This coming Saturday will be the 10th Annual Wintering Golden Eagle Survey.
Although all established routes have been spoken for, there is still an
opportunity for you to help us out. Any Golden Eagle sightings anywhere in
the state over the next two weeks would be greatly appreciated.
Last year
In about a half hours time, from 9:00-9:30 am, I have seen over 375
Bonaparte's Gulls migrating by the National Eagle Center in Wabasha,
Wabasha County.
It is by the far the most I have seen in Minnesota in such a short time
span. they were all heading up river, so look over Lake Pepin for them.
Bill Tefft and I observed the Harlequin Duck at 11:30 am January 20 2013.
We observed the bird from the LD parking lot in Alma WI.
We had tried an hour earlier and could not locate it, but came back for one
more try. It took about 10 minutes this time before it just appeared, it
must have been
I observed the Harlequin Duck in Wabasha County from 4:00 until 4:30 pm
when it took off with a flock of 6 Common Goldeneyes. Then at one point the
goldeneyes veered downriver while the Harlequin headed upriver towards the
LD, and then I lost it in the fading light. I have observed this other
The Harlequin Duck was present below the lock and dam at Alma WI this
morning 1-8-13. The bird was hanging out on the MN side of the river most
of the time.
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THANK YOU,
*Scott A. Mehus*
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The ninth annual Wintering Golden Eagle Survey will take place on Saturday
January 19th 2013.
All of the Minnesota Routes are spoken for, but there are multiple routes
available in North East Iowa and also some routes in Wisconsin. The routes
in WI are east of Prairie du Chien, and also in the
Wanted to let folks know that Ron Taube just sent me photos of a first year
Golden Eagle by the Coon Rapids Dam. It appeared to be working the
waterfowl located on the river.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who happens to encounter this bird
again. Photos would be great if you would be
On December 15th at 11:00 am I will be leading a talk on Golden Eagles in
Minnesota at the Houston Nature Center. Following that, at 1:00 pm, there
will be a field trip for those that will be participating in the 9th Annual
Golden Eagle Survey which will be held on January 19th 2013. This
field
I was at Krueger Park from 7:45-9:05 am today and was able to relocate the
male Hooded Warbler that Andy Nyhus reported yesterday. His directions
were right to the T. The bird would actively signing for about 20
minutes and then be quite for about 20 minutes. It was very hard to
observe the
I was able to relocate the Surf Scoter that Dedrick Benz found yesterday at
Prairie Island in Winona. I located the bird close to the WI side of the
river. I viewed the scoter from the spillway dike. The bird was associating
with a group of Buffleheads. I watched the Surf Scoter from 11:10 - 11:40
After enjoying seeing the Surf Scoter in Winona I decided to visit Lewiston
MN. I wanted to see if I could relocated the White-winged Dove that had
been seen there and also to see the Lewiston sewage ponds before they go
dry and we lose a reliable shore bird spot in Winona County. At the sewage
in winter, The Golden Eagle
Project strives to understand migration patterns, breeding origins and winter
habitat needs for these birds.
Golden Eagle Project Co-coordinator Scott Mehus notes, This bird shows that
the range of wintering golden eagles may be larger than any of us expected.
The Golden
more about the Golden Eagle Project, contact Project Co-Coordinator
Scott Mehus at the National Eagle Center.
THANK YOU,
Scott A. Mehus
Education and Eagle Research Director
NATIONAL EAGLE CENTER
50 Pembroke Avenue
Wabasha Minnesota 55981
651-565-5357 - Fax
651-565-4989 ext. 101
Email sc
Just wanted to let Minnesota birders know that this Saturday is the 8th Annual
Wintering Golden Eagle Survey, hopefully we can top last year's count of over
80 golden eagles sighted. Thanks to a lot of interest we have a record number
of over 48 routes in MN, WI, and IA, but at this time there
On 1-1-12 Dedrick Benz posted a sighting of a Barrow's Goldeneye and a
White-winged Scoter on the Mississippi River near Minneiska Minnesota and
observed that the flocks of mergansers and goldeneyes that these birds were
mingling with at times would fly over into WI waters. I wanted to let
In case anybody is interested, I took sometime this morning to try and relocate
the snowy owl that Dave Bartkey had reported south west of Lake City along
county road 15, but was unable to find it. It may have been hunkered down
trying to avoid the 40mph gusts!
THANK YOU,
Scott A. Mehus
On Christmas day I thought it would be nice to show my mother a snowy owl, and
thought we would head up to Albert Lea to try and relocate the snowy owl by
Love's Truck Stop that Al Batt had reported earlier in the week. We had just
gotten out of my hometown of Glenville along HWY 65 when we
Yesterday I met with Scott Leddy of Meadowlark Restorations who is actively and
passionately involved in restoring bluff prairie habitat. He wanted to show me
some of the work that they have done as he knows how I talk about how golden
eagles utilize this type of habitat. We concentrated our
Wanted to let everyone know what the bald eagle numbers are like along the
Mississippi River near Wabasha. At 1:00 today there were over 274 bald eagles
near Read's Landing. Most of these were visible from the town of Read's
Landing and the first pull off just upriver from the town of Read's
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