I'm quite sure that the sounds and videos used on the AllAboutBirds site
come from the Macaulay Library, and ML has 40 videos of tropical
kingbird. So I think that the lack of videos for this species is more
about them not having time to update all of their species accounts
rather than a lack of
Happy (almost) spring,
I'm sure quite a few of you have used xeno-canto.org in the past to
listen to bird songs (and if not, you should!). Xeno-canto now has a
feature that allows users to create 'sets' of recordings, so I've
created a set of recordings of Minnesota birds. I figure that there
For those that are interested, there are at least two Henslow's sparrows
singing at Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington. I got fairly good
views and a nice recording: http://xeno-canto.org/134237. They were
hanging out in the grasses just across the trail from the dock of the lake
that is
At grey cloud dunes this morning, most of those species and also a singing
Bell's Vireo and Orchard Orioles.
On 6/2/12 10:25 AM Pete Nichols wrote:
Here is a belated report of my outings to Grey Cloud Dunes SNA (5/31) and Afton
State Park (6/1), both in Washington County.
Highlights from Grey
...@aol.com wrote:
Nice find on the Bell's Vireo. If you could post the approximate location
within the SNA, I know many on the list serve would appreciate it. I'm
assuming it was in the willow thickets near the RR tunnel?
Linda Sparling
Hennepin County
-Original Message-
From: Jonathon
On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 09:17 -0500, linda whyte wrote:
too. Finally, I suspect that many MOU folks are e-bird users and figure
that's all they need do to share.
This is certainly possible (I admit that I feel this way sometimes), but
it doesn't really explain the difference between Wisconsin and
According to the latest eBird update, there's some speculation that
the irruption may be due to a population boom rather than a crash in
food supply. It's not clear how solid the evidence for this theory
is, however:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/got-snowies
Since Snowy Owls are appearing
At Powderhorn Park this morning in south Minneapolis, I found a single
Common Redpoll foraging in the shoreline vegetation on the north side of
the lake with a mixed flock of American Goldfinches, House Finches, and
a couple Song Sparrows. Also present were a couple of Yellow-bellied
Sapsuckers.
Kroodsma has a really interesting chapter on duetting Carolina Wrens and
Cardinals in his book The Singing Life of Birds. By the way, I very
highly recommend that book for anyone who's interested in bird song. To
most people it probably sounds like it would be a rather dull read, but
it's not.
On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 23:01 -0500, Fr. Paul Kammen wrote:
I realize that
baiting a bird is a debatable topic, but my opinion on that is if it is such
a bad
thing, or harmful to an owl, wouldn't the DNR make a law or regulation that
says you can't do this?
Surely you understand that there
In a brief walk around Powderhorn Park (S. Minneapolis) this morning, I
noticed a couple of my favorite sparrows: a single Harris's sparrow, and
5 Fox Sparrows.
These join the White-throated Sparrows and Juncos that have been here
for most of the week already.
jonathon
Join or Leave
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Diana Doyle
di...@managingthewaterway.com wrote:
I biked over to nearby Powderhorn Park this evening, searching for the Summer
Tanager with two other birders.
We all looked for over an hour (5:00-6:15 in my case) but, as of when I left,
couldn't relocate it.
Since I've never seen a Summer Tanager before and since I'm not very
familiar with molting scarlet tanagers, I'm not 100% certain on this ID,
but at around 1:30 this afternoon I spotted an adult male Scarlet
Tanager with what I think was a First-spring male Summer Tanager at
Powderhorn Park in
Well, it's beginning to feel a lot like fall in minneapolis.
In addition to the nashville warblers and common yellowthroats that I've
been seeing regularly for the last couple of weeks at my local patch
(Powderhorn Park), the last two days have brought the first good numbers
of white-throated
(Not sure how interesting this is to others, but since I'd never seen
one before, I thought there may be some others interested as well)
Sunday afternoon I took a walk around the bass ponds at MN valley NWR
and saw a single black tern mixed in with a large flock of swallows
skimming over the
Just came across this site this morning. Some kind words about
moumn.org:
http://www.birding.com/bestwebsites.asp
Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net
Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
This morning (at about 11:30 am) I spotted a lone wilson's snipe
foraging in a thawed muddy patch at Minnesota Valley NWR with a flock of
~30+ Robins. I was quite surprised to see one this early in the year.
Is it normal for them to be around already in february? It was just
west of the parking
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +, DAVID PATTI BLASER wrote:
My husband and I just started this hobby last summer. I have to put my
vacation requests for the year in now and am wondering what is the best time
to birdwatch in the spring in SE MN? Thanks!
Patti Blaser
It depends what you want
On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 15:39 -0500, Laura Erickson wrote:
The Canada Goose was named by Linnaeus in 1758, and gets its name from its
breeding range.
It is of course perfectly acceptable and correct to call one a Canadian
goose if you see it's passport or some other verification of its
Two Cackling Geese spotted at Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis at 2:30pm
today mixed in with all of the Canada Geese swimming along the shoreline.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonner/4046994151/
Spotted my first American Tree Sparrow of the season at Powderhorn over the
weekend as well.
Walking around powderhorn lake in south Minneapolis this morning, I saw a lone
female ruddy duck hanging out with the regular mallards, wood ducks and canada
geese. In the reeds I spotted several palm warblers, a nashville, and several
white-throated sparrows. Yesterday I also saw a young
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