[mou] Re: [mnbird] SW Minnesota - August 1 - 3, 2004

[svdbosse@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 
> 
>