[mou] Yellow-breasted Chat; Sherburne June observations & questions
Pastor Al
PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net
Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:58:05 -0500
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The Yellow-breasted Chat was still present this morning at 9:00 AM (near =
trail head, in between left & right paths, singing but song much less =
complex).
Since 6/1 have observed the following birds at Sherburne NWA (primarily =
Mahnomen Trail, Blue Hill Trail and the Auto Tour):
* Common Loons (another birder noted young)
* Pied-billed Grebe
* American White Pelican (two flyovers)
* Double-crested Cormorants
* Least Bitterns
* Great Blue Herons
* Green Herons (no Black-crowned observed yet)
* Turkey Vulture
* Canada Goose
* Trumpter Swan (two nesting)
* Wood Duck
* Mallard
* Blue-winged Teal
* Ring-necked Duck (seeing Redheads nearby, Hwy 2 ponds)
* Ruddy Duck
* Bald Eagle
* Cooper's Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Ruffed Grouse (RN Pheasants & Wild Turkeys also probably present, seen =
through late May in Sherburne & nearby in June)
* Virginia Rail
* Sora
* Sandhill Crane
* Killdeer (only "shorebird", but that was true most of spring - =
frustrating - year list of SB's is lowest since rookie years)
* Black Tern
* Mourning Dove
* Ruby-throated Hummingboard
* Belted Kingfisher
* Red-bellied Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker (certain that Pileateds are still present, but no =
June observations)
* Eastern Wood-Pewee
* Alder Flycatcher &=20
* Willow Flycatcher (both early June)
* Least Flycatcher
* Eastern Phoebe
* Great Crested Flycatcher
* Eastern Kingbird
* Yellow-throated Vireo
* Warbling Vireo
* Red-eyed Vireo
* Blue Jay
* American Crow (have not seen or heard the Raven since the 4/04 nesting =
observations by a field trip)
* Tree Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Barn Swallow
* Black-capped Chickadee
* Red-breasted Nuthatch (single bird calling in the Blue Hill =
evergreens)
* House Wren (have missed Sedge so far)
* Marsh Wren (may have heard a Carolina on Blue Hill trail in May, but =
no visual confirmation or singing since)
* Golden-crowned Kinglet (small flock in Blue Hill evergreens since =
winter)
* Ruby-crowned Kinglet (single bird calling in the evergreens)
* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
* Eastern Bluebird
* Veery
* American Robin
* Gray Catbird
* Brown Thrasher (could someone send me a Mocker, need it in MN)
* European Starling
* Cedar Waxwing
* Blue-winged Warbler
* Golden-winged Warbler
* Yellow Warbler
* Chestnut-sided Warbler
* Black-throated Green Warbler (only 6/2, could easily have been late =
migrant)
* Black & White Warbler
* American Redstart
* Ovenbird (have not found any Mournings since migration)
* Common Yellowthroat
* Yellow-breasted Chat
* Scarlet Tanager (many)
* Eastern Towhee
* Chipping Sparrow
* Clay-colored Sparrow
* Field Sparrow (have not found any Vespers in a while)
* Lark Sparrow (Auto Tour & Mahnomen trail head)
* Savannah Sparrow
* Grasshopper Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* Swamp Sparrow
(have Cardinals in the area, but not Sherburne proper since May)
* Rose-breasted Grosbeak
(have Bobolinks in area, but not Sherburne proper)
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Eastern Meadowlark (haven't heard Westerns on the Auto Tour in a =
little while)
* Yellow-headed Blackbird
* Common Grackle
(Anyone know where the Orchard Orioles are who nest here? Have missed =
them completely.)
* Baltimore Oriole
* American Goldfinch
Have not been out in the evenings to check for Whip-poor-wills or owls. =
High warbler migration day was 23. =20
All the news (perhaps more) fit to print.
Good birding to all!
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Yellow-breasted Chat was still =
present this=20
morning at 9:00 AM (near trail head, in between left & right=20
paths, singing but song much less complex).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Since 6/1 have observed the following =
birds at=20
Sherburne NWA (primarily Mahnomen Trail, Blue Hill Trail and the Auto=20
Tour):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Common Loons (another birder noted=20
young)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Pied-billed Grebe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* American White Pelican (two=20
flyovers)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Double-crested =
Cormorants</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Least Bitterns</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Great Blue Herons</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Green Herons (no Black-crowned =
observed=20
yet)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Turkey Vulture</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Canada Goose</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Trumpter Swan (two =
nesting)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Wood Duck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Mallard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Blue-winged Teal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Ring-necked Duck (seeing Redheads =
nearby, Hwy 2=20
ponds)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Ruddy Duck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Bald Eagle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Cooper's Hawk</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Red-tailed Hawk</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Ruffed Grouse (RN Pheasants & =
Wild Turkeys=20
also probably present, seen through late May in Sherburne & =
nearby in=20
June)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Virginia Rail</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Sora</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Sandhill Crane</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Killdeer (only "shorebird", but that =
was true=20
most of spring - frustrating - year list of SB's is lowest since rookie=20
years)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Black Tern</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Mourning Dove</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Ruby-throated =
Hummingboard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Belted Kingfisher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Red-bellied Woodpecker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Downy Woodpecker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Hairy Woodpecker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Northern Flicker (certain that =
Pileateds are=20
still present, but no June observations)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Eastern Wood-Pewee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Alder Flycatcher & </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Willow Flycatcher (both early =
June)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Least Flycatcher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Eastern Phoebe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Great Crested Flycatcher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Eastern Kingbird</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Yellow-throated Vireo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Warbling Vireo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Red-eyed Vireo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Blue Jay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* American Crow (have not seen or heard =
the Raven=20
since the 4/04 nesting observations by a field trip)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Tree Swallow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Cliff Swallow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Barn Swallow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Black-capped Chickadee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Red-breasted Nuthatch (single bird =
calling in the=20
Blue Hill evergreens)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* House Wren (have missed Sedge so=20
far)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Marsh Wren (may have heard a Carolina =
on Blue=20
Hill trail in May, but no visual confirmation or singing =
since)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Golden-crowned Kinglet (small flock =
in Blue Hill=20
evergreens since winter)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Ruby-crowned Kinglet (single bird =
calling in the=20
evergreens)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Eastern Bluebird</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Veery</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* American Robin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Gray Catbird</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Brown Thrasher (could someone send me =
a Mocker,=20
need it in MN)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* European Starling</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Cedar Waxwing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Blue-winged Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Golden-winged Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Yellow Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Chestnut-sided Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Black-throated Green Warbler (only =
6/2, could=20
easily have been late migrant)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Black & White =
Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* American Redstart</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Ovenbird (have not found any =
Mournings since=20
migration)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Common Yellowthroat</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Yellow-breasted Chat</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Scarlet Tanager (many)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Eastern Towhee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Chipping Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Clay-colored Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Field Sparrow (have not found any =
Vespers in a=20
while)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Lark Sparrow (Auto Tour & =
Mahnomen trail=20
head)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Savannah Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Grasshopper Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Song Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Swamp Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(have Cardinals in the area, but not =
Sherburne=20
proper since May)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Rose-breasted Grosbeak</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(have Bobolinks in area, but not =
Sherburne=20
proper)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Red-winged Blackbird</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Eastern Meadowlark (haven't heard =
Westerns on the=20
Auto Tour in a little while)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Yellow-headed Blackbird</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Common Grackle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(Anyone know where the Orchard Orioles =
are who nest=20
here? Have missed them completely.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Baltimore Oriole</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* American Goldfinch</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Have not been out in the evenings to =
check for=20
Whip-poor-wills or owls. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>High warbler migration =
day was 23. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the news (perhaps more) fit to=20
print.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good birding to all!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Al Schirmacher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Princeton, MN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mille Lacs & Sherburne =
Counties</FONT></DIV>
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