Mark Ochs and I relocated the Bell's Vireo by Lake Nokomis about 9:30am
this morning. It was in the grove of trees towards the south end of the
previously posted range for the bird. It called several times from the
deciduous trees.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
Today I found a Dickcissel singing from a utitlity wire at the NE corner of Co.
Rd. 22 and Co. Rd. 7 in Clearwater County NW of Bagley. This is one of the few
counties that I was not able to find a Dickcissel in last year so they may be
even more widespread this year.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
On July 14th we have an opportunity to show the MN Legislature that we
really want the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge in Bloomington to be replaced so
that we can have better access to the Long Meadow Lake Unit of the MN
Valley NWR. Representative Ann Lenczewski from Bloomington has worked
hard on this i
I heard a Cerulean Warbler calling repeatedly early this morning in
Carlton County, so perhaps this bird will stick around for a while. It
was heard from Co. Rd. 103 where it crosses the North Fork of the
Nemadji River, between Co. Rd. 6 to the north and Co. Rd. 8 to the
south. The best spot was
No that's not a misprint. I just got back from a 3 day trip up north and I
listened to the recording of the bird on the USGS site just to reassure myself.
This bird was singing briefly from the south side of the Big Fork River at
Bill Counter Landing on Hwy 6 about half way between the souther
There is still time to sign up for the next MOU field trip. Contact me
at 612-728-2232 or at bxwilliams at cbburnet.com
DEEP PORTAGE LEARNING CENTER - June 8-10 - Cass County
This trip features a day and a half of birding in Cass County and 2
nights of birding for Yellow Rails, Nelson's Sharp-
Early this morning I heard and then saw a Spotted Towhee at
Murphy-Hanrehan in Scott County. I heard it calling regularly from a
wooded area on the right hand side of the trail between #32 and #34.
The call had only 1 note introducing the trill rather than the
traditional 2 notes of the Eastern To
There is still plenty of room on the next MOU field trip. Don't miss
this great opportunity to experience nocturnal birding with a chance to
see and/or hear Yellow Rail, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow,
Whip-poor-will and perhaps some owls. There will also be a day and a
half of daytime birding in
Hello Again, I have had a couple of people contact me about carpooling
to the Salt Lake Weekend. If any of you are interested, please contact
me no later than Thursday and I will try to help match people up. Be
sure to tell me where you live and what your schedule is, i.e.
Friday-Sunday, Friday-S
Hello Birders, This is your last reminder. Don't forget to sign up for
the Saturday dinner!
See you all out there!
Bob Williams, Bloomington
SALT LAKE BIRDING WEEKEND - April 28-29 - Lac Qui Parle and Southern Big
Stone Counties. It's only 5 days away now! Last year 148 species were
found. Ba
SALT LAKE BIRDING WEEKEND - April 28-29 - Lac Qui Parle and Southern Big
Stone Counties. This is only 10 days away now! Last year 148 species
were counted including Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, White-faced Ibis,
Hudsonian Godwit and Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Don't miss this
great opportunity
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I just got a call from Ron Erpelding who went out to Allie Lake with =
Joel Schmidt after I called him. They wer
Sunday afternoon I found a handful of shorebirds in a wet field on the
south side of Co. Rd. 8 about 2 miles west of Ceylon(just west of 80th
Ave)in southwest Martin County. I had American Golden Plover, Baird's
Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs and several Wilson's
Snipe.
Earlier
Here is the latest info on upcoming MOU Field Trips
SALT LAKE BIRDING WEEKEND - April 28-29 - Lac Qui Parle and Southern Big
Stone Counties. This is only 4 weeks away now! Last year 148 species
were counted including Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, White-faced Ibis,
Hudsonian Godwit and Nelson's Shar
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I braved the weather on Friday and drove up to Mahnomen County. The =
highlight was a trip to Rush WMA at around
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I found a particularly productive spot for waterfowl in Kanabec County =
this afternoon. It is on Co. Rd. 4 just
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Claudia Egelhoff, Curt McNamara and I saw the Gyrfalcon in the same spot =
reported by Laura Coble at about 2:50P
As MOU Field Trip Coordinator I would like to inform you of some
upcoming events:
=09
SALT LAKE BIRDING WEEKEND - April 28-29 - Lac Qui Parle and southern Big
Stone Counties.
This is a great event with a rich history dating back to 1975. As shown
in the most recent issue of MN Birding this area is
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At about 7am this morning I found 5 Gray Partridges on the south side of Hw=
y 19 east of Gaylord in Sibley County. They were 1.4 miles east of Hwy 5 a=
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Today about 12:25PM I saw the Spotted Towhee in Austin at the location pre=
viously posted. Much like the Green-tailed Towhee in Mountain Lake it show=
ed up shortl
I am looking for anyone who would be willing to lead an MOU field trip
some time this year in their own area. We have one volunteer so far for
the Mille Lacs/Sherburne County area, but I would like to be able to
offer other opportunities around the state to the birding community. If
you are inter
I spent about an hour from 9:15 to 10:15 this morning trying to relocate
the Mountain Bluebird in Dakota County reported yesterday by Jim
Mattsson. There were no Cedar Waxwings at all in the area. I then
stopped by Pt. Douglas and the Slaty-backed Gull as well as a Glaucous
and a Thayer's Gull we
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I found a nice flock of 10 GRAY PARTRIDGES in NE Nicollet County at the int=
ersection of Co. Rd. 18 and Co. Rd. 75 a little after 4PM today. I also sa=
w mixed floc
I arrived at Pt. Douglas at about 2PM today and the SLATY-BACKED GULL
was still there along with a handful of Herring Gulls. By 2:30 the
gulls were all gone. There was very little open water left and it is
crowded with Canada Geese, Common Goldeneyes and Mallards. I'm guessing
it will all be fro
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I began the day at Afton State Park but could not relocate the Townsend's =
Solitaire. I looked from about 10:30 to 11:30.
At Pt. Douglas in Washington County I saw
I still have a couple of people who are interested in carpooling to see
the Green-tailed Towhee this week. Let me know if you are interested.
I assume it is still being seen.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
This year I have been asked to coordinate field trips(other than those
of Kim Eckert) for the MOU. I am wondering if there is any interest in
organizing a group to go see the Green-tailed Towhee in Mountain Lake
this weekend. I can not go myself, but I can make the arrangements from
my desk. I'm
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The green tailed towhee arrived at the feeders at 8:45am. Note: From 10th=
Street, you are looking at the back of the green house not the front as pr=
eviously rep
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further WEST than 2.2 miles. Also our first sighting of a Great Gray Owl w=
as about 3 miles WEST of where we first stopped and the 2nd was about a hal=
f mile further WEST. Sorry for the confusion.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
From: Williams, Bob
Sent: Tue 1/2/2007 7:49 PM
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In the spirit of the Martin's posting tonight here is what my wife and I f=
ound or did not find over the last 2 days:
Pine County on Monday: We were not able to re
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Correction on the Black-backed Woodpeckers in Aitkin County. They were at =
the far WEST end of the Franklin D. Draper Memorial Forest.
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Correction on the Black-backed Woodpeckers in Aitkin County. They were at =
the far WEST end of the Franklin D. Draper Memorial Forest
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Here are the highlights from my 2 days up north. I include some of these b=
irds in case they are useful for up-coming CBC's:
Friday, Dec. 8th
Todd County: 1 Song
wife, from Bloomington
From: Williams, Bob
Sent: Fri 12/8/2006 12:53 PM
To: MOU (mou-...@cbs.umn.edu)
Cc: MNBird (mnb...@lists.mnbird.net)
Subject: [mnbird] gray-crowned rosy-finch in Wadena County
At 12;30pm I observed a gray-crowned rosy-finch sitting on a post at the n=
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orthwest corner of Cty Rd 18 Huntersville Rd and Cty Rd 15. It then flew =
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And again:=20
URL=3Dhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYJR3zxHzbOE>=20
From: Williams, Bob
Sent: Thu 11/30/2006 9:53 PM
To: Williams, Bob; Mike Hen
Apparently the link didn't work right for some of you so I'll try again:
From: Williams, Bob
Sent: Thu 11/30/2006 8:35 PM
To: Mike Hendrickson; MOU-Net
Subject: RE: [mou] Update on Rosy Finches
Some footage of the birds can be seen at the link below. It was shot by my=
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Some footage of the birds can be seen at the link below. It was shot by my=
friend Brad Beisel and editted by my friend Mike Hazard today. At the end=
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This morning at about 10:45 I observed a juvenile Long-tailed Duck for abo=
ut 45 minutes near the eastern shore of Lake Minnewaska in Pope County. Th=
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This morning I encountered a pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves in Traverse Co=
unty at the boat ramp on Lake Traverse that is by the town shown on my DeLo=
rme as Dakom
es fall to the ground. =20
It remained in the same tree the whole time I observed the bird.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
=20
-Original Message-
From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] On
Behalf Of Steve Weston
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:51 AM
To: Williams
nut=
es and did not see or hear it. I hope that it can be relocated in the park=
. According to the MOU Checklist a Black-backed Woodpecker was seen in Was=
hington County on Oct. 28 of 1964 and again in January of 1973 and January =
of 1983. =20
Bob Williams, Bloomington
From: Williams, Bob
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This morning about 7:30am I found a female Black-backed Woodpecker along =
the trail that leads south from the vi
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Late this afternoon I found a Plegadis Ibis on the east side of Lake Johann=
a WPA in SE Pope County(about 3 miles WSW of the town of Brooten which is i=
n SW Stearns
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Today I found 5 Great-tailed Grackles at Mud Lake in Watonwan County. Mud=
Lake is about 2 miles south of Butterfield. There were 2 males and 3 fema=
les. The ma
Hello Birders, It is not too late to sign up for the 7th Annual Great MN
River Birding Day next week. You can bird in the western part of the
valley Friday and/or Saturday and come to the dinner at Lac Qui Parle
WMA HQ on Friday night. Or you can bird in the eastern part of the
valley on Saturday
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Yesterday afternoon I birded in the rain in Chippewa and Yellow Medicine C=
ounties and along Co. Rd. 40 just SE of Granite Falls I found a cluster of =
birds that i
This morning I had a Nashville Warbler in my front yard in Bloomington.
Clearly the birds are on the move. That means it is time to start to
plan for the 7th Annual Great MN River Birding Day in September. We try
to get as many birders out into the MN River Valley as we can and ID as
many species
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I went out early this morning to follow up on Tom Nelson's great finds =
at Murphy-Hanrehan. I arrived before 7a
I seem to recall someone else reporting this bird earlier but in case
I'm wrong there was a Henslow's Sparrow calling from the portion of the
Rapids Lake Unit of the MN Valley NWR that is adjacent to and east of
Co. Rd. 45(south of Carver). There is a parking area there but I walked
into the field
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Today I found a female Dickcissel with food in its mouth at a remote =
spot in SW Carlton County.
>From Hwy 27 we
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I arrived at Beaver Creek WMA in Fillmore County shortly before it began =
to rain hard this afternoon and heard
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Saturday norming as I was driving through Sibley State Park on Co. Rd 48 =
at around 6:30am I heard a Wood Thrush
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I spent yesterday touring around looking for Dickcissels in various =
counties and found them in 8. This brings
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Spent the day in Faribault, Blue Earth and LeSueur Counties, but ended =
up back at my home turf in Scott County.
Had a great walk this morning at the Pet Trails in Murphy-Hanrehan with
well over 80 species. Here are the highlights:
2 WILLETS - at west edge of water by #34. 1st time I've seen this
species in the park
NEW ARRIVALS - WOOD THRUSH(2), SCARLET TANAGER(at least 2), AMERICAN=20
REDS
I had a nice long walk this morning at the Pet Trails, Murphy-Hanrehan
and identified 74 species including 13 new arrivals, 4 shorebirds, all 7
regularly occurring swifts and swallows, 10 warblers including several
Blue-wings, and 8 sparrows. I thought I heard another 5 or 6 species,
but was not s
I thought the light rain this morning might bring in some good birds and
it did. Here are the highlights:
Swallows: well over 100 birds including at least 1 Cliff,
1 Northern Rough-winged and several Barn
Waxwings: large flock of about 70 perched Cedar
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I heard at least 1 Henslow's Sparrow at each of two traditional =
locations at the Pet Trails, Murphy-Hanrehan in
mnbird-ad...@lists.mnbird.net on behalf of Williams, Bob
Sent: Sun 1/15/2006 7:36 PM
To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu
Cc: mnb...@lists.mnbird.net
Subject: [mnbird] Northern Hawk Owl in Aitkin County
This afternoon there was a Northern Hawk Owl south of Tamarack on the =
east side of Co. Rd. 16 about 2.7 m
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This afternoon there was a Northern Hawk Owl south of Tamarack on the =
east side of Co. Rd. 16 about 2.7 miles n
After several fruitless attempts to see this bird it was quite easy to
see this morning at about 9:30 perched on top of the small building
marked 2680
and located in the FEDEX parking lot that is on your left just after you
go through the 2nd tunnel(take the 66th St. Exit off Cedar). The bird
chok
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I found a great shorebird spot in LeSueur County early this morning =
where I had great looks at:
1 White-r
Went to Ritter Farm Park in Dakota County for 3 hours in the middle of
the day. There were lots of birds including 3 Winter Wrens(2 by picnic
shelter #2 and 1 by picnic shelter #3) and 6 species of warbler.
Bob Williams, Bloomington=20
I believe that I have all of the reports for the 6th Annual Great MN
River Birding Day last weekend. About 100 participants identified 190
species throughout the valley. This is a new record for this event.
The final list will be available on the website for the MN River Valley
Birding Trail at w
If any of you are out birding in the MN River Valley on Saturday
anywhere from Ft. Snelling State Park to Big Stone NWR or from Blue
Earth to Elbow Lake, please report your sightings to me so that they can
be included in the species count for the 6th Annual Great MN River
Birding Day.
Thanks,
Bob W
We still need birders to help with the 6th Annual Great MN River Birding
Day both here in the metro area and outstate. If any of you would like
to join us please let me know as soon as possible. You can bird as much
or as little as you like anywhere in the MN River Valley Watershed. You
can bird
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I just returned from 2 days of birding around the MN River Valley in =
preparation for the 6th Annual
Great MN Ri
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5 of us tried to relocate these birds after lunch but they
appear to have left.
Bob William
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I braved the bugs this morning to walk the Pet Trails at Murphy-Hanrehan =
and counted 18 singing Henslow's Sparr
When I arrived at the pet trails parking lot this morning a=20
little before 6am I was serenaded by at least one Sandhill=20
Crane indicating that perhaps there is a nesting pair in the=20
park. The call came from the direction of Murphy Lake. There=20
were also 2 Dickcissels calling from the uti
Took my first walk in about 3 weeks and found a couple of interesting
birds:
Carolina Wren-Heard and then seen between #34 & #35 in a wooded
areaat the top of a hill that is more or less between the 2
large ponds. It is the first one I've seen out there.
White
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Stopped at Cliff Fen early this morning and got a nice look at a calling =
Bell's Vireo.=20
There were also Willo
I had over 90 species on my morning walk with these highlights:
Lawrence's Warbler-with a Blue-winged Warbler but there was
a calling Golden-winged Warbler not far away. It was=20
along a trail that is not marked on the map that
goes west from
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I arrived this morning at 6:15am expecting great things and was not
disappoiinted. Here are the highlights:
Hensl
Brad Beisel and I saw several new arrivals for the year this=20
morning on our walk:
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo(singing)
Bobolink(only one)
Both Meadowlarks
Yellow Warbler(several)
Palm Warbler(only one)
Solitary Sandpiper(only one)
Gray Catbird(only one)
There were lots of Waxwings
Purple Martins Martin house at east end of Francis Lake, Elysian, Le
Sueur County
Rusty Blackbird Rice Lake WMA just east of Winnebago, Faribault County
Ruddy Ducks Rice Lake WMA and Perch Lake SW of Truman,
Martin County
Swainson's Thrush Perch Lake County Park =20
R
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I got to the Pet Trails parking lot early this morning while the fog was =
still there. I was surprised to see a
Took a walk last evening at the Pet Trails and saw my first Brown
Thrasher of the year. Also saw the first dragonflies and butterflies
and came home with my first wood tick of the year.
Bob WilliamsBloomington, MN =20
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My friend Loren Faaborg came by my office today to tell me about a
Northern Saw-whet Owl he found yesterday at the Bass Ponds. We
immediately went down to relocate the bird and it was in a small cedar
tree on the left side of the trail that goes straight south from the
lower parking lot about a th
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Took an impromptu trip to the Jirik Sod Farm in Dakota County during a
light rain Tuesday afternoon and saw at least a dozen American
Golden-Plovers and at least 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Without my
scope I could not be more accurate than that. All birds were in the
most southerly section of th
It is not too late to join us for the 5th Annual Great Minnesota River
Birding Day. If you plan to go birding anywhere in the watershed that
day please let me know so that we can include your sightings in the list
of species identified that day. The watershed stretches from the Twin
Cities to the
The 5th Annual Great Minnesota River Birding Day is only one month away.
It is shaping up to be the best we have had so far which is saying a lot
since last year we had over 120 participants, including 8 Japanese
birders from the Osaka Wild Bird Society. Those participants identified
179 species,
Spent 3 hours at the Pet Trails this morning and saw:
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Canada Warbler
1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
The resident Black-crowned Night-Heron was out in the sun and a few
Purple Martins continue to be present.
Bob WilliamsBloomington
I was able to relocate the LeConte's Sparrow previously reported at
Beebe Lake Regional Park east of Buffalo off of Co. Rd. 34. I walked
out into the grasses SE(?) of the paved parking lot that is furthest
into the park and pished it in pretty quickly.
I also relocated the Cerulean Warbler previou
On May 23 we had a mini fallout at our feeding station in Bloomington.
There was a Veery, a Swainson's Thrush and a Harris' Sparrow all within
a few minutes of each other in front of our house. The Harris' Sparrow
has been a regular visitor ever since, being seen each of the last 3
days. As of to
I found a Cattle Egret in Scott County at 11:30 Sunday morning. It was
in a wet, grassy area on the west side of Co. Rd. 18 just south of
Crossings Blvd. Take US 169 south to Co. Rd. 18 and continue south to a
stoplight by the Home Depot Store. That's Crossings Blvd. The best
viewing was from t
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On my first walk out there in 10 days I had 62 species including lots of
firsts for the year including:
This morning on my usual walk I saw 2 OSPREY on the nesting platform at
the north end of Minnregs Lake. One of them was seen right before that
carrying nesting material, so it looks like they may try to set up house
this year.
I had a total of 46 species including my first FIELD SPARROW of the
yea
My first morning walk in several days yielded 40 species including
several firsts for the year. The most interesting were:
Vesper Sparrow 1
Tree Swallow2
Another Sandhill Crane flew over when I arrived and the place was
crawling with Song Sparrows. The water l
This morning I had 6 new spring arrivals on my walk:
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Great Blue Heron2
Green-winged Teal 3
Northern Pintail1
Hooded Merganser7
Saw more spring firsts this morning on my walk at the Pet Trails:
Cedar Waxwing 1
Wood Ducks 2
Killdeer1
And from my Wednesday afternoon walk
Brown Creeper 1
Bob Williams, Bloomington
Found 23 species on my first morning walk in two weeks including:
Northern Shrike 1 still hanging around
Sandhill Crane 1 flew over
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 back home for the season?
Eastern Bluebirds 8 first of the year
Mourning Dove 2 first of the year
Co
Drove up to a friends place north of Grand Rapids yesterday to watch the
Super Bowl. Birded my way home today with the following results:
Aitkin County
Great Gray Owls
One about .5 miles west of Pietz's Rd. on Co. Rd. 18
near a
driveway and mailbox
I took advantage of the nice weather on Tuesday afternoon to take my
usual walk at the Pet Trails(Murphy-Hanrehan, Scott County). Birds were
very hard to find, but I did have:
American Pipits - I was able to count 22 birds in the
group
Lincoln's Sparrow - Haven't
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