From dougburi@tnics.com Mon Aug 2 01:49:41 2004 From: dougburi@tnics.com (Doug Buri) Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 19:49:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] Shorebird Workshop Message-ID: <002701c4782a$9896dd80$74b48042@0018999440> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C47800.AF52F880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great weather combined with 1000s of shorebirds resulted in a successful = weekend workshop. All of the expected shorebird species were around. The = noteworthy birds found were not shorebirds -- immature Little Blue = Heron; White Faced Ibis; Snowy Egret and Gray Partridge (all in South = Dakota).=20 The Ruff has not been seen since Friday morning but to make up for it a = White-winged Dove* was found Saturday (Section #6 Otrey Twp. Big Stone = Co. MN) and an immature Black-bellied Whistling Duck* was located Sunday = morning in a wetland on the east side of Co. Rd. #12 (Section #8 Otrey = Twp.) A Clark's Grebe** was on the South side of Thileke Lake. Gray = Partridges were also found in Big Stone Co. MN. (*Jackie Potts **Randy Fredrickson) For some reason very few shorebirds are using Big Stone NWR now.=20 The low water conditions at Salt Lake have produced a wide margin of = suitable shorebird habitat and large numbers of shorebirds are using = that area.=20 Doug Buri Milbank, SD ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C47800.AF52F880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Great weather combined with 1000s of shorebirds resulted in = a=20 successful weekend workshop. All of the expected shorebird species were = around.=20 The noteworthy birds found were not shorebirds -- immature Little Blue = Heron;=20 White Faced Ibis; Snowy Egret and Gray Partridge (all in South Dakota).=20
 
The Ruff has not been seen since Friday morning but to make = up for=20 it a White-winged Dove* was found Saturday (Section #6 Otrey Twp. = Big Stone=20 Co. MN) and an immature Black-bellied Whistling Duck* was located Sunday = morning=20 in a wetland on the east side of Co. Rd. #12 (Section #8 Otrey Twp.) A = Clark's=20 Grebe** was on the South side of Thileke Lake. Gray Partridges were also = found=20 in Big Stone Co. MN.
(*Jackie Potts   **Randy=20 Fredrickson)
 
For some reason very few shorebirds are using Big Stone NWR = now.=20
 
The low water conditions at Salt Lake have produced a wide = margin=20 of suitable shorebird habitat and large numbers of shorebirds are using=20 that area.
 
Doug Buri
Milbank, SD
 
------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C47800.AF52F880-- From chetmeyers@visi.com Mon Aug 2 05:01:07 2004 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (Chet Meyers) Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:01:07 -0500 Subject: [mou] New Germany - good news Message-ID: <20040802040107.818847A926@taranis.mc.mpls.visi.com> Today, Sunday Aug. 1 Miriam and I birded Crane Creek area in New Germany and surroundings. There is good shorebird habitat at the traditional locations on Yale Ave. and on highway 30. At the intersection of Yancy and 30 we counted over 300 white pelicans on the water and another 60 in the air. Young birds were evident. Shorebirds included many lesser yellowlegs, pectoral and least sandpipers, and a few semi-palmated, and solitary sandpipers. No stilts and only one greater yellowlegs. The wetland a couple of miles west of Yancy on highway 7 was good for shorebirds on the south side of the road, but be VERY CAREFUL parking alongside this highway. Water conditions in this general area should hold up this fall if we get normal rain. Its great to see New Germany in good shape once again. Chet Meyers, Hennepin County From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Mon Aug 2 17:45:36 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 11:45:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Update on State Fair shifts Message-ID: <000801c478b0$24384060$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C47886.3A5C1300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Volunteers are still needed to fill shifts for the MOU's state fair = booth. Here are the shifts still available. The shifts listed are open = for two people unless otherwise noted. Thursday 8/26 (opening day) 1-5 pm (one person already scheduled) 5-9 pm Friday 8/27 5-9 pm Saturday 8/28 9 am to 1 pm 1-5 pm (one person already scheduled) 5-9 pm Sunday 8/29 1-5 pm 5-9 pm Monday 8/30 5-9 pm Tuesday 8/31 9 am to 1 pm (one person already scheduled) 1-5 pm 5-9 pm Wednesday 9/1 5-9 pm Thursday 9/2 9 am to 1 pm (one person already scheduled) 1-5 pm (one person already scheduled) 5-9 pm Friday 9/3 5-9 pm Saturday 9/4 9 am to 1 pm=20 1-5 pm 5-9 pm Sunday 9/5 9 am to 1 pm 1-5 pm 5-9 pm Monday 9/6 (last day) 9 am to 1 pm (one person already scheduled) 1-5 pm 5-9 pm -Bob Dunlap MOU State Fair Booth Committee Chairman ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C47886.3A5C1300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Volunteers are still needed to fill = shifts for the=20 MOU's state fair booth.  Here are the shifts still available.  = The=20 shifts listed are open for two people unless otherwise = noted.
 
Thursday 8/26 (opening = day)
1-5 pm (one person already = scheduled)
5-9 pm
 
Friday 8/27
5-9 pm
 
Saturday 8/28
9 am to 1 pm
1-5 pm (one person already = scheduled)
5-9 pm
 
Sunday 8/29
1-5 pm
5-9 pm
 
Monday 8/30
5-9 pm
 
Tuesday 8/31
9 am to 1 pm (one person already=20 scheduled)
1-5 pm
5-9 pm
 
Wednesday 9/1
5-9 pm
 
Thursday 9/2
9 am to 1 pm (one person already=20 scheduled)
1-5 pm (one person already = scheduled)
5-9 pm
 
Friday 9/3
5-9 pm
 
Saturday 9/4
9 am to 1 pm
1-5 pm
5-9 pm
 
Sunday 9/5
9 am to 1 pm
1-5 pm
5-9 pm
 
Monday 9/6 (last day)
9 am to 1 pm (one person already=20 scheduled)
1-5 pm
5-9 pm
 
-Bob Dunlap
MOU State Fair Booth Committee=20 Chairman
 
------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C47886.3A5C1300-- From fredericksonr@willmar.k12.mn.us Mon Aug 2 19:30:16 2004 From: fredericksonr@willmar.k12.mn.us (fredericksonr@willmar.k12.mn.us) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 12:30:16 -0600 Subject: [mou] shorebird workshop rarities Message-ID: Thank you Doug Buri, presenters, and all the USFWS staff for putting on another great shorebird workshop! Before anyone goes racing off to look for the WW dove, BBW duck or even Clark's Grebe, please be advised that many good birders spent time looking for these species shortly or immediately after they were reported, and neither the dove nor duck were refound. The dove sighting was brief, and the duck sighting was of an immature bird (as I understand it) making ID more challenging. There were observers at the dove sight from 15 min. after its discovery until almost dark (4 hrs). I am not questioning the ID of these birds (that is the difficult job of the records committee), merely informing readers of your chances if you decide to chase. Also, as Keith already alluded to, he spotted the Clark's grebe prior to myself. Had I not been helping with a survey yesterday, I would not have been fortunate enough to be at Thielke at the "right time" to relocate this bird. Indeed, I know of several good birders who checked the lake several times over the weekend and did not see this species. Of course, if anyone does relocate the WW dove or BBW duck, please share this with the rest of the group. Lastly, I am indebted to Peder Svingen, Phil Chu and Karl Bardon for the survey work they have been doing in western Minnesota that have turned up some of these exceptional shorebird finds. Randy Frederickson Willmar From Bridget_Olson@fws.gov Mon Aug 2 21:18:54 2004 From: Bridget_Olson@fws.gov (Bridget_Olson@fws.gov) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:18:54 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fw: [birdnet] Bear River Refuge birds Message-ID: Hello MN bird friends. Thought you might be interested to hear what's at Bear River Refuge, Utah. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Box Elder County Recent happenings: Colonial bird surveys in June yielded an estimated 9200 White-faced Ibis nests, 157 Snowy Egret nests, 68 Cattle Egret nests, 78 Black-crowned Night Heron nests, 1000 Franklin Gull nests and about 20 Great Blue Heron. Just about all of the young have now fledged from the nests accounting for large feeding flocks of each species being observed on the tour route. Other surveys estimated 62 Caspian Tern and 140 Forster's Tern nests. California Gulls and Double-crested Cormorants occupied interior Refuge islands where 1203 gull and 238 Cormorant nests were found. Notable sightings from the tour route include Stilt Sandpiper, Western and Clark's Grebe young, Semipalmated Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, and Solitary Sandpiper. I did see Pink Floyd last week in one of the interior Refuge units so he should show up in the tour loop sometime? 43% of the birds counted were observed from the tour loop. Bird Count 7/23/04 Canada Goose 1616 Mallard 1186 Northern Pintail 117 GW Teal 363 Cinnamon Teal 262 Gadwall 938 Wigeon 31 Canvasback 326 Redhead 713 Ruddy Duck 697 PB Grebe 11 Eared Grebe 186 Western Grebe 147 Clark's Grebe 136 A.W. Pelican 1233 DC Cormorant 482 GB Heron 134 Great Egret 4 Snowy Egret 617 Cattle Egret 7 BC Night Heron 28 White-faced Ibis 10,685 Killdeer 155 Black-necked Stilt 5738 Am. Avocet 4243 Willet 6 Spotted Sandpiper 28 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 48 Long-billed Curlew 17 Marbled Godwit 2301 Western Sandpiper 832 Least Sandpiper 185 Peep 10 Baird's Sandpiper 117 Dowitcher spp. 208 Wilson's Phalarope 37 Franklin's Gull 2290 Ring-billed Gull 12 California Gull 3338 Caspian Tern 39 Forster's Tern 109 Sora 8 Coot 5595 Sandhill Crane 4 Turkey Vulture 3 Northern Harrier 3 Pink Flamingo 1 Bridget Olson Wildlife Biologist Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge 58 S. 950 W. Brigham City, UT 84302 Phone: 435/723-5887 ext. 13 Fax: 435/723-8873 _______________________________________________ "Utah Birds" web site: http://www.utahbirds.org Birdnet: To subscribe, e-mail: birdnet-subscribe@utahbirds.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: birdnet-unsubscribe@utahbirds.org To send a message, e-mail: birdnet@utahbirds.org _________________________________________________ From Drewbec@aol.com Tue Aug 3 05:02:48 2004 From: Drewbec@aol.com (Drewbec@aol.com) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:02:48 EDT Subject: [mou] New Park Master Plan for Lake Byllesby Message-ID: This is a long message, so if you're really not interested, you might want to bail out and delete this now. This past Wednesday evening, Tom Tustison and I attended a meeting in Randolph, Dakota County, about intended new plans for Lake Byllesby Regional Park. As many MOU/MOUnet subscribers are aware, the western end of the lake has hosted an above average share of rare bird records over the last several years. Tom and I have shared an interest in this area, and were interested in what the County had planned for the park. This was the third or fourth meeting to take place this year, but we had been unaware of the earlier meetings. We wanted to be sure to attend this one, and voice any necessary concerns about developing or altering the best birding areas. I'm very pleased to report that 90% of the intended development will take place at the more heavily used eastern portion. While there have been a few interesting records from this part of the park, they have occurred at the "off season" of park usage (i.e., fall through spring), and I personally don't think there will be significant impacts by the development. However, there are two different proposals on how to best develop the area for birders--- acknowledging that birders are indeed the predominant users of this area. The first proposal would have plans for a parking lot, a kiosk with helpful information, and a trail leading to a viewing platform. The second proposal would include everything previously mentioned, but with more trails, and a second viewing platform located in the marshes south of the delta area where the shorebirds now congregate. This may sound like a great piece of news, but I would like to suggest the following: A pair of Bald Eagles has been nesting for many years on the West side of the town of Randolph, and use the lake for hunting and loafing. It is not unusual to see the young of the year there in late summer. The birds frequently use the large dead cottonwood tree on the South shore for a perch. If the marsh were to have a trail system and a viewing platform, I'm certain this would increase use, not only by birders but also curious hikers and other types. Very likely this would impact usage of the area by the eagles, who are sensitive to human disturbance. I also have concerns about increased trash and pollution, excessive noise, etc. and the impact on the shorebirds. I am opposed to the second proposal, and hope others are concerned as well. What to do? We have a great opportunity here. Dakota County has acknowledged the value of this area, not only for the birds attracted to the area, but for the birders who come to enjoy them. Jim Mattsson and I are currently applying to have the area designated as an IBA. Beyond that, birder input would be greatly appreciated by the Park personel. Comments can be written and sent to : Dakota County Office of Planning 14955 Galaxie Ave Apple Valley MN 55124 Faxed To: Dakota County Office of Planning, 952. 891. 7031 Or emailed to: dc2020@co.dakota.mn.us Hopefully, those who feel compelled to contribute will agree that less development would be in the best interest of the birds, and therefore birders. Increased development can only negatively impact the area. Thank you for your interest. Apologies for the long message. Drew Smith Eagan, Dakota County From dbmartin@skypoint.com Wed Aug 4 03:28:53 2004 From: dbmartin@skypoint.com (Dennis/Barbara Martin) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:28:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Volunteers Message-ID: <000701c479ca$c9cc9880$0b2e56c7@oemcomputer> I am writing this to encourage MOU members to volunteer at the State Fair Booth. I noticed that Bob Dunlap has put out a second email asking for volunteers and the amount of slots filled does not seem to be much more than was shown in his first email. Volunteering at the State Fair Booth only requires 4 hours of your time. Your entry to the fair and parking are free. I promise you that you will receive much more in return, from the people you speak with, than you will give. You will meet people who have different levels of interest in birds and birding. You will meet people who will be glad that there is someone there to answer a question that has been bothering them for some time. You will have fun and you will be able to do something for the MOU. I hope that all of you will consider volunteering your time and that Bob is overrun with volunteers. In case you are wondering, yes we volunteer for this event each year and we always have a good time. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmartin@skypoint.com From mail@elijahtech.com Wed Aug 4 04:19:05 2004 From: mail@elijahtech.com (Elijah Parker) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:19:05 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Volunteers In-Reply-To: <000701c479ca$c9cc9880$0b2e56c7@oemcomputer> References: <000701c479ca$c9cc9880$0b2e56c7@oemcomputer> Message-ID: <200408032219.06612.mail@elijahtech.com> So how do I register for this? Thanks! -Elijah On Tuesday August 3 2004 9:28 pm, Dennis/Barbara Martin wrote: > I am writing this to encourage MOU members to volunteer at the > State Fair Booth. > > I noticed that Bob Dunlap has put out a second email asking for volunteers > and the amount of slots filled does not seem to be much more than was shown > in his first email. > > Volunteering at the State Fair Booth only requires 4 hours of your > time. Your entry to the fair and parking are free. I promise you > that you will receive much more in return, from the people you > speak with, than you will give. You will meet people who have > different levels of interest in birds and birding. You will meet > people who will be glad that there is someone there to answer > a question that has been bothering them for some time. You will > have fun and you will be able to do something for the MOU. > > I hope that all of you will consider volunteering your time and that > Bob is overrun with volunteers. In case you are wondering, yes > we volunteer for this event each year and we always have a > good time. > > Dennis and Barbara Martin > dbmartin@skypoint.com > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From EgretCMan@aol.com Wed Aug 4 06:00:39 2004 From: EgretCMan@aol.com (EgretCMan@aol.com) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:00:39 EDT Subject: [mou] SW Minnesota - August 1 - 3, 2004 Message-ID: <19f.27d205a7.2e41c777@aol.com> -------------------------------1091595639 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit August 1 - 3, 2004 Enjoyed the birds and flowers in South Western Minnesota while leading a MRVAC field trip over the last few days. Here are a few of the highlights from the 112 species observed by the group. Common Loon - August 2, - Lyon County - Cottonwood Lake - A single immature Common Loon was observed on Cottonwood Lake from the park on the East side of the lake. Clark's Grebe - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Timm Lake - A single Clark's Grebe was observed on the South side of Timm Lake. The bird was observed from CR 46 on the Redwood County line at 10:30am. Snow Goose - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Echo Sewage Ponds, 1 mile West of Hyw 67 and South 1/4 mile. - A single Blue phase Snow Goose was observed sitting on the grassy edge of the sewage ponds at 10:00am. Swainson's hawk - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Two birds were observed along CR 29, 1/2 a mile East of CR 12. Gray Partridge - August 2, Yellow Medicine County - 1. From the intersection of CR 15 & CR 30, go 1.5 miles West, then turn South. 13 Gray Partridge were observed about 1/2 South of CR 30/CR E5 at 3:30pm. There were 7 adults and 6 Juvenile birds in the flock that we observed and heard. We also observed several more Gray Partridge along CR 12, 1.5 miles North of CR 29 at 4:00pm Olive-sided Flycatcher - August 2, Chippewa County - South side of Granite Gneiss Scientific & Natural Area, along 170th St SE - A single Olive-sided Flycatcher was observed hawking insects on a dead snag on the South side of the road. Western Kingbird - August 2, Yellow Medicine County - CR 29, 3/4 of a mile East of Hyw 68 - 4 birds, CR 30, 2 miles West of the town of Canby - 3 birds Blue Grosbeak - August 1, Renville County - From CR 12 South & CR 15, go 1 mile East and turn left. Go about 1/2 mile and you will observe a gravel quarry on your left. The birds were seen and heard in this area, sitting on Power lines and in the Cottonwood trees. There were at least 4 birds observed at this location. The birds were initially observed by Jeanne & Rick Specht. Orchard Oriole - August 1, 3 - Renville County - Same location as the Blue Grosbeak. Craig Mandel - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1091595639 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
August 1 - 3, 2004
 
Enjoyed the birds and flowers in South Western Minnesota while leading=20= a MRVAC field trip over the last few days.  Here are a few of the=20= highlights from the 112 species observed by the group.
 
Common Loon - August 2, -  Lyon County - Cottonwood Lake - A singl= e immature Common
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;    Loon was observed on Cottonwood Lake from the p= ark on the
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;    East side of the lake.
 
Clark's Grebe - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Timm Lake - A sing= le Clark's Grebe
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  was observed on the South side of Timm Lake.  The bird was=20=
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  observed from CR 46 on the Redwood County line at 10:30am.
 
Snow Goose - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Echo Sewage Ponds, 1=20= mile West of
            = ;            &nb= sp;            =20=  Hyw 67 and South 1/4 mile. - A single Blue phase Snow Goose
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp; was observed sitting on the grassy edge of the sewage ponds
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp; at 10:00am.
 
Swainson's hawk - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Two birds were o= bserved along
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;       CR 29, 1/2 a mile East of CR 12.
 
Gray Partridge - August 2, Yellow Medicine County - 1. From the in= tersection of CR 15 &
            = ;            &nb= sp;            =20= CR 30, go 1.5 miles West, then turn South.  13 Gray Partridge
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;were observed about 1/2 South of CR 30/CR E5 at 3:30pm. 
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp; There were 7 adults and 6 Juvenile birds in the flock that we
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp; observed and heard.  We also observed several more Gray
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp; Partridge along CR 12, 1.5 miles North of CR 29 at 4:00pm
 
Olive-sided  Flycatcher - August 2, Chippewa County - South side o= f Granite Gneiss
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;            &nbs= p;Scientific & Natural Area, along 170th St SE - A single
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;            = ; Olive-sided Flycatcher was observed hawking insects
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;            = ; on a dead snag on the South side of the road.
 
Western Kingbird - August 2, Yellow Medicine County - CR 29, 3/4 of a m= ile East of Hyw
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;     68 - 4 birds, CR 30, 2 miles West of the=20= town of Canby - 3
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;     birds
 
Blue Grosbeak - August 1, Renville County - From CR 12 South = & CR 15, go 1 mile East
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  and turn left.  Go about 1/2 mile and you will ob= serve a gravel
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  quarry on your left.  The birds were seen and heard in this=
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  area, sitting on Power lines and in the Cottonwood tre= es.  There
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  were at least 4 birds observed at this location.  The=20= birds were
            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  initially observed by Jeanne & Rick Specht.
 
Orchard Oriole - August 1, 3 - Renville County - Same location as the B= lue Grosbeak.
 
 
Craig Mandel - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN
-------------------------------1091595639-- From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Wed Aug 4 23:12:52 2004 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:12:52 EDT Subject: [mou] Douglas Cnty Occasional Big Day Message-ID: <1da.27ff431c.2e42b964@aol.com> Hello All- Announcing the results of the 3rd Annual Douglas Country Big Day by the Ellis family. Participating were dad John, and sons/brothers Jesse (me, writing) and Alex. Due to time contraints, we made the unusual decision to do our Big Day from 6pm August 2nd to 6pm August 3rd, which made for much different general bird-finding tactics. Total for the day was 118 species, a little below our goal of 120. Weather was great (clear, still, 83 degrees) the evening of the 2nd, but the third dawned a little chilly, and never topped 66 degrees, and a breeze picked up toward the end of the count period. Highlights in taxonomic order: Cattle Egret, seen on the Grant Co. line near Pelican Lake, as a single flyover SNOW GOOSE - we found a Blue Goose at the Osakis sewage ponds. This bird was seen both the evening of the 2nd and late in the day on the 3rd. Osprey - a pair was circling over Swim Lake in the early minutes of our count 11 species of shorebirds, including RUDDY TURNSTONE at Osakis Sewage Ponds and American Woodcock doing a partial display twitter in NE Douglas Co. All expected Woodpeckers save Red-bellied Black-and-white Warbler All 8 expected breeding sparrows, including Grasshopper Sparrow Weak spots in our list included a few big duck misses, such as Gadwall, Ruddy Duck, and Ringneck, disappointingly few migrant warblers, a general scarcity of raptors besides Kestrel and Red-tail (we missed Broad-wing, Cooper's, Swainson's and Bald Eagle, and only had singles of Red-shoulder and Sharpie), and several misses and near misses on normally common breeders, such as Tanager and Virginia Rail. The last is one of the challenges of a late summer big day, I guess. Also, we had very few locations with shorebirds present. However, it was exciting to explore our favorite county, try a new and unusual Big Day format, and find some good birds for August in the county. If anyone has questions, either reply to this address to my father, John, or email me at jme29@cornell.edu. Good birding, Jesse Ellis From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Aug 6 01:17:11 2004 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony X. Hertzel) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 19:17:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 5 August 2004 Message-ID: --============_-1120371059==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 5th. A CLARK'S GREBE was on Timm Lake in Yellow Medicine County on August 2nd. Craig Mandel found it on the southern shore from county road 46 on the Redwood County line. On the same day he found a SNOW GOOSE at the Echo sewage ponds in Yellow Medicine County. The August 1st shorebird survey in Big Stone County produced 6124 total individuals of 18 species. The survey covered 120 miles and recorded a record high 176 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a record high 2287 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a record high 44 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Other birds recorded include 143 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, and 1 SANDERLING. Unusual was the ROSS'S GOOSE seen south of Lamberton in Cottonwood County on July 29th, but no specific location was given Finally, I have a belated report from July 20th of a pair of THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS seen along Koochiching County Road 13, 2.3 miles south of county road 1. This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message. MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at . MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com. In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700. The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 12th. -- Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --============_-1120371059==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" MOU RBA 5 August 2004
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 5th.

A CLARK'S GREBE was on Timm Lake in Yellow Medicine County on August 2nd. Craig Mandel found it on the southern shore from county road 46 on the Redwood County line. On the same day he found a SNOW GOOSE at the Echo sewage ponds in Yellow Medicine County.

The August 1st shorebird survey in Big Stone County produced 6124 total individuals of 18 species. The survey covered 120 miles and recorded a record high 176 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a record high 2287 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a record high 44 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Other birds recorded include 143 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, and 1 SANDERLING.

Unusual was the ROSS'S GOOSE seen south of Lamberton in Cottonwood County on July 29th, but no specific location was given

Finally, I have a belated report from July 20th of a pair of THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS seen along Koochiching County Road 13, 2.3 miles south of county road 1.

This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club.

The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message.

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--============_-1120371059==_ma============-- From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Aug 6 02:07:44 2004 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:07:44 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, August 6,2004 Message-ID: <000801c47b51$ce76dc00$14b391ce@main> This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, August 6 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. The northwest had a much desired week of wonderful weather this past week. Many young birds took the first lessons in survival, feeders were busy with parent birds teaching their young how to take advantage of the free meals found there, and shorebirds continue to move into the area on the southward migration. Roseau County species reported by Randy Prachar of the Roseau River WMA included four juvenile BALD EAGLES , a SWAINSON'S HAWK, and a MERLIN along the Roseau River. An OSPREY was seen at the Pool 2 spillway, and there are gathering numbers of shorebirds, CLIFF SWALLOWS, and BLACK TERNS at the WMA. At Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, there were nearly 1100 shorebirds of 14 species present on Middle CCC Pool on Monday, August 2nd. Included in this total were 70 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and 447 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. In Pennington County there were seven SANDHILL CRANES in a field along Johnson Drive near Thief River Falls on August 4th. Nancy Jackson found a RED-NECKED GREBE family with three very young babies at Hitterdahl Pond in Clay County on July 30th. There were two reports of NORTHERN CARDINALS in Becker County. Dave and Betty Hochhalter have had a pair around their place all summer, and Millie Gildersleeve saw a pair feeding nine babies at the feeder at her home on Cotton Lake near Tamarac NWR on July 5th. The John Ellis family did some birding in Douglas County on the weekend, and they reported a CATTLE EGRET on Pelican Lake, a SNOW GOOSE at the Osakis wastewater treatment ponds, and an OSPREY at Swim Lake. A RUDDY TURNSTONE was at the Osakis wastewater treatment ponds, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK in the northeast part of the county; sparrows included a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. Thanks to Dave and Betty Hochhalter, Nancy Jackson, Jesse Ellis, Millie Gildersleeve, Randy Prachar, and Alex Wendorf for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com 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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, August 13, 2004. From chetmeyers@visi.com Sat Aug 7 01:13:19 2004 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (Chet Meyers) Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:13:19 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sod Farms - no go Message-ID: <20040807001319.AD0647A926@taranis.mc.mpls.visi.com> Visited both the Empire and Castle Rock sod farms today (Aug. 6)and no shorebirds. Was hoping for early buff-breasted. The Castle Rock sod farms are about one half stripped of sod, which may bode well if we get a lot of rain this fall. Chet Meyers, Hennepin County From smithville4@charter.net Sun Aug 8 21:43:33 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Michael Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:43:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Field trip cancelled Message-ID: <001d01c47d88$5f6ab730$a7a87044@family> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C47D5E.7646B640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello: The Sept 5th MOU field trip is cancelled. I tried to find some people = that could lead the trip but no one was avail and most had prior = obligations. I had to cancel because Sept 5th is the same day we are = celebrating my daughters birthday. I thought without asking my wife, = Monica that we would be celebrating the weekend before but I was wrong = as usual it is the weekend afterwards we are celebrating Becca's = birthday. I apologize for any inconvenience. There is still some room on the Sept 25th trip to Duluth, the October = trip is filling fast, the November trip still has room as well. The next trip coming up is August 21. Chet Meyers is doing a lot of = scouting for me and we'll head to the areas that will give us plenty of = shorebirds to find and study. We'll also bird around Carver park for = early migrants and residents. Mike Hendrickson ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C47D5E.7646B640 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello:
 
The Sept 5th MOU field trip is = cancelled. I tried=20 to find some people that could lead the trip but no one was avail and = most had=20 prior obligations. I had to cancel because Sept 5th is the same day we = are=20 celebrating my daughters birthday. I thought without asking my wife, = Monica that=20 we would be celebrating the weekend before but I was wrong as usual it = is the=20 weekend afterwards we are celebrating Becca's birthday.
 
I apologize for any = inconvenience.
 
There is still some room on the Sept = 25th trip to=20 Duluth, the October trip is filling fast, the November trip still has = room as=20 well.
 
The next trip coming up is August 21. = Chet Meyers=20 is doing a lot of scouting for me and we'll head to the areas that will = give us=20 plenty of shorebirds to find and study. We'll also bird around Carver = park for=20 early migrants and residents.
 
Mike = Hendrickson
------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C47D5E.7646B640-- From svdbosse@charter.net Wed Aug 4 19:35:07 2004 From: svdbosse@charter.net (svdbosse@charter.net) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:35:07 +0000 Subject: [mou] Re: [mnbird] SW Minnesota - August 1 - 3, 2004 Message-ID: <3948se$51kt42@mxip10a.cluster1.charter.net> Dear all, i'm not sure how interesting this is to people, but on 5400 etc. North Shore Drive (my office is there on 5402) we have 2 what i believe to be Sharp-shinned hawks nesting or something?. i don't know where the nest is but they've been here for a couple of days already, just perching on the phone lines or on top of the roofs, keking away when an intruder is near, you can get real good views of them since they don't fly away when a human comes near. let me know if you want more details (i believe they are sharp-shinned because they are small, the kekking sounds like them and the tail is squarish). Sandra > > From: EgretCMan@aol.com > Date: 2004/08/04 Wed AM 05:00:39 GMT > To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net, mou-net@cbs.umn.edu, axhertzel@sihope.com > Subject: [mnbird] SW Minnesota - August 1 - 3, 2004 > > August 1 - 3, 2004 > > Enjoyed the birds and flowers in South Western Minnesota while leading a > MRVAC field trip over the last few days. Here are a few of the highlights from > the 112 species observed by the group. > > Common Loon - August 2, - Lyon County - Cottonwood Lake - A single immature > Common > Loon was observed on Cottonwood > Lake from the park on the > East side of the lake. > > Clark's Grebe - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Timm Lake - A single > Clark's Grebe > was observed on the South side of > Timm Lake. The bird was > observed from CR 46 on the Redwood > County line at 10:30am. > > Snow Goose - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Echo Sewage Ponds, 1 mile > West of > Hyw 67 and South 1/4 mile. - A single > Blue phase Snow Goose > was observed sitting on the grassy > edge of the sewage ponds > at 10:00am. > > Swainson's hawk - August 2, - Yellow Medicine County - Two birds were > observed along > CR 29, 1/2 a mile East of CR 12. > > Gray Partridge - August 2, Yellow Medicine County - 1. From the intersection > of CR 15 & > CR 30, go 1.5 miles West, then turn > South. 13 Gray Partridge > were observed about 1/2 South of CR > 30/CR E5 at 3:30pm. > There were 7 adults and 6 Juvenile > birds in the flock that we > observed and heard. We also observed > several more Gray > Partridge along CR 12, 1.5 miles North > of CR 29 at 4:00pm > > Olive-sided Flycatcher - August 2, Chippewa County - South side of Granite > Gneiss > Scientific & Natural Area, > along 170th St SE - A single > Olive-sided Flycatcher was > observed hawking insects > on a dead snag on the > South side of the road. > > Western Kingbird - August 2, Yellow Medicine County - CR 29, 3/4 of a mile > East of Hyw > 68 - 4 birds, CR 30, 2 miles West > of the town of Canby - 3 > birds > > Blue Grosbeak - August 1, Renville County - From CR 12 South & CR 15, go 1 > mile East > and turn left. Go about 1/2 mile and > you will observe a gravel > quarry on your left. The birds were > seen and heard in this > area, sitting on Power lines and in > the Cottonwood trees. There > were at least 4 birds observed at > this location. The birds were > initially observed by Jeanne & Rick > Specht. > > Orchard Oriole - August 1, 3 - Renville County - Same location as the Blue > Grosbeak. > > > Craig Mandel - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN > > From Carcor3880@aol.com Wed Aug 4 21:18:16 2004 From: Carcor3880@aol.com (Carcor3880@aol.com) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:18:16 EDT Subject: [mou] Blackheaded Grosbeak Message-ID: <1c1.1c9381fe.2e429e88@aol.com> --part1_1c1.1c9381fe.2e429e88_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I had a Female Black Headed Grosbeak at my feeder. I live in Inver Grove Heights. 8/03/04. --part1_1c1.1c9381fe.2e429e88_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a Female Black Headed Grosbea= k at my feeder.  I live in Inver Grove Heights.
8/03/04. --part1_1c1.1c9381fe.2e429e88_boundary-- From judy@jimbrandenburg.com Sat Aug 7 00:40:02 2004 From: judy@jimbrandenburg.com (Judy Brandenburg) Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:40:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Blue Grosbeak Message-ID: There is a male Blue Grosbeak still singing on Friday, August 6 at the Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne, MN. He was seen near the bison viewing platform in the bushes to the east and west. Could be seen and heard from your car. Jim Brandenburg From Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com Mon Aug 9 15:22:38 2004 From: Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com (Paul Budde) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:22:38 -0500 Subject: [mou] 2004 Summer Season Message-ID: The summer season (6/1 - 7/31) has ended. If you will be sending in a seasonal report for inclusion in the summer summary to be published in The Loon, please do so now. Electronic reports should be e-mailed to me at this address by August 15th. (The deadline for electronic reports is always 15 days after the end of the season.) These reports include the files generated by the Minnesota Listing Software, data exported from Avisys, and other data exported to an "Excel" file (contact me for details). If you would rather submit by paper, please mail your forms directly to Peder Svingen, the Seasonal Reports Editor. Thanks for your observations and the details you provide! Paul Paul Budde Minneapolis, MN paul.budde@us.benfieldgroup.com From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Mon Aug 9 15:26:20 2004 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:26:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Eastern Bention Counties Report Message-ID: <002501c47e1c$d9d7f750$0c01a8c0@PastorAl> Over the last few days (niches of time while not in office), birded a radius of my southern Mille Lacs County residence - Sherburne NWR (Auto Trail, Blue Hill Trail, 175th Avenue), Pioneer Park, Highway 2 Ponds, Foley & Gilman Sewage Ponds and roads in between. Following is a list of 88 species seen & heard, with occasional comment: Common Loon (Auto Trail, mother & adolescent) Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican (diminished numbers) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Green Heron (very common & vocal) Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Redhead (single bird has been at Highway 2 ponds all summer) Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle (Osprey last week as well) Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Ring-necked Pheasant Sandhill Crane Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull Black Tern Rock Dove Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird (had been a few weeks since last sighting) Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker (somewhat surprisingly, on the Auto Tour) Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch (can pick up RB at the dunes) House Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet (coniferous stand on Blue Hill Trail, small flock there since I moved here in 12/03) Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Golden-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat (note low numbers of warblers - although we have 10 nesters in the area, becoming increasingly difficult to locate - hear or pish out - typical, but frustrating) Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow (first week I've missed Clay-colored in a while) Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Bobolink (although was good to see a small flock, circumstances weren't - flushed by zealous non-resident mower in our new development - who asserted that "there aren't any birds left there" - dozens, including many immatures, scattered - although we are likely to keep our five acres for breeders and feeders, will probably lose many species now that homes are being built) Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Orchard Oriole (Auto Tour, first right turn) Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch House Sparrow Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From blitkey@usfamily.net Mon Aug 9 16:34:00 2004 From: blitkey@usfamily.net (Bill Litkey) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:34:00 -0500 Subject: [mou] western MN shorebirding Message-ID: <000901c47e26$4c227480$0101a8c0@28litkeyhome> On Saturday I checked numerous sites in Big Stone C., some in Lac Qui Parle Co., including Salt Lake (which had a Willet), and found good numbers of just the commoner shorebirds. But the site with the greatest number was 2 mi. north, 2 mi. east of St. Leo in Yellow Medicine Co. Bill Litkey (of Oakdale) ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ From a_molson@unidial.com Mon Aug 9 18:57:53 2004 From: a_molson@unidial.com (A) Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 11:57:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] (no subject) Message-ID: ----------huikkyqqobldwxfqczru Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit new price


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I did this as soon as I realized who the originating email address was. As a rule of thumb always scan any attachments before opening them regardless of whether or not you know the person sending them. Terry Brashear MOU-NET Co-Moderator __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From mntallboy@earthlink.net Tue Aug 10 00:39:49 2004 From: mntallboy@earthlink.net (William Marengo) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:39:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Avocet - Eden Prairie Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C47E40.40DE3E50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those interested.. There was a single American Avocet in the middle of a wetland located in Eden Prairie today around 5:00pm. The wetland is in the southwest corner of the intersection of State Highway 5 and Prairie Center Drive. Best viewing of this area is from the parking lot on the south side of the Flagship Athletic Club located along Prairie Center Drive. Regards... ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C47E40.40DE3E50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Avocet - Eden Prairie

For those interested….

There was a single American Avocet in = the middle of a wetland located in Eden Prairie today around 5:00pm. The = wetland is in the southwest corner of the intersection of State Highway = 5 and Prairie Center Drive.  Best viewing of this area is from the = parking lot on the south side of the Flagship Athletic Club located = along Prairie Center Drive.

Regards...

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C47E40.40DE3E50-- From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Tue Aug 10 02:07:37 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:07:37 -0500 Subject: [mou] Avocet still present, Hennepin County Message-ID: <000c01c47e76$6d4b7940$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C47E4C.84008F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As of 7:30 this evening the American Avocet was still present at the = wetlands behind the Flagship Athletic Club in Eden Prairie. The bird = was feeding at the very northern edge of the wetlands, hanging around = with a group of Canada Geese. Nice find. -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C47E4C.84008F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
As of 7:30 this evening the American = Avocet was=20 still present at the wetlands behind the Flagship Athletic Club in Eden=20 Prairie.  The bird was feeding at the very northern edge of = the=20 wetlands, hanging around with a group of Canada Geese. Nice = find.
-Bob Dunlap, Carver=20 County
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C47E4C.84008F60-- From dbmartin@skypoint.com Tue Aug 10 16:13:32 2004 From: dbmartin@skypoint.com (Dennis/Barbara Martin) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:13:32 -0500 Subject: [mou] Shorebird spot in Yellow Medicine Co. References: <000701c471f8$c7cc4e60$a62dee42@28litkeyhome> Message-ID: <001501c47eec$9a7420e0$8c2e56c7@oemcomputer> Was at this spot on Monday. There were about 1000-1500 shorebirds present representing 14 species. With the cold north winds blowing strongly we would expect the birds to turn over rather rapidly in the coming days as southbound shorebird migration seems to be moving faster than in past years. We had one early adult Long-billed Dowitcher in the group and this is much earlier than we usually record them. Also present were two white phase Snow Geese. This area is marked on maps as Lanners Lake and is a WMA. We am pretty sure that this WMA has been drained to facilitate growth and thus will be good all fall (there is plenty of water left) and maybe even next spring if we don't get too much winter precipitation. Access is easy from the road on the north side and also along the south property line from the road on the west side where a vehicle has made nice tracks in the vegation. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmartin@skypoint.com From: "Bill Litkey" To: "MOU" Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:37 PM Subject: [mou] Shorebird spot in Yellow Medicine Co. Large numbers of shorebirds are appearing at a location 2 miles north, 2 miles east (or vice versa if you prefer) of St. Leo in Yellow Medicine Co. Bill Litkey From Nancy Nielson" Message-ID: <001a01c47ef0$4f3a2d00$59d93d40@S0030259462> Hello all, You do realize that often it may have a name of the "offending" account, but it may be a phony. I have seen email that contains my name and email address and it has not come from me! Perhaps this "offender" wasn't the real culprit, someone simply hijacked their name, happens all the time these days. As a rule of thumb the most important thing you can do is get an anti-viral software and keep it up to date. You can set Norton to get updates automatically. Have it scan your incoming and outgoing mail. If you are using Microsoft products, make sure you are getting the updates from Microsoft. They come frequently, and there is a big one coming in the next couple of weeks. Another trick a computer expert told me about, is to put your first entry in your address book, something like 000Virus Alert! It doesn't have an actual address so will hang up and alert you to a virus trying to send emails to people in your address book. If you have anti-viral software and keep it up to date, and also those Microsoft updates,if you use Microsoft products, you should be protected. Any attachments,or emails will be scanned for viruses, Norton catches emails that don't even have an attachment, but have a virus in them. I get a high volume of email for several businesses we have. Some days I get 10-20 emails containing a virus, and often they will contain the names of people I communicate with, but they are not from them. I have checked into it and there is no way to trace them if their tracks are covered. The scoundrels are getting trickier and trickier, its a daily ritual to make sure I have all the latest updates from Norton and Microsoft. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terence Brashear" To: Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:40 PM Subject: [mou] Virus posts > Hello > > The offending account that was sending out the > attachment with the virus has been removed from the > list. > > I did this as soon as I realized who the originating > email address was. > > As a rule of thumb always scan any attachments before > opening them regardless of whether or not you know the > person sending them. > > Terry Brashear > MOU-NET Co-Moderator > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > From Robert_Russell@fws.gov Tue Aug 10 19:17:39 2004 From: Robert_Russell@fws.gov (Robert_Russell@fws.gov) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:17:39 -0500 Subject: [mou] Arctic shorebird status Message-ID: This comes from the Ontario bird net with thanks to Ron Pittaway and Jean Irons: Very few southbound juvenile shorebirds from the arctic are currently migrating through southern Ontario indicating a failed nesting season for many northern species. For example, at Townsend Sewage Lagoons near Lake Erie on 8 August, Kevin McLaughlin saw 400-500 adult Semipalmated Sandpipers and only one juvenile. He saw only 5-6 juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs among 200-300 adults and had few juvenile Least Sandpipers. Juveniles of all these species should be common by now. This spring and summer have been exceptionally cold, wet and windy in much of northern Canada from James Bay to the High Arctic Islands. Here are reports from six biologists and birders, five of whom were in the north this summer. 1. Ken Ross, waterfowl and shorebird biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service: "It looks to me that there has been a general failure of breeding shorebirds from the Hudson Bay Lowlands north. Certainly goose productivity was well down along the Hudson Bay coast where it was still winter in late May. And I have heard that the Arctic was even worse. Ken Abraham was telling me that shorebirds appeared to be migrating earlier than usual in the James Bay area, probably reflecting a large proportion of failed breeders." 2. Ken Abraham, biologist and research scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), studies waterfowl and shorebirds around James Bay and Hudson Bay: He reports, "Strong indications that the extremely late year spring (May/June) and cold/wet summer (June-July) was indeed a poor year for breeding shorebirds. My student Linh Nguyen had a fair number of Semipalmated Plover nests this year, but a ragged nesting season with very high egg predation, really asynchronous timing and changes in nest density among areas, compared to his two previous summers. While banding 12-23 July we witnessed increasing numbers of Pectoral Sandpipers, a few Ruddy Turnstones, hundreds of both species of yellowlegs and a very early massing of Marbled Godwits (in my experience). We had Marbled Godwits in flocks alone and mixed with Hudsonian Godwits at several locations from the extreme south end of James Bay (Hannah Bay) up to Lake River and including Akimiski Island (largest island in James Bay). I suspect that Marbled Godwit, in particular, had a poor year, but possibly so did Hudsonian Godwit." Note: isolated James Bay population of Marbled Godwits is probably about 3000 birds. 3. Don Sutherland, zoologist with the Natural Heritage Information Centre of the OMNR, reported: "My guess is that there was widespread nest failure of shorebirds and many other arctic-subarctic bird species in eastern Canada. When we arrived at the Pen Islands (Ontario/Manitoba border of Hudson Bay) on June 23rd, things really hadn't started yet. There was still substantial ice on many of the larger lakes, large snowdrifts in the lee of ridges and spruce copses, hardly a hint of plant growth anywhere, and several inches of water on the wet tundra. Many of the local species including the common shorebird species (Stilt Sandpiper, Dunlin, Least Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Short-billed Dowitcher, Hudsonian Godwit, Whimbrel, Red-necked Phalarope, American Golden-Plover) were displaying, but weren't behaving as though they had initiated nests. After a few days we started flushing more birds from scrapes and partial clutches and by the time we departed on July 7th there were even some clutches starting to hatch (e.g., Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper). More telling though were the large flocks of shorebirds present throughout the period. These were either failed breeders or birds which had just opted not to try. Among these were substantial mixed flocks of Hudsonian Godwits and Short-billed Dowitchers (which breed more commonly in the taiga-tundra transition) and large mixed species aggregations including large numbers of Stilt Sandpipers (150 in one flock). Many of these flocks were concentrated in ponds along the coast, but were also present six or more kilometres inland. Also of interest was the near absence of both Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper. These should have been present and not uncommon (as they have been in other years) on the gravel ridges bordering wet tundra near the coast, but we saw very few of either and found no nests. Other species which typically breed further inland (e.g., both yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gulls) were also loafing in ponds near the coast. Waterfowl also had a poor time of it. Large numbers of scaup of both species just hanging around and no evidence of breeding even by Long-tailed Ducks which were just sitting in pairs on ponds. There was a total failure of the Snow Goose colony and near total failure of locally breeding Canada Geese. This phenomenon wasn't restricted to the Ontario coast as Churchill apparently was a bust as were other places in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Just one of those years!" 4. Farther north, Jim Richards of Orono, Ontario, spent 27 June - 13 July at Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island in Nunavut Territory. He reported, "That overall numbers of birds present at the end of June was down by at least 60%. Of those there only a small percentage were actually nesting. In past years species such as Semipalmated Sandpipers were usually found at a rate of 4-6 nests per day with normal walking. This year I found one nest in 16 days! Needless to say, it was very cold, very wet and very windy." 5. Glenn Coady of Toronto, Ontario, was atlassing in the Hudson Bay Lowlands and was in contact with other groups in the north: He summarized, "Discussing shorebird nesting success with all the Ontario Hudson Bay atlas groups, Mark Peck's experience on Southampton Island in Nunavut, Jim Richards' experience at Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, as well as one of my birding friends who was at Churchill this summer, it would appear very few shorebirds were able to successfully breed in the frigid conditions across the arctic this summer. Many didn't even attempt to nest, and a lot of those that did likely failed in the horrific windstorms. Jim Richards told me that areas he covered at Cambridge Bay that normally would have resulted in sightings of 70 Semipalmated Sandpipers and 30 Baird's Sandpipers per day, proved this summer to be lucky to find more than one or two birds. He found only one Semipalmated Sandpiper nest the entire trip, and it only had a clutch of two eggs. The fact that it also was a poor year for small mammals (and Canada Geese and Snow Geese failed en masse too) in much of the arctic meant what few shorebirds that were going to nest successfully probably encountered heavier than normal predation from foxes, jaegers, gulls and owls." 6. Alvaro Jaramillo of California on 6 August reported: "Juvenile shorebirds are down here already, but not the main push. It seems like a lot of the north was suffering from very bad weather. Alaska was very cold and rainy this season, I hope I am wrong and you begin to see a ton of juvenile shorebirds, but my guess is that it will be a weak year for them." *I hope that birders will report the numbers and age ratios of southbound arctic shorebirds during August, September and October. This will give us better information on the nesting success of northern shorebirds in 2004. Acknowledgements: The following biologists/birders were very helpful with information: Ken Abraham, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Glenn Coady, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas; Bill Crins, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Michel Gosselin, Canadian Museum of Nature; Jean Iron, Toronto, Ontario; Andrew Jano, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Alvaro Jaramillo, Half Moon Bay, California; Kevin McLaughlin, Hamilton, Ontario; Mark Peck, Royal Ontario Museum; Jim Richards, Orono, Ontario; Mike Runtz, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas; Ken Ross, Canadian Wildlife Service; Don Sutherland, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; and Ron Tozer, Dwight, Ontario. forwarded by Bob Russell From birdnird@yahoo.com Tue Aug 10 19:35:52 2004 From: birdnird@yahoo.com (Terence Brashear) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:35:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Virus posts In-Reply-To: <001a01c47ef0$4f3a2d00$59d93d40@S0030259462> Message-ID: <20040810183552.7129.qmail@web50308.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Nancy Thank you for the note. Prior to disabling the account I checked the symantec anti virus site for information on how this virus is delivered and assess the threat. This virus pirates the person's PC and sends out mail to everyone in the address book. The biosci server which hosts this list is using a Intrastore server which does reverse lookups to verify the orginating domain is not spoofed/phony. The virus stopped being mailed to the list as soon as I disabled the account. As a moderator I did what I thought was the best solution to put a stop to this. As you can see the virus stopped being mailed to the list as soon as I disabled the account. Like I said in my original note....the best policy is to not open attachments, even from people you know, without scanning them for viruses first. If anyone has any other virus related questions or questions regarding the list in general, please feel free to contact the moderators at mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu. Regards, Terry Brashear Co-Moderator MOU-NET --- Nancy Nielson wrote: > Hello all, > You do realize that often it may have a name of the > "offending" account, but > it may be a phony. > I have seen email that contains my name and email > address and it has not > come from me! > Perhaps this "offender" wasn't the real culprit, > someone simply hijacked > their name, happens all the time these days. > As a rule of thumb the most important thing you can > do is get an anti-viral > software and keep it up to date. You can set Norton > to get updates > automatically. > Have it scan your incoming and outgoing mail. > If you are using Microsoft products, make sure you > are getting the updates > from Microsoft. They come frequently, and there is a > big one coming in the > next couple of weeks. > > Another trick a computer expert told me about, is to > put your first entry in > your address book, something like 000Virus Alert! It > doesn't have an actual > address so will hang up and alert you to a virus > trying to send emails to > people in your address book. > > If you have anti-viral software and keep it up to > date, and also those > Microsoft updates,if you use Microsoft products, you > should be protected. > Any attachments,or emails will be scanned for > viruses, Norton catches emails > that don't even have an attachment, but have a virus > in them. > I get a high volume of email for several businesses > we have. > Some days I get 10-20 emails containing a virus, and > often they will contain > the names of people I communicate with, but they are > not from them. I have > checked into it and there is no way to trace them if > their tracks are > covered. > The scoundrels are getting trickier and trickier, > its a daily ritual to make > sure I have all the latest updates from Norton and > Microsoft. > > Nancy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terence Brashear" > To: > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:40 PM > Subject: [mou] Virus posts > > > > Hello > > > > The offending account that was sending out the > > attachment with the virus has been removed from > the > > list. > > > > I did this as soon as I realized who the > originating > > email address was. > > > > As a rule of thumb always scan any attachments > before > > opening them regardless of whether or not you know > the > > person sending them. > > > > Terry Brashear > > MOU-NET Co-Moderator > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > _______________________________________________ > > mou-net mailing list > > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From WWoessner@slwk.com Tue Aug 10 19:38:32 2004 From: WWoessner@slwk.com (Warren Woessner) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:38:32 -0500 Subject: [mou] RE: [mnbird] Avocet still present, Hennepin County Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C47F09.3D138BC5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I did not relocate the bird while searching from 1030-113- AM Tues Warren Woessner -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Bob Dunlap Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:08 PM To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net; mou-net@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mnbird] Avocet still present, Hennepin County =09 =09 As of 7:30 this evening the American Avocet was still present at the wetlands behind the Flagship Athletic Club in Eden Prairie. The bird was feeding at the very northern edge of the wetlands, hanging around with a group of Canada Geese. Nice find. -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------_=_NextPart_001_01C47F09.3D138BC5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I did=20 not relocate the bird while searching from 1030-113- AM = Tues
Warren=20 Woessner
-----Original Message-----
From:=20 mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net] = On=20 Behalf Of Bob Dunlap
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:08=20 PM
To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net;=20 mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
Subject: [mnbird] Avocet still present, = Hennepin=20 County

As of 7:30 this evening the American = Avocet was=20 still present at the wetlands behind the Flagship Athletic Club in = Eden=20 Prairie.  The bird was feeding at the very northern edge of = the=20 wetlands, hanging around with a group of Canada Geese. Nice = find.
-Bob Dunlap, Carver=20 County
=00 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C47F09.3D138BC5-- From tomgray@igc.org Tue Aug 10 23:09:04 2004 From: tomgray@igc.org (Tom Gray) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:09:04 -0400 Subject: [mou] Virus posts In-Reply-To: <001a01c47ef0$4f3a2d00$59d93d40@S0030259462> References: <20040809184036.22407.qmail@web50301.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20040810180140.039df5f8@pop2.igc.org> Correct, and this is a growing trend. I'd say there is about a 100% chance, today, that any e-mail with a virus attachment has falsified addresses in all address fields. Removing the "offender" is pointless. There are only two ways to prevent the spread of modern viruses (anything since "KLEZ"): (1) Moderate the listserve and delete virus messages; or (2) Allow nature to take its course and infect any machine whose owner STILL opens strangely-named, ambiguously-named, or unexpected attachments. I guess I prefer the former, since there are a few viruses that attempt to open automatically when viewed. Hmmm, make that (3)--don't know about this listserve, but Yahoo offers the option of discarding all attachments, and I use that on most lists. I also moderate MYSELF on all of the lists I manage, because of the false-address problem. Have caught several virus messages that way. Tom At 10:39 AM 8/10/2004 -0500, Nancy Nielson quoth: >Hello all, >You do realize that often it may have a name of the "offending" account, but >it may be a phony. >I have seen email that contains my name and email address and it has not >come from me! > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Terence Brashear" >To: >Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:40 PM >Subject: [mou] Virus posts > > > > Hello > > > > The offending account that was sending out the > > attachment with the virus has been removed from the > > list. > > > > I did this as soon as I realized who the originating > > email address was. From JPMCOCON@aol.com Wed Aug 11 21:32:38 2004 From: JPMCOCON@aol.com (JPMCOCON@aol.com) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:32:38 EDT Subject: [mou] Hybrid geese in MN? Message-ID: -------------------------------1092256358 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Last Friday, the 6th of August, I was at the St. Anthony Lock and Dam (#1) on the Mississippi River. In the spillway feeding into the river, we saw a group of about 8 Canada Geese, one of which caught my eye. It had orange legs, a grey chest and brown body (large, the same size as all the rest of the Canada Geese), a very dark neck and a totally white face with a dark eye. It had some mottled black/brown/white on top of its head and along the sides of it's 'cheeks' where the dark neck changed to the white face. I didn't think too much about it at the time, just chalked it it up to an oddly colored Canada, but this month's Alaska Magazine has a photo in it (September, '04, page 69) of what is thought to be a hybrid Snow x Canada Goose, and it is exactly like the one we saw last Friday. If anyone has seen or seeks out this bird, please let me know what you think. Thanks, Julie O. Duluth -------------------------------1092256358 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Last Friday, the 6th of August, I was at the St. Anthony Lock and Dam (= #1) on the Mississippi River.  In the spillway feeding into the river,=20= we saw a group of about 8 Canada Geese, one of which caught my eye.  It= had orange legs, a grey chest and brown body (large, the same size as all t= he rest of the Canada Geese), a very dark neck and a totally white face with= a dark eye.  It had some mottled black/brown/white on top of its head=20= and along the sides of it's 'cheeks' where the dark neck changed to the whit= e face.
 
I didn't think too much about it at the time, just chalked it it up to=20= an oddly colored Canada, but this month's Alaska Magazine has a photo i= n it (September, '04, page 69) of what is thought to be a hybrid Snow x Cana= da Goose, and it is exactly like the one we saw last Friday.
 
If anyone has seen or seeks out this bird, please let me know what= you think.
Thanks,
Julie O.
Duluth
-------------------------------1092256358-- From Pmegeland@aol.com Thu Aug 12 02:54:03 2004 From: Pmegeland@aol.com (Pmegeland@aol.com) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:54:03 EDT Subject: [mou] Shorebird spot in Yellow Medicine Co./ New Germany Message-ID: <53.12e3ab0e.2e4c27bb@aol.com> -------------------------------1092275643 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I visited Y M Co.today, 8/11, and found that most of the birds had moved on. There were only a couple of 100 birds of only 7or 8 species of which about 90% were Pectorals. I was out at New Germany yesterday morning and there were 500-600 shore birds of 11 species. Birds of interest at New G were Whiterumped S., Wilson Phalarope, Golden Plover, Stilt S., Paul Egeland -------------------------------1092275643 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I visited Y M Co.today, 8/11, and found that most of the birds had move= d=20 on. There were only a couple of 100 birds of only 7or 8 species of whic= h=20 about 90% were Pectorals. I was out at New Germany yesterday morning and the= re=20 were 500-600 shore birds of 11 species. Birds of interest at New G were=20 Whiterumped S., Wilson Phalarope, Golden Plover, Stilt S.,
Paul Egeland
 -------------------------------1092275643-- From sharonks@mn.rr.com Thu Aug 12 03:15:20 2004 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (sharonks@mn.rr.com) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:15:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] Membership Secretary Help Message-ID: I'm looking for an mou member that could help me manage the MOU database. Have a computer? Enjoy databases? Send me an email and we'll have coffee. Sharon Stiteler MOU Membership Secretary From drbenson@cpinternet.com Thu Aug 12 12:48:34 2004 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (David Benson) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:48:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 8/12/04 Message-ID: <8A79B94A-EC55-11D8-B5BF-000A95AC3AF2@cpinternet.com> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 12, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Gordy Martinson reported that an albino AMERICAN CROW has been around the Lester Park Golf Course the past few days. Kim Eckert reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS along Kent Road near UMD as recently as yesterday. He also saw an unusually large number of PURPLE MARTINS (30-40) gathering at Minnesota Point. Fall migration will really pick up soon. Reports of significant sightings are appreciated. Among other things to watch for, the evening movement of Common Nighthawks through Duluth will be sometime over the next couple of weeks. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 19. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, or send an e-mail to to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org. From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Aug 13 02:22:14 2004 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:22:14 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, August 13, 2004 Message-ID: <000601c480d3$f8247490$15b391ce@main> This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, August 13 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. Weather has seemingly returned to fall conditions this week in the northwest; a welcome rain came through with a cold front, and the cold has lingered all week. It promises to improve on the weekend. Reports this week have centered on young birds and shorebirds who are on the way south again. Shelley Steva was birding at Bisson Lake in Becker County on August 10th where she found 75 shorebirds. These included many PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 9 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and 20 WILSON'S PHALAROPES.=20 Polk County species reported by Bruce Flaig in the southeastern part of the county were a COMMON LOON chick, and two young RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS.=20 In Pennington County, Shelley Steva saw a MERLIN in Thief River Falls, while Sue Braastad reported 15-20 PINE SISKINS at her feeder near Thief River Falls on August 10th. At Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, shorebirds continue to gather on Middle CCC Pool in the interior of the refuge. On Sunday, I found twelve species there with the majority being LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORALS, and peeps. Numbers of WILSON'S SNIPE appeared to be increasing.=20 Pat DeWenter in Bemidji, Beltrami County, reported a pair of PILEATED WOODPECKERS feeding two young at her feeder. Two female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS came to the feeder of Pat Rice in Bemidji on August 4th, while on the 6th, she had a visit from 15-20 PINE SISKINS. It is interesting that these usually winter visitors are showing up at this time- hope it is not a sign of an early fall. Thanks to Pat DeWenter, Pat Rice, Bruce Flaig, Shelley Steva, Alex Wendorf, Mary Wyatt, and Sue Braastad for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com 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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, August 20, 2004. From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Fri Aug 13 03:15:59 2004 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:15:59 EDT Subject: [mou] Dakota Cnty birding spots report Message-ID: <1db.28ad2790.2e4d7e5f@aol.com> Birded N. Dakota County this afternoon. Lake Byllesby is still high. No mudflats were visible from the Park at the west end. Sod farms at Castle Rock had only a few Killdeer and swallows...same at the Empire sod farms. The 180th St marsh had one Spotted Sandpiper, but some mud at the edges of the ponds looked attractive. The 140th St. marsh had nothing of note. Saw two Loggerhead Shrike on Dakota 80S just west of its intersection with Dakota Cnty 79. Saw 7-8 Redtail Hawks, 4 Coopers Hawks (One pair and two singles), three Eagles and one Harrier. The Eagles were soaring at Schaars Bluff. A beautiful afternoon but nothing unusual by way of birding. John Ellis, St. Paul From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Aug 13 04:39:53 2004 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony X. Hertzel) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:39:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 12 August 2004 Message-ID: --============_-1119754096==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 12th. As is typical at this time of year, the majority of reports are of southbound shorebirds. An August 6th survey of Mud Lake in Traverse County as well as several spots in Lac Qui Parle County produced a total of 15,232 shorebirds, and among the 23 species found were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. As well, large numbers of shorebirds were reported from a wetland two miles north and two miles east of St. Leo in Yellow Medicine County. On the 10th there were as many as 1500 shorebirds present of 14 species. And on the 9th, an AMERICAN AVOCET was at a wetland in Eden Prairie, Dakota County. The location is in the southwest corner of the intersection of state highway 5 and Prairie Center Drive. This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message. MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at . MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com. In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700. The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 19th. -- Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --============_-1119754096==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" MOU RBA 12 August 2004
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 12th.

As is typical at this time of year, the majority of reports are of southbound shorebirds.

An August 6th survey of Mud Lake in Traverse County as well as several spots in Lac Qui Parle County produced a total of 15,232 shorebirds, and among the 23 species found were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.

As well, large numbers of shorebirds were reported from a wetland two miles north and two miles east of St. Leo in Yellow Medicine County. On the 10th there were as many as 1500 shorebirds present of 14 species.

And on the 9th, an AMERICAN AVOCET was at a wetland in Eden Prairie, Dakota County. The location is in the southwest corner of the intersection of state highway 5 and Prairie Center Drive.

This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club.

The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message.

MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at <david@cahlander.com>.

MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com.

In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700.

The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 19th.

--
Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
--============_-1119754096==_ma============-- From Chris Benson" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C48112.72C82410 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for the last post but this the first chance I've had to sit at a computer. On Wednesday evening I saw a Red-necked Phalarope at the Albany sewage ponds in Stearns county. It was feeding along the rip-rap and also swimming with the Franklin's Gulls in the far pond, past the little bridge along the gravel road the runs along facility. Chris Benson Rochester, MN ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C48112.72C82410 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sorry for the last post but this the = first chance=20 I've had to
sit at a computer.
On Wednesday evening I saw a Red-necked = Phalarope=20 at the
Albany sewage ponds in Stearns = county.
It was feeding along the rip-rap and = also swimming=20 with the
Franklin's Gulls in the far pond, past = the little=20 bridge along
the gravel road the runs along=20 facility.
 
Chris Benson
Rochester, = MN
------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C48112.72C82410-- From john.schladweiler@dnr.state.mn.us Fri Aug 13 15:34:32 2004 From: john.schladweiler@dnr.state.mn.us (John Schladweiler) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:34:32 -0500 Subject: [mou] Bad shorebird breeding year (long) Message-ID: Received this from a list serve today. John Schladweiler New Ulm >>>Very few southbound juvenile shorebirds from the arctic are currently migrating through southern Ontario indicating a failed nesting season for many northern species. For example, at Townsend Sewage Lagoons near Lake Erie on 8 August, Kevin McLaughlin saw 400-500 adult Semipalmated Sandpipers and only one juvenile. He saw only 5-6 juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs among 200-300 adults and had few juvenile Least Sandpipers. Juveniles of all these species should be common by now. This spring and summer have been exceptionally cold, wet and windy in much of northern Canada from James Bay to the High Arctic Islands. Here are reports from six biologists and birders, five of whom were in the north this summer. 1. Ken Ross, waterfowl and shorebird biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service: "It looks to me that there has been a general failure of breeding shorebirds from the Hudson Bay Lowlands north. Certainly goose productivity was well down along the Hudson Bay coast where it was still winter in late May. And I have heard that the Arctic was even worse. Ken Abraham was telling me that shorebirds appeared to be migrating earlier than usual in the James Bay area, probably reflecting a large proportion of failed breeders." 2. Ken Abraham, biologist and research scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), studies waterfowl and shorebirds around James Bay and Hudson Bay: He reports, "Strong indications that the extremely late year spring (May/June) and cold/wet summer (June-July) was indeed a poor year for breeding shorebirds. My student Linh Nguyen had a fair number of Semipalmated Plover nests this year, but a ragged nesting season with very high egg predation, really asynchronous timing and changes in nest density among areas, compared to his two previous summers. While banding 12-23 July we witnessed increasing numbers of Pectoral Sandpipers, a few Ruddy Turnstones, hundreds of both species of yellowlegs and a very early massing of Marbled Godwits (in my experience). We had Marbled Godwits in flocks alone and mixed with Hudsonian Godwits at several locations from the extreme south end of James Bay (Hannah Bay) up to Lake River and including Akimiski Island (largest island in James Bay). I suspect that Marbled Godwit, in particular, had a poor year, but possibly so did Hudsonian Godwit." Note: isolated James Bay population of Marbled Godwits is probably about 3000 birds. 3. Don Sutherland, zoologist with the Natural Heritage Information Centre of the OMNR, reported: "My guess is that there was widespread nest failure of shorebirds and many other arctic-subarctic bird species in eastern Canada. When we arrived at the Pen Islands (Ontario/Manitoba border of Hudson Bay) on June 23rd, things really hadn't started yet. There was still substantial ice on many of the larger lakes, large snowdrifts in the lee of ridges and spruce copses, hardly a hint of plant growth anywhere, and several inches of water on the wet tundra. Many of the local species including the common shorebird species (Stilt Sandpiper, Dunlin, Least Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Short-billed Dowitcher, Hudsonian Godwit, Whimbrel, Red-necked Phalarope, American Golden-Plover) were displaying, but weren't behaving as though they had initiated nests. After a few days we started flushing more birds from scrapes and partial clutches and by the time we departed on July 7th there were even some clutches starting to hatch (e.g., Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper). More telling though were the large flocks of shorebirds present throughout the period. These were either failed breeders or birds which had just opted not to try. Among these were substantial mixed flocks of Hudsonian Godwits and Short-billed Dowitchers (which breed more commonly in the taiga-tundra transition) and large mixed species aggregations including large numbers of Stilt Sandpipers (150 in one flock). Many of these flocks were concentrated in ponds along the coast, but were also present six or more kilometres inland. Also of interest was the near absence of both Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper. These should have been present and not uncommon (as they have been in other years) on the gravel ridges bordering wet tundra near the coast, but we saw very few of either and found no nests. Other species which typically breed further inland (e.g., both yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gulls) were also loafing in ponds near the coast. Waterfowl also had a poor time of it. Large numbers of scaup of both species just hanging around and no evidence of breeding even by Long-tailed Ducks which were just sitting in pairs on ponds. There was a total failure of the Snow Goose colony and near total failure of locally breeding Canada Geese. This phenomenon wasn't restricted to the Ontario coast as Churchill apparently was a bust as were other places in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Just one of those years!" 4. Farther north, Jim Richards of Orono, Ontario, spent 27 June - 13 July at Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island in Nunavut Territory. He reported, "That overall numbers of birds present at the end of June was down by at least 60%. Of those there only a small percentage were actually nesting. In past years species such as Semipalmated Sandpipers were usually found at a rate of 4-6 nests per day with normal walking. This year I found one nest in 16 days! Needless to say, it was very cold, very wet and very windy." 5. Glenn Coady of Toronto, Ontario, was atlassing in the Hudson Bay Lowlands and was in contact with other groups in the north: He summarized, "Discussing shorebird nesting success with all the Ontario Hudson Bay atlas groups, Mark Peck's experience on Southampton Island in Nunavut, Jim Richards' experience at Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, as well as one of my birding friends who was at Churchill this summer, it would appear very few shorebirds were able to successfully breed in the frigid conditions across the arctic this summer. Many didn't even attempt to nest, and a lot of those that did likely failed in the horrific windstorms. Jim Richards told me that areas he covered at Cambridge Bay that normally would have resulted in sightings of 70 Semipalmated Sandpipers and 30 Baird's Sandpipers per day, proved this summer to be lucky to find more than one or two birds. He found only one Semipalmated Sandpiper nest the entire trip, and it only had a clutch of two eggs. The fact that it also was a poor year for small mammals (and Canada Geese and Snow Geese failed en masse too) in much of the arctic meant what few shorebirds that were going to nest successfully probably encountered heavier than normal predation from foxes, jaegers, gulls and owls." 6. Alvaro Jaramillo of California on 6 August reported: "Juvenile shorebirds are down here already, but not the main push. It seems like a lot of the north was suffering from very bad weather. Alaska was very cold and rainy this season, I hope I am wrong and you begin to see a ton of juvenile shorebirds, but my guess is that it will be a weak year for them." *I hope that birders will report the numbers and age ratios of southbound arctic shorebirds during August, September and October. This will give us better information on the nesting success of northern shorebirds in 2004. Acknowledgements: The following biologists/birders were very helpful with information: Ken Abraham, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Glenn Coady, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas; Bill Crins, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Michel Gosselin, Canadian Museum of Nature; Jean Iron, Toronto, Ontario; Andrew Jano, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Alvaro Jaramillo, Half Moon Bay, California; Kevin McLaughlin, Hamilton, Ontario; Mark Peck, Royal Ontario Museum; Jim Richards, Orono, Ontario; Mike Runtz, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas; Ken Ross, Canadian Wildlife Service; Don Sutherland, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; and Ron Tozer, Dwight, Ontario. Happy shorebirding, Ron Pittaway Ontario Field Ornithologists Minden and Toronto ON From two-jays@att.net Fri Aug 13 18:20:24 2004 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:20:24 -0700 Subject: [mou] shade-grown coffee Message-ID: Most of you know of my interest in birds and bird conservation. Preservation of Central American forests is important to conservation of many species of birds that spend their breeding season here. Coffee, another of my special interests and loves, can be grown in sun or shade. Shade-grown coffee preserves the forest. Coffee also can be grown with or without chemicals. And it can provide a decent income for the farmers who tend the crop. I want to share with you a source of shade-grown, chemical-free coffee that returns the full purchase price to the farmers who grow the coffee. Plus, you get wonderful coffee for less than half of what you would pay in the store -- 17 ounces for five dollars (plus the cost of shipment; small). The brand is Juan Ana, the sponsor of this project a mission run by the Archdiocese of New Ulm, Minnesota. The coffee is grown in the mountains of Guatemala by Mayan people, shipped by air to New Ulm, with orders filled there by a corps of volunteers. Here is the web site. Give it a try. It is a good idea in so many ways. www.juananacoffee.com Jim Williams From earlorf@uslink.net Sat Aug 14 01:59:42 2004 From: earlorf@uslink.net (Earl Orf) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:59:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Three-toed Woodpecker Message-ID: <000501c48199$fc53db70$4002fea9@TOSHIBAEARL> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C48170.137DD370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A recent RBA report mentioned a pair of Three-toed Woodpeckers in Koochiching County. I headed up there today and found the female in = exactly the spot mentioned (2.3 miles south of the intersection of CR 1 and 13). = At one point I heard drumming coming from both sides of the road so I think both of them were present. =20 Along CR 13 I also saw 3 Gray Jays and several kinds of warblers (Palm, Nashville, B&W, Canada, Chestnut-sided, Redstart, Yellowthroat). =20 =20 Earl Orf ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C48170.137DD370 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 A recent RBA report mentioned a pair of = Three-toed Woodpeckers in Koochiching County.  I headed up there today and found the female in exactly the spot mentioned = (2.3 miles south of the intersection of CR 1 and 13).  At one point I = heard drumming coming from both sides of the road so I think both of them were present.

 

Along CR 13 I also saw 3 Gray Jays and several kinds = of warblers (Palm, Nashville, B&W, = Canada, Chestnut-sided, Redstart, Yellowthroat). 

 

Earl Orf

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rH0= ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C482A7.1584A3A0-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Sun Aug 15 16:11:30 2004 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony X. Hertzel) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:11:30 -0500 Subject: [mou] Neotropic Cormorant Message-ID: Phil Chu and Peder Svingen found a Neotropic Cormorant in Big Stone County this morning, 15 August. It was in a pot hole on the north side of Big Stone Road 67, three-quarters of a mile west of Big Stone Road 21. This is in Otrey Township. Updates are appreciated. -- Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com From markpalas@earthlink.net Sun Aug 15 18:49:31 2004 From: markpalas@earthlink.net (markpalas@earthlink.net) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:49:31 -0500 Subject: [mou] Long Eared Owl- St. Paul Message-ID: <75E7FD80-EEE3-11D8-BCBC-00039379D80A@earthlink.net> There is a long eared owl sitting in locust tree, two houses to the east of mine. At 1297 Sargent Ave, St. Paul. The tree he is sitting in is next to a very conspicuous dumpster. The bird has been there for approximately two hours. Good Luck Mark Palas St. Paul From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Sun Aug 15 21:43:27 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:43:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Neotropic Cormorant still present Message-ID: <000c01c48308$8468bc50$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C482DE.9B3F3D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Around 3:15 this afternoon I received a call from Kim Eckert saying that = he and his MN Birding Weekends group were able to find the Neotropic = Cormorant in Otrey Township, Big Stone County. -Bob Dunlap ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C482DE.9B3F3D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Around 3:15 this afternoon I = received a call=20 from Kim Eckert saying that he and his MN Birding Weekends group = were able=20 to find the Neotropic Cormorant in Otrey Township, Big Stone=20 County.
-Bob Dunlap
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C482DE.9B3F3D20-- From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Mon Aug 16 03:32:13 2004 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:32:13 EDT Subject: [mou] Heron Lake Message-ID: <1e1.28179fc0.2e5176ad@aol.com> Spent this morning at N. Heron Lake and environs. From 1100to 1400 White Pelicans in constant motion, hundreds of Gulls, Black Terns and ducks at too far a distance to ID made it quite a spectacle. Also saw an Am Bittern. A canoe would have been a treat. Missed Sat evening on the Great Tailed Grackles and the Black Headed Gull, but it was late. Saw a flock of 12-15 Grey Partridge fly across the road about 2 miles due N. of the Red Rock Prairie. Spotted a RHWoodpecker on Nicollet Co 5 about 1.5-2.5 miles E. of MN 15. John Ellis, St. Paul From JulianSellers@msn.com Sun Aug 15 19:04:38 2004 From: JulianSellers@msn.com (Julian Sellers) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:04:38 -0500 Subject: [mou] re: Long-eared Owl- St. Paul Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C482C8.6B83B400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Turn onto Sargent from Hamline. As you approach, you will see the = dumpster on the left (north) side of Sargent, and the Long-eared Owl is = visible in the locust tree above the dumpster. You can get a good front = view from the sidewalk. Julian ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C482C8.6B83B400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Turn onto Sargent from Hamline.  As you = approach, you=20 will see the dumpster on the left (north) side of Sargent, and the = Long-eared=20 Owl is visible in the locust tree above the dumpster.  You can = get a=20 good front view from the sidewalk.
 
Julian
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C482C8.6B83B400-- From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Mon Aug 16 04:48:29 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:48:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] Volunteers still needed for State Fair booth Message-ID: <001401c48343$e58c9660$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C48319.FBF7D240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Volunteers are still needed to fill the remaining shifts at the MOU = State Fair booth. Here are the shifts that are in need of volunteers = (no volunteers currently scheduled for these shifts): Saturday 8/28 5-9 pm Tuesday 8/31 1-5 pm Wednesday 9/1 5-9 pm Friday 9/3 5-9 pm Monday 9/6 1-5 pm 5-9 pm If anyone is willing to take any of these shifts, please let me know no = later than Wednesday. Either call me at 952-361-9628 or email me at = rmdbird@mn.rr.com.=20 -Bob Dunlap ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C48319.FBF7D240 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Volunteers are still needed to fill the = remaining=20 shifts at the MOU State Fair booth.  Here are the shifts that = are in=20 need of volunteers (no volunteers currently scheduled for these=20 shifts):
 
Saturday 8/28
5-9 pm
 
Tuesday 8/31
1-5 pm
 
Wednesday 9/1
5-9 pm
 
Friday 9/3
5-9 pm
 
Monday 9/6
1-5 pm
5-9 pm
 
If anyone is willing to take any of = these shifts,=20 please let me know no later than Wednesday.  Either call me at = 952-361-9628=20 or email me at rmdbird@mn.rr.com.=20
 
-Bob Dunlap
------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C48319.FBF7D240-- From aevers@arrowhead.lib.mn.us Mon Aug 16 22:42:56 2004 From: aevers@arrowhead.lib.mn.us (Audrey Evers) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:42:56 -0500 Subject: [mou] rice paddies-Embarrass-St. Louis Co. Message-ID: <4120E410.1218.18F0CBD@localhost> I checked the Embarrass rice paddies in St. Louis Co on Sunday, Aug. 15. There were small numbers of shore birds present probably due to the low levels of the water, and quite a bit of feeding area exposed. I had: L. Sandpipers-24-30, Semip. Sandpipers- a few, Pectoral Sandpipers-a dozen or so, ONE Buff-breasted Sandpiper , Snipe, L. Yellowlegs, Killdeer-a few and ONE Semipalmated Plover. There were few ducks except for Blue-winged teal. A dozen or more Gr. Blue Herons. I hope to check it again tomorrow(Tuesday) morning. Audrey L. Evers From kreckert@cpinternet.com Mon Aug 16 23:23:38 2004 From: kreckert@cpinternet.com (Kim R Eckert) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:23:38 -0500 Subject: [mou] Clark's Grebe, Snowy & Cattle egrets Message-ID: The Minn Birding Weekends group saw a few things of note on Aug 14-15 in Douglas & Grant Co's: - Clark's Grebe, 2 or 3 at L Osakis, Douglas Co; visible among dozens of Westerns from the park on Lake Ave in the town of Osakis - Snowy Egret, one along Minn Hwy 79, Grant Co, 1.5 mi W of the Douglas Co line; another just E of Grant Co Rd 4 & just N of I-94 (no exit off I-94 here; from Ashby, go 2.5 mi W & 1 mi S on Co Rd 4) - Cattle Egret, about 45 counted, including at least 2 juveniles, in the "usual" pasture S of Pelican L, Grant Co (from Minn Hwy 78, turn E on Co Rd 54 just N of I-94, go E about 2.5 mi, and then N to the pasture); also several Cattle Egrets visible on the N side of the island rookery on Pelican L Kim Eckert From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Tue Aug 17 00:07:07 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:07:07 -0500 Subject: [mou] Neotropic Cormorant not refound today Message-ID: <000d01c483e5$c11fe960$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C483BB.D8070C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today Craig Mandel and I searched for the Neotropic Cormorant in Otrey = Township, Big Stone County without success. We checked many of the = wetlands in the area and looked at many Double-crested Cormorants. We = even checked out Big Stone NWR in Lac Qui Parle County, but to no avail. = It seems that the Neotropic Cormorant has moved on. -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C483BB.D8070C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Today Craig Mandel and I searched for = the Neotropic=20 Cormorant in Otrey Township, Big Stone County without success.  We = checked=20 many of the wetlands in the area and looked at many Double-crested=20 Cormorants.  We even checked out Big Stone NWR in Lac Qui Parle = County, but=20 to no avail.  It seems that the Neotropic Cormorant has moved=20 on.
-Bob Dunlap, Carver=20 County
------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C483BB.D8070C00-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Tue Aug 17 16:22:36 2004 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:22:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] new species of bird found Message-ID: <4F3C90DD5ABC32408C70AC50F47942BD1F6E80@ds69mail.na.bestbuy.com> New species of bird found. =09 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&cid=3D1894&e=3D3&u=3D/ap/20= 040817/ ap_on_sc/philippines_new_bird Mark Alt From aevers@arrowhead.lib.mn.us Tue Aug 17 18:34:09 2004 From: aevers@arrowhead.lib.mn.us (Audrey Evers) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:34:09 -0500 Subject: [mou] rice paddies Message-ID: <4121FB41.24469.22C36A@localhost> I checked the Embarrass rice paddies in St. Louis Co. again this morning. In addition to the species yesterday there were a couple of Stilt SA. and a Gr. Egret. I did not see the Buff-br. SA again this morning, but there seemed to be more Least SA and Semipalmated SA. There was also a Peregrine Falcon and Harrier. Audrey L. Evers From watsup@boreal.org Tue Aug 17 23:46:12 2004 From: watsup@boreal.org (Steve and Sherry Watson) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:46:12 -0700 Subject: [mou] Missouri Birding Message-ID: <000001c484ac$0069edc0$6e0f46d8@m7z0w8> Hello All, My family is taking a vacation to Branson Missouri for a week beginning on the 23rd. I am not very familiar with the birding around their and was wondering if any one out there could give me some information on some good or better birding areas and how to get their. Or if theirs a particularly difficult bird {such as Swainson's Warbler, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Greater Roadrunner; things like that} seen in a particular area regularly but tougher else where; any information like that in the area I'm going to be in would be much appreciated. Thanks Josh Watson --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.735 / Virus Database: 489 - Release Date: 8/6/04 From sharonks@mn.rr.com Tue Aug 17 21:47:22 2004 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (sharonks@mn.rr.com) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:47:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] Broad-wings at Lakewood Cemetery Message-ID: I took a walk through Lakewood Cemetery and at first I thought I some weird noise coming from my ipod when I realized that what I was hearing was a broad-winged hawk calling loud enough to penetrate the music. I found an adult and a juvenile with down still on it's head. I was able to get within 20 feet of the younger bird and watched it perch and try to hunt from some of the taller monoliths. I haven't walked Lakewood as much as I normally do this summer. I'm kicking myself that these birds may have nested this close to my home and I didn't know it. Sharon Stiteler Uptown, Minneapolis From Steve Weston" I will be leading a field tip sponsored by the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) to Miesville Ravine Dakota County Park , this Sunday (8/22). We will meet in the north parking lot at 8am. You are invited to join us this Sunday for a trip through this remote and rarely visited Dakota County gem. Birds that we have found in previous years on this annual hike include both cuckoos (at least one is usually found), humingbirds, and often a good representation of early migrant warblers. The hike up to the hummingbird meadow is rated as strenuous, although it is not long. a few years ago we found a female Black-chinned Hummingbird, which unphotographed, retained its status as "never seen" in Minnesota. This is also one of the most reliable spots in the state for breeding Bobcats, although we are not likely to see more than its tracks. This trip is free and open for all. Directions: From Hampton, Hwy 52 and Hwy 50, take Hwy 50 towards Red Wing. At Miesville take CR 91 south (right) bearing right at the fork in the road. At 280th Street the road will T. Turn east (left) and follow the road into the ravine. Turn left into the parking lot. I will also be leading the same trip on Saturday for Dakota County Parks, but reservations are required and participation is limited. For details you have to call them. Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan sweston2@comcast.net From fieldfare21@hotmail.com Thu Aug 19 00:44:26 2004 From: fieldfare21@hotmail.com (Benjamin Fritchman) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:44:26 -0500 Subject: [mou] Todd Co. RN Phalaropes Message-ID: Tonight on my way home from up north I stopped at the Clarissa sewage ponds in Todd County. In the first pond swam 2 Red-necked Phalaropes, my first ones for the county. Hopefully they stick around for awhile, because that's about all that's happening for shorebirds in Todd County right now. Ben Fritchman _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx From axhertzel@sihope.com Thu Aug 19 02:02:29 2004 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony X. Hertzel) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:02:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 17 August 2004 Message-ID: --============_-1119245140==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Tuesday, August 17th. On the 15th, Phil Chu and Peder Svingen found a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Big Stone County. It was in a pot hole on the north side of Big Stone County Road 67, three-quarters of a mile west of Big Stone County Road 21. This is in Otrey Township. With so much good habitat in the area, it is quite possible that the bird is still around, though I have no recent information. Also of note was the unidentified KITE that soared over a Mounds View, Ramsey County home on the 17th. Though the observer could not be certain of the identification, it was likely a Mississippi Kite. A CATTLE EGRET was just northeast of the intersection of Big Stone County Road 8 and U.S. Highway 71 on the 14th. This is just north of Thielke Lake. Jay Hamernick found three AMERICAN AVOCETS in Anoka County on the 15th. They were along Anoka County Road 23 where it crosses the Rice Creek. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have been reported migrating in good numbers from many parts of the state. Jim Lind counted 1276 passing over Two Harbors in Lake County on the 17th. Likewise, warblers are also moving south. I have recent reports of BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message. MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at . MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com. In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700. The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 26th. -- Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --============_-1119245140==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" MOU RBA 17 August 2004
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Tuesday, August 17th.

On the 15th, Phil Chu and Peder Svingen found a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Big Stone County. It was in a pot hole on the north side of Big Stone County Road 67, three-quarters of a mile west of Big Stone County Road 21. This is in Otrey Township. With so much good habitat in the area, it is quite possible that the bird is still around, though I have no recent information.

Also of note was the unidentified KITE that soared over a Mounds View, Ramsey County home on the 17th. Though the observer could not be certain of the identification, it was likely a Mississippi Kite.
A CATTLE EGRET was just northeast of the intersection of Big Stone County Road 8 and U.S. Highway 71 on the 14th. This is just north of Thielke Lake.

Jay Hamernick found three AMERICAN AVOCETS in Anoka County on the 15th. They were along Anoka County Road 23 where it crosses the Rice Creek.

COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have been reported migrating in good numbers from many parts of the state. Jim Lind counted 1276 passing over Two Harbors in Lake County on the 17th.

Likewise, warblers are also moving south. I have recent reports of BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.

This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club.

The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message.

MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at <david@cahlander.com>.

MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com.

In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700.

The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 26th.

--
Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
--============_-1119245140==_ma============-- From benzdedrick@hotmail.com Thu Aug 19 03:48:27 2004 From: benzdedrick@hotmail.com (Dedrick Benz) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:48:27 +0000 Subject: [mou] Tri-Color Heron in Whitewater WMA Message-ID: Carol and Paul Schumacher and I looked for this bird Wednesday evening to no avail, but I thought others would want to give it a shot. ~Dedrick Benz Winona, MN >From: "Wild Birds Unlimited - Rochester" >To: benzdedrick@hotmail.com, "Carol Schumacher" , "Bob >Ekblad" >Subject: Tri-Color Heron in Whitewater WMA >Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:17:55 -0500 > >A visiting couple from Huntington WV spotted a Tri-Colored Heron yesterday >in the (south?) pond along SR 74 in Whitewater WMA, in Section 10, between >Elba and Beaver. They studied it for some time, are familiar with the >species, and got pictures. >They leave tomorrow (Thurs.) for home, but wanted to pass the sighting >along to interested birders. >Hope this pans out - sounds neat, and sounds reasonable, given Kim Eckert's >description. > >Their names are John and Debbie Yeager Dave Newhouse >Wild Birds Unlimited >20 17th Avenue NW >Rochester MN 55901 >507/292-9266 From drbenson@cpinternet.com Thu Aug 19 14:14:39 2004 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (David Benson) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:14:39 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 8/19/04 Message-ID: This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 19th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mike Hendrickson found a GREAT EGRET at the pond at Forest Hill Cemetery off Woodland Avenue yesterday. There were also several SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at the pond, and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER nearby Janet Riegle found and carefully identified an UPLAND SANDPIPER at 40th Ave West on the 14th. Earl Orf found a pair of THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in Koochiching Cty on the 13th. The birds were 2.3 miles south of the intersection of Cty Rd 1 and Cty Rd 13. Audrey Evers found eight species of shorebirds at the Embarrass Rice Paddies on the 15th, including one BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Several observers have reported flocks of mixed warbler species moving through the area this week. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 26th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, or send an e-mail to to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org. From BXWilliams@CBBURNET.COM Thu Aug 19 18:18:20 2004 From: BXWilliams@CBBURNET.COM (Williams, Bob) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:18:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Fall Migrants at Pet Trails, Murphy-Hanrehan, Scott County Message-ID: Spent 3 hours at the Pet Trails this morning and saw: 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 Canada Warbler 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher The resident Black-crowned Night-Heron was out in the sun and a few Purple Martins continue to be present. Bob Williams Bloomington From chetmeyers@visi.com Thu Aug 19 22:16:27 2004 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (Chet Meyers) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:16:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Fall Warbler Migration Message-ID: <20040819211628.0FE1A7A926@taranis.mc.mpls.visi.com> Finally, after last night's chilly but delightful cold front, the fall warbler migration in the Twin Cities is moving. Birding just about every other day since August 4th, I ran into my first warblers waves (or 'wavelets') today. Birding around Minneapolis lakes area we've seen eleven different species already this fall: yellow (migrants from up north..not local), Tennessee, Nashville, black & white, Amer. redstart, chestnut-sided, mourning, Blackburnian, Wilson's, Canada, and northern waterthrush. Get out and join the fun. They really are not all that confusing. A number of birding friends reported bigger than normal numbers of blackpolls this spring. Let's see what the fall brings. Those fall blackpolls and bay-breasted (or as Pete Dunne calls them "baypolls") can be a little tough to ID. Chet Meyers, Hennepin County From DKieser@CLYNCH.COM Fri Aug 20 02:04:58 2004 From: DKieser@CLYNCH.COM (Doug Kieser) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:04:58 -0500 Subject: [mou] Buff-Breasted Sandpiper - Hennepin County Message-ID: <20261F5176B53E40AAF39FB4007DFCDD032CE7D6@mail.clynch.com> This evening there was a single Buff-Breasted Sandpiper present at the Purgatory Creek wetland in Eden Prairie. It was observed from 7:10-7:25 pm on the more distant of the 2 grass-covered mudflats when looking from behind the Flagship Corporate Center. Also present were 11 Caspian Terns, including 1 begging juvenile. The wetland is southwest of the intersection of Hwy 5 and Prairie Center Drive. Doug Kieser Minneapolis=20 From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Aug 20 02:28:02 2004 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:28:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, August 20, 2004 Message-ID: <000101c48654$f7d7daf0$4eb391ce@main> This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, August 20, 2004 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 certainly seems as if summer, if we had one, is winding down. On Thursday morning, there were a few reports of light frost on the south side of Thief River Falls in Pennington County. We expect the fall migration will become quite obvious in the near future, as the days shorten, and the nights cool. First , a correction. Due to an error in transcription of a phone message, we reported that Millie Gildersleeve in Becker County saw a cardinal pair with 9 young. She called again to say that it was "big" young, not nine of them, so if any others of you wondered as I did about the number, that is the explanation. Millie, we're sorry that we misquoted you. This week I have a report from Celeste Colson at the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods in the county of the same name. She reports TUNDRA SWANS, COMMON LOON, GRAY JAY, and EVENING GROSBEAK . Melanie Torkelson reported that a small flock of GREAT EGRETS was seen this week on Pool 1 east at the Roseau River WMA. >From Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, Kari Odefey counted the shorebirds on Middle CCC Pool in the interior of the refuge on August 15th, and she reported that the numbers were substantially down from the previous high of over 1000 birds on August 2nd. This is possibly due to recent rains which have changed the water levels in the pools. 155 birds of 9 species were reported on the 15th.They included KILLDEER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, dowitcher species, and WILSON'S SNIPE.=20 I checked the wastewater treatment ponds at Crookston, Thief River Falls, and Red Lake Falls on the weekend, and found them nearly devoid of birds. Even goose and duck numbers seemed to be down. Here in Pennington County, the first RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH of the fall season has just appeared at the sunflower feeder. Mike Christopherson had a COOPER'S HAWK hunting at his feeder in Crookston on August 17th. Becker County birds reported by Mary Wyatt included immature MERLINS at Hamden Slough NWR this week. A BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen flying over the refuge. Her feeder was busy with SCARLET TANAGERS, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, and BALTIMORE ORIOLES. Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekends trip was in Grant and Douglas Counties last weekend. In Grant County they found a SNOWY EGRET along State Hwy 79, 1.5 mi W of the Douglas Co line; another was just E of Grant Co Rd 4 & just N of I-94 (there is no exit off I-94 here); from Ashby, go 2.5 mi W & 1 mi S on Co Rd 4). Forty-five CATTLE EGRETS were counted in a pasture south of Pelican Lake. For these: from State Hwy 78, turn E on Co Rd 54 just N of I-94, go E about 2.5 mi, and then N to the pasture. In Douglas County, Kim's group found two or three CLARK'S GREBES on Lake Osakis from the park in the town of Osakis. Thanks to Celeste Colson, Millie Gildersleeve, Kari Odefey, Mary Wyatt, Melanie Torkelson, Alex Wendorf, and Kim Eckert for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com 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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, August 27, 2004. From sharonks@mn.rr.com Fri Aug 20 02:29:50 2004 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:29:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Bird Book Request Message-ID: This showed up in the mou mailbox and I thought I would pass it on in case anyone can help this man in his quest for books. Please reply directly to him if you are able to help him out. Thanks, Sharon Stiteler MOU Membership Secretary =A0 My name is Jos=E9=A0 Mer=EDzio=A0 Jr, I am 23 Years old . I live in=A0 Londrina city, north of Paran=E1 state, south of Brazil. =A0 I am a Entusiast Birder, tracer and painter of Birds of South America . I am writing this e-mail, therefore I would like to ask for=A0 a favor, and I will be very grateful if it would be considered=8A . I am coursing=A0 the third=A0 year of Biology in the University Publishes of my city, and in the future I intend to make specialization in Ornithology. =A0 Per five years, I have developed=A0 works with communities residents in ambiental protection areas, (Atlantic Rainforest HotSpot) =A0 I make lessons and lectures to childrens=A0 in=A0 schools of my city and neighboring cities. =A0Still I am not filiated=A0 to no Group or ONG, and make this work by myself. =A0Unhappyly I am poor, and I possess little material to make researches and studies. I have just the support from Publishes Library of my City and the Internet . I do not intend to stop with my work and I always want to=A0 acquiring knowledge to alert =A0the people for the importance of the preservation of the Birds and the regions where they lives. For this reason I want to ask for your support through the donation of any books of the collection HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD (HBW). I am asking for these books because they are=A0 the most complete collection on Onithology. And these books has ben a dream for me in my work. I am asking for this favor therefore I do not know who to appeal, and I nee= d very much of some new =A0Material=8A . If you could help me I would=A0 be very grateful. I am sending my address and I am hopeful=A0 for your support=A0 in my project of life: The protection of Birds. Thank you very much for its attention=8A. =A0 This is may address: =A0 Jos=E9 Mer=EDzio Junior Rua Bahia, 1023 CEP 86025-010 Londrina PR=A0=A0=A0 Brazil =A0anuporecatu@yahoo.com.br From acruzie@hotmail.com Fri Aug 20 18:51:53 2004 From: acruzie@hotmail.com (Alex Cruz, Jr.) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:51:53 -0700 Subject: [mou] buff-breasted 'piper Message-ID: Hi Birders: I was thinking about trying to relocate the Buff-breasted Sandpiper found by Doug Kieser yesterday. I was wondering if any other birders were going out there to look this afternoon. I don't have a scope and I am not sure if one is needed to see this bird. I was hoping to perhaps be able to take a peek through another birder's scope--if someone else is there. You can contact me via e-mail at: acruzie@hotmail.com Lookin' up, Alex Cruz Minneapolis _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ From BXWilliams@CBBURNET.COM Fri Aug 20 19:26:22 2004 From: BXWilliams@CBBURNET.COM (Williams, Bob) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:26:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] September 18th Birding Day Message-ID: The 5th Annual Great Minnesota River Birding Day is only one month away. It is shaping up to be the best we have had so far which is saying a lot since last year we had over 120 participants, including 8 Japanese birders from the Osaka Wild Bird Society. Those participants identified 179 species, an amazing 104 species in Faribault County alone. Please join us on Saturday, September 18th for this event. We especially need birders for the more remote areas of the Minnesota River Valley Watershed like Pope, Stevens, Big Stone, Swift, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle and Yellow Medicine Counties. You can bird individually or in teams and as much or as little as you want that day. There will be rallies at the Ney Center in Henderson from 2-4PM and at Memorial Park in Shakopee from 2:30-8:00PM. The rally in Shakopee is being held in partnership with The Friends of the Minnesota Valley and it is their 2nd Annual Grassroots Gathering. All of this is free and open to the public. If you plan to bird with us that day, please contact Bob Williams at bxwilliams@cbburnet.com or at 612-728-2232. Attendance at the rallies is optional, but please send your species lists for that day to Bob to be added to the final compilation. Results will be posted at the website of the Minnesota River Valley Birding Trail(www.birdingtrail.org). Help us celebrate the Minnesota River Valley, one of our state's great natural resources, by doing what we all enjoy! From acruzie@hotmail.com Sat Aug 21 03:00:24 2004 From: acruzie@hotmail.com (Alex Cruz, Jr.) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:00:24 -0700 Subject: [mou] Purgatory Creek rec area Message-ID: Hi Birders, Just returned from a lovely evening at Purgatory Creek Rec Area in Eden Prairie and we saw one buff-breasted! It was seen in the more distant of the two grassy mudflats (as described by DKieser). Fortunately, little by little it moved in closer (within 20m) and we were able to get great looks just with our binocs. A couple with a scope came by and we then got amazing looks-thanks so much to them. The golden light was perfect this time of day (around 730pm). A life bird for myself and Dan Karvonen. We also had great up-close looks at a Solitary Sandpiper (single, like its namsake), yellowlegs, lots of Pec Pipers, and Caspian terns. Cheers, Alex _________________________________________________________________ Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx From sharonks@mn.rr.com Sat Aug 21 03:02:37 2004 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:02:37 -0500 Subject: [mou] Minneapolis Nighthawk Migration Message-ID: I saw about 200 nighthawks on the north side of Lake Calhoun tonight. There were probably more, but trees and traffic obscured my view. Sharon Stiteler Uptown, Minneapolis From Steve Weston" Work sent me to Fargo today. A beautiful day for a drive and time to stop and look at some shorebirds. Red-tailed hawks along the way out were all lighter than I am use to seeing in the cities, especially on their heads. One pair of hawks sitting on hay bails on the north side of I-94 just east of mile 118 near Osakis looked like Ferruginous, but at 70+mph, all I could say for sure was that they were worth a second look. Stopped at Barnesville on the way back and checked out their very birdy sewerage ponds. Found an unidentified sandpiper (described below) that I studied a while and: Red-necked Phalaropes (5) Eared Grebe good variety of ducks At least eight varieties of shorebirds plus one unidentified sandpiper: smaller than lesser yellowlegs, estimated size 7 to 9". body shaped like yellowlegs, but yellow-green legs were shorter. Bill was longish (~ 1.5 x length of head), dark,thick at base and slightly decurved. Crown was rusty brown and streaked. Had a line through the eye. wings (and back?) was rich brown and sculpted. Primaries were dark with light edges. neck and breast was a rich buffy color and essentially unstreaked, although there was some faint streaking down the sides. Belly and under tail were white. Tail and upper tail coverts were white, with a black terminal smudge on tail, but might not be on all the tail feathers, The tail is unique, and easily marks the bird as the target. The bird does not match anything I can find. Perhaps someone else will be able to look at it and recognize it. In retrospect I believe it is an aberrant. Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan sweston2@comcast.net From pbudde@earthlink.net Sat Aug 21 19:35:12 2004 From: pbudde@earthlink.net (Paul Budde) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:35:12 -0500 Subject: [mou] Purgatory Creek, Hennepin Cty Message-ID: In Eden Prairie, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still present this morning, along with two Red-necked Phalaropes. Among other birds present were Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sora (juvenile - saw a juvenile Virginia Rail on my previous visit here) Caspian Tern Exact location--go south on Prairie Center Drive from Hwy 5 about 1/4 mile. Large wetLand is on your right. A scope is recommended. Paul Minneapolis, Minnesota pbudde@earthlink.net From smithville4@charter.net Sat Aug 21 22:31:48 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Michael Hendrickson) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:31:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Birding along I-94 to Fargo References: <001001c4874e$e3cd54e0$169a7618@spacestar.net> Message-ID: <001b01c487c6$44454040$a7a87044@family> Sounds like a Baird's Sandpiper. Mike H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Weston" To: "Mou-net" ; "mnbird" Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: [mou] Birding along I-94 to Fargo > Work sent me to Fargo today. A beautiful day for a drive and time to stop and look at some shorebirds. > > Red-tailed hawks along the way out were all lighter than I am use to seeing in the cities, especially on their heads. One > pair of hawks sitting on hay bails on the north side of I-94 just east of mile 118 near Osakis looked like Ferruginous, but > at 70+mph, all I could say for sure was that they were worth a second look. > > Stopped at Barnesville on the way back and checked out their very birdy sewerage ponds. Found an unidentified sandpiper > (described below) that I studied a while and: > Red-necked Phalaropes (5) > Eared Grebe > good variety of ducks > At least eight varieties of shorebirds plus > > one unidentified sandpiper: > smaller than lesser yellowlegs, estimated size 7 to 9". body shaped like yellowlegs, but yellow-green legs were shorter. > Bill was longish (~ 1.5 x length of head), dark,thick at base and slightly decurved. > Crown was rusty brown and streaked. Had a line through the eye. wings (and back?) was rich brown and sculpted. Primaries > were dark with light edges. > neck and breast was a rich buffy color and essentially unstreaked, although there was some faint streaking down the sides. > Belly and under tail were white. > Tail and upper tail coverts were white, with a black terminal smudge on tail, but might not be on all the tail feathers, > The tail is unique, and easily marks the bird as the target. > The bird does not match anything I can find. Perhaps someone else will be able to look at it and recognize it. In > retrospect I believe it is an aberrant. > > Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan > sweston2@comcast.net > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > From smithville4@charter.net Sun Aug 22 02:24:01 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Michael Hendrickson) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:24:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Field Trip Results Message-ID: <001201c487e6$b53cb920$a7a87044@family> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C487BC.CB76ABD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well it was a good cool day. It was so cool that the Twin cities people = were complaining how cool it was on talk radio. For me being from Duluth = it was a beautiful day and I wore my shorts and sandals to show how = pleasant the weather was today. I met the group at 7:00am and we waited around for some missing folks = till about 20 minutes after the hour. We drove to Carver Co. and began = our day at Lowry Nature Center. Even though are only warbler was a = Common Yellowthroat we did manage to see some nice birds and had a fun = hike around the lake. I caught a Lake Darner (dragonfly) and everyone = got to see how beautiful dragonflies really up close in which to = hopefully spark some interest as well in this fast up and coming hobby. We left Lowry and headed to New Germany for shorebirds and saw 13 = species. The most notable was a Black-bellied Plover and a Solitary = Sandpiper. Chet Meyer who I owe a deep gratitude for doing al the scouting foe this = trip and help me get from place to place w/o losing people. The best = part was we were able to study and go over and over al the field marks = in separating the Least Sandpipers from Semi-palmateds and Bairds = Sandpipers. At the end I quizzed them all by asking what shorebird is = this and that and everyone passed my quiz. They knew very little at the = beginning and I feel I taught fairly well to go out and ID thier = shorebirds. New Germany along Yancy St. was full of shorebirds and the two prominent = species were Pectorals and Lesser Yellowlegs. On the west side of this = slough were a family group of Red-headed Woodpeckers that gave us plenty = of long views. Anyway the total species see from 8am to 12:30pm was 62 species. This is = not to bad a list for the few hours we were out. The best part of going = home was listening to the Minnesota Twins gain another game on the = Cleveland Indians!! Take Care Mike Hendrickson MOU Field Trip Guy. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C487BC.CB76ABD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Well it was a good cool day. It was so = cool that=20 the Twin cities people were complaining how cool it was on talk radio. = For me=20 being from Duluth it was a beautiful day and I wore my shorts and = sandals to=20 show how pleasant the weather was today.
 
I met the group at 7:00am and we waited = around for=20 some missing folks till about 20 minutes after the hour. We drove to = Carver Co.=20 and began our day at Lowry Nature Center. Even though are only warbler = was a=20 Common Yellowthroat we did manage to see some nice birds and had a fun = hike=20 around the lake. I caught a Lake Darner (dragonfly) and everyone got to = see how=20 beautiful dragonflies really up close in which to hopefully=20 spark some interest as well in this fast up and coming = hobby.
 
We left Lowry and headed to New = Germany for=20 shorebirds and saw 13 species. The most notable was a Black-bellied = Plover and a=20 Solitary Sandpiper.
 
Chet Meyer who I owe a deep gratitude = for doing al=20 the scouting foe this trip and help me get from place to place w/o = losing=20 people.  The best part was we = were able to=20 study and go over and over al the field marks in separating the Least = Sandpipers=20 from Semi-palmateds and Bairds Sandpipers. At the end I quizzed them all = by=20 asking what shorebird is this and that and everyone passed my quiz. They = knew=20 very little at the beginning and I feel I taught fairly well to go out = and ID=20 thier shorebirds.
 
New Germany along Yancy St. was full of = shorebirds=20 and the two prominent species were Pectorals and Lesser = Yellowlegs.  On the=20 west side of this slough were a family group of Red-headed Woodpeckers = that gave=20 us plenty of long views.
 
Anyway the total species see from 8am = to 12:30pm=20 was 62 species. This is not to bad a list for the few hours we were out. = The=20 best part of going home was listening to the Minnesota Twins gain = another game=20 on the Cleveland Indians!!
 
Take Care
 
Mike Hendrickson
MOU Field Trip Guy.
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C487BC.CB76ABD0-- From smithville4@charter.net Sun Aug 22 02:42:22 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Michael Hendrickson) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:42:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Sept 25th Message-ID: <001b01c487e9$4503c060$a7a87044@family> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C487BF.5BDB2B90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Me again. The next MOU field trip is September 25th. This should be a = another interesting trip for several reason. One reason is because I = live in Duluth and late September is good time for raptors, possible = good weather for jaegers and stray gulls, there are still migrants to be = found and most of all the leaves should be near peak in Duluth! The Wisconsin bird group will be doing there hike at WI Pt. and I'll = have cell numbers so they can call me on interesting sightings along = Lake Superior. This Wisconsin group usually have good luck with Jaeger = species, Sabine Gulls. Artic Terns or a Loon species (other than = Common). Hopefully by staying near Park Pt. we will create our own luck = by finding the above species off Park Pt. We will bird Park Pt. in the = morning hours, get something to eat, go to Hawk Ridge, possible bird up = to Knife River and end it at Park Point for another scan of the lake. = The day trip should end around 3-4pm. If you are interested than reply to this email and let me know you would = like to come along. Also I talked to Bill Lane and he is opening his = yard up for us to join him in the Northern Saw Whet Owl banding = operation on the October 16-17 Trip. This is a weekend trip where we = meet in Duluth, stay one night in Grand Marais and drive back to Duluth. = Even though the owl banding operation is the highlight of the trip but = there are plenty of neat and wonderful birds to be found along the shore = of Lake Superior. PLUS Sven and Ole Pizza! The September 25 trip meets at 40th Ave. West Perkins Restaurant off = I-35 at 7:00am. This is just a one day field trip. The trip will end = around 4pm or sooner. The October 16-17 field trip meets at 40th Ave West Perkins Restaurant = off I-35 at 7:00am. I should be back in Duluth around 4pm or possible at = 5pm. This depends on how the birding is on the way back to Duluth. Just reply to this email and let me know what trip you would like to = attend. Mike Hendrickson ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C487BF.5BDB2B90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Me again. The next MOU field trip is = September=20 25th.  This should be a another interesting trip for several = reason. One=20 reason is because I live in Duluth and late September is good time for = raptors,=20 possible good weather for jaegers and stray gulls, there are still = migrants to=20 be found and most of all the leaves should be near peak in = Duluth!
 
The Wisconsin bird group will be doing = there hike=20 at WI Pt. and I'll have cell numbers so they can call me on interesting=20 sightings along Lake Superior. This Wisconsin group usually have good = luck with=20 Jaeger species, Sabine Gulls. Artic Terns or a Loon species (other than = Common).=20 Hopefully by staying near Park Pt. we will create our own luck by = finding the=20 above species off Park Pt.  We will bird Park Pt. in the morning = hours, get=20 something to eat, go to Hawk Ridge, possible bird up to Knife = River=20 and end it at Park Point for another scan of the lake. The day trip = should=20 end around 3-4pm.
 
If you are interested than reply to = this email and=20 let me know you would like to come along. Also I talked to Bill Lane and = he=20 is opening his yard up for us to join him in the = Northern Saw=20 Whet Owl banding operation on the October 16-17 Trip. This is a = weekend=20 trip where we meet in Duluth, stay one night in Grand=20 Marais and drive back to Duluth. = Even though=20 the owl banding operation is the highlight of the trip but there are = plenty of=20 neat and wonderful birds to be found along the shore of Lake Superior. = PLUS Sven=20 and Ole Pizza!
 
The September 25 trip meets at 40th = Ave. West=20 Perkins Restaurant off I-35 at 7:00am. This is just a one day field = trip. The=20 trip will end around 4pm or sooner.
 
 The October 16-17 field trip = meets at 40th=20 Ave West Perkins Restaurant off I-35 at 7:00am. I should be back in = Duluth=20 around 4pm or possible at 5pm. This depends on how the birding is on the = way=20 back to Duluth.
 
Just reply to this email and let me = know what trip=20 you would like to attend.
 
Mike = Hendrickson
------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C487BF.5BDB2B90-- From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Sun Aug 22 04:23:12 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:23:12 -0500 Subject: [mou] Shorebirds in Yellow Medicine County Message-ID: <004201c487f7$5b0b0fe0$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01C487CD.71CC0CE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today I birded Yellow Medicine County along with Rick Hoyme, John = Hockema, Josh Watson, and Carol Schumacher. We focused on shorebirds. = The best spot was Lanners Lake, two miles north and two miles east of = the town of St. Leo. Here there were hundreds of shorebirds. Other = birders have been reporting that this area has been great for = shorebirds, and today was no exception. Today we found 13 species = there, including: -Semipalmated Plover -both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs -Sanderling -Baird's Sandpiper -Stilt Sandpiper -BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (a few in the dry areas away from the water) -Wilson's Phalarope -Red-necked Phalarope Another shorebird spot was at Spellman Lake, which is a little over a = mile north of CR 2 on CR 8. This is east of Hwy. 59. Here there were = more ducks than shorebirds, but it appears that this area will get = better in weeks to come. Finally, we found one Buff-breasted Sandpiper mixed in with a flock of = Killdeer in a grassy field on the east side of Hwy. 274 about 3 miles = south of Granite Falls. -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01C487CD.71CC0CE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Today I birded Yellow Medicine County = along with=20 Rick Hoyme, John Hockema, Josh Watson, and Carol Schumacher.  We = focused on=20 shorebirds.  The best spot was Lanners Lake, two miles north and = two miles=20 east of the town of St. Leo.  Here there were hundreds=20 of shorebirds. Other birders have been reporting that this area has = been=20 great for shorebirds, and today was no exception.  Today we found = 13=20 species there, including:
 
-Semipalmated Plover
-both Greater and Lesser = Yellowlegs
-Sanderling
-Baird's Sandpiper
-Stilt Sandpiper
-BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (a few in the = dry areas=20 away from the water)
-Wilson's Phalarope
-Red-necked Phalarope
 
Another shorebird spot was at Spellman = Lake, which=20 is a little over a mile north of CR 2 on CR 8.  This is east of = Hwy.=20 59.  Here there were more ducks than shorebirds, but it appears = that this=20 area will get better in weeks to come.
Finally, we found one Buff-breasted = Sandpiper mixed=20 in with a flock of Killdeer in a grassy field on the east side of Hwy. = 274 about=20 3 miles south of Granite Falls.
-Bob Dunlap, Carver County
 
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_003F_01C487CD.71CC0CE0-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Aug 22 13:43:01 2004 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:43:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] Kathio 8/21, the waves begin! Message-ID: <002001c48845$90db2b20$0c01a8c0@PastorAl> 14 warblers at Mille Lacs Kathio yesterday morning (8/21): Golden-winged, Tennessee, Nashville, Chestnut-sided (many), Yellow-rumped (looking very ratty), Black & White (one's feathers "standing on end"), Bay-breasted, Canada (last two were personally surprising), Common Yellowthroat, Mourning, Wilson's, Black & White, Yellow, American Redstart. Not used to scraping my car's windows on August 21st! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From odunamis@yahoo.com Sun Aug 22 19:42:11 2004 From: odunamis@yahoo.com (Chad Heins) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:42:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Neotropic Cormorant et al. Message-ID: <20040822184211.93673.qmail@web50903.mail.yahoo.com> Hey birders! Ben Inniger and I went out to Big Stone County in search of the Neotropic Cormorant and anything else we could find. Our first stop was at the auto tour loop at Big Stone NWR where there was a nice selection of shorebirds, but not great numbers. The neatest thing seen along the route was both Sora and Virginia Rail on mudflats with shorebirds (near to the cattails of course) Our second stop was along Hwy 75 on the eastern side of the refuge. After checking out several cormorants, we found a large aggregation sitting in the northernmost pool. Tucked in with the crowd was one cormorant singificantly smaller than the rest! This Neotropic Cormorant was more than cooperative as it preened, flew a short distance, fed, and fanned its wings while in the presence of another Double-crested Cormorant. Great bird! Last year I attempted to find the Neotropics in 98-degree heat; this was a nice change. We also checked out some of the potholes to the north of the refuge with great looks at good numbers of shorebirds. Species include: Least, Semipalmated, Pectoral, Baird's, Stilt, Solitary, both yellowlegs, Killdeer, Wilson's Phalarope, and Wilson's Snipe. There were also good numbers of Franklin's Gulls at several of the larger potholes (some potholes had over 500 shorebirds!!!) We also had a Greater Prairie-Chicken on the road in eastern Big Stone County. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato, MN __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Mon Aug 23 02:39:44 2004 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:39:44 EDT Subject: [mou] 3Toed, Spruce Grouse, GGOwl, others Message-ID: <7f.4aa99229.2e5aa4e0@aol.com> Had a long weekend. Went to Koochiching Cnty 13 on Friday AM. Saw a family group of Spruce Grouse (2 Adults, 4 young, adults flew up in a tree and clucked at me while the young scampered away, 5.1 miles N. of US 71 on Koochiching 13 near a small beaver dam in the ditch) at 8:30. Looked for 3 Toeds from 9:15 to 12.30 without luck. Went back at 5:30. Saw the male at 7:15 (exactly 2.3 miles S of Koochiching 1 on Koochiching 13) working over a dead Black Spruce. Played tape about 8 PM and the female responded with drumming and then flew in to the male. Went back on Sat. AM and the male showed up at the same tree at 6:38, the female flew over, the male left at 7:15, as did I. Today I birded St. Louis County. Saw a Great Grey Owl on Owl Avenue just North of the North bend in the road near the (curve) road sign. Saw mixed flocks of vireos (Philadelphia and Blue-headed), many warblers, and GC Kinglets along Owl Ave and especially along St. Louis 83 as it bends along the E. side of the St. Louis River. Also saw Sandhills in the area and a flock of 35+ Magpies and 40-50 crows feeding in a grassy field and in a hedgerow on the E. side of St. Louis 29 just N of St. Louis 740. John Ellis, St. Paul From eckma001@umn.edu Mon Aug 23 15:31:24 2004 From: eckma001@umn.edu (eckma001) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:31:24 CDT Subject: [mou] Minneapolis Nighthawk Migration Message-ID: <200408231431.i7NEVO1Z030504@dingo.software.umn.edu> There were large numbers of Nighthawks this weekend (August 13-15) on Lake Superior from Bayfield to Ashland (late afternoon and evening). They were feeding right on the water's edge, flying slowly in very tight short circles. They seemed compltely unafraid of people and were flying within a few feet of us. We also saw a big flock of Cormorants (many hundreds) near Fish Creek just west of Ashland. Karlyn Eckman St. Paul On 20 Aug 2004, Sharon Stiteler wrote: > I saw about 200 nighthawks on the north side of Lake Calhoun tonight. There > were probably more, but trees and traffic obscured my view. > > Sharon Stiteler > Uptown, Minneapolis > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Mon Aug 23 15:45:27 2004 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:45:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR, Mahnomen Trail Message-ID: <001601c4891f$d86cb190$0c01a8c0@PastorAl> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C488F5.EBE699E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eight warblers (small wave, lower canopy), Swainson's Thrush, Winter = Wren (early or possible resident?) on Mahnomen Trail, Sherburne NWR this = morning. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C488F5.EBE699E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Eight warblers (small wave, lower = canopy),=20 Swainson's Thrush, Winter Wren (early or possible resident?) on = Mahnomen=20 Trail, Sherburne NWR this morning.
 
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne = Counties
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C488F5.EBE699E0-- From blitkey@usfamily.net Mon Aug 23 23:30:59 2004 From: blitkey@usfamily.net (Bill Litkey) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:30:59 -0500 Subject: [mou] Eden Prairie Buff-br. Sandpipers, R-n Phalarope : present 8/23 Message-ID: <000701c48960$de676400$f3219ecd@28litkeyhome> At 2:00 the previously-reported Buff-breasted Sandpipers were both feediing in the grassy part of the south shore of the lake behind the Flagship Corp. Center on Prairie Center Drive just south of Hwy. 5. They were viewed from the south side of the Flagship Athletic Club. Eventually Bob Dunlop, John Hockema, Carol Schumacher, Jeff Stephenson, and Josh Watson also observed the birds. There also was a lone Red-necked Phalarope in the area. Bill Litkey ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ From mntallboy@earthlink.net Wed Aug 25 02:42:38 2004 From: mntallboy@earthlink.net (William Marengo) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:42:38 -0500 Subject: [mou] Ruddy Turnstone - Purgatory Creek - Hennepin County Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C48A1A.E5E85D50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This evening around 6:00pm there was a single Ruddy Turnstone on the south shore of the Purgatory Creek wetland area in Eden Prairie. Other shorebirds present were: - Baird's Sandpipers - Semipalmated Plover - Lesser Yellowlegs - Least Sandpiper Regards... ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C48A1A.E5E85D50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ruddy Turnstone - Purgatory Creek - Hennepin County

This evening around 6:00pm there was a = single Ruddy Turnstone on the south shore of the Purgatory Creek wetland = area in Eden Prairie. Other shorebirds present were:

- Baird's Sandpipers
- Semipalmated Plover
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Least Sandpiper

Regards...

------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C48A1A.E5E85D50-- From Chris.Fagyal@udlp.com Wed Aug 25 17:40:15 2004 From: Chris.Fagyal@udlp.com (Chris Fagyal) Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:40:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] Cool "Pale Male" tale Message-ID: The excerpt below was just posted on "Tweeters", the Washington birding list server. I'm not sure how many of you watched "Pale Male" on PBS several months back, but it's a documentary on a pale Red-tailed Hawk that took up residency in NYC Central Park about a decade ago and has been nesting there (now with I believe 4 different females over the years..sadly his first mate of which the documentary was about...their first successful nesting, died a year or two later) ever since. I thought this occurence regarding Pale Male was just too amazing to not pass it along to the list, even though it isn't specifically about a bird in Minnesota. "I am sitting in my office that looks out over Central Park and Pale Male, the Central Park Red-tailed Hawk, landed on my window sill for a visit. My computer is located next to my window, which is open, so I couldn't help it, I reeeeeached out slowly and touched his tail! He turned around and bobbed his head at me a couple times, then turned his back on me after deciding I am too big to eat. Then suddenly, he was gone." How amazing to have a hawk land less than a foot or two away from you... Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. ASD (UDLP-GSD 'til Nov 1) Fridley, MN (San Jose, CA 'til Nov 1) (763) 572-5320 (408) 289-3840 ('til Nov 1) chris.fagyal@udlp.com From axhertzel@sihope.com Thu Aug 26 06:19:09 2004 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony X. Hertzel) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:19:09 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA Message-ID: --============_-1118624942==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Wednesday, August 25th. Today, I had a secondhand report of a possible FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Carver County. The bird was originally observed on the 23rd and has not been seen since its initial discovery near the Learning Center. A RUDDY TURNSTONE was on the south shore of the Purgatory Creek wetland area in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County on the 24th. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have also been reported in this area recently. Buff-breasted Sandpipers were also found in good numbers at Mud Lake in Traverse County, north of the public access. On August 22nd, a GREAT GRAY OWL was along Owl Avenue in the Sax-Zim Bog area of St. Louis County. It was found just north of the bend in the road. On August 20th, Kim Eckert reported both a SHORT-EARED OWL and an early WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in Grand Marais, Cook County. The owl was flying over the harbor in the early evening, and the sparrow was found at a feeder at one of the campsites by the inner harbor. The pair of THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS was still present in Koochiching County on the 22nd. They've been seen 2.3 miles south of County Road 1 on County Road 13 since July 20th. And fall migrants continue to arrive from points farther north. I have recent reports of SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER. This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message. MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at . MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com. In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700. The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, September 2nd. -- Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --============_-1118624942==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" MOU RBA

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Wednesday, August 25th.

Today, I had a secondhand report of a possible FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Carver County. The bird was originally observed on the 23rd and has not been seen since its initial discovery near the Learning Center.

A RUDDY TURNSTONE was on the south shore of the Purgatory Creek wetland area in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County on the 24th. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have also been reported in this area recently. Buff-breasted Sandpipers were also found in good numbers at Mud Lake in Traverse County, north of the public access.

On August 22nd, a GREAT GRAY OWL was along Owl Avenue in the Sax-Zim Bog area of St. Louis County. It was found just north of the bend in the road.

On August 20th, Kim Eckert reported  both a SHORT-EARED OWL and an early WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in Grand Marais, Cook County. The owl was flying over the harbor in the early evening, and the sparrow was found at a feeder at one of the campsites by the inner harbor.
The pair of THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS was still present in Koochiching County on the 22nd. They've been seen 2.3 miles south of County Road 1 on County Road 13 since July 20th.

And fall migrants continue to arrive from points farther north. I have recent reports of SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER.

This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club.

The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at 763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message.

MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For information contact David Cahlander at <david@cahlander.com>.

MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon" and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at moumembers@yahoo.com.

In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700.

The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, September 2nd.

--
Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
--============_-1118624942==_ma============-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Thu Aug 26 18:51:34 2004 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:51:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] RE: [mnbird] Very few obvious migrants but interesting birds Message-ID: <4F3C90DD5ABC32408C70AC50F47942BD1F6F40@ds69mail.na.bestbuy.com> Chimney Swifts are no longer swarming into the elementary school chimney at night like they have all summer long in my neighborhood. Anyone seeing masses of Swifts? Mark Alt Manager of Project Management Supply Chain Transformation Office Best Buy Co., Inc. Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com=20 (w) 612-291-6717 (Cell) 612-803-9085 -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of carol schumacher Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:03 PM To: mnbird Subject: [mnbird] Very few obvious migrants but interesting birds Yesterday and today in about 1=3D1.5 hours, at Prairie Island, there were the following: Black-billed Cuckoo silent but today vocal Magnolia Warbler the only one in two days besides restarts Bell's Vireo seen yesterday, heard today singing a very poor rendition of this harsh song There have been some shifts in species moving through: Today fewer Great-crested Flycatchers Yesterday more Baltimore Orioles Today more Yellow-throated Vireos Very few Red-eyed Vireos singing both days which is unusual. Tree Swallows are almost absent from the Mississippi River valley compared to the last few weeks. The day before yesterday, Common Nighthawks were scooping around a bluff top farm in the fog. While taking a short cut through the Whitewater Valley, I found many more. It was an eerie sight.=20 At our house, the plethora of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds has dropped substantially in the last two days. With 7 feeders surround my screen porch, its been quite a show. Business might pick up again when the next weather front. The Baltimore Oriole family visits often. This is the first your the Oriole feeder has been out because wasps liked my old feeder which had not protection. Its been great to see Orioles several times a day. The Tri-colored Heron reported from Whitewater two weeks ago, was never refound, to my knowledge. By the time we heard, the sighting was already more than 24 hours old. Thanks to Dedrick and Paul for an evening try and to Chuck Krulas whom I met after a long morning without luck. We worked very hard to find it. I checked many ponds in the farm areas too, and Chuck walked the Doerer Pools and we both check all ponds in the valley and at different times.=20 Its fun to hear about outings and your sightings are welcomed here. Carol =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D carol schumacher birdminn@yahoo.com winona=20 www.birdminnesota.com =09 _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird@lists.mnbird.net http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird From chetmeyers@visi.com Thu Aug 26 20:28:27 2004 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (Chet Meyers) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:28:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Purgatory Creek construction Message-ID: <20040826192827.CB1497A926@taranis.mc.mpls.visi.com> Many of us have been enjoying seeing Hennepin County shorebirds at the Purgatory Creek wetland in Eden Prairie. For those who have not yet been there, be advised there's a construction project in progress, creating a wetland hiking trail. Please do not go beyond the yellow construction tape area; and when workmen are present please ask if it is O.K. for you to bird the partially constructed path. They have been most cooperative when I asked, and a number have had a peek at shorebirds through my scope. Let's use our best birding etiquette so as not to alienate workpersons. According to an engineer I talked with, the wetland bridge should be completed in two weeks, and hopefully the entire trail not long after that. Chet Meyers, Hennepin County. From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Aug 27 00:44:44 2004 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:44:44 -0500 Subject: [mou] Henslow's Message-ID: <001601c48bc6$ad3b32e0$0c01a8c0@PastorAl> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C48B9C.C1655860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Henslow's Sparrow, Sherburne NWR Auto Tour, about 30 feet short and = across the road from Little Bluestem Pool. =20 Numerous other sparrows including Vesper. Single Caspian Tern, 100+ = pelicans, numerous cormorants (up to 220 earlier in week). Two foot = Snapping Turtle in road. No shorebirds despite open mud. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C48B9C.C1655860 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Henslow's Sparrow, Sherburne NWR Auto = Tour, about=20 30 feet short and across the road from Little Bluestem Pool.  =
 
Numerous other sparrows including = Vesper. =20 Single Caspian Tern, 100+ pelicans, numerous cormorants (up to 220 = earlier in=20 week).  Two foot Snapping Turtle in road.  No shorebirds = despite open=20 mud.
 
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne = Counties
 
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C48B9C.C1655860-- From drbenson@cpinternet.com Fri Aug 27 01:33:26 2004 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (David Benson) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:33:26 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 8/26/04 Message-ID: This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 26, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Travis Novitsky and Shannon Judd reported seeing an immature LITTLE GULL at Grand Portage on the 22nd. I have no further details. In Lake Cty, Jim Lind had a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at Flood Bay on the 20th, 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS flying down the shore on the 21st, and 2 HORNED GREBES at Castle Danger on the 22nd. On the 20th, Kim Eckert saw a SHORT-EARED OWL flying west over the harbor in Grand Marais, and an adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at a feeder at a campsite in the harbor. Bruce Stahly saw an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN in Grand Marais on the 22nd. On the 22nd, John Ellis refound the THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in Koochiching Cty on Cty Rd 13, 2.3 miles south of the jct. with Cty Rd 1. On the 21st, he saw a family group of SPRUCE GROUSE near this location (5.1 miles north of Hwy 71 on Cty Rd 13). On the 22nd he saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim area on Owl Ave just north of the bend. He also saw a group of 35 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES on Cty Rd 29, north of 740. There was a substantial fallout of warblers at Park Point in Duluth this morning. In about an hour's time, I saw dozens of individuals of 11 species, including CAPE MAY WARBLER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Jan Green reported a small movement of warblers along the north shore, including a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 2. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, or send an e-mail to to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird@lists.mnbird.net http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Aug 27 02:04:03 2004 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:04:03 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, August 27, 2004 Message-ID: <000001c48bd1$c3d92470$24b391ce@main> This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, August 27, 2004 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. Two killing frosts over much of the northwest were a great and unpleasant surprise this week. In addition recent rains have made August the greenest I have ever experienced. It is indeed a strange year, and even migration patterns seem to have been affected by the unseasonable cold, wet weather. Susan Wiste reported spotting a BALD EAGLE over the north end of Mill Lake near Alexandria in Douglas County on August 19th. On the 26th, she had a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and a RED-EYED VIREO in her yard. >From Otter Tail County Alma Ronningen reported a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the yard on August 19th. Dan and Sandy Thimgan remarked on the large numbers of BALTIMORE ORIOLES coming to their oriole feeder this week. Mary Wyatt in Becker County reported that the water has gone down in the part of Bisson Lake north of CR 14, but there is still some on the east part of Frog Pond at Hamden NWR. A few species of shorebirds are visible there.=20 Pat Rice in Bemidji in Beltrami County reported four species of gulls there on September 21st : BONAPARTE'S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, HERRING GULL, and FRANKLIN'S GULL. She also reported a CASPIAN TERN, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. Eight species of shorebirds were observed in Beltrami County also. On the 20th, she saw a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and PINE SISKINS in the yard. Pat DeWenter reported a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER with young, also BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS.=20 In Polk County, Nathaniel Emery observed COMMON NIGHTHAWKS milling around the practice field at UMC in Crookston. He also found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the area. A surprise find in Pennington county were the two COMMON REDPOLLS that came to the feeder of Sara Blix just west of the town of Thief River Falls. Another fall visitor on the weekend in our yard just east of the city was a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Gary Tischer called in a few sightings from Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County. He reported that the SANDHILL CRANES numbers are starting to build with more than 100 being seen in a field just west of the refuge. A few GREAT EGRETS are being seen around the refuge. Most interesting of all, a GREAT GRAY OWL has been seen along CR 7 at the east end of the refuge on August 17th and 18th. Presumably this is the same one that was seen earlier in the year. Thanks to Nathaniel Emery, Pat DeWenter, Pat Rice, Susan Wiste, Alma Ronningen, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Alex Wendorf, Sara Blix, and Mary Wyatt for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com 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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, September 3, 2004. From connyb@mycidco.com Thu Aug 26 23:35:02 2004 From: connyb@mycidco.com (Conny Brunell) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:35:02 Subject: [mou] Koochiching County Birding... Message-ID: This morning 8.26.04 Leslie Marcus and I refound the female American Three-toed Woodpecker that has been previously reported along Koochiching CR 13, 2.3 miles south of Koochiching CR 1 at 9:30. We also found a male Black-backed Woodpecker on CR 13, 8.0 miles south of Koochiching CR 1 on the west side of the road at noon. We enjoyed several flocks of Boreal Chickadee's one numbering 8 birds, and several smaller flocks all very vocal, and easy to see along CR 13. We spent 4 hours covering this 15 mile stretch of scenic road, and enjoyed a great variety of birds only ever meeting 1 car the whole time we were there. >From Koochiching US 71 just south of Big Falls near CR 67 we observed a spectacular sight of a flock of 36 Black-billed Magpie's traveling along the highway. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty connyb@mycidco.com From bgraves@usfamily.net Fri Aug 27 14:22:34 2004 From: bgraves@usfamily.net (Farrel Graves) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:22:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Pellicans and Cormorants Message-ID: <001b01c48c38$fdff4a00$7b2dee42@honeywel6mvrnp> About 40 to 50 Pelicans and about 3 times that many Double Crested Cormorants in Black Dog Lake yesterday. Things are beginning to pop! ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ From Chris.Fagyal@udlp.com Fri Aug 27 15:40:13 2004 From: Chris.Fagyal@udlp.com (Chris Fagyal) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:40:13 -0500 Subject: [mou] Trip to Ecuador Message-ID: Hi all, Doubt anyone is of interest on such brief notice, but just in case i'll write a brief post and let folx know... In 3 weeks from this Sunday I am off to Ecuador again. This time to Guango lodge and Papallacta on the east slope of the Andes for 2 days and then to Yanacocha for 1 day and Tandayapa for 5 days. My primary focus for the trip is hummingbird photography. Secondarily I will, of course, be birding each day. The general itinerary/day plan is somewhat like this: Sept 19: arrive, night in Quito Sept 20: Driver picks up early morning, drive to Guango. Bird the grounds at Guango, set up and do photography at feeders. If weather permits go to Papallacta Pass, superceding any other activity (Weather doesn't often permit) to look for Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Silvery Grebe, Andean Teal, Andean Ruddy-duck, Andean Condor, Bar-winged and Stout-winged Cinclodes, Many-striped Canastero, and others. Hummers expected include: Shining Sunbeam, Mountain Velvetbreast, Great Sapphirewing, Tourmaline Sunangel, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Viridian Metaltail, Tyrian Metaltail, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Mountain Avocetbill, Long-tailed Sylph and others...Night Guango Sept 21: Bird and photograph around Guango, again go to Pass if weather permits. Night Guango Sept 22: Bird/photograph around Guango, mid afternoon drive back to Quito. Night Quito Sept 23: Early pickup and drive to Yanacocha arriving at 6am when the gate opens. Bird/photograph along the track heading up towards the top. Several hummingbird feeders line the trail as you walk up the gently sloping track. Will be trying to see such things as the spectacular Ocellated Tapaculo, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, Tawny Antpitta and many others. Hummers expected include Sapphire-vented and Golden-breasted Puffleg, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Buff-tailed Coronet and others. Mid afternoon when the fog rolls in head to Tandayapa. Night Tandayapa Sept 24-27: Early morning pre-dawn probably in the forest hide looking for antpitta's and antthrushes. They come to a blacklight that attracts moths etc. Expected birds that have been seen recently include Moustached Antpitta (rare but incredible), Scaled Antpitta, Rufous-breasted Antthrush, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch. Other potentials depending on success of the blind would be early morning at the lower balcony (especially if the trees are in fruit) looking for mixed flocks of tanagers etc. The bird list at the lodge is 292 species. Side trips will include at least one morning up along the old-nono-mindo road in the upper Tandayapa Valley looking for spectacular choco endemics such as Plate-billed Mountain Toucan and Toucan Barbet amongst others. One morning or afternoon will be at Mindo Lindo for Velvet-Purple Coronet and the Club-winged Manakin Lek in the forest. Another possible side trip is up to Bellavista, as their hummingbird feeders attract some species that Tandayapa's gets much less commonly. Sept 23-26 night at Tandayapa. Sept 27 head back to Quito as evening falls, night in Quito. Flight back Sept 28th early morning. You can probably expect to see 35-40 species of hummingbirds, and depending on how hard I bird probably 200 species of birds. I did a somewhat similar itinerary in 2002, except didn't got to Guango, but did go to the lowlands 3 different days. The total for me (and I missed the last 2 days of birding due to injuring my foot) was 332 species. I'll have calls for most everything that is possible and I know most of the common stuff reasonably well, and will have plates along for anything I can't identify by sight. If you are a photographer you can expect some amazing opportunities. I haven't hired a guide because for 1 person it is just too expensive. However, if a few people suddenly send me emails and say they want to go, i'm sure I could somehow arrange a guide, especially if birding is a higher priority, to head to the lowlands for a day, or some such. Going to Pedro Vicente Maldonado and/or Los Bancos would add a good 150+ species to the possibilities Cost: 1080$ includes lodging, food, driver for some of the days. Doesn't include airfare. Adding a guide for birding would be extra. You can either write me or call me on my cell at 612-709-4503 if you have any interest/questions etc. Cheers, Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. ASD (UDLP-GSD 'til Nov 1) Fridley, MN (San Jose, CA 'til Nov 1) (763) 572-5320 (408) 289-3840 ('til Nov 1) chris.fagyal@udlp.com From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Aug 27 15:47:50 2004 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:47:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Surprised in Central MN Message-ID: <001301c48c44$d3d1bfe0$0c01a8c0@PastorAl> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C48C1A.EA6C9740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Had daily (generally 1-3 hours) opportunities to bird over the last week = (Saturday 8/21 through today), surprised to find 101 species in a line = from Kathio State Park to Sherburne NWR. Warblers (17) far outstripped = shorebirds (7), although individual numbers still light. Good birding! 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Had daily (generally 1-3 = hours) opportunities=20 to bird over the last week (Saturday 8/21 through today), surprised = to find=20 101 species in a line from Kathio State Park to Sherburne NWR.  = Warblers=20 (17) far outstripped shorebirds (7), although individual numbers still=20 light.
 
Good birding!
 
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne = Counties
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C48C1A.EA6C9740-- From Robert_Russell@fws.gov Fri Aug 27 15:09:35 2004 From: Robert_Russell@fws.gov (Robert_Russell@fws.gov) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:09:35 -0500 Subject: [mou] adult YCNH, Dakota County Message-ID: I had an adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron at 0810 this morning (Friday) in West St. Paul on the west side of Lily Lake. The bird was sitting on a low tree branch which extended out over the lake in the NE portion of the property owned by the Oakdale Community Church. Directions: take the Butler St. exit off U.S. 52 (3 miles S of 494 or 2.5 miles N of downtown St. Paul). Go west to the first stop sign (Sperl St.). Continue west 1 block to Carrie St. and turn north and go 2 blocks north to the corner of Arion St. and Carrie. The church will be on your right. Occasionally I see a caretaker there so ask permission if he is on the site; otherwise there is usually no one present. If the heron is not visible here, go north to Bernard St. and turn east (right) for .5 blocks. There is a public right-of-way (unpaved alley) between two widely spaced houses which could be walked to and utilized as a scoping area but park on Bernard St. There is a small brush pile on this right-of-way. I'll check again later tonight (I live on this lake but Pete, the Carolina dog eats birders during the day) and post additional information if the heron is still there. Bob Russell From connyb@mycidco.com Fri Aug 27 15:04:02 2004 From: connyb@mycidco.com (Conny Brunell) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:04:02 Subject: [mou] Adult YCNH still at Lily Lake, in West St. Paul, Dakota Co. Message-ID: THANK YOU Bob Russell for finding the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, and reporting it to the listserve so quickly. I hustled over there as soon as I saw the email, and observed it in the same spot from 12:15-12:45. I was joined by David Pettit, and the bird never moved from that spot other than to open and close its eyes. >From I494 go North on US 52, and exit on Butler Street. Go West to the first stop sign Sperl St; Dakota Co Thompson Park Center will be on your left. Continue West 1 block to Carrie St and turn North (R). Go 2 more blocks North and the Oakdale Community Church will be on your right. I parked in that lot, and could NOT view the bird from there due to all the trees. So I went back out to Carrie and went more block North to Bernard St and turn (R) East. The public right of way (unpaved alley) reported by Bob is on the right between the 4th and 5th house. From here looking South over Lily Lake the bird is roosting on the left side of the lake in a big Willow, on a branch hanging over the water, and is easily viewed at close range. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty connyb@mycidco.com From Steve Weston" <001b01c487c6$44454040$a7a87044@family> Message-ID: <003b01c48cbb$118ddfa0$169a7618@spacestar.net> Hi all, Last week I posted a message about birding along I-94 and finding a mystery shorebird. I wish to thank all who responded. I agree with those who suggested a juvenile Silt Sandpiper. It fit the description to a T, but the description did not indicate why I did not consider the Silt Sandpiper: its legs were too short. but, in retrospect, I realized it was walking on pond scum, and thus was probably sinking in some. Again thanks, Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan sweston2@comcast.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Weston" > To: "Mou-net" ; "mnbird" > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:17 AM > Subject: [mou] Birding along I-94 to Fargo > > > > Work sent me to Fargo today. A beautiful day for a drive and time to stop > and look at some shorebirds. > > > > Red-tailed hawks along the way out were all lighter than I am use to > seeing in the cities, especially on their heads. One > > pair of hawks sitting on hay bails on the north side of I-94 just east of > mile 118 near Osakis looked like Ferruginous, but > > at 70+mph, all I could say for sure was that they were worth a second > look. > > > > Stopped at Barnesville on the way back and checked out their very birdy > sewerage ponds. Found an unidentified sandpiper > > (described below) that I studied a while and: > > Red-necked Phalaropes (5) > > Eared Grebe > > good variety of ducks > > At least eight varieties of shorebirds plus > > > > one unidentified sandpiper: > > smaller than lesser yellowlegs, estimated size 7 to 9". body shaped like > yellowlegs, but yellow-green legs were shorter. > > Bill was longish (~ 1.5 x length of head), dark,thick at base and slightly > decurved. > > Crown was rusty brown and streaked. Had a line through the eye. wings > (and back?) was rich brown and sculpted. Primaries > > were dark with light edges. > > neck and breast was a rich buffy color and essentially unstreaked, > although there was some faint streaking down the sides. > > Belly and under tail were white. > > Tail and upper tail coverts were white, with a black terminal smudge on > tail, but might not be on all the tail feathers, > > The tail is unique, and easily marks the bird as the target. > > The bird does not match anything I can find. Perhaps someone else will be > able to look at it and recognize it. In > > retrospect I believe it is an aberrant. > > > > Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan > > sweston2@comcast.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mou-net mailing list > > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > > > > From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Sat Aug 28 20:22:31 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:22:31 -0500 Subject: [mou] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron not refound Message-ID: <001e01c48d34$5db1b680$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C48D0A.7472DA90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Myself and others looked for the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in West = Saint Paul this morning without success. We checked a few other = lakes/ponds in the area (including Pig's-eye Lake), but failed to = relocate the bird. -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C48D0A.7472DA90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Myself and others looked for the = Yellow-crowned=20 Night-Heron in West Saint Paul this morning without success.  We = checked a=20 few other lakes/ponds in the area (including Pig's-eye Lake), but failed = to=20 relocate the bird.
-Bob Dunlap, Carver County
 
------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C48D0A.7472DA90-- From earlorf@uslink.net Sun Aug 29 04:29:59 2004 From: earlorf@uslink.net (Earl Orf) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:29:59 -0500 Subject: [mou] Koochiching Woodpeckers Message-ID: <000001c48d78$79f72b10$4002fea9@TOSHIBAEARL> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C48D4E.91212310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today Shawn Conrad and I headed up to Koochiching County so he could see = the Three-toed Woodpecker and we hit the jackpot! We drove south on CR13 = from CR 1. Not only did we see the male that has been previously reported = 2.3 miles south of CR 1 but we also saw a male and female at 9.2 miles south = of CR 1 and another pair 9.5 miles south of CR 1. In addition to that, we = also saw a male Black-backed Woodpecker 11.1 miles south of CR 1 on CR 13. = Six rare woodpeckers in one day - we consider ourselves very fortunate = indeed. =20 Also along CR 13 we saw several flocks of Boreal Chickadees (more than = the number of Black-capped Chickadees, how often does that happen). =20 =20 Other Koochiching sightings of note: =20 Olive-sided Flycatcher (on Hwy 65 just south of Little Fork) 17 Black-billed Magpies south of Big Falls at the intersection of CR 67 = and Hwy 71. This is the same place Conny Brunell reported seeing them. =20 We also stopped at the Big Falls sewage ponds but only saw 1 Least Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 4 Solitary Sandpipers. =20 Earl Orf ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C48D4E.91212310 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Today Shawn Conrad and I headed up to = Koochiching County so he could see the Three-toed Woodpecker and we hit the jackpot!  We drove = south on CR13 from CR 1.  Not only did we see the male that has been = previously reported 2.3 miles south of CR 1 but we also saw a male and female at = 9.2 miles south of CR 1 and another pair 9.5 miles south of CR 1.  In = addition to that, we also saw a male Black-backed Woodpecker 11.1 miles south of CR = 1 on CR 13.  Six rare woodpeckers in one day – we consider ourselves = very fortunate indeed.

 

Also along CR 13 we saw several flocks of Boreal = Chickadees (more than the number of Black-capped Chickadees, how often does that happen). 

 

Other Koochiching sightings of = note:

 

Olive-sided Flycatcher (on Hwy 65 just south of = Little Fork)

17 Black-billed Magpies south of Big Falls at the intersection of CR 67 and Hwy 71.  This is the same place Conny = Brunell reported seeing them.

 

We also stopped at the Big Falls sewage ponds but only saw 1 Least Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 4 = Solitary Sandpipers.

 

Earl Orf

------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C48D4E.91212310-- From blitkey@usfamily.net Sun Aug 29 04:52:21 2004 From: blitkey@usfamily.net (Bill Litkey) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:52:21 -0500 Subject: [mou] 10 Plegadis Ibis, Snowy Egret - Lac Qui Parle Co. Message-ID: <000901c48d7b$978e5d80$0101a8c0@28litkeyhome> On Saturday, 28 Aug. there were 10 Plegadis Ibis at the WMA on Co. Rd. 13, 1 mile south of Hwy. 40 (Haydenville) in Lac Qui Parle Co. Also there, were 2 Black-bellied Plovers along with many of the common types of shorebirds. In a pond in Manfred Twsp. in the SW corner of the county was a Snowy Egret feeding among some Great Egrets. In Yellow Medicine Co. there was still one Buff-breasted Sandpiper in the NW corner of the lake located 2 mi. north, 2 mi. east of St. Leo. Bill Litkey ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ From david@cahlander.com Sun Aug 29 16:39:01 2004 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:39:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] Recently seen update Message-ID: <001a01c48dde$5202fc40$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C48DB4.65EF5570 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim Mattsson provided a picture of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. http://www.cbs.umn.edu/~mou/recent.html --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C48DB4.65EF5570 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Jim Mattsson provided a = picture of the=20 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.
 
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------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C48DB4.65EF5570-- From mahan-mail@att.net Sun Aug 29 22:49:56 2004 From: mahan-mail@att.net (Tom & Phyllis Mahan) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:49:56 -0500 Subject: [mou] MN Birding Newsletter assembling Message-ID: <005001c48e12$239b1ca0$6784490c@MAHAN> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C48DE8.3AC514A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Volunteers are still needed to help assemble the next issue of MN Birding on: Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:30 p.m. Minnetonka Mills Room, first floor Minnetonka Community Center 14600 Minnetonka Blvd (1 mile west of Minnetonka Blvd/I-494 intersection) Any help is greatly appreciated by all members of MOU! If you can help out please respond directly to my email or call me. Please provide a daytime phone number in case I have to contact you at the last minute. Thanks! 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------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C48DE8.3AC514A0-- From rmdbird@mn.rr.com Mon Aug 30 01:01:46 2004 From: rmdbird@mn.rr.com (Bob Dunlap) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:01:46 -0500 Subject: [mou] Peregrine Falcon, Carver County Message-ID: <001101c48e24$8ab52270$75134c45@MainComputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C48DFA.A18BA340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Around 6:30 this evening I noticed what I first thought was a juvenile = crow flying short distances from treetop to treetop in a neighbor's = yard. It was raining at the time, and viewing from my bedroom window = made it difficult to identify the bird without optics. After watching = it for a couple of seconds I realized that it was one of the larger = falcons. When it stopped and perched on a treetop, I quickly set up my = scope. I was delighted to see a juvenile Peregrine Falcon perched there = in the rain. The bird was cooperative for several minutes, allowing my = parents to have a look through my scope. I'm guessing that this was one = of the birds raised from a Peregrine pair in the Minnesota River valley = not far from my house, although I've never seen one around my yard until = now.=20 -Bob Dunlap, Chaska ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C48DFA.A18BA340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Around 6:30 this evening I noticed what = I=20 first thought was a juvenile crow flying short distances from = treetop to=20 treetop in a neighbor's yard.  It was raining at the time, and = viewing from=20 my bedroom window made it difficult to identify the bird without = optics. =20 After watching it for a couple of seconds I realized that it was one of = the=20 larger falcons.  When it stopped and perched on a treetop, I = quickly set up=20 my scope.  I was delighted to see a juvenile Peregrine Falcon = perched there=20 in the rain.  The bird was cooperative for several minutes, = allowing my=20 parents to have a look through my scope.  I'm guessing that this = was one of=20 the birds raised from a Peregrine pair in the Minnesota River = valley not=20 far from my house, although I've never seen one around my yard until = now.=20
-Bob Dunlap, = Chaska
------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C48DFA.A18BA340-- From smithville4@charter.net Mon Aug 30 01:04:36 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:04:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Trips Message-ID: <008c01c48e24$efeed4b0$46a47044@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01C48DFB.06C7C680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well my Saturday started off by trying to give CPR to my very old = computer and realizing it has no more energy to even bring up the start = up page. So we went shopping for a replacement.=20 My only problem I have is that after reconfiguring my email back to my = old password and etc. I lost all my email addresses and folders I = created to store all my emails and hate letters! (kidding). One of the = folders I lost was a the MOU Trip folder that had everyone names and = emails on who was coming on the Sept 25th Trip and the October Trip. I = wrote some names down but I know there were plenty of more names I = forgot to add to write down. Here is what I got so far.=20 September 25 Trip: 1. Marilyn Hultgren (need email address) 2. Joanne Husby (need email address) 3. Dee Schmoltz (need email address) 4. Ron Erpelding (need email address) 5. Mark Junghans (need email address) 6. Kirk Jeffrey (need email address) 7. Pat Dewenter ( I have everything) October 16-17 Trip: 1. Alex Cruz (need email address) 2. Tim Mitzen (need email address) 3. Mark & Bev Junghans (need email address) 4. Earl Orf (need email address) 5. Laura Coble (need email address) IF your name is not on any of these list PLEASE email me back so I can = write them down and update my new folder I created. Thanks Mike Hendrickson MOU Field Trip Guy. ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01C48DFB.06C7C680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Well my Saturday started off by trying = to give CPR=20 to my very old computer and realizing it has no more energy to even = bring up the=20 start up page. So we went shopping for a replacement.
 
My only problem I have is that after = reconfiguring=20 my email back to my old password and etc. I lost all my email addresses = and=20 folders I created to store all my emails and hate letters! (kidding). = One of the=20 folders I lost was a the MOU Trip folder that had everyone names and = emails on=20 who was coming on the Sept 25th Trip and the October Trip. I wrote some = names=20 down but I know there were plenty of more names I forgot to add to write = down.
 
Here is what I got so far. =
 
September 25 Trip:
1. Marilyn Hultgren (need email=20 address)
2. Joanne Husby (need email = address)
3. Dee Schmoltz (need email = address)
4. Ron Erpelding (need email = address)
5. Mark Junghans (need email = address)
6. Kirk Jeffrey (need email = address)
7. Pat Dewenter ( I have = everything)
 
October 16-17 Trip:
 
1. Alex Cruz (need email = address)
2. Tim Mitzen (need email = address)
3. Mark & Bev Junghans (need email=20 address)
4. Earl Orf (need email = address)
5. Laura Coble (need email = address)
 
 
IF your name is not on any of these = list PLEASE=20 email me back so I can write them down and update my new folder I=20 created.
 
Thanks
 
Mike Hendrickson
MOU Field Trip = Guy.
------=_NextPart_000_0089_01C48DFB.06C7C680-- From smithville4@charter.net Tue Aug 31 03:07:53 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:07:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] Bird books coming Message-ID: <008501c48eff$5318b7b0$46a47044@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C48ED5.6A04BC50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found the following information that might be of interest to most of = you. The following bird books will be out soon for us. Jerome Jackson: In search of the Ivory Woodpecker $24.95 Olsen: Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America This book was released = to us a year ago or more and was resent to the publisher because of = mistakes and errors. It will now be available to us North Americans this = November. I read that it has been reviewed several times and it should = be the bible for gull identification. Dennis Paulson (not the golfer): Shorebirds of North America The = Photographic Guide $29.95 Will be out spring 2005. There are a few more books coming out but they involve birds from far = off places that I only dream of. I just listed the books that have to do = with birds of N. America. Mike Hendrickson ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C48ED5.6A04BC50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I found the following information that = might be of=20 interest to most of you. The following bird books will be out soon for=20 us.
 
Jerome Jackson:  In search of the = Ivory=20 Woodpecker $24.95
 
Olsen:  Gulls of Europe, Asia and = North=20 America  This book was released to us a year ago or more and was = resent to=20 the publisher because of mistakes and errors. It will now be available = to us=20 North Americans this November. I read that it has been reviewed several = times=20 and it should be the bible for gull identification.
 
Dennis Paulson (not the golfer):  = Shorebirds=20 of North America The Photographic Guide  $29.95 Will be out=20 spring  2005.
 
There are a few more books coming out = but they=20 involve birds from far off places that I only dream of. I just listed = the books=20 that have to do with birds of N. America.
 
Mike = Hendrickson
------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C48ED5.6A04BC50-- From pbudde@earthlink.net Tue Aug 31 03:45:25 2004 From: pbudde@earthlink.net (Paul Budde) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:45:25 -0500 Subject: [mou] Bird books coming In-Reply-To: <008501c48eff$5318b7b0$46a47044@FAMILYCOMPUTER> Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C48EDA.A8DAE8F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I saw Jackson's book at a Twin Cities bookstore last night. Paulson's Shorebirds of the Pacifc Northwest is an excellent book--even for Minnesotans--so I'm glad to hear about the new book Mike brought to our attention. Paul Budde Minneapolis, MN -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu]On Behalf Of Mike Hendrickson Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:08 PM To: MOU-Net Subject: [mou] Bird books coming I found the following information that might be of interest to most of you. The following bird books will be out soon for us. Jerome Jackson: In search of the Ivory Woodpecker $24.95 Olsen: Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America This book was released to us a year ago or more and was resent to the publisher because of mistakes and errors. It will now be available to us North Americans this November. I read that it has been reviewed several times and it should be the bible for gull identification. Dennis Paulson (not the golfer): Shorebirds of North America The Photographic Guide $29.95 Will be out spring 2005. There are a few more books coming out but they involve birds from far off places that I only dream of. I just listed the books that have to do with birds of N. America. Mike Hendrickson ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C48EDA.A8DAE8F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I saw=20 Jackson's book at a Twin Cities bookstore last = night.
 
Paulson's Shorebirds of the Pacifc Northwest is an = excellent=20 book--even for Minnesotans--so I'm glad to hear about the new book Mike = brought=20 to our attention.
 
Paul=20 Budde
Minneapolis, MN
-----Original Message-----
From: = mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu=20 [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu]On Behalf Of Mike=20 Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:08 = PM
To:=20 MOU-Net
Subject: [mou] Bird books = coming

I found the following information = that might be=20 of interest to most of you. The following bird books will be out soon = for=20 us.
 
Jerome Jackson:  In search of = the Ivory=20 Woodpecker $24.95
 
Olsen:  Gulls of Europe, Asia = and North=20 America  This book was released to us a year ago or more and was = resent=20 to the publisher because of mistakes and errors. It will now be = available to=20 us North Americans this November. I read that it has been reviewed = several=20 times and it should be the bible for gull identification.
 
Dennis Paulson (not the = golfer):  Shorebirds=20 of North America The Photographic Guide  $29.95 Will be out=20 spring  2005.
 
There are a few more books coming out = but they=20 involve birds from far off places that I only dream of. I just listed = the=20 books that have to do with birds of N. America.
 
Mike=20 Hendrickson
------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C48EDA.A8DAE8F0-- From Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov Tue Aug 31 16:17:18 2004 From: Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov (Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:17:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] bald blue jays Message-ID: This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0053F3EB86256F01_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I just received a call from a bird watcher in Onamia. She has several blue jays, red-winged blackbirds and common grackles that are showing up to her feeders without feathers on the crown of the head and nape, just skin. Does anyone know what the cause could be? Is it just late molting? Thanks, Michelle McDowell Wildlife Biologist Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge McGregor, MN 218-768-2402 --=_alternative 0053F3EB86256F01_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
I just received a call from a bird watcher in Onamia.  She has several blue jays, red-winged blackbirds and common grackles that are showing up to her feeders without feathers on the crown of the head and nape, just skin.  Does anyone know what the cause could be?  Is it just late molting?  

Thanks,

Michelle McDowell
Wildlife Biologist
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
McGregor, MN
218-768-2402 --=_alternative 0053F3EB86256F01_=-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Tue Aug 31 21:12:53 2004 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:12:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] Am.3toed and spruce grouse Message-ID: <410-220048231201253824@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Yesterday (8/30/04), at 2:00pm, I photographed an adult male and juvenile American Three-toed Woodpecker as they were unison drumming just above a very fresh nest hole. Thus, I suspect they were family. The birds were at the now famous Koochiching Co. site 2.3 miles south of CR 1 on CR 13. Laura and I spent almost 4 hours fruitlessly searching for these and other reported 3-toeds in the vicinity, when, at the last minute, I decided to head into the bog for one last attempt. I heard a "single" drum in the distance that sounded too rapid for a 3-toed, but seemed to have the right accelerated ending. I soon spotted 2 birds just above a very bright, fresh-looking nest hole in a black spruce. They were on opposite sides of the tree playing woodpecker peek-a-boo. The juvenile initiated the drumming and the adult immediately joined in, thus creating the odd, rapid effect. They repeated this numerous times. I returned with Laura and digiscope and took several images which I will tr y to share with you. Also, at 10:30 am, at the above site, we watched a male spruce grouse doing his aerial flight display in the middle of the road. He would rise 8-10 feet on slow, butterfly-like wingbeats, then descend rapdily to the ground and resume strutting. A hen and brood of at least 6 other spruce grouse were along the roadside adjacent to where the male was displaying. Magnificent sight. I eventually approached to photograph the male when he flew up into a spruce tree at eye level and in full display. As I focused through my digiscope system on the incredible composition I was about to immortalize for future generations, I knew this would be the shot-of-a-lifetime for this species. As I released the shutter, I got the dreaded "Battery Exhausted" message on the monitor. No, he did NOT wait for me to replace the battery. Good birding :( James Mattsson mattjim@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

Yesterday (8/30/04), at 2:00pm,  I photographed an adult male and juvenile American Three-toed Woodpecker as they were unison drumming just above a very fresh nest hole. Thus, I suspect they were family. The birds were at the now famous Koochiching Co. site 2.3 miles south of CR 1 on CR 13.  Laura and I spent almost 4 hours fruitlessly searching for these and other reported 3-toeds in the vicinity, when, at the last minute, I decided to head into the bog for one last attempt. I heard a "single" drum in the distance that sounded too rapid for a 3-toed, but seemed to have the right accelerated ending. I soon spotted 2 birds just above a very bright, fresh-looking nest hole in a black spruce. They were on opposite sides of the tree playing woodpecker peek-a-boo. The juvenile initiated the drumming and the adult immediately joined in, thus creating the odd, rapid effect. They repeated this numerous times. I returned with Laura and digiscope and took sever al images which I will try to share with you.
 
Also, at 10:30 am, at the above site, we watched a male spruce grouse doing his aerial flight display in the middle of the road. He would rise 8-10 feet on slow, butterfly-like wingbeats, then descend rapdily to the ground and resume strutting. A hen and brood of at least 6 other spruce grouse were along the roadside adjacent to where the male was displaying. Magnificent sight. I eventually approached to photograph the male when he flew up into a spruce tree at eye level and in full display.   As I focused through my digiscope system on the incredible composition I was about to immortalize for future generations, I knew this would be the shot-of-a-lifetime for this species. As I released the shutter, I got the dreaded "Battery Exhausted" message on the monitor. No, he did NOT wait for me to replace the battery.
 
Good birding :(
 
James Mattsson
Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From smithville4@charter.net Tue Aug 31 22:30:21 2004 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:30:21 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU November 6-7 Trip Message-ID: <001601c48fa1$b8b40a50$46a47044@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C48F77.CF325900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The MOU trips on September 25th and October 16-17 are filling up, so if = you are still interested in these trips please email me . I have a lot of room on the November 6-7 trip to Grand Marais. I have = two signed up and I would like to get more birders come along. This trip = should be fun. Anytime time you can bird along the northshore in late = fall is always interesting and exciting. you never know what you could = find along the northshore. The northshore is a good magnet for western = strays and a few eastern strays. The winter finches and Bohemian = waxwings should be found along the shore at this time of the year. Other = birds like scoters and Long-tailed Ducks are normally found any where = along the northshore of Lake Superior. We will also stop by Bill Lane's = owl operation and hopefully there still might be a few Saw Whet Owls and = hopefully a Long-eared Owl will be netted.=20 Anyway, if your interested in the MOU November Trip give me a holler = thru email. If you are interested in the other two trips mention, again = I can take a few more particapants on those trips. The October 16-17 = Trip we will be stopping at Bill Lane's owl operation.=20 Mike Hendrickson MOU Field Trip Chairman ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C48F77.CF325900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The MOU trips on September 25th and = October 16-17=20 are filling up, so if you are still interested in these trips please = email me=20 .
 
I have a lot of room on the November = 6-7 trip to=20 Grand Marais. I have two signed up and I would like to get more birders = come=20 along. This trip should be fun. Anytime time you can bird along the = northshore=20 in late fall is always interesting and exciting. you never know what you = could=20 find along the northshore. The northshore is a good magnet for western = strays=20 and a few eastern strays. The winter finches and Bohemian waxwings = should be=20 found along the shore at this time of the year. Other birds like scoters = and=20 Long-tailed Ducks are normally found any where along the northshore of = Lake=20 Superior.  We will also stop by Bill Lane's owl operation and = hopefully=20 there still might be a few Saw Whet Owls and hopefully a Long-eared Owl = will be=20 netted.
 
Anyway, if your interested in the MOU = November Trip=20 give me a holler thru email. If you are interested in the other two = trips=20 mention, again I can take a few more particapants on those trips. The = October=20 16-17 Trip we will be stopping at Bill Lane's owl operation. =
 
Mike Hendrickson
MOU Field Trip = Chairman
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C48F77.CF325900-- From ignacio_magpie@rohair.com Tue Aug 31 23:18:56 2004 From: ignacio_magpie@rohair.com (ignacio_magpie@rohair.com) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:18:56 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [mou] Snowy Egret - Murray County Message-ID: <55634.156.99.142.99.1093990736.squirrel@156.99.142.99> Today (31 Aug - 04) about 1.5 miles south of the Lyon-Murray County Line just off US Hwy 59 in the wetland area to the west of Hwy 59. Roger Schroeder