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Jeanie Joppru <[log in to unmask]>
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I just got the below email yesterday from Dennis Weisenborn. Perhaps someone
will want to check these out.

Jeanie Joppru 
Pennington County, MN 
  

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wiesenborn, Dennis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Blue grosbeaks in Clay County
> 
> Hello Jeanie:
> 
> This was first posted on the FMBirders a bit over two weeks 
> ago; I apologize for not reporting this to you sooner, but 
> the male grosbeaks was still present this morning.  The 
> attachment is an audio clip of the singing male (3x over 35 
> sec).  The area is fenced, but the male came up to the road 
> on several occasions.
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Dennis
> 
> Original posting on FMBirders on June 29:  A pair of blue 
> grosbeaks (male & female) was present this morning near 70th 
> Ave. N. east of the gravel pit. The male was in 1st summer 
> plumage (only the head was blue) and sang for an extended 
> period of time between 7:30 and 8 a.m. An audio recording was 
> made.  The male was first detected Monday morning during the 
> Glyndon breeding bird survey. At that time, it was singing 
> from the low trees and brush northwest of stop 27 (70th Ave 
> N/180th St). But I did not believe my ears, the bird became 
> silent before I could get a visual ID; thus, that individual 
> went unrecorded at that time.
> 
> Posted today on FMBirders:  A male blue grosbeak was still 
> singing in the same area reported just over two weeks ago. I 
> followed its song from about 7 to 9 a.m. today, but just had 
> a few distant glimpses. This is a first-summer plumage male, 
> and it is not easy to see the little bit of blue color on the 
> head. It covered a lot of territory in that period; roughly 
> 70 acres based on Googlemaps. A female was probably also 
> seen; perhaps nesting can be confirmed this summer.  Several 
> families of other bird species were also present, such as 
> eastern bluebird, Baltimore oriole, orchard oriole, lark 
> sparrow, vesper sparrow, clay-colored sparrow, and brown thrasher.
> 

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