While working outside in our southern Coon Rapids yard this afternoon, I
heard, then saw, about 30 Tundra Swans flying SSE overhead. My
first-of-season Tundra Swans, and providing music to my ears!
Got me thinking about making a day-trip down to Brownsville in about a week.
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cluding 2 just up the hill from visitors' center; FOY
Hermit Thrush - 2; one midway along the river trail and one east of the
visitors' center; FOY
Spring is indeed here, butsometimesit takes a bit of searching out.
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Our first-of-season Common Redpolls appeared at our feeders yesterday.
Three then and 4 today. Given the variation in the amount of pink,
there were a minimum of 5 individuals.
We're in southern Coon Rapids, near the Mississippi River.
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routine Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets
(but no Golden-crowned), White-throated Sparrows, and a single
(laggard?) American Tree Sparrow.
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Creeper.
Waterfowl were scarce: 5 scaup, 4 Common Goldeneye, 3 Hooded
Mergansers, 1 male woodie, mallards & geese.
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ergansers, & Common Mergansers
weren't seen at all.
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most lakes/ponds
Sandhill Crane - heard calling from multiple locations, another
wonderful sound; one pair was frequently visible E of Prairie Lake
Bald Eagle - 1 adult; our only raptor sighting!
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FOY opportunity.
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marsh on the west side of West Hayden Lake
Ironically, shortly after we returned home we saw a male Red-wing at our
black oil feeder.
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This afternoon we noticed a single COMMON REDPOLL three times on the
tray of our backyard black oil sunflower seed feeder. It was our first
redpoll sighting of the winter.
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This morning Maureen spotted a Northern Shrike perched in the eastern
end of the prairie that is NE of Eastman Nature Center in Elm Creek Park
Reserve. The shrike was between the paved trail and the abandoned
section of Pineview Lane.
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I'm curious whether anyone else has seen them in that general area this
fall.
Other raptors: adult Bald Eagle near the nest and a Red-tailed Hawk in
the vicinity of the Bottineau House.
NOTE: Elm Creek Park will be closed tomorrow and Sunday for a gun deer
hunt.
Ron
Two Pine Siskins showed up at our sunflower seed feeder this afternoon.
We live in southern Coon Rapids, near the Mississippi River.
These are the first siskins that we've seen in our yard in 2020.
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ng 121st Ave near the gate as we were
leaving Elm Creek.
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The vast majority of
the crane ingress flights were between 5:01 and 5:08 CDT.
Sorry.
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Tennessee Warbler - 1
American Redstart - several
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 4-5
Golden-winged Warbler - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 2
Black & White Warbler - 1
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ot;Four Corners";
later saw one at Four Corners itself, but probably was the same bird. FOY
Orchard Oriole - saw one silent male NE of Prairie Lake. FOY
We searched hard for Bobolinks, but failed to find any. Same with
Vesper Sparrow, but I'm not confident in my ability to recognize o
his spring--already passed through, still to the
south, or not coming at all?
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th on the nest platform on the
west side; possibly a chick in the nest, but we were viewing from across
the river, too far to say for sure
Bald Eagle - 1 left the nest area to chase off osprey that got too close
Thanks for any feedback on the tern.
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-5, FOY
Northern Parula - FOY
Common Yellowthroat - FOY
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Golden-winged Warbler - FOY
Blue-winged Warbler - FOY
Blackpoll - FOY
Yellow Warbler
White-throated Sparrow - apparently a new gang dropped into the area
last night (16 in our yard eating fresh grass seed!
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ozen feeding over the river
Brown-headed Cowbirds - saw our first 2 females of the year, closely
attended by 3 males
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k, maybe 50 feet upstream from the footbridge.
It's been very busy in that area.
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Mergansers - 3 in boat launch lagoon
Common Merganser - 1 male, just downstream from dam in eastern channel
We were hoping for Fox Sparrows or Hermit Thrushes, but haven't found
any so far.
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- 1, providing very close views and showing us a cached
rodent; in field by smaller pond
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- scattered individuals
Dark-eyed Junco - a single flock of 4-5
Sandhill Crane - a flock of 5 flew over northbound as we were getting
into our vehicle to leave. Silent
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on the new nest that is across from Coon Creek)
Eastern Bluebird - heard
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7;ve seen Northern Shrikes over many years
from the paved bike trail. Today we were on the turf trail.
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Swamp Sparrow - not that special, except we estimate that we SAW well
over 75 of them, including a flock of 30+, and a flock of 20+.
White-throated Sparrow - just a few seen & heard
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2 male American Robins
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Common Redpoll
3 Pine Siskins
... an interesting mix of seasons.
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We had 6 Common Redpolls feeding beneath our black oil sunflower feeders
today. We've routinely had Pine Siskins (sometimes dozens) here through
most of the winter, including today, but these are the first redpolls.
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view from that ramp, but again got no photos.
Unfortunately, there appears to be no legal parking location from which
to get good views of these hawks, either on the north or south sides of
Hwy. 610.
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At about 12:20 PM today we spotted a Rough-legged Hawk circling above
Hwy. 610 just west of the Hwy. 169 interchange in Brooklyn Park.
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mist nets.
We also banded an American Redstart, a Yellow Warbler, a Common
Yellowthroat, and 2 "Traill's Flycatchers" (Willow or Alder). These all
nest in the vicinity, so they aren't necessarily migrating at this time,
although they could be doing just that.
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Northern Harrier
Hermit Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Red-headed Woodpecker
Slate-colored Junco - seems like a straggler
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Mergansers--all in the lagoon.
The river itself was relatively empty compared to recent mornings, with
most of the ducks having departed.
Also of interest:
American White Pelicans
Bonaparte's Gulls
Common Loons
Buffleheads
Kinglets - both species
Yellow-rumped warbler
Ron & Maureen
Sorry, big Oops!
I intended to report a Red-bellied Woodpecker actively excavating a nest
near Coon Rapids Dam yesterday, NOT a Red-headed Woodpecker. My
apologies to all.
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more upstream
D-C Cormorants - 75+; apparently they returned in large numbers overnight
Tree Swallow - numerous, FOY for us
Belted Kingfisher - another FOY
Osprey - 1 seen a number of times, vocalizing; briefly saw a second
Tundra Swan - a flock of 17 flying overhead
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prey that we saw there yesterday (FOY).
The Bald Eagle pair is still nest-building, but we saw a crow apparently
incubating.
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ding on a vole cached in the fork of a sumac. We've seen northern
shrikes in this area almost every winter for at least the last decade.
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4 were hatch-year birds.
Other birds of note:
2 adult Bald Eagles perched at the upstream end of the island below the dam
1 Pied-billed Grebe in Cenaiko Lake.
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iver at the dam.
Bald eagle - 1 perched very upright on side of nest
Belted kingfisher - 1 flew beneath the Coon Creek bridge
No visible activity at any of the heron nests
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e carrying NEST MATERIAL to a
partially completed nest. Maybe she'll beat the cowbird influx.
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this one
might stick around for awhile.
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on the two nests on the west side of the
Dam.
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Eastern Phoebe - another FOY for us; a single silent bird, not close to
any streams or nesting structures
Sandhill Crane - one bird calling while flying overhead; FOY for us in MN
Wood Ducks - another MN FOY for us
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that they're now so
light as to be safely worn by some of our smallest birds during
round-trip migrations.
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's all too easy to miss
the peak swan numbers, like we did this year. I, for one, would
certainly appreciate seeing additional and more timely swan migration
reports in 2015.
Good birding to all.
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g)
for all who might be interested.
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then)
I can't find any more recent info than the ~3100 swans on Pool 8 on
11/5. Can anyone share info on recent swan numbers for Pool 8? Perhaps
with the unusually cold weather they moved out earlier than in most years.
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Sparrow appearing daily.
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taire was last seen flying east toward the golf
course, and it hasn't been resighted by Mr. Brannick since the 31st.
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only other birds of note were a few rusty blackbirds that were mixed
in with a large group of robins.
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Avenue, which borders this open
area on the north. Note: you can't make a left turn onto 101st if you
are driving north on 169.
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birding, due to the kindness of previous posters.
Thanks again.
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pt to
count them, but they seemed to be on every island and bar, often in
groups. We probably saw well over 100 between the new overlook and the
lower end of Pool 8.
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veys
(http://www.fws.gov/midwest/UpperMississippiRiver/UMRWF10.html).
Can anyone provide any insight on current swan numbers near Brownsville,
and if they are likely to stick around despite the strong cold front
that is passing through MN today?
Thanks and Good Birding.
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rwintering
shrike almost annually for over a decade. Over the last two winters
we've seen it several times a week as we ski through this area. It's
generally perched somewhere between the wooden foot bridge and the Lake
Trail hill ("Baldy") at the NE end of Mud Lake.
sting.
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Spotted a First-of-Fall Nashville warbler here in Lauderdale, W edge of Ramsy
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ptured him.
I can't promise that all the Springbrook banding programs are this
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uick photos), so that isn't too likely. I
don't think our unintentional encounter with the nestlings had any
significant negative impact on their welfare.
So that's the story.
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BL
web site, I obtained this material from
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~shipman/z/nom/bblrules.html.
Perhaps more than you wanted to know, but a few folks had expressed
interest in the "rules."
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==
*The BBL code system: Rules for forming the codes*
and the first 2 letters of the third word.
Thus, American tree sparrow is ATSP.
If I can locate a link to the complete set of rules for devising these
alpha codes I will post it.
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MMON GOLDENEYES
MALLARDS
2 COOTS (below Dam, west shore)
1 immature BALD EAGLE on ice shelf above dam
We were hoping for more variety.
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got very good looks, including
several dorsal views as it flew low over the water
2 KILLDEER
As we left the park, we got an excellent view of a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
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wing (probably the male that has nested at the dam
for several years).
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hermit thrush
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