[mou] Cerulean Warblers, Cannon River Wilderness, Rice Co.

2008-06-02 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
Ceruleans were seen and heard at Cannon River Wilderness on Sunday afternoon, 6/1, 4-5PM. Jullian Sellers directed me to this location - a Lifer for me. We heard three Ceruleans and saw one as it was singing. Kim Eckert's book has directions to this Rice County location, but here are Jullian'

[mou] 20 warbler species, Olive-sided Flycatcher in Little Canada, Ramsey Co.

2008-05-16 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
If you're heading to Lake Vadnais to see the Western Tanager, you might want to stop by this ponding area in Little Canada. It had 18 species of warblers yesterday afternoon with a gorgeous Canada and my FOY Mourning, Blackpoll, and Magnolias. Also had 3 Northern Parulas. I returned this morn

[mou] Hok-si-lah / Villa Maria / Frontenac, May 9, Goodhue Co.

2008-05-10 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
Our threesome identified 84 species with an hour in Hastings, 6 hours at Hok-si-lah, and 3 hours in Villa Maria/Frontenac area. 13 Wood-Warbler species: Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Cape May, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Palm, Black & White, American R

[mou] Olmstead County Solitaires

2007-11-19 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
My husband and I found not one but TWO Townsend's Solitaires at noon today in the area described by Bob Ekblad - south and east of Oronoco, MN. We spotted one as soon as we arrived and soon realized that there was more than one. At one point, both birds were sitting in the same tree together,

[mou] North Shore Birding, Nov. 1-2

2007-11-04 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
Beautiful, sunny days for birding along the North Shore, Duluth to Gooseberry. Saw 39 species with these highlights: numerous DARK-EYED JUNCOS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, both WHITE- and RED- BREASTED NUTHATCHES, RED-TAILED HAWKS, and BALD EAGLES along route 1 male, two female PINE GROSBEAKS - Con

[mou] Am. Pipits, Horned Larks, and Lapland Longspur - North Branch, Chisago Co.

2007-10-21 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
On this beautiful Saturday, my friends and I birded at the sod farms near North Branch in Chisago County. We found both of my target birds - American Pipits (about 50) and Lapland Longspur (one for sure, which we saw close up) - plus many Horned Larks, 4 Ring-necked Pheasants, a Red-shouldered

[mou] Black-throated Blue Warbler at Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield

2007-05-16 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
I was delighted to finally see a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Like Linda, that bird had been a quest of mine for a couple of seasons. Glad that I don't have to trek all the way up to Tettegouche State Park again to try to see one. Arrived at the back gate of Wood Lake Nature Center at the sam

[mou] Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Indigo Buntings, Roseville

2007-05-15 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
The Tuesday Morning Bird Walk with Clay Christensen and the St. Paul Audubon group birded at Reservoir Woods in Roseville this morning. The highlight of our morning was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Park at the entrance on the north side of Larpenteur Ave., between Dale and Rice Streets (across the

[mou] First oriole at feeder - Little Canada

2007-05-02 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
I filled my oriole feeder yesterday morning and had my FOY oriole by afternoon! Cheri Steinmueller Little Canada, MN -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070502/b975f6b2/attachment.html

[mou] Eagle on nest at Keller Lake in Ramsey County

2007-03-23 Thread cjste...@comcast.net
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_25382_1174677433_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit A posting regarding this pair of Bald Eagles appeared on March 15th. Viewing the nest today (from the designated viewing area on the opposite, north side of Hwy. 36 - on Keller Parkway in Ma