-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 26, 2011 *MNST1105.26 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Red-throated Loon Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Parasitic Jaeger Northern Mockingbird Prairie Warbler Summer Tanager Western Tanager -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 26, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for May 26th, 2011. On the 21st, Chad Heins found a PRAIRIE WARBLER at Courthouse County Park on Waseca County Road 75 southeast of the town of Waseca. A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported on the 21st in Eden Prairie, Dakota County, but I have no specific location. A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen by Matti Hakkila on the 25th on Lake Superior just west of the Lester River in Duluth. On May 23rd, three RED-THROATED LOONS were on the Lake Superior side of Park Point in Duluth. One was seen from the 12th Street access and the other two were at the 31st Street access. On the same day, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at the Park Point Recreation Area in Duluth, just south of the bath house building. Another mockingbird was along 412th Lane west of 597th Avenue in New Ulm, Nicollet County on the 19th. On May 22nd, a LONG-TAILED DUCK was at Swartout Lake southeast of Annandale in Wright County. The Steele County SUMMER TANAGER reported last week at Rice Lake State Park was still present on the 18th. It's being seen along the lake trail between the access trails leading to the lake from campgrounds A and B. And a WESTERN TANAGER was at the Bass Ponds area of Bloomington, Hennepin County on the 26th. The next scheduled update of this tape is June 2nd, 2011. --====1306465626==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 26, 2011
*MNST1105.26

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 26, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for May 26th, 2011.

On the 21st, Chad Heins found a PRAIRIE WARBLER at Courthouse County Park on Waseca County Road 75 southeast of the town of Waseca.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported on the 21st in Eden Prairie, Dakota County, but I have no specific location.

A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen by Matti Hakkila on the 25th on Lake Superior just west of the Lester River in Duluth.

On May 23rd, three RED-THROATED LOONS were on the Lake Superior side of Park Point in Duluth. One was seen from the 12th Street access and the other two were at the 31st Street access. On the same day, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at the Park Point Recreation Area in Duluth, just south of the bath house building. Another mockingbird was along 412th Lane west of 597th Avenue in New Ulm, Nicollet County on the 19th.

On May 22nd, a LONG-TAILED DUCK was at Swartout Lake southeast of Annandale in Wright County.

The Steele County SUMMER TANAGER reported last week at Rice Lake State Park was still present on the 18th. It's being seen along the lake trail between the access trails leading to the lake from campgrounds A and B. And a WESTERN TANAGER was at the Bass Ponds area of Bloomington, Hennepin County on the 26th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is June 2nd, 2011. --====1306465626====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 21:49:23 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 5/26/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1306468163====" --====1306468163==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 26, 2011 *MNDU1105.26 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Red-throated Loon Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Great Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Gray Jay Northern Mockingbird Blue-winged Warbler Orchard Oriole -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: May 26, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 26th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Matti Hakkila saw a light morph PARASITIC JAEGER on the 25th on Lake Superior just west of the Lester River in Duluth. Matti also saw three RED-THROATED LOONS, four LONG-TAILED DUCKS, and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. Three RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on Park Point on the 23rd, with two at the recreation area and one at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Peder Svingen found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at the recreation area on the 23rd. Shawn Zierman saw a MARBLED GODWIT on the 25th on the bay side of the Park Point recreation area, and five RUDDY TURNSTONES on the lake side. Sparky Stensaas saw a ROSS'S GOOSE and an immature GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 25th at the mouth of Miller Creek near 27th Avenue West. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw two GRAY JAYS on the 21st and one on the 23rd on the Western Waterfront Trail near Indian Point. Gordy Martinson had an ORCHARD ORIOLE on the 22nd at his feeders near Maxwell Road and Oak Street north of Duluth. Shawn Conrad found a first Itasca County record BLUE-WINGED WARBLER on the 24th at the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, and it was still present on the 26th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 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. --====1306468163==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 26, 2011
*MNDU1105.26

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 26, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 26th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Matti Hakkila saw a light morph PARASITIC JAEGER on the 25th on Lake Superior just west of the Lester River in Duluth. Matti also saw three RED-THROATED LOONS, four LONG-TAILED DUCKS, and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS.

Three RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on Park Point on the 23rd, with two at the recreation area and one at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Peder Svingen found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at the recreation area on the 23rd. Shawn Zierman saw a MARBLED GODWIT on the 25th on the bay side of the Park Point recreation area, and five RUDDY TURNSTONES on the lake side.

Sparky Stensaas saw a ROSS'S GOOSE and an immature GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 25th at the mouth of Miller Creek near 27th Avenue West. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw two GRAY JAYS on the 21st and one on the 23rd on the Western Waterfront Trail near Indian Point. Gordy Martinson had an ORCHARD ORIOLE on the 22nd at his feeders near Maxwell Road and Oak Street north of Duluth.

Shawn Conrad found a first Itasca County record BLUE-WINGED WARBLER on the 24th at the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, and it was still present on the 26th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 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. --====1306468163====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 12:55:13 -0600 Reply-To: Jim and Charlene Nelson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim and Charlene Nelson Subject: [mou-net] 3 Black Vultures Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit flying over our building site Sec 15 Del Twp, Grant County yesterday afternoon. Charlene Nelson ---- 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 May 2011 21:46:04 -0500 Reply-To: Anna Newton Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anna Newton Subject: Woodcock behavior Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3389377621_4503064" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3389377621_4503064 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I was driving yesterday and came upon four woodcock in the middle of the road on the east side of North Oaks, seemingly oblivious to traffic. It wa= s mid-day (!) and they were walking in synch, all facing the same way and all cocking their heads forward and back in a ritualized display. I have never been so close to woodcock before, and their heavy bills and rear-facing eye= s were clearly visible. It was fascinating, if a little disconcerting because they chose a blind stretch of road to do this in. Any one know what the point of this was?=20 I am also curious that amongst all the FOY sightings no one has mentioned meadowlarks. Shouldn=B9t they be here now? Anna Newton --B_3389377621_4503064 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Woodcock behavior I was driving yesterday and came upon four woodcock in the middle of the r= oad on the east side of North Oaks, seemingly oblivious to traffic.  It= was mid-day (!) and they were walking in synch, all facing the same way and= all cocking their heads forward and back in a ritualized display. I have ne= ver been so close to woodcock before, and their heavy bills and rear-facing = eyes were clearly visible. It was fascinating, if a little disconcerting bec= ause they chose a blind stretch of road to do this in. Any one know what the= point of this was?
I am also curious that amongst all the FOY sightings no one has mentioned m= eadowlarks. Shouldn’t they be here now?
Anna Newton
--B_3389377621_4503064-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:22:32 -0600 Reply-To: Tanya Beyer Barcikowski Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Tanya Beyer Barcikowski Subject: [mou-net] Red Knots Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Early this morning I spied a pair of red knots feeding along the beach mi= d-way=20 along Wisconsin Point, surrounded by gulls and terns. They proved toleran= t of=20 my slow approach, allowing a long look. Later a couple of fellow birders=20= showed up and all 3 of us were able to re-discover this pair of birds up = by the=20 breakwater at the end of the point. This time they were accompanied by=20= dunlins, sanderlings and ruddy turnstones which are zooming off and back = onto=20 the shore along both MN Point and Wisconsin Point this week-end. MN birde= rs=20 can hope to catch sight of the knots at either location. ---- 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 May 2011 20:30:41 -0600 Reply-To: linda whyte Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: linda whyte Subject: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler, Henslow's Sparrow, Murphy-Hanrehan Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Hooded Warbler at Murphy-Hanrehan was in fine voice this morning, easy to hear and not too difficult to find. He was along the section of trail that is accessed across from the Horse Camp parking lot. Hike in until you find the green park signs on either side of the path, that prohibit entry due to Oak Wilt. From there walk 350 steps farther, listening as you go. The bird was singing on the left side of the trail. There are a couple of informal paths that lead in closer to the bird, and that's where we saw it in plain sight The Henslow's Sparrow was heard and seen in the huge open area to the SE, just before you top the rise toward the picnic table on the hill. Bobolinks were also prominent here. Linda ---- 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 May 2011 05:47:40 -0600 Reply-To: Shawn Conrad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Shawn Conrad Subject: [mou-net] Red-headed Woodpecker - LaPrairie (Itasca) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just as I posted the Koochiching County Big Day results to MOU-Net, Kari heard a Red-headed Woodpecker calling outside. I ran outside to see it calling from the top of a half-dead silver poplar across Fraser Avenue from our yard. Great bird to start the day with and only the 3rd I've ever seen in Itasca! (The other 2 were in my old yard and Earl Orf's yard respectively.) --=20 Shawn Conrad www.itascacnfbirding.com ---- 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 May 2011 09:23:42 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: [mou-net] Kittson County - Whimbrel Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Shelley Steva and I found a Whimbrel in northern Kittson County during the course of a rather bizarre Big Day on Memorial Day. We found the bird on a stubble field from which the water had just receded along US 75 between St. Vincent and Humboldt. It was the only bird of any kind there and there were only small patches of wet mud in the surrounding stubbly field. While we were taking notes and setting up to take a photo, the bird flew to the north, and we were unable to locate it again. It may or may not be still in the area, as we were east of the railway tracks, and the bird was flying low, so we were unable to track its progress. I climbed up to the tracks, but could not find it by scanning the area. I presume it kept going. Other species seen during the day during which we experienced periods of drizzle, heavy rain, and constant wind of over 20 mph, included a first year Herring Gull on the road near Humboldt, and a Caspian Tern at a gravel pit south of Lake Bronson. Total tally for the Big Day was 97 species and missing many common species. We started at Larry Wilebski's place where we found so much water that we were unable to walk very much of his property, due to a beaver dam that flooded the property. That has since been taken care of, but needless to say, the water is slow to go down due to the very wet conditions of the past few days. If you plan a trip there, bring BOOTS! It should be interesting to get the BBS's in this year. I go back to work tomorrow, so that may bring improving weather..... Jeanie Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, 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: Tue, 31 May 2011 17:44:50 -0500 Reply-To: DRMeyer Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: DRMeyer Subject: White-C. Sparrow MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_012F_01CC1FBA.710394E0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_012F_01CC1FBA.710394E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday evening 5/29 I caught and banded a female White-C. Sparrow = with what appeared to be an egg forming in the lower belly and a = partical brood patch. Dennis Meyer Bigfork, MN ------=_NextPart_000_012F_01CC1FBA.710394E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sunday evening 5/29 I caught and = banded a female=20 White-C. Sparrow with what appeared to be an egg forming in the lower = belly and=20 a partical brood patch.
 
Dennis Meyer
Bigfork, = MN 
------=_NextPart_000_012F_01CC1FBA.710394E0-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 20:50:42 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Ryan Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Ryan Subject: [mou-net] Dakota Cty: Red-headed Woodpecker Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Found today just south of 220th on Inga Avenue. In ten years of regularly birding this county, it's my first. And it was a FOY to boot! --=20 Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. - *Lucius Annaeus Seneca* ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html