[mou] RE: [mnbird] Indicator Birds? (was BBS Surveys)
Weldon, Ken
Ken.Weldon@mts.com
Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:54:38 -0500
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The first time I ever used the mnbird.net was about 5 or 6 years ago. We
lived on a hobby farm north of Glencoe in McLeod county. I notice then that
I hadn't heard any meadowlarks. We now live in Hutchinson. I frequently walk
the Luce Line trail in both directions out of Hutch. Since that first
message I have still not heard a meadowlark in McLeod County. It's sad.
By the way, a male and female Oriole are frequent visitors to my jelly
feeder. They and the house finches have gone through almost a pound of grape
Jelly in the last 2 weeks. We have at least one male and female hummingbird
coming to both the hummer and Oriole nectar feeder regularly. I don't know
if they are a pair because they always leave in opposite directions. Last
night the male rooster on the feeder and it was the first time I could
really see the ruby colors on its throat when it would turn its head just
the right way.
Also, I had asked a few week ago about a hawk I thought was a Goshawk. A
local birder with a good spotting scope helped me positively identify it as
a Coopers hawk. She has two chicks. They were big enough to stand on the
edge of the nest about a week ago. They should be about 4 weeks old now. I
wanted to take my telescope to get a close look at them but the mosquitoes
drive me away.
The nest is in the south west corner of Miller woods in Hutchinson, McLeod
County. Miller woods public parking is about 1/4 North of MN highway 7 on
School Road.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Pastor Al [mailto:PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:22 PM
To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu; mnbird@lists.mnbird.net
Subject: [mnbird] Indicator Birds? (was BBS Surveys)
Found the juxtaposition of Jim Ryan's comments about the explosive
development of Wright County and the absence of meadowlarks during his BBS
telling. I have noticed that meadowlarks are "one of the first to go"
during development of a former agricultural or grassland area. Are there
other birds that could be indicators of potential over-development, that
perhaps we could use to test the environmental health of an area?
Written with concern about Sherburne County's intense development currently,
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
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<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
first time I ever used the mnbird.net was about 5 or 6 years ago. We lived
on a hobby farm north of Glencoe in McLeod county. I notice then that I hadn't
heard any meadowlarks. We now live in Hutchinson. I frequently walk the Luce
Line trail in both directions out of Hutch. Since that first message I have
still not heard a meadowlark in McLeod County. It's sad.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>By the
way, a male and female Oriole are frequent visitors to my jelly feeder. They and
the house finches have gone through almost a pound of grape Jelly in the last 2
weeks. We have at least one male and female hummingbird coming to both the
hummer and Oriole nectar feeder regularly. I don't know if they are a pair
because they always leave in opposite directions. Last night the male rooster on
the feeder and it was the first time I could really see the ruby colors on its
throat when it would turn its head just the right way.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also,
I had asked a few week ago about a hawk I thought was a Goshawk. A local birder
with a good spotting scope helped me positively identify it as a Coopers hawk.
She has two chicks. They were big enough to stand on the edge of the nest about
a week ago. They should be about 4 weeks old now. I wanted to take my telescope
to get a close look at them but the mosquitoes drive me
away.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
nest is in the south west corner of Miller woods in Hutchinson, McLeod County.
Miller woods public parking is about 1/4 North of MN highway 7 on School
Road.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=850503915-01072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ken</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Pastor Al
[mailto:PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 28,
2004 4:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> mou-net@cbs.umn.edu;
mnbird@lists.mnbird.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mnbird] Indicator Birds? (was BBS
Surveys)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Found the juxtaposition of Jim Ryan's comments
about the explosive development of Wright County and the absence of
meadowlarks during his BBS telling. I have noticed that meadowlarks are
"one of the first to go" during development of a former agricultural or
grassland area. Are there other birds that could be indicators of
potential over-development, that perhaps we could use to test the
environmental health of an area?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Written with concern about Sherburne County's
intense development currently,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Al Schirmacher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Princeton,
MN</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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