light areas. Almost all individuals,=20
whatever their age, have a small, pale (usually horn-coloured)=20
patch on the inside of the upper bill, just at the tip.
Ron Pittaway
Minden ON
jeani...@sympatico.ca
At 08:16 AM 10/27/2006, Alt, Mark wrote
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Three-toed Woodpeckers are hard to find. This challenge prompted Peter
Neubeck and I to set forth for Two Harbors, MN along lake Superior in
search of Three-toeds, a lifer for Mr. Neubeck and a really cool bird to
see for me. In the woods behind the two Harbors lighthouse, I met Adam
Rayburn, an
This note from Scott Weidensaul makes the point that if you are seeing
hummers on a daily basis, they may not be the same ones day to day.=20
Mark Alt
Black Belt-in-Training
Lean Six Sigma Program
Project Resource Group
Best Buy Co., Inc.
612-291-6717
mark@bestbuy.com
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Pennsylvania has undertaken the task to track the details of Nighthawk
flights. Check out this URL. All it takes is the passion of one person
to get this stuff organized.=20
Good Birding!
http://members.localnet.com/~risinger/survey.html
There will be no MOU booth for 2006 at the Minnesota State Fair. No one
has stepped forward to run and coordinate the event, so we have to miss
this year. We are hopeful of being back in business there in 2007 and
on, so we must take this year to regroup, reorganize and plan what
should be done.
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I guess my favorite birding location is Bear Run Nature Preserve in SW
Pennsylvania. Bear Run is the stream that runs under Frank Lloyd
Wright's Fallingwater, the home he built for the Kaufmann family. I grew
up 20 miles away. Bear Run has been protected for many years, so mature
Hemlock, Oak,
There were many highlights of the Pine County Birding Festival, based
out of Northwoods Audubon in Sandstone, MN, yet a standout was finding a
Warbling Vireo singing in the town of Finlayson right along the Willard
Munger bike trail. Mike Link had led us there to get a look at Black
Terns working
Here is a great tool to learn nuances of raptor identification. It is a =
PowerPoint slide show.=20
http://www.hornsbybend.org/presentations.html
Good Birding!
=20
Mark Alt
Breeding birds is where it is at in Minnesota, I am coming to
understand this, and so now I want to try and explain my rationale, to
see if this view point can be spread throughout the birding community.
There are individuals that do get this and have for years, of course:
Jan Green and
I have heard people ask about Gypsy moths in the past, I felt this was
interesting.
-Original Message-
From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania
[mailto:pabi...@list.audubon.org] On Behalf Of Scott Weidensaul
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:06 PM
To: pabi...@list.audubon.org
Subject: Re:
I have a new theory as to why the Red-eyed Vireo never shuts up. It is =
because they are perhaps the most territorial of birds, confirmed by =
some behaviors I have observed. I was at a friend's lake home near Stone =
Lake, WI last weekend and spent hours listening to the Vireo's chanting, =
back
I commend Larry for taking the time to record the bird, it gives us
evidence that we can review. If more people would take the time to do
this, it would ease the burden on the Records committee and the hotlines
compiler. Well done, Larry!
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From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu
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Emailing me is better at this address.
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From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu
Yesterday , 5/4 I observed at least a dozen Chimney Swifts coursing very
high above the East Bank of the U of MN. Good to hear their twittering
and to see their cigar bodies and scimitar wings slicing up the late
afternoon air.
An article I found interesting and topical for MN as well.
-Original Message-
From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania
[mailto:pabi...@list.audubon.org] On Behalf Of Herbert Flavell
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:15 AM
To: pabi...@list.audubon.org
Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Tree Swallow
I hit Wood Lake today on my lunch hour. I didn't see any warblers but
Yellow-rumpeds, but did see the following birds in addition to what was
listed:
*Great Egret
*7 Hermit thrushes
*LeConte's Sparrow (photographed by the Pioneer Press Spottings
photographer - Scott Goihl)
*Sora (photo by S.G.)
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I have, on two instances, once when I was a boy and one three years ago,
found Woodchucks stuck in the forks of trees. One
-Original Message-
From: Terry P. Brashear [mailto:terry.p.brash...@supervalu.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:45 PM
To: Alt, Mark
Subject: Mississippi Kite
Keep your eyes peeled I had an adult Mississippi Kite fly over me in=20
Chanhassen about half an hour ago. It was heading
A trip west to attempt to film the spectacular breeding flights of =
Harriers (their Latin name is circus!) and the wing-clapping flight of =
Short-eared Owls gave me neither, but my day was filled with great =
birds! When I am trying to get birds at dawn, I rely on GPS coordinates. =
Today I
On Thursday, April 20, at 9:35 AM, I was sitting at my desk at Corporate
Headquarters at Best Buy, (address is 7601 Penn Ave, S., Richfield, MN).
I noticed what appeared to be a large Falcon flying in level flight from
between two buildings. The bird passed by me and proceeded over to the
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I think we need more Birdification, rather than certification. Maybe
better yet, a birding vacation!
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my checklists. Tony
states the case in detail here below, but the answer is things
changed. Good Birding.
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Mark Alt
MOU President
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From: Anthony Hertzel [mailto:axhert...@sihope.com]=20
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:36 PM
To: Alt, Mark
Subject
As Alyssa noted in her earlier post, We observed from close range (40 =
feet) a Song Sparrow lift off from the dry sedge at water's edge, fly up =
to about 25 feet high, then drop its legs, spread its wings, fanned open =
its tail and with a buzzy hovering flight, that let it fall very slowly, =
http://www.vireo.acnatsci.org/DVOC/LBBG-mfs/sld029.htm is the URL to
check out this slide show.
I thought you might all enjoy going through the process of ID'ing the
gull on MOU latest good bird seen, based upon this slide show from
Vireo, I think it is pretty straight forward. Check it out and
Sorry for the belated post, crazy week. On Monday, 3/27, Jim Rataczak,
Lars Jonsson, and I saw 19 species of waterfowl on the lake just north
of the city of Waterville on Hwy 13 in Le Sueur county.=20
* Canada Goose
* Tundra swan - 2 flocks
* Wood Duck - first of year
*
We are in fact doing this, we have been in many talks with Cornell about
how to do it, but it is in our plan. We have also offered this
technology platform to adjacent states and provinces. We have also
offered it to some Wildlife refuges to beta test for their own use,
talked with the MN DNR
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