[mou] WI. Pt. & MOU Trip
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:50:19 -0500
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C4A330.810E6B20
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Everything mentioned on MnBird about Sooty Terns is false.
A tern was spotted way out by a WI birder that had a dark back (brown =
mantle) and dirty white wash underneath. The birder made a side comment =
about "could this be a sooty tern" this comment was made as a joke and =
some birder overheard this and took it serious and word came out there =
was a probable sooty tern being seen at WI. Pt. Also it wasn't 3 terns =
as reported on MnBird but only one tern that looked weird from a =
distance. =20
MNBird also reported a Black-legged Kittiwake was proven to be a =
immature Little Gull.
What has been seen today at WI Pt. and these birds were seen in =
Minnesota as well were a Parasitic Jaeger and a Artic Tern. These were =
seen by very good birders with experience.
The MOU trip was a hit with the 23 birders that came along. We sat and =
watched birds migrate by at Park Pt, sat on lawn chairs at the Lakewood =
pumping station and watched raptors and other migrants fly by, took a =
nice walk around Knife River Marina, stood on the beach at WI Pt. and =
ended the day at 40th Ave. West.
Some highlights were:
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plovers
Sanderlings
Northern Parula Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
The lake was pretty quiet and calm in the west winds and there wasn't a =
lot of gull or tern action on either side. The raptors were moving and =
we witnessed as small kettle of Broad-winged Hawks over the Superior =
Entry. I got a few dragonflies for some.
(Canada Darner, Green Darner and a banded-winged Meadowhawk)
Over all the bird was slow and the only thing I noticed was there were =
more white-throated Sparrows, Harris Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Juncos =
around than previous days.
Mike Hendrickson=20
------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C4A330.810E6B20
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Everything mentioned on =
MnBird about=20
Sooty Terns is false.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>A tern was spotted way out by =
a WI birder=20
that had a dark back (brown mantle) and dirty white wash underneath. The =
birder=20
made a side comment about "could this be a sooty tern" this comment was =
made as=20
a joke and some birder overheard this and took it serious and word came =
out=20
there was a probable sooty tern being seen at WI. Pt. Also it =
wasn't 3=20
terns as reported on MnBird but only one tern that looked weird from a=20
distance. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>MNBird also reported a =
Black-legged=20
Kittiwake was proven to be a immature Little Gull.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>What has been seen today at =
WI Pt. and=20
these birds were seen in Minnesota as well were a Parasitic Jaeger and a =
Artic=20
Tern. These were seen by very good birders with experience.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>The MOU trip was a hit with =
the 23=20
birders that came along. We sat and watched birds migrate by at Park Pt, =
sat on=20
lawn chairs at the Lakewood pumping station and watched raptors and =
other=20
migrants fly by, took a nice walk around Knife River Marina, stood on =
the beach=20
at WI Pt. and ended the day at 40th Ave. West.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Some highlights =
were:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Black-bellied =
Plover</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>American Golden =
Plovers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Sanderlings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Northern Parula =
Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Tennessee =
Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Magnolia Warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Northern =
Waterthrush</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>The lake was pretty quiet and =
calm in the=20
west winds and there wasn't a lot of gull or tern action on either side. =
The=20
raptors were moving and we witnessed as small kettle of Broad-winged =
Hawks over=20
the Superior Entry. I got a few dragonflies for some.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>(Canada Darner, Green Darner =
and a=20
banded-winged Meadowhawk)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Over all the bird was slow =
and the only=20
thing I noticed was there were more white-throated Sparrows, Harris =
Sparrow,=20
Swamp Sparrow and Juncos around than previous days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D4>Mike =
Hendrickson </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" =
size=3D4></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C4A330.810E6B20--