-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 6, 2011 *MNDL1110.06 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Wild Turkey Green Heron Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Sandhill Crane Wilson's Snipe Eastern Phoebe Yellow-rumped Warbler White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: October 6, 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, October 6, 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. Another wonderful week of lovely fall weather has come and gone, and now we are looking at cooling temperatures in the near future. If we are lucky we will have another week of temperatures in the 60's. Leaves in the northwest are falling fast in the strong winds of the past two days. Migrating robins are everywhere, joined by juncos and sparrows scratching in the leaves. On September 30, Roland Jordahl visited Maplewood State Park in Otter Tail County where he saw WILD TURKEY, GREEN HERON, EASTERN PHOEBE, and HARRIS'S SPARROW among others. I have a secondhand report of many WILSON'S SNIPES at Glacial Ridge NWR in Polk County on September 30. Heidi Hughes reported on October 2 that over 1000 SANDHILL CRANES were in the cornfields near the Agassiz Valley flood control impoundment north of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley, formerly known as the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary. Bob Ekblad found 5 SURF SCOTERS at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds on October 4. Here in the yard on October 5, were a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK with a catch, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and PURPLE FINCHES among others. On September 29, Cliff Steinhauer saw 5-7 TURKEY VULTURES about a half mile east of Holt on CR 7 in Marshall County. This is near to where he found a nest site with young last year. Maggie Anderson reported WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO at the headquarters feeders at Agassiz NWR on October 3. Thanks to Bob Ekblad, Cliff Steinhauer, Heidi Hughes, Maggie Anderson, and Roland Jordahl 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, October 13, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1317950937==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 6, 2011
*MNDL1110.06

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 6, 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, October 6, 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.

Another wonderful week of lovely fall weather has come and gone, and now we are looking at cooling temperatures in the near future. If we are lucky we will have another week of temperatures in the 60's. Leaves in the northwest are falling fast in the strong winds of the past two days. Migrating robins are everywhere, joined by juncos and sparrows scratching in the leaves.

On September 30, Roland Jordahl visited Maplewood State Park in Otter Tail County where he saw WILD TURKEY, GREEN HERON, EASTERN PHOEBE, and HARRIS'S SPARROW among others.

I have a secondhand report of many WILSON'S SNIPES at Glacial Ridge NWR in Polk County on September 30. Heidi Hughes reported on October 2 that over 1000 SANDHILL CRANES were in the cornfields near the Agassiz Valley flood control impoundment north of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley, formerly known as the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary.

Bob Ekblad found 5 SURF SCOTERS at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds on October 4. Here in the yard on October 5, were a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK with a catch, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and PURPLE FINCHES among others.

On September 29, Cliff Steinhauer saw 5-7 TURKEY VULTURES about a half mile east of Holt on CR 7 in Marshall County. This is near to where he found a nest site with young last year. Maggie Anderson reported WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO at the headquarters feeders at Agassiz NWR on October 3.

Thanks to Bob Ekblad, Cliff Steinhauer, Heidi Hughes, Maggie Anderson, and Roland Jordahl 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, October 13, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1317950937====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 21:18:59 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 10/6/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317957539====" --====1317957539==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 6, 2011 *MNDU1110.06 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Surf Scoter Black Scoter Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Buff-breasted Sandpiper Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Red-headed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Rusty Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: October 6, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 6th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was found by Kim Eckert and others on the 2nd at the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. They also saw an adult male SURF SCOTER on the bay side of Park Point between 13th and 15th Street. On the 1st they saw a BLACK SCOTER fly by the Park Point Recreation Area, and on the 30th they saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Karl Bardon saw a juvenile PARASITIC JAEGER at the mouth of the Lester River on the 1st. A record high count on 13,540 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was tallied at Hawk Ridge on the 29th, more than double any previous total documented in Minnesota. Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS flew past Hawk Ridge on the 2nd and the 4th, and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS flew past on the 4th and 5th. The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the season was seen on the 1st, and SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen on the 29th and 30th. Migrating TUNDRA SWANS were seen in Duluth and Two Harbors on the 30th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 13th. 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. --====1317957539==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 6, 2011
*MNDU1110.06

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 6, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 6th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was found by Kim Eckert and others on the 2nd at the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. They also saw an adult male SURF SCOTER on the bay side of Park Point between 13th and 15th Street. On the 1st they saw a BLACK SCOTER fly by the Park Point Recreation Area, and on the 30th they saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Karl Bardon saw a juvenile PARASITIC JAEGER at the mouth of the Lester River on the 1st.

A record high count on 13,540 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was tallied at Hawk Ridge on the 29th, more than double any previous total documented in Minnesota. Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS flew past Hawk Ridge on the 2nd and the 4th, and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS flew past on the 4th and 5th. The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the season was seen on the 1st, and SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen on the 29th and 30th. Migrating TUNDRA SWANS were seen in Duluth and Two Harbors on the 30th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 13th.

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. --====1317957539====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 07:08:02 -0600 Reply-To: "Gelvin-Innvaer, Lisa A (DNR)" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Gelvin-Innvaer, Lisa A" Subject: [mou-net] more whooping crane guidance from WCEP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A bit more specific guidance from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (s= ee below) Thanks, Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer Regional Nongame Wildlife Specialist MNDNR-Southern Region .............................................................. From: Eva Szyszkoski [mailto:eva@savingcranes.org] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:43 AM Subject: RE: Whooping Crane protection Hi Lisa, Thanks for the help in spreading the word to give the cranes their space. T= he WCEP website also has the following statement if you wish to pass it on = as well: WCEP (the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership) asks anyone who encounters a = whooping crane in the wild to please give it the respect and distance it ne= eds. Do not approach birds on foot within 600 feet; remain in your vehicle;= do not approach in a vehicle within 600 feet or, if on a public road, with= in 300 feet. Also, please remain concealed and do not speak loudly enough t= hat the bird can hear you. Finally, do not trespass on private property in = an attempt to view whooping cranes. Also, please do not report the bird on= a birding list or to the media, to keep the amount of attention it receive= s to a minimum. Thanks, Eva ---- 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, 7 Oct 2011 10:37:24 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 7 October 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1318005444====" --====1318005444==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 7, 2011 *MNST1110.07 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Ruby-throated Hummingbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: October 7, 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 October 6th, 2011. In Duluth, a POMARINE JAEGER was found by Kim Eckert on October 2nd at the Sky Harbor Airport of Park Point. Karl Bardon found a PARASITIC JAEGER at the mouth of the Lester River on the 1st. A SURF SCOTER was in the Duluth harbor between 13th and 15th Street South on the 2nd. Bob Ekblad found five SURF SCOTERS at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds in Pennington County on October 4th. On October 2nd, Heidi Hughes reported that over a thousand SANDHILL CRANES were in the cornfields of northern Polk County near the Agassiz Valley flood control impoundment at the Marshall County line. The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the fall flew past Hawk Ridge in Duluth on October 1st. Also this fall I have two reports of albinistic RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. One nearly perfect albino was photographed by John and Kristin Ode on September 22nd in St. Paul. The other, which was remarkably similar in appearance, was seen by in mid-September Mary Jo Nairn at her feeder in Minnetonka, Hennepin County. The next scheduled update of this tape is October 13th, 2011. --====1318005444==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*October 7, 2011
*MNST1110.07

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 7, 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 October 6th, 2011.

In Duluth, a POMARINE JAEGER was found by Kim Eckert on October 2nd at the Sky Harbor Airport of Park Point. Karl Bardon found a PARASITIC JAEGER at the mouth of the Lester River on the 1st.

A SURF SCOTER was in the Duluth harbor between 13th and 15th Street South on the 2nd. Bob Ekblad found five SURF SCOTERS at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds in Pennington County on October 4th.

On October 2nd, Heidi Hughes reported that over a thousand SANDHILL CRANES were in the cornfields of northern Polk County near the Agassiz Valley flood control impoundment at the Marshall County line.

The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the fall flew past Hawk Ridge in Duluth on October 1st.

Also this fall I have two reports of albinistic RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. One nearly perfect albino was photographed by John and Kristin Ode on September 22nd in St. Paul. The other, which was remarkably similar in appearance, was seen by in mid-September Mary Jo Nairn at her feeder in Minnetonka, Hennepin County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is October 13th, 2011. --====1318005444====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 19:01:06 -0600 Reply-To: "Williams, Bob" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Williams, Bob" Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Egret in Le Sueur County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Late this afternoon I found a Snowy Egret at the Waterville Fish Hatchery Ponds on Co. Rd. 14 west of Waterville. One of the ponds has now been drawn down and this is where the bird was first seen. It then flew to a tree and left the area. This appears to be a late fall date for this species. There was also a Semipalmated Plover at this location. Bob Williams, Bloomington ----------------------------------------------------------------------=0D "The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's =0D confidential business and may be legally privileged. 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The sender's =0D employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way =0D from this message or its attachments." ---- 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, 13 Oct 2011 19:42:31 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 13, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1318556551====" --====1318556551==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 13, 2011 *MNDL1110.13 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Gadwall Turkey Vulture Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Brown Creeper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin Lapland Longspur Orange-crowned Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Le Conte's Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: October 13, 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, October 13, 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. Leaves are pretty much all down in the northwest this week, with the poplars still hanging on to theirs, while the wind has that familiar winter howl as it blows through the bare branches of the rest. Migration of sparrows is in full force now, and the last species are appearing. Weather is cooling, and by next week, we will have freezing temperatures at night again. Ashley Hitt at Agassiz NWR reported 150 to 200 TUNDRA SWANS at Webster Pool and 150 more on Agassiz Pool on October 12. Increased numbers of GADWALLS are being seen. Here in Pennington County, Zeann Linder reported two FOX SPARROWS in her yard in Thief River Falls on October 12. On October 9, a flock of about 300 COMMON GRACKLES visited our yard, and today, a large flock of AMERICAN ROBINS were working the crabapple trees here. Shelley Steva reported a flock of 75 LAPLAND LONGSPURS along CR 8 near the Polk County line on October 9. In Polk County, Sandy Aubol saw a TURKEY VULTURE on October 9. On the 8th, she saw a juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in East Grand Forks. On October 10, BROWN CREEPER, HERMIT THRUSH, PALM WARBLER, FOX SPARROW, and 4 PURPLE FINCHES showed up. From Douglas County on October 9, John Ellis reported 12 sparrow species including VESPER SPARROW,SAVANNAH SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW,SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were also seen. Thanks to Ashley Hitt, John Ellis, Sandy Aubol, Shelley Steva and Zeann Linder 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, October 20, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1318556551==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 13, 2011
*MNDL1110.13

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 13, 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, October 13, 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.

Leaves are pretty much all down in the northwest this week, with the poplars still hanging on to theirs, while the wind has that familiar winter howl as it blows through the bare branches of the rest. Migration of sparrows is in full force now, and the last species are appearing. Weather is cooling, and by next week, we will have freezing temperatures at night again.

Ashley Hitt at Agassiz NWR reported 150 to 200 TUNDRA SWANS at Webster Pool and 150 more on Agassiz Pool on October 12. Increased numbers of GADWALLS are being seen.

Here in Pennington County, Zeann Linder reported two FOX SPARROWS in her yard in Thief River Falls on October 12. On October 9, a flock of about 300 COMMON GRACKLES visited our yard, and today, a large flock of AMERICAN ROBINS were working the crabapple trees here. Shelley Steva reported a flock of 75 LAPLAND LONGSPURS along CR 8 near the Polk County line on October 9.

In Polk County, Sandy Aubol saw a TURKEY VULTURE on October 9. On the 8th, she saw a juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in East Grand Forks. On October 10, BROWN CREEPER, HERMIT THRUSH, PALM WARBLER, FOX SPARROW, and 4 PURPLE FINCHES showed up.

From Douglas County on October 9, John Ellis reported 12 sparrow species including VESPER SPARROW,SAVANNAH SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW,SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were also seen.

Thanks to Ashley Hitt, John Ellis, Sandy Aubol, Shelley Steva and Zeann Linder 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, October 20, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1318556551====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:27:56 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 10/13/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1318559276====" --====1318559276==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 13, 2011 *MNDU1110.13 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Red-throated Loon Thayer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Shrike Boreal Chickadee Common Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: October 13, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 13th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were found by Sparky Stensaas in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 9th along the McDavitt Road (CR 233) about three miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). He also saw BOREAL CHICKADEES along Owl Avenue (CR 202) south of the Overton Road. Several species of interest were seen at Wisconsin Point on the 9th, including RED-THROATED LOON, PARASITIC JAEGER, THAYER'S GULL, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, FRANKLIN’S GULL, SURF SCOTER, and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. The first NORTHERN SHRIKE of the fall season was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 10th and the first COMMON REDPOLL of the season was seen there on the 12th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 20th. 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. --====1318559276==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 13, 2011
*MNDU1110.13

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 13, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 13th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were found by Sparky Stensaas in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 9th along the McDavitt Road (CR 233) about three miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). He also saw BOREAL CHICKADEES along Owl Avenue (CR 202) south of the Overton Road.

Several species of interest were seen at Wisconsin Point on the 9th, including RED-THROATED LOON, PARASITIC JAEGER, THAYER'S GULL, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, FRANKLIN’S GULL, SURF SCOTER, and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER.

The first NORTHERN SHRIKE of the fall season was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 10th and the first COMMON REDPOLL of the season was seen there on the 12th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 20th.

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. --====1318559276====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:44:52 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 14 October 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1318610692====" --====1318610692==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 14, 2011 *MNST1110.14 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Red-throated Loon Snowy Egret Common Gallinule Parasitic Jaeger Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Shrike Common Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: October 14, 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 October 13th, 2011. In Dakota County, a large falcon was seen on October 9th flying south across the fields along Fahey Avenue between state highway 55 and Pine Bend Trail. The observer suggests the possibility that this bird was a Gyrfalcon. On Lake Superior in Duluth, birders are reporting RED-THROATED LOON, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, and PARASITIC JAEGER from various locations along Park Point. On the 9th, Bob Williams found a very late SNOWY EGRET at the Waterville Fish Hatchery ponds on Le Sueur County Road 14 west of Waterville. And on the 10th, Bob Russell found a late COMMON GALLINULE at Swan Lake, Nicollet County, in the canal behind the conservation club. This is west of the town of Nicollet and about a third of a mile north of U.S. Highway 14. Also on the 9th, three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen by Sparky Stensaas in the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County. They were along McDavitt Road about three miles north of Sax Road. Finally, on the 13th, Elizabeth Copper spotted a NORTHERN SHRIKE in Melrude, St. Louis County, and another was seen at Hawk Ridge on the 10th. The first COMMON REDPOLL of the season flew past the ridge on the 12th. The next scheduled update of this tape is October 20th, 2011. --====1318610692==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*October 14, 2011
*MNST1110.14

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 14, 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 October 13th, 2011.

In Dakota County, a large falcon was seen on October 9th flying south across the fields along Fahey Avenue between state highway 55 and Pine Bend Trail. The observer suggests the possibility that this bird was a Gyrfalcon.

On Lake Superior in Duluth, birders are reporting RED-THROATED LOON, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, and PARASITIC JAEGER from various locations along Park Point.

On the 9th, Bob Williams found a very late SNOWY EGRET at the Waterville Fish Hatchery ponds on Le Sueur County Road 14 west of Waterville. And on the 10th, Bob Russell found a late COMMON GALLINULE at Swan Lake, Nicollet County, in the canal behind the conservation club. This is west of the town of Nicollet and about a third of a mile north of U.S. Highway 14.

Also on the 9th, three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen by Sparky Stensaas in the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County. They were along McDavitt Road about three miles north of Sax Road.

Finally, on the 13th, Elizabeth Copper spotted a NORTHERN SHRIKE in Melrude, St. Louis County, and another was seen at Hawk Ridge on the 10th. The first COMMON REDPOLL of the season flew past the ridge on the 12th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is October 20th, 2011. --====1318610692====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:59:54 -0600 Reply-To: "Peter J. Makousky" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Peter J. Makousky" Subject: [mou-net] Tufted Titmouse Please Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am needing to find a Tufted Titmouse and I know that Houston County is good for this bird. Other than areas in Houston County, does anyone know of any somewhat reliable place to find this bird? Possibly farther north (a little closer to the Twin Cities). If not, does anyone have info on good spots in Houston County? Thanks. Pete - aka - Sky the BirdMan Anoka, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:09:53 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Ekblad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Ekblad Subject: [mou-net] Alert: Juvenile Purple Sandpiper in Swift County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Denny & Barb Martin called to report they found a juvenile Purple Sandpiper in Swift County - and they were watching it as we spoke on the phone (moments ago). The bird is located at the Lubenow WPA that is on 230th Ave SW 2 miles North of Hwy 12. This location is approximately 7 or so miles north of Appleton. The Purple Sandpiper and a Sanderling were hanging out together. 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: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:37:01 -0600 Reply-To: Robin LaFortune Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Robin LaFortune Subject: [mou-net] Purple sandpiper still present Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I headed out to Lubenow WPA as soon as I heard about the Purple = Sandpiper and arrived at about 4:15pm. There were quite a few hunters = present. The road (230thAve SW) winds along side the WPA, then through it, = forming a rocky shore on both sides of the road. The bird flushed from = the west side of the road, flying only about 20 ft. I got great looks = from the car, and some so-so photos that I'll try to post later on the = MOU site. The bird was very tame and actively feeding. It was still = there when I left. I did not see the Sanderling. I also saw a few Eurasian collared doves in Pennock, west of Willmar, on = the wires on the way home. Kudos to Denny and Barb for a nice find, and thanks to Bob for the = report. A lifer for me and a great MN bird!!! Robin LaFortune Delano, 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, 15 Oct 2011 19:38:04 -0600 Reply-To: "J. Schmidt" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "J. Schmidt" Subject: Re: [mou-net] Alert: Juvenile Purple Sandpiper in Swift County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was able to reach the location about 2:00 and found the Purple Sandpiper = at about 2:20.=A0 I did not relocate the Sanderling however.=A0 The sandpip= er was sitting in the rocks on the east side of the road very near the nort= h end of the road that crosses a large slough in the WPA.=A0 I watched the = bird until about 2:50.=A0 At that point a pickup drove by and the bird flew= out over the water and immediately returned to the same spot on the edge o= f the road.=0A=A0=0AJoel Schmidt=0A=0A=0A________________________________= =0AFrom: Bob Ekblad =0ATo: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU=0A= Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 1:10 PM=0ASubject: [mou-net] Alert: Juveni= le Purple Sandpiper in Swift County=0A=0ADenny & Barb Martin called to repo= rt they found a juvenile Purple Sandpiper=0Ain Swift County - and they were= watching it as we spoke on the phone=0A(moments ago).=0A=0A=0A=0AThe bird = is located at the Lubenow WPA that is on 230th Ave SW 2 miles North=0Aof Hw= y 12.=A0 This location is approximately 7 or so miles north of Appleton.=0A= =0A=0A=0AThe Purple Sandpiper and a Sanderling were hanging out together.= =0A=0A=0A=0ABob Ekblad=0AOlmsted County in SE Minnesota=0Ahttp://www.Birdin= g-Minnesota.com=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----=0AJoin or Leave mou-net: http://lists.um= n.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net=0AArchives: 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, 16 Oct 2011 09:28:20 -0600 Reply-To: Alex Watson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Alex Watson Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Present @ 7:45 am Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Bird was seen until I left at 8:30am. Very beautiful shorebird. Alex ---- 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, 16 Oct 2011 11:40:55 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Dunlap Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Dunlap Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper still present 12:30pm Sunday Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As of right now the Purple Sandpiper is actively foraging all over 230th Ave. between the two bodies of water in Swift County. A bit odd seeing it right in the middle of the road I must say. Bob Dunlap ---- 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, 16 Oct 2011 15:29:10 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Edwardson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Chris Edwardson Subject: [mou-net] Summer Tanager in Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris and I (and Kim Eckert) have been watching a Summer Tanager in our yard this afternoon. We first noticed it drinking out of the bird bath and later it hung around eating what looked like yellow jackets from under the eves of our neighbor's house. It appears to be a female. We're at 31 E. Arrowhead Road (corner of E. Arrowhead and Vermilion Rd) in Duluth. People are welcome to stop by and look for the bird but it may have already moved on. We've also had a White-crowned Sparrow today among the many Dark-eyed Juncos and yesterday, a Fox Sparrow, hanging out with them. --=20 Cindy and Chris Edwardson 31 E. Arrowhead Rd. Duluth, MN 55803 218-724-6357 ---- 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, 17 Oct 2011 08:10:20 -0600 Reply-To: Roy Zimmerman Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Roy Zimmerman Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 SWYgYW55b25lIHNwb3RzIHRoZSBzdWJqZWN0IHRvZGF5LCBwbGVhc2UgYWR2aXNlIHdpdGggZGly ZWN0aW9ucy4gIFRoYW5rcyw= ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:04:43 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Ekblad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Ekblad Subject: Re: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The bird is still here - on the east side of the road, 0.6-0.7 mi north of t= he crossroads on the south. Sent from Bob Ekblad's iPhone 507-269-7436 Byron, MN - Olmsted County http://www.Birding-Minnesota.com On Oct 17, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Roy Zimmerman wrote: > If anyone spots the subject today, please advise with directions. Thanks,= ---- 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, 17 Oct 2011 09:12:42 -0600 Reply-To: Betsy Beneke Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Betsy Beneke Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper on Sunday Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All,=0A=A0=0AI observed=A0the purple sandpiper on Sunday from about 12:1= 5 to 1:15 p.m.=0A=A0=0AI approached the wetland from the south (Hwy. 12) al= ong 230th and drove slowly=A0watching the edge of the road, which is rip-ra= pped, and at nearly the same elevation as the water for quite a distance.= =A0 I was more than 3/4 of the way across this likely-looking spot before I= saw the bird.=A0 It was feeding on the east (right) side of the road, as w= ind was fiercely blowing out of the northwest, and some of the larger rocks= provided it with a small bit of protection, I think.=A0 It fed voraciously= the entire time I watched it.=A0 Although the wind made it bitter, the sun= was shining overhead and it was beautiful light.=A0 I took a lot of photos= and will upload the best one to Recently Seen as soon as I can find my pas= sword...=0A=A0=0AWhile I was there, only one other birder joined me, Cindy = Barstad, from Brookings, SD.=A0 Was fun to be able to share such a rare tre= at with someone else.=0A=A0=0AThanks again to Denny and Barb Martin for rep= orting=A0this bird!=A0 It was a lifer for me, and I haven't had one for qui= te a while!=0A=A0=0ABetsy Beneke=0ASartell, Stearns County ---- 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, 17 Oct 2011 19:32:15 -0600 Reply-To: "Jensen, Kent" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Jensen, Kent" Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper on Monday Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I observed the purple sandpiper at the reported location from about 4:15 - = 5:00 PM this afternoon (Monday, 17 Oct 2011). I took several photos, inclu= ding a flight photo with a nice look at the dark tail and rump. I posted s= everal on the SDOU Facebook page. Ken Schumacher and company from Minneapo= lis were also there. Thanks for the reports! K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of Natural Resource Management SPB 138D, Box 2140B South Dakota State University Brookings, SD=A0 57007 =A0 (605)688-4781 (office) (605)690-6104 (cell) (605)688-4515 (FAX) wfs.sdstate.edu/wfsdept/faculty/kcjensen.htm =A0 100% of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky ---- 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, 17 Oct 2011 21:26:55 -0600 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Dave Bartkey Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper and Snowy Egret Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone=2C So sorry for the late post! I had school conferences immediately after ar= riving home tonight and this is the first time I am able to post. =20 John Hockema and I were able to view the Purple Sandpiper today from abou= t 12:15 to 12:50 p.m. The bird slept most of the time and didn't budge whe= n we left. This location is in Swift County=2C north of the town of Appleto= n=2C along 230th Ave=2C approximately 2 miles north of Hwy. 12. =20 Also of note=2C John and I found a juvenile Snowy Egret in Chippewa Count= y along Hwy. 7=2C northwest of the town of Watson. It was on the west side = of the road right at mile marker 62. It was in the company of a Great Egret= . =20 Good birding! =20 Dave Bartkey Faribault=2CMN greathorneddave@hotmail.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, 18 Oct 2011 11:39:54 -0600 Reply-To: Roy Zimmerman Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Roy Zimmerman Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 QmlyZCBpcyBzdGlsbCBwcmVzZW50IGF0IDEyOjMwIHRvZGF5LiAgTmljZSBjbG9zZSB1cCBsb29r IGluIHRoZSBzdW4u ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:53:49 -0600 Reply-To: Charlene Nelson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Charlene Nelson Subject: Re: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cant find original email with location. any help would be appreciated. = would like to find this bird tomorrow morning. Charlene Nelson On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Roy Zimmerman wrote: > Bird is still present at 12:30 today. Nice close up look in the sun. ---- 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, 18 Oct 2011 19:08:10 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 18 October 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1318986490====" --====1318986490==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 18, 2011 *MNST1110.18 -Birds mentioned Snowy Egret Sandhill Crane Purple Sandpiper Summer Tanager -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: October 18, 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 October 18th, 2011. A juvenile PURPLE SANDPIPER is being seen in Swift County at the Lubenow WPA about seven miles north of the town of Appleton. The specific location is along 230th Avenue, about two miles north of U.S. Highway 12. Though it has been found all along 230th Avenue, it's most often reported on the rocks on the east side of the road close to the north end of the WPA. In Chippewa County, a juvenile SNOWY EGRET was found on the 17th at mile marker 62 of state highway 7, northwest of the town of Watson. On the 16th, a SUMMER TANAGER was in the yard of Cindy and Chris Edwardson in Duluth at the corner of East Arrowhead and Vermilion Road. And at Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County, 4,958 SANDHILL CRANES were counted on the refuge on October 18th. The next scheduled update of this tape is October 27th, 2011. --====1318986490==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*October 18, 2011
*MNST1110.18

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 18, 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 October 18th, 2011.

A juvenile PURPLE SANDPIPER is being seen in Swift County at the Lubenow WPA about seven miles north of the town of Appleton. The specific location is along 230th Avenue, about two miles north of U.S. Highway 12. Though it has been found all along 230th Avenue, it's most often reported on the rocks on the east side of the road close to the north end of the WPA.

In Chippewa County, a juvenile SNOWY EGRET was found on the 17th at mile marker 62 of state highway 7, northwest of the town of Watson.

On the 16th, a SUMMER TANAGER was in the yard of Cindy and Chris Edwardson in Duluth at the corner of East Arrowhead and Vermilion Road.

And at Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County, 4,958 SANDHILL CRANES were counted on the refuge on October 18th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is October 27th, 2011. --====1318986490====-- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:44:06 -0600 Reply-To: "John P. Ellis" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "John P. Ellis" Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Swift Purple Sandpiper on the rocks at 5:10 P.M. on 230th SW on 10/18/11. 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: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:43:59 -0500 Reply-To: "John P. Ellis" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "John P. Ellis" Subject: Purple Sandpiper X-To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e652cfb255e8f104af9cf99a --0016e652cfb255e8f104af9cf99a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Swift Purple Sandpiper on the rocks at 5:10 P.M. on 230th SW on 10/18/11. John Ellis- St. Paul --0016e652cfb255e8f104af9cf99a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Swift Purple Sandpiper on the rocks at 5:10 P.M. on 230th SW on 10/18/11. = =A0John Ellis- St. Paul --0016e652cfb255e8f104af9cf99a-- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:03:32 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Edwardson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Chris Edwardson Subject: [mou-net] Summer Tanager still hanging around in Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For the third day in a row, a Summer Tanager was seen in the same area of our side yard. It hangs out on a tree and a wire near our neighbor's upper porch. It must still be finding yellow jackets or other insects despite the cold. --=20 Cindy and Chris Edwardson 31 E. Arrowhead Rd. Duluth, MN 55803 ---- 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, 19 Oct 2011 15:10:56 -0600 Reply-To: Charlene and Jim Nelson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Charlene and Jim Nelson Subject: Re: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 U3RpbGwgcHJlc2VudCBhbmQgcHJlZW5pbmcuIA0KDQpBbG9uZyB3aXRoIGNvb3RzLCByZWQgbmVj a2VkIGdyZWJlIGFuZCBwaWVkIGJpbGxlZCBncmViZS4gDQpDaGFybGVuZSBOZWxzb24NCi0tLS0t LU9yaWdpbmFsIE1lc3NhZ2UtLS0tLS0NCkZyb206IFJveSBaaW1tZXJtYW4NClNlbmRlcjogTWlu bmVzb3RhIEJpcmRzDQpUbzogTU9VLU5FVEBMSVNUUy5VTU4uRURVDQpSZXBseVRvOiBSb3kgWmlt bWVybWFuDQpTdWJqZWN0OiBbbW91LW5ldF0gUHVycGxlIFNhbmRwaXBlcg0KU2VudDogT2N0IDE4 LCAyMDExIDEyOjM0IFBNDQoNCkJpcmQgaXMgc3RpbGwgcHJlc2VudCBhdCAxMjozMCB0b2RheS4g IE5pY2UgY2xvc2UgdXAgbG9vayBpbiB0aGUgc3VuLg0KU2VudCBvbiB0aGUgU3ByaW50riBOb3cg TmV0d29yayBmcm9tIG15IEJsYWNrQmVycnmu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:42:00 -0600 Reply-To: Gary Ash Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Gary Ash Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I watched the Purple Sandpiper at the Lubenow WPA in Swift County from 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM this afternoon. Much of the time it was so close to the car that I couldn't focus my binoculars on it. Gary Gary W. Ash 827 Badlands Road Hudson, WI 54016-7617 651, 260-8873 ashgaryw@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: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:14:44 -0600 Reply-To: Mike Majeski Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Mike Majeski Subject: [mou-net] Mute Swan - Washington County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Observed an adult Mute Swan near Square Lake today around 11:00 a.m. in a small waterbody just north of Square Lake Trail, about 200 feet east of Hwy 51. The swan was actively swimming around and feeding along the southern edge of the pond. You could clearly see the mostly orange bill with a black knob near the forehead. =20 Mike Majeski =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: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:02:37 -0600 Reply-To: Betsy Beneke Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Betsy Beneke Subject: [mou-net] Common redpolls & loggerhead shrike at Sherburne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've had two reports today of common redpolls at Sherburne.=A0 One from jus= t past mile marker 3=A0on the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive, and one from o= ur entry/information kiosk at CR's 3 & 5.=0A=A0=0AAlso, a report of a logge= rhead shrike from the Nelson Pool area of the wildlife drive.=0A=A0=0ABetsy= Beneke=0ASherburne NWR ---- 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, 20 Oct 2011 14:40:54 -0600 Reply-To: Karl Roe Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Karl Roe Subject: [mou-net] purple sandpiper in Swift Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The bird was still present at the same spot between 10 and 11 am today (Thursday 10/20), active and feeding on both sides of the road. Thanks to Denny and Barb Martin for the original post and to those who have posted since! -Karl Roe Minneapolis ---- 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, 20 Oct 2011 17:49:59 -0500 Reply-To: Hoeger/Lerdal Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Hoeger/Lerdal Subject: Re: Purple Sandpiper Thurs. PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the Purple Sandpiper was also seen later today in the same location (with again very close up views from the car), Thur. 10/20, in the mid-afternoon, up until at least 2:45 pm when 3 birders left the road. Pete Hoeger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Roe" To: Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:40 PM Subject: [mou-rba] [mou-net] purple sandpiper in Swift Co. The bird was still present at the same spot between 10 and 11 am today (Thursday 10/20), active and feeding on both sides of the road. Thanks to Denny and Barb Martin for the original post and to those who have posted since! -Karl Roe Minneapolis ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1831 / Virus Database: 2092/4563 - Release Date: 10/20/11 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:11:41 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 20, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1319163101====" --====1319163101==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 20, 2011 *MNDL1110.20 -Birds mentioned Cackling Goose Tundra Swan Greater Scaup Ruffed Grouse Barred Owl Northern Flicker Northern Shrike Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Pipit American Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rusty Blackbird Pine Siskin -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: October 20, 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, October 20, 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 saw the last of quite a few species for this year. Migration has been fast and furious lately, and this was the week of the last sparrows I fear. White-throated sparrows appear to have nearly all gone through, and the Harris Sparrows are bringing up the rear. Ron Erpelding made a swing through the counties of the northwest last weekend , and he observed HARRIS'S SPARROWS in eight counties, DARK-EYED JUNCOS and TREE SPARROWS in many places, and FOX SPARROWS in three counties. An AMERICAN PIPIT , RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and HARRIS'S SPARROWS were seen at Hamden Slough in Becker County on October 13. At Glyndon WTP in Clay County, Ron Erpelding found CACKLING GOOSE, GREATER SCAUP, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and 10 species of sparrow. A surprise BARRED OWL was found at Twin Valley Community Park in Norman County on October 14. HARRIS'S SPARROWS were also found there. Sandy Aubol reported a red-shafted NORTHERN FLICKER at East Grand Forks in Polk County on October 17. Also seen in her yard were 4 PINE SISKINS. A NORTHERN SHRIKE appeared on October 19. Ron Erpelding found a COMMON RAVEN in Polk County on October 14. In Red Lake County, Ron Erpelding found CACKLING GOOSE, GREATER SCAUP, COMMON RAVEN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, AMERICAN PIPIT, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW on October 15. Pennington County species seen on October 15 included CACKLING GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and FOX SPARROW. Here in our yard, a RUFFED GROUSE meandered through the yard on October 16. Ron Erpelding reported CACKLING GOOSE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, COMMON RAVEN, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and a flock of over 100 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Clearwater County on October 16. Larry Wilebski saw and photographed a NORTHERN CARDINAL at his cabin on October 15. Thanks to Larry Wilebski, Ron Erpelding, 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, October 27, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1319163101==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 20, 2011
*MNDL1110.20

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 20, 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, October 20, 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 saw the last of quite a few species for this year. Migration has been fast and furious lately, and this was the week of the last sparrows I fear. White-throated sparrows appear to have nearly all gone through, and the Harris Sparrows are bringing up the rear. Ron Erpelding made a swing through the counties of the northwest last weekend , and he observed HARRIS'S SPARROWS in eight counties, DARK-EYED JUNCOS and TREE SPARROWS in many places, and FOX SPARROWS in three counties.

An AMERICAN PIPIT , RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and HARRIS'S SPARROWS were seen at Hamden Slough in Becker County on October 13.

At Glyndon WTP in Clay County, Ron Erpelding found CACKLING GOOSE, GREATER SCAUP, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and 10 species of sparrow.

A surprise BARRED OWL was found at Twin Valley Community Park in Norman County on October 14. HARRIS'S SPARROWS were also found there.

Sandy Aubol reported a red-shafted NORTHERN FLICKER at East Grand Forks in Polk County on October 17. Also seen in her yard were 4 PINE SISKINS. A NORTHERN SHRIKE appeared on October 19. Ron Erpelding found a COMMON RAVEN in Polk County on October 14.

In Red Lake County, Ron Erpelding found CACKLING GOOSE, GREATER SCAUP, COMMON RAVEN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, AMERICAN PIPIT, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW on October 15.

Pennington County species seen on October 15 included CACKLING GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and FOX SPARROW. Here in our yard, a RUFFED GROUSE meandered through the yard on October 16.

Ron Erpelding reported CACKLING GOOSE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, COMMON RAVEN, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and a flock of over 100 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Clearwater County on October 16.

Larry Wilebski saw and photographed a NORTHERN CARDINAL at his cabin on October 15.

Thanks to Larry Wilebski, Ron Erpelding, 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, October 27, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1319163101====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:25:52 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 10/21/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1319181952====" --====1319181952==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 21, 2011 *MNDU1110.21 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Thayer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Snow Bunting American Tree Sparrow Summer Tanager Red Crossbill -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: October 21, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 20th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A SUMMER TANAGER was found by Cindy and Chris Edwardson on the 16th at 31 East Arrowhead Road at the corner with Vermilion Road in Duluth. It was still present on the 18th. Kim Eckert saw two SURF SCOTERS at Brighton Beach in east Duluth on the 18th. Peder Svingen saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 17th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. He saw eight THAYER'S GULLS here on the 18th. The first RED CROSSBILL of the fall season was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 16th and the first AMERICAN TREE SPARROW of the season was seen there on the 17th. The first SNOW BUNTING was reported on the 15th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 27th. 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. --====1319181952==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 21, 2011
*MNDU1110.21

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 21, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 20th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A SUMMER TANAGER was found by Cindy and Chris Edwardson on the 16th at 31 East Arrowhead Road at the corner with Vermilion Road in Duluth. It was still present on the 18th. Kim Eckert saw two SURF SCOTERS at Brighton Beach in east Duluth on the 18th.

Peder Svingen saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 17th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. He saw eight THAYER'S GULLS here on the 18th.

The first RED CROSSBILL of the fall season was reported at Hawk Ridge on the 16th and the first AMERICAN TREE SPARROW of the season was seen there on the 17th. The first SNOW BUNTING was reported on the 15th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 27th.

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. --====1319181952====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:49:34 -0600 Reply-To: Frank Gosiak Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Frank Gosiak Subject: [mou-net] purple sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am going to Scott County today and was wondering if anyone had a recent= =20 sighting of the Purple Sandpiper. Please respond ---- 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, 22 Oct 2011 09:09:06 -0600 Reply-To: Steve & Jo Blanich Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Steve & Jo Blanich Subject: [mou-net] Yellow-throated Warbler Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A Yellow-throated Warbler was seen yesterday & today coming to a feeder = in Ironton, Mn., Crow Wing County. ---- 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, 22 Oct 2011 09:37:19 -0600 Reply-To: Doug Kieser Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Doug Kieser Subject: [mou-net] Swift Co Purple Sandpiper still present 10/22 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable East side of 230th at 10:15 am. 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: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:03:54 -0600 Reply-To: "Peter J. Makousky" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Peter J. Makousky" Subject: [mou-net] Tufted Titmouse Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would like to thank all those who emailed me and provided sites to spot a Tufted Titmouse. I received many emails. After checking a residence in Prescott, WI (hearing but no luck seeing), we were able to spot one near 28626 Hay Creek Trail in Red Wing, MN. Pete Makousky - aka - Sky the BirdMan Anoka, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:38:21 -0600 Reply-To: "Fr. Paul Kammen" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Fr. Paul Kammen" Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper still there Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pleased to report the Purple Sandpiper is still in Swift County. I drove = out with a=20 priest friend, Fr. Tom, to look for him and Fr. Tom found him right away = on the=20 right side of the road where he has been reported. This was at noon today= ,=20 Saturday, October 22nd.=20 Fr. 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: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:07:47 -0600 Reply-To: Raymond Tervo <4730cc@GMAIL.COM> Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Raymond Tervo Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Purple Sandpiper was present this morning at 10:30 am. It was active= ly feeding on east=20 shore by the road going through the slough about half way between the nor= th and south=20 sides. ---- 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, 23 Oct 2011 16:58:06 -0600 Reply-To: Erik Bruhnke Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Erik Bruhnke Subject: [mou-net] Duluth Thayer's Gull, Red-throated Loon, pictures and more Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning I birdwatched with four other good friends in town, walking from "dune bridge parking lot," out to the the Superior Entry and back. It was a refreshing and beautiful 4-mile, round-trip walk. We had ~50 SNOW BUNTINGS follow us most of the way. One of the first highlights was spotting a distant RED-THROATED LOON out near three HORNED GREBES. One lone COMMON REDPOLL flew overhead, and while scanning the gulls at the Superior Entry (from the Minnesota Side), we picked out three THAYER'S GULLS. One Thayer's Gull was was a juvenile, and the other two were adults. Of the two adults, one had a pure white head, and likely a hurt leg. My friends had never seen a Thayer's Gull before (several of them were visiting from Cape May for a short time). We had views of Herring Gulls next to Thayer's Gulls like in the image below (from two years ago): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119193223 ...on this photo, note the Thayer's Gull's more round head, pale tertials (feathers that overlay the primary tips), and slightly paler primaries. Thayer's Gulls also have a slightly paler backside and head profile overall. My ebird list from this morning is below: Mallard 1 scoter sp. 7 Common Goldeneye 1 Common Merganser 2 Red-throated Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Bald Eagle 2 Bonaparte's Gull 4 Ring-billed Gull 40 Herring Gull 80 Thayer's Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 European Starling 2 Snow Bunting 50 American Tree Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 10 Dark-eyed Junco 15 Common Redpoll 1 Pine Siskin 3 Wanted to let all of you know that as of this past week, Hawk Ridge has surpassed 62,000 raptors for this fall season! Here are some pictures from the past few weeks at the ridge. Banded Black-capped Chickadee at Sunrise, photographed yesterday http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/139092916 Northern Goshawk http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138856458 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138856457 Rufous morph Red-tailed Hawk http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138959395 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138959392 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138959390 Gorgeous storm clouds on the horizon http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138987418 American Robin http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/139092913 Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN --=20 *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and guided birdwatching trips 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: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:32:37 -0600 Reply-To: Sue Keator Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Sue Keator Subject: Re: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Still present at 2:15 just to the east of the road at the north end of the w= ater feeding very actively. Thank you to the woman from Maplewood who let m= e look through her scope. Also seen, 3 American White Pelicans at fishing area at Lac Qui Parle on 13.= Sue on Melody Lake, Edina Sent from my iPad On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Raymond Tervo <4730cc@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The Purple Sandpiper was present this morning at 10:30 am. It was activel= y feeding on east=20 > shore by the road going through the slough about half way between the nort= h and south=20 > sides. >=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: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:55:51 -0600 Reply-To: Herb Dingmann Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Herb Dingmann Subject: [mou-net] Black Scoter - South Stanchfield Lake (Isanti County) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This afternoon around 3:30 I located a juvenile Black Scoter on South Stanchfield Lake in NW Isanti County. The bird was loosely associating with a flock of Ruddy Ducks, which made for an interesting comparison. The bird was at the south end of the lake, and was most easily seen from Llama St NW, which is on the west side of the lake. You will need a scope. Also, at the location where I viewed the Black Scoter, there is a pasture and adjacent corn stubble field between Llama St NW and the lake that had approximately 30 geese resting or foraging. At least ten of these geese were Cackling Geese, and at least 4 of them were Snow Geese (1 white and 3 blue). Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ---- 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, 24 Oct 2011 09:41:40 -0600 Reply-To: Matt S <716birds@GMAIL.COM> Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Matt S Subject: [mou-net] Purple Sandpiper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The bird is still present as of 10:30 this morning. Thanks all for the tips This make #659 for my big year and is much more exciting than getting it on the east coast as a gimmie. Next stop TX. Cheers, Matt Stenger Hamilton Ohio www.716birds.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, 24 Oct 2011 19:38:15 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: [mou-net] Great Gray Owl in Two Harbors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This evening I saw a Great Gray Owl at the east end of the=20 Fairgrounds Road, 1 mile north of MN Highway 61 in Two Harbors. The=20 Fairgrounds Road runs east of CR 2 for a half mile and dead ends in a=20 small dirt road to a large grassy field (the old Two Harbors dump=20 site). Jim Lind Two Harbors ---- 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, 24 Oct 2011 20:47:30 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: [mou-net] Long-eared Owl in downtown Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My recent post prompted a message from Tanya Beyer, regarding a Long- eared Owl she saw in downtown Duluth today (10/24/2011): "This owl crossed my path just after I had headed up from the=20 lakewalk at about 8:30 a.m. Monday. I had reached the plaza above=20 Michigan Street and was just past the monument with all the stacked=20 hands, titled 'The Arising.' The owl, which I guessed to be a great=20 horned at first, plunged into one of three or four spruces in the=20 planting behind the monument. So I crept around the wall of the=20 planting and was soon able to see the grey bulk and the perky tall=20 horns above the eyes. The owl stayed, turning frequently to look=20 away, then to look back and make sure the observer was no more of a=20 threat than before. This is my second long-eared. In 1977, at the age of 17, I was so=20 lucky as to scare one up in the pasture behind my childhood home at=20 the edge of the Indianapolis metro area. We had a lot of thickets and=20 pines in the overgrown farmland that surrounded us there, and in the=20 two months that that owl stayed around, floating from one pine grove=20 to another, it seemed the whole birding community of Indpls. got out=20 there to view our visitor--including a whole inner city high-school=20 natural history club." ---- 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, 27 Oct 2011 06:51:26 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: dan&erika Subject: [mou-net] Tufted Titmouse/Rice Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All-- Yesterday, well into our 4th year of banding near Dundas, and despite being in what I would judge as perfect habitat for the species, John Holden and I banded our first Tufted Titmouse. Photos, as usual, are on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com We will alert you if the titmouse is seen again. 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, 27 Oct 2011 10:55:38 -0600 Reply-To: John Cyrus Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: John Cyrus Subject: [mou-net] Carver County Great Black-backed Gull Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I saw a 2nd winter Great Black-backed Gull from the southwest shore of Lake= Waconia this morning. This is the first North American Great Black-backed = Gull I have seen=2C and the first I have seen side by side with ducks and o= ther gulls which really brings out the size difference. When I left the = Great Black-backed Gull had moved towards the western shore to the north wh= ere houses are lining the shore. I am not exactly sure how to get to this= particular neighborhood. I did not see a single loon on the lake=2C as th= ere has still been no significant loon=2C grebe=2C or duck movement into th= e area. Otherwise the Black-bellied Plover was still at Chevalle neighbor= hood wetlands in Chaska=2C as he has been the past few days. There were a = total of ~230 Common Grackle in multiple flocks flying over Rapids Lake MVN= WR and a mixed flock of Brewer's Blackbird(counted 284 individual birds=2C = additional 100+estimate) and Red-winged Blackbird(300+) along Cty. Rd. 33. = =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: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:19:09 -0600 Reply-To: Kim R Eckert Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Kim R Eckert Subject: [mou-net] Black Scoter, W-w Crossbills in Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A flock of 8 White-winged Crossbills flew over the corner of W Kent Rd & Snelling Ave around noon today. This location is 1 block S of College St near UMD. Also seen today was a female-plumaged Black Scoter in the bay between Interstate Island and the 27th Ave W sewage treatment plant. 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: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:16:16 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Ekblad Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Ekblad Subject: [mou-net] Isanti County - Surf Scoters at South Stanwick Lake Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I located three Surf Scoters at South Stanchfield Lake in Isanti County earlier today. Initially they were at the south end and viewed from the east side of the lake. They moved toward the north end of the lake and then later flew back down to the south end and started working their way back north again. Also present were 2 or 3 loons, a couple of Horned Grebes and a Red-necked Grebe as well as 3 ruddies and a single Canvasback. I did not see the Black Scoter that Herb Dingmann reported there a few days ago. A couple of blue phase Snow Geese were still present with the Canada and Cackling flock on the southwest shore (only viewable from the east side of the lake). I checked the Milaca sewage ponds in Mille Lacs County and found lots of Canada Geese but did not find either the Snow or Ross's Goose. There were several pipits in the first cell. The best assortment of ducks I found today was at the Princeton sewage ponds - in Sherburne County (in the cell right by the gate - they are working on the east cell). There were American Wigeon, Redheads, Green-wing Teal, scaup, Hooded Mergs and a very large quantity of Bufflehead. There was also a large contingent of Bonaparte's Gulls there as well. 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, 27 Oct 2011 18:28:07 -0600 Reply-To: Paul - Koni Fank Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Paul - Koni Fank Subject: [mou-net] purple sandpiper question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does anyone know if the purple sandpiper is still present? ---- 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, 27 Oct 2011 19:24:08 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 27, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1319765048====" --====1319765048==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 27, 2011 *MNDL1110.27 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Wild Turkey Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Bonaparte's Gull Black-billed Magpie Snow Bunting Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch House Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: October 27, 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, October 27, 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. It has been a mild week in the northwest, but weather will surely get colder soon. The birds seem to know ahead of us, and this week there are many reports of snow buntings and a few redpolls, two species that surely do foretell winter. In Red Lake County, Anita Vettleson saw a WILD TURKEY at Plummer on October 26. I found two late FOX SPARROWS and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW near the Red Lake Falls wastewater treatment ponds on October 22. At the ponds was a lone SNOW GOOSE among all the GREATER CANADA GEESE. From western Polk County, Heidi Hughes reported that the first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at the Agassiz Valley impoundment on October 27. Other species seen near the Audubon Center included SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE along CR 68. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks reported 14 HARRIS'S SPARROWS, two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and a CHIPPING SPARROW on October 25. On the 27th, she saw a flock of 50 COMMON REDPOLLS in her neighborhood. Beau Shroyer in Becker County reported 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and a flock of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on October 27. Marshall Howe in Hubbard County saw two SNOW BUNTINGS and some PURPLE FINCHES on October 21. He reported COMMON REDPOLLS and one EVENING GROSBEAK on October 24. Other species seen included a RUFFED GROUSE, a MERLIN, HARRIS'S SPARROW, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, and 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. 40-50 COMMON REDPOLLS and some RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were in Park Rapids on October 27. Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County had a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at the bird bath on October 25. On the 26th, she saw HOUSE FINCH, PURPLE FINCH, and two PINE SISKINS at her home in Dent. Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Anita Vettleson, Beau Shroyer, Heidi Hughes, Marshall Howe, 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, November 3, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1319765048==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 27, 2011
*MNDL1110.27

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 27, 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, October 27, 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.

It has been a mild week in the northwest, but weather will surely get colder soon. The birds seem to know ahead of us, and this week there are many reports of snow buntings and a few redpolls, two species that surely do foretell winter.

In Red Lake County, Anita Vettleson saw a WILD TURKEY at Plummer on October 26. I found two late FOX SPARROWS and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW near the Red Lake Falls wastewater treatment ponds on October 22. At the ponds was a lone SNOW GOOSE among all the GREATER CANADA GEESE.

From western Polk County, Heidi Hughes reported that the first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at the Agassiz Valley impoundment on October 27. Other species seen near the Audubon Center included SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE along CR 68. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks reported 14 HARRIS'S SPARROWS, two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and a CHIPPING SPARROW on October 25. On the 27th, she saw a flock of 50 COMMON REDPOLLS in her neighborhood.

Beau Shroyer in Becker County reported 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and a flock of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on October 27.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County saw two SNOW BUNTINGS and some PURPLE FINCHES on October 21. He reported COMMON REDPOLLS and one EVENING GROSBEAK on October 24. Other species seen included a RUFFED GROUSE, a MERLIN, HARRIS'S SPARROW, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, and 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. 40-50 COMMON REDPOLLS and some RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were in Park Rapids on October 27.

Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County had a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at the bird bath on October 25. On the 26th, she saw HOUSE FINCH, PURPLE FINCH, and two PINE SISKINS at her home in Dent.

Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Anita Vettleson, Beau Shroyer, Heidi Hughes, Marshall Howe, 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, November 3, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1319765048====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:25:21 -0600 Reply-To: Steve Weston Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Steve Weston Subject: [mou-net] Whooping Cranes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday evening at dusk my neighbor found 12 to 15 Whooping Cranes amoung the thousands of Sand Hill Cranes at Crex Meadows near Grantsburg Wisconsin. the cranes were flying in for the evening after presumedly feeding in the surrounding fields. The Whooping Cranes easily stood out amoung the smaller darker Sand Hill Cranes. No bands were seen on these birds. Checking with a person knowledgible on the movements of the Wisconsin flock of Whooping Cranes reveled that these birds could not be part of that group, but were members of the flock that migrates between Alberta, Canada and Texas, being seen much further east than in previous years. Staff at Crex Meadows indicated no other reports of these birds. I decided to pass on this information as the birds have probably passed out of the area and were in large flocks of cranes that are unlikely to be approached.- Steve Weston sweston2@comcast.net ---- 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, 28 Oct 2011 06:53:35 -0600 Reply-To: Julie O'Connor Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Julie O'Connor Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl, Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 7:40am, Friday, October 28. My husband just called to tell me that he saw a Snowy Owl perched on a median lamp post on the 'Duluth-most' third of the Bong Bridge between Duluth, MN and Superior, WI. Julie O'Connor Volunteer Coordinator/Naturalist 218-348-2291 _joconnor@hawkridge.org_ (http://joconnor@hawkridge.org/) Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory: _www.hawkridge.org_ (http://www.hawkridge.org/) Spring Owl Monitoring: _http://www.hawkridge.org/research/springowl.html_ (http://www.hawkridge.org/research/springowl.html) Peregrine Watch: _http://www.hawkridge.org/education/pw.html_ (http://www.hawkridge.org/education/pw.html) email: peregrines@hawkridge.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:05:50 -0600 Reply-To: Steve Weston Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Steve Weston Subject: [mou-net] Great Gray Owl: Burnsville Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Last night (Thursday) one of the attendees of the MRVAC meeting had pictures of a Great Gray Owl that were taken a week earlier in Burnsville about a half mile north of Crystal Lake near Carriage Lane. I have no more recent info. This bird and others reported in northern Minnesota perhaps portend an owl invasion of significant proportions. --=20 Steve Weston sweston2@comcast.net ---- 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, 28 Oct 2011 09:20:34 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 28 October 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1319815234====" --====1319815234==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 28, 2011 *MNST1110.28 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Black Scoter Red-throated Loon Purple Sandpiper Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Snow Bunting Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: October 28, 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 October 28th, 2011. That juvenile PURPLE SANDPIPER is still being seen in Swift County at the Lubenow W.P.A. about seven miles north of the town of Appleton. The specific location is along 230th Avenue, about two miles north of U.S. Highway 12. The most recent report I have is from the 24th. On October 27th, Steven Falkowski found a GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH on the southwest side of Bear Island Lake near Babbitt, St. Louis County, on the beach near a group of private cabins. I have no more specific location. And I have a belated report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER which was photographed on the 18th on the runway of the Wabasha airport in Wabasha County. On the 28th, a SNOWY OWL was reported on the Minnesota side of the Bong Bridge between Duluth and Superior. On the 24th, Jim Lind found a GREAT GRAY OWL at the east end of the Fairgrounds Road, one mile north of state highway 61 in Two Harbors, Lake County. On October 27th, Bob Ekblad found three SURF SCOTERS at South Stanchfield Lake in Isanti County. He reported them from the east side of the lake as they moved toward the north. A BLACK SCOTER was seen here on the 23rd. Also on the 27th, John Cyrus reported a second winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL from the southwest shore of Lake Waconia in Carver County. A RED-THROATED LOON was on Lake Superior in Duluth on the 23rd. Other winter birds reported recently include THAYER'S GULL, SNOW BUNTING, PINE GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and COMMON REDPOLL. The next scheduled update of this tape is November 3rd, 2011. --====1319815234==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*October 28, 2011
*MNST1110.28

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 28, 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 October 28th, 2011.

That juvenile PURPLE SANDPIPER is still being seen in Swift County at the Lubenow W.P.A. about seven miles north of the town of Appleton. The specific location is along 230th Avenue, about two miles north of U.S. Highway 12. The most recent report I have is from the 24th.

On October 27th, Steven Falkowski found a GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH on the southwest side of Bear Island Lake near Babbitt, St. Louis County, on the beach near a group of private cabins. I have no more specific location.

And I have a belated report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER which was photographed on the 18th on the runway of the Wabasha airport in Wabasha County.

On the 28th, a SNOWY OWL was reported on the Minnesota side of the Bong Bridge between Duluth and Superior. On the 24th, Jim Lind found a GREAT GRAY OWL at the east end of the Fairgrounds Road, one mile north of state highway 61 in Two Harbors, Lake County.

On October 27th, Bob Ekblad found three SURF SCOTERS at South Stanchfield Lake in Isanti County. He reported them from the east side of the lake as they moved toward the north. A BLACK SCOTER was seen here on the 23rd.

Also on the 27th, John Cyrus reported a second winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL from the southwest shore of Lake Waconia in Carver County.

A RED-THROATED LOON was on Lake Superior in Duluth on the 23rd. Other winter birds reported recently include THAYER'S GULL, SNOW BUNTING, PINE GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and COMMON REDPOLL.

The next scheduled update of this tape is November 3rd, 2011. --====1319815234====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:35:07 -0600 Reply-To: Doug Kieser Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Doug Kieser Subject: [mou-net] Surf Scoter - Wright County 10/28 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Female/imm Surf Scoter on Howard Lake, observed from public access at US 12= - county 7 intersection. With coots and Pied-billed Grebes, fairly close = to shore. Doug Kieser Howard Towle Hennepin Co. 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: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:58:29 -0600 Reply-To: Michael Hendrickson Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Michael Hendrickson Subject: [mou-net] photos of Kingbird & Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I added a photo to Recently Seen and I wanted to add more but you are only = allowed one per day.=A0 Also its listed as Western Kingbird because I ad to= according to the set up.=0A=0AHere is a link to more photos.=A0 I hope it = works because I just got a call about a Scissor -tailed Flycatcher near Gra= ssy Point behind the Duluth Paper plant off Raleigh Street.=0Ahttp://www.fl= ickr.com/photos/40624300@N02/?saved=3D1=A0 (kingbird photos)=0A=0ADirection= s to Scissor-tailed Flycatcher=0A=0ATake I-35 south and get off Central Ave= nue Exit and then go left (west) on Central Ave to Raleigh Street.=A0 At Ra= leigh St take a left and go south toward St. Louis River.=A0 You will go ov= er a bridge and then take a left and the bird is on the fence along Waseca = Industrial Blvd.=A0 Bob Dunlop and Ben Fritchman found the bird!!=0A=0AMike= =0A=0A=A0=0AMike Hendrickson=0ADuluth, Minnesota=0A ---- 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, 28 Oct 2011 18:30:48 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 10/28/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1319848248====" --====1319848248==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 28, 2011 *MNDU1110.28 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Black Scoter Red-throated Loon Thayer's Gull Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Long-eared Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Scissor-tailed Flycatcher White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: October 28, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 28th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A COUCH'S/TROPICAL KINGBIRD was found on the 28th by Mike Hendrickson along Lenroot Street in west Duluth. The bird was seen again briefly at Sunnyside and Cato Street, but has not been seen since. I have a second-hand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER found on the 28th by Bob Dunlap and Ben Fritchman along Waseca Industrial Boulevard near Grassy Point in west Duluth. A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH was found by Steve Falkowski on the 27th around beach areas of private cabins on the southwest side of Bear Island Lake near Babbitt in northern St. Louis County. It was last seen flying with Snow Buntings towards Ely. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 24th in Two Harbors at the end east of the Fairgrounds Road, one mile north of MN Highway 61. A SNOWY OWL was seen on the 28th on the Duluth side of the Bong Bridge. A LONG-EARED OWL was found by Tanya Beyer on the 24th in downtown Duluth along the Lakewalk at the Michigan Street plaza. Sandy Roggenkamp also heard one on the 22nd near Canyon, and several were banded at Hawk Ridge over the weekend. Erik Brunke saw a RED-THROATED LOON and three THAYER'S GULLS on the 23rd at the end of Minnesota Point. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a SURF SCOTER on the 25th and the 27th on the St. Louis River on the east side of the Indian Point campground. A BLACK SCOTER flew past Hawk Ridge on the 23rd, and Kim Eckert saw one on the 27th in the Duluth Harbor between Interstate Island and the WLSSD plant. Allison Clarke reported a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 24th along Ridgewood Road in east Duluth. Gary Kuyava also reported one last weekend in his upper Woodland neighborhood in Duluth. Good numbers of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and COMMON REDPOLLS have been seen migrating down the North Shore during the past week. Nine BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and more than 2,200 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Hawk Ridge on the 26th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 3rd. 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. --====1319848248==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 28, 2011
*MNDU1110.28

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 28, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 28th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A COUCH'S/TROPICAL KINGBIRD was found on the 28th by Mike Hendrickson along Lenroot Street in west Duluth. The bird was seen again briefly at Sunnyside and Cato Street, but has not been seen since. I have a second-hand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER found on the 28th by Bob Dunlap and Ben Fritchman along Waseca Industrial Boulevard near Grassy Point in west Duluth.

A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH was found by Steve Falkowski on the 27th around beach areas of private cabins on the southwest side of Bear Island Lake near Babbitt in northern St. Louis County. It was last seen flying with Snow Buntings towards Ely.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 24th in Two Harbors at the end east of the Fairgrounds Road, one mile north of MN Highway 61. A SNOWY OWL was seen on the 28th on the Duluth side of the Bong Bridge. A LONG-EARED OWL was found by Tanya Beyer on the 24th in downtown Duluth along the Lakewalk at the Michigan Street plaza. Sandy Roggenkamp also heard one on the 22nd near Canyon, and several were banded at Hawk Ridge over the weekend.

Erik Brunke saw a RED-THROATED LOON and three THAYER'S GULLS on the 23rd at the end of Minnesota Point. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a SURF SCOTER on the 25th and the 27th on the St. Louis River on the east side of the Indian Point campground. A BLACK SCOTER flew past Hawk Ridge on the 23rd, and Kim Eckert saw one on the 27th in the Duluth Harbor between Interstate Island and the WLSSD plant.

Allison Clarke reported a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 24th along Ridgewood Road in east Duluth. Gary Kuyava also reported one last weekend in his upper Woodland neighborhood in Duluth. Good numbers of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and COMMON REDPOLLS have been seen migrating down the North Shore during the past week. Nine BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and more than 2,200 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Hawk Ridge on the 26th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 3rd.

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. --====1319848248====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:39:06 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Dunlap Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Bob Dunlap Subject: [mou-net] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher present Saturday morning Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is currently perched on the barbed wire fence in the same location as yesterday afternoon in Duluth. Bob Dunlap ---- 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, 29 Oct 2011 17:05:00 -0600 Reply-To: "Williams, Bob" Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: "Williams, Bob" Subject: [mou-net] Eurasian Collared-Doves in Le Sueur County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I finally found 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves in Montgomery in the vicinity of the grain elevators. They flew to a wire to the west and I was able to view them through the scope. This appears to be a first county record. Bob Williams, Bloomington ----------------------------------------------------------------------=0D "The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's =0D confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended =0D solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail =0D message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended =0D recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken =0D or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be =0D unlawful."=0D =0D "The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free =0D of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. =0D This message and its attachments could have been infected during =0D transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the=0D recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and =0D remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's =0D employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way =0D from this message or its attachments." ---- 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, 30 Oct 2011 12:27:12 -0600 Reply-To: David Cahlander Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: David Cahlander Subject: [mou-net] Fw: Scott's Oriole/Hooded Oriole - Cook county Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1:25 pm. mou-net has been down, so I'll resend this message. According = to Kim Eckert, they think the bird is a female Scott's Oriole. The bird = has now been lost. I think they are trying to re-find the bird. The = last location for the bird was 3ed St and E 2nd Ave. From: David Cahlander=20 To: Rare Bird Alert=20 Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 10:58 AM Subject: Scott's Oriole/Hooded Oriole - Cook county Kim Eckert reports a female oriole in Grand Marias, at 1st Street and = 2nd Avenue. The bird is giving a call note of a Hooded Oriole but = appears to have the plumage of a Scott's Oriole. Message forwarded from Tony Hertzel. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:29:11 -0600 Reply-To: Karl Roe Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Karl Roe Subject: [mou-net] Probable Scott's Oriole, Grand Marais Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kim Eckert asked me to post a probable Scott's oriole, juvenile male, present in Grand Marais today (Sunday 10-30-11). He and other birders observed the bird between 10 and 11am at the corner of East 2nd Ave. and 3rd St. The ID of the bird was at first less certain, being either hooded or Scott's, but further examination points more toward Scott's. -Karl Roe ---- 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, 30 Oct 2011 10:58:25 -0500 Reply-To: David Cahlander Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: David Cahlander Subject: Scott's Oriole/Hooded Oriole - Cook county MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01CC96F2.D916E4B0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CC96F2.D916E4B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kim Eckert reports a female oriole in Grand Marias, at 1st Street and = 2nd Avenue. The bird is giving a call note of a Hooded Oriole but = appears to have the plumage of a Scott's Oriole. Message forwarded from Tony Hertzel. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CC96F2.D916E4B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Kim Eckert reports a female = oriole in=20 Grand Marias, at 1st Street and 2nd Avenue.  The bird is giving a = call note=20 of a Hooded Oriole but appears to have the plumage of a Scott's=20 Oriole.
 
Message forwarded from Tony=20 Hertzel.
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David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
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