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repeatedly picked up the piece of
leaf and dropped it to the water's surface. When an unsuspecting small fish
came up to check it out - snatch and gulp! I was so amazed at what I
witnessed, I did some research, and sure enough, green herons are known to
"go fishing."
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Brigham City, Utah
be easily bribed, with a little advanced notice, into giving personal,
"behind-the-gates" refuge tours for visiting Minnesota birders!
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est place to look for the hawk owl?
We'll be around Duluth, Sax-Zim, Aitkin, or where ever we need to go. If
anyone has any hot tips, they'd be appreciated!
Happy Holidays!
Betsy Beneke
Brigham City, Utah
(but always a Minnesotan)
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stilt short today - only 2988 instead of 2989. But as long as it's =
headed back in a "westerly" direction, I'm sure it will find it's way =
back to home to Utah. We'll
with Dave Zosel - 10:30 am and 1:00 pm. "Raptors by Family" will be presented
by the Audubon Center of the Northwoods at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. There are
activities for all ages. Everything is free but the food! I've "ordered" 25
degrees, and the tents will be h
I was surprised to see a male northern harrier flying low over some marshland
this afternoon, northeast of Avon in Stearns County.
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for the last 7-10
days.
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use of the storm?
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The Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Board of Directors will meet on Saturday,
March 5 at 1:00 p.m. in the Touch & See Room at the Bell Museum, University of
Minnesota. This meeting is open to all MOU members.
Betsy Beneke
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d love to know the answer!
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ng
noticed the accident, then slowly strutted out of the yard. A second pair of
cardinals showed up one day and our local pair spent hours chasing them around
the yard before they finally drove them out. Lots of energy spent there!
Always something going on here at the lake, while we wait for
you'd
want to know that, Tony, for the hotline...
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ver the weekend, please watch - see if you can help us out. There are quite a
few red-tailed hawks in the area as well, and one is very light - no obvious
belly band of any kind, makes you look twice. I also saw the refuge's first
spring kestrel on the way home tonight.
Where are the bl
in Stearns County - all different
birds. These are the first I've seen since late fall.
Snow buntings have disappeared and been replaced with horned larks - they are
plentiful on rural roads!
Redpoll population at home has increased to 13 birds this afternoon!
Betsy Beneke
Stearns County
I have 3 male red-winged blackbirds at the refuge HQ feeder this afternoon.
They showed up for a late lunch.
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We have several sandhill cranes flying around the HQ/Office this morning, 3
hooded mergansers in the St. Francis River outside my office window, and the
first chipmunk is standing out in the yard in the snow - looking a little
bleary-eyed!
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American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
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When do GBH's start incubating in central Minnesota?
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Sherburne's Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive will be opened to the public after
the
eaglets have hatched in the Stickney nest. If all goes according to schedule,
I'm thinking this could be Friday, April 22. I'll post on this list serve when
it's opened.
Betsy Beneke
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There were 5 eastern bluebirds along CR 3 just west of Santiago in Sherburne
County today. I'm going to drive that way home tonight, to see if I can find
more!
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Great horned owl
Barred Owl
Belted kingfisher (since 02-04-11 or all winter?)
American Robin
Eastern meadowlark
Red-winged blackbird
Common grackle
Purple finch
American goldfinch
Pine siskin
American tree sparrow
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It showed up 5 minutes ago outside my office window! Got blown in by the
storm? I have a couple of long-distance photos for documentation. It wants to
come to the feeder, but the blue jays are chasing it around.
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as a little more exciting than that, and hollered
down the hall for other staff to look too! (I had magpies in my Utah backyard
almost daily). I got photos good enough for documentation before it flew out
of
the area.
A GREAT way to end the work week!!!
Betsy Beneke
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ing north along Hwy. 65, take a mile detour
and check it out!
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e I saw it. Some
of our volunteers were out to look, with no luck.
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rds and
common grackles, which still seem to be around today.
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In the yard this morning were 78 dark-eyed juncos, and a pair of yellow-bellied
sapsuckers. A broad-winged hawk has made several passes over the house and
wooded area as well.
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Saw a beautiful male this morning - first warbler of the year!
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able to open the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive for the weekend of
April 23-24. No promises, as it's very soft, muddy, and flooded in a couple of
spots yet.
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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There are 3 eastern phoebes right outside the front door of our
headquarters/office right now!
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Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broa
04-06-11
Osprey on Long Pool nesting platform
04-07-11
Tree swallow
Hermit thrush
(found one at Ann Lake Campground Rd - Sand Dunes S.F. too)
And Pastor Al reported meadowlarks from the Blue Hill Trail area.
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ches around - on the landscape and at the
feeders this past week. More than I've seen all winter.
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wever, so NO beer parties on the
trails!
Thanks for your understanding about this. It certainly isn't something any of
us want to go through, but it IS what it IS!
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I apologize for making an incorrect statement earlier about the status of
Sherburne NWR during a government shutdown. What I've been instructed to tell
you is this:
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge will be closed during a government shutdown.
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l Trail is approximately 6 miles west of Hwy. 169 on Sherburne
County Road 9, or one mile west of Sherburne Refuge HQ.
Waterfowl, cranes, raptors, sparrows, yellow-rumped warblers, hermit thrush,
meadowlark, etc. can be expected, but what will the "un-expected" find be???
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ed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
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rebirds as spring progresses.
Directions:
From Hwy. 75 in St. Joseph, turn north on CR 133 (Coborn's grocery store) and
drive about 3 miles. The wetland area is on the west side of the road.
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ny eaglets there are. If/when you are
driving that part of the wildlife drive, please stay in your vehicle to
minimize
disturbance to the eagles, as the nest is fairly close to the drive. Thank you!
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orning, April 23 at
sunrise. They spend lots of time on the refuge, and I've asked them to let me
know what they see, so I can share that information with you.
Thanks, everyone!
Betsy Beneke
Visitor Services Manager
Sherburne NWR
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763.244.0211 work cell
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t - and for about an hour
afterward. No surprise to anyone there!
The Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive opens tomorrow morning - Saturday, April 23 -
at sunrise!
Betsy Beneke
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Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
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FOY birds on Upper Spunk Lake and in our yard on the lake yesterday and today:
Red-necked grebe
Forster's tern
Red-breasted merganser
American white pelican
Double-crested cormorant
yellow-rumped warbler
brown creeper
chipping sparrow
swamp sparrow
cedar waxwing
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Hermit Thrush - singing - never have heard one in our woods before
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Will report on other birds later.
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a little early, but, there they
were.
I noticed quite a few people on the lakes south of Richmond already have their
hummingbird feeders out. Do they know something I don't? Or are they still
hanging there from last fall?
Betsy Beneke
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My little sandpiper at the Albany Sewage Ponds was a Baird's. Primaries that
extended beyond the tip of the tail was the key field mark. Thank you to
everyone who weighed in. I LOVE solving mysteries. So does Tony...
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ed my FOY SOLITARY
SANDPIPER in the same spot.
At the Upper Spunk Lake County Park (about 1.5 miles south of I-94 on CR 9)
there were over 50 yellow-rumped warblers flitting around, and an osprey
hunting
in the area.
Don't ya just love spring?
Betsy Beneke
Avon, Stearns County
Joi
I currently am watching pine, palm and yellow-rumped warblers, as well as both
field and Lincoln's sparrows in the area of my refuge bird feeder.
White-throated sparrows are ABUNDANT on the refuge right now!
There are still a few juncos around, but tree sparrows are gone.
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es!
The HQ and office will also be open Saturday May 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
for a Friends of Sherburne event.
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/sherburne for more information.
I'll be working at the H.Q - stop by to say Hi!
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Along with more than a dozen white-throated sparrows, a new addition to the
"yard bird" list this evening is a male rose-breasted grosbeak. Waiting for
orioles and hummers...
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te, palm and
American redstart
Eastern towhee
Chipping, field, vesper, song, Lincoln's, swamp and white-throated sparrows
Rose-breasted grosbeak
American goldfinch
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>From last night, 05-10-11
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Both Forster's and Caspian Terns
Mallard
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Ring-bille
all 3 of us had to take many binocular breaks! Besides all the
orioles, grosbeaks, sparrows, etc. that were around their feeding area,
warblers
were flitting around the edges. I added 3 additional warblers to my list for
the day there, bringing my total to 21 species. Thanks, Steve and Jo
Wildlife Drive. Meet your guides at
Refuge Headquarters for both trips.
Pick up a FREE International Migratory Bird Day poster or Jr. Birder Activity
Book (while supplies last).
To sign up for a tour (appreciated, but not required), or get questions
answered, send an email or call:
Betsy
Have you all seen these VERY COOL occurrence maps that ebird is producing?
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/occurrence-maps/occurrence-maps
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public.
For more information, or to pre-register for the tour, contact:
Betsy Beneke
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Adults are feeding two new chicks at the end of our dock on Upper Spunk Lake.
First ones I've seen this year.
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iving.
To pre-register, please call 763/389-3323 x 13 (although not required for
participation).
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should be able to
see and hear the bird from the shoulder of CR 9, just across from the parking
lot.
Although neither bird is all that rare, they're considered "good birds" for
Sherburne!
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
THANK YOU, Pastor Al Schirmacher!!!
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copy from either Bob or Doug. It will also
be available to download from Sherburne's web site, but I don't know if it will
be there by the weekend.
Wildflowers are awesome on the wildlife drive - and it's supposed to be a
beautiful day! Tours are FREE and open to everyone.
Be
Breeding Bird
Survey Route earlier this month. They really seem to be populating this part
of the world this year - I don't remember hearing any last summer.
Now, gotta go look for southbound shorebirds...we had our first observations at
Sherburne NWR on July 5th last year!
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ee them. Nine!!! I'm hoping
someone can get some photos, although lots of folks have been looking for them
since early spring, and I've heard no reports. Maybe with a bunch of little
ones zipping around, we'll have more luck?
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Ponds are very full, providing little shorebird habitat. Only a few birds were
found:
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Canada Goose
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Rock Pigeons
Lots of swallows
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tched for a few minutes as a
second adult bird appeared, and then soon after 2 fledglings. It seems that
this is a bit east of their "normal" Minnesota range?
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NOT a pigeon, she says.
So, unless we can find some "remains" that include legs and bands in our yard
somewhere, I don't know what the bird might be. I'm just throwing this out for
any comments.
I sure prefer mysteries that I can solve more easily than this one!
B
Intact feather is 4.25 inches long, btw.
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The answer is ... PURPLE MARTIN. Kelly Applegate banded purple martins at
Meadowview Park in Elk River with red bands. My feather book confirms that
these could definitely be purple martin, so guess the mystery is solved.
Hooray!
Thanks to everyone who weighed in! And especially to Kelly!
The Minnesota Ornithologists' Union board will be meeting on Saturday, August 6
at 1:00 p.m. in the Touch & See Room at the Bell Museum, U of M. This meeting
is open to all members.
Betsy Beneke
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ing sparrow
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Indigo bunting
Baltimore oriole family
Brown thrasher
American goldfinch
Field sparrow
Lark sparrow
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look for flocks of cranes as they forage.
Posters for all of these activities will be available SOON on our refuge web
site at:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/sherburne
Please contact me if you have questions or need more information. Hope to see
you this fall!
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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gle nest.
FYI - There are mile marker posts every 1/2 mile along the drive, except for a
couple that are missing. These mile markers are a GREAT tool I encourage us
all to use when sharing information about bird-finding on our wildlife drive.
Good luck!
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lying around, displaying and
calling in one area too - are they confused?
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cessary for the wildlife festival.
Hope to see you at Sherburne this fall!
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/sherburne
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ng on my "work."
Warblers around the HQ today included:
chestnut-sided
yellow
black and white
common yellowthroat (watched one feeding a cowbird baby)
Tennessee
Nashville and
American redstart
There certainly may have been others - I didn't get good looks at them all.
Betsy
Hi Everyone,
Just a quick reminder of Sherburne NWR's Bird Tour on Saturday, September 3.
It's FREE and open to everyone. Probably a lot quieter than the State
Fair...poster with details can be found on our refuge website at:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/sherburne
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Eastern towhee
Eastern meadowlark
Common grackle
Sedge & marsh wrens
B-G gnatcatcher
Veery
Orioles
Grosbeaks
Sparrows mentioned above
No gallinules seen this morning, but roving interpreters saw 8 birds near the
water control structure on the wildlife drive on either Monday or Tuesday
even
t's not too late for YOU to offer your services to staff an
"MOU Outreach Booth" at our event. I would LOVE it. I might even bake cookies
for you. Contact Jen Vieth or Kate Kelnberger to offer your help! Or I can
relay a message as well. Thanks for considering...I bake pr
Lacs Counties meet, there was a flock of
14 bluebirds, a mile down the road (Mille Lacs Co) was another small flock of 8
bluebirds and then west down the road 3 miles in Benton County, there were
bluebirds perched on power lines for nearly a mile - another 10 birds.
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ver 1000 birds. There were ring-billed gulls as well,
but perhaps only 100 or so total, and mostly only over larger lakes.
Sherburne County
There were 2 juncos under my bird feeder at Sherburne NWR headquarters this
afternoon.
Betsy Beneke
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erburne
Please pre-register for the tours via telephone or email.
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this afternoon. I didn't have time to get out to look for
it, but will try tomorrow.
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a few fox, song, Lincoln's and chipping and it's quite a "brown"
convention going on out there!
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Saw my first fall rough-legged hawk this afternoon, and it was a dark morph, so
had to study it for minute to be sure. I actually can report it for both
Sherburne and Benton Counties, because it flew over the line.
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Brookings, SD. Was fun to be able to share such a rare treat with someone else.
Thanks again to Denny and Barb Martin for reporting this bird! It was a lifer
for me, and I haven't had one for quite a while!
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I have 4 female purple finches at the bird feeder this morning - first ones
I've seen since spring.
Also LOTS of juncoes, along with Harris's and white-throated sparrows, although
their numbers are waning.
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Now have 3 male purple finches as well. The boys always follow the girls,
don't they?
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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A new Sherburne Refuge sandhill crane count record was set this morning - 4958
birds were counted coming off the roost at dawn!
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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open while standing in the middle of the road! Sometimes we don't THINK
in the excitement of the moment, I guess.
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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I've had two reports today of common redpolls at Sherburne. One from just past
mile marker 3 on the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive, and one from our
entry/information kiosk at CR's 3 & 5.
Also, a report of a loggerhead shrike from the Nelson Pool area of the wildlife
dr
explore to find the birds. That search is part of the fun,
isn't it?
Have fun - don't trespass - be safe!
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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en at my
feeder.
No redpolls found. Winter feeder birds finding their way back to the HQ feeder
- chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, goldfinches.
Northern shrike on the wildlife drive at mile marker 1.0. Suspect this is the
shrike reported yesterday as a loggerhead.
Betsy Beneke
Sherburn
t are
beginning to leave, and more will do so over the next week or two. Most will
be gone by early November. A lot depends on the weather - if you haven't come
up to see the birds yet, come soon! They're still here - and quite a sight to
see!
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
Joi
are still a few white-throated sparrows, but haven't seen a Harris's
sparrow since Saturday, or a white-crowned since October 17.
Apparently, staff saw snow buntings on the refuge last week, but forgot to tell
me. I don't have everyone trained yet...
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NW
yesterday, along with two snow buntings - all in the
area of Nelson Pool between mile markers 2 and 3.
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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Hi Everyone:
The Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive at Sherburne NWR will close for the season on
Thursday afternoon, November 3, at about 3:00 p.m. It will open again in mid
April.
Betsy Beneke
Sherburne NWR
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Arc
How far "north" in Minnesota is the tufted titmouse regularly found? Has
anyone seen one north of the metro area? We have 2 reported sightings at
Sherburne, both near the head of the Mahnomen Trail, from 2 & 3 years ago in
late spring - nearly the same dates. These were unverified by staff, b
O.K. - so, AFTER I asked the question, I went to our AWESOME mou web site and
looked at titmouse information there in the occurrence maps. As usual, our
crack team of web folks have excellent info which partly answers my question.
Looking at the seasonal sightings, I'm going to assume the bird
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