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. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html