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12 May Big warbler day [] 12 May Bay-breasted Warbler and more . . . [PETER - KATHRYN SUFKA ] 11 May Spottings at Locke Park ["Theresa Miller" ] 11 May White Crowned Sparrow [Brian and Cindy Drill ] 11 May Maple Grove additions [Thomas Maiello ] 11 May Maple Grove additions [Thomas Maiello ] 11 May Peregrine Chicks ["Kirk Severson" ] 11 May Rose-breasted Grosbeak ["Cherise Robb" ] 11 May White-crowned Sparrow, near Floodwood, MN, St. Louis Co. (5/10) ["Sarah Knutie" ] 09 May IMBD at Embarrass ["Bill Tefft" ] 10 May Chisholm's Longyear Lake [Christine Olson ] 10 May Spring in Duluth ["Gary & Barb Kuyava" ] 10 May Yellow headed blackbird in Bloomington ["Liz Stanley" ] 10 May Yellow headed blackbird in Bloomington ["Liz Stanley" ] 10 May wilson's phalarope [scott henkemeyer ] 10 May wilson's phalarope [scott henkemeyer ] 10 May East & South Landfill Reservoirs, Rochester [KCTEPO00 ] 10 May Yellow-headed Blackbird, Ramsey, Anoka County ["Erika Sitz" ] 10 May Felton Prairie Clay Cty Saturday birds ["Connie Norheim" ] 10 May Boom Island warblers [Karen Kraco ] 10 May Boom Island warblers [Karen Kraco ] 10 May Orchard Oriole [Brian and Cindy Drill ] 10 May Rails in Maple Grove [] 09 May Swainson's Warbler! Lake Vadnais (Ramsey County) [KCTEPO00 ] 9 May Pipits bathing ["Joel Dunnette" ] 09 May spring on the Cloquet River [Paul Tine and Sherry Phillips ] 9 May (no subject) [] 09 May New Today [Brian and Cindy Drill ] 9 May First Orioles ["Cherise Robb" ] 9 May Great day at Eagle Lake [Thomas Maiello ] 9 May Great day at Eagle Lake [Thomas Maiello ] 9 May St. John's Woods [PETER - KATHRYN SUFKA ] 9 May Re: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park ["James Ryan" ] 9 May RE: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park ["Holly Peirson" ] 9 May RE: RFI: Carlos Avery cranes ["Holly Peirson" ] 9 May Male rose breasted gross beaks, hummingbirds, orioles ["Pamela Freeman" ] 09 May Wood Lake Nature Center, 5/8/08 [Sharon L Wheeler ] 8 May Re: sloggy resolution for growl [] 08 May Duluth RBA 5/8/08 ["Jim Lind" ] 8 May sloggy resolution for growl [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May sloggy resolution for growl [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May RE: Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. ["Joel Dunnette" ] 8 May RFI: Carlos Avery cranes ["Stephen" ] 8 May Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 8, 2008 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 8 May Hummingbird-Big Lake, MN ["Cindy Mihalko" ] 8 May Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park ["kimbir" ] 08 May Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. ["Betsy J. Kerr" ] 8 May This Evening in St. Cloud ["Cherise Robb" ] 8 May Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Chisholm [Christine Olson ] 8 May northern lake open? [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May northern lake open? [Thomas Maiello ] 08 May growly marsh sound [] Subject: Big warbler day From: WWoessner AT aol.com Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 00:06:00 EDT Sunday was one of those warbler days I hit in May about every 5 years or so
(being only able to bird on weekends). I birded Spring Creek Regional Park in
Anoka Country from about 10 AM to 2PM and had 14 species. Others there reported
three I missed, and I had seen some of these at Wood Lake Nature Center
yesterday so I drove down there and hit a wave as I walked through the south
gate.
I had 3 more species in 15 minutes (and re-found many of the ones I really
worked to see at Spring Creek). I managed to miss Wilson's, which I found at
Wood
Lake on Saturday, before the rain hit, but have little to complain about!
Spring Creek:
Yellow
Yellowthroat
N Waterthrush (5)
Black and White
Blackburnian (1)
Palm
Chestnut Sided (2)
Yellow-rumped (still dozens and dozens)
Tenn (3)
Golden winged (1)
Nashville (10)
Redstart (they are here in force!)
Orange crowned (1)
Magnolia (7)
Wood Lake
Blackpoll
Ovenbird (5)
Black throated Green
N Parula, Wilson's and Blue-Winged were also "reported" at Spring Creek so
I might have reached 20 species in one day.
Warren Woessner
PS I am reading from my new collection of poetry at 7 PM at the Loft in
Minneapolis on Thursday eve. Not all the poems are about birds and birding but
a
lot of them are, including warbler watching in Central Park and hawk counting
in
Duluth. Y'all come!
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Subject: Bay-breasted Warbler and more . . .From: PETER - KATHRYN SUFKA <mnpete107 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 02:01:15 +0000 Kathy and I had an 10 warbler day at Sherburne NWR. Palm, Black & White, Nashville, Magnolia, and FOY's A. Redstart, BT-Green, Bay-breasted, Orange-crowned, Yellow. Oh, yes, a gazillion Yellow-rumped! Other highlights among 60-some birds was a singing RB Grosbeak, a BG Gnatcatcher, 5 Sparrows: Chipping, singing Field, Lark, Song, Lincoln. Saw 5 Bald Eagles. Also, Olivesided Flycatcher and Eastern Kingbird. Needless to say, it was a beautiful Mother's Day in the woods. Pete & Kathy Sufka Cold Spring, MN Mission, TX_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Spottings at Locke Park From: "Theresa Miller" <tmillerserickson AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 19:36:00 -0500 Today at Locke Park in Fridley this was one of our best spring birding day we have had. We saw the following birds: Black and White Warbler Wilsons Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut sided Warbler American Redstart Nashville Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler Magnolia Warbler Common Yellowthroat Northern Parula Palm Warbler Pair of nesting Pileated Woodpeckers Catbirds White Throated Sparrows Cliff Swallows Baltimore Oriole Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Killdeer Overall it was a great day of birding for the northern metro area. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: White Crowned Sparrow From: Brian and Cindy Drill <bcdrill AT charter.net> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 18:35:16 -0500 A lone white crowned sparrow snooping thru my perennial flower beds this afternoon around 5:30. Fun to watch. Cindy in North Mankato _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Maple Grove additions From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 17:15:58 -0500 Even with a slow post rainy day cold, the Eagle Lake area popped up three new species - Blue-gray gnat Catchers (7), Blackpoll Warbler and a Common Yellow Throat. This morning early with temps around 39 degrees, I saw an entire flock of Yellow-rumps acting like White Throats and would barely move aside as I walked through them. Also enthralled by three American Redstarts who were in separate areas but all darting about with tails and wings in full display. Seemed odd to watch all three doing the same thing with no other birds about. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Maple Grove additions From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 17:15:58 -0500 Even with a slow post rainy day cold, the Eagle Lake area popped up three new species - Blue-gray gnat Catchers (7), Blackpoll Warbler and a Common Yellow Throat. This morning early with temps around 39 degrees, I saw an entire flock of Yellow-rumps acting like White Throats and would barely move aside as I walked through them. Also enthralled by three American Redstarts who were in separate areas but all darting about with tails and wings in full display. Seemed odd to watch all three doing the same thing with no other birds about. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Peregrine Chicks From: "Kirk Severson" <b.j.borealis AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 16:08:55 -0500 I could see a couple of half-shells blowing around on the nest box floor and getting pecked at periodically by the adult peregrine. At first I couldn't get a good view of the eggs/chicks until the vultures circling over downtown Rochester got close enough to warrant the adult to wander out to the platform for a little recognisance. This revealed two peregrine chicks huddled together along with the two remaining eggs. This is the first I have chicks this year. I do not know the hatch dates - I'm guessing it's been a day or two. Kirk_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak From: "Cherise Robb" <rcrobb AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 14:10:42 -0500 Hello, birders, This morning I heard my first rose-breasted grosbeak singing. For the first time in four years, there were no house wrens that arrived on Mother's day. I also feel a bit saddened that the orioles that were here on May 9th have moved on. I thought they sounded like the resident orioles; they seem to have their own local dialect which was familiar to me. I'm hoping that more show up. If not this will be the first year without orioles. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a pretty nice day today and the sun is shining which was a pleasant surprise this morning. Hope you all enjoy the day. Cherise Robb, St. Cloud No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.11/1422 - Release Date: 5/8/2008 5:24 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: White-crowned Sparrow, near Floodwood, MN, St. Louis Co. (5/10) From: "Sarah Knutie" <saknutie AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 08:38:00 -0500 I spotted a white-crowned sparrow amongst several white-throated sparrows north of Floodwood, MN off of CR-189 yesterday afternoon. Cheers, Sarah Knutie Duluth, MN_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: IMBD at Embarrass From: "Bill Tefft" <b.tefft AT vcc.edu> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 06:04:31 -0500 Attached is an announcement of this year's annual bird outing to the wetlands that was at one time a commercial wild rice area and is now a state wildlife management area. One and all are welcome to join us. Bill Tefft Parks and Recreation Instructor Vermilion Community College 1900 E. Camp Street Ely, MN 55731 Office Phone: 218-235-2197 Fax: 218-365-7218 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Chisholm's Longyear Lake From: Christine Olson <olsonchristinemarie AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 19:49:10 -0700 (PDT) In honor of International Migratory Bird Day, I took a slow walk around the
lake this morning, and this is what I saw:
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Bufflehead
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
And now, as I type this, it is snowing outside - accumulating - we could wake
up with a couple inches on the ground tomorrow morning! Sigh.....
Christine Olson - Chisholm
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Subject: Spring in DuluthFrom: "Gary & Barb Kuyava" <nuthatch AT uslink.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 19:45:47 -0500 With a cold wind coming off the Lake is feels much more like winter than spring. Maybe it will snow tomorrow. Most of Juncoes have left and so have the Fox Sparrows. Lincoln and Swamp Sparrows were here. The Lincolns on a tray feeder 2 feet from my nose. Mid afternoon brought the first Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak into the feeders. Sharp-shinned Hawks have been harrassing the birds for 4 days now. This is a first for the spring time that I have seen. First a beautiful adult and for the last three days a brown backed bird. Other birds of note are many Purple Finches. Gary Kuyava in NE Duluth. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Yellow headed blackbird in Bloomington From: "Liz Stanley" <liz AT lizstanley.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 20:50:34 -0400 (EDT) Today I happened to look out and see a yellow-headed blackbird at my feeder. I have many red-winged blackbirds, but this is a first for my yard. I managed to fire off a few snapshots before he flew away. Nothing spectacular in terms of photography, but it was exciting to see a new yard bird (#51). http://www.pbase.com/gymell/image/96863651 http://www.pbase.com/gymell/image/96863645 Bloomington, MN -- Liz liz AT lizstanley.com Backyard weather: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Yellow headed blackbird in Bloomington From: "Liz Stanley" <liz AT lizstanley.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 20:50:34 -0400 (EDT) Today I happened to look out and see a yellow-headed blackbird at my feeder. I have many red-winged blackbirds, but this is a first for my yard. I managed to fire off a few snapshots before he flew away. Nothing spectacular in terms of photography, but it was exciting to see a new yard bird (#51). http://www.pbase.com/gymell/image/96863651 http://www.pbase.com/gymell/image/96863645 Bloomington, MN -- Liz liz AT lizstanley.com Backyard weather: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: wilson's phalarope From: scott henkemeyer <deadcandaneus2000 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:03:06 -0700 (PDT) Saw my first wilson's phalarope today at the albany sewage ponds.also many
northern shovelers
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Subject: wilson's phalaropeFrom: scott henkemeyer <deadcandaneus2000 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:03:06 -0700 (PDT) Saw my first wilson's phalarope today at the albany sewage ponds.also many
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Subject: East & South Landfill Reservoirs, RochesterFrom: KCTEPO00 <KCTEPO00 AT smumn.edu> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 16:02:45 -0500 En route to visiting my mother for Mother's Day in Rochester, I saw the following: South Landfill Reservoir: Eastern Meadowlarks (Singing) 4 Forster's Terns East Landfill Reservoir: Eastern Meadowlarks (Singing) Shovelers Ruddy Duck family Bald Eagle Bobolinks 2 unidentified shorebirds: one colorful peep; the other was larger, light-gray in color, wading in the shallow water at the far northeast corner (I thought the larger was a Willet, but in flight there was no black in the wings; perhaps a Greater Yellowlegs). Kyle TePoel St. Paul/Rochester for the day _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Yellow-headed Blackbird, Ramsey, Anoka County From: "Erika Sitz" <esitz AT goldengate.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:36:23 -0500 My husband had a flyby Yellow-headed Blackbird on his morning walk on Sunwood Drive at the south end of Sunfish Lake in Ramsey. This marshy area (about a mile north of Hwy10 off CR57/Sunfish Lake Blvd) has been a reliable spot for them in past years. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Felton Prairie Clay Cty Saturday birds From: "Connie Norheim" <cnorheim AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:32:59 -0600 Becky Oberlander and I drove through part of Felton Prairie this morning. North wind of 28 mph with rain that had changed to snow by the time we got back to Fargo. The Chestnut-collared Longspurs weren't cooperative in the wind so missed on them, also didn't see any Prairie Chickens but didn't look too hard for them. Grasshopper sparrow (FOY) Barn swallow (FOY) Brown thrasher (FOY) Bonaparte's Gull (FOY) Brewer's blackbird (FOY) White crowned sparrow (FOY) Sedge wren (FOY) Upland sandpiper (FOY) Grey cheeked thrush (FOY) Eastern bluebird Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow Warbler (FOY) White-throated sparrow Savanna Sparrow Northen Waterthrush near Hitterdal: Red-necked Grebe (FOY) Sora (FOY) Connie Norheim 232-4386 Fargo, ND_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Boom Island warblers From: Karen Kraco <karenkraco AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Colorful morning at Boom Island park in Minneapolis. At one point there was a Baltimore oriole high in a tree and lower down a couple of redstarts, and a Blackburnian warbler. Redstarts were FOY for me, as was a lone Tennessee warbler, which I've never seen in this neighborhood before. Warblers, all seen from the bridge to Nicollet Island: the ubiquitous yellow rumps yellow warbler, singing lustily common yellowthroats -half dozen or so northern waterthrush a number of redstarts Blackburnian Tennessee black-and-whites ' others of note tree swallows barn swallows phoebe least? flycatcher baltimore oriole usual pair of brown thrashers along fence on northeast side of park several catbirds (unless one was following me around) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. 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Warblers, all seen from the bridge to Nicollet Island: the ubiquitous yellow rumps yellow warbler, singing lustily common yellowthroats -half dozen or so northern waterthrush a number of redstarts Blackburnian Tennessee black-and-whites ' others of note tree swallows barn swallows phoebe least? flycatcher baltimore oriole usual pair of brown thrashers along fence on northeast side of park several catbirds (unless one was following me around) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Orchard Oriole From: Brian and Cindy Drill <bcdrill AT charter.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:26:40 -0500 Good morning--while I did not see the male orchard oriole again yesterday, it was just seen on my jelly feeder again this morning at about 8 am. Last evening, however, I did get a brief visit by a Lincolns Sparrow. I watched it make a timid approach across the patio to the pond, when unfortunately a squirrel decided to jump up for a drink from the opposite side of the pond and startled it away. I have not seen it return. Cindy in North Mankato _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Rails in Maple Grove From: revdeb51 AT comcast.net Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 05:15:27 +0000 The Sora and Virginia Rail are back in the marsh behind my house. I have yet to see them but I hear them consistently. If anyone would want to come to the back yard to see if they could find them, you are welcome. Unlike Thomas I am not keen on wading into the marsh. -- Sojourner Truth, who said if the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, "together women ought be able to turn the world upside-right again." Debra J. Collum 6222 Yucca Lane North Maple Grove, MN 55311 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Swainson's Warbler! Lake Vadnais (Ramsey County) From: KCTEPO00 <KCTEPO00 AT smumn.edu> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 23:19:42 -0500 I saw many birds today on a nearly 5-hour walk through the Grass, Snail, and Vadnais Lakes today, but the highlight was a Swainson's Warbler at Lake Vadnais. Mistaking it at first for a Waterthrush when it flushed, I watched it and observed an olive-brown back, slightly richer brown cap, thick white stripe above the eye, and a light yellow/gray wash on its underside. It was lurking in and around some standing water in dense brush. Other favorites on the day: Orioles, Soras, Sedge Wren, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-throated Green & Wilson's Warblers (among several others), Spotted Sandpipers, Veery, Common Loons (nesting pair?), family of Red-Breasted Mergansers (female with 3 or 4 young; no male found), Blue-Headed Vireo, and more Kyle TePoel St. Paul _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Pipits bathing From: "Joel Dunnette" <jdunnette AT kmtel.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 18:25:15 -0500 At about 4pm today, on my way home, I decided to check out a field that often stays muddy in spring. As I rolled up I saw some movement but thought 'those are pretty small for shorebirds'. And I was right - there were 3 American Pipits bathing in a puddle in the furrow of the field! The spot is in Olmsted County, west of Salem Corners on Co.25, just a bit west of where Co. 5 turns north. The birds did not seem disturbed by my watching (them bathe), but flew off after 5 minutes, heading toward the nearby gravel pit. Joel Dunnette 507-365-8091 (h) 507-269-7064 (cell) _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: spring on the Cloquet River From: Paul Tine and Sherry Phillips <phillipstine AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 16:24:05 -0500 The river is finally back down to "normal" spring water levels and all ice is gone. We had our first Rose-breasted Grosbeak today and now wait to see more. With all of the sparrows, warblers, etc - we also welcomed 2 Evening Grosbeak couples in the past few days. We still have Juncos, Purple Finches and some Goldfinches. Tree swallows and 3 Common Loons on Lake George - just 1/4 mile north of us - as well as ducks: Bufflehead's, Ring-necks, Hooded Mergansers and Common Mergansers on the river. Kingfishers, eagles and osprey are back. The hummingbird feeders are out and ready. Sherry Phillips Brimson, MN St. Louis County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: (no subject) From: <Brad.Abendroth AT emerson.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:20:44 -0500 This is my first post and I hope I am doing this right: I have next week off from work to try to add to my backyard species bird list (now at 63 in my tiny backyard) Trying to add some warblers, but it a bit distressing that I see my target species have been found way north of me. I really want to see a black and white in my yard. It is hard to determine the best time to take off. Yesterday I saw a yellow warbler in my bird pond. I also saw an unidentified warbler as it was in my garden for a few seconds and flew away never to return :( A yellow rump or two have been around eating my Bayberries (I have had the shrubs for 4-5 years and this is the first activity at them. I was hoping to have tree swallows there, but haven't seen them eat any. A rose breasted grosbeak was in my crab tree this morning. No orioles yet. Oranges and grape jelly and meal worms are all ready to go. I read online that coconuts may attract scarlet tanagers. I bought a coconut today and will put it out hang it high in my cherry tree and cross my fingers. I will be a sentinel looking out my window for over a week. -brad Savage, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: New Today From: Brian and Cindy Drill <bcdrill AT charter.net> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 15:49:39 -0500 Good afternoon!! Despite my best intentions of massive inroads on neglected housework today, I was absent all morning running errands and doing mom-stuff. The sunlight lured me outdoors 'for just a moment or two' to check feeders after I got home. I heard the chatter and scold of an oriole while my back was turned, and when I glanced back it was an Orchard Oriole making an approach to my feeder!! Unfortunately it veered off into the neighbors spruce trees, and I am forced now to actually sit outdoors longer to see if it returns. How inconvenient.... ;) Cindy in North Mankato _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: First Orioles From: "Cherise Robb" <rcrobb AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:08:53 -0500 Hello, all, A few orioles arrived this morning. Not being able to see, I don't know if they visited my nectar feeder or my grape jelly. I don't think they found the jelly yet because the orange dish I use was still full. I have it sitting on a low retaining wall around the garden; wishing I had a deck railing or something higher to put it on but no such luck. Later this afternoon I heard two orioles interacting, sounding like a male with the female answering and chattering intermittently. It sure turned out to be a lovely day. Happy Mother's Day to all of you birding moms out there. Take care. Cherise Robb, St. Cloud No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.11/1422 - Release Date: 5/8/2008 5:24 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Great day at Eagle Lake From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:17:22 -0500 Did my usual ever improving rounds along Zachary Lane at the WNW corner of the lake. Awesome day! One odd bird of note - a large flycatcher but generally pale undersides and rufous tail. I thought it was a Great Crested but the undersides were pale and no distinguished yellow but the bill said flycatcher and the size said Great Crested but the book said Ash- Throated but not in our area. Any ideas? It was high up in the tree tops catching flyers. I was holding it as a Great Crested one year old or pale famale or something. Watched it for a good 10 minutes and this is the best I could come up with. Birds of note - gonna list all of them seen during my hour and a half out there - even the common ones Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Northern Oriole Hooded Merganser Coot Wood Duck Red-winged Blackbirds Cowbirds Common Grackles American Redstart Yellow Warblers Goldfinches Crows Cooper's Hawk (nest #6 - if you build it she will come - saw the pair and they appear to be in blessed hawktrimony) Swamp Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Purple Finch (lifer) House Finch (conveniently there for comparison - thank you great spirits) House Wren Marsh Wren Ring-necked Pheasant Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Double-Crested Merganser Horned Grebe Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warblers Robins Brown Thrasher Palm Warblers Kingfisher Mourning Doves White-breasted Nuthatches Black-capped Chickadees Cardinals Mallards Canadian Geese Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Ring Billed Gulls Common Terns Bluejays Chipping Sparrows Common Loon Black and White Warbler And I think I am missing some! Isn't that like 50 species!?!?! All in a hour and a half!!!! What a great day! Time for lunch. My work here is done. Wonder what might show up later on? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Great day at Eagle Lake From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:17:22 -0500 Did my usual ever improving rounds along Zachary Lane at the WNW corner of the lake. Awesome day! One odd bird of note - a large flycatcher but generally pale undersides and rufous tail. I thought it was a Great Crested but the undersides were pale and no distinguished yellow but the bill said flycatcher and the size said Great Crested but the book said Ash- Throated but not in our area. Any ideas? It was high up in the tree tops catching flyers. I was holding it as a Great Crested one year old or pale famale or something. Watched it for a good 10 minutes and this is the best I could come up with. Birds of note - gonna list all of them seen during my hour and a half out there - even the common ones Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Northern Oriole Hooded Merganser Coot Wood Duck Red-winged Blackbirds Cowbirds Common Grackles American Redstart Yellow Warblers Goldfinches Crows Cooper's Hawk (nest #6 - if you build it she will come - saw the pair and they appear to be in blessed hawktrimony) Swamp Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Purple Finch (lifer) House Finch (conveniently there for comparison - thank you great spirits) House Wren Marsh Wren Ring-necked Pheasant Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Double-Crested Merganser Horned Grebe Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warblers Robins Brown Thrasher Palm Warblers Kingfisher Mourning Doves White-breasted Nuthatches Black-capped Chickadees Cardinals Mallards Canadian Geese Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Ring Billed Gulls Common Terns Bluejays Chipping Sparrows Common Loon Black and White Warbler And I think I am missing some! Isn't that like 50 species!?!?! All in a hour and a half!!!! What a great day! Time for lunch. My work here is done. Wonder what might show up later on? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: St. John's Woods From: PETER - KATHRYN SUFKA <mnpete107 AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:08:43 +0000 Got out early this AM and had an Ovenbird (FOS) and a pair of Eastern Bluebirds behind the cemetary. Palm, YR, Black & White, and Magnolia Warblers across the road next to the lake. Also a Turkey Vulture (FOS) perching. Between SJU and I-94 we found a couple of Warbling Vireos and lots of Nashville Warblers (FOS). Must have seen a dozen or so. Pete Sufka Cold Spring, MN Mission, TX_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Re: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park From: "James Ryan" <muchmoredoc AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:47:18 -0500 The Sand Point trail was very water-covered last weekend. Knee high boots are REQUIRED to get to the boardwalk. We didn't even get that far before turning back. It may have dried up a bit over this last week but you are forewarned. Hok-Si-La was pretty good last week, hopefully better this weekend. Good warblering! -- Sincerely, James Ryan 651-308-0234 business cell -- Your life is what your thoughts make it. - Marcus Aurelius As long as you live, keep learning how to live. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -- On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Holly PeirsonSubject: RE: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park From: "Holly Peirson" <hpbirdscouter AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:32:33 -0500 Walking along the tops of the bluffs will be great in both parks, then you can look down upon the migrants as well as up, as they migrate up the shore of Lake Pepin. Really, it won't matter what trail you take, the birds cut a pretty wide swath through there this time of year. Frontenac has been doing some prescribed burns on the top of the bluff near the campground, but there is plenty of great habitat, and even the burns are good for viewing some species. Sand Point trail in Frontenac will get you into some varied habitat - there have been prothonotaries and ceruleans in there many times in the past (as well as most of the other warblers and spring migrants and nesters. Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. _____ From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of kimbir Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:22 PM To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park Looking for information, I am planning on going to Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park Monday, are there any particular trails or areas one should focus on for warblers? Any tips or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kim Conway _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: RE: RFI: Carlos Avery cranes From: "Holly Peirson" <hpbirdscouter AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:25:20 -0500 One place they nest is in the southernmost part of Carlos, S of Hwy 18. The access road is sometimes barred, but the nests are not near the road anyhow... They may also nest in the main section N of Hwy 18. If you call to ask, and speak about birding at Carlos Avery, that is always good for them to hear, since they manage the WMA for hunting, mostly. Sometimes they do draw-downs during migration times, for shorebirds. Don't all call at once, they have a very small staff and not a lot of time to be answering phones. I live directly south of the southernmost portion of Carlos, and can hear the cranes calling many mornings and evenings from March to November. They also visit my marsh and many other marshes and fields around Columbus, Lino Lakes, and Ham Lake during the day for feeding. I believe these cranes are from the 'Greater' population that migrates to the east, spends some time in NW Indiana in the fall, and winters in Florida, similar to the Whooping Cranes that are being reintroduced in Wisconsin. They show up here and stay all spring, summer, and fall, while the bulk of the 'Lessers' are coming through Nebraska on their way to Alaska and northern Canada. Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:07 PM To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] RFI: Carlos Avery cranes I have occasionally seen Sandhill Cranes in flight near Carlos Avery NWR, north of Minneapolis, but have not managed to see them on the ground there. Even though those are huge marshes, they are awfully big birds, so I figure I've never found the places where they nest. Any suggestions on what part of the refuge to look? Many thanks, Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis tapaculo AT halcyon.ws _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Male rose breasted gross beaks, hummingbirds, orioles From: "Pamela Freeman" <gleskarider AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 08:56:48 -0500 Oak Grove, Anoka county - near the intersections of cty 22 and cty 58 I had the delight this morning to watch male orioles, two of them, coming to my feeder to sip before they zipped off together, like flames. And soon after, a rose breasted gross beak male showed up, looking a bit confuddled. He sat on a near branch and just looked at the feeder near by. Maybe he isn't a morning bird, as I am not much of a morning person. And then, to top it all off, my FOY humming bird came and sipped from the oriole feeder. The gross beak is FOY for me, anyway. The orioles have been here for a few days now. Males only thus far. We have a nesting pair of king birds that we share with our neighbors. They built their nest a couple weeks ago on the neighbor's portch light. They keep it off now. We share them becasue although they nest over there, they do their hawking for insects around my gardens. The summer birds are nearly all here. Not seen yet, tanagers and indigo buntings. The brown thrasher we often see was spied a week ago. -- Pamela Freeman Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway._______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Wood Lake Nature Center, 5/8/08 From: Sharon L Wheeler <whee0123 AT tc.umn.edu> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 06:33:32 -0500 Naturalist Amy Markle led about 16 people in a bird hike at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield at 6:00 pm on May 8. Twenty-seven total species were seen, with the highlights being the warblers: black and white, yellow-rumped, palm, yellow, Nashville, Blackburnian and chestnut sided were all seen. Also, an oriole, marsh wren, and red-bellied woodpecker. Earlier in the day, intern Matthew spotted a Northern waterthrush, parula, Black poll, orange crowned, Wilson's, Tennessee, Nashville and cerulean warblers, american redstart, warbling vireo, veery, Philadelphia vireo, chimney swift, brown thrasher, sora rail, Lincoln's sparrow and pie-billed grebe. Not too bad for an urban nature center! Sharon Wheeler _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Re: sloggy resolution for growl From: Wayne_Brininger AT fws.gov Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:07:03 -0600 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Duluth RBA 5/8/08 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:52:05 -0600 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 8th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A PIPING PLOVER was found on the 4th by Peder Svingen at 22nd Street on Park Point, and two were seen by Shawn Zierman at the same location on the 8th. Twenty RED-THROATED LOONS were found by Peder and Kim Eckert on the 6th off Park Point between the recreation area and Lafayette Square. Peder also found an adult LITTLE GULL on the 6th at 22nd Street on Park Point, along with more than 4,100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. On the 4th, Peder saw a female BLACK SCOTER between Interstate Island and 27th Avenue West, a second cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on Interstate Island, and a first cycle THAYER'S GULL at Lafayette Square on Park Point. WILLETS were seen during the week on Park Point at the recreation area and between 12th Street and 22nd Street. Frank Berdan found a flock of six on the 3rd along Scenic Highway 61, 0.25 mile southwest of the McQuade Road. Uwe Kausch reported an EARED GREBE on the 7th along MN Highway 61 at the Lester River in east Duluth. Kim Eckert found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 8th near the UMD campus on the 1900 block of West Kent Road. Dave Grosshuesch found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 4th at 57th Avenue East and Juniata Street in Duluth, and it was still present on the 6th. A RED- BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen at the same location on the 6th. Sharon Lind found an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 4th on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. Another was seen on the 6th at Leif Erickson Park in Duluth. Kim Eckert heard two YELLOW RAILS on the 5th in Aitkin County at the McGregor Marsh. They were on the east side of MN Highway 65, 0.7 mile south of MN Highway 210. Warren Nelson found a SHORT-EARED OWL on the 3rd near the junction of CR 1 and CR 22, about three miles north of Aitkin. Denny and Barb Martin found RED CROSSBILLS on the 5th at the Cloquet Forestry Center along Carlton County Road 5. Sparky Stensaas saw 40 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 2nd at Perch Lake in the Fond du Lac neighborhood of west Duluth. A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was found on April 28th at a private residence near Lutsen in Cook County and was still present on May 3rd. There is no public access to the location, but I will post if the situation changes. Recent new arrivals in the area include LE CONTE'S SPARROW on the 3rd, FORSTER'S TERN and CASPIAN TERN on the 4th, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on the 6th, SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the 7th, and OVENBIRD and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on the 8th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 15th. 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/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: sloggy resolution for growl From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:33:46 -0500 Decided that it was now or never to find out about the growl in the marsh. Was a bit tentative as the sound was not a croak - no epiglottal vibration by air sack percussive gutteral throat clearing croak - but a more resonant combination of post syrinxial cavitation with protective intent. So I put on my old mud wader shoes - really, really old sneakers whose loss would not be noticed or cared about and took off towards the sound. It came from deep within the cat tails across the great divide of terra firma to terra muck to terra aquatica and on to terra unknown and hoping no deep holes. I waded it as silently as I could to stalk the wild growler and actually picked up stealth mode pretty quickly thanks to the surrendering muck which could take a dry cat tail whole and muffle any crack, snap or pop such a dried appliance could muster. I crept in through several screens of cat tails and finally got the bejezus scared out of me as a Great Egret had the bejezus scared out of it when it realized something different that way came. The bird was actually, or my imagination made up that it was down on folded legs doing I don't know what. After filling the sky with white and yellow-black spear-like bill and scare-crow legs and almost scaring me into an embarassing condition, the bird was gone and in its wake was a flattened area of cat tails with miscellaneous white feathers here and there along a finger of lake that reached into the stalked beds, . Was it some kind of Great Egret siesta pad or an easy egret real meal deal with the open water so close? Don't know. I do know that this bird, or one just like it had been competing with a Great Blue Heron along the same stretch of cat tail marsh and I had witnessed several loud and aggressive encounters between them. I can only make up that something has meaning here but the cat is out of the cat tail bag as far as I know. The growler, to my best understanding, soggy jeans and shoes and blackened legs and stupidly worn white socks, was a Great Egret. That is my story and I and I am sticking to it. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: sloggy resolution for growl From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:33:46 -0500 Decided that it was now or never to find out about the growl in the marsh. Was a bit tentative as the sound was not a croak - no epiglottal vibration by air sack percussive gutteral throat clearing croak - but a more resonant combination of post syrinxial cavitation with protective intent. So I put on my old mud wader shoes - really, really old sneakers whose loss would not be noticed or cared about and took off towards the sound. It came from deep within the cat tails across the great divide of terra firma to terra muck to terra aquatica and on to terra unknown and hoping no deep holes. I waded it as silently as I could to stalk the wild growler and actually picked up stealth mode pretty quickly thanks to the surrendering muck which could take a dry cat tail whole and muffle any crack, snap or pop such a dried appliance could muster. I crept in through several screens of cat tails and finally got the bejezus scared out of me as a Great Egret had the bejezus scared out of it when it realized something different that way came. The bird was actually, or my imagination made up that it was down on folded legs doing I don't know what. After filling the sky with white and yellow-black spear-like bill and scare-crow legs and almost scaring me into an embarassing condition, the bird was gone and in its wake was a flattened area of cat tails with miscellaneous white feathers here and there along a finger of lake that reached into the stalked beds, . Was it some kind of Great Egret siesta pad or an easy egret real meal deal with the open water so close? Don't know. I do know that this bird, or one just like it had been competing with a Great Blue Heron along the same stretch of cat tail marsh and I had witnessed several loud and aggressive encounters between them. I can only make up that something has meaning here but the cat is out of the cat tail bag as far as I know. The growler, to my best understanding, soggy jeans and shoes and blackened legs and stupidly worn white socks, was a Great Egret. That is my story and I and I am sticking to it. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: RE: Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. From: "Joel Dunnette" <jdunnette AT kmtel.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:16:46 -0500 We often get Indigo Buntings visiting our sunflower seed feeders here near Rochester. Generally it seems to be the resident male, although migrants sometimes do stop in too. Joel Dunnette -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Betsy J. Kerr Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:10 PM To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. We've had a male Indigo Bunting visiting our feeders, eating seeds from the ground and a platform feeder, off and on all day today. This is a first for our yard list. We're in Golden Valley, an urban neighborhood not far from Thoeodore Wirth park. Has anyone observed Indigo Buntings at feeders before? Or is this unusual behavior, resulting perhaps from the relative scarcity of insects? Betsy Kerr Golden Valley, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.10/1421 - Release Date: 5/7/2008 5:23 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: RFI: Carlos Avery cranes From: "Stephen" <tapaculo AT halcyon.ws> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:07:09 -0500 I have occasionally seen Sandhill Cranes in flight near Carlos Avery NWR, north of Minneapolis, but have not managed to see them on the ground there. Even though those are huge marshes, they are awfully big birds, so I figure I've never found the places where they nest. Any suggestions on what part of the refuge to look? Many thanks, Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis tapaculo AT halcyon.ws _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 8, 2008 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT wiktel.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:45:04 -0500 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 8, 2008 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. Most reluctantly, the weather is warming up, and this is the first week when there has been no snow reported in the northwest. Migration continues, and I have several reports of songbirds that did not make it through the cold spell last week. Meantime, some warblers and other insect eaters are starting to show up so we hope that the weather does not have another relapse. Two unusual sightings were reported this week: Lawrence Lewandowski sent in a photo of a hen MALLARD perched on the roof of a wood duck box in Becker County, and Bob O'Connor reported what appeared to be a junco/white-throated sparrow hybrid in his yard on May 5. Jerry Bonkoski found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Itasca County on May 4 at the Lost Forty SNA in the northern part of the county. The bird was seen along the hiking trail. Jeff and Amy Drake in Otter Tail County reported their observations of GREATER SCAUP, HORNED GREBE, EARED GREBE, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 3. Sarah Knutie at Big Pine Lake saw RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, and NORTHERN CARDINAL on May 6. Brad and Dee Elhers saw HARRIS'S SPARROW and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in Fergus Falls on May 6. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported SORA on May 5, Bank Swallow on May 6, CHIMNEY SWIFT, CLIFF SWALLOW, GRAY CATBIRD, and YELLOW WARBLER on May 7, and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD on May 8. Kelly Blackledge at Tamarac NWR in Becker County reported YELLOW WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 2. Susan and John Kroll saw a pair of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS at the refuge on May 3. Char Legenhausen saw an AMERICAN BITTERN on May 8, while Judy Welu reported two pairs of NORTHERN CARDINALS and a BELTED KINGFISHER at Lake Sallie. In Clay County, Patrick Beauzay found 8 SMITH'S LONGSPURS along the longspur road just north of the wind generators at Felton Prairie. Mel and Elaine Bennefeld observed BARN SWALLOW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the Pondorosa Golf Club on May 6. Bruce Flaig in Polk County saw a large flock of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS on the lake near his home in the southern part of the county on May 5. Shelley Steva observed about 200 swans moving through Red Lake County on May 2, and also the first BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. On May 4 I saw a variety of ducks, HORNED GREBE, and EARED GREBE at the Red Lake Falls WTP. Also in Red Lake County, there were BARN SWALLOWS, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW. Michael Furtman , while birding at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, spotted 30 WILSON'S PHALAROPES at Tamarack Pool, and 5 MARBLED GODWITS at South Pool. Agassiz staff reported some new arrivals such as RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY,PEREGRINE FALCONS, VIRGINIA RAIL, FORSTER'S TERN, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and SWAMP SPARROW among others. They reported the presence of thousands of ducks on Farmes Pool. Kelly Larson in Clearwater County, reported RUFFED GROUSE, SANDHILL CRANES, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and PURPLE FINCH , all present on May 2. In Beltrami County on May 6, Kelly Larson reported that CHIMNEY SWIFTS were back in Bemidji. Dave Carman observed HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 7. Mary Lou Marchand had eight species of sparrows on May 6, and reported BROWN THRASHER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 7. Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CLIFF SWALLOW, and PALM WARBLERS on May 7 near Lancaster. Beth Siverhus in Roseau County mentioned several common ducks, as well as HORNED GREBE, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN THRASHER, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, and EVENING GROSBEAK on May 6. Thanks to all who sent in their sightings this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT wiktel.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, May 15, 2008. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Hummingbird-Big Lake, MN From: "Cindy Mihalko" <cmih AT sherbtel.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:37:13 -0500 Yes, my first hummer this year! I was sitting on the patio and my mother's Wave Petunia plant got a once over(she forgot it here on Monday). He then came to the Trailing Geranium which was on the table that I was sitting at...he was not interested in that at all. I quick made sugar water and filled the feeder. I hope I get to see him in the morning, as I am leaving for Aitkin at 8am to check out the birds there again. I wonder if there have been any new comers since last weekend! I sure hope so. Birds to feed, no wonder my gardens have weeds!!! Cindy M. Big Lake, MN_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park From: "kimbir" <kimbir AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 19:21:50 -0500 Looking for information, I am planning on going to Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park Monday, are there any particular trails or areas one should focus on for warblers? Any tips or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kim Conway _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. From: "Betsy J. Kerr" <bjkerr AT umn.edu> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:09:38 -0500 We've had a male Indigo Bunting visiting our feeders, eating seeds from the ground and a platform feeder, off and on all day today. This is a first for our yard list. We're in Golden Valley, an urban neighborhood not far from Thoeodore Wirth park. Has anyone observed Indigo Buntings at feeders before? Or is this unusual behavior, resulting perhaps from the relative scarcity of insects? Betsy Kerr Golden Valley, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: This Evening in St. Cloud From: "Cherise Robb" <rcrobb AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:37:23 -0500 Hello, fellow bird enthusiasts This evening I heard two white-crowned sparrows singing in the spruces at the back of our lot. They are later than usual but welcome nevertheless. Then, a few minutes later I heard what I believe was a gray-cheeked thrush calling. Unfortunately, it either left or quit calling. These were both FOY birds for me. The sparrow migration has been pretty thin but this morning I noticed there were more white-throated sparrows around, a Lincoln's sparrow and a lingering Haris's sparrow. Still awaiting the orioles, RB grosbeaks and house wrens. Good birding. Cherise Robb, NW St Cloud No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1416 - Release Date: 5/5/2008 5:11 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Chisholm From: Christine Olson <olsonchristinemarie AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:09:53 -0700 (PDT) At my feeders this afternoon, I had my first-of-year Rose-breasted Grosbeak! He
was such a welcomed sight - especially after the never-ending winter we just
endured!
Hummingbirds can't be far behind.....
Christine Olson - Chisholm
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Subject: northern lake open?From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:23:21 -0500 Does anyone know if the Leech lake area lakes are ice free - open? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: northern lake open? From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:23:21 -0500 Does anyone know if the Leech lake area lakes are ice free - open? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: growly marsh sound From: RFABER AT smumn.edu Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 11:21:44 -0500 My nominee for the irregular, growly marsh sound would be...yellow-headed blackbird. 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/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird |