-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*March 6, 2009
*MNST0903.06

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 6, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 6th 2009.

There is very little to report this week. In Duluth, the immature GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was seen again today at 21 East College Street. Also in Duluth, the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still at Canal Park on the 5th. A GREAT BLACK-BACKED-GULL was seen there as well.

A VARIED THRUSH has been at a feeder in the town of Dellwood, Washington County since the 27th, at 13 Doral Road.

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was still at the Ann Lake/Sand Dunes campground in Sherburne County on the 2nd.

A few additional migrants have been reported, including WOOD DUCK, GREAT BLUE HERON, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 12th 2009. --====1236352454====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:32:36 -0700 Reply-To: Shawn Conrad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Shawn Conrad Subject: [mou-net] Boreal Owl - Grand Marais Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Today around 1:30 pm, Don Brown and I enjoyed viewing a healthy Boreal Owl at the feeder of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais. The owl was extremely cooperative and has been there daily since Sunday. Gine not only went out of her way to help us see the bird, but she has graciously allowed me to post her owl and contact information should anyone want to give it a try. The owl has been there at different times but is most consistant near dusk. Gine's phone number is 218-370-8189 and her email address is ginere@boreal.org Thanks also to Bruce Stahly for helping make this contact happen. We also saw a flock of 40-50 Bohemian Waxwings (and one Evening Grosbeak) off of Shagawa Rd in Ely. We found 20 Evening Grosbeaks on Lake County 2 at what must be the first residence south of FR 11. I should have also mentioned the Northern Shrike on the very south side of Ely that I believe we viewed from Wilson Street yesterday afternoon. -- Shawn Conrad http://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:51:42 -0700 Reply-To: Peder Svingen Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Peder Svingen Subject: [mou-net] 232 Long-tailed Ducks at Stoney Point, St. Louis County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Earlier this week, nearly all of Lake Superior was covered with ice as =20= shown at: http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.cgi/modis?region=3Ds&page=3D1= Balmy temperatures and west winds today created open areas of water =20 along the North Shore, which helped concentrate waterfowl in a few =20 areas. Late this afternoon, I was fortunate to find no fewer than 232 =20= Long-tailed Ducks on Lake Superior off Stoney Point, St. Louis County. =20= The birds were initially in two large flocks which eventually =20 coalesced into one noisy, bobbing raft of bathtub toys. Their loud =20 vocalizations were easily heard from a distance of 1/4 mile. This is =20 by far the largest flock of Long-taileds that I have seen in the =20 Duluth area. Jan Green kindly supplied a compilation of records of this species =20 from the North Shore and I combined those records with high counts =20 from Karl Bardon's Occasional Paper from several years ago. As most of =20= you know, the highest counts of Long-tailed Ducks in Minnesota are =20 from Cook County. As far as I can determine, only one previous count =20 from St. Louis County exceeds my total from today -- 250 on the Duluth =20= CBC, 2 Jan 1960 (Flicker 32:83). There is also a count of 397 Long-=20 taileds during a winter count from Fond du Lac (St. Louis County) to =20 Knife River (Lake County), 2 January 1956 (Flicker 28:159). It is =20 unknown whether either of these two totals consisted of single flocks, =20= and the latter count may have included birds from two different =20 counties. Here are the counts of =E2=89=A5 230 birds from these sources. I thank = Jan =20 Green and Karl Bardon for compiling these data. 1000s fall 1948 17 mi NE Grand Marais Abbott, SR 21:115 1,000+ 12-Feb 1961 Tofte-Grand Marais, Cook County Green 1975 800 (one of 17 flocks in two days) 12-Feb 1950 near Cascade River S.P., Cook County Barrett 1950 750 19-Feb 1949 Cook County Hayward 1949 700 Feb 1948 Gooseberry Falls S.P., Cook County Hayward 1949 700 Feb 1948 near Two Harbors, Lake County Hayward 1949 500 appr. 25 Dec 1952 within 20 mi of Grand Marais Hanlon et al., SR 25:39 452 8-Dec 1999 Cascade River to Hovland, Cook County Bardon, SR 72:146 348 16-Dec 1995 Grand Marais CBC SR 68:146 300+ late Dec 1984 Cook County Hoffman, SR 57:124 300 28-Nov 1981 Cook County LaFond, SR 54:117 300 11-Nov 1965 Cook County Allin, SR 38:49 250 15-Feb 1964 3 locations, Lake County Green, pers. records 250 2-Jan 1960 Duluth CBC fide G. Kuyava, Flicker 32:83 233 28-Dec 1956 Grand Marais CBC Flicker 30:95 232 6-Mar 2009 Stoney Point, St. Louis County Svingen, SR ***** -- Peder Svingen Duluth, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:09:40 -0700 Reply-To: Peder Svingen Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Peder Svingen Subject: [mou-net] Reposting Long-tailed Duck records Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Apologies for the hard to read formatting in my recent posting. SR=Seasonal Report in The Loon. Here are the data arranged in columns: count -- date -- location -- reference. 1000s fall 1948 17 mi NE Grand Marais Abbott, SR 21:115 1,000+ 12-Feb 1961 Tofte-Grand Marais, Cook County Green 1975 800 12-Feb 1950 near Cascade River S.P., Cook County Barrett 1950 750 19-Feb 1949 Cook County Hayward 1949 700 Feb 1948 Gooseberry Falls S.P., Cook County Hayward 1949 700 Feb 1948 near Two Harbors, Lake County Hayward 1949 500 appr. 25 Dec 1952 within 20 mi of Grand Marais Hanlon et al., SR 25:39 452 8-Dec 1999 Cascade River to Hovland, Cook County Bardon, SR 72:146 348 16-Dec 1995 Grand Marais CBC SR 68:146 300+ late Dec 1984 Cook County Hoffman, SR 57:124 300 28-Nov 1981 Cook County LaFond, SR 54:117 300 11-Nov 1965 Cook County Allin, SR 38:49 250 15-Feb 1964 3 locations, Lake County Green, pers. records 250 2-Jan 1960 Duluth CBC fide G. Kuyava Flicker 32:83 233 28-Dec 1956 Grand Marais CBC Flicker 30:95 232 6-Mar 2009 Stoney Point, St. Louis County Svingen, SR ***** -- Peder Svingen Duluth, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 06:37:28 -0600 Reply-To: Pastor Al Schirmacher Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Pastor Al Schirmacher Subject: [mou-net] Great Black-backed, Long-tailed Ducks, Duluth & north Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Inquired - came - saw - conquered (with great MOU help): * Canal Park, Saturday 8:00-8:50 AM - Great Black-backed, Iceland, Glaucous, Herring & single Ring-billed Gulls * North Shore, Saturday ~ 9:30 AM - Long-tailed Ducks (90). Thank you, Peder & Eric for your posts & recommendations. Two state birds and home to central MN by noon! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:35:05 -0600 Reply-To: Linda Sparling Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Linda Sparling Subject: [mou-net] EUrasian Collared-Doves in Washington County, plus Harlequin Duck Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found three Eurasian Collared-Doves in the southern part of Washington Cou= nty this afternoon 3/8/09. =C2=A0They were located on Neal, just north of 10= 0th St., at the 1st farm east of Neal, north of 100th. =C2=A0Two were sittin= g on a wire and one was on the ground feeding. =C2=A0They were south of the=20= gray buildings. =C2=A0At one point they flew across the road and into a medi= um-sized conifer on the west side of the road. At Point Douglas Park I was delighted to see the male Harlequin Duck! =C2= =A0He was fairly close to me, so I took some decent pictures of him. =C2=A0T= here were also Greater and Lesser Scaup, Common and 1 make Red-breasted Merg= ansers and Redheads. Another birder told me he saw the Gray Partridge at Joan and 180th in Dakota= County today. =C2=A0My hour and a half vigil at dusk failed to make them ma= terialize. Linda Sparling ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:48:12 -0600 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Dave Bartkey Subject: [mou-net] Varied Thrush question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone=2C Does anyone know if the Washington County Varied Thrush is still being se= en? I haven't heard anything at all since the RBA came out on Thursday and = I was thinking about heading that direction this weekend. =20 Thanks for any info=2C good or bad=2C in advance! =20 Dave Bartkey Faribault=2C MN screechowl@q.com=20 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:50:29 -0600 Reply-To: Linda Sparling Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Linda Sparling Subject: Re: [mou-net] Varied Thrush question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I tried for the Varied Thrush Saturday and I know two birders who tried for it Sunday. The neighborhood is pretty upscale. The house at 13 Doral is not visible from the street, and certainly not its feeders. The driveway is lined with crabapple trees and there are plenty of conifers for cover. Even though there's a 'For Sale' sign at the end of the driveway, I didn't feel comfortable doing more than observing from my car. Linda Sparling ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:05:06 -0600 Reply-To: Chad Heins Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Chad Heins Subject: [mou-net] Hoary Redpoll in Mankato Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey birders! A Hoary Redpoll showed up again at the feeding station on the south side of= the chapel at Bethany Lutheran College. The bird was foraging with 30-40 = Common Redpolls. This does not appear to be the same bird that made a one-= day appearance back in January. Yesterday I saw a pale bird at my feeding = station but by the time I retrieved my binoculars, the whole flock had been= flushed. It may be the same bird now at the Bethany feeding station. Redpoll numbers have risen in the last week, probably reflecting transients= heading back north. It has been fun learning their vocalizations and the = heirarchy in the Carduelis ranks at the feeding station (siskins push out g= oldfinches; redpolls push out siskins). Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato, MN =20=20=20=20=20=20 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:21:20 -0600 Reply-To: Derek Bakken Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Derek Bakken Subject: [mou-net] Harlequin Duck - Prescott, WI Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, - The Harlequin Duck was seen again today about 11am. It was not under the bridge but was along the shore with some Mallards by the boat docks on the Prescott, WI side of the river and could be seen very easily from the small park next to the railroad bridge. Not much else there. - I found quite a few Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, and Horned Larks along 180th street as I went to look for the Gray Partridge (I did not see them but it was around noon so I am not surprised). - The Great Horned Owl is still on the nest at Cedar and Dodd in Lakeville. - No luck on the Saw-whet Owl at Old Cedar Ave (anyone seen it in the last couple of days?) - Not much at all at Black Dog or in the MN River - Iced over in most areas - Found a few Common and Hooded Mergansers Derek Bakken spottedtowhee@gmail.com ornitholature.blogspot.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:15:05 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 12 March 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1236899705====" --====1236899705==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 12, 2009 *MNST0903.12 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Common Loon Sandhill Crane Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: March 12, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 12th 2009. In Duluth, the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still at Canal Park on the 10th. A GREAT BLACK-BACKED-GULL was there as well. On the 6th, 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were counted on Lake Superior off Stoney Point, northeast of Duluth in St. Louis County. This is an exceptionally high total for this county. On the 11th, the HARLEQUIN DUCK was still along the Mississippi River near the boat docks across from Prescott, Wisconsin. A few additional migrants have been reported, including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, COMMON LOON, SANDHILL CRANE, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, COMMON GRACKLE, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 19th 2009. --====1236899705==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*March 12, 2009
*MNST0903.12

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 12, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 12th 2009.

In Duluth, the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still at Canal Park on the 10th. A GREAT BLACK-BACKED-GULL was there as well.

On the 6th, 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were counted on Lake Superior off Stoney Point, northeast of Duluth in St. Louis County. This is an exceptionally high total for this county.

On the 11th, the HARLEQUIN DUCK was still along the Mississippi River near the boat docks across from Prescott, Wisconsin.

A few additional migrants have been reported, including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, COMMON LOON, SANDHILL CRANE, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, COMMON GRACKLE, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 19th 2009. --====1236899705====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:45:12 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, March 12, 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1236912312====" --====1236912312==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *March 12, 2009 *MNDL0903.12 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Mallard Spruce Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Common Loon Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Mourning Dove Northern Hawk Owl Common Raven Horned Lark Boreal Chickadee American Robin Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: March 12, 2009 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 12, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. This week has been an unpleasant reminder that winter is still with us, but we are promised spring-like weather by Sunday. Most of the area was blanketed with a thick coating of snow this week, so most bare spots are gone, and minimum maintenance roads are mostly impassible. However the spring migration of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS continues. Deb Johnson in Douglas County reported AMERICAN ROBIN, MOURNING DOVE, COMMON REDPOLL, and PINE SISKINS near Alexandria on March 11. Brad and Dee Ehlers observed a COMMON LOON in the Otter Tail River in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, on March 10. Tom Smith saw nearly a dozen RED-TAILED HAWKS on a journey from the Twin Cities to Fergus Falls on March 9, some as far north as Otter Tail County. He also reported both COMMON REDPOLLS, and HOARY REDPOLLS at his feeder. Mark Otnes saw a COMMON RAVEN near the MSUM Science Center in Clay County on March 7. In Polk County, Tim Driscoll spotted a female EVENING GROSBEAK and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS in the northern part of East Grand Forks. Shelley Steva and I found a HOARY REDPOLL at the feeders at the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary in the northern part of Polk County on March 8. Other species seen in the county included BALD EAGLE, DARK-EYED JUNCO, COMMON REDPOLL, PINE SISKIN, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. Dave Myhrer saw a CANADA GOOSE fly over Thief River Falls in Pennington County on March 8. At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported that the pair of BALD EAGLES have returned to the nest at Parker Pool along CR 7 as of February 23. On March 8, Shelley Steva and I saw a RING-NECKED PHEASANT; and there were SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and HORNED LARKS everywhere in the county. Stan Wood in Roseau County reported that MALLARDS and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was sighted there on February 14, while a few CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS showed up on March 4. Martin Kehoe reported from the Beltrami Island State Forest on March 7 the sighting of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on a remote beaver pond. Nine SPRUCE GROUSE were seen this week, and there were three sightings of BOREAL CHICKADEES. Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Dave Myrher, Deb Johnson, Gary Tischer, Mark Otnes, Martin Kehoe, Stan Wood, Tim Driscoll, and Tom Smith for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 19, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1236912312==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*March 12, 2009
*MNDL0903.12

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 12, 2009
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 12, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

This week has been an unpleasant reminder that winter is still with us, but we are promised spring-like weather by Sunday. Most of the area was blanketed with a thick coating of snow this week, so most bare spots are gone, and minimum maintenance roads are mostly impassible. However the spring migration of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS continues.

Deb Johnson in Douglas County reported AMERICAN ROBIN, MOURNING DOVE, COMMON REDPOLL, and PINE SISKINS near Alexandria on March 11.

Brad and Dee Ehlers observed a COMMON LOON in the Otter Tail River in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, on March 10. Tom Smith saw nearly a dozen RED-TAILED HAWKS on a journey from the Twin Cities to Fergus Falls on March 9, some as far north as Otter Tail County. He also reported both COMMON REDPOLLS, and HOARY REDPOLLS at his feeder.

Mark Otnes saw a COMMON RAVEN near the MSUM Science Center in Clay County on March 7.

In Polk County, Tim Driscoll spotted a female EVENING GROSBEAK and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS in the northern part of East Grand Forks. Shelley Steva and I found a HOARY REDPOLL at the feeders at the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary in the northern part of Polk County on March 8. Other species seen in the county included BALD EAGLE, DARK-EYED JUNCO, COMMON REDPOLL, PINE SISKIN, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

Dave Myhrer saw a CANADA GOOSE fly over Thief River Falls in Pennington County on March 8.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported that the pair of BALD EAGLES have returned to the nest at Parker Pool along CR 7 as of February 23. On March 8, Shelley Steva and I saw a RING-NECKED PHEASANT; and there were SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and HORNED LARKS everywhere in the county.

Stan Wood in Roseau County reported that MALLARDS and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was sighted there on February 14, while a few CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS showed up on March 4.

Martin Kehoe reported from the Beltrami Island State Forest on March 7 the sighting of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on a remote beaver pond. Nine SPRUCE GROUSE were seen this week, and there were three sightings of BOREAL CHICKADEES.

Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Dave Myrher, Deb Johnson, Gary Tischer, Mark Otnes, Martin Kehoe, Stan Wood, Tim Driscoll, and Tom Smith for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 19, 2009.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1236912312====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:47:19 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 3/13/09 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1236948439====" --====1236948439==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 13, 2009 *MNDU0903.13 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Iceland Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Hawk Owl Boreal Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Bohemian Waxwing Hoary Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: March 13, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 12th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. An impressive flock of 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was found by Peder Svingen on the 6th at Stoney Point. Small groups of Long-tails have also been seen among the shifting ice between Two Harbors and Duluth during the past week. Peder relocated the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the 6th and the 8th at the Superior Entry at Wisconsin Point. Peder also relocated the forth-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL and the first-cycle ICELAND GULL at Canal Park over the weekend. He reported the season’s first TRUMPETER SWAN at Canal Park on the 9th, and the first CANADA GOOSE on the 8th. The Western Skyline Hawk Count began on the 1st of March, and a few spring migrants are beginning to trickle in. Karl Bardon saw a COOPER'S HAWK on the 6th, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and 59 BALD EAGLES on the 7th. A flock of 40-50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been seen for the past week along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township. Gordy Martinson has recently had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a HOARY REDPOLL at his feeders in Lakewood Township near Oak and Maxwell Street. Shawn Conrad and Don Brown watched a BOREAL OWL on the 6th at the yard of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais in Cook County. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL that was reported along MN Highway 61 at Knife River for several weeks was found dead on the 8th. Bill Stjern relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Highway 61 in Silver Bay on the 8th at the AmericInn. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 19th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1236948439==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 13, 2009
*MNDU0903.13

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 13, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 12th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An impressive flock of 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was found by Peder Svingen on the 6th at Stoney Point. Small groups of Long-tails have also been seen among the shifting ice between Two Harbors and Duluth during the past week. Peder relocated the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the 6th and the 8th at the Superior Entry at Wisconsin Point. Peder also relocated the forth-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL and the first-cycle ICELAND GULL at Canal Park over the weekend. He reported the season’s first TRUMPETER SWAN at Canal Park on the 9th, and the first CANADA GOOSE on the 8th.

The Western Skyline Hawk Count began on the 1st of March, and a few spring migrants are beginning to trickle in. Karl Bardon saw a COOPER'S HAWK on the 6th, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and 59 BALD EAGLES on the 7th. A flock of 40-50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been seen for the past week along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township. Gordy Martinson has recently had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a HOARY REDPOLL at his feeders in Lakewood Township near Oak and Maxwell Street.

Shawn Conrad and Don Brown watched a BOREAL OWL on the 6th at the yard of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais in Cook County. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL that was reported along MN Highway 61 at Knife River for several weeks was found dead on the 8th. Bill Stjern relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Highway 61 in Silver Bay on the 8th at the AmericInn.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 19th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1236948439====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:56:04 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 3/12/09 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1236909364====" --====1236909364==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 12, 2009 *MNDU0903.12 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Iceland Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Hawk Owl Boreal Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Bohemian Waxwing Hoary Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: March 12, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 12th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. An impressive flock of 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was found by Peder Svingen on the 6th at Stoney Point. Small groups of Long-tails have also been seen among the shifting ice between Two Harbors and Duluth during the past week. Peder relocated the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the 6th and the 8th at the Superior Entry at Wisconsin Point. Peder also relocated the forth-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL and the first-cycle ICELAND GULL at Canal Park over the weekend. He reported the season’s first TRUMPETER SWAN at Canal Park on the 9th, and the first CANADA GOOSE on the 8th. The Western Skyline Hawk Count began on the 1st of March, and a few spring migrants are beginning to trickle in. Karl Bardon saw a COOPER'S HAWK on the 6th, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and 59 BALD EAGLES on the 7th. A flock of 40-50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been seen for the past week along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township. Gordy Martinson has recently had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a HOARY REDPOLL at his feeders in Lakewood Township near Oak and Maxwell Street. Shawn Conrad and Don Brown watched a BOREAL OWL on the 6th at the yard of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais in Cook County. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL that was reported along MN Highway 61 at Knife River for several weeks was found dead on the 8th. Bill Stjern relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Highway 61 in Silver Bay on the 8th at the AmericInn. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 19th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1236909364==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 12, 2009
*MNDU0903.12

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 12, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 12th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An impressive flock of 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was found by Peder Svingen on the 6th at Stoney Point. Small groups of Long-tails have also been seen among the shifting ice between Two Harbors and Duluth during the past week. Peder relocated the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the 6th and the 8th at the Superior Entry at Wisconsin Point. Peder also relocated the forth-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL and the first-cycle ICELAND GULL at Canal Park over the weekend. He reported the season’s first TRUMPETER SWAN at Canal Park on the 9th, and the first CANADA GOOSE on the 8th.

The Western Skyline Hawk Count began on the 1st of March, and a few spring migrants are beginning to trickle in. Karl Bardon saw a COOPER'S HAWK on the 6th, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and 59 BALD EAGLES on the 7th. A flock of 40-50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been seen for the past week along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township. Gordy Martinson has recently had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a HOARY REDPOLL at his feeders in Lakewood Township near Oak and Maxwell Street.

Shawn Conrad and Don Brown watched a BOREAL OWL on the 6th at the yard of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais in Cook County. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL that was reported along MN Highway 61 at Knife River for several weeks was found dead on the 8th. Bill Stjern relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Highway 61 in Silver Bay on the 8th at the AmericInn.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 19th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1236909364====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:10:32 -0600 Reply-To: Shawn Conrad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Shawn Conrad Subject: [mou-net] More Eurasian Collared-doves in Grand Rapids Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There are more Eurasian Collared-doves turning up in Grand Rapids. This morning, I stumbled on a pair at the corner of 4th Ave NW and 6th St NW, well away from the original 3 EC Doves, which, are still present on and around Ha-Car Drive. -- Shawn Conrad http://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:30:43 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dan&erika Subject: [mou-net] Hoary Redpoll banded in Rice Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All--This morning, 13 March 2009, I banded a Hoary Redpoll in Rice Co. I took about 25 photos. Three of the best are at: http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/TempPhotos# (Do not confuse them with the Hoary Redpoll I took in Duluth--the Rice Co. birds are labeled "Hoary Redpoll/Rice Co.") Note the frosty-colored back, small bill, white rump, lightly streaked sides, basically unstreaked undertail coverts. Dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika@gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:28:05 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, March 12, 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1236907685====" --====1236907685==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *March 12, 2009 *MNDL0903.12 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Mallard Spruce Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Common Loon Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Mourning Dove Northern Hawk Owl Common Raven Horned Lark Boreal Chickadee American Robin Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: March 12, 2009 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 12, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. This week has been an unpleasant reminder that winter is still with us, but we are promised spring-like weather by Sunday. Most of the area was blanketed with a thick coating of snow this week, so most bare spots are gone, and minimum maintenance roads are mostly impassible. However the spring migration of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS continues. Deb Johnson in Douglas County reported AMERICAN ROBIN, MOURNING DOVE, COMMON REDPOLL, and PINE SISKINS near Alexandria on March 11. Brad and Dee Ehlers observed a COMMON LOON in the Otter Tail River in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, on March 10. Tom Smith saw nearly a dozen RED-TAILED HAWKS on a journey from the Twin Cities to Fergus Falls on March 9, some as far north as Otter Tail County. He also reported both COMMON REDPOLLS, and Hoary REDPOLLS at his feeder. Mark Otnes saw a COMMON RAVEN near the MSUM Science Center in Clay County on March 7. In Polk County, Tim Driscoll spotted a female EVENING GROSBEAK and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS in the northern part of East Grand Forks. Shelley Steva and I found a HOARY REDPOLL at the feeders at the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary in the northern part of Polk County on March 8. Other species seen in the county included BALD EAGLE, DARK-EYED JUNCO, COMMON REDPOLL, PINE SISKIN, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. Dave Myhrer saw a CANADA GOOSE fly over Thief River Falls in Pennington County on March 8. At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported that the pair of BALD EAGLES have returned to the nest at Parker Pool along CR 7 as of February 23. On March 8, Shelley Steva and I saw a RING-NECKED PHEASANT; and there were SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and HORNED LARKS everywhere in the county. Stan Wood in Roseau County reported that MALLARDS and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was sighted there on February 14, while a few CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS showed up on March 4. Martin Kehoe reported from the Beltrami Island State Forest on March 7 the sighting of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on a remote beaver pond. Nine SPRUCE GROUSE were seen this week, and there were three sightings of BOREAL CHICKADEES. Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Dave Myrher, Deb Johnson, Gary Tischer, Mark Otnes, Martin Kehoe, Stan Wood, Tim Driscoll, and Tom Smith for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 19, 2009 Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1236907685==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*March 12, 2009
*MNDL0903.12

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 12, 2009
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 12, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

This week has been an unpleasant reminder that winter is still with us, but we are promised spring-like weather by Sunday. Most of the area was blanketed with a thick coating of snow this week, so most bare spots are gone, and minimum maintenance roads are mostly impassible. However the spring migration of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS continues.

Deb Johnson in Douglas County reported AMERICAN ROBIN, MOURNING DOVE, COMMON REDPOLL, and PINE SISKINS near Alexandria on March 11.

Brad and Dee Ehlers observed a COMMON LOON in the Otter Tail River in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, on March 10. Tom Smith saw nearly a dozen RED-TAILED HAWKS on a journey from the Twin Cities to Fergus Falls on March 9, some as far north as Otter Tail County. He also reported both COMMON REDPOLLS, and Hoary REDPOLLS at his feeder.

Mark Otnes saw a COMMON RAVEN near the MSUM Science Center in Clay County on March 7.

In Polk County, Tim Driscoll spotted a female EVENING GROSBEAK and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS in the northern part of East Grand Forks. Shelley Steva and I found a HOARY REDPOLL at the feeders at the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary in the northern part of Polk County on March 8. Other species seen in the county included BALD EAGLE, DARK-EYED JUNCO, COMMON REDPOLL, PINE SISKIN, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

Dave Myhrer saw a CANADA GOOSE fly over Thief River Falls in Pennington County on March 8.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported that the pair of BALD EAGLES have returned to the nest at Parker Pool along CR 7 as of February 23. On March 8, Shelley Steva and I saw a RING-NECKED PHEASANT; and there were SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and HORNED LARKS everywhere in the county.

Stan Wood in Roseau County reported that MALLARDS and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was sighted there on February 14, while a few CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS showed up on March 4.

Martin Kehoe reported from the Beltrami Island State Forest on March 7 the sighting of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on a remote beaver pond. Nine SPRUCE GROUSE were seen this week, and there were three sightings of BOREAL CHICKADEES.

Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Dave Myrher, Deb Johnson, Gary Tischer, Mark Otnes, Martin Kehoe, Stan Wood, Tim Driscoll, and Tom Smith for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 19, 2009

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1236907685====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:26:27 -0600 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Dave Bartkey Subject: [mou-net] Mute Swan ~ Rice Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone=2C At around 2:15 this afternoon I found a Mute Swan at Wells Lake. Many of = you may remember that Rice County hosted Mute Swans for a number of years. = I haven't seen a Mute Swan in Rice County since February of 2007=2C so I'm = not sure about the origin of this bird=2C but I can tell you that in all th= e years I did see Mute Swans in the county=2C I never saw them at Wells Lak= e.=20 =20 Other FOY birds today were: Killdeer=2C Cormorant=2C Ring-billed Gull and= Eastern Meadowlark. =20 Wells Lake hosted 13 species of duck today along with a couple of Greater= White-fronted Geese. I also had several flocks of GWF Geese flying over to= day. Numbers totaled well above 150 birds.=20 =20 Species numbers were much=2C much higher today than in the past=2C especi= ally dabbler ducks: pintails=2C shovelers=2C wood ducks=2C green-winged tea= l and wigeon.=20 =20 Also of note - Yesterday=2C I had a single Great Blue Heron on the colony= island at Wells Lake. Today there were probably well over 40. =20 Good birding! =20 Dave Bartkey Faribault=2CMN screechowl@q.com=20 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:11:26 -0600 Reply-To: Sam Ives Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Sam Ives Subject: [mou-net] Duluth Snowy Owl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My wife and I saw a snowy owl on Friday, March 13th morning on the lakeside= ice just north of the airport out on park point. Not sure how much ice is left since then, but it was sitting just at the op= en water's edge sunning itself. Last of the winter owls, perhaps. Sam Ives Mpls, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:24:38 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Mattsson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Mattsson Subject: [mou-net] Thank you Hoary Redpoll documentors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This has turned out to be an exceptional winter for Hoary Redpoll in Minnesota, certainly one of the largest invasions on record. As winter seasonal compilers for the MOU, Drew Smith, Paul Budde and I wish to thank all of the birders who have taken the time and effort to post and document their sightings of this rare-regular species to the MOU web site. Only through your documented reports is it possible to track and evaluate the extent of this amazing invasion. We realize that birders in northern counties tend to find many more individuals of this species than do birders in the southern counties and we really appreciate their documentation as well. A recent string of postings to MOU-net from southern Minnesota dealing with possible leucistic Common Redpolls shows how important it is to document this potentially confusing species, especially females and immatures. As you all know, this has also been an irruptive year for Common Redpolls throughout the state (even south to Texas). There is a well documented degree of overlap in plumage characteristics between Common and Hoary Repolls, so it has been especially important to receive well-documented reports of the latter. Thanks again, and please continue to document your sighting through the remainder of the spring season. Good birding to all, Jim Mattsson Drew Smith Paul Budde ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:12:56 -0600 Reply-To: Kim R Eckert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Kim R Eckert Subject: [mou-net] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in St Louis Co Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just received a report of a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch seen this morning at a feeder near the town of Twig, which is just N of Duluth in St Louis Co. Later today or tomorrow the homeowner will let me know if the bird is still present and will try to get some photos. At the same time he will be talking to his wife and neighbors about the possibility of birders coming to look for it; the feeders are not visible from the road. So, stay tuned for more information. Kim Eckert ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:18 -0600 Reply-To: Alexander Watson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Alexander Watson Subject: [mou-net] Ross's Goose Mower County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Open water finally around Austin and my first Non-Mallards From the water around Austin 1- Ross's Goose 14- Ring-Necked Ducks 2- Pintail 1 Hooded Merganser also, Woodcock strutting in the Hormel Nature Center's sugar bush. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:38:35 -0600 Reply-To: Valerie Slocum Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Valerie Slocum Subject: [mou-net] Golden Eagle - Fillmore County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A Golden Eagle has been sighted along the Root River at Eagle Bluff ELC in Lanesboro, MN. Valerie Slocum Raptor Program Coordinator/Wildlife Coordinator Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center 28097 Goodview Drive Lanesboro, MN 55949 507-467-2437 phone 507-467-3583 fax raptors@eagle-bluff.org www.eagle-bluff.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:45:58 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, March 19, 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1237513558====" --====1237513558==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *March 19, 2009 *MNDL0903.19 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Mallard Ring-necked Pheasant Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Killdeer Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Short-eared Owl Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird American Robin Cedar Waxwing Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Common Grackle Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: March 19, 2009 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 19, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. With the lengthening days, and the warming temperatures, early migrants are streaming back into northwest Minnesota. It only remains for the rivers and lakes to open up for the waterfowl migration to begin in earnest. This week the reports are full of sightings of CANADA GEESE scouts, BALD EAGLES in most counties, HORNED LARKS everywhere, and AMERICAN ROBINS. On March 15 Kris Guggisberg reported four GREAT GRAY OWLS and 6 BALD EAGLES on a trip between the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods and Roseau. Not all of these birds were seen on the US side, but you get the idea. On March 14, Beth Siverhus saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Roseau County about 15 miles southwest of Warroad on the Schwartz Forest Road; a GREAT GRAY OWL was seen 12 miles south and 1/4 mile east of Warroad just off Dick's Parkway. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed 2 miles south of Warroad on CR 5. Larry Wilebski saw two SNOWY OWLS between Orleans and Humboldt on March 17. Other species seen in Kittson County included several NORTHERN HARRIERS, and AMERICAN ROBINS. Beth Siverhus spotted a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN 72 in Beltrami County on March 16. From Marshall County, Linda Johnson saw a NORTHERN HARRIER near Warren, and there were DARK-EYED JUNCOS at the feeder. From Agassiz NWR, Gary Tischer reported that the BALD EAGLES are incubating on the nest in Parker Pool. AMERICAN ROBINS and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK appeared there on March 16. Gary Tischer reported that the MERLIN returned to Thief River Falls, Pennington County on March 17. CANADA GEESE scouts have been flying in small numbers over the city in the past few days, looking for open water. Shelley Steva and I saw two WESTERN MEADOWLARKS in Pennington County on March 15. On March 15, Shelley and I saw two BALD EAGLES, one NORTHERN HARRIER, an AMERICAN KESTREL, and a MERLIN in Red Lake County. In Polk County on March 16, Bruce Flaig saw a KILLDEER a mile east of the intersection of CR 12/ CR 14. He also reported five TRUMPETER SWANS. On March 18, he saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS returned to the yard. On the 10th, Theresa Norton reported a single SNOW BUNTING near East Grand Forks. On March 18, Nate Emery reported both GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS and SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in the Glacial Ridge area. Other species seen included CANADA GEESE, TRUMPETER SWANS, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and of course lots of HORNED LARKS. Mel and Elaine Bennefeld saw a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT along MN 200 east of Hendrum in Norman County on March 17. In Clay County, Mel and Elaine reported an AMERICAN KESTREL at 57th Ave N along CR 9; a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen hunting over the prairie at Buffalo River State Park. Scott Kahan in Becker County on March 10 saw a WESTERN MEADOWLARK near Perham, and TRUMPETER SWANS at Little Pine Lake. The first flocks of CANADA GEESE were reported by Cleone Stewart near Frazee on March 14. On March 17, she spotted the first RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. Colleen Nelson reported 20 MALLARDS south of Detroit Lakes on March 18.Other species reported in Becker County included RING-NECKED PHEASANT, and AMERICAN ROBIN. Brad and Dee Ehlers in Otter Tail County saw an AMERICAN KESTREL 6 miles east of Ottertail city on March 6. On March 17, they saw a NORTHERN HARRIER, and three EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported AMERICAN ROBINS, two COMMON GRACKLES and 7 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on March 16.Alma Ronningen observed CEDAR WAXWINGS and PURPLE FINCH on March 16, and on March 18 she saw a BALD EAGLE and two AMERICAN KESTRELS near the entrance to Maplewood State Park. Colleen Nelson found 25 AMERICAN ROBINS south of Pelican Rapids on March 18. Thanks to all who sent in sightings this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 26, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1237513558==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*March 19, 2009
*MNDL0903.19

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 19, 2009
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 19, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

With the lengthening days, and the warming temperatures, early migrants are streaming back into northwest Minnesota. It only remains for the rivers and lakes to open up for the waterfowl migration to begin in earnest. This week the reports are full of sightings of CANADA GEESE scouts, BALD EAGLES in most counties, HORNED LARKS everywhere, and AMERICAN ROBINS.

On March 15 Kris Guggisberg reported four GREAT GRAY OWLS and 6 BALD EAGLES on a trip between the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods and Roseau. Not all of these birds were seen on the US side, but you get the idea. On March 14, Beth Siverhus saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Roseau County about 15 miles southwest of Warroad on the Schwartz Forest Road; a GREAT GRAY OWL was seen 12 miles south and 1/4 mile east of Warroad just off Dick's Parkway. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed 2 miles south of Warroad on CR 5.

Larry Wilebski saw two SNOWY OWLS between Orleans and Humboldt on March 17. Other species seen in Kittson County included several NORTHERN HARRIERS, and AMERICAN ROBINS.

Beth Siverhus spotted a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN 72 in Beltrami County on March 16.

From Marshall County, Linda Johnson saw a NORTHERN HARRIER near Warren, and there were DARK-EYED JUNCOS at the feeder. From Agassiz NWR, Gary Tischer reported that the BALD EAGLES are incubating on the nest in Parker Pool. AMERICAN ROBINS and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK appeared there on March 16.

Gary Tischer reported that the MERLIN returned to Thief River Falls, Pennington County on March 17. CANADA GEESE scouts have been flying in small numbers over the city in the past few days, looking for open water. Shelley Steva and I saw two WESTERN MEADOWLARKS in Pennington County on March 15.

On March 15, Shelley and I saw two BALD EAGLES, one NORTHERN HARRIER, an AMERICAN KESTREL, and a MERLIN in Red Lake County.

In Polk County on March 16, Bruce Flaig saw a KILLDEER a mile east of the intersection of CR 12/ CR 14. He also reported five TRUMPETER SWANS. On March 18, he saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS returned to the yard. On the 10th, Theresa Norton reported a single SNOW BUNTING near East Grand Forks. On March 18, Nate Emery reported both GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS and SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in the Glacial Ridge area. Other species seen included CANADA GEESE, TRUMPETER SWANS, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and of course lots of HORNED LARKS.

Mel and Elaine Bennefeld saw a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT along MN 200 east of Hendrum in Norman County on March 17.

In Clay County, Mel and Elaine reported an AMERICAN KESTREL at 57th Ave N along CR 9; a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen hunting over the prairie at Buffalo River State Park.

Scott Kahan in Becker County on March 10 saw a WESTERN MEADOWLARK near Perham, and TRUMPETER SWANS at Little Pine Lake. The first flocks of CANADA GEESE were reported by Cleone Stewart near Frazee on March 14. On March 17, she spotted the first RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. Colleen Nelson reported 20 MALLARDS south of Detroit Lakes on March 18.Other species reported in Becker County included RING-NECKED PHEASANT, and AMERICAN ROBIN.

Brad and Dee Ehlers in Otter Tail County saw an AMERICAN KESTREL 6 miles east of Ottertail city on March 6. On March 17, they saw a NORTHERN HARRIER, and three EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported AMERICAN ROBINS, two COMMON GRACKLES and 7 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on March 16.Alma Ronningen observed CEDAR WAXWINGS and PURPLE FINCH on March 16, and on March 18 she saw a BALD EAGLE and two AMERICAN KESTRELS near the entrance to Maplewood State Park. Colleen Nelson found 25 AMERICAN ROBINS south of Pelican Rapids on March 18.

Thanks to all who sent in sightings this week.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 26, 2009.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1237513558====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:15:40 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 3/19/09 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1237515340====" --====1237515340==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 19, 2009 *MNDU0903.19 -Birds mentioned Gadwall Green-winged Teal Long-tailed Duck Wild Turkey Pied-billed Grebe Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Golden Eagle American Woodcock Eurasian Collared-Dove Snowy Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Eastern Bluebird Red-winged Blackbird Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: March 19, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 19th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was reported on the 17th at a home two miles north of Twig, but it has not been reported since. Shawn Conrad found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Grand Rapids on the 13th at the corner of 4th Avenue NW and 6th Street NW. Shawn reports that this is far from the original three Collared-Doves that are still present along Ha-Car Drive. Sam Ives saw a SNOWY OWL on the 13th on the lake ice out from the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. A flock of 15 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was seen on the 18th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. Karl Bardon and others counted 14 GOLDEN EAGLES at the West Skyline Hawk Count on the 13th, and 330 BALD EAGLES on the 14th. The first NORTHERN HARRIER of the season was seen on the 16th, as well as a RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. Deb Falkowski saw two GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a GADWALL on the 12th at Silver Lake in Virginia. Kim Eckert and Barb Akre saw a TURKEY VULTURE and PIED-BILLED GREBE on the 17th in Duluth. Sparky Stensaas found AMERICAN WOODCOCK and EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Carlton County on the 18th, and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL on the 16th. He also saw a WILD TURKEY on the 14th one mile north of Wrenshall on CR 1. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 26th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1237515340==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 19, 2009
*MNDU0903.19

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 19, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 19th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was reported on the 17th at a home two miles north of Twig, but it has not been reported since. Shawn Conrad found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Grand Rapids on the 13th at the corner of 4th Avenue NW and 6th Street NW. Shawn reports that this is far from the original three Collared-Doves that are still present along Ha-Car Drive.

Sam Ives saw a SNOWY OWL on the 13th on the lake ice out from the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. A flock of 15 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was seen on the 18th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.

Karl Bardon and others counted 14 GOLDEN EAGLES at the West Skyline Hawk Count on the 13th, and 330 BALD EAGLES on the 14th. The first NORTHERN HARRIER of the season was seen on the 16th, as well as a RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

Deb Falkowski saw two GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a GADWALL on the 12th at Silver Lake in Virginia. Kim Eckert and Barb Akre saw a TURKEY VULTURE and PIED-BILLED GREBE on the 17th in Duluth. Sparky Stensaas found AMERICAN WOODCOCK and EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Carlton County on the 18th, and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL on the 16th. He also saw a WILD TURKEY on the 14th one mile north of Wrenshall on CR 1.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 26th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1237515340====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:57:34 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 20 March 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1237575454====" --====1237575454==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 20, 2009 *MNST0903.20 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Mute Swan Barrow's Goldeneye Snowy Owl Tree Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: March 20, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 19th 2009. A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was reported on the 17th at a home two miles north of Twig in St. Louis County, but it has not been reported since. A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was on the Hennepin County side of the Coon Rapids Dam on the 14th, but it has not been reported since then. A MUTE SWAN was at Wells Lake in Rice County on the 15th. A SNOWY OWL was reported on the 13th on the ice of Lake Superior in Duluth, out from the Sky Harbor airport. Recent migrant reports include CACKLING GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, GREEN WINGED TEAL, TREE SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, SONG SPARROW, WESTERN MEADOWLARK BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 26th 2009. --====1237575454==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*March 20, 2009
*MNST0903.20

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 20, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 19th 2009.

A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was reported on the 17th at a home two miles north of Twig in St. Louis County, but it has not been reported since.

A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was on the Hennepin County side of the Coon Rapids Dam on the 14th, but it has not been reported since then.

A MUTE SWAN was at Wells Lake in Rice County on the 15th.

A SNOWY OWL was reported on the 13th on the ice of Lake Superior in Duluth, out from the Sky Harbor airport.

Recent migrant reports include CACKLING GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, GREEN WINGED TEAL, TREE SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, SONG SPARROW, WESTERN MEADOWLARK BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 26th 2009. --====1237575454====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:56:27 -0600 Reply-To: Shawn Conrad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Shawn Conrad Subject: [mou-net] Ruffed Grouse drumming, 3/19, Hibbing Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just for the sake of phenology, I thought I'd report that I heard a Ruffed Grouse drumming several times in an area north of Hibbing on 3/19. My records aren't the best, but this is about a week earlier than I've noted my first drumming grouse in past years. -- Shawn Conrad http://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:07:22 -0600 Reply-To: drbop@ATT.BLACKBERRY.NET Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Rare Bird Alert Subject: [mou-net] Golden Eagle in Brown County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At about 12:30 I had great looks at a juvenile Golden Eagle on Hwy 257 at t= he SE corner of Linden Lake just east of Hanska. Also lots of waterfowl at= WMA just north of Nicollet on Hwy 111 in Nicollet County including flocks = of Snow Geese and Greater White-fronted Geese overhead. Bob Williams, Bloomington=20 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:33:20 -0600 Reply-To: Nathan Schirmacher Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Nathan Schirmacher Subject: [mou-net] Golden Eagle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After having a not so great morning at the Sherburne Refuge i went home. = I decided to keep the bins out just in case and it paid off. I noticed a go= od deal of eagles were moving through while i was watching Basketball. Then= i noticed a strange one so i got my bins on it and sure enough it was a Im= mature type Golden Eagle(Golden head=2C windows=2C two tone tail). That mad= e my day and a great yard bird. Good birding to all and i hope some geese c= an come next.=20 Nathan Schirmacher Princeton=2CMN Mille Lacs County =20 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99 SkyDrive: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_032009= ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:44:02 -0600 Reply-To: Joshua Christian Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Joshua Christian Subject: [mou-net] McLeod Co. Ross's Goose, N. Shrike Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I birded several areas in McLeod Co. today with good success. I started at= Lake Marion=2C which has a good deal of open water. =20 =20 Birds at Lake Marion included: =20 Canada Goose Mallard Gadwall Northern Shoveler Canvasback--the largest group I've seen in a while=2C almost as numerous as= the scaup Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Merganser Ruddy Duck =20 My next stop was a small pond/flooded field on Yacht Ave. just north of 115= th St. There was a large group of Greater White-fronted Geese there. Afte= r several minutes of watching them=2C a lone Ross's Goose swam to the middl= e of the pond (I had apparently missed it on my first 3-4 scans of the pond= ). I first confidently called it a Ross's=2C but I took a step back when I= noticed a hint of a grin patch. But after closer study the grin patch see= med to be more a trick of the light (it disappeared at certain angles)=2C a= nd because of that=2C coupled with the triangular bill=2C I'm fairly certai= n it's a true Ross's. While there=2C several hundred more White-fronted Ge= ese flew over=2C with a single white goose in one flock. Because its size = seemed to be on par with the rest of the geese=2C I'm leaning toward Snow G= oose=2C but I can't say definitively. I also added Green-winged Teal to th= e list. =20 My last stop was on the east end 190th St. just south of Hwy 7 along the Cr= ow River. While there I spotted an impressive 15 Bald Eagles (8 of them in= a single tree) and several Hooded Mergansers. Ring-billed and Herring Gul= ls had also come to feast on the dead carp lining the shore. In the brushy= field just to the west of those birds a Northern Shrike was feeding. I wa= s able to get a scope on it and confirm that the mask did not extend above = the beak. =20 Good birding=2C Josh Christian =20 =20 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99 SkyDrive: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_032009= ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:25:49 -0600 Reply-To: Andrew Longtin Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Andrew Longtin Subject: [mou-net] Ross's Goose / Northern Shoveler Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Got two new yard birds today!! This morning while looking out the window for PFW I had a lone Ross's Goose following right behind a lone Canada Goose!!! I ran out on the deck to watch then pass and about two minutes later I had a pair (hen and drake) Northern Shoveler do a fly over two, been a while since I got two new yard birds in 3 minutes!!! Andrew -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email: Birderguy@comcast.net I'm looking for a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Supporter http://www.hawkridge.org Minnesota Ornithologists Union Member http://www.moumn.org Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) Member http://www.hmana.org Cornell Lab Member (PFW) http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:06:32 -0700 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Roger Schroeder Subject: Hoary Redpoll - Benton County Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Observed at a feeder on 89 - 1/2 Ave in the small town of Oak Park (Be= tween Foley, and Milaca along Hwy 23) on Friday, March 20.
========================================================================= Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:53:52 -0600 Reply-To: "John P. Ellis" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "John P. Ellis" Subject: [mou-net] Douglas Ross's Goose and others Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Went to refill my 14+or- wood duck houses this weekend and go birding. Saturday was foggy and hazy all day, saw a few raptors and waterfowl in late PM looking for a SEOwl or GEagle. Wind from E today and cloudy bright in AM and cloudy in PM but many birds seemed to have moved in and moving today (Sunday). Had three geese sp. including a lone Ross's Goose in feeding with a flock of about 80-100 Canada Geese. (My first in Douglas County.) Ross's was on south side of Douglas 56, .4 miles west of Douglas 7, just S of 94-Brandon Exit. NO Snow Geese! Canada Geese were everywhere and quite a few Duck species had moved in from yesterday to today. (Had all expected except Redheads, Am. Wigeon and BWTeal. Including Coot and CMerg. and Hooded Merg. I had 14 species of duck, three of geese and a flock of 16 Trumpeter Swans. Many raptors were moving: One Sharp Shin, 2 Coopers, 19 Am. Kestrel, 21 N. Harriers, 41 Red-Tailed Hawks, 38 Bald Eagles including 13 on the ice at Lake Christina, but the others in singles and a few pairs. There were a few unidentified but I think they were probably Red-Tails. Had a N. Shrike, a few Snow Buntings, still lots of Juncos and Am Tree Sparrows. Had first of year Bluebirds, W. Meadowlark, Sandhill Cranes (on Territory), Grackle, Killdeer, Mourning Dove and most of the Ducks. Runoff ponds are open to various depths, permanent ponds and lakes are still frozen except where there are inflows and outflows, all streams are open. Lake Irene still had two feet of ice on it. John Ellis-St. Paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:33:06 -0600 Reply-To: Pastor Al Schirmacher Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Pastor Al Schirmacher Subject: [mou-net] Lesser Black-backed Gull (?), Princeton Sewage Ponds Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Stopped at Princeton Sewage Ponds over lunch hour to check for open water/waterfowl. Surprised to see a gull with the following characteristics: * Larger size than near by Ring-gilled, but not as large as Herring * Dark mantle (which immediately drew my attention). * Dark underwings, particularly along the left edge as it flew left to right * However, whiter head and dark bill edge. Color was very difficult to determine against the white sky & background, which made leg/edge of bill color troublesome. Lesser Black-backed seems to be my best option, although I'd expect a bit more coloration on the head with a darker bill for second or third winter - or more apparent red on the bill with a white head for breeding adult - unless there is another transitional type? The gull was too large and too white on the head for Bonaparte's/Franklin's/Laughing, but nowhere near large enough for Great Black-backed. I suppose Slaty-backed is a possibility, although didn't appear that large to me (bear in mind, I've seen one Slaty-backed in 16 years). Other dark mantled gulls would be even more remote statistically. I welcome thoughts. The look was only a minute or so long, which included time to break out the scope. Observed on the ice and in flight. Ducks are beginning to arrive, but we're just at the beginning of the migration. Send us some non-standard geese! Snow, Ross', GWF and Cackling are tough finds in the area currently. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:00:21 -0600 Reply-To: Dedrick Benz Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Dedrick Benz Subject: [mou-net] Ross's Goose, Houston County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At about 6:15 PM Tuesday evening I found a nice white Ross's Goose just sou= th of Reno=2C MN. It had a very petite bill and showed no signs of hybridi= zation. There is a small wetland complex along highway 26 between Reno and= Houston County Road 249. The bird was about 200 yds. north of 249 on the = east side of the road. The bird was less than 100 yards out=2C but was on = the other side of some railroad tracks that make the bird hard to see headi= ng south down 26. So you may want to head down to 249=2C make a u-turn=2C = and head north on 26. It'll make sense once you're there. The Ross's was = with a group of seven Canada geese. =20 Note: I just used to Google to note the location=2C and they have the town= of Reno marked as Genoa (there is a Genoa=2C WI across the river). So=2C = Genoa=2C MN is actually Reno=2C MN. Clear as mud? =20 All in all=2C the Mississippi River was hopping from La Crescent south=2C w= ith hundreds of pelicans=2C Tundra Swans and waterfowl including my first R= uddy Duck of the year. =20 Dedrick Benz Winona=2C MN =20 _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail=AE= . http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=3DTXT_MS= GTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme= ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:06:06 -0600 Reply-To: Michelle_McDowell@FWS.GOV Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Rare Bird Alert Subject: [mou-net] possible whooping crane, Aitkin County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday, in the rain, driving at highway speed, a possible whooping c=3D rane was spotted by a refuge volunteer, flying east over McGregor Marsh SNA,=3D approximately 3 miles south of McGregor. The description given was a v=3D ery large white colored bird, long legs, with black wing tips, neck held straight out. Please let me know if a whooping crane, or other bird fitting the description is observed near here. Thanks! Michelle McDowell Wildlife Biologist Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge McGregor, MN 218-768-2402=3D ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:11:04 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Dunlap Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Dunlap Subject: [mou-net] Hoary Redpoll, Nicollet County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After not seeing any redpolls for a couple weeks now at the Interpretive Center's feeders here at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, I was surprised just a few minutes ago to see a single Hoary Redpoll at the thistle feeders hanging from a shepherd's hook pole behind the Interpretive Center. The bird appears to be a female; characteristics that caught my eye immediately were pale overall plumage, no visible undertail streaking, white rump (as I saw it fly up to a nearby tree), and a small, stubby bill. I was able to take a few photographs before the bird took off. Not sure if it will hang around, but I'll keep watching. The only other birds that have been coming to these thistle feeders are Pine Siskins. Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County -- Bob Dunlap Naturalist, Linnaeus Arboretum Manager, Nobel Hall Greenhouse Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Ave. Saint Peter, MN 56082 507-933-7199 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:35:16 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Mattsson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Mattsson Subject: [mou-net] Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dakota Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mar 25, 2009 We hosted and photographed a first year GCSP today from 1:00pm - 4:30pm. It made 3 appearances during this time and stayed for 2-5 minutes each time. The problem is that the bird is ONLY visible from inside our living room. There simply is no place to view the bird from the outside without scaring everything away. One possibility is that IF the bird remains thru Friday, I may be able to have an "open house" Saturday morning for people to come and, hopefully, view the bird. I will follow-up with a post to MOU-net Friday afternoon or evening with an update and directions to my house, if necessary. Please don't bother calling or emailing as I plan to be very busy preparing for an upcoming trip to Peru. Sorry, but I don't know how else to handle this. Jim Mattsson Eagan ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:12:49 -0600 Reply-To: "David A. Cahlander" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "David A. Cahlander" Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes reported on Operation Migration Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just checked the field journal at the Operation Migration web site to = see the status of the introduced flock of Whooping Cranes. http://www.operationmigration.org/ They indicate that most of the birds are back in Wisconsin, some are en = route, and some have not left Florida. Check out the field journal = http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html for daily updates. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:01:31 -0600 Reply-To: "P. Mattson" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "P. Mattson" Subject: [mou-net] Mower County Golden Eagle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 10:10 this morning, a mature golden eagle flew out of the woods east of the prairie that's east of the tower in the Hormel Nature center. It flapped and soared for several minutes, slowly gaining altitude. I got a good look. Head and beak smaller than a bald eagle and had a light golden color when the light hit. Buffy area under the base of the tail was visible. Light colored areas visible on top surfaces of wings. Undersides of wings were dark at the front, lighter in the back. Wings held in slight dihedral when soaring. Not very common in Mower County as far as I know. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:16:15 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 26 March 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1238098575====" --====1238098575==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 26, 2009 *MNST0903.26 -Birds mentioned Whooping Crane American Golden-Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike American Pipit Clay-colored Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: March 26, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 26th 2009. On March 25th, Jim Mattsson reported three brief appearances of a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW in his backyard in Eagan, Dakota County. Because there is no place to view the bird from outside the house, if the bird stays around, Jim will make visiting arrangements for Saturday morning. In that event, this tape will be updated with that information. On the 24th, there was a report of a WHOOPING CRANE flying east over McGregor Marsh SNA in Aitkin County. This is about three miles south of McGregor. Shorebirds are beginning to arrive in the southern parts of the state. Recent arrivals include AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and WILSON'S SNIPE. I also have new reports of EASTERN PHOEBE, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 2nd 2009. --====1238098575==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*March 26, 2009
*MNST0903.26

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 26, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 26th 2009.

On March 25th, Jim Mattsson reported three brief appearances of a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW in his backyard in Eagan, Dakota County. Because there is no place to view the bird from outside the house, if the bird stays around, Jim will make visiting arrangements for Saturday morning. In that event, this tape will be updated with that information.

On the 24th, there was a report of a WHOOPING CRANE flying east over McGregor Marsh SNA in Aitkin County. This is about three miles south of McGregor.

Shorebirds are beginning to arrive in the southern parts of the state. Recent arrivals include AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and WILSON'S SNIPE. I also have new reports of EASTERN PHOEBE, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 2nd 2009. --====1238098575====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:09:42 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 3/26/09 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1238112582====" --====1238112582==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 26, 2009 *MNDU0903.26 -Birds mentioned Northern Pintail Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Great Blue Heron Sandhill Crane Whooping Crane Killdeer Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Bohemian Waxwing Rusty Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: March 26, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 26th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 21st by John Boynton between the Old North Shore Road (CR 290) and the MN Highway 61 expressway near the Henderson Road. Mike Hendrickson saw a SNOWY OWL on the 25th on the ice near Barker's Island in Superior. A flock of 40 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS is still being seen along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township. A WHOOPING CRANE was reported on the 24th flying east over McGregor Marsh SNA, about three miles south of McGregor in Aitkin County. Recent new arrivals in the area include SANDHILL CRANE on the 23rd, NORTHERN PINTAIL, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, REDHEAD, GREAT BLUE HERON, and KILLDEER on the 25th, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD on the 26th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 2nd. 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@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1238112582==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 26, 2009
*MNDU0903.26

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 26, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 26th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 21st by John Boynton between the Old North Shore Road (CR 290) and the MN Highway 61 expressway near the Henderson Road. Mike Hendrickson saw a SNOWY OWL on the 25th on the ice near Barker's Island in Superior. A flock of 40 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS is still being seen along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township.

A WHOOPING CRANE was reported on the 24th flying east over McGregor Marsh SNA, about three miles south of McGregor in Aitkin County.

Recent new arrivals in the area include SANDHILL CRANE on the 23rd, NORTHERN PINTAIL, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, REDHEAD, GREAT BLUE HERON, and KILLDEER on the 25th, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD on the 26th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 2nd.

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@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1238112582====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:10:21 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, March 26, 2009 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1238116221====" --====1238116221==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *March 26, 2009 *MNDL0903.26 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Mallard Northern Pintail Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Sharp-tailed Grouse Common Loon Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Sandhill Crane Killdeer American Woodcock Ring-billed Gull Snowy Owl Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher American Crow American Robin American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch Hoary Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: March 26, 2009 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 26, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. Weather has been the main topic in the northwest this week, as the latest spring storm drags its way across the area, causing havoc everywhere. There is hardly a spot in the whole northwest where high water and icy roads are not an issue as I write this. This latest weather event has not stopped the bird migration however. There are now reports from most regions of all the common raptors - BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN HARRIERS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, AMERICAN KESTRELS, and MERLINS are returning to the area daily. Other species reported frequently include AMERICAN CROW, and COMMON GRACKLE. A HOARY REDPOLL visited the backyard of Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County on March 23, a KILLDEER on March 24, and both SONG SPARROW and FOX SPARROW on March 25. On March 20, Tom Smith reported RED-TAILED HAWK, and NORTHERN HARRIER near Otter Tail Lake, and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and COMMON GRACKLE in Fergus Falls. Alma Ronningen reported 4-5 FOX SPARROWS and two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on March 22. On the 24th, she saw a MERLIN, the first SANDHILL CRANES, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, and PURPLE FINCH, while a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK showed up in the yard on March 26. Brad and Dee Ehlers added COMMON LOON, 8 COMMON MERGANSERS, and CHIPPING SPARROW on March 25. Dave Lambeth saw an adult RED-TAILED HAWK in Polk County south of East Grand Forks on March 21. Shelley Steva and I observed SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, MALLARDS and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS in Polk County on March 22, in addition to the raptors reported by nearly everyone. Shelley Steva had an AMERICAN WOODCOCK fly over the road two miles east of Plummer in Red Lake County on March 23. On March 24, she saw a BELTED KINGFISHER near Oklee. On March 22, Shelley and I noticed AMERICAN CROW numbers have increased in Pennington County. Shelley saw three immature BALD EAGLES and one RING-BILLED GULL in Pennington County on March 23. Maggie Anderson reported from Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on March 26. Representatives of the following species have returned to the refuge: TRUMPETER SWAN, AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS. On March 22, Shelley and I saw an AMERICAN KESTREL in Clearwater County. Kelly Larson on March 24 saw a RED-TAILED HAWK south of Shevlin. A BALD EAGLE, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were also seen. At the farm south of Bagley, Kelly reported three BARRED OWLS, AMERICAN ROBIN, and DARK-EYED JUNCO among others on March 26. In Beltrami County on March 24, Kelly Larson reported WOOD DUCK, COMMON GRACKLE, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. Larry Wilebski in Kittson County, reported that one SNOWY OWL remained on March 20 between Orleans and Humboldt. Other raptors such as NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and MERLIN have reached Kittson County this week. Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Dave Lambeth, Kelly Larson, Larry Wilebski, Maggie Anderson, Alma Ronningen, Shelley Steva, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, and Tom Smith for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, April 2, 2009. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1238116221==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*March 26, 2009
*MNDL0903.26

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 26, 2009
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 26, 2009 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

Weather has been the main topic in the northwest this week, as the latest spring storm drags its way across the area, causing havoc everywhere. There is hardly a spot in the whole northwest where high water and icy roads are not an issue as I write this. This latest weather event has not stopped the bird migration however. There are now reports from most regions of all the common raptors - BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN HARRIERS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, AMERICAN KESTRELS, and MERLINS are returning to the area daily. Other species reported frequently include AMERICAN CROW, and COMMON GRACKLE.

A HOARY REDPOLL visited the backyard of Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County on March 23, a KILLDEER on March 24, and both SONG SPARROW and FOX SPARROW on March 25. On March 20, Tom Smith reported RED-TAILED HAWK, and NORTHERN HARRIER near Otter Tail Lake, and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and COMMON GRACKLE in Fergus Falls. Alma Ronningen reported 4-5 FOX SPARROWS and two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on March 22. On the 24th, she saw a MERLIN, the first SANDHILL CRANES, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, and PURPLE FINCH, while a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK showed up in the yard on March 26. Brad and Dee Ehlers added COMMON LOON, 8 COMMON MERGANSERS, and CHIPPING SPARROW on March 25.

Dave Lambeth saw an adult RED-TAILED HAWK in Polk County south of East Grand Forks on March 21. Shelley Steva and I observed SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, MALLARDS and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS in Polk County on March 22, in addition to the raptors reported by nearly everyone.

Shelley Steva had an AMERICAN WOODCOCK fly over the road two miles east of Plummer in Red Lake County on March 23. On March 24, she saw a BELTED KINGFISHER near Oklee.

On March 22, Shelley and I noticed AMERICAN CROW numbers have increased in Pennington County. Shelley saw three immature BALD EAGLES and one RING-BILLED GULL in Pennington County on March 23.

Maggie Anderson reported from Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on March 26. Representatives of the following species have returned to the refuge: TRUMPETER SWAN, AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS.

On March 22, Shelley and I saw an AMERICAN KESTREL in Clearwater County. Kelly Larson on March 24 saw a RED-TAILED HAWK south of Shevlin. A BALD EAGLE, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were also seen. At the farm south of Bagley, Kelly reported three BARRED OWLS, AMERICAN ROBIN, and DARK-EYED JUNCO among others on March 26.

In Beltrami County on March 24, Kelly Larson reported WOOD DUCK, COMMON GRACKLE, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County, reported that one SNOWY OWL remained on March 20 between Orleans and Humboldt. Other raptors such as NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and MERLIN have reached Kittson County this week.

Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Dave Lambeth, Kelly Larson, Larry Wilebski, Maggie Anderson, Alma Ronningen, Shelley Steva, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, and Tom Smith for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, April 2, 2009.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1238116221====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:42:28 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Mattsson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Mattsson Subject: [mou-net] Golden-crowned Sparrow update, Dakota Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Friday, March 27 9:30am I know people like to plan ahead, so I thought I would provide this brief update. The GCSP has NOT been seen again since 4:30pm on Wednesday, Mar 25 when I photographed it in a feeder (see Recently Seen for image). I have made a concerted effort to sort through the 70+ juncos that cover my yard and feeders. It appears the bird has moved on, but, of course I will post if it returns. A bit or irony: missed this bird by 10 minutes in Duluth this winter. Jim Mattsson Eagan ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:15:33 -0600 Reply-To: dwaters@HAWKRIDGE.ORG Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Rare Bird Alert Subject: [mou-net] Great Gray Owl, Duluth, St. Louis Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi folks, A friend and I spotted a GREAT GRAY OWL in Duluth at about 7:30pm today. It was originally spotted on the roadway, then it flew into a roadside tree, gulped down some prey and then flew off into the woods. As we were leaving the area, we spotted it perched again in the trees on the side of the road. This bird was located on Stebner Rd about 1/4 mile south of Martin Road. The Stebner/Martin intersection is located about 1 mile west of Rice Lake Road on Martin Road. This is only a few miles from where an injured Great Gray Owl was rescued up about 5 weeks ago. Good owling! Debbie _______________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." --Michael Scott, The Office ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:04:21 -0600 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Dave Bartkey Subject: [mou-net] LeSueur Co. Golden Eagle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone=2C Dedrick Benz and I birded Rice=2C LeSueur and a little of Scott Counties = today. The highlight was definitely a juvenile Golden Eagle along CR 136=2C= just a short way north of Hwy. 99.=20 =20 Between the 3 counties=2C we ended up with 18 species of duck=2C plus Gre= ater White-fronted Geese in both LeSueur and Rice. =20 Also of note today were FOY Great Egrets (2)=2C Common Loon (1)=2C Fox Sp= arrows (many)=2C Pelicans (29)=2C and Brown-headed Cowbirds (several). =20 We spotted a single Northern Shrike as well! =20 Good birding! =20 Dave Bartkey Faribault=2C MN screechowl@q.com=20 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:39:41 -0600 Reply-To: Andrew Beerman Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Andrew Beerman Subject: [mou-net] Loggerhead shrike near Lewiston Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday afternoon, about 5:30 pm I saw a=20 loggerhead shrike at the sewage ponds south=20 of Lewiston, along with several western=20 meadowlarks, and a horned lark. Andrew Beerman Winona ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:10:52 -0600 Reply-To: Doug Kieser Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Doug Kieser Subject: [mou-net] Lesser Black-backed Gull, Hennepin County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was present in a flock of Ring-billed and= Herring Gulls on the ice of Diamond Lake, south Minneapolis, at 7:45 this = morning. At around 8:10 the entire flock flew off the ice for a minute or = so, when they landed the Lesser Black-backed Gull couldn't be relocated. I= later checked the gull flock at Lake Hiawatha but it wasn't among them. Doug Kieser Minneapolis ________________________________ This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged.= Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this messa= ge for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or discl= ose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If y= ou have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-= mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:52:15 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: [mou-net] Eurasian Wigeon Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob Dunlap is reporting that today, 28 March, he, Dedrick Benz, and Dave Bartkey found a EURASIAN WIGEON at the north end of Peterson Lake in Wabasha County. They first saw it from the lake's boat launch and scrutinized it for signs of hybridization, which they did not find. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:46:13 -0700 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Roger Schroeder Subject: Possible Slaty-backed Gull - Black Rush Lake - Lyon County Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Saturday, March 28 between 3:00pm and 4:30pm I was viewing what I beli= eve to be an adult Slaty-backed Gull. Thew bird flew off with other gulls a= bout 4:30pm. Black Rush Lake is iced covered, however, gulls have been retu= rning for several weeks as there is an active landfill adjacent to the area= where this bird was observed.

I have posted several photos at the = link below. All but the first one were taken using a Panasonic Lumix throug= h a spotting scope. They are not very good quality, but do show some charac= teristics of the bird in question. For size comparison, note in the first p= hoto the Herring Gull to the far right.

I am typing up my notes to b= e posted later.

I will be able to check the site sometime tomorrow = late-morning, and will post any pertinent information.

Sincerely,Roger Schroeder


LINK: http://singingwings.rohair.com/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&view= =3Darticle&id=3D152:possible-slaty-backed-gull-lyon-county-minnesota&am= p;catid=3D37:benefits&Itemid=3D55
========================================================================= Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:32:11 -0600 Reply-To: Brad Snelling Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Brad Snelling Subject: [mou-net] golden-crowned sparrow (duluth) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A brief siting of immature golden-crowned sparrow (duluth version) at about= 9 a.m. today. The bird was ground-feeding with a junco and song sparrow. =20 Brad Snelling 21 E. College St.=20 Duluth _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail=AE= . http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=3DTXT_MS= GTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme= ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:04:57 -0600 Reply-To: "David A. Cahlander" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "David A. Cahlander" Subject: [mou-net] Eurasian Wigeon Wabash County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At Peterson Lake, from the public access (West shore), behind the grass = point. Reported by Barb and Dennie Martin. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:12:25 -0600 Reply-To: Brad Snelling Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Brad Snelling Subject: [mou-net] golden-crowned sparrow (duluth) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Duluth's golden-crowned sparrow was seen twice yesterday: once in the morni= ng=2C then again at around 3:30 p.m. I scattered seed on our deck last nigh= t and have seen the bird again today between 12 and 12:30 p.m. This is the = first that I have seen the bird on consecutive days since December. =20 Brad Snelling 21 College St. Duluth _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail=AE= . http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=3DTXT_MS= GTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme= ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:48:41 -0600 Reply-To: Andrew Beerman Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Andrew Beerman Subject: [mou-net] Eurasian Wigeon, Tundra Swans, Pelicans, Wabasha area Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Eurasion wigeon was still present this morning at Peterson Lake betwe= en=20 Wabasha and Kellog feeding with a small flock of American wigeons directl= y=20 across from the public boat access ramp (County road 24). Also further=20= downstream in the Mississippi River near Weaver is a large flock of Tundr= a=20 swans and pelicans.=20 Andrew Beerman ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:04:26 -0600 Reply-To: Brad Snelling Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Brad Snelling Subject: [mou-net] golden-crowned sparrow pic (duluth) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wasn't quick enough to get to my camera yesterday=2C but was able to fire= off a shot (through glass) when I saw the gcsp over lunch today. It's the = first photo that I have of this bird that doesn't have snow in the backgrou= nd. =20 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3D46147&id=3D665509798&l=3Dbb284400e6 =20 Brad Snelling 21 E. College St. Duluth _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 =96 Get your Hotmail Accelerated. Download free! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/141323790/direct/01/= ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:30:29 -0600 Reply-To: Sandy Roggenkamp Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Sandy Roggenkamp Subject: [mou-net] Great Gray Owl/St.LouisCo. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Saw a Great Gray Owl on the north side of CR 49, about .2 mile east of TH 53 yesterday evening at 4:30. I hope this one fares better than the one Mike H. reported on CR 133 yesterday. Sandy Roggenkamp Canyon ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html