[mou-net] Chickadees and Red-bellied Woodpeckers excavating, Dakota Co

2022-03-20 Thread Miller Johnson
Pretty pleased to see Black-capped Chickadees excavating a hole in one of our dead poplars yesterday. Hope they continue and nest there. Last year I saw chickadees excavating starting on March 3rd. Saw a pair of chickadees checking out one of our Gilbertson nest boxes on Friday. Saw a male Red-

[mou-net] Chickadees

2020-11-09 Thread mou
(Posted by Mike North via moumn.org) Oh, the lowly black-capped chickadee. Loved by artists and appreciated by the general public, but totally disregarded by ornithologists. Well, chickadees do do interesting things, but these go noticed unless they are banded. And black-capped chickadees

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-03 Thread Kathryn Rudd
Simply Beautiful, Travis! Thank you - Kathryn Rudd Eagan Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2020, at 10:55 PM, PalmerLakeGuy wrote: > > I have seen and photographed American Goldfinch eating hemp: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/palmerlakeguy2010/48772583756/in/album-72157679072868235/ > > Tra

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread PalmerLakeGuy
I have seen and photographed American Goldfinch eating hemp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/palmerlakeguy2010/48772583756/in/album-72157679072868235/ Travis Bonovsky Brooklyn Center, MN On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:58 PM wrote: > And there must be many versions of hemp. I have a wild version that is

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread birdnird57
And there must be many versions of hemp. I have a wild version that is impossible to kill off. My great grandpa in Morrison County used to have a difficult time getting rid of his version so livestock wouldn’t get into it. Grandpa had to slash n burn. I at least have the advantage of weed killer

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread Jared Del Rosso
rs. > >> But obviously Rochester chickadees like it! > >> > >> Sparky Stensaas > >> 2515 Garthus Road > >> Wrenshall MN 55797 > >> 218.341.3350 > >> sparkystens...@hotmail.com > >> > >> www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com > >> www.KollathS

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread Kathryn Rudd
llathStensaas.com >> www.SaxZim.org >> >> ____ >> From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Joel H. >> Dunnette >> Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 1:28 PM >> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU >> Subject: [mou-net] Chickadees on mariju

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread Laura Erickson
t; > www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com > www.KollathStensaas.com > www.SaxZim.org > > > From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Joel H. > Dunnette > Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 1:28 PM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana > > In a p

Re: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread sparky stensaas
, October 2, 2020 1:28 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana In a park under development in Rochester, I watched several chickadees feeding avidly on seeds of marijuana plants. I was able to sit in the open less than 10 feet from them, and they kept coming back

[mou-net] Chickadees on marijuana

2020-10-02 Thread Joel H. Dunnette
In a park under development in Rochester, I watched several chickadees feeding avidly on seeds of marijuana plants. I was able to sit in the open less than 10 feet from them, and they kept coming back for more. Has anyone else noticed this sort of thing? -- Joel Dunnette “The purpose of argumen

[mou-net] Chickadees

2013-12-16 Thread Bob Holtz
Thanks for the many comments concerning my consecutive days of chickadee sightings. It was a lot of fin and encouragement to keep looking. My next report is that I have Dark-eyed Juncos which adapted to my feeders. Some of them have used the sunflower seed feeder which has no pegs on which to per

[mou-net] Chickadees

2013-11-28 Thread Bob Holtz
Watching streaks in sports come to an end is a fairly common experience. I suspect a lot of streaks come to an end in the birding world also. I had one of those days today. I knew it would happen someday, but one still hopes it will go on just a little longer. In 2010 I decided to see how many days