-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 1, 2011
*MNST1109.01

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 1, 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 September 1st, 2011.

A PRAIRIE FALCON was reported on August 30th by Bob Ekblad, at the North Ottawa Impoundment in Grant County which is very near the Traverse County line. Alex Watson refound it the following day.

I have a couple reports of migrant Orange-crowned Warblers, but this species is exceptionally rare before the first week of September. Other less-controversial reports include HORNED GREBE, AMERICAN AVOCET, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CASPIAN TERN, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, and CONNECTICUT WARBLER.

The next scheduled update of this tape is September 8th, 2011. --====1314927213====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 22:43:02 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/1/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1314938582====" --====1314938582==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 1, 2011 *MNDU1109.01 -Birds mentioned American White Pelican Great Egret Sharp-shinned Hawk Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Red-bellied Woodpecker -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 1, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 1st, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found on the 31st by Kim Eckert on Park Point at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Bill Tefft recently found one west of Ely at the DNR's Wolf Lake Road rearing ponds, along with eight other shorebird species. Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf found a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, three RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and nine other shorebird species on the 24th in Itasca County at the Cohasset power plant. Jan Green saw a GREAT EGRET on the 24th flying overhead in Duluth Township along the Berquist Road. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 21st along the Western Waterfront Trail near 72nd Avenue West. A record-high August flight of 466 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS was tallied at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 30th, along with 44 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 8th. 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. --====1314938582==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 1, 2011
*MNDU1109.01

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 1, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 1st, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found on the 31st by Kim Eckert on Park Point at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Bill Tefft recently found one west of Ely at the DNR's Wolf Lake Road rearing ponds, along with eight other shorebird species. Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf found a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, three RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and nine other shorebird species on the 24th in Itasca County at the Cohasset power plant.

Jan Green saw a GREAT EGRET on the 24th flying overhead in Duluth Township along the Berquist Road. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 21st along the Western Waterfront Trail near 72nd Avenue West. A record-high August flight of 466 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS was tallied at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 30th, along with 44 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 8th.

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. --====1314938582====-- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:33:50 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Ekblad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Ekblad Subject: [mou-net] Carlton County - Red-necked Phalaropes & Red-headed Woodpecker Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I located a pair of Red-necked Phalaropes at the Moose Lake Sewage Ponds (Carlton County) this afternoon. They were easily viewed from the gate. They were in the cell to the right side of the gate. I also spotted an immature Red-headed Woodpecker flying along the power poles next to the road just east of the small town of Automba located 2 miles from the Aitkin Cty border and 7 miles north of the Pine Cty border. Also, in Chisago County, I was able to relocate 5 American Golden-Plovers that had been previously posted on the MOU Sightings Database. They were at the 2nd sod field on west side of Keystone north of Hwy 95 (approx 4 miles east of North Branch). Bob Ekblad Olmsted County in SE Minnesota http://www.Birding-Minnesota.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, 8 Sep 2011 19:49:15 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 8, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1315532955====" --====1315532955==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 8, 2011 *MNDL1109.08 -Birds mentioned Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Eared Grebe Sharp-shinned Hawk Swainson's Hawk Virginia Rail American Golden-Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Eurasian Collared-Dove Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Catbird Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler American Redstart Bay-breasted Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-throated Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: September 8, 2011 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, September 8, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. After the cool days last weekend, there is no doubt that summer weather is drawing to a close, but we are sure enjoying the warm sunny days this week. Migration seems to be going strong, as every day we see the last of some species. Beau Shroyer found 2 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Becker County , in Calloway along US 59 on September 5. At Hamden Slough on September 4, Shelley Steva found GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, STILT SANDPIPER, and several peeps, and a phalarope species. Russ Wilber observed 5 or 6 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS at the East Grand Forks campground in Polk County on September 7. Sandy Aubol reported the first WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in her yard in East Grand Forks on September 7. Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekend group found SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN in Polk County. Also seen was a SHORT-EARED OWL at the future impoundment 6 miles south of the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Center near Warren. Other species seen in that county included SWAINSON'S HAWK, VIRGINIA RAIL, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. Shelley Steva reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK near Plummer in Red Lake County on September 7. In Pennington County the MBW group saw EARED GREBE, 135 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at the Thief River Falls Wastewater Treatment Ponds. Here at our feeder east of Thief River Falls in the last two days I have seen many TENNESSEE WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, YELLOW WARBLERS,and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a NASHVILLE WARBLER. This morning, September 8, I was treated the the spectacle of several BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS, and RED-EYED VIREOS bathing among the dewy leaves of the apple tree. Other species seen in the yard today included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and GRAY CATBIRD. In Marshall County, the MBW group had great looks at a RUDDY TURNSTONE, several BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, a SANDERLING, and several RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at the Warren Wastewater Treatment Ponds. Along with many other species, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found at Agassiz NWR. In the course of the weekend, the MBW group birded in Pennington, Polk, and Marshall Counties and found 16 species of shorebirds and 18 warbler species. Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Kim Eckert, Russ Wilber, Sandy Aubol, and Shelley Steva 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, September 15, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1315532955==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 8, 2011
*MNDL1109.08

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 8, 2011
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, September 8, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

After the cool days last weekend, there is no doubt that summer weather is drawing to a close, but we are sure enjoying the warm sunny days this week. Migration seems to be going strong, as every day we see the last of some species.

Beau Shroyer found 2 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Becker County , in Calloway along US 59 on September 5. At Hamden Slough on September 4, Shelley Steva found GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, STILT SANDPIPER, and several peeps, and a phalarope species.

Russ Wilber observed 5 or 6 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS at the East Grand Forks campground in Polk County on September 7. Sandy Aubol reported the first WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in her yard in East Grand Forks on September 7. Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekend group found SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN in Polk County. Also seen was a SHORT-EARED OWL at the future impoundment 6 miles south of the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Center near Warren. Other species seen in that county included SWAINSON'S HAWK, VIRGINIA RAIL, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.

Shelley Steva reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK near Plummer in Red Lake County on September 7.

In Pennington County the MBW group saw EARED GREBE, 135 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at the Thief River Falls Wastewater Treatment Ponds. Here at our feeder east of Thief River Falls in the last two days I have seen many TENNESSEE WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, YELLOW WARBLERS,and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a NASHVILLE WARBLER. This morning, September 8, I was treated the the spectacle of several BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS, and RED-EYED VIREOS bathing among the dewy leaves of the apple tree. Other species seen in the yard today included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and GRAY CATBIRD.

In Marshall County, the MBW group had great looks at a RUDDY TURNSTONE, several BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, a SANDERLING, and several RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at the Warren Wastewater Treatment Ponds. Along with many other species, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found at Agassiz NWR.

In the course of the weekend, the MBW group birded in Pennington, Polk, and Marshall Counties and found 16 species of shorebirds and 18 warbler species.

Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Kim Eckert, Russ Wilber, Sandy Aubol, and Shelley Steva 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, September 15, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1315532955====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:23:31 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/8/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1315538611====" --====1315538611==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 8, 2011 *MNDU1109.08 -Birds mentioned American White Pelican Sharp-shinned Hawk Swainson's Hawk Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope American Pipit White-crowned Sparrow Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 8, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 8th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found on the 7th by Jan and Larry Kraemer at Brighton Beach in east Duluth. Bob Ekblad found a pair of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on the 6th in Carlton County at the Moose Lake sewage lagoons. Erik Bruhnke saw a distant unidentified JAEGER on the 2nd on Lake Superior at Canal Park in Duluth. Shawn Conrad found ten BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and nine other shorebird species on the 2nd in Itasca County at the Cohasset power plant. Shawn also reported the first AMERICAN PIPITS of the fall season on the 5th at Grand Rapids. Bill Tefft reported the first WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW of the season on the 8th in Ely. Laura Erickson is still seeing EVENING GROSBEAKS daily in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. Hawk Ridge had its fourth highest daily total of SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS on the 4th, with more than 1,800 birds counted. Counters also saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK on the 4th, and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen several days during the past week. Mike Steffes saw eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 5th at Castle Danger in Lake County. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 15th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1315538611==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 8, 2011
*MNDU1109.08

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 8, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 8th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found on the 7th by Jan and Larry Kraemer at Brighton Beach in east Duluth. Bob Ekblad found a pair of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on the 6th in Carlton County at the Moose Lake sewage lagoons. Erik Bruhnke saw a distant unidentified JAEGER on the 2nd on Lake Superior at Canal Park in Duluth.

Shawn Conrad found ten BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and nine other shorebird species on the 2nd in Itasca County at the Cohasset power plant. Shawn also reported the first AMERICAN PIPITS of the fall season on the 5th at Grand Rapids. Bill Tefft reported the first WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW of the season on the 8th in Ely. Laura Erickson is still seeing EVENING GROSBEAKS daily in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth.

Hawk Ridge had its fourth highest daily total of SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS on the 4th, with more than 1,800 birds counted. Counters also saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK on the 4th, and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen several days during the past week. Mike Steffes saw eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 5th at Castle Danger in Lake County.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 15th.

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

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1315538611====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:39:49 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 9 September 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1315579189====" --====1315579189==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 9, 2011 *MNST1109.09 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Sharp-shinned Hawk Swainson's Hawk Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Stilt Sandpiper Parasitic Jaeger Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Eastern Bluebird Swainson's Thrush American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Orange-crowned Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler White-crowned Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 9, 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 September 8th, 2011. In east Duluth, Karl Bardon found a RED-THROATED LOON on September 6th on Lake Superior near the Lester River. Also in Duluth, at least one jaeger — probably a PARASITIC JAEGER — has been seen periodically out from Park Point over Lake Superior, and at Hawk Ridge more than 1800 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS were counted on the 4th, along with a SWAINSON'S HAWK on the same day. On the 7th, the fall's first WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported by Bill Tefft near Ely, St. Louis County. This is just three days earlier than the species' median arrival date. Other recently reported migrants include AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SANDHILL CRANE, STILT SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN PIPIT, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, CEDAR WAXWING, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. The next scheduled update of this tape is September 15th, 2011. --====1315579189==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 9, 2011
*MNST1109.09

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 9, 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 September 8th, 2011.

In east Duluth, Karl Bardon found a RED-THROATED LOON on September 6th on Lake Superior near the Lester River.

Also in Duluth, at least one jaeger — probably a PARASITIC JAEGER — has been seen periodically out from Park Point over Lake Superior, and at Hawk Ridge more than 1800 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS were counted on the 4th, along with a SWAINSON'S HAWK on the same day.

On the 7th, the fall's first WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported by Bill Tefft near Ely, St. Louis County. This is just three days earlier than the species' median arrival date. Other recently reported migrants include AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SANDHILL CRANE, STILT SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN PIPIT, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, CEDAR WAXWING, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.

The next scheduled update of this tape is September 15th, 2011. --====1315579189====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:13:34 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dan&erika Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes/Rice Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For the second time this year, on 9 September 2011, two Whooping Cranes have been discovered in Rice County. They are in a wetland on the south side of County Road 9, a couple of miles west of Decker Avenue. I suspect, like the cranes seen this spring, these birds are from the flock that breeds in Wisconsin and winters in Florida. Although the birds are about a quarter-mile from the roadside, observers are cautioned not to trespass into the field or wetland and to use caution against disturbing the cranes. Photos of both cranes are on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com --=20 Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com 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=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:04:10 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dan&erika Subject: [mou-net] More Whooping Crane Information Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eva Szyszkoski of the International Crane Foundation writes: "Based on the bands I could pull off of your photos, these two birds are adult breeding pair numbers 7-07 and 39-07. They are both four years old. They nested this year near the Necedah NWR but abandoned their nest on 4 May. Two eggs were collected (one infertile, one fertile but addled). They have a history of moving into Minnesota in the summer or fall every year (except for last year when they molted and were unable to fly for ~6 weeks). They will most likely begin migration south from Minnesota and will not return to Wisconsin before then. No. 7-07 was raised and released using the ultra-light release method and no. 39-07 was raised and released using the Direct Autumn Release method. They have been together for about three years now." Photos are at http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan --=20 Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com 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=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:49:25 -0600 Reply-To: Kim R Eckert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Kim R Eckert Subject: [mou-net] Parasitic Jaeger in Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A juvenile jaeger, by all indications a Parasitic, was seen on the Lake Superior side of Park Point this afternoon ~5:00 pm. It flew S to N past our position at 43rd St, which is just N of the Recreation Area, and was lost from sight as it headed towards downtown Duluth. Peder Svingen was with me at the time, and he reported that 2 Parasitic Jaegers have also been seen in recent days, including today, near the base of Wisconsin Pt out from parking area #1. (That location is ~2.5 mi S of the Superior Entry / Minnesota state line where numerous jaeger sightings occurred last fall.) Kim R Eckert eckertkr@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.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: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:55:07 -0600 Reply-To: Laura Coble Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Laura Coble Subject: [mou-net] Rice County Whooping Cranes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The pair of breeding adult Whooping Cranes, reported by Dan Tallman = today, were visible this afternoon from 90th Street East, or Old Dutch = Road. Thanks Dan! This road has two entrances, both accessed from State Hwy 19.=20 Driving west from Northfield on Hwy 19, make a left turn onto 90th St. = E. soon after the entrance to St. Olaf College on your right. The = current crane wetland area will be on your left (south) after about 3/4 = mile, before you reach Decker Rd. =46rom I-35, after exiting to Hwy 19 and turning east toward = Northfield, take the first road to your right. A sign will say "Hwy 59 = East". Drive about 6 miles to the wetland area, which will be on your = right (south).=20 Laura Coble Cannon Falls= ---- 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, 9 Sep 2011 18:09:51 -0500 Reply-To: Peder Svingen Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Peder Svingen Subject: Re: [mou-net] Parasitic Jaeger in Duluth X-To: Kim R Eckert In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf303bf65c4d1b5704ac8a46c6 --20cf303bf65c4d1b5704ac8a46c6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The juvenile jaeger flew past the same location at 5:15 PM headed towards sky harbor airport. Its plumage matched that of the juvenile parasitic that was off parking lot #1 at Wisconsin Point this morning, which was identical in size and wingspan to an adult light morphology parasitic when they were flying side by side and chasing one another at Wisconsin Point. Tim Oksiuta reported adult and juvenile parasiticus at Wisconsin Point yesterday (Thursday) morning and the juvenile was also seen near the sky harbor airport Tuesday evening (so far the adult has only been seen on the Wisconsin side). On Sep 9, 2011 5:49 PM, "Kim R Eckert" wrote: > A juvenile jaeger, by all indications a Parasitic, was seen on the > Lake Superior side of Park Point this afternoon ~5:00 pm. It flew S to > N past our position at 43rd St, which is just N of the Recreation > Area, and was lost from sight as it headed towards downtown Duluth. > > Peder Svingen was with me at the time, and he reported that 2 > Parasitic Jaegers have also been seen in recent days, including today, > near the base of Wisconsin Pt out from parking area #1. (That location > is ~2.5 mi S of the Superior Entry / Minnesota state line where > numerous jaeger sightings occurred last fall.) > > > Kim R Eckert > eckertkr@gmail.com > http://www.mbwbirds.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 --20cf303bf65c4d1b5704ac8a46c6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The juvenile jaeger flew past the same location at 5:15 PM headed toward= s sky harbor airport. Its plumage matched that of the juvenile parasitic th= at was off parking lot #1 at Wisconsin Point this morning, which was identi= cal in size and wingspan to an adult light morphology parasitic when they w= ere flying side by side and chasing one another at Wisconsin Point. Tim Oks= iuta reported adult and juvenile parasiticus at Wisconsin Point yesterday (= Thursday) morning and the juvenile was also seen near the sky harbor airpor= t Tuesday evening (so far the adult has only been seen on the Wisconsin sid= e).

On Sep 9, 2011 5:49 PM, "Kim R Eckert"= <rba@moumn.org> wrote:
> A juvenile jaeger, by all indications a Parasitic, wa= s seen on the
> Lake Superior side of Park Point this afternoon ~5:00 pm. It flew S to=
> N past our position at 43rd St, which is just N of the Recreatio= n
> Area, and was lost from sight as it headed towards downtown Dul= uth.
>
> Peder Svingen was with me at the time, and he reported that 2=
> Parasitic Jaegers have also been seen in recent days, including = today,
> near the base of Wisconsin Pt out from parking area #1. (T= hat location
> is ~2.5 mi S of the Superior Entry / Minnesota state line where
&= gt; numerous jaeger sightings occurred last fall.)
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>= ; Kim R Eckert
> eckertkr@gmail= .com
> http://www.mbwbirds.com
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--20cf303bf65c4d1b5704ac8a46c6-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:30:58 -0600 Reply-To: Kim R Eckert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Kim R Eckert Subject: [mou-net] Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 2 Buff-breasteds were present this morning on the beach at Park Point, about midway between the Recreation Area parking lot and 43rd Street. They were remaining at this same location for at least 1.5 hours between 9:30 and 11:00 am and were very approachable. (I took several images, some suitable for the Showcase page on the MOU website, but there have already been recent photos of this species from Park Point posted here.) Am. Golden-Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers, and Sanderlings were also seen on the beach this morning, but no jaeger reports yet from Park Point today. Kim Eckert eckertkr@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.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, 10 Sep 2011 16:57:40 -0600 Reply-To: dodie logue Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dodie logue Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The pair of Whooping Cranes that has been reported west of Northfield was seen today from 1:30 - 2 pm. From I-35, exit on Hwy 19 and turn east. Take the very first road on your right, 59. The cranes were 3.4 miles from this turn off, on the right hand side of the road, in a burnt looking almost dry marsh. This marsh is fairly close to the road. The previous day the were almost 3 miles further along this road. Dodie Logue ---- 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, 10 Sep 2011 19:29:45 -0600 Reply-To: Doug Kieser Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Doug Kieser Subject: [mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warbler, etc. Anoka County 9/10/2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning an accommodating adult male Black-throated Blue Warbler was pr= esent along the trail at Linwood Lake, northern Anoka county. It would occ= asionally sing weakly, but can probably be most easily relocated by listeni= ng for its junco-like call notes. Also of note among the 14 warbler specie= s observed this morning were two early Orange-crowned Warblers. The trail here continues to fall into disrepair and requires going under or= over several downed trees. Park at the boat access off county 22 (Viking = Blvd) about 5 miles west of Wyoming. In Chisago County, two American Golden-Plovers were present in the first so= d farm on Keystone Ave, north of hwy 95. Full Linwood Lake trip list follows Linwood Lake, Anoka, US-MN Sep 10, 2011 10:10 AM - 12:10 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.2 mile(s) 43 species Canada Goose X Mallard X Bald Eagle 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sandhill Crane X Ring-billed Gull X Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay X American Crow X Black-capped Chickadee 15 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 House Wren 5 Swainson's Thrush X Gray Catbird X Cedar Waxwing 12 Ovenbird 5 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 8 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 12 Common Yellowthroat 6 American Redstart 5 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 3 Scarlet Tanager 1 Red-winged Blackbird 5 American Goldfinch X 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: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:00:15 -0600 Reply-To: Doug Kieser Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Doug Kieser Subject: [mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warbler, Hennepin County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Female at Wood Lake Nature Center, just past play area. Again, listen for call notes. Doug Kieser Minneapolis Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ 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: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:47:52 -0600 Reply-To: Warren Woessner Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Warren Woessner Subject: [mou-net] Northfield Whooping Cranes are in plowed field n. of 56, e of Baldwin - Sun at noon Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ---- 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, 11 Sep 2011 15:14:44 -0600 Reply-To: Douglas Mayo Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Douglas Mayo Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The picture of a Whooping Crane posted in "Recently Seen" by Dan Tallman sh= ows bands on both legs=2C suggesting that this is a captive-bred and releas= ed bird=2C probably from Necedah NWR. I understand that captive and releas= ed birds are not countable in Minnesota. Is that correct? Douglas Mayo = ---- 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, 11 Sep 2011 19:08:33 -0600 Reply-To: "John P. Ellis" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "John P. Ellis" Subject: [mou-net] Douglas County Summer Tanager and others (Shorebird ID?) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable K On Thursday evening I was watching warblers and vireos and catbirds from the deck of my cabin in Douglas County when either a female or juvenile Summer Tanager showed up. I wasn't sure how long it had been there when I turned to it as I had been looking through binoculars in another direction. It was sitting and eating buckthorn berries about 25-30 feet away (I'm trying to control the buckthorn, but maybe I shouldn't.) It was yellow with greenish tinges, darker gray-green with yellowish tinges on the wings, dark eye, dark legs and a large dark bill (long both in terms of length and thickness.) It was catbird size but more bulk in the body. I also had a Mourning Warbler, C. Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Ovenbird, Nashville, and Tennessee, Warbling Vireo (still singing), Red-Eyed Vireo (still singing) and a Philadelphia Vireo. Marsh Wrens were still vocalizing as were Soras and Virginia Rails. A few Nighthawks went over and later on Saturday many Franklins Gulls were feeding as they migrated by. I saw my Least Bittern twice and Green Herons were still around. Only one or two juv. Hummingbirds left and the Orioles were no-shows. A Cedar Waxwing was still feeding a voracious juvenile. In Douglas I had one Lesser Yellowleg, legions of Killdeer and one interesting shorebird in a water-filled gravel pit that I couldn't ID because it was strange (and I had left my scope at home.) The bird was small, showed a lot of white on the belly and up the side, had a brown head which showed reddish, and the wings were substantially darker, showing darker grey at the distance I was. The bill was dark and about the length of the head, perhaps a little shorter. Legs seemed dark but bad looks. It was on a sand island in a water-filled quarry and walked slowly and deliberately from about 8-9 feet from waters edge (height above water about 2-3 feet) and occasionally to the water's edge but never into the water. Foraging movements were deliberate also. The bird would lean to horizontal (from slightly above horizontal) and then lean over and pick at whatever had interested it. It was the only shorebird I saw besides the YLeg and Killdeer. It was 1/4 the size of the Killdeer (or 1/2 the length of a Canada Goose foot). Maybe a Baird's but it seemed smaller. Any thoughts??? John Ellis-St. Paul ---- 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, 12 Sep 2011 22:18:27 -0600 Reply-To: Erik Bruhnke Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Erik Bruhnke Subject: [mou-net] 2 Parasitic Jaegers, Am. Pipit & more (WI Point & Hawk Ridge sightings), with photos Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Below are some photographs I took while at Wisconsin Point this morning Bald Eagles at sunrise: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024347 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024344 Parasitic Jaegers (adult and juvenile in the same photo) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024388 Juvenile Parasitic Jaeger: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024363 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024360 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024366 Herring Gull and Ring-billed Gulls... It's so much fun to photograph gulls from unique angles. http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024354 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024369 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024373 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024375 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024380 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024384 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138024386 Here is my list from birding at Wisconsin Point this morning (Lot A) Canada Goose 50 Blue-winged Teal 30 Green-winged Teal 10 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 3 American White Pelican 1 Bald Eagle 2 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Bonaparte's Gull 4 Ring-billed Gull 900 Herring Gull 100 tern sp. 1 Parasitic Jaeger 2 American Crow 1 American Pipit 1 White-throated Sparrow 10 Recent Hawk Ridge shots... Here is an immature Northern Harrier I photographed today at Hawk Ridge. The Northern Harriers are so beautiful and unique, especially when you see them up close! This is one of my personal favorite shots I've taken so far this fall... http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138023919 Below are photos taken with the more basic point-and-shoot, of an adult and juvenile Northern Harrier next to each other, as well as a close up of the gray ghost (adult male). It was so cool to see them up close! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/137954989 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/137954987 Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the ridge: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138023920 A recent front has forced through the area, and strong west & northwest winds are expected over the next few days... just in time for the Broad-winged Hawks' big push through Hawk Ridge. Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN --=20 *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and birding tours www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com birdfedr@gmail.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, 13 Sep 2011 12:37:29 -0600 Reply-To: Sunny or Steve Slocum Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Sunny or Steve Slocum Subject: Re: [mou-net] [mnbird] More Whooping Crane Information Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's nice to see Whooping Cranes in Rice County again. Have Cranes 7-07 = & 39-07 produced any offspring? The Whooping Cranes from Necedah NWR = all seem to have low or no reproduction. Is there any move to relocate = the captive flock effort to a more natural nesting area farther north = where black flies don't interfere and they can have more success?=20 Steve=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: dan&erika=20 To: mnbird ; mou-net@lists.umn.edu ; Ricebird=20 Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:15 PM Subject: [mnbird] More Whooping Crane Information Eva Szyszkoski of the International Crane Foundation writes: "Based on = the bands I could pull off of your photos, these two birds are adult = breeding pair numbers 7-07 and 39-07. They are both four years old. They = nested this year near the Necedah NWR but abandoned their nest on 4 May. = Two eggs were collected (one infertile, one fertile but addled). They = have a history of moving into Minnesota in the summer or fall every year = (except for last year when they molted and were unable to fly for ~6 = weeks). They will most likely begin migration south from Minnesota and = will not return to Wisconsin before then. No. 7-07 was raised and = released using the ultra-light release method and no. 39-07 was raised = and released using the Direct Autumn Release method. They have been = together for about three years now."=20 Photos are at http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan --=20 Dan or Erika Tallman=20 Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika=20 danerika@gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet"=20 "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird@lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s ---- 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, 14 Sep 2011 13:50:07 -0600 Reply-To: Jesse Schabert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jesse Schabert Subject: [mou-net] whooping cranes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Both Cranes were present today with a pair of Sandhills as well at the small marshy area east of Baldwin ave off 90th at 11:00 AM . Views were quite good, they started on the far side of the marsh and worked their way towards us. eventually only 60 or 70 yards from the road. used the car as a blind and they were very co-operative, only stayed 10-15 minutes but they seemed like they weren't going anywhere. Thanks everyone for the reports. A life bird for me and a beautiful bird to see. Jesse Schabert Coon Rapids ---- 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, 15 Sep 2011 14:06:25 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dan&erika Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Ethics Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am glad so many of you were able to see the Northfield Whooping Cranes. Today, however, I photographed a man taking photos from far into the field next to the cranes. I also photographed his license plates (they are Minnesota plates). What part of Please do not trespass into the field or wetland do you suppose he does not understand? At best his behavior is selfish. At worst it is downright unethical! Would it be legal for me to post my photograph of him on my blog? I am not inclined to ever post notice of rare birds in the future, which really goes against my joy of sharing with others! dan --=20 Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com 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=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:13:57 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 15, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316135637====" --====1316135637==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 15, 2011 *MNDL1109.15 -Birds mentioned Bald Eagle Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Yellow-throated Vireo Eastern Towhee White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Baltimore Oriole -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: September 15, 2011 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, September 15, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. We got a rude awakening this week when a cold front blew through , dropping temperatures below freezing for three nights. It wasn't far below freezing , but lots of gardens saw the growing season come to a screeching halt. Migration should pick up after this, once the current southwest wind switches around. Larry Wilebski had a couple of interesting avian visitors this week in Kittson County. On September 9, an EASTERN TOWHEE and an immature NORTHERN CARDINAL showed up at his cabin northwest of Lancaster. Here in our yard in Pennington County on September 10 I heard a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and two male BALTIMORE ORIOLES came to the feeder. On September 11, a juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on a telephone pole across the road. Today, September 15, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD is still coming to the nectar. In Polk County Sandy Aubol reported three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 8-10 NORTHERN FLICKERS, and two BALD EAGLES in the East Grand Forks area on September 12. Thanks to Larry Wilebski and Sandy Aubol 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, September 22, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1316135637==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 15, 2011
*MNDL1109.15

-Birds mentioned
  • Bald Eagle
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Eastern Towhee
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 15, 2011
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, September 15, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

We got a rude awakening this week when a cold front blew through , dropping temperatures below freezing for three nights. It wasn't far below freezing , but lots of gardens saw the growing season come to a screeching halt. Migration should pick up after this, once the current southwest wind switches around.

Larry Wilebski had a couple of interesting avian visitors this week in Kittson County. On September 9, an EASTERN TOWHEE and an immature NORTHERN CARDINAL showed up at his cabin northwest of Lancaster.

Here in our yard in Pennington County on September 10 I heard a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and two male BALTIMORE ORIOLES came to the feeder. On September 11, a juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on a telephone pole across the road. Today, September 15, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD is still coming to the nectar.

In Polk County Sandy Aubol reported three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 8-10 NORTHERN FLICKERS, and two BALD EAGLES in the East Grand Forks area on September 12.

Thanks to Larry Wilebski and Sandy Aubol 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, September 22, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1316135637====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:22:05 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/15/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316143325====" --====1316143325==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 15, 2011 *MNDU1109.15 -Birds mentioned Cackling Goose American White Pelican Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Lapland Longspur Rusty Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 15, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 15th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were found by Kim Eckert and others on the 10th at the Park Point Recreation Area. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw nine AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 13th at Sky Harbor Airport. An unidentified JAEGER was seen on the 9th at 43rd Street on Park Point. Adult and juvenile PARASITIC JAEGERS have been reported by several observers during the past week at the base of Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Wisconsin Point on the 15th. Two SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen on the 14th at Hawk Ridge, along with more than 3,200 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The first CACKLING GOOSE of the fall season was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 10th. The first RUSTY BLACKBIRDS of the season were seen on the 14th and the first LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported on the 15th at Duluth and Two Harbors. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 22nd. 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. --====1316143325==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 15, 2011
*MNDU1109.15

-Birds mentioned
  • Cackling Goose
  • American White Pelican
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Lapland Longspur
  • Rusty Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 15, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 15th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were found by Kim Eckert and others on the 10th at the Park Point Recreation Area. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw nine AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 13th at Sky Harbor Airport. An unidentified JAEGER was seen on the 9th at 43rd Street on Park Point. Adult and juvenile PARASITIC JAEGERS have been reported by several observers during the past week at the base of Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Wisconsin Point on the 15th.

Two SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen on the 14th at Hawk Ridge, along with more than 3,200 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The first CACKLING GOOSE of the fall season was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 10th. The first RUSTY BLACKBIRDS of the season were seen on the 14th and the first LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported on the 15th at Duluth and Two Harbors.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 22nd.

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. --====1316143325====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:52:07 -0600 Reply-To: linda whyte Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: linda whyte Subject: Re: [mou-net] [mnbird] Whooping Crane Ethics Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dan, Assuming he had no permission from the land-owner to be there, and he was too close to the birds to be summoned away by your calling out, would you consider leaving a note on his car, to inform him of the ethics involved, or to request that he call you to discuss the birds? When I went to view them, the only other people who showed up, stayed by their car at the roadside, but I thought that's what I would do if they ventured into the field before I could say anything. Maybe it would even help to print up the list of guidelines that came out in the e-mails after last spring's Whooper events down there, and just stick a copy of it under the person's windshield. While I'm not naieve enough to believe it would change everyone's behavior, it might influence at least a few. Linda Whyte On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:06 PM, dan&erika wrote: > I am glad so many of you were able to see the Northfield Whooping Cranes. > =A0Today, however, I photographed a man taking photos from far into the f= ield > next to the cranes. I also photographed his license plates (they are > Minnesota plates). =A0What part of Please do not trespass into the field = or > wetland do you suppose he does not understand? =A0At best his behavior is > selfish. =A0At worst it is downright unethical! =A0Would it be legal for = me to > post my photograph of him on my blog? =A0I am not inclined to ever post n= otice > of rare birds in the future, which really goes against my joy of sharing > with others! > dan > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > danerika@gmail.com > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > ---- 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, 16 Sep 2011 07:07:04 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 16 September 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316178424====" --====1316178424==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 16, 2011 *MNST1109.16 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Cackling Goose Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Parasitic Jaeger Lapland Longspur Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Summer Tanager Rusty Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 16, 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 September 15th, 2011. In Duluth, a couple of jaegers — including a PARASITIC JAEGER — have been seen periodically over Lake Superior from 43rd street south to the end of Park Point. On the 8th, a SUMMER TANAGER was reported from Douglas County, but I have no other details. The fall raptor migration at Hawk Ridge in Duluth has picked up considerably, with about three thousand BROAD-WINGED HAWKS counted on the 14th followed by almost thirteen thousand on the 15th. They've also counted over eight thousand SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS there this fall. Several new species of fall migrants have arrived in the state since the last update of this report, including CACKLING GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is September 22nd, 2011. --====1316178424==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 16, 2011
*MNST1109.16

-Birds mentioned
  • Snow Goose
  • Cackling Goose
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Lapland Longspur
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Summer Tanager
  • Rusty Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 16, 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 September 15th, 2011.

In Duluth, a couple of jaegers — including a PARASITIC JAEGER — have been seen periodically over Lake Superior from 43rd street south to the end of Park Point.

On the 8th, a SUMMER TANAGER was reported from Douglas County, but I have no other details.

The fall raptor migration at Hawk Ridge in Duluth has picked up considerably, with about three thousand BROAD-WINGED HAWKS counted on the 14th followed by almost thirteen thousand on the 15th. They've also counted over eight thousand SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS there this fall.

Several new species of fall migrants have arrived in the state since the last update of this report, including CACKLING GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this tape is September 22nd, 2011. --====1316178424====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:32:34 -0600 Reply-To: Erik Bruhnke Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Erik Bruhnke Subject: [mou-net] Parasitic Jaegers & 13,000+ raptors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I visited Wisconsin Point (Superior, WI) this morning, and had the following sightings... Blue-winged Teal 2 Bald Eagle 1 Sanderling 5 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 1000 Herring Gull 3 Parasitic Jaeger 2 The Parasitic Jaegers double-teamed a lone Ring-billed Gull, making impressive swoops and passes at the gull! One of the Parasitic Jaegers is an adult (light), the other one is a juvenile... most likely the same birds as seen before. Below are pictures from this morning. Adult Parasitic Jaeger (light morph): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115103 Juvenile Parasitic Jaeger: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115104 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115106 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115107 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115105 Yesterday's flight at Hawk Ridge (September 15th) was incredible. We had a total of 13,276 raptors for the day, of which 12,790 were Broad-winged Hawks! Below are some shots over the past few days up at the ridge. Enjoy! Northern Harrier (immature), in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138023919 Gray Ghost (adult male Northern Harrier), in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/137954987 Northern Goshawk, in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075094 Adult Broad-winged Hawk, in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138053892 Peregrine Falcon, in-the-hand, and looking over shoulder: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138053912 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138053914 Merlin: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075092 Broad-winged Hawk Kettle (from Sept 15th): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138094525 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138094526 Cooper's Hawk: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075088 All three accipiters at one time!! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075095 Don't forget, this weekend is Hawk Weekend at Hawk Ridge! There are many programs and events going on this weekend, to spread the fun and awareness about raptor migration. Hope to see you there :-) Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN --=20 *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and birding tours www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com birdfedr@gmail.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: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:19:29 -0600 Reply-To: jeff fischer Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: jeff fischer Subject: [mou-net] Whooping cranes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =A0=0AAfter two failed attempts earlier this week I was finally able to loc= ate the pair of whooping cranes near Northfield this afternoon. I first fou= nd them near the road in a field on the west side of Baldwin just south of = 90th around 11 am. They were with the pair of sandhills as reported earlier= . They made their way away from me towards the west until they were very di= fficult to see. A couple other birders showed up and I pointed them out so = that they could get their life bird.They stayed on the far side of the fiel= d often obstructed by the small hills and trees until about 3pm. At that po= int they flew off to the wetland area that people had seen them at earlier = in the week. They curled up at the back end of the wetlands and stayed that= way until I let at around 4:30pm. =0A=A0=0AUnfortunately there were a lot = more clouds then the weather man predicted so the lighting was not good but= I did get some shots from my car when they were not too far away in the fi= eld. I have posted them on the blog or you can see them here.=0A=A0=0Ahttp:= //4.bp.blogspot.com/-LVw7C3FwRjk/TnQTFDeNhTI/AAAAAAAAUzc/TiP8y65pX1g/s1600/= MN11%2Bwhooping%2Bcrane%2B120_5989.jpg=0Ahttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2uE_p3gp= CzI/TnQTF-3WwGI/AAAAAAAAUzk/lpDZJoHn3jc/s1600/MN11%2Bwhooping%2Bcrane%2B120= _5974.jpg=0A=A0=0AThanks,=0AJeff Fischer=0AEcobirder ---- 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, 17 Sep 2011 07:55:01 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dan&erika Subject: [mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warbler/Rice Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All-- Yesterday I banded and photographed a Black-throated Blue Warbler in Northfield. The photo is on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com Nevertheless, the fall migration has been painfully slow this year. To date I have only encountered one interesting flock. Most days I am able to band but one or two individual birds. dan --=20 Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com 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=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:24:40 -0600 Reply-To: "hagsela@aol.com" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "hagsela@aol.com" Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes and lists vs. memories Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It perhaps bears repeating that these birds would not be "countable" on sta= te or life (or county lists). This restriction only applies if you are sub= mitting numbers to the ABA or MOU, for example. I went to Silver Lake in R= ochester some years ago to see a Smew. I did so with the knowledge that I = could not count the bird on the state, year, county and life lists I mainta= in. I will, however have the memory of that strikingly beautiful bird fore= ver. If birds are known not to be countable (in the case of the Smew, it w= as a known escaped bird), it would be helpful to especially newer birders t= o have that information. Whooping Cranes in SE MN have been from the Neced= ah flock that is not yet considered established, i.e. not able to sustain i= tself in the wild. The hope is that one year, the efforts to reestablish t= his birds on the eastern flyway migration route will result in a wild flock= . Since I hope to see my life Whooping Cranes in Texas (or western MN, pro= vided there's no evidence they're from the WI group) I've chosen not to tra= vel to Rice County. If you know all this and want to see this magnificent = pair of birds, I hope you are able to get great memories from your visit. Respectfully, =20 Linda Sparling=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, 17 Sep 2011 14:53:48 -0600 Reply-To: Erik Collins Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Erik Collins Subject: [mou-net] Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Anoka Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This afternoon there were 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the A&L Sod farm. = This is on County Hwy. 14 east of Lexington Ave. They were in a field on = the north side of Hwy. 14=2C east of the small A&L Sod building. Part of t= he field is being irrigated. Also present for a time were 9 American Golde= n-Plovers. They may still be present in one of the adjacent fields. =20 Erik Collins Shoreview=2C 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: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:09:49 -0500 Reply-To: Peder Svingen Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Peder Svingen Subject: Parasitic Jaeger and Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Park Point 9/17/2011 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3040ec0473d7cd04ad2c0b54 --20cf3040ec0473d7cd04ad2c0b54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Late this afternoon while birding with the Vold family at Park Point, we watched a juvenile *Parasitic Jaeger* strafe the beach and harass Ring-billed Gulls near the dune bridge by Sky Harbor Airport. Based on photographs taken today at Park Point and this morning at Wisconsin Point, the same individual was at both locations today. It also appears to be the same individual seen daily by myself and others at Wisconsin Point since 8 September, which had also been seen near the Sky Harbor Airport on the 6th and photographed at the 43rd Street public access to Park Point on the 9th. Though it has long been suspected that some jaegers linger at the western end of Lake Superior for extended periods of time on both sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin state line, this represents one of the few such individuals photographically documented in both states on multiple dates. Also of interest at Park Point this afternoon were *18 American Golden-Plovers* on the ballfields at the Recreation Area and *2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers* on the beach between 22nd Street and 31st Street (Lafayette Square). This morning at Wisconsin Point with Mike Hendrickson, Robbye Johnson, and others, highlights (Wisconsin only) among the 8,000+ gulls congregating off parking lot #1 were the following: *Western Grebe* (casual migrant in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin) *Peregrine Falcon* attacking Ring-billed Gulls (keep up the good work) *3 Parasitic Jaegers* (1 light-morph adult and 2 juveniles) 2 Black-bellied Plover 8 American Golden-Plovers 1 Semipalmated Plover 43 Sanderlings 1 Least Sandpiper *2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers* -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN --20cf3040ec0473d7cd04ad2c0b54 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Late t= his afternoon while birding with the Vold family at Park Point, we watched = a juvenile Parasitic Jaeger strafe the beach and harass Ring-billed = Gulls near the dune bridge by Sky Harbor Airport. Based on photographs take= n today at Park Point and this morning at Wisconsin Point, the same individ= ual was at both locations today. It also appears to be the same individual = seen daily by myself and others at Wisconsin Point since 8 September, which= had also been seen near the Sky Harbor Airport on the 6th and photographed= at the 43rd Street public access to Park Point on the 9th. Though it has l= ong been suspected that some jaegers linger at the western end of Lake Supe= rior for extended periods of time on both sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin = state line, this represents one of the few such individuals photographicall= y documented in both states on multiple dates. =A0


Also o= f interest at Park Point this afternoon were 18 American Golden-Plovers<= /b> on the ballfields at the Recreation Area and 2 Buff-breasted Sandpip= ers on the beach between 22nd Street and 31st Street (Lafayette Square)= .=A0


This m= orning at Wisconsin Point with Mike Hendrickson, Robbye Johnson, and others= , highlights (Wisconsin only) among the 8,000+ gulls congregating off parki= ng lot #1 were the following:=A0

Wes= tern Grebe (casual migrant in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin)

Per= egrine Falcon attacking Ring-billed Gulls (keep up the good work)

3 P= arasitic Jaegers (1 light-morph adult and 2 juveniles)

2 Blac= k-bellied Plover

8 Amer= ican Golden-Plovers

1 Semi= palmated Plover

43 San= derlings

1 Leas= t Sandpiper

2 B= uff-breasted Sandpipers


--
Peder H. Svingen
Du= luth, MN
--20cf3040ec0473d7cd04ad2c0b54-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:25:54 -0600 Reply-To: Larry Sirvio Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Larry Sirvio Subject: Re: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes and lists vs. memories Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Why not see it in Rice Co and then wait for that group of birds to become established.:)) Then is should count. Larry S ----- Original Message ----- From: "hagsela@aol.com" To: Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:24 AM Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes and lists vs. memories It perhaps bears repeating that these birds would not be "countable" on state or life (or county lists). This restriction only applies if you are submitting numbers to the ABA or MOU, for example. I went to Silver Lake in Rochester some years ago to see a Smew. I did so with the knowledge that I could not count the bird on the state, year, county and life lists I maintain. I will, however have the memory of that strikingly beautiful bird forever. If birds are known not to be countable (in the case of the Smew, it was a known escaped bird), it would be helpful to especially newer birders to have that information. Whooping Cranes in SE MN have been from the Necedah flock that is not yet considered established, i.e. not able to sustain itself in the wild. The hope is that one year, the efforts to reestablish this birds on the eastern flyway migration route will result in a wild flock. Since I hope to see my life Whooping Cranes in Texas (or western MN, provided there's no evidence they're from the WI group) I've chosen not to travel to Rice County. If you know all this and want to see this magnificent pair of birds, I hope you are able to get great memories from your visit. Respectfully, 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 ---- 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, 18 Sep 2011 14:20:23 -0600 Reply-To: scmzd@AOL.COM Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Rare Bird Alert Subject: [mou-net] Regarding Whooping Crane Ethics... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First let me state that I'm not trying to start an argument, just looking t= o gain insight into this compelling scenario. I appreciate people that put forth the time and effort to be in the field a= nd then share sightings of the birds that they see. I did not go look for the cranes. I've never chased after any birds = south of Carlton County....yet. I can easily tell from the posts about the cranes and subsequent ethical issues, that th= e posters care deeply for their subjects of interest. That is very admirable, uncommon in this day and of age of ma= ss disconnection from the natural world, and deserved of respect. So it is with that background of thought that I a= m putting forth these questions. I do make=20 a few assertions that are merely opinions and perceptions. Basically, I am= just looking for greater insight into this situation because I am at a point in my relationship with nature where deve= loping my own ethical guidelines is an ever increasing matter of importance. I readily admit that I've made many = mistakes in regards to ethical scenarios regarding birds thus far. No one is perfect, and I am certainly part of th= e "no one" in that sense. But, I seek to do better, and with that in mind, any feedback to these questions will be grea= tly appreciated. 1: In the original posting about the cranes, the poster stated that the bir= ds were in a "wetland". Later, in the same post, the writer states his wish= that people not "trespass into the field or wetland." So, is there, (was t= here) a "No Trespassing" sign posted? Is this private property? Because if = it's not private property, what law is being broken by entering the area? 2: If there are "No Trespassing" signs, did the poster have a dialogue with= the land owner prior to posting the sighting? Knowing full well of course = that a number of people would visit the area, I would think this paramount.= Frankly, if he did not, that, in and of itself was unethical in my opinion= . Similar to obtaining permission from homeowners to post information about= a rare bird being seen at their feeder.... 3: If this was private property, how does ANYBODY know that the individual = photographing the birds was not the owner of said property??? Or, did not h= ave permission from the owner to go into the field???=20 4: Is it not a HUGE assumption (unless the individual's identity was alread= y known by the poster who took his picture/license plate picture), that the= person in question went to the field based on information posted on the MO= U? Whooping Cranes are huge, white, and very noticeable. Anybody might have= been driving by that area, (and or observed others with optics viewing the= birds), and been interested in what was going on, and made a subsequent ap= proach on the birds, possibly even unaware of their endangered status... 5. In his post on MOU about wether or not he should put the photos of the i= ndividual on his website, the writer only states that the person was in the= field next to the cranes. He does not state wether the cranes were moving = away from that location and the individual was pursuing them...If not, how = can this be construed as harassment? For all that is known, based on the po= sts on MOU, the cranes did not mind the presence of the individual in the l= east and there was zero "harassment" going on. 6. Why in the world, if so bothered by the activity of the photographer, di= d the MOU poster not attempt to have a dialogue with the person about his c= oncerns? Honestly, the way this has played out, seems to portray "birders" = (over generalizing quite a bit there), as elitist snobs, who believe their = way of interacting with wildlife is the "only" appropriate way. I can envis= ion a number of scenarios where the "photographer" was just struck by the s= heer beauty of the subjects and wanted to be closer, with nothing but the p= urest of motivations. Why must the worst be assumed, i.e. "selfish, un-ethi= cal".=20 There are millions of people in this country that don't even know what a wh= ooping crane is, why vilify somebody who obviously recognized something spe= cial in the natural world and wanted to get close? Regards,=20 Shawn Zierman. ---- 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, 18 Sep 2011 14:31:33 -0600 Reply-To: "Gelvin-Innvaer, Lisa A (DNR)" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Gelvin-Innvaer, Lisa A" Subject: Re: [mou-net] whooping cranes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A reminder--- To report whooping crane sightings online to the Whooping Crane Eastern Par= tnership: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/whoopingcrane/sightings/sightingform.cfm which includes the following guidance: "When you are lucky enough to see whooping cranes, please do not approach t= hem closely, even in a vehicle, to avoid habituating the birds to human pre= sence. Habituation is one of the greatest dangers that whooping cranes face= because it puts them at greater risk from vehicle collisions, predation, a= nd illegal shooting" Thanks, Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer Regional Nongame Wildlife Specialist MNDNR- Southern Region ________________________________________ From: Minnesota Birds [MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of MOU-NET automati= c digest system [LISTSERV@LISTS.UMN.EDU] Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 12:02 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 15 Sep 2011 to 16 Sep 2011 (#2011-37) There are 8 messages totalling 612 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Martin's Meadows - Anoka County 2. Radio frequency 3. [mou-rba] MOU RBA 16 September 2011 4. Nighthawk Window Strike 5. Pelican deaths at hands of farmer 6. Parasitic Jaegers & 13,000+ raptors 7. Photo Website Update 8. Whooping cranes ---- 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, 16 Sep 2011 04:17:42 -0700 From: Frank Berdan Subject: Re: Martin's Meadows - Anoka County Would this trail be accessible for a mobility-limited birder? =3D Pete,=3D0A=3D0AWould this trail be accessible for a mobility-limited birder= ?=3D0A=3D =3D0AFrank=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A________________________________=3D0AFrom: MOU-NET= automatic=3D digest system =3D0ATo: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU=3D0AS= ent:=3D Friday, September 16, 2011 12:07 AM=3D0ASubject: MOU-NET Digest - 14 Sep 2= 01=3D 1 to 15 Sep 2011 (#2011-36)=3D0A=3D0AThere are 12 messages totalling 581 li= nes =3D in this issue.=3D0A=3D0ATopics of the day:=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0 1. Anoka County -= Martin's =3D Meadows=3D0A=3DA0 2. Whooping Crane Ethics=3D0A=3DA0 3. Migrants over Lac L= a Croix =3D (St. Louis Cty - Goshawk, L Longspurs, Snow=3D0A=3DA0 =3DA0 Geese, etc)=3D= 0A=3DA0 4.=3D Purgatory Creek - Hennepin County=3D0A=3DA0 5. Use of Radios (3)=3D0A=3DA0= 6. [mou=3D -rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 15, 2011=3D0A= =3D =3DA0 7. Movie, etc.=3D0A=3DA0 8. killer baby honeyguides and early bird or= late =3D dinosaur feathers in amber=3D0A=3DA0 9. [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 9/15/11=3D0A10= . [mnb=3D ird] Whooping Crane Ethics=3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://= lists.=3D umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/ar= chiv=3D es/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A--------------------------------------------------= ----=3D ----------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:23:48 -0500= =3D0AFrom:=3D =3DA0 =3DA0 "Peter J. Makousky" =3D0ASubject: Anoka Co= unty -=3D Martin's Meadows=3D0A=3D0AHello - it may not be new to some, but I discove= red =3D a new trail in Anoka=3D0ACounty.=3D0A=3D0AIt's in Andover and it is called = Martin=3D 's Meadows.=3D0A=3D0AWhile on the trail I ran into the gentleman who sold t= he p=3D roperty to the=3D0Acity of Andover.=3D0A=3D0AHis name is Jeff Luedtke and h= is gra=3D ndfather Martin bought the land years=3D0Aand years ago.=3D0A=3D0ANoted 30 = specie=3D s while on a short walk.=3D0A=3D0ASpotted Sandpiper, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-s= houl=3D dered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk,=3D0AAccipiter (sp), Ruby-throated Hummingbir= d,=3D Wild Turkey, =3D0A=3D0AMourning Dove, Northern Flicker, Downy, Cedar Waxwi= ng, =3D Eastern Phoebe, House=3D0AWren, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Robin, Gr= ay=3D Catbird,=3D0A=3D0APhiladelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Nashville Warbler, C= ommo=3D n Yellowthroat,=3D0AOvenbird (missed photo opportunity), Black-capped Chick= ad=3D ee, Northern=3D0ACardinal, =3D0A=3D0AEastern Towhee (juvenile), Rose-breast= ed Gro=3D sbeak, American Goldfinch,=3D0AWhite-throated Sparrows (a ton of these), Li= nc=3D oln's Sparrow, Fox Sparrow.=3D0A=3D0AIn the field along 173rd I noted some = East=3D ern Bluebirds and also Sandhill=3D0ACrane.=3D0A=3D0ATrail is accessed by ta= king 7=3D th avenue north of Anoka and turning right on=3D0A173rd and then the first = ri=3D ght which is Navajo.=3D0A=3D0ANavajo dead ends to a cul de sac and the trai= l st=3D arts there. Not for the=3D0Afaint of heart as it first starts with a steep = dr=3D op which requires walking=3D0Asideways or use of a walking stick. You will = ge=3D t a workout going back up.=3D0ATrail is rough with a lot of small trees tha= t =3D were cut. Trail weaves and=3D0Adead ends in many places.=3D0A=3D0AWhen you = get to=3D the first "t" in the trail and take it to the right you will=3D0Aeventuall= y =3D come to Jeff Luedtke's property which is not clearly marked.=3D0A=3D0AI thi= nk t=3D he trail property ends under the power lines. =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0APete=3D0A= =3D0AAnoka, =3D MN=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-b= in/wa?SU=3D BED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html= =3D0A=3D0A=3D ------------------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 1= 5:06:18 =3D -0500=3D0AFrom:=3DA0 =3DA0 dan&erika =3D0ASubject: Whoo= ping Cra=3D ne Ethics=3D0A=3D0AI am glad so many of you were able to see the Northfield= Who=3D oping Cranes.=3D0AToday, however, I photographed a man taking photos from f= ar=3D into the field=3D0Anext to the cranes. I also photographed his license pla= te=3D s (they are=3D0AMinnesota plates).=3DA0 What part of Please do not trespass= int=3D o the field or=3D0Awetland do you suppose he does not understand?=3DA0 At b= est =3D his behavior is=3D0Aselfish.=3DA0 At worst it is downright unethical!=3DA0 = Would =3D it be legal for me to=3D0Apost my photograph of him on my blog?=3DA0 I am n= ot i=3D nclined to ever post notice=3D0Aof rare birds in the future, which really g= oe=3D s against my joy of sharing=3D0Awith others!=3D0A=3D0Adan=3D0A=3D0A-- =3D0A= Dan or Erika=3D Tallman=3D0ANorthfield, Minnesota=3D0Ahttp://sites.google.com/site/tallman= orum=3D =3D0Ahttp://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com=3D0Ahttp://picasaweb.google.co= m/da=3D nerika=3D0Adanerika@gmail.com=3D0A=3D0A".... the best shod travel with wet = feet"=3D =3D0A"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau=3D0= A=3D0A=3D ----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3D= mou-=3D net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A-----= ------=3D -------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:31:14 -05= 00=3D0AFro=3D m:=3DA0 =3DA0 Shawn Conrad =3D0ASubject: Migrants o= ver La=3D c La Croix (St. Louis Cty - Goshawk, L Longspurs, Snow Geese, etc)=3D0A=3D0= AA c=3D oworker and I camped on Snow Bay on Lac La Croix on Tuesday and Wednesday= =3D =3D0Anights, returning via Crane Lake this morning.=3DA0 Those strong north= win=3D ds=3D0Ahave started pushing in more migrants.=3DA0 I didn't have much of a = chan=3D ce to=3D0Abird, and didn't get to sort through the warblers much (though I = co=3D uld tell=3D0Athat Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers were abundant), but I had= s=3D ome good=3D0Asightings anyway.=3D0A=3D0A- On Tuesday afternoon, a Northern = Goshaw=3D k flew over our campsite and I=3D0Awatched it disappear into Canada.=3D0A- = Last=3D night, along with several flocks of Canada Geese, a small flock of=3D0ASno= w =3D Geese passed over our site on Snow Bay.=3D0A- This morning that same campsi= te=3D received a visit from a couple of early=3D0ALapland Longspurs and I saw a = fe=3D w out on Loon Lake flying through the fog.=3D0A- White-throated Sparrows ar= e =3D really on the move and the flock at the access=3D0Aof Crane Lake included W= hi=3D te-crowned Sparrows.=3D0A- Blue-headed Vireos were singing as they joined t= he=3D flocks of migrant=3D0Awarblers.=3D0A=3D0A-- =3D0AShawn Conrad=3D0Awww.itas= cacnfbirdi=3D ng.com=3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bi= n/wa?S=3D UBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html= =3D0A=3D =3D0A------------------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2= 011 19:37:=3D 16 -0500=3D0AFrom:=3DA0 =3DA0 Ben Harste =3D0ASubj= ect: Pur=3D gatory Creek - Hennepin County=3D0A=3D0AI have been visiting Purgatory Cree= k a =3D couple times a week for the last=3D0Amonth or so now and activity has defin= it=3D ely picked up in the last week or=3D0Atwo as the water levels continue to d= ro=3D p.=3DA0 The birding on the lake=3D0Adefinitely seems better in the evening = appr=3D oaching dusk as more birds fly=3D0Ain.=3D0A=3D0AThere are many ducks that c= ome on=3D to the lake including many Mallards,=3D0ABlue-winged Teals, Green-winged Te= al=3D s, and last Friday we saw a single=3D0ARedhead on the lake with the other d= uc=3D ks as well.=3DA0 There are also many=3D0ARing-billed Gulls and I have also = seen=3D a couple of Caspian Terns on the=3D0Amud-bar in the middle area of the lak= e.=3D =3D0A=3D0AShorebird activity has been present on the edges of the lake and = on t=3D he=3D0Amud-bar in the center of the lake.=3DA0 Last Friday we saw two Great= er=3D =3D0AYellowlegs, Killdeer, small peeps on the island and also what I believ= e =3D was=3D0Aa Semipalmated Plover as it was a bird about the size of the other = sm=3D all=3D0Asandpipers but with a dark black stripe across its chest.=3D0A=3D0A= Tonigh=3D t there 3 American Golden-Plovers near the lake shore closest to the=3D0Apa= th=3D that goes between the two ponds.=3D0A=3D0AI would say the best viewing are= as i=3D n the evening are from the bridge and=3D0Athe path between the two lakes, a= nd=3D also from the boardwalk/blind on the=3D0Aother side of the lake.=3DA0 The = vari=3D ety isn't always great but it seems like=3D0Athere is something to watch mo= st=3D evenings I have been there.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0ABen Harste=3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoi= n or Leave m=3D ou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: ht= tp:/=3D /lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A-----------------------------= -=3D0A=3D =3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:05:31 -0500=3D0AFrom:=3DA0 =3DA0 = Alex Watson =3D =3D0ASubject: Use of Radios=3D0A=3D0AGreetings,=3D0A= =3D0AIs ther=3D e a MOU advocated radio frequency that birders are encouraged to use=3D0Awh= il=3D e out and about?=3D0A=3D0AI have heard Channel 6 sub channel 6 is good to u= se b=3D ut don't know the=3D0Aorigin of that information.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AAlex=3D0A= =3D0A----=3D0AJo=3D in or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0= AArc=3D hives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A----------------= ----=3D ----------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:13:57 -0600=3D0AFr= om:=3DA0 =3DA0=3D Jeanie Joppru =3D0ASubject: [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota B= ir=3D ding Report- Thursday, September 15, 2011=3D0A=3D0A-RBA=3D0A*Minnesota=3D0A= *Detroit=3D Lakes=3D0A*September 15, 2011=3D0A*MNDL1109.15=3D0A=3D0A-Birds mentioned= =3D0ABald Ea=3D gle=3D0ARuby-throated Hummingbird=3D0ARed-headed Woodpecker=3D0ARed-bellied= Woodp=3D ecker=3D0ANorthern Flicker=3D0AYellow-throated Vireo=3D0AEastern Towhee=3D0= AWhite-t=3D hroated Sparrow=3D0ANorthern Cardinal=3D0ABaltimore Oriole=3D0A-Transcript= =3D0A=3D0AH=3D otline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes=3D0ADate: September 15, 2011=3D0ASponsor: = Lake=3D s Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce=3D0AReports= : =3D 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)=3D0ACompiler: Jeanie Joppru= (=3D ajjoppru@q.com)=3D0A=3D0AThis is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for= Thu=3D rsday, September=3D0A15, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamb= er=3D of Commerce.=3D0AYou may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or= =3D =3D0A1-800-433-1888.=3D0A=3D0AWe got a rude awakening this week when a cold= front=3D blew through ,=3D0Adropping temperatures below freezing for three nights. = It=3D wasn't far=3D0Abelow freezing , but lots of gardens saw the growing season= c=3D ome to a=3D0Ascreeching halt. Migration should pick up after this, once the= c=3D urrent=3D0Asouthwest wind switches around.=3D0A=3D0ALarry Wilebski had a co= uple o=3D f interesting avian visitors this week in=3D0AKittson County. On September = 9,=3D an EASTERN TOWHEE and an immature=3D0ANORTHERN CARDINAL showed up at his c= ab=3D in northwest of Lancaster.=3D0A=3D0AHere in our yard in Pennington County o= n Se=3D ptember 10 I heard a=3D0AYELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKE= R =3D and two male=3D0ABALTIMORE ORIOLES came to the feeder. On September 11, a j= uv=3D enile=3D0ARED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on a telephone pole across the = ro=3D ad.=3D0AToday, September 15, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD is still coming to= t=3D he=3D0Anectar.=3D0A=3D0AIn Polk County Sandy Aubol reported three WHITE-THR= OATED =3D SPARROWS, 8-10=3D0ANORTHERN FLICKERS, and two BALD EAGLES in the East Grand= F=3D orks area on=3D0ASeptember 12.=3D0A=3D0AThanks to Larry Wilebski and Sandy = Aubol =3D for their reports.=3D0A=3D0APlease report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru b= y em=3D ail, no later than=3D0AThursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.com OR call the De= tr=3D oit Lakes=3D0AChamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes are= a =3D birders=3D0Aplease call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sight= in=3D g took=3D0Aplace. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, Sep= te=3D mber=3D0A22, 2011.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AJeanie Joppru=3D0APennington County, = MN=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D =3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1= =3D3Dm=3D ou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A--= ------=3D ----------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:06:41 = -0500=3D0A=3D From:=3DA0 =3DA0 M z =3D0ASubject: Movie, etc.=3D0A=3D0= AFolks, th=3D e latest issue of Audubon Magazine has an interesting article on=3D0Athe fi= rs=3D t non-documentary birding movie "The Big Year", starring Steve=3D0AMartin, = Ja=3D ck Black and Owen Wilson. It is based on the book "Big Year", by=3D0AMark O= bm=3D ascik. The movie comes out next month.=3D0A=3D0AAlso, those of you who keep= tra=3D ck of exact bird locations, for BB Atlas,=3D0ACBC or other records, can dou= bl=3D e check your coordinates easily, or convert=3D0Ato from DMS to Decimal,=3DA= 0 a =3D great site is=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/NewEarthExplorer=3D0A=3D= 0AMick Z=3D err=3D0ASioux Falls Bird Club=3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http= ://lists=3D .umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/a= rchi=3D ves/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A------------------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA= 0 =3DA0 Thu,=3D 15 Sep 2011 20:28:42 -0600=3D0AFrom:=3DA0 =3DA0 G Andersson =3D0ASubject: killer baby honeyguides and early bird or late dinosaur feat= he=3D rs in amber=3D0A=3D0AThis brief article does not i.d. the honeyguide specie= s.=3D =3DA0 You can enlarge=3D0Athe image in both articles.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0Aht= tp://www.sci=3D encenews.org/view/generic/id/334336/title/News_in_Brief_Life=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A= =3D0Alat=3D e Cretaceous amber from Canada=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.sciencenews.or= g/view/g=3D eneric/id/334380/title/Dinosaur-era_feather=3D0As_sealed_in_amber=3D0A=3D0A= =3D0A---=3D -=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou= -net=3D =3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A--------= ------=3D ----------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:20:17 -0500= =3D0AFrom:=3D =3DA0 =3DA0 Rick Hoyme =3D0ASubject: Re: Use of Radios= =3D0A=3D0AT=3D he channel 6 sub-channel 6 was selected by Kim Eckert for the Minnesota=3D0= AB=3D irding Weekends. As a result the birders that go on his trips have their=3D= 0A=3D radios set that way and others have followed. I think it was pretty much a= =3D =3D0Arandom selection.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0ARick Hoyme=3D0Arhoyme@comcast.net=3D0A= LinkedIn Pro=3D file http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhoyme=3D0A=3D0ARick Hoyme=3D0A=3D0A----= -Origina=3D l Message-----=3D0AFrom: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On = Be=3D half Of Alex=3D0AWatson=3D0ASent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:06 PM=3D0A= To: MO=3D U-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU=3D0ASubject: [mou-net] Use of Radios=3D0A=3D0AGreetings= ,=3D0A=3D =3D0AIs there a MOU advocated radio frequency that birders are encouraged t= o =3D use=3D0Awhile out and about?=3D0A=3D0AI have heard Channel 6 sub channel 6 = is goo=3D d to use but don't know the=3D0Aorigin of that information.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AA= lex=3D0A=3D =3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1= =3D3Dm=3D ou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A--= --=3D0AJ=3D oin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D= 0AAr=3D chives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A---------------= ----=3D -----------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:22:05 -0600=3D0AF= rom:=3DA0 =3D =3DA0 Jim Lind =3D0ASubject: [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 9/15/11=3D= 0A=3D0A-=3D RBA=3D0A*Minnesota=3D0A*Duluth/North Shore=3D0A*September 15, 2011=3D0A*MND= U1109.15=3D =3D0A=3D0A-Birds mentioned=3D0ACackling Goose=3D0AAmerican White Pelican=3D= 0ABroad-wi=3D nged Hawk=3D0ASwainson's Hawk=3D0ABuff-breasted Sandpiper=3D0ALesser Black-= backed=3D Gull=3D0AParasitic Jaeger=3D0ALapland Longspur=3D0ARusty Blackbird=3D0A-Tr= anscript=3D =3D0A=3D0AHotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore=3D0ADate: September 15, 20= 11=3D0AS=3D ponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)=3D0AReports: (218) 834-2858= =3D0AC=3D ompiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)=3D0A=3D0AThis is the Duluth Bird= ing =3D Report for September 15th, 2011 sponsored by=3D0Athe Minnesota Ornithologis= ts=3D ' Union.=3D0A=3D0ATwo BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were found by Kim Eckert and= oth=3D ers on the=3D0A10th at the Park Point Recreation Area. Jan and Larry Kraeme= r =3D saw nine=3D0AAMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 13th at Sky Harbor Airport. An= =3D0A=3D unidentified JAEGER was seen on the 9th at 43rd Street on Park Point.=3D0AA= du=3D lt and juvenile PARASITIC JAEGERS have been reported by several=3D0Aobserve= rs=3D during the past week at the base of Wisconsin Point. Peder=3D0ASvingen saw= a=3D n adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Wisconsin Point on the=3D0A15th.=3D0A= =3D0ATwo=3D SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen on the 14th at Hawk Ridge, along with=3D0Amore = th=3D an 3,200 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The first CACKLING GOOSE of the fall=3D0Aseaso= n =3D was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 10th. The first RUSTY=3D0ABLACKBIRDS of t= he=3D season were seen on the 14th and the first LAPLAND=3D0ALONGSPURS were repo= rt=3D ed on the 15th at Duluth and Two Harbors.=3D0A=3D0AThe next scheduled updat= e of=3D this report will be on Thursday, September=3D0A22nd.=3D0A=3D0AThe telephon= e numb=3D er of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.=3D0AInformation about bir= d =3D sightings may be left following the recorded=3D0Amessage.=3D0A=3D0AThe Dulu= th Bir=3D ding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota=3D0AOrnithologists' Un= io=3D n (MOU) as a service to its members. For more=3D0Ainformation on the MOU, e= it=3D her write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us=3D0Aat mou@moumn.org, or visit = th=3D e MOU web site at moumn.org.=3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http:= //list=3D s.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/= arch=3D ives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A------------------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3D= A0 =3DA0 Thu=3D , 15 Sep 2011 22:27:29 -0500=3D0AFrom:=3DA0 =3DA0 Chris West =3D0ASubject: Re: Use of Radios=3D0A=3D0AHere in WI, the WSO uses = Channe=3D l 11, sub-channel/code 22. (11/22)=3D0AI've seen other birding clubs in oth= er=3D states use that channel as well.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A--Chris=3D0A=3D0AOn Thu, Se= p 15, 2011=3D at 10:20 PM, Rick Hoyme wrote:=3D0A=3D0A> The channel= 6 s=3D ub-channel 6 was selected by Kim Eckert for the Minnesota=3D0A> Birding Wee= ke=3D nds. As a result the birders that go on his trips have their=3D0A> radios s= et=3D that way and others have followed. I think it was pretty much a=3D0A> rand= om=3D selection.=3D0A>=3D0A>=3D0A> Rick Hoyme=3D0A> rhoyme@comcast.net=3D0A> Lin= kedIn Prof=3D ile http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhoyme=3D0A>=3D0A> Rick Hoyme=3D0A>=3D0A>= -----Or=3D iginal Message-----=3D0A> From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.E= DU=3D ] On Behalf Of Alex=3D0A> Watson=3D0A> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8= :06 =3D PM=3D0A> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU=3D0A> Subject: [mou-net] Use of Radios= =3D0A>=3D =3D0A> Greetings,=3D0A>=3D0A> Is there a MOU advocated radio frequency that= birde=3D rs are encouraged to use=3D0A> while out and about?=3D0A>=3D0A> I have hear= d Chan=3D nel 6 sub channel 6 is good to use but don't know the=3D0A> origin of that = in=3D formation.=3D0A>=3D0A>=3D0A> Alex=3D0A>=3D0A> ----=3D0A> Join or Leave mou-= net: http://=3D lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0A> Archives: http://lists.um= n.ed=3D u/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A>=3D0A> ----=3D0A> Join or Leave mou-net: http:= //list=3D s.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net=3D0A> Archives: http://lists.umn.ed= u/ar=3D chives/mou-net.html=3D0A>=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A-- =3D0AHappy Birding! --Chris= W, Madison,=3D WI=3D0AInterpretive Naturalist=3D0AMississippi Explorer Cruises=3D0A=3D0Ah= ttp://mi=3D ssissippiexplorer.com/=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com=3D0Ah= ttp://=3D www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto=3D0A=3D0Achris@mississippiexplorer.c= om=3D =3D0A=3D0A----=3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S= UBED1=3D =3D3Dmou-net=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A= =3D0A----=3D --------------------------=3D0A=3D0ADate:=3DA0 =3DA0 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:42= :00 -050=3D 0=3D0AFrom:=3DA0 =3DA0 linda whyte =3D0ASubject: Re: [= mnbird] =3D Whooping Crane Ethics=3D0A=3D0ADan,=3D0AAssuming he had no permission from = the la=3D nd-owner to be there, and he=3D0Awas too close to the birds to be summoned = aw=3D ay by your calling out,=3D0Awould you consider leaving a note on his car, t= o =3D inform him of the=3D0Aethics involved, or to request that he call you to di= sc=3D uss the birds?=3D0AWhen I went to view them, the only other people who show= ed=3D up, stayed=3D0Aby their car at the roadside, but I thought that's what I w= ou=3D ld do if=3D0Athey ventured into the field before I could say anything. Mayb= e =3D it=3D0Awould even help to print up the list of guidelines that came out in= =3D0A=3D the e-mails after last spring's Whooper events down there, and just=3D0Asti= ck=3D a copy of it under the person's windshield. While I'm not naieve=3D0Aenoug= h =3D to believe it would change everyone's behavior, it might=3D0Ainfluence at l= ea=3D st a few.=3D0ALinda Whyte=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AOn Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:06 PM, da= n&erika =3D wrote:=3D0A> I am glad so many of you were able to see= t=3D he Northfield Whooping Cranes.=3D0A> =3D3DA0Today, however, I photographed = a ma=3D n taking photos from far into the f=3D3D=3D0Aield=3D0A> next to the cranes.= I als=3D o photographed his license plates (they are=3D0A> Minnesota plates). =3D3DA= 0Wha=3D t part of Please do not trespass into the field =3D3D=3D0Aor=3D0A> wetland = do you=3D suppose he does not understand? =3D3DA0At best his behavior is=3D0A> selfi= sh. =3D =3D3DA0At worst it is downright unethical! =3D3DA0Would it be legal for =3D= 3D=3D0Am=3D e to=3D0A> post my photograph of him on my blog? =3D3DA0I am not inclined t= o ev=3D er post n=3D3D=3D0Aotice=3D0A> of rare birds in the future, which really go= es aga=3D inst my joy of sharing=3D0A> with others!=3D0A> dan=3D0A>=3D0A> --=3D0A> Da= n or Erika=3D Tallman=3D0A> Northfield, Minnesota=3D0A> http://sites.google.com/site/tal= lman=3D orum=3D0A> http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com=3D0A> http://picasaweb.g= oogl=3D e.com/danerika=3D0A> danerika@gmail.com=3D0A>=3D0A> ".... the best shod tra= vel wi=3D th wet feet"=3D0A> "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....= "-=3D -Thoreau=3D0A>=3D0A> _______________________________________________=3D0A> = mnbird=3D mailing list=3D0A> mnbird@lists.mnbird.net=3D0A> http://lists.mnbird.net/m= ailm=3D an/listinfo/mnbird=3D0A> Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s=3D0A>=3D0A>=3D0A= =3D0A----=3D =3D0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3D3Dmo= u-ne=3D t=3D0AArchives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html=3D0A=3D0A-------= ------=3D -----------------=3D0A=3D0AEnd of MOU-NET Digest - 14 Sep 2011 to 15 Sep 20= 11 (=3D #2011-36)=3D0A************************************************************* ---- 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: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:53:17 -0500 From: Maureen Lundgren Subject: Radio frequency In AZ we use 11/21 also. Reenie Liundgren Sent from my iPod ---- 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, 16 Sep 2011 07:07:04 -0600 From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: [mou-rba] MOU RBA 16 September 2011 -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 16, 2011 *MNST1109.16 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Cackling Goose Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Parasitic Jaeger Lapland Longspur Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Summer Tanager Rusty Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 16, 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 September 15th, 2011. In Duluth, a couple of jaegers - including a PARASITIC JAEGER - have been seen periodically over Lake Superior from 43rd street south to the end of Park Point. On the 8th, a SUMMER TANAGER was reported from Douglas County, but I have no other details. The fall raptor migration at Hawk Ridge in Duluth has picked up considerably, with about three thousand BROAD-WINGED HAWKS counted on the 14th followed by almost thirteen thousand on the 15th. They've also counted over eight thousand SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS there this fall. Several new species of fall migrants have arrived in the state since the last update of this report, including CACKLING GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is September 22nd, 2011. ---- 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, 16 Sep 2011 09:20:19 -0400 From: rvjesse@AOL.COM Subject: Nighthawk Window Strike Birders: Like all of us I hate it when a bird collides with one of our win= =3D dows or any window anywhere. I have decals up on the most likely ones they= =3D strike here. Imagine my surprise when a Nighthawk just struck our kitchen= =3D window. Luckily it wasn't a "loud strike". I grabbed my gloves to see if= =3D I could help the injured bird but happily it flew off in to the trees so h= =3D opefully its okay. Our experience here is that most window strikes are war= =3D blers and thrushes. Never thought a Nighthawk would hit our window. =3D20 Thanks, Robert Jessen, Austin, Mower County ---- 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: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:59:01 -0500 From: Jim Ryan Subject: Pelican deaths at hands of farmer http://www.startribune.com/local/129948168.html A very sad story indeed. -- 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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:32:26 -0500 From: Erik Bruhnke Subject: Parasitic Jaegers & 13,000+ raptors I visited Wisconsin Point (Superior, WI) this morning, and had the followin= g sightings... Blue-winged Teal 2 Bald Eagle 1 Sanderling 5 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 1000 Herring Gull 3 Parasitic Jaeger 2 The Parasitic Jaegers double-teamed a lone Ring-billed Gull, making impressive swoops and passes at the gull! One of the Parasitic Jaegers is a= n adult (light), the other one is a juvenile... most likely the same birds as seen before. Below are pictures from this morning. Adult Parasitic Jaeger (light morph): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115103 Juvenile Parasitic Jaeger: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115104 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115106 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115107 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138115105 Yesterday's flight at Hawk Ridge (September 15th) was incredible. We had a total of 13,276 raptors for the day, of which 12,790 were Broad-winged Hawks! Below are some shots over the past few days up at the ridge. Enjoy! Northern Harrier (immature), in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138023919 Gray Ghost (adult male Northern Harrier), in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/137954987 Northern Goshawk, in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075094 Adult Broad-winged Hawk, in-the-hand: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138053892 Peregrine Falcon, in-the-hand, and looking over shoulder: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138053912 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138053914 Merlin: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075092 Broad-winged Hawk Kettle (from Sept 15th): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138094525 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138094526 Cooper's Hawk: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075088 All three accipiters at one time!! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138075095 Don't forget, this weekend is Hawk Weekend at Hawk Ridge! There are many programs and events going on this weekend, to spread the fun and awareness about raptor migration. Hope to see you there :-) Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and birding tours www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com birdfedr@gmail.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: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:44:18 -0500 From: Linda Krueger Subject: Photo Website Update We updated our photo website, www.FlightofNature.com after not having done so for some time. The number of new bird photos we've added is too long a list to post in this email but here are some of the highlights for us: Wurdermann's Heron Great Blue Heron, White Morph American Bittern Purple Gallinule Common Myna Florida Scrub Jay Monk Parakeet Marsh Wren Scarlet Tanager (first time in our yard!) Blue Grosbeak Ruby-throated Hummingbird (we finally got enough equipment, five flashes, t= o do the job right!) Bank Swallow Martin Again, those are just the highlights - we have posted 63 different birds under our "New Photos" link! Please feel free to let us know if we have made any errors. Feedback is always welcome. Enjoy! Linda and Kevin Krueger www.FlightOfNature.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: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:19:19 -0700 From: jeff fischer Subject: Whooping cranes =3DA0=3D0AAfter two failed attempts earlier this week I was finally able to= loc=3D ate the pair of whooping cranes near Northfield this afternoon. I first fou= =3D nd them near the road in a field on the west side of Baldwin just south of = =3D 90th around 11 am. They were with the pair of sandhills as reported earlier= =3D . They made their way away from me towards the west until they were very di= =3D fficult to see. A couple other birders showed up and I pointed them out so = =3D that they could get their life bird.They stayed on the far side of the fiel= =3D d often obstructed by the small hills and trees until about 3pm. At that po= =3D int they flew off to the wetland area that people had seen them at earlier = =3D in the week. They curled up at the back end of the wetlands and stayed that= =3D way until I let at around 4:30pm. =3D0A=3DA0=3D0AUnfortunately there were = a lot =3D more clouds then the weather man predicted so the lighting was not good but= =3D I did get some shots from my car when they were not too far away in the fi= =3D eld. I have posted them on the blog or you can see them here.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0= Ahttp:=3D //4.bp.blogspot.com/-LVw7C3FwRjk/TnQTFDeNhTI/AAAAAAAAUzc/TiP8y65pX1g/s1600/= =3D MN11%2Bwhooping%2Bcrane%2B120_5989.jpg=3D0Ahttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2uE_p3= gp=3D CzI/TnQTF-3WwGI/AAAAAAAAUzk/lpDZJoHn3jc/s1600/MN11%2Bwhooping%2Bcrane%2B120= =3D _5974.jpg=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AThanks,=3D0AJeff Fischer=3D0AEcobirder ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3D3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ End of MOU-NET Digest - 15 Sep 2011 to 16 Sep 2011 (#2011-37) ************************************************************* ---- 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, 18 Sep 2011 14:54:56 -0600 Reply-To: Robert P Russell Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Robert P Russell Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Ethics... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The law in Minnesota reads that even if private land is not posted, trespas= sing without permission is breaking the law. No ifs, ands, or buts. Secon= dly, the whooping crane eastern partnership (WCEP) has been urging folks fo= r years to observe these birds from a respectable distance. As the origina= l observers stated you could easily see these from your car. Most birds do= not see cars as a threat and they usually make good "blinds." WCEP is try= ing not to habituate these birds to humans. Several have gotten into troub= le after becoming habituated including wintering birds that were walking ar= ound suburban cul-de-sacs in Florida and taking handouts from home owners. = A couple of birds that became too comfortable with humans ended up in jail= (long-term captivity=3Dpermanently out of the wild flock). If you want cl= oseups of whoopers go to the whooper exhibit at the International Crane Fou= ndation at Baraboo which has a minimarsh and a natural background and take = all the photos you want. Otherwise try thinking about the birds' welfare a= nd not your own ego. Bob Russell ---- 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, 18 Sep 2011 15:09:15 -0600 Reply-To: Charlene Nelson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Charlene Nelson Subject: Re: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Ethics... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you. As a farm owner and birder, we are constantly having to chase = people off our property this time of year. It's amazing the = "entitlement" attitude people have for trespassing especially for = hunting. A lot of our wish for privacy has to do with safety with = farming still active this time of year, and others who have been given = permission for access to our property, and my own activity of birding = and other nature enjoyment. Not a year goes by that we don't have a = "near miss" with these trespassers. So, when in doubt, stay out, until = you have permission.=20 Another great place to get close pics of Whoopers is at the flyover in = Dunellon FL every winter when the new class of birds is brought down = with ultralite planes. Or, at Homasassa Springs Wildlife Park in Citrus = Co FL where there have been several injured birds the last couple years. Charlene Nelson Grant County On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Robert P Russell wrote: > The law in Minnesota reads that even if private land is not posted, = trespassing without permission is breaking the law. No ifs, ands, or = buts. Secondly, the whooping crane eastern partnership (WCEP) has been = urging folks for years to observe these birds from a respectable = distance. As the original observers stated you could easily see these = from your car. Most birds do not see cars as a threat and they usually = make good "blinds." WCEP is trying not to habituate these birds to = humans. Several have gotten into trouble after becoming habituated = including wintering birds that were walking around suburban cul-de-sacs = in Florida and taking handouts from home owners. A couple of birds that = became too comfortable with humans ended up in jail (long-term = captivity=3Dpermanently out of the wild flock). If you want closeups of = whoopers go to the whooper exhibit at the International Crane Foundation = at Baraboo which has a minimarsh and a natural background and take all = the photos you want. Otherwise try thinking about the birds' welfare = and not your own ego. Bob Russell >=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 >=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: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:51:14 -0600 Reply-To: linda whyte Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: linda whyte Subject: Re: [mou-net] Regarding Whooping Crane Ethics... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All those "mitigating circumstances" came to my mind also. I would assume the well-being of the birds was as important to the person in the field as to any of us, and that he had no reason to believe his close proximity posed a problem. That said, some of us who learned of the bird's sensitvities from last spring's Whooper visits, during which we heard from Whooper experts why and how to exercise care in viewing, have some obligation to share what we learned with others who might not have that information. Of course, speaking directly and neutrally with someone, assessing their situation first, is best, but it sounded as though doing that was out of the question at the time. As for the "no trespassing," at least one of the wet areas is surrounded by farmed fields, which makes it likely to be private property, and the birds were also spending lots of time in what was clearly tilled land. It doesn't hurt for any of us to be reminded to show respect for others' property when doing birding of any kind. I am grateful to those who had patience in educating me about appropriate Whooper viewing when I posted last spring. I hope people continue to share special sightings, include ethical reminders when they do, and engage others directly and respectfully in ethics dialogues if they have an issue in the field. Linda Whyte On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 3:20 PM, wrote: > First let me state that I'm not trying to start an argument, just looking= to gain insight into this compelling scenario. > > I appreciate people that put forth the time and effort to be in the field= and then share sightings of the birds that they > see. =A0I did not go look for the cranes. =A0I've never chased after any = birds south of Carlton County....yet. =A0I can easily > tell from the posts about the cranes and subsequent ethical issues, that = the posters care deeply for their subjects > of interest. =A0That is very admirable, uncommon in this day and of age o= f mass disconnection from the natural world, > and deserved of respect. =A0So it is with that background of thought that= I am putting forth these questions. =A0I do make > a few assertions that are merely opinions and perceptions. =A0Basically, = I am just looking for greater insight into this > situation because I am at a point in my relationship with nature where de= veloping my own ethical guidelines is an > ever increasing matter of importance. =A0I readily admit that I've made m= any mistakes in regards to ethical scenarios > regarding birds thus far. =A0No one is perfect, and I am certainly part o= f the "no one" in that sense. =A0But, I seek to do > better, and with that in mind, any feedback to these questions will be gr= eatly appreciated. > > > 1: In the original posting about the cranes, the poster stated that the b= irds were in a "wetland". Later, in the same post, the writer states his wi= sh that people not "trespass into the field or wetland." So, is there, (was= there) a "No Trespassing" sign posted? Is this private property? Because i= f it's not private property, what law is being broken by entering the area? > 2: If there are "No Trespassing" signs, did the poster have a dialogue wi= th the land owner prior to posting the sighting? Knowing full well of cours= e that a number of people would visit the area, I would think this paramoun= t. Frankly, if he did not, that, in and of itself was unethical in my opini= on. Similar to obtaining permission from homeowners to post information abo= ut a rare bird being seen at their feeder.... > 3: If this was private property, how does ANYBODY know that the individua= l photographing the birds was not the owner of said property??? Or, did not= have permission from the owner to go into the field??? > 4: Is it not a HUGE assumption (unless the individual's identity was alre= ady known by the poster who took his picture/license plate picture), that t= he person in question went to the field based on information posted on the = MOU? Whooping Cranes are huge, white, and very noticeable. Anybody might ha= ve been driving by that area, (and or observed others with optics viewing t= he birds), and been interested in what was going on, and made a subsequent = approach on the birds, possibly even unaware of their endangered status... > 5. In his post on MOU about wether or not he should put the photos of the= individual on his website, the writer only states that the person was in t= he field next to the cranes. He does not state wether the cranes were movin= g away from that location and the individual was pursuing them...If not, ho= w can this be construed as harassment? For all that is known, based on the = posts on MOU, the cranes did not mind the presence of the individual in the= least and there was zero "harassment" going on. > 6. Why in the world, if so bothered by the activity of the photographer, = did the MOU poster not attempt to have a dialogue with the person about his= concerns? Honestly, the way this has played out, seems to portray "birders= " (over generalizing quite a bit there), as elitist snobs, who believe thei= r way of interacting with wildlife is the "only" appropriate way. I can env= ision a number of scenarios where the "photographer" was just struck by the= sheer beauty of the subjects and wanted to be closer, with nothing but the= purest of motivations. Why must the worst be assumed, i.e. "selfish, un-et= hical". > There are millions of people in this country that don't even know what a = whooping crane is, why vilify somebody who obviously recognized something s= pecial in the natural world and wanted to get close? > > > Regards, > Shawn Zierman. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- 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, 18 Sep 2011 21:48:14 -0600 Reply-To: Michael Hendrickson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Michael Hendrickson Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I been watching the Whooper Crane dialog and the bottom line is that the MO= U listserv and the MOU-RBA listserv should ask birders to NOT post Whooping= Crane sightings on any of the MOU listservs.=A0 Several people forwarded e= mail addresses for the WI Whooping Crane project and that is where these si= ghtings should be sent to and not to the MOU listservs.=A0 Now I know some = are going to reply and ask "what about accidental, casual or first state re= cord sightings?"=A0=A0 I feel those sightings can be shared on the MOU list= servs and in the past people have forward the ABA code of ethics as far as = approaching and viewing birds in the field and also at private residences.= =A0 Whooping Cranes are federally protected species and there are about 300= -330 Whooping Cranes on earth today.=A0 These birds are fragile and should = be treated as such.=A0 IMHO there is big difference of a Clark's Nutcracker= in Lac Qui Parle Co. or a western stray hummer coming to a feeder vs. a Whooping Crane in some field in MN.=A0 =0A=0A=0ACode ethics birders and ph= otographers should follow:=0ABirders code of ethics: http://www.aba.org/abo= ut/ethics.html=0A=0AWildlife Photographers code of ethics: http://www.natur= ephotographers.net/codeofconduct.html=A0 =0A=0AGood Birding=0A=0AMike Hendr= ickson=0ADuluth, Minnesota=0AWebsite: http://www.mikehendricksonbirding.com= =0A=0ABlog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.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: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:00:42 -0600 Reply-To: Stevan Hawkins Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Stevan Hawkins Subject: Re: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Ethics... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MOU subscribers: If people want to see lots, like dozens, of approachable, countable, Whooping Cranes that they can add to their life list, they should get down to the Rockport-Port Aransas TX area and take one of the commercial tour boats that specialize in showing folks Whooping Cranes. At times the boats get people to 50-100 yards to some of the more approachable Whooping Cranes. A person can less spectacular, though less Disneyesque views, of Whooping Cranes from the observation tower on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. The birds arrive sometime in November and stay till early April. If a person does the 21 hour drive from Minneapolis to Rockport to see WCs they won't have to worry about trespassing or countability of the Whooping Cranes they see. Onward! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert P Russell Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 3:55 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Ethics... The law in Minnesota reads that even if private land is not posted, trespassing without permission is breaking the law. No ifs, ands, or buts. Secondly, the whooping crane eastern partnership (WCEP) has been urging folks for years to observe these birds from a respectable distance. As the original observers stated you could easily see these from your car. Most birds do not see cars as a threat and they usually make good "blinds." WCEP is trying not to habituate these birds to humans. Several have gotten into trouble after becoming habituated including wintering birds that were walking around suburban cul-de-sacs in Florida and taking handouts from home owners. A couple of birds that became too comfortable with humans ended up in jail (long-term captivity=permanently out of the wild flock). If you want closeups of whoopers go to the whooper exhibit at the International Crane Foundation at Baraboo which has a minimarsh and a natural background and take all the photos you want. Otherwise try thinking about the birds' welfare and not your own ego. Bob Russell ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- 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: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:31:07 -0600 Reply-To: linda whyte Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: linda whyte Subject: Re: [mou-net] Whooping Crane Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After re-reading all responses and reflecting on all the issues, I find Mike's final comment has struck a chord in my dense sensibilities. Since this species is one that is still in fragile condition, I realize its safety takes precedence over the desire to share its presence with others, and will not post Whooper sightings---unlikely though it is that I would have one myself---- on the listserves. As Mike points out, there are other 'special' sightings that can be posted safely, as long as we exercise the proper respect. Linda Whyte On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Michael Hendrickson wrote: > I been watching the Whooper Crane dialog and the bottom line is that the = MOU listserv and the MOU-RBA listserv should ask birders to NOT post Whoopi= ng Crane sightings on any of the MOU listservs.=A0 Several people forwarded= email addresses for the WI Whooping Crane project and that is where these = sightings should be sent to and not to the MOU listservs.=A0 Now I know som= e are going to reply and ask "what about accidental, casual or first state = record sightings?"=A0=A0 I feel those sightings can be shared on the MOU li= stservs and in the past people have forward the ABA code of ethics as far a= s approaching and viewing birds in the field and also at private residences= .=A0 Whooping Cranes are federally protected species and there are about 30= 0-330 Whooping Cranes on earth today.=A0 These birds are fragile and should= be treated as such.=A0 IMHO there is big difference of a Clark's Nutcracke= r in Lac Qui Parle Co. or a western stray hummer coming to a feeder vs. a > =A0Whooping Crane in some field in MN. > > > Code ethics birders and photographers should follow: > Birders code of ethics: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html > > Wildlife Photographers code of ethics: http://www.naturephotographers.net= /codeofconduct.html > > Good Birding > > Mike Hendrickson > Duluth, Minnesota > Website: http://www.mikehendricksonbirding.com > > Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.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 > ---- 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, 19 Sep 2011 20:23:30 -0600 Reply-To: Ben Harste Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Ben Harste Subject: [mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warbler and others - Old Cedar Ave - Hennepin County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I went to Old Cedar Avenue this afternoon and walked on the Ridge trail west from the parking lot. Highlights included: Franklin's Gull - About 15 traveling back and forth over Long Meadow Lake. Northern Harrier - Circling over Long Meadow Lake, seen from the woods. White Pelican - About 70 Magnolia Warbler - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/6164885668/in/photostream/ Wilson's Warbler - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1st of the fall for me. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female. This was the biggest highlight, a lifer for me. I decided to go to Old Cedar to look for warblers because I saw a report of a Black-throated Blue Warbler on eBird on Saturday morning, but I didn't expect to find a BTBW as well. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/6164310045/in/photostream/ Happy birding, Ben Harste ---- 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, 21 Sep 2011 09:52:04 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 21 September 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316620324====" --====1316620324==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 21, 2011 *MNST1109.21 -Birds mentioned Mississippi Kite Golden Eagle Sabine's Gull Parasitic Jaeger -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 21, 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 September 22nd, 2011. Two SABINE'S GULLS were found on 19th at a private pond in southeastern McLeod County. The exact location isn't be given out because of restricted access to the public, but if the gulls move to an area accessible to birders, this report will be updated. A MISSISSIPPI KITE flew past Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 15th, along with the first GOLDEN EAGLE of the fall. The raptor count at the ridge is currently at 37,797 birds. In Duluth, there are still a couple of PARASITIC JAEGERS being seen over Lake Superior. All of the most recent sightings have been from the beach near the Sky Harbor Airport out to the end of Park Point. The next scheduled update of this tape is September 29th, 2011. --====1316620324==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 21, 2011
*MNST1109.21

-Birds mentioned
  • Mississippi Kite
  • Golden Eagle
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 21, 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 September 22nd, 2011.

Two SABINE'S GULLS were found on 19th at a private pond in southeastern McLeod County. The exact location isn't be given out because of restricted access to the public, but if the gulls move to an area accessible to birders, this report will be updated.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE flew past Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 15th, along with the first GOLDEN EAGLE of the fall. The raptor count at the ridge is currently at 37,797 birds.

In Duluth, there are still a couple of PARASITIC JAEGERS being seen over Lake Superior. All of the most recent sightings have been from the beach near the Sky Harbor Airport out to the end of Park Point.

The next scheduled update of this tape is September 29th, 2011. --====1316620324====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:58:37 -0600 Reply-To: Jason Bolism Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jason Bolism Subject: [mou-net] Forwarded - Courage Center - Black-Throated Blue Warbler Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Asked to post this for Pete Makousky: =20 Directions to Courage Center - from Highway 100 turn east on Duluth/Golden Valley Road and then turn right on Hidden Lakes Parkway. Take the first lef= t an immediate right (less than a car's length to the turn) and drive to the par= king to the parking lot that is behind Courage Center. You will find a creek tha= t runs behind the building. There is a culvert near the parking lot and a bri= dge that goes over the creek. It was between those 2 areas that I found the Bla= ck- throated Blue Warbler (female) and relocated a second time. =20 Pete Makousky Anoka=2C MN =20 Thanks > Date: Sun=2C 18 Sep 2011 19:17:48 -0500 > From: ianm99@USFAMILY.NET > Subject: Bird Postings > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU >=20 > What is the possibility of having 2 sites to email to? >=20 > One could be for chitter chat and the other could be for actual bird > postings. >=20 > Many of the postings on MOU don't tend to help in finding birds which is > what I thought this site was somewhat about. >=20 > (But I could be way off base). >=20 > =20 >=20 > Pete >=20 > Anoka=2C MN >=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 = ---- 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, 22 Sep 2011 19:15:55 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 22 September 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316740555====" --====1316740555==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 22, 2011 *MNST1109.22 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Green Heron Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Peregrine Falcon Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Pine Siskin -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 22, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 22, 2011 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 seen the first general frost, and a few frosty mornings after that, but now it promises to warm up for a few days. We can still seen the signs that warm weather is nearly over, as leaves are really starting to show some yellows, and in a few cases in the northwest some red. Migrants are streaming through as we see and hear many chips and chirps in our yards. Dave Hochhalter saw a GREEN HERON at Dunton Locks in Becker County this week. Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported three RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeder on September 17, and had the last sighting on September 20. New this week at East Grand Forks were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted on the East Grand Forks water tower on September 21. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and many COMMON GRACKLES were also seen this week. Here in Pennington County, a TURKEY VULTURE was circling over the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls on September 19. Cliff Steinhauer reported a TURKEY VULTURE in Marshall County near Agassiz NWR this week. Maggie Anderson at Agassiz NWR reported that seven TRUMPETER SWAN cygnets have been seen on Thief Bay Pool lately so they must have had a good year. Kelly Larson in Clearwater County near Bagley saw the first DARK-EYED JUNCO and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS of the fall season on September 18. Thanks to Cliff Steinhauer, Dave Hochhalter, Kelly Larson, Maggie Anderson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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, September 29, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1316740555==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 22, 2011
*MNST1109.22

-Birds mentioned
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Green Heron
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Common Grackle
  • Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 22, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 22, 2011 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 seen the first general frost, and a few frosty mornings after that, but now it promises to warm up for a few days. We can still seen the signs that warm weather is nearly over, as leaves are really starting to show some yellows, and in a few cases in the northwest some red. Migrants are streaming through as we see and hear many chips and chirps in our yards.

Dave Hochhalter saw a GREEN HERON at Dunton Locks in Becker County this week.

Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported three RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeder on September 17, and had the last sighting on September 20. New this week at East Grand Forks were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted on the East Grand Forks water tower on September 21. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and many COMMON GRACKLES were also seen this week.

Here in Pennington County, a TURKEY VULTURE was circling over the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls on September 19.

Cliff Steinhauer reported a TURKEY VULTURE in Marshall County near Agassiz NWR this week. Maggie Anderson at Agassiz NWR reported that seven TRUMPETER SWAN cygnets have been seen on Thief Bay Pool lately so they must have had a good year.

Kelly Larson in Clearwater County near Bagley saw the first DARK-EYED JUNCO and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS of the fall season on September 18.

Thanks to Cliff Steinhauer, Dave Hochhalter, Kelly Larson, Maggie Anderson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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, September 29, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1316740555====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:19:44 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 22, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316740784====" --====1316740784==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 22, 2011 *MNDL1109.22 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Green Heron Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Peregrine Falcon Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Pine Siskin -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: September 22, 2011 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, September 22, 2011 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 seen the first general frost, and a few frosty mornings after that, but now it promises to warm up for a few days. We can still seen the signs that warm weather is nearly over, as leaves are really starting to show some yellows, and in a few cases in the northwest some red. Migrants are streaming through as we see and hear many chips and chirps in our yards. Dave Hochhalter saw a GREEN HERON at Dunton Locks in Becker County this week. Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported three RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeder on September 17, and had the last sighting on September 20. New this week at East Grand Forks were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted on the East Grand Forks water tower on September 21. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and many COMMON GRACKLES were also seen this week. Here in Pennington County, a TURKEY VULTURE was circling over the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls on September 19. Cliff Steinhauer reported a TURKEY VULTURE in Marshall County near Agassiz NWR this week. Maggie Anderson at Agassiz NWR reported that seven TRUMPETER SWAN cygnets have been seen on Thief Bay Pool lately so they must have had a good year. Kelly Larson in Clearwater County near Bagley saw the first DARK-EYED JUNCO and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS of the fall season on September 18. Thanks to Cliff Steinhauer, Dave Hochhalter, Kelly Larson, Maggie Anderson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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, September 29, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1316740784==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 22, 2011
*MNDL1109.22

-Birds mentioned
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Green Heron
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Common Grackle
  • Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 22, 2011
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, September 22, 2011 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 seen the first general frost, and a few frosty mornings after that, but now it promises to warm up for a few days. We can still seen the signs that warm weather is nearly over, as leaves are really starting to show some yellows, and in a few cases in the northwest some red. Migrants are streaming through as we see and hear many chips and chirps in our yards.

Dave Hochhalter saw a GREEN HERON at Dunton Locks in Becker County this week.

Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported three RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeder on September 17, and had the last sighting on September 20. New this week at East Grand Forks were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted on the East Grand Forks water tower on September 21. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and many COMMON GRACKLES were also seen this week.

Here in Pennington County, a TURKEY VULTURE was circling over the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls on September 19.

Cliff Steinhauer reported a TURKEY VULTURE in Marshall County near Agassiz NWR this week. Maggie Anderson at Agassiz NWR reported that seven TRUMPETER SWAN cygnets have been seen on Thief Bay Pool lately so they must have had a good year.

Kelly Larson in Clearwater County near Bagley saw the first DARK-EYED JUNCO and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS of the fall season on September 18.

Thanks to Cliff Steinhauer, Dave Hochhalter, Kelly Larson, Maggie Anderson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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, September 29, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1316740784====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:41:52 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/23/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316832112====" --====1316832112==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 23, 2011 *MNDU1109.23 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Western Grebe Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Eurasian Collared-Dove Bohemian Waxwing -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 23, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 23rd, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. As many as four PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen and others saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 17th between 22nd and 31st Street on Park Point. Peder also saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and a WESTERN GREBE on the 17th at the first parking lot on Wisconsin Point, as well as a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 16th. Shawn Conrad reports that at least two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES are still present in Itasca County along Clover Lane in Grand Rapids. Shawn also saw eight ROSS'S GEESE and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 16th at the Cohasset power plant in Itasca County. Three ROSS’S GEESE flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 16th, as well as a very early BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Two SWAINSON’S HAWKS were seen at Hawk Ridge on the 21st and another was seen on the 22nd. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 29th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1316832112==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 23, 2011
*MNDU1109.23

-Birds mentioned
  • Ross's Goose
  • Western Grebe
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • Bohemian Waxwing
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 23, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 23rd, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

As many as four PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen and others saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 17th between 22nd and 31st Street on Park Point. Peder also saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and a WESTERN GREBE on the 17th at the first parking lot on Wisconsin Point, as well as a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 16th.

Shawn Conrad reports that at least two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES are still present in Itasca County along Clover Lane in Grand Rapids. Shawn also saw eight ROSS'S GEESE and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 16th at the Cohasset power plant in Itasca County. Three ROSS’S GEESE flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 16th, as well as a very early BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Two SWAINSON’S HAWKS were seen at Hawk Ridge on the 21st and another was seen on the 22nd.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 29th.

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

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1316832112====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:25:17 -0500 Reply-To: Peder Svingen Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Peder Svingen Subject: Pacific Loon, Sabine's Gulls, Great Black-backed Gull, Parasitic Jaegers at Duluth MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099 --20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 At 5:30 PM this afternoon (Saturday, 24 September) I spotted four juvenile Sabine's Gulls from the Beach House on Park Point, Duluth. Shortly thereafter all four birds were refound by Barb and Denny Martin from the 22nd Street public access on Park Point. The flock of four was last seen flying towards Wisconsin Point. A juvenile Pacific Loon seen from the 12th Street public access on Park Point this afternoon was refound late in the afternoon off 22nd Street. This was probably the same juvenile found late yesterday by Karl Bardon at the Superior Entry. Interestingly, the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology "Jaegerfest" field trip to Wisconsin Point found an adult Pacific Loon this morning that ranged between parking lot #1 and parking lot #12 (parking areas on Wisconsin Point are sequentially numbered and clearly marked). Doug Kieser, Scott Meyer, Barb and Denny Martin and others reported 2 juvenile Parasitic Jaegers on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry this afternoon. Yesterday (23 September), I saw and photographed 2 juvenile Parasitics from the Beach House on Park Point. I also saw *4 juvenile jaegers* flocking together near Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point the previous day (22 September). The WSO group has been seeing several juvenile Parasitics and at least one adult light-morph Parasitic from parking lot #1 on Wisconsin Point on a regular basis this entire week. A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull was observed on both sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin state line today; this individual was first found by Karl Bardon on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry on the 23rd. Recent observations of Bonaparte's, Thayer's, Lesser Black-backed, and Great Black-backed gulls in the Duluth-Superior area, in addition to the aforementioned Sabine's Gulls and 2 different Franklin's Gulls (one of these at Park Point), makes a total of 8 species of gull this week to herald the onset of gull-watching season. Other birds of interest seen only at Wisconsin Point include a White-winged Scoter and a male Surf Scoter between parking lot #1 and Gull Bluff on the 24th, the first Harris's Sparrows of the season on the 23rd, and a total of 21 species of warbler for the WSO weekend field trip. -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN --20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

At 5:30 PM this afternoon (Saturday, 24 September) I spotted four juve= nile Sabine's Gulls from the Beach House on Park Point, Duluth. Shortly= thereafter all four birds were refound by Barb and Denny Martin from the 2= 2nd Street public access on Park Point. The flock of four was last seen fly= ing towards Wisconsin Point.=A0

A juvenile Pacific Loon seen from the 12th Street publi= c access on Park Point this afternoon was refound late in the afternoon off= 22nd Street. This was probably the same juvenile found late yesterday by K= arl Bardon at the Superior Entry. Interestingly, the Wisconsin Society for = Ornithology "Jaegerfest" field trip to Wisconsin Point found an a= dult Pacific Loon this morning that ranged between parking lot #1 and parki= ng lot #12 (parking areas on Wisconsin Point are sequentially numbered and = clearly marked).=A0

Doug Kieser, Scott Meyer, Barb and Denny Martin and oth= ers reported 2 juvenile Parasitic Jaegers on the Minnesota side of the Supe= rior Entry this afternoon. Yesterday (23 September), I saw and photographed= 2 juvenile Parasitics from the Beach House on Park Point. I also saw *4 ju= venile jaegers* flocking together near Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point the= previous day (22 September). The WSO group has been seeing several juvenil= e Parasitics and at least one adult light-morph Parasitic from parking lot = #1 on Wisconsin Point on a regular basis this entire week. =A0

A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull was observed on both= sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin state line today; this individual was fir= st found by Karl Bardon on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry on the = 23rd. Recent observations of Bonaparte's, Thayer's, Lesser Black-ba= cked, and Great Black-backed gulls in the Duluth-Superior area, in addition= to the aforementioned Sabine's Gulls and 2 different Franklin's Gu= lls (one of these at Park Point), makes a total of 8 species of gull this w= eek to herald the onset of gull-watching season. =A0

Other birds of interest seen only at Wisconsin Point in= clude a White-winged Scoter and a male Surf Scoter between parking lot #1 a= nd Gull Bluff on the 24th, the first Harris's Sparrows of the season on= the 23rd, and a total of 21 species of warbler for the WSO weekend field t= rip.=A0

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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN
--20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099-- ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:36:17 -0600 Reply-To: Robert P Russell Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Robert P Russell Subject: [mou-net] Smith's Longspurs and Western Grebes, Sibley County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saturday found me birding the shallow prairie lakes of Sibley County for th= e first time. Wonderful day to be out with most surprising 3 Smith's Longs= pur on a large drying pond (fuddle) on the south side of route 12 about a h= alf mile west of Arlington (sorry very approximate--messed up odometer) wit= h nice views looking down on birds seeing the broader white outer tail feathers (broader than Lapland), overall buffy coloration, and dry rattle. = Birds were jumpy and frequently flushed but mudflats are extensive so be p= atient if not immediately visible. A few Laplands heard flying over a mile= to the west of here. Also 8+ Western Grebes on Swan Lake SW of Gibbon vis= ible from south end of lake. Most dramatic moment was scoping approximatel= y 900 Franklin's Gulls on Silver Lake east of Arlington when a NE wind came= up and all the birds rose simultaneously and within minutes were soaring i= n a huge, loose swirl 500 feet to a couple of thousand feet up as they rode= the thermals in a generally south direction. A half hour later a smaller = flock of 200 did a similar move on Titlow Lake in the town of Gaylord as th= ey also headed south en masse, again with a rising NE tailwind. Neat to be= there at that exact moment when the urge to migrate and weather conditons = coincide and you are in the perfect location to witness the force of migrat= ion. Hard to believe these "prairie doves" turn pelagic and winter off the= west coast of northern South America. Other highlights today included a f= amily of Trumpeter Swans at the Fairfax sewage ponds along with a couple of= American Golden-Plover on the back dikes. Bob Russell ---- 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, 26 Sep 2011 04:24:37 -0600 Reply-To: Stevan Hawkins Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Stevan Hawkins Subject: [mou-net] FW: [ND-BIRDS] Whooping cranes-Ward Co Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Minnesotans: If you are not particularly interested in going to Texas's Central Coast to look for Whooping Cranes, then an alternative is to monitor ND-Birds ( North Dakota Birds) https://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/nd-birds.html . The map that the Wisconsin Natural Resources has for migratory routes of Whooping Cranes http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/birds/wcrane/pdfs/Section3.pdf is close to what a number of other organizations show. The problem with that map is that it does not match reports in the ND-Birds archives. The map that the Corpus Christi Birding group http://www.ccbirding.com/twc/1997/WhooperMaps.htm does a better job of showing the path that Whooping Cranes use when passing through North Dakota. Hope this helps. Onward! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX From: Birding Discussion List for North Dakota [mailto:ND-BIRDS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Hiatt Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:49 PM To: ND-BIRDS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU Subject: [ND-BIRDS] Whooping cranes-Ward Co The 3 whoopers were still there this morning sw of Ryder. Thanks to Janelle who reported them. I got some pretty good pictures as they circled near me. They sure are huge! I also had 13 Forster's terns on Lake Audubon and 30+ western and clarks grebes on White Lake NW of Stanley along with thousands of shovelers, mallards, coots, gadwall, ruddy's, and more. 12 orange crowned warblers at the lake also. Good birding, Chris Hiatt Bowman **************************************************************************** ********************************* Masters, Janelle [janelle.masters@BISMARCKSTATE.EDU] Pat Bradley and I saw three whooping cranes southwest of Ryder today Saturday the 24th. Two adults and one juvenile with about 100 sandhill cranes. Janelle Masters Mandan Sent from my iPhone ---- 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, 28 Sep 2011 11:41:17 -0600 Reply-To: Chris West Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Chris West Subject: [mou-net] Wisconsin Point, Tues morning- PACIFIC LOON Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey everyone, My good friend Erik Bruhnke (of Naturally Avian) and I spent the morning birding Wisconsin Point (Superior, WI) yesterday morning. Had a pretty decent haul despite the relative lack of birds. The morning started gray and dismal with drifting fog out over the lake that made visibility quite poor. Eventually, the clouds lifted somewhat, but visibility remained less than ideal all morning. The star of the morning was the adult PACIFIC LOON that was found during Jaegerfest. Alas, I have no photos though. The bird was sitting low in the water about a "mile" out. Even with the scope at 60X it was difficult to identify, but we eventually made out the white throat, obviously small bill, dark back, etc. Other birds for the morning included: about a thousand Greater Scaup, a few Redhead Ducks 1 Green-winged Teal around ten-thousand gulls (Bonaparte's, Ring-billed and Herring), 1 1st winter Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Franklin's Gull 1 Common Loon, 4 Horned Grebes, 6 Sanderling, 2 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Am Golden Plover, 1 Dunlin, After Erik took off, I birded a little bit farther down the point and came up with: 3 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 American Pipit, 4 species of Warblers (Myrtle, Palm, Nashville and Orange-crowned), White-throated, White-crowned, Song and Swamp Sparrows, both Kinglets, 1 Hermit Thrush, 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, a few Flickers, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 flock of Cedar Waxwings and about a dozen Bald Eagles. I left Duluth at 5:30 ish and arrived home at 11pm last night. (that story later) Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi Explorer Cruises http://mississippiexplorer.com/ chris@mississippiexplorer.com http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ http://www.nabirding.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) ---- 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, 29 Sep 2011 16:26:30 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 29 September 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317335190====" --====1317335190==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 29, 2011 *MNST1109.29 -Birds mentioned Pacific Loon Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Sabine's Gull Franklin's Gull Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Common Raven Winter Wren Gray-cheeked Thrush Bohemian Waxwing Smith's Longspur Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 29, 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 September 29th, 2011. Several interesting birds were seen from Park Point in Duluth on September 24th. Four juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen by Peder Svingen from the Beach House. He also found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON at the 12th Street public access. Doug Kieser reported two PARASITIC JAEGERS on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry at the end of Park Point — Peder had seen four jaegers on the 22nd near the Sky Harbor Airport. The raptor count at Hawk Ridge in Duluth now stands at 49,865 birds, including 32,865 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 12,754 SHARP-SHINED HAWKS, and 863 BALD EAGLES. On the 25th, Bob Russell discovered several SMITH'S LONGSPURS in Sibley County, on the south side of county road 12 about a half mile west of Arlington. I also have new reports of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, THAYER'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, FOX SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO. The next scheduled update of this tape is October 6th, 2011. --====1317335190==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 29, 2011
*MNST1109.29

-Birds mentioned
  • Pacific Loon
  • Bald Eagle
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Thayer's Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Common Raven
  • Winter Wren
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Bohemian Waxwing
  • Smith's Longspur
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 29, 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 September 29th, 2011.

Several interesting birds were seen from Park Point in Duluth on September 24th. Four juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen by Peder Svingen from the Beach House. He also found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON at the 12th Street public access. Doug Kieser reported two PARASITIC JAEGERS on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry at the end of Park Point — Peder had seen four jaegers on the 22nd near the Sky Harbor Airport.

The raptor count at Hawk Ridge in Duluth now stands at 49,865 birds, including 32,865 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 12,754 SHARP-SHINED HAWKS, and 863 BALD EAGLES.

On the 25th, Bob Russell discovered several SMITH'S LONGSPURS in Sibley County, on the south side of county road 12 about a half mile west of Arlington. I also have new reports of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, THAYER'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, FOX SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO.

The next scheduled update of this tape is October 6th, 2011. --====1317335190====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:17:08 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 29, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317345428====" --====1317345428==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 29, 2011 *MNDL1109.29 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan American Wigeon Mallard Green-winged Teal Bald Eagle Swainson's Hawk Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Olive-sided Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Western Meadowlark Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: September 29, 2011 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, September 29, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. What a lovely week of fall weather this has been, but the cold wind reminded us not to get too comfortable. Although the forecast is for cooler weather, it isn't to be very cold with little or no more frost in the next few days. Trees are coloring up, and I hear that those areas with more colorful species are starting to look very beautiful. Pat DeWenter saw 4 BALD EAGLES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in Beltrami County on September 24. In Marshall County on September 23, Cliff Steinhauer reported a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD still coming to his feeder. Maggie Anderson reported that there are 31000 dabbling ducks at Agassiz NWR including MALLARDS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and AMERICAN WIGEON. About 150 TUNDRA SWANS are on Agassiz Pool which has recently been reflooded. About 1000 shorebirds including peeps and yellowlegs are presently on the refuge, along with numerous immature BALD EAGLES. On September 25, there were two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and several PURPLE FINCHES in our yard near Thief River Falls. On September 25 and 26, the yard was full on migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS feeding furiously in the warm sunshine. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, Polk County, reported YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on September 24. On September 26, she saw DARK-EYED JUNCO, NASHVILLE WARBLER; several COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen flying overhead. Clay County sightings by Nancy Jackson included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, RED-EYED VIREO, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on September 25. At Felton Prairie she saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK and WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Steve Midthune reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the grove behind the old headquarters at Hamden Slough NWR on September 25. Also at the refuge were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHTIE-THROATED SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW. I have a secondhand report of a group of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS seen on September 26 in Becker County. Marshall Howe in Hubbard County had the unfortunate experience of finding a WOOD THRUSH killed on his window on September 27. Species seen alive included YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and DARK-EYED JUNCO. 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, October 6, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1317345428==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 29, 2011
*MNDL1109.29

-Birds mentioned
  • Tundra Swan
  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Bald Eagle
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Harris's Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Western Meadowlark
  • Purple Finch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 29, 2011
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, September 29, 2011 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

What a lovely week of fall weather this has been, but the cold wind reminded us not to get too comfortable. Although the forecast is for cooler weather, it isn't to be very cold with little or no more frost in the next few days. Trees are coloring up, and I hear that those areas with more colorful species are starting to look very beautiful.

Pat DeWenter saw 4 BALD EAGLES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in Beltrami County on September 24.

In Marshall County on September 23, Cliff Steinhauer reported a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD still coming to his feeder. Maggie Anderson reported that there are 31000 dabbling ducks at Agassiz NWR including MALLARDS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and AMERICAN WIGEON. About 150 TUNDRA SWANS are on Agassiz Pool which has recently been reflooded. About 1000 shorebirds including peeps and yellowlegs are presently on the refuge, along with numerous immature BALD EAGLES.

On September 25, there were two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and several PURPLE FINCHES in our yard near Thief River Falls. On September 25 and 26, the yard was full on migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS feeding furiously in the warm sunshine.

Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, Polk County, reported YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on September 24. On September 26, she saw DARK-EYED JUNCO, NASHVILLE WARBLER; several COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen flying overhead.

Clay County sightings by Nancy Jackson included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, RED-EYED VIREO, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on September 25. At Felton Prairie she saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

Steve Midthune reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the grove behind the old headquarters at Hamden Slough NWR on September 25. Also at the refuge were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHTIE-THROATED SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW.

I have a secondhand report of a group of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS seen on September 26 in Becker County.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County had the unfortunate experience of finding a WOOD THRUSH killed on his window on September 27. Species seen alive included YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and DARK-EYED JUNCO.

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, October 6, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1317345428====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:28:42 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/30/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317382122====" --====1317382122==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 30, 2011 *MNDU1109.30 -Birds mentioned White-winged Scoter Pacific Loon American White Pelican Sandhill Crane Buff-breasted Sandpiper Sabine's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Black-backed Woodpecker -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 30, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 29th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Four SABINE'S GULLS were found by Peder Svingen on the 24th at the Park Point Recreation Area beach house. Karl Bardon found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON on the 23rd at the Superior Entry, and others saw one on the 24th at 12th Street and 22nd Street on Park Point. An adult PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 24th and the 28th at Wisconsin Point. A juvenile GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was first seen on the 23rd and is being reported along Park Point and Wisconsin Point, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again seen over the weekend at Wisconsin Point. Several PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 26th and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 27th at the Park Point Recreation Area. The first BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER of the season flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 28th. Eighty SANDHILL CRANES were seen on the 27th and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are being seen on an almost daily basis. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 6th. 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. --====1317382122==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 30, 2011
*MNDU1109.30

-Birds mentioned
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Pacific Loon
  • American White Pelican
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Black-backed Woodpecker
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Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 30, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 29th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Four SABINE'S GULLS were found by Peder Svingen on the 24th at the Park Point Recreation Area beach house. Karl Bardon found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON on the 23rd at the Superior Entry, and others saw one on the 24th at 12th Street and 22nd Street on Park Point. An adult PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 24th and the 28th at Wisconsin Point. A juvenile GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was first seen on the 23rd and is being reported along Park Point and Wisconsin Point, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again seen over the weekend at Wisconsin Point. Several PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 26th and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 27th at the Park Point Recreation Area.

The first BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER of the season flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 28th. Eighty SANDHILL CRANES were seen on the 27th and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are being seen on an almost daily basis.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 6th.

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. --====1317382122====--