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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 

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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
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Subject: 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.

 
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Subject: 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

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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.
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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
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Subject: 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.

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Subject: 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

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Subject: 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.

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Subject: 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
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Vermilion Community College
1900 E. Camp Street
Ely, MN  55731
Office Phone:  218-235-2197
Fax: 218-365-7218
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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 Duluth
From: "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.

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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

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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).

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http://www.pbase.com/gymell/image/96863645

Bloomington, MN

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Subject: 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 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: East & South Landfill Reservoirs, Rochester
From: 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


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Subject: 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.

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Subject: 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)

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Subject: 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)


 
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Subject: 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)


 
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Subject: 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
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Subject: 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. 

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Maple Grove, MN 55311

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Subject: 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 


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St. Paul

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Subject: 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

 

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Subject: 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
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Subject: (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
 
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Subject: 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
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Subject: 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

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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
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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
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Subject: 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. 

 
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Subject: 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!
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-- 
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Holly Peirson 
wrote:

>  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
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Subject: 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.

 

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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
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Subject: 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
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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
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Subject: 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.

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Subject: 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!

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Subject: Re: sloggy resolution for growl
From: Wayne_Brininger AT fws.gov
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:07:03 -0600
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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.

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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 
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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.



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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
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Subject: 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

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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
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Subject: 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
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Subject: 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 
  

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Subject: 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!!!

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Subject: 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 
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Subject: 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
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Subject: 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

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Subject: 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
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Maple Grove, MN





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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?



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Subject: 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
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