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20 Nov Gulls on Lake Detroit [Beau Shroyer ] 20 Nov Mute Swan ["Robin LaFortune" ] 19 Nov Duluth RBA 11/19/09 ["Jim Lind" ] 19 Nov Cardinals [] 19 Nov Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 19, 2009 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 19 Nov boreal chickadees, gunflint trail, cook co. [] 18 Nov bald eagles [] 17 Nov Lyon County ["ssmorton" ] 17 Nov Re: Visitors Want to see Bald Eagles [Art ] 16 Nov LBJs on the CBC, RSVP ASAP ["Carl Greiner" ] 16 Nov Lyon County ["ssmorton" ] 16 Nov Golden Crowned Kinglet [] 16 Nov Golden Crowned Kinglet [] 16 Nov Mute Swan - Hennepin Co [Howard Towle ] 15 Nov Carver County Short-eared Owl [John Cyrus ] 15 Nov Oooops [Tom Thomsen ] 15 Nov Re: Visitors Want to see Bald Eagles [Art ] 14 Nov Visitors Want to see Bald Eagles [Tom Thomsen ] 14 Nov Swans [David Alden ] 13 Nov First year Downy primary coverts ["dan&erika" ] 12 Nov Duluth RBA 11/12/09 ["Jim Lind" ] 12 Nov Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 12, 2009 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 12 Nov Black Scoters in Rice [Milton Blomberg ] 11 Nov Carolina Wren ["Cal Paulson" ] 11 Nov Northern Shrike in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County [Refsnider ] 10 Nov put on file [Forest Strnad ] 10 Nov Birding about the Metro ["Steve Weston" ] 10 Nov Many Goldeneye + mink, Ramsey County [KCTEPO00 ] 10 Nov MRVAC Auction Thursday ["Steve Weston" ] 9 Nov Evening Grosbeaks [] 9 Nov question about birding in Minneapolis [Annie Lindsay Crary ] 8 Nov Red bellied Woodpecker [] 8 Nov Lyon County ["ssmorton" ] 8 Nov HOSP problems [Susan Kennedy ] 8 Nov birding about the metro ["Steve Weston" ] 7 Nov Peregine Falcon in Lake Elmo & Snowy Owl at Crex ["Tammy Wolfe" ] 7 Nov Townsend's Solitaires (Orrock) ["Milton Blomberg" ] 7 Nov Carver County Golden Eagle [John Cyrus ] 6 Nov Carolina Wren ["Cal Paulson" ] 6 Nov Birding around the Metro ["Steve Weston" ] 05 Nov Duluth RBA 11/5/09 ["Jim Lind" ] 5 Nov Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 5, 2009 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 5 Nov Pileated Woodpecker banded ["dan&erika" ] 4 Nov evening grosbeaks, cook co., gunflint trail [] 4 Nov evening grosbeaks, Cook Co. Gunflint trail [] 3 Nov Crex Meadows - Rough-legged Hawks, Sandhill Cranes (late) ["Erika Sitz" ] 3 Nov Wild Turkeys, Ramsey, Anoka County ["Erika Sitz" ] 2 Nov Crosby Park, St. Paul, today [linda whyte ] 1 Nov Old Cedar prothonotary warbler [linda whyte ] 1 Nov Golden Eagle - MVNWR ["Bruce Baer" ] 1 Nov Carver County [John Cyrus ] 31 Oct Northern Hawk Owl, Hawk Ridge, Duluth ["Debbie Waters" ] 31 Oct Snow Buntings, Dakota Cty ["Laura Coble" ] 30 Oct Golden Eagle ["john hamer" ] 29 Oct Duluth RBA 10/29/09 ["Jim Lind" ] 29 Oct Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 29, 2009 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 29 Oct Jim Williams Blog has moved ["Larry Sirvio" ] 29 Oct Re: Jim Williams Blog [Ron Windingstad ] 28 Oct Jim Williams Blog ["Larry Sirvio" ] 28 Oct Birds in Art ["dan&erika" ] 27 Oct Flicker at the feeder ["Liz Stanley" ] 26 Oct Re: mnbird Digest, Vol 36, Issue 4 ["john hamer" ] 26 Oct Snowy Owl and Bald Eagle Ottertail County ["Glenace Metcalfe" ] 26 Oct Freeborn county surf scoter refound [james otto ] 25 Oct Bird of Note [Brian and Cindy Drill ] 25 Oct Surf Scoter, Lake County [Doug Kieser ] 24 Oct Lake Byllesby, Dakota and Goodhue Cty ["Laura Coble" ] 24 Oct Carver County [John Cyrus ] 24 Oct Re: feeder help ["dan&erika" ] 24 Oct feeder help [Susan Kennedy ] 23 Oct Stearns County [Sylvia Winkelman ] 23 Oct Nashville warbler Duluth [] 22 Oct Duluth RBA 10/22/09 ["Jim Lind" ] 22 Oct Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 22, 2009 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 22 Oct Sharon Stiteler speaking tonight ["Steve Weston" ] 21 Oct Houston County Monday 10/19 [carol schumacher ] Subject: Gulls on Lake Detroit From: Beau Shroyer <beaunshroyerduckbuster AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:39 -0600 Saw one adult Herring gull, 11 bonaparte's gulls and dozens of Ring-billed gulls on Lake Detroit today. There was one flying 200 yards out that immediately caught my eye. It was small (bonaparte's or forster's tern size) and had very dark wings. It had a very shallow wing beat, almost not flapping. I got binoculars on it for about two seconds before it flew out of sight behind a point. It had a black leading edge on the wings and light behind. I didn't notice if it had a dark trailing edge. My initial thought was Black Tern based on size, color and the way it flew. I haven't seen one since summer. Is this too late? The immiture black kittiwake in Sibley's guide looks similar, but I have no idea how they fly. Is this possible? Anybody in the area birding keep a watchful eye. It was much darker than the bonaparte's IMO. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the lake stays unfrozen until the CBC on Dec. 19? Also on the lake were a handful of each; common goldeneyes, redheads, mallards. One brown creeper along the shore. _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Mute Swan From: "Robin LaFortune" <fortune AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:54 -0600 Hi, Although I checked a couple of times earlier this week, I did not find the Mute swan reported by Howard Towle until today. The swan was present again at the swan impoundment at Lake Rebecca PR along with 20+ Trumpeters, Canada geese and a few Cackling geese. It was rather quiet out otherwise, but a scrumptious day to be out- Robin LaFortune Delano_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Duluth RBA 11/19/09 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:47 -0600 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 19th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found by Peder Svingen on the 17th near the Park Point Recreation Area boat launch. Peder saw a RED-THROATED LOON on the 19th near the Sky Harbor Airport at Park Point, as well as two adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a second-cycle THAYER'S GULL at Canal Park. A CAVE SWALLOW was reported by Nick Anich on the 14th along Moccasin Mike Road near the intersection of Wisconsin Point Road. GREAT BLACK- BACKED GULLS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, ICELAND GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and THAYER'S GULLS continue to be reported by several observers at the Superior Entry. The SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen by Erik Bruhnke and others on the 13th on the Minnesota side of the entry. Karl Bardon saw a record late BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Hawk Ridge on the 15th. Cameron Rutt and Sarah Glesner saw an "Audubon's" YELLOW- RUMPED WARBLER and a late NORTHERN PARULA on the 12th along Skiff Landing Road in Knife River. They also saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Lake County Road 2 just north of the railroad tracks about 20 miles north of Two Harbors, and another along the Whyte Road, 4.7 miles east of the Stony River Forest Road. David Alexander saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 19th along Forest Highway 11, 0.8 mile east of the Stony River Forest Road, and another bird 10 miles west of the Stony River Forest Road. He also saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog along CR 7 just south of Burns Greenhouse, and another along a snowmobile trail 2.4 miles south of Toivola. Linda Sparling found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Aitkin County on the 15th along CR 1 where the asphalt ends. Shawn Conrad saw one on the 15th along US Highway 2, three miles west of St. Louis County Road 31. Shawn also reported a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Itasca County on Old Horseshoe Lake Road on the southwest side of Grand Rapids. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 26th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Cardinals From: Gkuyava AT aol.com Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:09:58 EST I have not seen any since early summer. Today a pair were in the yard for a few minutes checking out the sunflower feeders. I still have the red-bellied woodpecker. It has eaten sun seeds, corn, and suet when I have seen it. Today it had access to a pile of peanuts but chose the suet instead. both were less than a foot away from where it was sitting. Gary Kuyava in NE Duluth _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 19, 2009 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT q.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:46:51 -0600 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, November 19, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. What a wonderful mild week it has been in the northwest, and the sun has been shining most days too! Get out and enjoy the respite before the real Minnesota weather arrives. >From Otter Tail County, Brad and Dee Ehlers reported a NORTHERN SHRIKE seen five miles south of Ottertail on November 11. Alma Ronningen reported seven TRUMPETER SWANS that hang out on a pond near Dent. At her feeder in Dent on November 19 were a BROWN CREEPER, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS. Polk County sightings at the home of Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks included MERLIN, NORTHERN SHRIKE, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS on November 12. >From Agassiz NWR in Marshall County comes a report of a GRAY JAY seen by John Braastad on November 19 on the Maakstad Trail. Beth Siverhus reported a female NORTHERN CARDINAL at the home of Carol Parker in Warroad on November 18. Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Brad and Dee Ehlers, Beth Siverhus, John Braastad, Maggie Anderson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, November 27, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: boreal chickadees, gunflint trail, cook co. From: kkelnberger AT boreal.org Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:10 -0600 yesterday afternoon I found a pair of boreal chickadees just off the Lima Grade on a trail by a gravel pit. The gravel pit is restricted but we walked in and found the trail. There is a bog nearby and a mix of jack pine, spruce, and other pines. -- Boreal Access Web Mailer _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: bald eagles From: RFABER AT smumn.edu Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:16 -0600 Tom Thomsen asked about places to see bald eagles on Thanksgiving weekend. My Ecology class at Weaver Bottoms (near Minneiska) saw 20 bald eagles on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. They were impressed. And they saw approximately 300 tundra swans and assorted other waterfowl. The numbers of eagles should only increase over the next 2 weeks. Ray Faber Raymond A. Faber, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 700 Terrace Heights #1524 Winona MN 55987 Telephone: 507-457-1540 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Lyon County From: "ssmorton" <ssstnnph AT mvtvwireless.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:39:30 -0600 Eurasian Collared dove in my backyard today 11/17. I have seen them at Elevator and near elevator here in Cottonwood, but this is the first to visit our yard on south side of Cottonwood Lake. Sue Morton _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: Visitors Want to see Bald Eagles From: Art <bigwood AT centurytel.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:01:46 -0600 > Where should a now-landlocked person go > to see the swans and eagles? Go here for this map: http://www.fws.gov/Midwest/planning/uppermiss/CCP/pool8.pdf Pay particular attention to observation decks marked "Brownsville Overlook" and "Highway 26 Overlook" south of the town of Brownsville on the Minnesota (west) side of the river. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: LBJs on the CBC, RSVP ASAP From: "Carl Greiner" <cgreiner AT mchsi.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:33 -0600 All the Sparrows on the Minnesota Christmas Bird Count American Tree Sparrow (163,717) Chipping Sparrow (29) Clay-colored Sparrow (2) Dark-eyed Junco (240,057) Eastern Towhee (24) Field Sparrow (49) Fox Sparrow (132) Golden-crowned Sparrow (2) Green-tailed Towhee (2) Harris's Sparrow (273) Lapland Longspur (20,612) Lark Bunting (1) Lark Sparrow (2) Lincoln's Sparrow (2) Eastern Towhee (36) Savannah Sparrow (2) Snow Bunting (198,421) Song Sparrow (975) Spotted Towhee (9) Swamp Sparrow (59) Vesper Sparrow (4) White-crowned Sparrow (68) White-throated Sparrow (1,260) Seems like I am forgetting one.oh yeah House Sparrow (1,181,207) Song Sparrows on the Minnesota Christmas Bird Count The Song Sparrow was first counted in 1931 (count year 32) and the latest data we have is in 2008 (count year 109). It has been tallied 420 times in 66 locations. A total of 975 birds have been counted. The highest count was 21 birds enumerated in St. Paul (South Central) in 1961. Bloomington has counted the most - 123, followed by Rochester with 83, and Austin with 72. The Myth of the Song Sparrow BY ERNEST SETON THOMPSON His mother was the Brook, his sisters were the Reeds, And they every one applauded when he sang about his deeds. His vest was white, his mantle brown, as clear as they could be, And his songs were fairly bubbling o'er with melody and glee. But an envious Neighbor splashed with mud our Brownie's coat and vest,. And then a final handful threw that stuck upon his breast. The Brook-bird's mother did her best to wash the stains away. But there they stuck, and, as it seems, are very like to stay. And so he wears the splashes and the mud blotch as you see. But his songs are bubbling over still with melody and glee. To help, contact your local Audubon Chapter, the MOU CBC Coordinator, Carl Greiner at (507) 271-8286, or visit the MOU CBC website at http://www.moumn.org/CBC/ for more information or to sign up. Carl Greiner M.O.U CBC Coordinator 1616 Hill St. S.W. Chatfield, MN. 55923 507-271-8286 cgreiner AT mchsi.com _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Lyon County From: "ssmorton" <ssstnnph AT mvtvwireless.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:34:05 -0600 11/16/09 Western Grebe on Cottonwood Lake. Susan Morton _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Golden Crowned Kinglet From: davealt72 AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:48:05 +0000 (UTC) On the second wooden (longer walkway) walkway at the Minnesota wildlife refuge.........old cedar ave parking lot.........go west on the trail..........very tiny bird......saw about half dozen of them. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Golden Crowned Kinglet From: davealt72 AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:48:05 +0000 (UTC) On the second wooden (longer walkway) walkway at the Minnesota wildlife refuge.........old cedar ave parking lot.........go west on the trail..........very tiny bird......saw about half dozen of them. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Mute Swan - Hennepin Co From: Howard Towle <towle001 AT umn.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:46:51 -0600 While hiking at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve in western Hennepin County on Sunday afternoon, I came upon a Mute Swan. The swan was in an impoundment area together with about two dozen Trumpeter Swans just west of Lake Rebecca (directions below). The reason for the delay in posting this was that I wanted to check with the Three Rivers Park folks about the possible status of this bird. They tell me that they do not currently have any captive or rehabbed Mute Swans and that this swan occasionally flies in to join the Trumpeters. It is perhaps one that overwinters near Monticello. There were no signs of clipped wings or tags evident. Hence, I suspect that this is a wild bird. Also present were a number of Cackling Geese. Howard Towle Golden Valley, MN Directions: Enter Lake Rebecca Park from County Road 50 just south of Highway 55 and turn right. Park at the top of the hill near the reservation picnic grounds. There is an access road that heads off east from the end of the parking lot near the trailhead for the Deerwood Trail. Follow the access road east, then south and east again for about 1/2 mile and you will come to a small pond where the swans were. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Carver County Short-eared Owl From: John Cyrus <cyrus150 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:59:40 +0000 A Short-eared Owl was perched in a marshy area north of Hwy 5. just west of the turnoff to Lake Waconia beach. This is the same area that I saw a Long-eared Owl perched a couple months ago. I also found an adult Thayer's Gull at Carver Park. He was on the lake that is north of the nature center. He was kind enough to stand out of the water showing his bright pink legs and then swim beside a Ring-billed to give a size comparison. Other birds of interest today were 43 Tundra Swans at Rapids Lake MVNWR, 8 Common Loons on Lake Waconia(I've never seen a Pacific Loon, so I'm no expert. I am fairly sure they were all Common. A couple were a bit distant, so I can't be positive.), 2 Pied-billed Grebes at Carver Park, a Yellow-rumped Warbler at Carver Park, and 16 Purple Finches at Rapids Lake MVNWR. _________________________________________________________________ Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Oooops From: Tom Thomsen <tomthomsen2 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:52:32 -0600 I forwarded the info I received about Eagles to a friend, and it ended up back here somehow. Sorry, Tom Thomsen P.S. Thanks for the quick replies. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: Visitors Want to see Bald Eagles From: Art <bigwood AT centurytel.net> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:21:46 -0600 > Hi, > > I was asked by a friend for good Bald Eagle sighting locations on Thanksgiving weekend. They inquired about Lake City and farther south along the Mississippi on that weekend. I didn't know if the large numbers would be there yet. Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Tom Thomsen Pool 8 south of La Crosse. Hundereds of Eagles plus thousands of Tundra Swans. and waterfowl of all kinds. No better time to get down there. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Visitors Want to see Bald Eagles From: Tom Thomsen <tomthomsen2 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:04:08 -0600 Hi, I was asked by a friend for good Bald Eagle sighting locations on Thanksgiving weekend. They inquired about Lake City and farther south along the Mississippi on that weekend. I didn't know if the large numbers would be there yet. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tom Thomsen _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Swans From: David Alden <dalden4780 AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:10:08 -0600 Small flocks of swans have been observed in the northeast bay of Schmidt Lake, Plymouth for the past week. Are they tundra or trumpeter swans? The group sizes have ranged from two to eight or ten. David Alden Plymouth _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: First year Downy primary coverts From: "dan&erika" <danerika AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:11:55 -0600 Hi All-- On my blog, http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com I've posted how you might be able to age Downy Woodpeckers in the field. They do not molt their juvenile primary coverts. This should also apply to other North American woodpeckers. enjoy. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika AT gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Duluth RBA 11/12/09 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:23:23 -0600 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 12th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A potential first state record BLACK GUILLEMOT was found on the 7th by Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekend group at Taconite Harbor in Cook County. Unfortunately it was found dead on the morning of the 8th. Mike Hendrickson reported two first-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, three first-cycle ICELAND GULLS, three first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULLS, and four first-cycle THAYER'S GULLS on the 12th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. Erik Brunke had an ICELAND GULL at Canal Park on the 7th. Ben Yokel and others saw five NORTHERN HAWK OWLS on the 8th, including two along Forest Highway 11, six miles east of the Stoney River Forest Road, one bird eleven miles west of the Stoney River Forest Road, one at the junction of St. Louis County Road 16 and CR 110, and two birds along US Highway 53, one mile north of Cotton. Molly Thompson saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 6th along the Laine Road (CR 266) north of the Two Harbors Road (CR 41). Heidi Seeland saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 8th north of Hovland off the Arrowhead Trail (CR 16), just past the Jackson Lake Road in Cook County. Doug Kieser and others saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 8th at the Iron Lake Campground along the Gunflint Trail (CR 12). Doug's group also saw two SPRUCE GROUSE along the Gunflint Trail, about 1.5 miles south of the Lima Mountain Road, and another on the Lima Mountain Road, a half mile in from the Gunflint Trail. Bob Williams saw a group of eight SPRUCE GROUSE on the 9th along FR 170 about a mile east of the Sawbill Trail (CR 2), and a single bird along the Sawbill Trail just south of FR 170. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 19th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 12, 2009 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT q.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:26:20 -0600 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, November 12 , 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. What an unusual week for November in the northwest - warm, windy, and dry. It sure has been a pleasant break, but the weather folks are promising that it won't last another week. Birds are busy at the feeders, but lots of waterfowl still hang around. They may disappear in a day or two. Gretchen Mehmel reported from Norris Camp in the Beltrami Island State Forest of Lake of the Woods County. On November 5, Jeff Birchem found a GREAT GRAY OWL north of Faunce. A flock of RED CROSSBILLS were spotted south of the Norris Campground on November 6. They were feeding on white pine cones. On November 7 Jason Lanning saw 8 SPRUCE GROUSE in the same general area. Gretchen Mehmel saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL a mile north of Mertz Corner on November 8. While in Lake of the Woods County on November 8, Zeann Linder and I saw a few BUFFLEHEADS on Lake of the Woods, and in the rest of the county, RUFFED GROUSE, 10-12 BALD EAGLES, GRAY JAY, and both RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH and WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH were among the species seen. Most interesting sighting in Roseau County on November 8 was a large flock of about 200 AMERICAN CROWS along CR 5. In Beltrami County on November 8, we noted ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and NORTHERN SHRIKE. Zeann Linder and I saw a NORTHERN HARRIER, GREAT HORNED OWL, and NORTHERN SHRIKE at Agassiz NWR on November 8. Here in Pennington County, at our feeder near Thief River Falls, the feeder hosted a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a large flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES in their winter garb. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen by Bruce Flaig at his feeder this week in southern Polk County. Nate Emery sent in a belated report of a GOLDEN EAGLE seen on October 31 three miles east of MN 32 and about 2 miles south of US 2. On November 6, 4 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at Rydell NWR. Thanks to Bruce Flaig, Gretchen Mehmel, and Nate Emery for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, November 19, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Black Scoters in Rice From: Milton Blomberg <mjbflwrmt AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:37 -0600 7:50AM Quickly stopped at Rice WTP (SW of town) and viewed the three Black Scoters still present (in the east pond). Benton County mjb _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Carolina Wren From: "Cal Paulson" <calorie AT hickorytech.net> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:29:46 -0600 We saw the Carolina Wren again today. We see a red breasted nuthatch almost daily. Delores Paulson 6 miles south of Mankato Blue Earth County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northern Shrike in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County From: Refsnider <refsn001 AT tc.umn.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:50:20 -0600 At 10:30 this morning I was checking the Miss. R. level at the boat ramp in River Park, in the city of Brooklyn Park, when I noticed a NORTHERN SHRIKE catching insects in the restored prairie, which is immediately northwest of the boat ramp. The shrike was hunting from the small trees near the parking lot that is at the end of the 83rd Ave. access to River Park. It was close enough that I had a good view of its mask, bill, and insect prey without getting out of my car. Ron Refsnider _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: put on file From: Forest Strnad <prairiefal AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:44:14 -0800 (PST) Greetings:  How do I get this put on my list of addresses?  I have a new computer. Forest Strnad _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Birding about the Metro From: "Steve Weston" <sweston2 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:20:39 -0600 As I drove on I-494 by the airport, a Rock Pigeon flew erratically across the road. As it gained altitude, the other bird twisted lower. It was a larger falcon, undoubtedly a Peregrine. At 60mph I was unable to watch the resolution of this drama, but even with the distance between the two birds, the pigeon's choice of gaining altitude was probably a fatal maneuver. I stopped by Purgatory Creek pond behind the Flagship buildings in Eden Prairie. Among the hundreds of honkers, I easily found a Cackling Goose and suspect that many more were tucked away resting. The cattails along the shore were silent. I was only able to dig out a solitary chickadee. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 AT comcast.net _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Many Goldeneye + mink, Ramsey County From: KCTEPO00 <KCTEPO00 AT smumn.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:42 -0600 This morning there were 75-100 Goldeneye on Lake Vadnais. I could not pick out any Barrow's, I presume they were all Common. Also, sunning itself on some rocks along the road/path right next to me was a cute sleepy mink! A nice surprise to see on a pretty quiet day--only migrants I found in the trees were Golden-Crowned Kinglets and a creeper or two. Kyle TePoel St. Paul _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: MRVAC Auction Thursday From: "Steve Weston" <sweston2 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:07:36 -0600 Where: Our annual fundraising silent auction, live auction and bake sale will be held at REI Bloomington 750 American Blvd W - Bloomington, MN 55420-1059 When: Thursday November 19, 2009 6:00-9:00 pm 6:00 pm Drop off auction donations, purchase treats at the Buy-Now-Bake-Sale section, check out other items and enjoy refreshments 6:30 pm Silent auction bidding opens, refreshments continue 7:00 – 8:15 pm Live auction 8:15 – 8:45 pm check out and clean up (we have to be out of the building by 8:50) Why: Raise money for the Refuge (including funding interns and providing bussing for students) and other environmental education projects. Who: You and your friends. Please come to the Auction and buy something. We will have items in every price range. If you can donate something to sell, wonderful! Get some of your holiday shopping done, have fun and raise money to support a variety of environmental education projects. There will be items in a wide price range – for example q Spotting scope and tripod: Vortex Skyline 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope donated by Eagle Optics (list price $648) q Front row seat at Wood-duck jump party q Books q Home-made goodies: bread, cookies, candy and jams q Produce (apples, squash) q Gift certificates for local businesses q Sharp-Tailed Grouse habitat tour and blind time for 4, next spring in north-central Minnesota * Old Log Theater tickets * Half-day birding with Bob Janssen * Owl prowl with Steve Weston to find Long-eared and Saw-whet Owls Steve Weston MRVAC Program Chair _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Evening Grosbeaks From: Gkuyava AT aol.com Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:25:28 EST A small flock of 6 showed up today. They spent quite a bit of time here so maybe they will stay a while. The Red-bellied Woodpecker returned several times today, I have had a large flock of Rusty Blackbirds here for the better part of the month of Oct. They are gone now but I do not recall having 50 or more for such a long time. In contrast I had only 1 Brewers Blackbird here all fall. Gary Kuyava in NE Duluth. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: question about birding in Minneapolis From: Annie Lindsay Crary <andrealindsay AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:04:01 -0500 Hi MN birders! I'm going to be in Minneapolis for Thanksgiving (Nov. 25-29) and I'd like to get outside to do some birding. I'd like to see whatever is out there, but things like Bohemian Waxwings, redpolls, grosbeaks, northern owls would be "lifers" for me (anything that might not come as far south as southwestern PA). A friend of mine who grew up in Minnesota isn't sure if the boreal birds will be around as early as Thanksgiving, but it might be worth a try to look. This is my first visit to Minnesota, so I don't know any good birding spots. I'll be staying with my sister-in-law near St. Mary's Cemetery and likely won't have unlimited access to a car. Does anyone have birding-location suggestions for places around Minneapolis where I might have good luck? Thanks! Annie Crary andrealindsay AT hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Find the right PC with Windows 7 and Windows Live. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/pc-scout/laptop-set-criteria.aspx?cbid=wl&filt=200,2400,10,19,1,3,1,7,50,650,2,12,0,1000&cat=1,2,3,4,5,6&brands=5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16&addf=4,5,9&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:112009 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Red bellied Woodpecker From: Gkuyava AT aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:40:57 EST A lone female showed up at my feeders today in the afternoon. It came back 3 times and seemed to try almost all the feeders including one that is only a few inches off the ground holding corn and millet. This is only the third time one has appeared here is 42 years, This fall migration has been very uneventful. Many sparrows never showed up at all and the only unusual bird is mentioned above. No Lincolns, swamp, clay colored and almost no Tree Sparrows. On the other hand, Fox sparrows were very common staying on till just a couple of days ago. Gary Kuyava in NE Duluth_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Lyon County From: "ssmorton" <ssstnnph AT mvtvwireless.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:40:15 -0600 13 Tundra swans on Cottonwood Lake today 11/8. Sue Morton _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: HOSP problems From: Susan Kennedy <smkennedy_mn AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:44:11 -0800 (PST) There is a flock of about 50 House Sparrows in my neighborhood, encouraged by neighbors who inadvertently provide housing and food for them.  I have fed safflower seed for many years, with the idea that squirrels and "junk birds" didn't like it.  However, in the last few years, the House Sparrows have acquired a taste for safflower seed, so they are frequent visitors to my feeders.  The owner of store where I buy the seed told me other customers have told him the HOSP have also switched to eating safflower -- a testament to their adaptability.  I have resigned myself to the fact that they eat the expensive safflower seed, but thought I would ask if anyone has suggestions to limit this feeding.   And recently I have a second problem with HOSP.  After a year of having it, they have found my peanut feeder, and are fattening up on peanuts.  The feeder is designed with a center holder for either 2 suet cakes or peanuts, and a surrounding cage of 1.5 inch sq. wire.  Up until now, only chickadees used it, even though it has been advertised to allow Downys and Hairys to use it.  But the HOSP go inside the outer cage and are chowing down in large numbers.  I have thought about adding new fencing to the outer cage to allow only Chickadees in, but I would have to find such wire (maybe poultry fencing?), and am not sure I could get it to work.  I had hoped that the 1.5 inch sq. wire on the peanut feeder would finally attract the attention of the Downys and Hairys who frequent my suet feeder, but that may never happen after a year of peanut feeding.   Any suggestions on this issue would be welcome.  I really don't like to be outsmarted by a tiny bird.   Susan in Minneapolis   _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: birding about the metro From: "Steve Weston" <sweston2 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:03:00 -0600 Friday: south of Forest Lake - a flock of about 50 snow buntings. When I first caught sight of them, they were landing by the edge of a large puddle. I thought they were peeps. Saturday: beautiful warm day. The bugs were out and the Cedar Waxwings were hawking above the lake and above the treetops. They were also gleening insects in an oak tree. I saw one or two mourning cloaks. These butterflies will winter over as adults and are often the last seen in the fall and the first to venture out in the spring. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 AT comcast.net_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Peregine Falcon in Lake Elmo & Snowy Owl at Crex From: "Tammy Wolfe" <twolfe_birder AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:20:56 -0600 Two days ago I watched a Peregrine Falcon in a tree behind my house. It was eating a Cedar Waxwing. Today at Crex Meadows in Grantsburg, WI there was a Snowy Owl sitting on a platform. Tammy Wolfe Lake Elmo _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Townsend's Solitaires (Orrock) From: "Milton Blomberg" <MJBFLWRMT AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:35:11 -0600 Upon arriving at 8:30AM this morning, two Townsend's Solitaires were easily found in the aspen-red cedar grove at the Ann Lake road location. Then another and perhaps one more showed up. Walking in there, I was able to confirm a third one, but not a fourth. They were vocalizing a lot, a soft bluebird-like twitter and perching in other like groves a few hundred yards south. Also present a few Cedar Waxwings and Starlings, also vocalizing. Wear Orange! mjb _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Carver County Golden Eagle From: John Cyrus <cyrus150 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:29:06 +0000 An adult Golden Eagle was at the Rapids Lake MVNWR this morning. When I first came upon him he was fairly low over the grassland of the refuge towards the hunters lot as you drive in towards the visitors center. He ascended following the grassland toward the northwest. I wonder if this is the same bird reported earlier in the week at Bass Ponds. Other birds of interest today were Harris's, Song, Swamp Sparrow, and a flock of around 60 Snow Geese that flew over Spring Peeper Meadow heading southwest. A Rough-legged Hawk was at Rapids Lake on Tuesday this week, and there were stlll some Bluebirds and an Orange-crowned Warbler at Carver Park on Thursday. Lake Waconia yesterday was emptier except for a couple Common Loon, some coot, a few distant duck, and scattered gulls on the center of the lake. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Carolina Wren From: "Cal Paulson" <calorie AT hickorytech.net> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:24:47 -0600 Around noon today a Carolina Wren investigated a couple of sunflower feeders, the peanut feeder and the heated bird bath. After taking a sip of water it flew into a nearby cedar tree. That's the last we saw of it although we didn't have a great deal of time to bird watch today. We'll be keeping an eye out tomorrow. Delores Paulson 6 miles south of Mankato Blue Earth County_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Birding around the Metro From: "Steve Weston" <sweston2 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:38:56 -0600 Last Saturday I had a chevron of about 20 to 30 Tundra Swans high overhead flying SSE over my yard. I have seen Trumpeters most times I cross the Minnesota River, including one group of 12 that probably represented two or three family groups. I also found a group of three Trumpeters on a small pond a mile or so east of Waconia. A fast and dirty way to differentiate Tundras from Trumpeters is that Tundras migrate in flocks of 30 to 50, whereas Trumpeters migrate in family groups of two to six or so. that is not to say that family group of Trumpeters might not be in the same area with a flock of Tundras. And, a single bird could be anything. PS.... not all the swans have read this yet. I also found three Mute Swans hanging around the Treasure Island casino on Wednesday. I would not be surprised if they were not the decision makes on that location. I had a brief look at a Shrike that streaked across the road in front of my pick-up a few miles this side of the casino. I am fairly confident that it was a Northern. I got a better look at a Northern Shrike that afternoon on the south side of Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. Driving around this time of year, I am disheartened by the extend of proliferation of Eurasian Buckthorn. these invasives stick out with their green leaves contrasting to our bare or brown-leafed native plants. All that green understory in the forest and brush is buckthorn. If you see any green plant this time of year, it is probably not native to the Americas. About a week ago I found an awesome "plant" growing profusely near Stillwater along the St. Croix: lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria). It is classified as lichen, and is actually composed of three symbotic participants: a fungus, an algae, an a cyanobacterium. Because it is sensative to sulphur dioxide pollution it is an excellant indicator of prime ecosystem health. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 AT comcast.net _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Duluth RBA 11/5/09 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:24:05 -0600 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 5th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. An immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen by Mike Hendrickson and Peder Svingen on the 31st on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, and THAYER'S GULLS have also been reported during the past week at the Superior Entry and Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw a PARASITIC JAEGER on the 4th from the first parking lot at Wisconsin Point. Peder also saw WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, SURF SCOTER, and five BLACK SCOTERS on the 4th in the Duluth Harbor near the rowing club. Cameron Rutt saw two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, five SURF SCOTERS, and four BLACK SCOTERS on the 3rd at 21st Avenue East. He also saw a late ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on the 3rd at 13th Street on Park Point, and a late BROAD-WINGED HAWK and TURKEY VULTURE on the 5th at 60th Avenue East. On the 2nd Cameron saw a COMMON REDPOLL in Castle Danger and on the 5th he had 88 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and 14 EVENING GROSBEAKS at 60th Avenue East. Kim Eckert saw a late NASHVILLE WARBLER on the 5th along the West Kent Road near UMD. Several NORTHERN HAWK OWLS have been reported during the past week, including a flyby at the Hawk Ridge main overlook on the 31st. Jan Green found one on the 3rd in Duluth Township, west of the Duluth Town Hall at 1818 Shilhon Road (CR 255). Dave Carman saw one on the 2nd along US Highway 53 in Melrude, about a half mile south of the West Melrude Road (CR 59). Debbie Waters found one on the 5th in Aitkin County along the Hedbom Forest Road, 2.2 miles west of the eastern end of the road. Jim Brinegar saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 30th along Lake County Road 2, two miles north of CR 14. Dave, Pam, and Lars Benson saw a PACIFIC LOON and five WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on the 31st at Chicago Bay in Hovland, Cook County. They saw two BLACK SCOTERS on the 1st at Paradise Beach and a late EASTERN PHOEBE at Grand Portage State Park. Kim Eckert and others saw WHITE- WINGED SCOTERS and BLACK SCOTERS at Paradise Beach on the weekend of the 31st, as well as small numbers of LONG-TAILED DUCKS between Good Harbor Bay and Paradise Beach. They had a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL in Grand Marais and a late PHILADELPHIA VIREO at Grand Portage State Park. The SURF SCOTER at the Silver Bay marina was still present on the 31st. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 12th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 5, 2009 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT q.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:31 -0600 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, November 5, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. We are currently having a reprieve from the cold temperatures , and it has been dry for the last couple of days. Migration is drawing to a close, but there are still many waterfowl in the area. On November 1, Tom and Sheryl Smith saw a WESTERN MEADOWLARK southwest of Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County. >From western Polk County, Sandy Aubol reported the first two COMMON REDPOLLS on November 2 and a PILEATED WOODPECKER on November 3 in her yard in East Grand Forks.Other species she saw this week included SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN. Shelley Steva reported a MERLIN in Oklee in Red Lake County on November 5. A NORTHERN CARDINAL was spotted by John Braastad in Thief River Falls in Pennington County this week. Maggie Anderson reported from Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on November 5. 90 HOODED MERGANSERS, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS, and 6 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on headquarters pool. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Pool 21. Other species mentioned included one WILSON'S SNIPE, one AMERICAN WOODCOCK, several BALD EAGLES, and two dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. Gretchen Mehmel in Lake of the Woods County observed SPRUCE GROUSE, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, RUFFED GROUSE, BALD EAGLES, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, NORTHERN SHRIKE, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the Beltrami Island State Forest this week. Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel, John Braastad, Maggie Anderson, Sandy Aubol, Shelley Steva, and Tom and Sheryl Smith for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, November 12, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Pileated Woodpecker banded From: "dan&erika" <danerika AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:47:06 -0600 Hi All-- I have posted a report on Erika and my banding a Pileated Woodpecker at Northfield today. The score was bander 1, woodpecker 1. See details at http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com I agree, by the way, with Mike Hendrickson's recent comment that birding has been slow--at least it has at my banding sites this fall. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika AT gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: evening grosbeaks, cook co., gunflint trail From: kkelnberger AT boreal.org Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:51:25 -0600 On Sunday, a pair of evening grosbeaks make a brief visit to our sunflower feeders until blue jays chased them away. Today, five males were chowing on sunflower seeds until a squirrel chased them away. I'm hoping that the lure of easy food will keep the grosbeaks in the area. Yesterday, I saw two beautiful rough -legged hawks on the way up the trail from town. I've seen small flocks of snow buntings on the trail, as well. -- Boreal Access Web Mailer _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: evening grosbeaks, Cook Co. Gunflint trail From: kkelnberger AT boreal.org Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:43:10 -0600 -- Boreal Access Web Mailer _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Crex Meadows - Rough-legged Hawks, Sandhill Cranes (late) From: "Erika Sitz" <esitz AT goldengate.net> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:00:08 -0600 I don't remember if anyone has posted about them in Minnesota yet, but we saw two Rough-legged Hawks at Crex Meadows on Sat afternoon. We also saw two Bald Eagles, several Northern Harriers, and a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Waterfowl included six Trumpeter Swans, 5 Hooded Mergansers, one Pied-billed Grebe, lots of Canada geese, but not many Mallards. (I'm not sure of the status of Wisconsin hunting seasons.) There was a small flock of Tree Sparrows by the pump house; looked for, but saw no Short-eared Owls there. Lots of Juncos but not many other small birds, one Fox Sparrow for certain and two probably Song Sparrows. And we watched at least a couple thousand Sandhill Cranes come in to roost along Main Dike Road - don't think I'll ever get tired of that show. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Wild Turkeys, Ramsey, Anoka County From: "Erika Sitz" <esitz AT goldengate.net> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:27:44 -0600 My husband just called informing me that on the way to work about 8:30am he saw eight Wild Turkeys cross Sunfish Lake Blvd [CR57] from Sunfish Lake to the closed Waste Management property, at the top of the hill after the S-curve, about one mile north of US10. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Crosby Park, St. Paul, today From: linda whyte <birds AT moosewoods.us> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:27:27 -0600 This afternoon's exercise walk put me in the expected avian company, with a few "specials" added in: a brown creeper, working its industrious way up a tree on the riverside path; 5 shovelers feeding at the shoreline on the north side of the big lake, giving nice looks at their plumage in the waning sunlight; and a fox sparrow, who paused on the hillside of the big lake to engage in a stare-down from over his shoulder, before yielding to my greater admiration. Linda Whyte "There are only two things of lasting value that we can give our children: one is roots, and the other is wings." (Pennsylvania Dutch) (in memoriam Mom, an anchor in the hurricanes of life, and the lift under the wings of so many dreams) _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Old Cedar prothonotary warbler From: linda whyte <birds AT moosewoods.us> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:45:37 -0600 The prothonotary warbler reported previously at Old Cedar Avenue was seen again this afternoon by Laura Coble, Sue Plankis, and me in the same location: on the Bluff Trail, west of the parking lot, between the second and third boardwalks. It was feeding actively at ground level, beneath a large tree on the bluff side of the main path. This tree was just beside a smaller, auxiliary path that ascends toward the bluff-top. Thanks go to Ruth, for the original post, and also Mark, the self-described list-lurker ;-) who was there with us and helped us find it (congratulations on your lifer and photos). Also present were a female redstart which was feeding with the prothonotary, some golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets further to the west, and two juvenile sapsuckers on the big peninsula by the stream. On the water, several trumpeter swans were present, as were some shovelers, and many pintails. There were many coots, and some of them were hunted by a mature bald eagle that made repeated and prolonged forays into the water. Two young eagles were present and watching---perhaps a lesson in progress. Llinda Whyte _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Golden Eagle - MVNWR From: "Bruce Baer" <saqqara AT worldnet.att.net> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:08:52 -0600 BlankThis morning an adult Golden Eagle was in the vicinity of the Bass Ponds. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Carver County From: John Cyrus <cyrus150 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:37:32 +0000 This morning I saw my first of season flock of Tundra Swans(42) flying east over Carver Park. It looked like they may have been coming in to land, as they were fairly low. Waterfowl this morning were Trumpeter Swan, Cackling Goose(1), Canada Geese, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Redhead, Bufflehead, Hooded, Common Merganser, and Coot. Earlier this week on Lake Waconia there was a large raft of Ruddy Ducks(around 140) and American Coot with a few Lesser Scaup and Redhead. That same evening several Bonaparte's Gull flew into roost with the many Ring-billed. I checked again later in the week and only found a few hundred Coot. Also new for the fall this week was a Northern Pintail at Chevalle. On Tuesday along the rural Cty. roads of southwestern Carver County, I found an American Kestrel, Merlin, and Northern Shrike each along a different road. Lingering migrants at Carver Park this morning were Golden-crowned, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Fox, Song, Swamp, and White-throated Sparrow. The Barred Owl was out and a Bald Eagle was hunting the lakes in the area. Several Purple Finches were back at the Rapids Lake MVNWR feeders yesterday, and a Lincoln's Sparrow was still near the visitors center. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northern Hawk Owl, Hawk Ridge, Duluth From: "Debbie Waters" <dwaters AT hawkridge.org> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:41:07 -0500 Hi folks, For the second time this fall a Northern Hawk Owl has been sighted at/from the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve in Duluth. Today's bird was located at approximately 5:05pm (CDT) by counter Karl Bardon. It was flying southwest along the shoreline of Lake Superior, then changed course and headed toward the main overlook, then turned again and flew southeast in the direction of Park Point/Wisconsin Point. What a WONDERFUL bird to finish the education staff's season with! Happy HawkOwleen! (groan) Debbie ____________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 dwaters AT hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org Bringing kids and birds together. Over 7,000 times in 2008. Become a MEMBER and support our educational efforts! "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." - Michael Scott, The Office _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Snow Buntings, Dakota Cty From: "Laura Coble" <shearwater45 AT frontiernet.net> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:07:25 -0500 Today around noon I enjoyed seeing a small flock of 11 Snow Buntings. They were feeding along the road in an industrial park area with large open fields, about a mile northeast of Randolph, MN, west of hwy 56. They must have blown in with the wind yesterday, and they landed very close to my car, so were easily observed. Laura Coble Cannon Falls_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Golden Eagle From: "john hamer" <johndhamer AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:46:02 -0500 On Thursday evening I was coming around Lake Minnetonka on County road 15 when I saw an eagle headed right over the road. He was low and I could see him quite well. His wings were set flat and he was just cruising. It was enormous. It was majestic. It was a golden eagle. I have spent a lot of time in Colorado on the west slope watching eagles and also taking raptor surveys by helicoptor and this thing could not have been an American eagle. It had no white anywhere. It didn't have the white tail or the window panes under the wings so it wasn't a first year golden. It was an older enormous bird. It felt so good to see a golden again. John Hamer_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Duluth RBA 10/29/09 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28:46 -0500 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 29th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A first-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on the 27th by Karl Bardon on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry, and relocated on the 28th by Mike Hendrickson. Mike also saw a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL on the 28th. Kim Eckert saw a first-cycle THAYER'S GULL at Canal Park on the 28th, and a LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 26th at the Park Point rowing club. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on the 28th at 36th Street on bay side of Park Point. Cameron Rutt saw seven WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and two BLACK SCOTERS on the 23rd at Paradise Beach in Cook County, and eight LONG-TAILED DUCKS along MN Highway 61 between mile markers 117 and 118. He also saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and a late BLUE-HEADED VIREO on the 28th along the Mt. Maude Trail at Grand Portage, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE on the 26th at Castle Danger. Renner Anderson found a SURF SCOTER on the 24th at the Silver Bay marina. Dee Kuder saw PINE GROSBEAKS on the 24th at Crane Lake in northern St. Louis County. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 5th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 29, 2009 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT q.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:22:57 -0500 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 29, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. The temperatures have been pleasant this week and we have sure enjoyed it, but today has been dark, drizzly, and there is promise of snow to come. Leaves may now come down, as many have been hanging on and colors are drab this fall. Migration is drawing to a close. We still see migrating hawks, but more and more the wintering rough-legged hawks are starting to appear. Sandhill Cranes are massing for the migration and can be seen in any suitable location. >From Zippel Bay State Park in Lake of the Woods County, Susan Olin reported a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the feeding station there on October 25. Larry Wilebski observed GREAT EGRET, GREAT BLUE HERON, several EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, many DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and the first flock of SNOW BUNTINGS on October 27 at his place northwest of Lancaster in Kittson County. Here in Pennington County, a small flock of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS visited our yard on October 24. One WHITE-THROATED SPARROW remained in the yard that day.West of Thief River Falls could be found a number of SANDHILL CRANES, and one ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted along CR 8. On October 29, Zeann Linder reported a large number of SANDHILL CRANES along CR 12 near its intersection with CR 3. On October 24, in Polk County, I saw a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, several BALD EAGLES and RED-TAILED HAWKS, one SWAINSON'S HAWK, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. On that day, Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and HARRIS'S SPARROW among others at her feeder. Beau Shroyer found two BLACK SCOTERS on North Stakke Lake south of Lake Park on October 22. These birds were only viewable from a boat on this private lake in Becker County. Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Larry Wilebski, Sandy Aubol, Susan Olin, and Zeann Linder for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, November 5, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Jim Williams Blog has moved From: "Larry Sirvio" <lmsirvio AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:36:35 -0600 OK - Now it makes sense. Jim Williams Blog moved. See Ron Windingstad's email. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Windingstad To: lmsirvio AT comcast.net ; mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:22 PM Subject: RE: [mnbird] Jim Williams Blog Here is the Link to Jim's last post - http://www.startribune.com/blogs/wingnut.html and he continues to post at least weekly Ron W -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lmsirvio AT comcast.net To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:35:46 -0600 Subject: [mnbird] Jim Williams Blog Does anyone know what happened to Jim Williams Blog? He hasn't posted on his Wingnut blog for quite a while. Did Strib blow him away??? Larry S_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: Jim Williams Blog From: Ron Windingstad <ronw44 AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:57 +0000 Here is the Link to Jim's last post - http://www.startribune.com/blogs/wingnut.html and he continues to post at least weekly Ron W From: lmsirvio AT comcast.net To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:35:46 -0600 Subject: [mnbird] Jim Williams Blog Does anyone know what happened to Jim Williams Blog? He hasn't posted on his Wingnut blog for quite a while. Did Strib blow him away??? Larry S _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Jim Williams Blog From: "Larry Sirvio" <lmsirvio AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:35:46 -0600 Does anyone know what happened to Jim Williams Blog? He hasn't posted on his Wingnut blog for quite a while. Did Strib blow him away??? Larry S_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Birds in Art From: "dan&erika" <danerika AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:17:28 -0500 Hi All-- On a spur-of-the-moment impulse, Erika and I drove to Wausau, Wisconsin's, Woodson Museum's "Birds in Art" exhibition. We were amazed by the quality and quantity of the bird art on display--well worth the drive from Minnesota--about 4 hours from Northfield, probably less from the Cities. For more information, see http://www.lywam.org but be warned that this, the museum's website, does not adequately convey the quality of their show! There was no entrance fee. The show runs until November 15th. dan and erika -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika AT gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Flicker at the feeder From: "Liz Stanley" <liz AT lizstanley.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:23 -0500 (CDT) Caught a nice looking male flicker on the feedercam this morning: http://www.pbase.com/image/118768610 . First one I've had in the yard this year. -- Liz Stanley Bloomington, MN liz AT lizstanley.com Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: mnbird Digest, Vol 36, Issue 4 From: "john hamer" <johndhamer AT frontiernet.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:12:28 -0500 Susan: I have always used the common square suet feeder that just fits one block of suet. This year I bought a 3 block feeder because we have a pileated woodpecker that uses our feeders. There are new suet block holders with a tail board hanging off the bottom which is supposed to make it easier but the woodpeckers don't seem to mind. The pileated came in and used a one square suet feeder. There are some blocks of suet that look like crumbly dough. The woodpeckers don't seem to like those as well. I turn the packages over to see what the content looks like. The best ones are the ones that look like white lard with whatever else they put in. I get the Downys, Hairy, Red bellied and pileated at my feeders. Good luck, John Hamer ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:46 AM Subject: mnbird Digest, Vol 36, Issue 4 > Send mnbird mailing list submissions to > mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mnbird-request AT lists.mnbird.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mnbird-owner AT lists.mnbird.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mnbird digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Chimney Swifts- Ramsey Cty/Dakota Cty (Jim Ryan) > 2. Hermit Thrush young (dan&erika) > 3. Trumpeter Swans (JOHN M GRUNDHOFER) > 4. Becker Co. shorebirds (Beau Shroyer) > 5. Black-throated Blue Warbler/Rice Co. (dan&erika) > 6. Duluth (jerry stanley) > 7. L. Nokomis Mpls - Bonaparte's Gulls etc (Diana Doyle) > 8. Houston County Monday 10/19 (carol schumacher) > 9. Anoka County Surf Scoter still present 10/21 (Doug Kieser) > 10. Sharon Stiteler speaking tonight (Steve Weston) > 11. Any falconers missing a hawk? (Liz Stanley) > 12. Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 22, > 2009 (Jeanie Joppru) > 13. Duluth RBA 10/22/09 (Jim Lind) > 14. Nashville warbler Duluth (svdbosse AT gmail.com) > 15. Black Scoters, Becker Co. (Beau Shroyer) > 16. Stearns County (Sylvia Winkelman) > 17. Almost November (Carl Greiner) > 18. feeder help (Susan Kennedy) > 19. Re: feeder help (dan&erika) > 20. Carver County (John Cyrus) > 21. Lake Byllesby, Dakota and Goodhue Cty (Laura Coble) > 22. Banding Today (R.D. Everhart) > 23. Surf Scoter, Lake County (Doug Kieser) > 24. Bird of Note (Brian and Cindy Drill) > 25. Freeborn county surf scoter refound (james otto) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:48:27 -0500 > From: Jim Ryan > To: Mou-net , MNBird List Serv > > Subject: [mnbird] Chimney Swifts- Ramsey Cty/Dakota Cty > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yesterday evening, I noticed several chimney swifts over pickerel lake, > which straddles Southern Ramsey and Northern Dakota Counties. > > I thought this was quite late in the year for them. > > > -- > Sincerely, > > Jim Ryan > Saint Paul's Westside > -- > We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from > imagination > than from reality - Lucius Annaeus Seneca > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:51:15 -0500 > From: "dan&erika" > To: mnbird , Ricebird > > Subject: [mnbird] Hermit Thrush young > Message-ID: > <7d37af720910191751n48f6750dke8674616ac991739 AT mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi All-- > > I have been banding a lot of Hermit Thrushes this fall. Here is how you > can > tell their age-- > > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com/ > > dan > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://danerika.googlepages.com/home > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > danerika AT gmail.com > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:10:27 -0600 > From: "JOHN M GRUNDHOFER" > To: > Subject: [mnbird] Trumpeter Swans > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Late this afternoon while I was raking leaves 5 trumpeter swans flew over. > As they flew over they were talking to each other. > What an impressive site. > > > Connie Grundhofer > Lino Lakes, Anoka Co. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:14:37 -0500 > From: Beau Shroyer > To: , > Subject: [mnbird] Becker Co. shorebirds > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Yesterday evening, 10-19-09, at Hamden Slough NWR there were several dozen > shorebirds on Hass wetland east of the headquarters. There is a large > mudflat near the road on both sides. > > > > Mostly W. Snipe > > at least one white-rumped > > one either black bellied or a. golden > > one pectoral > > several dowitchers (after being corrected on my last dowitcher post, I > guess they must be L.B.) > > Probably others? > > > > Again, may be worth checking out if you're in the area. I'd say close to > 100 individuals. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:03:39 -0500 > From: "dan&erika" > To: Ricebird , mou-net AT lists.umn.edu, > mnbird > Subject: [mnbird] Black-throated Blue Warbler/Rice Co. > Message-ID: > <7d37af720910201003o384fd808k4f0761a368e90a02 AT mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi All-- > > This noon I banded and released a Black-throated Blue Warbler in > Northfield, > Rice Co. I posted a photo on the Recently Seen MOU website and on my > blog: > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com/ > > dan > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://danerika.googlepages.com/home > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > danerika AT gmail.com > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:31:50 -0400 > From: jerry stanley > To: > Subject: [mnbird] Duluth > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Park Point > 2 Harris' sparrow > 1 chipping sparrow > > Erie Pier > 1 Nashville warbler > 1 Savannah sparrow > > > Jerry Stanley > 170 Keith Lane > Franklin PA 16323 > bhnsjerry AT hotmail.com > 814-432-4496 > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:47:06 -0500 > From: Diana Doyle > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU, mnbird > Subject: [mnbird] L. Nokomis Mpls - Bonaparte's Gulls etc > Message-ID: > <82B1C243-7E83-4097-905D-D81E158E6F7A AT managingthewaterway.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > > About seven Bonaparte's gulls have been hanging out on the main beach > (west side) of Lake Nokomis with the flock of ring-billeds and a > couple of herring gulls for the past couple of days. > > Not a super exciting sighting, but in this weather... > > When they're not on the beach it's fun to watch their surface-feeding > technique and see their beautiful upper wing patterns in flight (at > least several are adults). > >Otherwise slow the past few days on L. Hiawatha/ L. Nokomis: a handful > of n. shovelers, ruddy ducks, buffleheads, pied-billed grebes. > > Other recent migrant arrivals in the area: winter wrens and fox > sparrows in numbers. > > Diana Doyle > S. Minneapolis > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:26:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: carol schumacher > To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] Houston County Monday 10/19 > Message-ID: <774587.59745.qm AT web51807.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > It was a sunny warm and glorious Monday. Fred Lesher and I enjoyed birding > the Mississippi from LaCrescent to New Albin IA (where we saw a few > shorebirds.) Near LaCrescent on Winona County 1 we had 9 Wild > Turkeys...with their blue gleaming. > > On the River we enjoyed several (I did not hear Tundra and many swans were > far out)Trumpeter Swans. I did not hear Tundra and many swans were far > out. Around Brownsville and at Wildcat Landing we saw a Tree Swallow > flock, over 30 Wilson's Snipe, many E. Bluebirds singing and heading > south, Fox and White-throated Sparrows, Purple Finch FOS, a Yellow-rumped > Warbler. On the River in MN/WI there were many American White Pelicans > far and wide as well as N. Pintail and Green-winged Teal up close. The two > birding pull-offs are great. At Houston Co 14 and MN 26 we had > Sharp-shinned Hawks 3, Cooper's Hawks 3, Red-tailed Hawks 6, and several > Bald Eagles in every plumage. > > Good birding all...when the rain stops. Carol > > > carol schumacher winona,mn on the mississippi > > Never do I send attachments, photos, or files > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:48:04 -0500 > From: Doug Kieser > To: "'MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU'" , > "'mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net'" > Subject: [mnbird] Anoka County Surf Scoter still present 10/21 > Message-ID: > <98E947CCE7AB284097CBDC2D3537D33C41C7E7576B AT POPE-CCR.clynch.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The female Surf Scoter found yesterday by Bill Litkey on Peltier Lake near > Centerville was still present late this afternoon. > It continues to be most easily observed from Peltier Lake Drive on the > east side of the lake. > Also present were a few Bonaparte's Gulls, 50 Tree Swallows, and quite a > few Mallard decoys. > > Doug Kieser > Minneapolis > > > This message contains information which may be confidential and > privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to > receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, > disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained > in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise > the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:57:59 -0500 > From: "Steve Weston" > To: "mnbird" , "Mou-net" > > Subject: [mnbird] Sharon Stiteler speaking tonight > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Tonight (10/ 22/09): Birding Kazakhstan by Sharon Stiteler > (www.birdchick.com) > > Sharon is an entertaining and enthusiastic speaker. Hear her stories about > how she was sent to Kazakhstan and what she saw there. This meeting will > be held at REI Bloomington store just south of 494 near Lyndale Ave at 750 > American Blvd. W, Bloomington. Join us at 7:00 pm for cookies and social > hour and 7:30 pm for the speaker. The meeting is free and open to the > public. Remember that the Lyndale bridge over I-494 is closed as are the > exits. Use the Nicolet Avenue exit. > > Steve Weston > MRVAC Program Chair > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:22:30 -0500 (CDT) > From: "Liz Stanley" > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > Cc: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] Any falconers missing a hawk? > Message-ID: <2100.75.72.7.235.1256228550.squirrel AT www.lizstanley.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > I was heading over to my credit union when I noticed a young red-tailed > hawk perched on a pole, with what appears to be a jess hanging from its > leg. This was near the Mall of America, on the road between U.S. Federal > Credit Union, and the train station parking garage. It was perched up on a > light post above the road, and I saw it fly down to the ground and back up > a couple of times. I wasn't 100% sure it was a jess, because I didn't have > my good binoculars with me, but whatever it was, it was long and thin, and > definitely attached to the hawk's leg. I watched it for a little while and > it seemed to be flying fine. Just thought I'd mention it, in case someone > was looking for their hawk. I called the Raptor Center, and they didn't > have any reports of a missing hawk. > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=us+federal+credit+union&sll=44.85599,-93.232985&sspn=0.010283,0.020406&ie=UTF8&radius=0.5&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=us+federal+credit+union&hnear=&ll=44.85599,-93.232985&spn=0.010283,0.020406&z=16 > > -- > Liz Stanley > Bloomington, MN > liz AT lizstanley.com > Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ > Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites > Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:16:55 -0500 > From: "Jeanie Joppru" > To: > Subject: [mnbird] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, > October 22, 2009 > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 22, > 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may > also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. > > After an unsettled cool week, the weather is settling down , but it > appears > that many migrants left this week. Variety at the feeders is greatly > reduced > now, and numbers of waterfowl hanging around seems to have increased. > > Beau Shroyer reported that on October 19 several dozen shorebirds could be > seen at Haas Wetland at Hamden Slough in Becker County. Included were one > WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, one PECTORAL SANDPIPER, several LONG-BILLED > DOWITCHERS, but the majority were WILSON'S SNIPE. > > In Polk County on October 16, Sandy Aubol reported that one FOX SPARROW, > several WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and two or three HARRIS'S SPARROWS could > still be found in her yard. > > On October 20 , Zeann Linder saw about 50 SANDHILL CRANES along 150th Ave > in > Pennington County. Here at the feeder this morning there were many > WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and several PURPLE FINCHES. > Most of the sparrows seem to have left this week. > > Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Jim Fitzpatrick, Sandy Aubol, and Zeann Linder for > their reports. > > Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than > Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.com OR > call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit > Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where > the > sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is > Thursday,October 29, 2009. > > Jeanie Joppru > Pennington County, MN > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:48:03 -0500 > From: "Jim Lind" > To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] Duluth RBA 10/22/09 > Message-ID: <4AE0E123.12648.27AD42BA AT localhost> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 > sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > > A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found by Terry Wiens on the 18th at the > top of Ely's Peak in west Duluth. Peder Svingen saw a first-cycle > GLAUCOUS GULL on the 22nd at Canal Park. On the 21st Karl Bardon saw > a RED-THROATED LOON at Canal Park. Mike Hendrickson saw a SURF > SCOTER and a LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 20th on the bay side of Park > Point at 37th Street. > > A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen on the 17th along the Whyte Road (FR > 104) in northern Lake County. I also have a second-hand report of a > Hawk Owl at Hawk Ridge on the 22nd, but I have no additional details. > > A migrating RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen by Cameron Rutt on the 17th > in Cook County along the Sawbill Trail (CR 2). Denny and Barb Martin > found two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and a BLACK SCOTER on the 18th at > Paradise Beach in Cook County, and a SURF SCOTER and a WHITE-WINGED > SCOTER in Grand Marais. They also reported a gray-phase adult > GYRFALCON flying west at Hovland. On the 20th they found a female > LONG-TAILED DUCK at the Castle Danger sewage ponds. > > Jason Caddy found a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 17th in > Carlton County on the west side of MN Highway 33 just south of the > Cloquet hockey arena. He also saw a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on > the 18th at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors. > > The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October > 29th. > > The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. > Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded > message. > > The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota > Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more > information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail > us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:57:27 +0000 > From: svdbosse AT gmail.com > To: MNBird > Subject: [mnbird] Nashville warbler Duluth > Message-ID: <0015177410e8caa78104769c4422 AT google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > > Saw what I think was a late Nashville warbler on the Duluth Lake walk > yesterday, I also saw one Yellow-Rumped warbler and several flocks of > American Tree Sparrows. > Sandra, Duluth > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:46:55 -0500 > From: Beau Shroyer > To: , > Subject: [mnbird] Black Scoters, Becker Co. > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Thursday 10-22-09 I saw two Black scoters on N. Stakke Lake South of Lake > Park, MN. They are only viewable from boat. Private Lake, no access. > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! > http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:23:09 -0500 > From: Sylvia Winkelman > To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] Stearns County > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20091023181900.00bd4fa0 AT mail.comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Birding in Stearns was rewarded with many cedar waxwings especially on the > river at Clearwarer. Also many robins, a good no. of red tailed hawks all > over, a golden crowned kinglet at Stearns Co. Park, and one yellow rumped > warbler. > > SYLVIA WINKELMAN > BROOKLYN CENTER, MN > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:32:10 -0500 > From: "Carl Greiner" > To: "MOUnet" , > Subject: [mnbird] Almost November > Message-ID: <5D262AABC1954B24B62E634BA04FEECD AT DellXPS> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This morning, on my commute, a chilling rain was coming down hard. My cars > thermometer read 36F. My wife and I were discussing how lucky we were to > have that extra 4 degrees. By noon our luck ran out and the rain had > switched to huge, fluffy, wet snowflakes. By quitting time a couple inches > covered the ground. Our commute home passed 3 cars in the ditch and a > semi-truck/pickup truck accident. I also saw several thousand blackbirds > and > a quarter dozen red-tails. Snow.poor driving conditions.birds, It must be > almost time for the Minnesota Christmas Bird Count! > > > > For the past couple years I have nagged you to get out and join a CBC > starting in September and roughly monthly thereafter until the CBC season > opens. This year I have been negligent and it is almost November and I > have > yet to remind anyone of the importance of the CBC. I have not even brought > up the immeasurable fun you would have if you joined a CBC. It reminds me > of > an cartoon someone sent me this week. Two dinosaurs are standing on a > cliff > overlooking the sea. In the distance Noah's Ark is sailing away. One > dinosaur turns to the other and says "Crap, was that today?" It really is > funny if you can see the cartoon. > > > > So shake the mothballs out of your long underwear and head to > http://moumn.org/CBC/index.php and find a location or two or three. and > join > up. Oh and in case you were getting used to my old notifications and am > wondering who cares about 2 inches of snow, dinosaurs, and Noah's Ark. St. > Paul North now leads Bloomington in the Metro Mallard Wars 169,661 to > 165,065. As a side note we only have 26,160 more to go to reach a million > Mallards counted on the CBC. In the past 3 years, we have counted > approximately 25,000, 30,000, and 42,000 Mallards. The odds are good. > Imagine the crowds that would gather around you at the next cocktail party > as you told the story of how you braved the elements to uncover > Minnesota's > millionth Mallard. > > > > > > Feel free to contact me with any CBC related questions or visit > http://moumn.org/CBC or http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/ > > > > > > Carl Greiner > > > > M.O.U CBC Coordinator > > 1616 Hill St. S.W. > > Chatfield, MN. 55923 > > 507-271-8286 > > cgreiner AT mchsi.com > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:40:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: Susan Kennedy > To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] feeder help > Message-ID: <866247.26021.qm AT web38201.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I have a caged peanut feeder with openings of?1.5 in.?sq. that is supposed > to allow in?downy?and hairy woodpeckers? as well chickadees, but only > chickadees use it. > ? > Recently I switched?from plain?suet to peanut suet in my regular-style > suet feeder.???Peanut suet is a very?big hit with many birds, including > downy?and hairy woodpeckers, chickadees and nuthatches,??but is also a > very big?hit with the squirrels.? I thought about getting another > cage-type feeder for the peanut suet, to keep out the squirrels,?but I am > guessing the woodpeckers wouldn't use it.? Does anyone have any experience > with cage suet feeders, and if so, do you get woodpeckers to use it?? What > size are your grid openings in the cage over the suet holder? > ? > Susan in Minneapolis > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:09:40 -0500 > From: "dan&erika" > To: Susan Kennedy > Cc: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: Re: [mnbird] feeder help > Message-ID: > <7d37af720910241009m5358ef6bh4c6d1c48cf14a77a AT mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Here is a photo of a Pileated at our cage feeder: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Woodpeckers#5282726077605775842 > > dan > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Susan Kennedy > wrote: > >> I have a caged peanut feeder with openings of 1.5 in. sq. that is >> supposed >> to allow in downy and hairy woodpeckers as well chickadees, but only >> chickadees use it. >> >> Recently I switched from plain suet to peanut suet in my regular-style >> suet >> feeder. Peanut suet is a very big hit with many birds, including downy >> and >> hairy woodpeckers, chickadees and nuthatches, but is also a very big hit >> with the squirrels. I thought about getting another cage-type feeder for >> the peanut suet, to keep out the squirrels, but I am guessing the >> woodpeckers wouldn't use it. Does anyone have any experience with cage >> suet >> feeders, and if so, do you get woodpeckers to use it? What size are your >> grid openings in the cage over the suet holder? >> >> Susan in Minneapolis >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mnbird mailing list >> mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net >> http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird >> Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s >> >> > > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://danerika.googlepages.com/home > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > danerika AT gmail.com > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 20 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:00:28 +0000 > From: John Cyrus > To: > Subject: [mnbird] Carver County > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Blackbirds were on the move this morning at Chaska Lake MVNWR. I > estimated around 500 of mainly Red-winged in 2 large flocks flying low > heading southwest. It looked like the flocks were coming in for the > morning, as small numbers landed. 8 Rusty Blackbird landed near me, > and I'm pretty sure I saw a few Rusty in the more sparse rear of the > blackbird flocks. Otherwise stragglers this morning were 6 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 Orange-crowned > Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, and a Hermit Thrush. Some more > American Tree Sparrow were back around Chaska Lake, another sign of > winter. Other sparrows seen were Song, Swamp, Fox, White-throated, > White-crowned, and Junco. On the lake were 7 Trumpeter Swans and 11 > Cackling Geese(with Canada, no other ducks though) > > > > > > I think a large chunk of the sparrows left between Tuesday and > Thursday. Spring Peeper Meadow and the North Star Trail were swarming > with Junco, White-throated, and Fox Sparrow on Tuesday, but Thursday > they were hard to come by even Junco. Similarly on Tuesday I counted > at least 18 Golden-crowned Kinglets in Spring Peeper Meadow and the > forested edges, but on Thursday there were only a couple. There was > an adult Nashville Warbler in the meadow on Thursday to my surprise > following an Orange-crowned. > > > > > > Bluebirds have been quite numerous this fall. In many cases these > past few weeks I have seen 5-10 wherever I go. Yesterday at Carver > Park there was a loose flock of around 32, and this morning there were > 5 at Chaska Lake and 8 at Chevalle wetlands. Otherwise there were a > few lingering Tree Swallows at Lake Hazeltine and still a couple Great > Blue Herons at Chevalle. > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. > http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 21 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:51:44 -0500 > From: "Laura Coble" > To: > Subject: [mnbird] Lake Byllesby, Dakota and Goodhue Cty > Message-ID: <1BDEE0228D6E426780040F7550E3CD6B AT meadowlark> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Today I checked Lake Byllesby between 4 and 5 pm. > > Viewed at the boat ramp off Scotia Trail, Goodhue Cty: > > Common Loon: 4 (seen and heard) > Ruddy Duck: 70 > Bufflehead: 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler: flocks > Belted Kingfisher 1 (heard) > > Along Gerlach Way in Dakota Cty: 2 Pied-billed Grebes. > At least 90 Cedar Waxwings were hanging out in trees along the lake at the > Goodhue Cty Park near Cannon Falls. > > The lake has been lowered enough so some beach and a few sandbars show, > but > it isn't yet at the usual low winter depth yet. From Lakeside Cemetery, > the > lake appeared empty, and I didn't check the northwest side of the lake. > > Laura Coble > Cannon Falls > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 22 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:59:55 -0500 > From: "R.D. Everhart" > To: BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU, BIRDCHAT AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU, > mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] Banding Today > Message-ID: <380-220091002525955671 AT black-hole.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > The lousy weather has kept me from banding until today and I was able > to catch some interesting birds. I had 2 warbler species still > present (Orange-crowned and a retrap Yellow-rumped) and 4 Fox > Sparrows. Also caught 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets. Oddest bird of the > day was a Northern Cardinal missing part of it's right leg. Pictures > and totals for the day are at my blog: > > http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com > > > If the weather holds I will be in Wisconsin tomorrow banding at a > friends house. Hopefully things will still be hanging around there > too. > > Roger Everhart > Apple Valley, MN > www.ncbo.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 23 > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:32:37 -0500 > From: Doug Kieser > To: Mnbird , MOU List > Subject: [mnbird] Surf Scoter, Lake County > Message-ID: > <98E947CCE7AB284097CBDC2D3537D33C41C7E24773 AT POPE-CCR.clynch.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > Renner Anderson just called and asked me to post his sighting late > yesterday of a Surf Scoter in the marina at Bayside Park, near Silver Bay. > > Doug Kieser > Minneapolis > ________________________________ > This message contains information which may be confidential and > privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to > receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, > disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained > in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise > the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 24 > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:08:13 -0500 > From: Brian and Cindy Drill > To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > Subject: [mnbird] Bird of Note > Message-ID: <4AE4BE3D.6040307 AT charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hello--not much birding going on with a home remodeling project taking > up all free time, but I just had an Oregon Junco land briefly in my > safflower feeder outside of the kitchen window. Very quick view, but > totally A-B-C indentification. The bird immediately appeared to be > hooded rather than consistant color, nothing like the slate colored > juncos normally found in the yard. Lots of robins, goldfinches and > housefinches feeding; white-throat and a few woodpeckers. A blue jay > was heard but not seen. Cindy in North Mankato > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 25 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:46:14 -0500 > From: james otto > To: mnbird , > Subject: [mnbird] Freeborn county surf scoter refound > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > John Hockema asked me to post the relocating of the Surf Scoter on > Pickeral Lake that is in Freeborn County just southwest of Albert Lea at > 10:00 AM today October 26th. > > Jim Otto > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. > http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > > End of mnbird Digest, Vol 36, Issue 4 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Snowy Owl and Bald Eagle Ottertail County From: "Glenace Metcalfe" <metcalfe AT loretel.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:02 -0500 Saturday morning my husband and I spotted a Bald Eagle flying over town on 108 west in Pelican Rapids and a Snowy Owl flew over highway 34 west outside of Barnesville in front of our car . We also noticed a number of swans just off highway 34 on our way to the freeway. Glenace Metcalfe Pelican Rapids_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Freeborn county surf scoter refound From: james otto <jlotto1 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:46:14 -0500 John Hockema asked me to post the relocating of the Surf Scoter on Pickeral Lake that is in Freeborn County just southwest of Albert Lea at 10:00 AM today October 26th. Jim Otto _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Bird of Note From: Brian and Cindy Drill <bcdrill AT charter.net> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:08:13 -0500 Hello--not much birding going on with a home remodeling project taking up all free time, but I just had an Oregon Junco land briefly in my safflower feeder outside of the kitchen window. Very quick view, but totally A-B-C indentification. The bird immediately appeared to be hooded rather than consistant color, nothing like the slate colored juncos normally found in the yard. Lots of robins, goldfinches and housefinches feeding; white-throat and a few woodpeckers. A blue jay was heard but not seen. Cindy in North Mankato _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Surf Scoter, Lake County From: Doug Kieser <doug.kieser AT CLYNCH.COM> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:32:37 -0500 Hi, Renner Anderson just called and asked me to post his sighting late yesterday of a Surf Scoter in the marina at Bayside Park, near Silver Bay. Doug Kieser Minneapolis ________________________________ This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Lake Byllesby, Dakota and Goodhue Cty From: "Laura Coble" <shearwater45 AT frontiernet.net> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:51:44 -0500 Today I checked Lake Byllesby between 4 and 5 pm. Viewed at the boat ramp off Scotia Trail, Goodhue Cty: Common Loon: 4 (seen and heard) Ruddy Duck: 70 Bufflehead: 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler: flocks Belted Kingfisher 1 (heard) Along Gerlach Way in Dakota Cty: 2 Pied-billed Grebes. At least 90 Cedar Waxwings were hanging out in trees along the lake at the Goodhue Cty Park near Cannon Falls. The lake has been lowered enough so some beach and a few sandbars show, but it isn't yet at the usual low winter depth yet. From Lakeside Cemetery, the lake appeared empty, and I didn't check the northwest side of the lake. Laura Coble Cannon Falls _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Carver County From: John Cyrus <cyrus150 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:00:28 +0000 Blackbirds were on the move this morning at Chaska Lake MVNWR. I estimated around 500 of mainly Red-winged in 2 large flocks flying low heading southwest. It looked like the flocks were coming in for the morning, as small numbers landed. 8 Rusty Blackbird landed near me, and I'm pretty sure I saw a few Rusty in the more sparse rear of the blackbird flocks. Otherwise stragglers this morning were 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, and a Hermit Thrush. Some more American Tree Sparrow were back around Chaska Lake, another sign of winter. Other sparrows seen were Song, Swamp, Fox, White-throated, White-crowned, and Junco. On the lake were 7 Trumpeter Swans and 11 Cackling Geese(with Canada, no other ducks though) I think a large chunk of the sparrows left between Tuesday and Thursday. Spring Peeper Meadow and the North Star Trail were swarming with Junco, White-throated, and Fox Sparrow on Tuesday, but Thursday they were hard to come by even Junco. Similarly on Tuesday I counted at least 18 Golden-crowned Kinglets in Spring Peeper Meadow and the forested edges, but on Thursday there were only a couple. There was an adult Nashville Warbler in the meadow on Thursday to my surprise following an Orange-crowned. Bluebirds have been quite numerous this fall. In many cases these past few weeks I have seen 5-10 wherever I go. Yesterday at Carver Park there was a loose flock of around 32, and this morning there were 5 at Chaska Lake and 8 at Chevalle wetlands. Otherwise there were a few lingering Tree Swallows at Lake Hazeltine and still a couple Great Blue Herons at Chevalle. _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: feeder help From: "dan&erika" <danerika AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:09:40 -0500 Here is a photo of a Pileated at our cage feeder: http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Woodpeckers#5282726077605775842 dan On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Susan Kennedy wrote: > I have a caged peanut feeder with openings of 1.5 in. sq. that is supposed > to allow in downy and hairy woodpeckers as well chickadees, but only > chickadees use it. > > Recently I switched from plain suet to peanut suet in my regular-style suet > feeder. Peanut suet is a very big hit with many birds, including downy and > hairy woodpeckers, chickadees and nuthatches, but is also a very big hit > with the squirrels. I thought about getting another cage-type feeder for > the peanut suet, to keep out the squirrels, but I am guessing the > woodpeckers wouldn't use it. Does anyone have any experience with cage suet > feeders, and if so, do you get woodpeckers to use it? What size are your > grid openings in the cage over the suet holder? > > Susan in Minneapolis > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika AT gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: feeder help From: Susan Kennedy <smkennedy_mn AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:40:55 -0700 (PDT) I have a caged peanut feeder with openings of 1.5 in. sq. that is supposed to allow in downy and hairy woodpeckers  as well chickadees, but only chickadees use it.   Recently I switched from plain suet to peanut suet in my regular-style suet feeder.   Peanut suet is a very big hit with many birds, including downy and hairy woodpeckers, chickadees and nuthatches,  but is also a very big hit with the squirrels.  I thought about getting another cage-type feeder for the peanut suet, to keep out the squirrels, but I am guessing the woodpeckers wouldn't use it.  Does anyone have any experience with cage suet feeders, and if so, do you get woodpeckers to use it?  What size are your grid openings in the cage over the suet holder?   Susan in Minneapolis _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Stearns County From: Sylvia Winkelman <sparrowsister2 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:23:09 -0500 Birding in Stearns was rewarded with many cedar waxwings especially on the river at Clearwarer. Also many robins, a good no. of red tailed hawks all over, a golden crowned kinglet at Stearns Co. Park, and one yellow rumped warbler. SYLVIA WINKELMAN BROOKLYN CENTER, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Nashville warbler Duluth From: svdbosse AT gmail.com Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:57:27 +0000 Saw what I think was a late Nashville warbler on the Duluth Lake walk yesterday, I also saw one Yellow-Rumped warbler and several flocks of American Tree Sparrows. Sandra, Duluth_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Duluth RBA 10/22/09 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:48:03 -0500 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found by Terry Wiens on the 18th at the top of Ely's Peak in west Duluth. Peder Svingen saw a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL on the 22nd at Canal Park. On the 21st Karl Bardon saw a RED-THROATED LOON at Canal Park. Mike Hendrickson saw a SURF SCOTER and a LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 20th on the bay side of Park Point at 37th Street. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen on the 17th along the Whyte Road (FR 104) in northern Lake County. I also have a second-hand report of a Hawk Owl at Hawk Ridge on the 22nd, but I have no additional details. A migrating RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen by Cameron Rutt on the 17th in Cook County along the Sawbill Trail (CR 2). Denny and Barb Martin found two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and a BLACK SCOTER on the 18th at Paradise Beach in Cook County, and a SURF SCOTER and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER in Grand Marais. They also reported a gray-phase adult GYRFALCON flying west at Hovland. On the 20th they found a female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the Castle Danger sewage ponds. Jason Caddy found a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 17th in Carlton County on the west side of MN Highway 33 just south of the Cloquet hockey arena. He also saw a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 18th at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 29th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 22, 2009 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT q.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:16:55 -0500 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 22, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. After an unsettled cool week, the weather is settling down , but it appears that many migrants left this week. Variety at the feeders is greatly reduced now, and numbers of waterfowl hanging around seems to have increased. Beau Shroyer reported that on October 19 several dozen shorebirds could be seen at Haas Wetland at Hamden Slough in Becker County. Included were one WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, one PECTORAL SANDPIPER, several LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, but the majority were WILSON'S SNIPE. In Polk County on October 16, Sandy Aubol reported that one FOX SPARROW, several WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and two or three HARRIS'S SPARROWS could still be found in her yard. On October 20 , Zeann Linder saw about 50 SANDHILL CRANES along 150th Ave in Pennington County. Here at the feeder this morning there were many WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and several PURPLE FINCHES. Most of the sparrows seem to have left this week. Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Jim Fitzpatrick, Sandy Aubol, and Zeann Linder for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday,October 29, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Sharon Stiteler speaking tonight From: "Steve Weston" <sweston2 AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:57:59 -0500 Tonight (10/ 22/09): Birding Kazakhstan by Sharon Stiteler (www.birdchick.com) Sharon is an entertaining and enthusiastic speaker. Hear her stories about how she was sent to Kazakhstan and what she saw there. This meeting will be held at REI Bloomington store just south of 494 near Lyndale Ave at 750 American Blvd. W, Bloomington. Join us at 7:00 pm for cookies and social hour and 7:30 pm for the speaker. The meeting is free and open to the public. Remember that the Lyndale bridge over I-494 is closed as are the exits. Use the Nicolet Avenue exit. Steve Weston MRVAC Program Chair _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Houston County Monday 10/19 From: carol schumacher <birdminn AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:26:07 -0700 (PDT) It was a sunny warm and glorious Monday. Fred Lesher and I enjoyed birding the Mississippi from LaCrescent to New Albin IA (where we saw a few shorebirds.) Near LaCrescent on Winona County 1 we had 9 Wild Turkeys...with their blue gleaming. On the River we enjoyed several (I did not hear Tundra and many swans were far out)Trumpeter Swans. I did not hear Tundra and many swans were far out. Around Brownsville and at Wildcat Landing we saw a Tree Swallow flock, over 30 Wilson's Snipe, many E. Bluebirds singing and heading south, Fox and White-throated Sparrows, Purple Finch FOS, a Yellow-rumped Warbler. On the River in MN/WI there were many American White Pelicans far and wide as well as N. Pintail and Green-winged Teal up close. The two birding pull-offs are great. At Houston Co 14 and MN 26 we had Sharp-shinned Hawks 3, Cooper's Hawks 3, Red-tailed Hawks 6, and several Bald Eagles in every plumage. Good birding all...when the rain stops. Carol carol schumacher winona,mn on the mississippi Never do I send attachments, photos, or files _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s