-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 21, 2010
*MNST1005.21

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 21, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
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Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask])

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 20th, 2010.

A BLACK VULTURE was reported by Jan Green on the 15th at the west end of Stoney Point Drive in St. Louis County. It was relocated on the morning of the 16th, but it hasn't been seen since.

On the 14th, Kim Eckert and Don Kienholtz found a SAY'S PHOEBE in Worthington, Nobles County. From the corner of I-90 and U.S. Highway 59, go north for half a mile and then half a mile east. Check the fence line outside the settling ponds.

At Park Point in Duluth, Peder Svingen found three RED-THROATED LOONS off the Recreation Area and three WHIMBRELS at Hearding Island near at 36th Street on the 18th. A PIPING PLOVER was seen by Shawn Zierman on the 16th at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport, and Laura Erickson reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 18th just east of the runway.

Chad Heins found a SNOWY EGRET on the 15th, in a flooded field at the corner of Watonwan County Roads 58 and 15.

HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were found by Julian Sellers at Grey Cloud Dunes SNA in southern Washington County on the 19th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 27th, 2010. --====1274440013====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:23:58 -0600 Reply-To: William Marengo <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: William Marengo <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Notes from MN River Valley - New Ulm to Appleton (Acadian Flycatcher, Prothonotary Warbler, etc...) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I spent the last five days birding the Minnesota River Valley between Swift and Brown counties. Some highlights: Acadian Flycatcher - Upper Sioux Agency State Park, Yellow Medicine County This bird was discovered on Monday morning. It is located near the Riverside campground. Take the road down to the Riverside campground. Near the bottom there is an out-house on your left. To the right is a trail-head that splits into two trails. Take the left trail. The bird was on territory after about 50 to 100 yards from the trail-head. It is very vocal (singing PIT-SEE) and very active, staying mostly about 20-30 feet up in the trees and rarely sitting still for longer than a minute. It was still present on Tuesday. Prothonotary Warbler - Redwood County This bird was found Tuesday at the Lower Sioux Agency Historic site along county road 2 about 3 miles east of its intersection with US Highway 71. Hike the river trail east of the interpretive center down to the river. The trail makes a complete loop around the historic site and is rather steep in places. Listen for the Prothonotary along the backwaters of the river. It was very vocal when I saw it mid-afternoon. Other notes: A cooperative Eastern Screech Owl along Chippewa county road 40 about .25 mile west of the Renville county line (or about 200 yards downstream from the MN River public access). Another Eastern Screech Owl in the tent campsite at Fort Ridgley State Park in Nicollet County Wednesday night. Eight calling Whip-poor-Wills were heard at Upper Sioux Agency State Park, along Chippewa county 40 and Renville county's Skallbekken county park Sunday and Monday night. Two Swainson's Hawks in section 20 of Stately Township in Brown county on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, a Western Kingbird along Brown county road 9 one-half mile north of the Watonwan county line. Gray Partridge was seen Thursday at a WMA on the north side of state highway 68, two miles west of Brown county road 12. This is about midway between New Ulm and the town of Essig. Thursday, a single Henslow's Sparrow was heard singing along the east side of Brown county road 11 in some CRP land just north of the town of Essig. Also at Flandrau State Park on Thursday was a migrant Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Migrating warblers were essentially absent in Chippewa, Swift, Renville and Yellow Medicine counties Sun-Tues. Brown county hosted 21 species of warblers on Wednesday-Thursday. These were found at Flandrau State Park, Lake Hanska county park and along the Minnesota river. Interesting were Mourning Warblers. There were none on Wednesday, but at least six were found at Flandrau State Park on Thursday. The Sleepy Eye sewage ponds were uneventful with very few birds to report. Regards,,,, ---- 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 May 2010 11:30:24 -0600 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Dave Bartkey <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Kentucky Warbler - Rice Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone=2C I had a singing Kentucky Warbler today along Trout Lily Trail=2C which ru= ns along the river=2C at River Bend Nature Center. I did not have a visual = of this bird=2C but recognized its song. I attempted for quite awhile to vi= sually locate this bird but=2C as is typical of this species=2C it was hang= ing low in some very dense=2C thick undergrowth. When I would attempt to ge= t closer=2C it would stop singing altogether. I plan on returning either la= ter today or tomorrow morning and try again for this bird. After waiting ma= ybe 20 minutes for it to resume singing=2C I headed straight home and pulle= d up Kentucky Warbler audio on the internet. Bingo! It was exactly what I w= as hearing! Good luck to all who try for this bird! Dave Bartkey Faribault=2C MN [log in to unmask] =20 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search=2C chat and e-mail from your inb= ox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=3DPID28326::T:WLMTAGL:O= N:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1= ---- 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 May 2010 18:07:37 -0600 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Dave Bartkey <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Kentucky Warbler not refound Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all=2C Around 3 pm=2C I returned to the spot where I had the Kentucky Warbler th= is morning. It's not normally my style=2C but I was armed with a recording = of its song in an attempt to verify its identity by sight. I first gave the= bird some time to sing on its own. Although many birds were still singing = in spite of the wind=2C I did not hear the Kentucky. I sparingly played the= song for several minutes with no response or reaction.=20 I will be birding River Bend again in the morning and will definitely vis= it this spot again in hopes of relocating the bird. I just thought I would share that the bird hasn't been refound (yet)=2C a= nd if anyone is planning on traveling here tomorrow=2C you may want to try = plan B for now... Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault=2C MN [log in to unmask] =20 _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hot= mail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=3Dmultiaccount&ocid=3DP= ID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4= ---- 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 May 2010 15:55:26 -0600 Reply-To: Bob Dunlap <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Bob Dunlap <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] White-faced Ibis, Blue Earth County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a breeding plumaged White-faced Ibis on Perch Lake in southern Blu= e Earth County. The bird is visible from the south end of the lake along La= kewood Rd. There is also a flock of about 300 small shorebirds at this loca= tion. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ---- 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 May 2010 17:51:09 -0600 Reply-To: Christopher Wood <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Christopher Wood <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Blue Mounds SP--Interpretive Center (Spotted Towhee & Blue Grosbeak) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was speaking at a the SDOU meeting in Sioux Falls SD this weekend and after this morning's field trips, Doug Chapman, Dick Latuchie and I headed into Rock County, MN. Highlights included a male SPOTTED TOWHEE and singing male Blue Grosbeak. Details and a full eBird report of the birds we saw near the Interpretive Center are included below. Location: =A0 =A0 Blue Mounds SP--Interpretive Center Observation date: =A0 =A0 5/23/10 Notes: =A0 =A0 This was my first trip to Blue Mound State Park. We succeeded in finding a singing male Blue Grosbeak, almost immediately after arriving. The biggest surprise was a male arcticus Spotted Towhee. OBSERVERS: Chris Wood, Doug Chapman, Dick Latuchie. WEATHER: 83F. Fairly calm. 20% clouds. Number of species: =A0 =A0 39 Canada Goose =A0 =A0 45 Turkey Vulture =A0 =A0 9 Red-tailed Hawk =A0 =A0 1 Mourning Dove =A0 =A0 1 Common Nighthawk =A0 =A0 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker =A0 =A0 1 Eastern Kingbird =A0 =A0 5 Blue Jay =A0 =A0 1 American Crow =A0 =A0 1 Tree Swallow =A0 =A0 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow =A0 =A0 1 Bank Swallow =A0 =A0 2 Cliff Swallow =A0 =A0 4 Barn Swallow =A0 =A0 3 White-breasted Nuthatch =A0 =A0 2 House Wren =A0 =A0 2 Sedge Wren =A0 =A0 3 Eastern Bluebird =A0 =A0 1 American Robin =A0 =A0 4 Brown Thrasher =A0 =A0 2 Yellow Warbler =A0 =A0 6 Common Yellowthroat =A0 =A0 2 Spotted Towhee =A0 =A0 1 =A0 =A0 **Rare. Also seems very late for a spring migrant. Male. I didn't see the wings and tail well enough to look for signs of molt to accurately age the bird. Heard singing once, but was otherwise quiet. It was east of the building along the powerline cut. We first saw it in a cedar and it then flew into some of the shrubs near the building. Extensive white spotting on scapulars, white in outer RR with brown shaft streak typical of arcticus Spottted Towhee. Chipping Sparrow =A0 =A0 2 Clay-colored Sparrow =A0 =A0 3 Field Sparrow =A0 =A0 5 Grasshopper Sparrow =A0 =A0 1 Song Sparrow =A0 =A0 1 Blue Grosbeak =A0 =A0 1 =A0 =A0 Heard almost immediately after we parked th= e car. The bird sang consistently from below (south) of the parking lot. Indigo Bunting =A0 =A0 1 Dickcissel =A0 =A0 1 =A0 =A0 flyover calling. Bobolink =A0 =A0 1 Red-winged Blackbird =A0 =A0 5 Western Meadowlark =A0 =A0 2 Common Grackle =A0 =A0 1 Brown-headed Cowbird =A0 =A0 1 Orchard Oriole =A0 =A0 2 Baltimore Oriole =A0 =A0 4 American Goldfinch =A0 =A0 3 Cheers, Chris Wood eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu ---- 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 May 2010 19:11:04 -0500 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Chet Cochon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Black-necked Stilt at Agassiz NWR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 RmVtYWxlIGF0IERhaGwgUG9vbC4gVGhpcyBhcmVhIG5vcm1hbGx5IGNsb3NlZCB0byBwdWJsaWMg YWNjZXNzLiBJbnF1aXJlIGF0IEhRIGR1cmluZyBidXNpbmVzcyBob3VycyBNLUYuClBlZGVyIFN2 aW5nZW4g ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 18:14:16 -0600 Reply-To: Kim R Eckert <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Kim R Eckert <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] another Aitkin Co Great Gray Owl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A Great Gray Owl was out hunting at 5:30 pm today along MN Hwy 200 near mile marker 199 in NE Aitkin Co, which is a mile or so W of U S Hwy 2. Since it was active and out in the open in full daylight long before dusk, I would assume it has a nest with young somewhere nearby. KimEckert 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: Mon, 24 May 2010 06:43:01 -0600 Reply-To: Steve & Ann Schon <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Steve & Ann Schon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker St Louis Co Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saw an adult male Spruce Grouse and an adult female Black-backed Woodpecker on the Asrid Lake hiking trail about =BD mile south of the = Echo Trail (#116) in northern St Louis Co on Sunday May 23rd. The hiking trail is located about 14 miles east of the western end of the Echo Trail near Lake Jeanette. =20 Steve and Ann Schon=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: Tue, 25 May 2010 07:18:23 -0600 Reply-To: John Green <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: John Green <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Black-throated Gray Warbler Minnesota Point Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Karl Bardon just called and asked me to post an observation of a Black-throated Gray Warbler he had seen briefly on Minnesota Point, Duluth. He was at the Superior City water pumping station which is the opening beyond the first large stand of pines, south of the Sky Harbor airport. It is foggy along the shore today but the weather report says it will burn off about noon. Jan Green ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 09:50:32 -0600 Reply-To: Karl Bardon <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Karl Bardon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Pacific Loon, 63 Red-throated Loons- Park Point, Duluth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I watched=A0a Pacific Loon in breeding plumage from Lafayette Square on Par= k Point (30th St.) this morning from 0935-1006. It was seen with two Common= Loons for direct comparison. Calm conditions on the lake this morning made= for awesome viewing of loons. While standing in one place near the Sky Har= bor airport at the Park Point Recreation Area, I counted 63 Red-throated Lo= ons, all sitting on the water in small groups. This count is second only to= the 117 that I counted in Duluth last year on 3 May 2009. Also present alo= ng Park Point were 9 Red-necked Grebes and 1 Western/Clark's Grebe, the lat= ter spotted by Mike Hendrickson (we were unable to see the facial pattern w= ith viewing into the sun).=0A=0AKarl Bardon=0A=0A=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: Wed, 26 May 2010 11:49:42 -0600 Reply-To: Jason B <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Jason B <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler - Reservoir Woods - Roseville Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While I don't want to steal another birder's thunder, I wanted to get thi= s sighting up ASAP. I was just on a trail in Roseville when another birder= told me he heard a Hooded Warbler singing in Reservoir Woods. I relocate= d the bird easily (11:45 am) & apparently much closer to the entrance o= f the trail than when the other birder heard it. Directions: The bird is singing very close to the Western end of Reservoir Woods trai= l. The entrance is on Victoria Street south of County Road B & north of= Larpenteur, on the East side of Victoria (North of the 90 degree bend at = a Cemetary and there is parking for about 3-4 cars on the side of the road = if that School Bus moves.) The bird was singing just off the trail & wa= s visible when it flew into a bare tree. MANY THANKS to the birder that directed me to the bird. Hope you don't m= ind that I posted this. Jason Bolish Bloomington - Hennepin 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: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:46:42 -0600 Reply-To: Earl Orf <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Earl Orf <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler - Reservoir Woods - Roseville Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I caught glimpses of the Hooded Warbler at Reservoir Woods between 4:30 = and 5:00 this evening. It was in the same area that Jason reported (below) between the start of the paved trail at Victoria and the place where a = dirt path goes off to each side. Earl Orf www.earlorfphotos.com =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jason = B Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler - Reservoir Woods - Roseville While I don't want to steal another birder's thunder, I wanted to get = this sighting up ASAP. I was just on a trail in Roseville when another = birder told me he heard a Hooded Warbler singing in Reservoir Woods. I = relocated the bird easily (11:45 am) & apparently much closer to the entrance of = the trail than when the other birder heard it. Directions: The bird is singing very close to the Western end of Reservoir Woods = trail. The entrance is on Victoria Street south of County Road B & north of Larpenteur, on the East side of Victoria (North of the 90 degree bend at = a Cemetary and there is parking for about 3-4 cars on the side of the road = if that School Bus moves.) The bird was singing just off the trail & was visible when it flew into a bare tree. MANY THANKS to the birder that directed me to the bird. Hope you don't = mind that I posted this. Jason Bolish Bloomington - Hennepin 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 ---- 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 May 2010 08:10:43 -0600 Reply-To: Milton Blomberg <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Milton Blomberg <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warblers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Belated=2C but last Friday (21st) Mike Steffes and I hiked in Tettegouche S= P backside (Lake Superior Trail ~2miles worth) looking for Black-throated B= lues. We were successful in locating 4-5 locales of singing birds...best s= pot below the Tettegouche overlook in the Maple forest w/ dead-topped birch= . Later=2C 7:15pm=2C sighted the gorgeous male up on Oberg mountain (SW fl= ank)=2C two were calling in there. Other species: lots and lots of Black-t= hroated Greens=2C B&W warblers=2C Ovenbirds=2C Redstarts (including Split R= ock SP where camped). Wood Thrushes=2C Veery=2C Warbling Vireo. Add to Mike Hendrickson's report of Sat. 22.( 13- Long-tailed Ducks seen al= ong scenic Hwy 61 s of Stoney Point=2C 5-Ruddy Turnstones along the shore o= n Park Point where the Red-throated Loons were seen. mjb=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 May 2010 09:00:58 -0600 Reply-To: Diana Doyle <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Diana Doyle <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Bell's Vireo-Mpls Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Bell's vireo is back at its usual location on the west side of Lake = Nokomis, Mpls. I could hear it singing from 100 yards away! You have to admire a mite = of a bird that can be heard over wind and airplane noise! Directions: West side of Lake Nokomis "Lagoon" (west of Cedar Ave.), = along the walking path. There is a bench and a huge burned-out willow = stump. The bird was in the cottonwoods and willows behind the stump. Its call is easy to recognize: If a warbling vireo says "if I see you I = will seize you and will squeeze you 'til you pop!", then the Bell's = vireo fast harsh call sure sounds like it's saying "I'm in a really = really really bad mood!" Diana Doyle S. 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, 27 May 2010 11:47:00 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Jim Lind <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] (Fwd) 60 Whimbrels at Park Point Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jan Kraemer sent this message about a large flock of Whimbrels in=20 Duluth today. Jim Lind ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Hi=20 About 10:30 am (5/27) Larry and I and Harold Nordin saw a flock of=20 over 60 Whimbrels fly over the bay and land at the point of rocks=20 next to the airport on Park Point. Sadly a couple of planes flew in=20 and the birds circled a couple of times and then flew out over the=20 lake and headed up the north shore. We did get time to scope them=20 for a few good looks before they flew. Jan ------- End of forwarded message ------- ---- 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 May 2010 17:33:38 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Jeanie Joppru <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 27, 2010 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1275003218====" --====1275003218==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *May 27, 2010 *MNDL1005.27 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Greater Prairie-Chicken Cooper's Hawk Whooping Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Common Tern Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Western Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Gray-cheeked Thrush Golden-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chestnut-collared Longspur Northern Cardinal Bobolink Orchard Oriole -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: May 27, 2010 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask]) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 27, 2010 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. Summer has surely arrived, and migration appears to essentially over. Most species seen last weekend are locally nesting species, not long distance migrants moving through. It appears that the birds must have overflown us in last week's very nice weather. All that changed on Monday when a powerful storm system ripped through the area, dumping large amounts of rain on the northwest, and eliminating much of the shorebird habitat with it. Be careful on small minimum maintenance roads this week, as some have mud and/or washouts. The big news this week is that a WHOOPING CRANE was spotted at Agassiz NWR during a low level aerial survey of broods on Friday, May 21. The bird was on the ground at the back of a huge mudflat on drawn down Agassiz Pool half to three quarters of a mile from the nearest road when first spotted. Staff were able to get close enough to see that the bird bore no bands, making it potentially countable. After a considerable search, the bird was relocated on Sunday, May 23 near the same location at least a half mile from Westgate Road. It has not been seen since. Note that this location is in a gated portion of the refuge, at the far reach of most telescopes. Also note that the recent rains have pretty much eliminated the mudflat so it is unlikely that the bird is still there. In the course of the search for the above bird, a BLACK-NECKED STILT was found at Dahl Pool. This is a very small area, and the bird could not be relocated on Monday, May 24, so must have moved on. In Kittson County over the weekend, Larry Wilebski reported SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, DUNLIN, COMMON TERN, SHORT-EARED OWL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and LE CONTE'SS SPARROW on his property northwest of Lancaster. Pat DeWenter in Beltrami County on May 24 observed BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE and a pair of nesting TRUMPETER SWANS. On May 22, she had a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH in the yard. Other species seen in the county this weekend included RED-EYED VIREO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,AMERICAN REDSTART, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. Shawn Conrad heard a BARRED OWL at a campground at Itasca SP in Clearwater County on the weekend. Barb and Dennis Martin found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the park with the Detroit Lake Birding Festival Group. In addition to the two species noted earlier, 22 species of shorebirds were seen at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on the weekend including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in large numbers, an AMERICAN AVOCET, many hundreds of DUNLINS, WILSON'S PHALAROPES, RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and many others. It should be noted that most of these birds had departed by late Sunday, and now the mudflat is greatly reduced with the recent rain. Shelley Steva observed a male NORTHERN CARDINAL at her home in Thief River Falls in Pennington County on May 23, and a KILLDEER with young was also seen. Pat Murphy reported a BOBOLINK west of Thief River Falls. In Norman County on May 21, Shelley Steva and I found a COOPER'S HAWK on the nest in the city park at Ada. In addition, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE and COMMON RAVEN were seen in the county. Shawn Conrad observed GREATER-PRAIRIE CHICKEN and MARBLED GODWIT in Norman County on the weekend. Shawn also went to Clay County on the weekend where he visited Felton Prairie and saw GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, and CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR. Dave and Betty Hochhalter in Detroit Lakes, Clay County, had an ORCHARD ORIOLE in their yard this week. Barb and Dennis Martin reported that a RUDDY TURNSTONE spent the weekend along the shoreline of Detroit Lake in town. Many shorebirds were seen by the festival birders at Bisson Lake which was in drawdown at Hamden Slough NWR . I have no reports of whether the habitat is still available there after the storm. Barb and Dennis also reported that a COMMON RAVEN was seen at Glendalough SP in Otter Tail County on the weekend. Thanks to Barb and Dennis Martin, Dave and Betty Hochhalter, Larry Wilebski, Pam Murphy, Pat DeWenter, Shelley Steva, and Shawn Conrad for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at [log in to unmask] 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, June 3, 2010. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1275003218==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 27, 2010
*MNDL1005.27

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 27, 2010
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 27, 2010 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.

Summer has surely arrived, and migration appears to essentially over. Most species seen last weekend are locally nesting species, not long distance migrants moving through. It appears that the birds must have overflown us in last week's very nice weather. All that changed on Monday when a powerful storm system ripped through the area, dumping large amounts of rain on the northwest, and eliminating much of the shorebird habitat with it. Be careful on small minimum maintenance roads this week, as some have mud and/or washouts.

The big news this week is that a WHOOPING CRANE was spotted at Agassiz NWR during a low level aerial survey of broods on Friday, May 21. The bird was on the ground at the back of a huge mudflat on drawn down Agassiz Pool half to three quarters of a mile from the nearest road when first spotted. Staff were able to get close enough to see that the bird bore no bands, making it potentially countable. After a considerable search, the bird was relocated on Sunday, May 23 near the same location at least a half mile from Westgate Road. It has not been seen since. Note that this location is in a gated portion of the refuge, at the far reach of most telescopes. Also note that the recent rains have pretty much eliminated the mudflat so it is unlikely that the bird is still there.

In the course of the search for the above bird, a BLACK-NECKED STILT was found at Dahl Pool. This is a very small area, and the bird could not be relocated on Monday, May 24, so must have moved on.

In Kittson County over the weekend, Larry Wilebski reported SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, DUNLIN, COMMON TERN, SHORT-EARED OWL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and LE CONTE'SS SPARROW on his property northwest of Lancaster.

Pat DeWenter in Beltrami County on May 24 observed BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE and a pair of nesting TRUMPETER SWANS. On May 22, she had a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH in the yard. Other species seen in the county this weekend included RED-EYED VIREO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,AMERICAN REDSTART, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.

Shawn Conrad heard a BARRED OWL at a campground at Itasca SP in Clearwater County on the weekend. Barb and Dennis Martin found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the park with the Detroit Lake Birding Festival Group.

In addition to the two species noted earlier, 22 species of shorebirds were seen at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on the weekend including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in large numbers, an AMERICAN AVOCET, many hundreds of DUNLINS, WILSON'S PHALAROPES, RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and many others. It should be noted that most of these birds had departed by late Sunday, and now the mudflat is greatly reduced with the recent rain.

Shelley Steva observed a male NORTHERN CARDINAL at her home in Thief River Falls in Pennington County on May 23, and a KILLDEER with young was also seen. Pat Murphy reported a BOBOLINK west of Thief River Falls.

In Norman County on May 21, Shelley Steva and I found a COOPER'S HAWK on the nest in the city park at Ada. In addition, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE and COMMON RAVEN were seen in the county. Shawn Conrad observed GREATER-PRAIRIE CHICKEN and MARBLED GODWIT in Norman County on the weekend.

Shawn also went to Clay County on the weekend where he visited Felton Prairie and saw GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, and CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR.

Dave and Betty Hochhalter in Detroit Lakes, Clay County, had an ORCHARD ORIOLE in their yard this week. Barb and Dennis Martin reported that a RUDDY TURNSTONE spent the weekend along the shoreline of Detroit Lake in town. Many shorebirds were seen by the festival birders at Bisson Lake which was in drawdown at Hamden Slough NWR . I have no reports of whether the habitat is still available there after the storm.

Barb and Dennis also reported that a COMMON RAVEN was seen at Glendalough SP in Otter Tail County on the weekend.

Thanks to Barb and Dennis Martin, Dave and Betty Hochhalter, Larry Wilebski, Pam Murphy, Pat DeWenter, Shelley Steva, and Shawn Conrad for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at [log in to unmask] 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, June 3, 2010.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1275003218====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 19:25:36 -0500 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: David Cahlander <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Black-necked Stilt at Agassiz NWR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 CgpDaGV0IENvY2hvbiA8YXBwbGVob2dASE9UTUFJTC5DT00+IHdyb3RlOgoKPkZlbWFsZSBhdCBE YWhsIFBvb2wuIFRoaXMgYXJlYSBub3JtYWxseSBjbG9zZWQgdG8gcHVibGljIGFjY2Vzcy4gSW5x dWlyZSBhdCBIUSBkdXJpbmcgYnVzaW5lc3MgaG91cnMgTS1GLgo+UGVkZXIgU3ZpbmdlbiA= ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:09:53 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Jim Lind <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Duluth RBA 5/27/10 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1275019793====" --====1275019793==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 27, 2010 *MNDU1005.27 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Spruce Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Western Grebe Great Egret Whimbrel Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Black-billed Cuckoo Great Gray Owl Common Nighthawk Red-headed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Western Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Swainson's Thrush Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Connecticut Warbler White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: May 27, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 27th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. RED-THROATED LOONS have been seen at Park Point throughout the past week, with an impressive peak of 102 counted on the 27th by Peder Svingen between 12th Street and the Sky Harbor Airport. Karl Bardon found a PACIFIC LOON on the 26th at the Lafayette Square access, as well as a probable WESTERN GREBE and 63 RED-THROATED LOONS. Several observers reported an excellent fallout of 25 warbler species on the 25th at Park Point, including a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER found by Karl Bardon south of the Sky Harbor Airport, several CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Chris Mansfield saw a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO the same day at Southworth Marsh on Park Point. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw 60 WHIMBRELS near the Sky Harbor Airport on the 27th. Shawn Conrad found a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the 25th at the Park Point recreation area ball fields. Harold Nordin found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Park Point on the 22nd, and it was relocated on the 24th. Julie Calligure saw three EVENING GROSBEAKS on the 24th at 16th Street on Park Point. Peder Svingen saw a THAYER'S GULL at the Superior Entry on the 26th and 27th and a record-late ICELAND GULL on the 26th. Sandra van den Bosse and others found a GREAT EGRET on the 25th at Indian Point in West Duluth and the bird was still present on the 27th. LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found by several observers at Stony Point on the 22nd. Steve and Ann Schon saw a male SPRUCE GROUSE and a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in northern St. Louis County on the 23rd along the Astrid Lake hiking trail, about 0.5 mile south of the Echo Trail (CR 166). Nancy Jackson reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on the 26th at the south end of the McDavitt Road (CR 233) in the Sax-Zim Bog. Mike Hendrickson saw several SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 22nd at the intersection of the Arkola Road (CR 52) and the Stickney Road (CR 207), and along CR 29. Kim Eckert found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 23rd in Aitkin County along MN Highway 200 near mile marker 199, about a mile west of US Highway 2. Recent new arrivals in the area include BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ALDER FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WILSON’S WARBLER. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 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 [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1275019793==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 27, 2010
*MNDU1005.27

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 27, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 27th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

RED-THROATED LOONS have been seen at Park Point throughout the past week, with an impressive peak of 102 counted on the 27th by Peder Svingen between 12th Street and the Sky Harbor Airport. Karl Bardon found a PACIFIC LOON on the 26th at the Lafayette Square access, as well as a probable WESTERN GREBE and 63 RED-THROATED LOONS. Several observers reported an excellent fallout of 25 warbler species on the 25th at Park Point, including a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER found by Karl Bardon south of the Sky Harbor Airport, several CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Chris Mansfield saw a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO the same day at Southworth Marsh on Park Point.

Jan and Larry Kraemer saw 60 WHIMBRELS near the Sky Harbor Airport on the 27th. Shawn Conrad found a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the 25th at the Park Point recreation area ball fields. Harold Nordin found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Park Point on the 22nd, and it was relocated on the 24th. Julie Calligure saw three EVENING GROSBEAKS on the 24th at 16th Street on Park Point. Peder Svingen saw a THAYER'S GULL at the Superior Entry on the 26th and 27th and a record-late ICELAND GULL on the 26th. Sandra van den Bosse and others found a GREAT EGRET on the 25th at Indian Point in West Duluth and the bird was still present on the 27th.

LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found by several observers at Stony Point on the 22nd. Steve and Ann Schon saw a male SPRUCE GROUSE and a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in northern St. Louis County on the 23rd along the Astrid Lake hiking trail, about 0.5 mile south of the Echo Trail (CR 166).

Nancy Jackson reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on the 26th at the south end of the McDavitt Road (CR 233) in the Sax-Zim Bog. Mike Hendrickson saw several SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 22nd at the intersection of the Arkola Road (CR 52) and the Stickney Road (CR 207), and along CR 29.

Kim Eckert found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 23rd in Aitkin County along MN Highway 200 near mile marker 199, about a mile west of US Highway 2.

Recent new arrivals in the area include BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ALDER FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WILSON’S WARBLER.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 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 [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1275019793====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:51:49 -0600 Reply-To: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Anthony Hertzel <[log in to unmask]> Subject: MOU RBA 28 May 2010 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1275058309====" --====1275058309==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 28, 2010 *MNST1005.28 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon White-faced Ibis Ferruginous Hawk Black-necked Stilt Whimbrel Kentucky Warbler -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 28, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask]) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 27th, 2010. A BLACK-NECKED STILT was at the Dahl Pool of Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on the 23rd and it was still there on the 27th. The area is closed to the public so birders are asked to inquire at the headquarters building for additional information. A FERRUGINOUS HAWK was reported on the 25th near Marietta in Lac qui Parle County, about seven miles west of U.S. Highway 75, a mile-and-a-half south of U.S. Highway 212. A WHITE-FACED IBIS was found by Bob Dunlap on the 23rd at Perch Lake in Blue Earth County. It was seen from the south end of the lake along Lakewood Road. Another ibis was found on the 26th by Paul Johnson in northwestern Santiago Township at the junction of Sherburne County Roads 23 and 3. Several LONG-TAILED DUCKS were at Stony Point in St. Louis County on the 22nd. Up to 102 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen by Peder Svingen at Duluth's Park Point on the 27th, and Karl Bardon reported a PACIFIC LOON on the 26th at the Lafayette Square access. Jan and Larry Kraemer found 60 WHIMBRELS near Park Point's Sky Harbor Airport on the 27th. And on the 22nd, Dave Bartkey found a KENTUCKY WARBLER along the Trout Lily Trail at the River Bend Nature Center near Faribault, in Rice County. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 3rd, 2010. --====1275058309==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 28, 2010
*MNST1005.28

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 28, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask])

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 27th, 2010.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT was at the Dahl Pool of Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on the 23rd and it was still there on the 27th. The area is closed to the public so birders are asked to inquire at the headquarters building for additional information.

A FERRUGINOUS HAWK was reported on the 25th near Marietta in Lac qui Parle County, about seven miles west of U.S. Highway 75, a mile-and-a-half south of U.S. Highway 212.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS was found by Bob Dunlap on the 23rd at Perch Lake in Blue Earth County. It was seen from the south end of the lake along Lakewood Road. Another ibis was found on the 26th by Paul Johnson in northwestern Santiago Township at the junction of Sherburne County Roads 23 and 3.

Several LONG-TAILED DUCKS were at Stony Point in St. Louis County on the 22nd.

Up to 102 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen by Peder Svingen at Duluth's Park Point on the 27th, and Karl Bardon reported a PACIFIC LOON on the 26th at the Lafayette Square access. Jan and Larry Kraemer found 60 WHIMBRELS near Park Point's Sky Harbor Airport on the 27th.

And on the 22nd, Dave Bartkey found a KENTUCKY WARBLER along the Trout Lily Trail at the River Bend Nature Center near Faribault, in Rice County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 3rd, 2010. --====1275058309====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 10:57:33 -0600 Reply-To: Dennis and Barbara Martin <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Dennis and Barbara Martin <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] White-winged Dove-Big Stone NWR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Herb Dingman just called to report a White-winged Dove on the wildlife = drive for Big Stone NWR. The bird was just before the stop signs by the = rest rooms. Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN [log in to unmask] ---- 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 May 2010 16:10:12 -0600 Reply-To: FELKER <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: FELKER <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Marshall Co. Short-eared Owl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On May 27th, my husband and I saw a Short-eared owl on a fence post on = the west side of U.S. 59 just south of 310th St. south of Newfolden. = When we turned around and looked at it, the owl flew off and then = returned to its perch as we drove back on the highway. =20 Linda Felker Eagan ---- 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 May 2010 21:21:35 -0600 Reply-To: Karl Bardon <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Karl Bardon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Pacific Loon-Stoney Point Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 19:16 this evening, an adult Pacific Loon in breeding plumage flew by me= at Stoney Point, St. Louis County. The bird was heading from Duluth toward= s Knife River, so it could possibly be the same one I found at Park Point i= n Duluth on the morning of 26 May. Although a regular fall migrant in very = small numbers, this species is still only casual in spring. Karl Bardon ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html =20=20=20=20=20=20 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 11:35:22 -0600 Reply-To: dan&erika <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: dan&erika <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Carolina Wren/Carver Co. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All-- Erika and I heard a Carolina Wren at the UM Landscape Arboretum in Carver Co. It sang loudly at the southeast corner of the Green Heron Trail near a pond to the southeast of the trail. To get there, walk along the trail past where the now closed Bog Trail intersects. Keep walking maybe a mile. Keep the large wetland to your right. The trail loops to the south. The wren sang just as the trail turns west back towards the paved 3-mile driving loop. (It would be a shorter walk to start out from the driving loop.) Let me know if anyone sees or hears it again. I was lamenting that I had left my iPod at home. In a moment of inspiration, I (legally) downloaded songs (and photographs) of all the North American birds into the Droid smart phone Erika recently gave me. It was easy to do, but involved two application downloads and requires iTunes in your computer and a legally purchased copy of Thayer Birds of North America DVD or CD. If you want instructions, let me know off-list. dan --=20 Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika [log in to unmask] ".... 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: Sun, 30 May 2010 06:58:16 -0600 Reply-To: Robert Bystrom <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Robert Bystrom <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Carolina Wren at Hyland Park Reserve Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Carolina Wren at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington (6 a.m. Sunday). The bird was singing loudly from trees on the west side of the Visitor Center parking lot. Thereafter it flew east over the center to the edge of Hyland Lake. Bob Bystrom ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 16:51:03 -0600 Reply-To: Brad Bolduan <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Brad Bolduan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Male Lark Bunting Agassiz NWR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There was a male Lark Bunting present Friday and yesterday about a mile (rough guess) east of the refuge headquarters along the main road through the refuge. Brad Bolduan Windom ---- 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, 31 May 2010 21:15:07 -0600 Reply-To: "Williams, Bob" <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: "Williams, Bob" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Bell's Vireo in Houston County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today around mid-day I found a cooperative Bell's Vireo in La Crescent = in Houston County. I was trying to follow Kim Eckert's directions to the dump on the north = side of town. It's a little confusing, but the location is by an = electrical substation that says 50 Main St. on the fence. This is on = the east side of US 14/61. There is an intersection that is not well = marked but Main St. is the east/west street and Sycamore/Chestnut is the = north/south street. Turn east here on a gravel road and you will see a = sign that says Loader has Right of Way. You will cross the railroad = tracks and curve to the north by some wetlands. You then come to a = parking area where an old semi was parked. Just to the east of the semi = was the substation. I heard and saw the bird behind and slightly to the west of the semi. =20 Bob Williams, Bloomington ---- 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, 31 May 2010 22:10:45 -0600 Reply-To: Stephen Greenfield <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Stephen Greenfield <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Hooded & Cerulean warblers - Hennepin Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I saw single singing adult male Hooded & Cerulean warblers in Minnehaha Park, which is on the east side of Hwy 55 just north of Hwy 62; mid-morning on Monday. They were both in the off-leash dog park; the Hooded right at the entrance gate near the parking lot north of the 54th St. exit off 55, the Cerulean about 1/4 mile in from the gate, along one of the paths paralleling the Mississippi in the river bottoms. (It's hard to give a good reference, let me know if you're interested.) These were the high point of my May birding (which isn't saying much given the truly abysmal migration). Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis [log in to unmask] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html