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@ Solitary Sandpiper - One observed at the Big Falls Sewage Ponds.

@ Least Sandpiper - Four observed at the Big Falls Sewage Ponds.

@ Black-backed Woodpecker - One bird observed flying over CR 36, 4 mile= s=20 West of

= ; &nb= sp; &= nbsp; Mizpah=20 in Koochiching County.

@ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - One bird was observed on Koochiching coun= ty=20 road 13,

= ; &nb= sp; &= nbsp; =20 One mile South of the intersection with CR 77.

@ Black-billed Magpie - Itasca County - along CR 31, 1/2 mile East of t= he=20 intersection

= ; &nb= sp; =20 with CR 26.

@ Boreal Chickadee - Koochiching county - CR 13, 1.25 miles South of th= e=20 intersection with

= ; &nb= sp; CR=20 77.

@ Winter Wren - Itasca County - Several heard along the trail to the Fi= re=20 Tower in Scenic

= ; =20 State Park.

@ Connecticut Warbler - Itasca County - one bird was heard and observed= =20 near the bog walk

= ; &nb= sp; =20 trail in Scenic State Park. Koochiching County - One bird was

= ; &nb= sp; h= eard=20 along Hwy. 71, about 2 miles S of CR 61.

@ Mourning Warbler - Very abundant in both counties.

@ Le Conte's Sparrow - Seen or heard at over a dozen locations in=20= both=20 counties.

@ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Heard only along CR 128, 1 mile N of=20 Hwy. 2 in Itasca

= ; &nb= sp; &= nbsp; =20 Cnty.

@ Evening Grosbeaks - Itasca County - Seen near the fire tower in Sceni= c=20 State Park.

= ; &nb= sp; =20 Koochiching County - Seen at a feeder near the intersection of Hwy.

= ; &nb= sp; =20 71 and CR 15.=20

Craig Mandel=20 - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN=20

-------------------------------1120628026-- From Jim Ryan Wed Jul 6 16:34:23 2005 From: Jim Ryan (Jim Ryan) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:34:23 -0500 Subject: [mou] Ramsey Cty: Possible St. Paul Mockingbird Message-ID: ------=_Part_22731_3524985.1120664063878 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hello All, I have been too busy to bird much this spring, but I keep my eyes open to= =20 what ever may pass my way.=20 At about 10 am this morning I noticed what sure looked like a mockingbird t= o=20 me up on a wire above a patch of dense shrubbery on an overpass in St. Paul= .=20 I was on the I-94 Cretin/Vandalia exit coming from the east and saw the bir= d=20 on the wire across the street, so I got a direct front view and a bit of th= e=20 side as I turned away from it. No time to use binocs in traffic.The bird wa= s=20 robin sized but more slender with a slender bill. Overall it was grayish=20 with a plain breast and belly. The underside of the tail had a faint black= =20 and white pattern.=20 The bird was on the NW corner of this very busy, very tough to bird area. I= =20 turned the car around to get another look but it was gone by the time I=20 returned a few minutes later. I did see some goldfinches squabbling and som= e=20 starlings too.=20 The best bet to monitor this area would be to park south of the freeway=20 (several blocks away) in the neighborhood and walk over the bridge to the= =20 area. Stopping in the car (unless for the traffic lights) is NOT an option. Jim in S. Mpls --=20 "Trying creates impossibilities. Letting go creates what is desired." -=20 Stalking Wolf, Apache Scout, Shaman and Healer ------=_Part_22731_3524985.1120664063878 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hello All,
I have been too busy to bird much this spring, but I keep my eyes open to w= hat ever may pass my way.

At about 10 am this morning I noticed what sure looked like a mockingbird to me up on a wire above a patch of dense shrubbery on an overpass in St. Paul. I was on the I-94 Cretin/Vandalia exit coming from the east and saw the bird on the wire across the street, so I got a direct front view and a bit of the side as I turned away from it. No time to use binocs in traffic.The bird was robin sized but more slender with a slender bill. Overall it was grayish with a plain breast and belly. The underside of the tail had a faint black and white pattern.

The bird was on the NW corner of this very busy, very tough to bird area. I turned the car around to get another look but it was gone by the time I returned a few minutes later. I did see some goldfinches squabbling and some starlings too.

The best bet to monitor this area would be to park south of the freeway (several blocks away) in the neighborhood and walk over the bridge to the area. Stopping in the car (unless for the traffic lights) is NOT an option.

Jim in S. Mpls
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"Trying creates impossibilities. Letting go creates what is desired." - Stalking Wolf, Apache Scout, Shaman and Healer ------=_Part_22731_3524985.1120664063878-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Wed Jul 6 19:38:15 2005 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:38:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] Volunteers needed for State Fair booth Message-ID: <20050706133815.tbnghs8s3pzcwww8@webmail.gac.edu> To all MOU members: It's that time of year again when MOU members can share their expertise with others. The MOU booth will be up and running again at this year's state fair. The fair begins on Thursday, August 25 and runs through Labor Day on Monday, September 5. As in past years, there are three shifts on each day, with two people working each shift: Morning: 9 am to 1 pm Afternoon: 1 pm to 5 pm Evening: 5pm to 9 pm The MOU booth provides a way to share our birding passion with the public. Fairgoers are always interested in the information we have to give. From the feedback I got from last year's volunteers, it sounds like everyone had a great time. There were many good questions and even more good answers. I can expect no less for this year's fair. Also, the location of the booth provides an excellent chance to people-watch and listen to the various bands playing on the stage opposite our location. You're bound to have fun! So, to all MOU members interested, please let me know what shift on what day you would like to volunteer at the booth. Either email me at rdunlap@gac.edu or call me at 952-250-2271. Volunteers will receive additional emails and material in the mail in the weeks prior to the fair. I will continue to post messages to this listserve as the schedule needs to be filled. Thanks and continue to enjoy the summer! Bob Dunlap MOU State Fair Booth Committee Chairman From two-jays@att.net Thu Jul 7 03:27:01 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 21:27:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] No potholes, no ducks In-Reply-To: <20050701153645.4694.qmail@web60225.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050701153645.4694.qmail@web60225.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <99989E4C-EE8E-11D9-9908-000D934C33C2@att.net> This article is from a few days ago from the Sioux Falls ARGUS LEADER, South Dakota's largest newspaper. It was sent to me by Paul Baicich, a friend in Maryland. South Dakota won't be the only place this happens, not that Minnesota has much duck habitat left. Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota Global warming may threaten ducks South Dakota's wetlands could evaporate with climate change BEN SHOUSE bshouse@argusleader.com 2 July 05 BROOKINGS - Hunters and environmentalists have forged a tentative alliance to conserve wildlife habitat in recent years, but new studies are nudging that alliance toward a more controversial issue: global warming. Most people know little about the uncertain business of forecasting climate change. But on Friday, a group of hunters, biologists and officials gathered here to tour local wetlands and point out the connection between duck hunting and predictions of rising temperatures. New research from South Dakota State University and a new conservation report suggest that warming could make duck habitat literally evaporate. That would force ducks eastward and out of the state's crucial pothole wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental United States. "No water, no ducks, no hunting," said Land Tawney of the National Wildlife Federation, by way of connecting the dots.The Montana-based conservation group released a report this week called "The Waterfowler's Guide to Global Warming." The guide, and the issue of warming in general, poses a dilemma for conservationists of all political stripes: A coalition of hunters and environmentalists could prove a decisive voice on the issue, but the controversy surrounding it also could jeopardize their unity. The fate of North American waterfowl and its habitat lately has served as common ground for hunters and environmentalists. In 2003, for example, duck hunters prodded the Bush administration to conserve more wetlands. And in April, about 5,000 hunters and conservationists came together on the Minnesota capitol mall for the Ducks, Wetlands and Clean Water rally. Tony Dean is one prominent member of what might be called this green-orange coalition. The outdoor TV host from Pierre wrote the forward to the NWF report, taking a stand against some of his fellow Republicans' views on global warming. "Carried to the worst potential scenario, it could surpass even agricultural drainage, and essentially end waterfowl hunting," he wrote. "What we're trying to do here is create a middle ground between the Chicken Little crowd on the extreme left and the 'never react to something unless it hits you on the head' of the right," he said Friday. But he said he does not know how readily hunters will embrace the issue. "Sportsmen are notoriously slow to react, and they really have to lose something before they tend to react." According to scientists, the first thing they'll lose could be wetlands. Shallow, seasonal ponds and sloughs are indispensible habitat for ducks and a larder of insects and other tiny critters that ducklings need. Farmers have drained more than 90 percent of the wetlands in western Iowa and Minnesota, said Carl Madsen, a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official. Drainage has affected only about one-third of South Dakota's wetlands. But Carter Johnson, a professor of ecology at South Dakota State University, said climate change could finish the job. Long-term data has documented rising air and ocean temperatures, and a large body of research links it with a concurrent rise in carbon dioxide from human industrial activity. Various studies predict that will lead to an increase of anywhere from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius in the next 50 to 100 years. An average warming of 3 degrees Celsius - which is 5.4 Fahrenheit - would accelerate evaporation, lowering water levels in most wetlands, according to forthcoming research by Johnson and colleague Bruce Millett. That would reduce the value of most South Dakota wetlands for ducks, pushing them eastward and driving their populations well below current levels, Millett says. Previous research said warming could shrink crucial pothole wetlands by 90 percent and duck populations by 70 percent. A 3-degree warming would clearly cause other major problems, such as a rise in sea levels of perhaps three feet and major shifts in agriculture, Johnson said. But a catastrophic loss of wetlands could be one of the most noticeable and irrevocable changes in the region, he said. And it would have implications far beyond South Dakota. The "prairie pothole region" of the Dakotas and Montana produce 95 percent of the ducks born in the continental United States, Tawney said. Loss of wetlands here would rob the avid duck hunters of Arkansas and Louisiana of their game. Those predictions, as with all forecasts about global warming, are based on computer simulations. Scientists must resort to these models because the Earth's atmosphere and oceans are complex beyond human understanding, Johnson said. Computer models might raise public suspicion, but he said scientists have seen their predictions verified by real climate data. "The uncertainty is not that it's going to get warmer or not, but how much warmer and where," he said. Getting that message to the public can be difficult, but Johnson says he sees progress. His duck-hunting buddies, for example, come from across the political spectrum, and until about five years ago, he never would have talked about his research while sitting in a duck blind. But now, he says, "it's getting more traction." "It's getting more visible. I think the evidence is more clear," he said. "Therefore, I think those discussions are going to go on in the blinds more than they have in the past." Some duck hunters with less knowledge of climate science are beginning to agree. Todd Heidelbauer, 32, of Sioux Falls says he noticed a drop in the quality of duck hunting during the recent drought. He says it makes sense that a drier climate could lead to a more permanent decline. "It makes me want to work even harder with the conservation organizations to buy up more land for public use and place water-conservation structures on the land," he said. Pat Gross of Vermillion, a duck hunter and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee, said climate change is real, and he fears for what it will mean for wildlife. But he attended the Minnesota duck rally at the Capitol in April and was encouraged by the hunters and conservationists who want to save duck habitat. "There was some unprecedented hand holding between organizations that typically don't always agree," he said. "I tend to believe that there is kind of a new sense of understanding emerging, and people are willing to abandon some of their philosophical commitments to do the right thing for natural resources." Russel A. Daniels / Argus Leader From tapaculo@halcyon.ws Thu Jul 7 04:08:27 2005 From: tapaculo@halcyon.ws (Steve G) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 22:08:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Re: Henslow's Sparrows (numbers) Message-ID: <000001c582a1$2c36c6a0$6501a8c0@laptop> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C58277.4360BEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Monday, 4 Jul 2005, Jim Williams wrote: "Can anyone offer insight into the very large number of Henslow's Sparrows being reported in Minnesota this summer? More birds? Why? What changed? Or, more birders? Do we simply find more once we begin looking?" While waiting for the Prairie Warbler on Monday (in vain) at Ritter Park, where there also are Henslow's this year, I discussed this same question with Dennis Martin. He has a hypothesis about how the weather pattern this April and May might have encouraged birds to overshoot their ranges, which I'll leave to him to explain. But when he pointed out that Henslow's have long been found in most of the limited grassland in Iowa, the fundamental reason for their expansion seemed simpler to me: the recent change to a warmer, wetter climate. Not that there aren't other factors behind the suddenness of the expansion; Brad Bolduan asked some good questions as to whether numbers are reduced in their core range, and about what habitat the birds are using. But think of all the species that are doing great in Minnesota these days - Cooper's Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker (but not other woodpeckers like flicker or Red-headed), these sparrows (but not our normal grassland birds), mockingbirds this year - what do they all have in common? So we may no longer have moose in Minnesota (they're disappearing from NW Minnesota because of the warming), but we'll have Henslow's Sparrows. More like Iowa, you might say. 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not disappearing in NE minnesota. Still lots up here. While moose numbers wax and wane in northern Minnesota, the apparent lack of pattern to their numbers has not been explained, and, considering the limitiations of humanity, such fluctuations probably won't be. --- Steve G wrote: > On Monday, 4 Jul 2005, Jim Williams wrote: > "Can anyone offer insight into the very large number of > Henslow's Sparrows > being reported in Minnesota this summer? More birds? Why? > What changed? Or, > more birders? Do we simply find more once we begin > looking?" > > While waiting for the Prairie Warbler on Monday (in vain) > at Ritter Park, > where there also are Henslow's this year, I discussed > this same question > with Dennis Martin. He has a hypothesis about how the > weather pattern this > April and May might have encouraged birds to overshoot > their ranges, which > I'll leave to him to explain. But when he pointed out > that Henslow's have > long been found in most of the limited grassland in Iowa, > the fundamental > reason for their expansion seemed simpler to me: the > recent change to a > warmer, wetter climate. Not that there aren't other > factors behind the > suddenness of the expansion; Brad Bolduan asked some good > questions as to > whether numbers are reduced in their core range, and > about what habitat the > birds are using. But think of all the species that are > doing great in > Minnesota these days - Cooper's Hawk, Red-bellied > Woodpecker (but not other > woodpeckers like flicker or Red-headed), these sparrows > (but not our normal > grassland birds), mockingbirds this year - what do they > all have in common? > > > So we may no longer have moose in Minnesota (they're > disappearing from NW > Minnesota because of the warming), but we'll have > Henslow's Sparrows. More > like Iowa, you might say. > > > Stephen Greenfield > Minneapolis > tapaculo@halcyon.ws > > > ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions � no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ From stfcatfish@yahoo.com Thu Jul 7 07:10:14 2005 From: stfcatfish@yahoo.com (Steve Foss) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] No potholes, no ducks In-Reply-To: <99989E4C-EE8E-11D9-9908-000D934C33C2@att.net> Message-ID: <20050707061014.54840.qmail@web60911.mail.yahoo.com> "That would force ducks eastward and out of the state's crucial pothole wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental United States." Since when do South Dakota potholes produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental U.S.? Sorry, folks, but when I see a statistic like that, it casts doubt on the whole story, and does no good for the credibility of those who believe human-caused global warming threatens life on the planet. Steve --- Jim Williams wrote: > This article is from a few days ago from the Sioux Falls > ARGUS LEADER, > South Dakota's largest newspaper. It was sent to me by > Paul Baicich, a > friend in Maryland. > South Dakota won't be the only place this happens, not > that Minnesota > has much duck habitat left. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota > > Global warming may threaten ducks > South Dakota's wetlands could evaporate with climate > change > > BEN SHOUSE > bshouse@argusleader.com > > 2 July 05 > > BROOKINGS - Hunters and environmentalists have forged > a tentative > alliance to conserve wildlife habitat in recent years, > but new studies > are > nudging that alliance toward a more controversial issue: > global warming. > > Most people know little about the uncertain business > of forecasting > climate change. But on Friday, a group of hunters, > biologists and > officials > gathered here to tour local wetlands and point out the > connection > between > duck hunting and predictions of rising temperatures. > > New research from South Dakota State University and a > new > conservation > report suggest that warming could make duck habitat > literally evaporate. > That would force ducks eastward and out of the state's > crucial pothole > wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the > continental > United > States. > > "No water, no ducks, no hunting," said Land Tawney of > the National > Wildlife Federation, by way of connecting the dots.The > Montana-based > conservation group released a report this week called > "The Waterfowler's > Guide to Global Warming." > > The guide, and the issue of warming in general, poses > a dilemma for > conservationists of all political stripes: A coalition of > hunters and > environmentalists could prove a decisive voice on the > issue, but the > controversy surrounding it also could jeopardize their > unity. > > The fate of North American waterfowl and its habitat > lately has > served > as common ground for hunters and environmentalists. In > 2003, for > example, > duck hunters prodded the Bush administration to conserve > more wetlands. > And > in April, about 5,000 hunters and conservationists came > together on the > Minnesota capitol mall for the Ducks, Wetlands and Clean > Water rally. > > Tony Dean is one prominent member of what might be > called this > green-orange coalition. The outdoor TV host from Pierre > wrote the > forward > to the NWF report, taking a stand against some of his > fellow > Republicans' > views on global warming. > > "Carried to the worst potential scenario, it could > surpass even > agricultural drainage, and essentially end waterfowl > hunting," he wrote. > > "What we're trying to do here is create a middle > ground between the > Chicken Little crowd on the extreme left and the 'never > react to > something > unless it hits you on the head' of the right," he said > Friday. But he > said > he does not know how readily hunters will embrace the > issue. > > "Sportsmen are notoriously slow to react, and they > really have to > lose > something before they tend to react." > > According to scientists, the first thing they'll lose > could be > wetlands. > > Shallow, seasonal ponds and sloughs are indispensible > habitat for > ducks > and a larder of insects and other tiny critters that > ducklings need. > Farmers have drained more than 90 percent of the wetlands > in western > Iowa > and Minnesota, said Carl Madsen, a retired U.S. Fish and > Wildlife > Service > official. > > Drainage has affected only about one-third of South > Dakota's > wetlands. > But Carter Johnson, a professor of ecology at South > Dakota State > University, said climate change could finish the job. > > Long-term data has documented rising air and ocean > temperatures, and > a > large body of research links it with a concurrent rise in > carbon dioxide > from human industrial activity. Various studies predict > that will lead > to > an increase of anywhere from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius in > the next 50 to > 100 > years. > > An average warming of 3 degrees Celsius - which is > 5.4 Fahrenheit - > would accelerate evaporation, lowering water levels in > most wetlands, > according to forthcoming research by Johnson and > colleague Bruce > Millett. > > That would reduce the value of most South Dakota > wetlands for ducks, > pushing them eastward and driving their populations well > below current > levels, Millett says. Previous research said warming > could shrink > crucial > pothole wetlands by 90 percent and duck populations by 70 > percent. > > A 3-degree warming would clearly cause other major > problems, such as > a > rise in sea levels of perhaps three feet and major shifts > in > agriculture, > Johnson said. But a catastrophic loss of wetlands could > be one of the > most > noticeable and irrevocable changes in the region, he > said. > > And it would have implications far beyond South > Dakota. > > The "prairie pothole region" of the Dakotas and > Montana produce 95 > percent of the ducks born in the continental United > States, Tawney said. > Loss of wetlands here would rob the avid duck hunters of > Arkansas and > Louisiana of their game. > > Those predictions, as with all forecasts about global > warming, are > based > on computer simulations. Scientists must resort to these > models because > the > Earth's atmosphere and oceans are complex beyond human > understanding, > Johnson said. > > Computer models might raise public suspicion, but he > said scientists > have seen their predictions verified by real climate > data. > > "The uncertainty is not that it's going to get warmer > or not, but how > much warmer and where," he said. > > Getting that message to the public can be difficult, > but Johnson > says he > sees progress. His duck-hunting buddies, for example, > come from across > the > political spectrum, and until about five years ago, he > never would have > talked about his research while sitting in a duck blind. > > But now, he says, "it's getting more traction." > > "It's getting more visible. I think the evidence is > more clear," he > said. "Therefore, I think those discussions are going to > go on in the > blinds more than they have in the past." > > Some duck hunters with less knowledge of climate > science are > beginning > to agree. > > Todd Heidelbauer, 32, of Sioux Falls says he noticed > a drop in the > quality of duck hunting during the recent drought. He > says it makes > sense > that a drier climate could lead to a more permanent > decline. > > "It makes me want to work even harder with the > conservation > organizations to buy up more land for public use and > place > water-conservation structures on the land," he said. > > Pat Gross of Vermillion, a duck hunter and former > U.S. Department of > Agriculture employee, said climate change is real, and he > fears for > what it > will mean for wildlife. But he attended the Minnesota > duck rally at the > Capitol in April and was encouraged by the hunters and > conservationists > who > want to save duck habitat. > > "There was some unprecedented hand holding between > organizations that > typically don't always agree," he said. "I tend to > believe that there is > kind of a new sense of understanding emerging, and people > are willing to > abandon some of their philosophical commitments to do the > right thing > for > natural resources." > > Russel A. Daniels / Argus Leader > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jwbarrett10@msn.com Thu Jul 7 13:48:38 2005 From: jwbarrett10@msn.com (Jim Barrett) Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:48:38 +0000 Subject: [mou] No potholes, no ducks In-Reply-To: <20050707061014.54840.qmail@web60911.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I'm guessing that the writer intended to say "Pothole wetlands produce 95 percent of the ducks...etc." I think it's most likely a case of not clarifying the relative pronoun ("crucial pothole wetlands", NOT "the state's crucial pothole wetlands") that the relative clause refers to. I agree that, as written, the sentence is misleading. From: Steve Foss To: Jim Williams , MOU-net ,Grant Peterson CC: sd-birds Subject: Re: [mou] No potholes, no ducks Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:10:14 -0700 (PDT) "That would force ducks eastward and out of the state's crucial pothole wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental United States." Since when do South Dakota potholes produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental U.S.? Sorry, folks, but when I see a statistic like that, it casts doubt on the whole story, and does no good for the credibility of those who believe human-caused global warming threatens life on the planet. Steve --- Jim Williams wrote: > This article is from a few days ago from the Sioux Falls > ARGUS LEADER, > South Dakota's largest newspaper. It was sent to me by > Paul Baicich, a > friend in Maryland. > South Dakota won't be the only place this happens, not > that Minnesota > has much duck habitat left. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota > > Global warming may threaten ducks > South Dakota's wetlands could evaporate with climate > change > > BEN SHOUSE > bshouse@argusleader.com > > 2 July 05 > > BROOKINGS - Hunters and environmentalists have forged > a tentative > alliance to conserve wildlife habitat in recent years, > but new studies > are > nudging that alliance toward a more controversial issue: > global warming. > > Most people know little about the uncertain business > of forecasting > climate change. But on Friday, a group of hunters, > biologists and > officials > gathered here to tour local wetlands and point out the > connection > between > duck hunting and predictions of rising temperatures. > > New research from South Dakota State University and a > new > conservation > report suggest that warming could make duck habitat > literally evaporate. > That would force ducks eastward and out of the state's > crucial pothole > wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the > continental > United > States. > > "No water, no ducks, no hunting," said Land Tawney of > the National > Wildlife Federation, by way of connecting the dots.The > Montana-based > conservation group released a report this week called > "The Waterfowler's > Guide to Global Warming." > > The guide, and the issue of warming in general, poses > a dilemma for > conservationists of all political stripes: A coalition of > hunters and > environmentalists could prove a decisive voice on the > issue, but the > controversy surrounding it also could jeopardize their > unity. > > The fate of North American waterfowl and its habitat > lately has > served > as common ground for hunters and environmentalists. In > 2003, for > example, > duck hunters prodded the Bush administration to conserve > more wetlands. > And > in April, about 5,000 hunters and conservationists came > together on the > Minnesota capitol mall for the Ducks, Wetlands and Clean > Water rally. > > Tony Dean is one prominent member of what might be > called this > green-orange coalition. The outdoor TV host from Pierre > wrote the > forward > to the NWF report, taking a stand against some of his > fellow > Republicans' > views on global warming. > > "Carried to the worst potential scenario, it could > surpass even > agricultural drainage, and essentially end waterfowl > hunting," he wrote. > > "What we're trying to do here is create a middle > ground between the > Chicken Little crowd on the extreme left and the 'never > react to > something > unless it hits you on the head' of the right," he said > Friday. But he > said > he does not know how readily hunters will embrace the > issue. > > "Sportsmen are notoriously slow to react, and they > really have to > lose > something before they tend to react." > > According to scientists, the first thing they'll lose > could be > wetlands. > > Shallow, seasonal ponds and sloughs are indispensible > habitat for > ducks > and a larder of insects and other tiny critters that > ducklings need. > Farmers have drained more than 90 percent of the wetlands > in western > Iowa > and Minnesota, said Carl Madsen, a retired U.S. Fish and > Wildlife > Service > official. > > Drainage has affected only about one-third of South > Dakota's > wetlands. > But Carter Johnson, a professor of ecology at South > Dakota State > University, said climate change could finish the job. > > Long-term data has documented rising air and ocean > temperatures, and > a > large body of research links it with a concurrent rise in > carbon dioxide > from human industrial activity. Various studies predict > that will lead > to > an increase of anywhere from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius in > the next 50 to > 100 > years. > > An average warming of 3 degrees Celsius - which is > 5.4 Fahrenheit - > would accelerate evaporation, lowering water levels in > most wetlands, > according to forthcoming research by Johnson and > colleague Bruce > Millett. > > That would reduce the value of most South Dakota > wetlands for ducks, > pushing them eastward and driving their populations well > below current > levels, Millett says. Previous research said warming > could shrink > crucial > pothole wetlands by 90 percent and duck populations by 70 > percent. > > A 3-degree warming would clearly cause other major > problems, such as > a > rise in sea levels of perhaps three feet and major shifts > in > agriculture, > Johnson said. But a catastrophic loss of wetlands could > be one of the > most > noticeable and irrevocable changes in the region, he > said. > > And it would have implications far beyond South > Dakota. > > The "prairie pothole region" of the Dakotas and > Montana produce 95 > percent of the ducks born in the continental United > States, Tawney said. > Loss of wetlands here would rob the avid duck hunters of > Arkansas and > Louisiana of their game. > > Those predictions, as with all forecasts about global > warming, are > based > on computer simulations. Scientists must resort to these > models because > the > Earth's atmosphere and oceans are complex beyond human > understanding, > Johnson said. > > Computer models might raise public suspicion, but he > said scientists > have seen their predictions verified by real climate > data. > > "The uncertainty is not that it's going to get warmer > or not, but how > much warmer and where," he said. > > Getting that message to the public can be difficult, > but Johnson > says he > sees progress. His duck-hunting buddies, for example, > come from across > the > political spectrum, and until about five years ago, he > never would have > talked about his research while sitting in a duck blind. > > But now, he says, "it's getting more traction." > > "It's getting more visible. I think the evidence is > more clear," he > said. "Therefore, I think those discussions are going to > go on in the > blinds more than they have in the past." > > Some duck hunters with less knowledge of climate > science are > beginning > to agree. > > Todd Heidelbauer, 32, of Sioux Falls says he noticed > a drop in the > quality of duck hunting during the recent drought. He > says it makes > sense > that a drier climate could lead to a more permanent > decline. > > "It makes me want to work even harder with the > conservation > organizations to buy up more land for public use and > place > water-conservation structures on the land," he said. > > Pat Gross of Vermillion, a duck hunter and former > U.S. Department of > Agriculture employee, said climate change is real, and he > fears for > what it > will mean for wildlife. But he attended the Minnesota > duck rally at the > Capitol in April and was encouraged by the hunters and > conservationists > who > want to save duck habitat. > > "There was some unprecedented hand holding between > organizations that > typically don't always agree," he said. "I tend to > believe that there is > kind of a new sense of understanding emerging, and people > are willing to > abandon some of their philosophical commitments to do the > right thing > for > natural resources." > > Russel A. Daniels / Argus Leader > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From two-jays@att.net Thu Jul 7 16:06:17 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:06:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] wetlands and ducks Message-ID: Here is the link to the complete report, "The Waterfowler's Guide to Global Warming": http://www.nwf.org/nwfwebadmin/binaryVault/ Waterfowlers_Guide_June_20051.pdf Jim Williams Wayzata From tapaculo@halcyon.ws Thu Jul 7 16:20:26 2005 From: tapaculo@halcyon.ws (tapaculo@halcyon.ws) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:20:26 -0500 Subject: [mou] Re: Henslow's Sparrows (numbers) In-Reply-To: <20050707060409.35385.qmail@web60916.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <42BB991A000021E6@relay2.msp.eschelon.com> I referred to the northwest of the state, where the population is apparen= tly down from 3,500 moose in 1993 to about 400 in 2002... much more serious t= han a peridoic waxing-and-waning. A research study came out this year identi= fying several proximate factors, but proposing climate change as the common und= erlying cause. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/02/09_gundersond_moos= edying/ >-- Original Message -- >Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:04:09 -0700 (PDT) >From: Steve Foss >Subject: Re: [mou] Re: Henslow's Sparrows (numbers) >To: Steve G , mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > > >Well, moose are not disappearing in NE minnesota. > >Still lots up here. > >While moose numbers wax and wane in northern Minnesota, the >apparent lack of pattern to their numbers has not been >explained, and, considering the limitiations of humanity, >such fluctuations probably won't be. > >--- Steve G wrote: > >> ... >> So we may no longer have moose in Minnesota (they're >> disappearing from NW >> Minnesota because of the warming), but we'll have >> Henslow's Sparrows. More like Iowa, you might say. >> >> >> Stephen Greenfield >> Minneapolis >> tapaculo@halcyon.ws From MMARTELL@audubon.org Thu Jul 7 16:25:59 2005 From: MMARTELL@audubon.org (MARTELL, Mark) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:25:59 -0400 Subject: [mou] No potholes, no ducks Message-ID: One should hardly take a mis-statement in the Argos Leader and apply it = to everyone who believes that global warming is real. The loss of wetlands is real and continuing and affects not just ducks = but a lot of other birds that we enjoy. Whatever the cause (and there = are many) birders, ornithologists, hunters, and anyone with an interest = the natural world need to get together and start pushing back. Mark Martell Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Minnesota 2357 Ventura Drive #106 St. Paul, MN 55125 651-739-9332 651-731-1330 (FAX) -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu]On Behalf Of Steve Foss Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:10 AM To: Jim Williams; MOU-net; Grant Peterson Cc: sd-birds Subject: Re: [mou] No potholes, no ducks "That would force ducks eastward and out of the=20 state's crucial pothole wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental=20 United States." Since when do South Dakota potholes produce 95 percent of the ducks in the continental U.S.? Sorry, folks, but when I see a statistic like that, it casts doubt on the whole story, and does no good for the credibility of those who believe human-caused global warming threatens life on the planet. Steve --- Jim Williams wrote: > This article is from a few days ago from the Sioux Falls > ARGUS LEADER, > South Dakota's largest newspaper. It was sent to me by > Paul Baicich, a=20 > friend in Maryland. > South Dakota won't be the only place this happens, not > that Minnesota=20 > has much duck habitat left. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota >=20 > Global warming may threaten ducks > South Dakota's wetlands could evaporate with climate > change >=20 > BEN SHOUSE > bshouse@argusleader.com >=20 > 2 July 05 >=20 > BROOKINGS - Hunters and environmentalists have forged > a tentative > alliance to conserve wildlife habitat in recent years, > but new studies=20 > are > nudging that alliance toward a more controversial issue: > global warming. >=20 > Most people know little about the uncertain business > of forecasting > climate change. But on Friday, a group of hunters, > biologists and=20 > officials > gathered here to tour local wetlands and point out the > connection=20 > between > duck hunting and predictions of rising temperatures. >=20 > New research from South Dakota State University and a > new=20 > conservation > report suggest that warming could make duck habitat > literally evaporate. > That would force ducks eastward and out of the state's > crucial pothole > wetlands, which produce 95 percent of the ducks in the > continental=20 > United > States. >=20 > "No water, no ducks, no hunting," said Land Tawney of > the National > Wildlife Federation, by way of connecting the dots.The > Montana-based > conservation group released a report this week called > "The Waterfowler's > Guide to Global Warming." >=20 > The guide, and the issue of warming in general, poses > a dilemma for > conservationists of all political stripes: A coalition of > hunters and > environmentalists could prove a decisive voice on the > issue, but the > controversy surrounding it also could jeopardize their > unity. >=20 > The fate of North American waterfowl and its habitat > lately has=20 > served > as common ground for hunters and environmentalists. In > 2003, for=20 > example, > duck hunters prodded the Bush administration to conserve > more wetlands.=20 > And > in April, about 5,000 hunters and conservationists came > together on the > Minnesota capitol mall for the Ducks, Wetlands and Clean > Water rally. >=20 > Tony Dean is one prominent member of what might be > called this > green-orange coalition. The outdoor TV host from Pierre > wrote the=20 > forward > to the NWF report, taking a stand against some of his > fellow=20 > Republicans' > views on global warming. >=20 > "Carried to the worst potential scenario, it could > surpass even > agricultural drainage, and essentially end waterfowl > hunting," he wrote. >=20 > "What we're trying to do here is create a middle > ground between the > Chicken Little crowd on the extreme left and the 'never > react to=20 > something > unless it hits you on the head' of the right," he said > Friday. But he=20 > said > he does not know how readily hunters will embrace the > issue. >=20 > "Sportsmen are notoriously slow to react, and they > really have to=20 > lose > something before they tend to react." >=20 > According to scientists, the first thing they'll lose > could be=20 > wetlands. >=20 > Shallow, seasonal ponds and sloughs are indispensible > habitat for=20 > ducks > and a larder of insects and other tiny critters that > ducklings need. > Farmers have drained more than 90 percent of the wetlands > in western=20 > Iowa > and Minnesota, said Carl Madsen, a retired U.S. Fish and > Wildlife=20 > Service > official. >=20 > Drainage has affected only about one-third of South > Dakota's =20 > wetlands. > But Carter Johnson, a professor of ecology at South > Dakota State > University, said climate change could finish the job. >=20 > Long-term data has documented rising air and ocean > temperatures, and=20 > a > large body of research links it with a concurrent rise in > carbon dioxide > from human industrial activity. Various studies predict > that will lead=20 > to > an increase of anywhere from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius in > the next 50 to=20 > 100 > years. >=20 > An average warming of 3 degrees Celsius - which is > 5.4 Fahrenheit - > would accelerate evaporation, lowering water levels in > most wetlands, > according to forthcoming research by Johnson and > colleague Bruce=20 > Millett. >=20 > That would reduce the value of most South Dakota > wetlands for ducks, > pushing them eastward and driving their populations well > below current > levels, Millett says. Previous research said warming > could shrink=20 > crucial > pothole wetlands by 90 percent and duck populations by 70 > percent. >=20 > A 3-degree warming would clearly cause other major > problems, such as=20 > a > rise in sea levels of perhaps three feet and major shifts > in=20 > agriculture, > Johnson said. But a catastrophic loss of wetlands could > be one of the=20 > most > noticeable and irrevocable changes in the region, he > said. >=20 > And it would have implications far beyond South > Dakota. >=20 > The "prairie pothole region" of the Dakotas and > Montana produce 95 > percent of the ducks born in the continental United > States, Tawney said. > Loss of wetlands here would rob the avid duck hunters of > Arkansas and > Louisiana of their game. >=20 > Those predictions, as with all forecasts about global > warming, are=20 > based > on computer simulations. Scientists must resort to these > models because=20 > the > Earth's atmosphere and oceans are complex beyond human > understanding, > Johnson said. >=20 > Computer models might raise public suspicion, but he > said scientists > have seen their predictions verified by real climate > data. >=20 > "The uncertainty is not that it's going to get warmer > or not, but how > much warmer and where," he said. >=20 > Getting that message to the public can be difficult, > but Johnson=20 > says he > sees progress. His duck-hunting buddies, for example, > come from across=20 > the > political spectrum, and until about five years ago, he > never would have > talked about his research while sitting in a duck blind. >=20 > But now, he says, "it's getting more traction." >=20 > "It's getting more visible. I think the evidence is > more clear," he > said. "Therefore, I think those discussions are going to > go on in the > blinds more than they have in the past." >=20 > Some duck hunters with less knowledge of climate > science are=20 > beginning > to agree. >=20 > Todd Heidelbauer, 32, of Sioux Falls says he noticed > a drop in the > quality of duck hunting during the recent drought. He > says it makes=20 > sense > that a drier climate could lead to a more permanent > decline. >=20 > "It makes me want to work even harder with the > conservation > organizations to buy up more land for public use and > place > water-conservation structures on the land," he said. >=20 > Pat Gross of Vermillion, a duck hunter and former > U.S. Department of > Agriculture employee, said climate change is real, and he > fears for=20 > what it > will mean for wildlife. But he attended the Minnesota > duck rally at the > Capitol in April and was encouraged by the hunters and > conservationists=20 > who > want to save duck habitat. >=20 > "There was some unprecedented hand holding between > organizations that > typically don't always agree," he said. "I tend to > believe that there is > kind of a new sense of understanding emerging, and people > are willing to > abandon some of their philosophical commitments to do the > right thing=20 > for > natural resources." >=20 > Russel A. Daniels / Argus Leader >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >=20 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 http://mail.yahoo.com=20 _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From emily.hutchins@dnr.state.mn.us Thu Jul 7 16:51:14 2005 From: emily.hutchins@dnr.state.mn.us (Emily Hutchins) Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:51:14 -0500 Subject: [mou] Belated post-Great-tailed grackle-Rice Co. Message-ID: This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=__PartCAE94862.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While conducting a Breeding Bird Survey in Rice Co. on 7-4-05, I saw what = I believe was a great-tailed grackle. I had never seen one before, but = the bird caught my eye as something out of the ordinary. It was a very = large grackle with a very long, keel-shaped tail. The head and neck were = much longer and more slender than a common grackle; the head appeared to = be somewhat "flat-topped" instead of rounded. =20 The bird was located on a telephone wire 0.5 mile south of the intersection= of Fairbanks Ave. and 135th St. W in Rice Co. (NE of Mazaska Lake). = Driving directions: Take Hwy. 21 west of Faribault to Mazaska Lake/Sheilds= ville. About 1 mile past Shieldsville, turn right (N) on Halstad Ave. = (Co. Rd. 62). Within 0.25 mi., turn right on Groveland Trail (Co. Rd. = 61). You will be driving N/NE. When the road turns due east, it turns = into 135th St. W (Groveland Trail continues N, but stay on 135th St.). = Travel 1 mi. on 135th St. to the intersection of Fairbanks Ave. Travel = 0.5 mi. S on Fairbanks Ave. to the grackle location. =20 Emily Hutchins Private Lands Specialist DNR Area Wildlife Office 8485 Rose St. Owatonna, MN 55060 (507) 455-5841 --=__PartCAE94862.0__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML

While conducting a Breeding Bird Survey in Rice Co. on 7-4-05, I saw = what I believe was a great-tailed grackle. I had never seen one = before, but the bird caught my eye as something out of the ordinary. = It was a very large grackle with a very long, keel-shaped tail. The = head and neck were much longer and more slender than a common grackle; the = head appeared to be somewhat "flat-topped" instead of rounded.

The bird was located on a telephone wire 0.5 mile south of the = intersection of Fairbanks Ave. and 135th St. W in Rice Co. (NE of Mazaska = Lake). Driving directions: Take Hwy. 21 west of Faribault to = Mazaska Lake/Sheildsville. About 1 mile past Shieldsville, turn = right (N) on Halstad Ave. (Co. Rd. 62). Within 0.25 mi., turn right = on Groveland Trail (Co. Rd. 61). You will be driving N/NE. = When the road turns due east, it turns into 135th St. W (Groveland Trail = continues N, but stay on 135th St.). Travel 1 mi. on 135th St. to = the intersection of Fairbanks Ave. Travel 0.5 mi. S on Fairbanks = Ave. to the grackle location.

Emily Hutchins
Private Lands Specialist
DNR Area Wildlife = Office
8485 Rose St.
Owatonna, MN 55060
(507) 455-5841
--=__PartCAE94862.0__=-- From BobHoltz1933@aol.com Thu Jul 7 18:21:08 2005 From: BobHoltz1933@aol.com (BobHoltz1933@aol.com) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:21:08 EDT Subject: [mou] Loons on White Bear Lake Message-ID: <1c9.2c0fe8e7.2ffebe84@aol.com> -------------------------------1120756868 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just had a report from a lady living on White Bear Lake indicating that one pair and possibly a second pair of Common Loons are raising young on White Bear Lake. It is a very busy, boat wise, lake. Maybe someone living in that area can check that out. When was the last report of loons nesting on White Bear Lake? Bob Holtz -------------------------------1120756868 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I just had a report from a lady living on White Bear Lake indicating th= at one pair and possibly a second pair of Common Loons are raising young on=20= White Bear Lake. It is a very busy, boat wise, lake. Maybe someone living in= that area can check that out. When was the last report of loons nesting on=20= White Bear Lake?

Bob Holtz

-------------------------------1120756868-- From josep002@umn.edu Thu Jul 7 18:39:23 2005 From: josep002@umn.edu (josep002) Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:39:23 CDT Subject: [mou] Loons on White Bear Lake Message-ID: <200507071739.j67HdNoe000909@qix.software.umn.edu> Yes- we were boating on July 4th to watch firworks and have a picture of a pair of loons with one young ! Marilyn Regelmann On 7 Jul 2005, BobHoltz1933@aol.com wrote: > I just had a report from a lady living on White Bear Lake indicating that one > > pair and possibly a second pair of Common Loons are raising young on White > Bear Lake. It is a very busy, boat wise, lake. Maybe someone living in that > area > can check that out. When was the last report of loons nesting on White Bear > Lake? > > Bob Holtz > From Tom_Will@fws.gov Thu Jul 7 20:54:03 2005 From: Tom_Will@fws.gov (Tom_Will@fws.gov) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:54:03 -0500 Subject: [mou] Deadline for Golden-winged Warbler Workshop Approaches! Message-ID: --0__=09BBFAA4DFFF54328f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFAA4DFFF5432 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Dear MOU Members: July 9 is the deadline for early registration and for making group rat= e room reservations for the Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Workshop planned for August 10-12 in Siren, Wisconsin. Please visit the worksho= p website at http://www.grantsburg.k12.wi.us/gwwa/ for details. The Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Workshop is designed for biologi= sts, researchers, conservation planners, managers, and for anybody intereste= d in improving the status of Golden-wings, whether you work for a state or federal agency, conservation NGO, academic or research institution, loc= al planning or management unit, or private industry. Concerned citizens a= nd birders are also encouraged to attend. This will be the first workshop focused solely on Golden-winged Warbler= s throughout the entire range of the species, including the wintering gro= unds in Central America and northwestern South America. We will have representatives from the neotropics with us to help us plan a comprehen= sive conservation strategy for the species. The workshop will feature a fie= ld trip to important GWWA habitats in Minnesota and Wisconsin and opportui= ties for on-the-spot discussions of pratical management actions that would benefit GWWAs in these habitats. This is a workshop you will not want to miss! For those unfamiliar wit= h the conservation planning/implementation continuum, the workshop will provide a complete overview of the entire process as well as an opportu= nity to explore some of the details of continental assessment, identificatio= n of reasons for decline, genetics, population and habitat modeling, definit= ion of research priorities, management scenarios, conservation action, and evaluation and monitoring. Most importantly, the workshop will provide= the background and the opportunity for participants to help draft an action= plan for Golden-wings within the context of all-bird conservation. Th= e processes and skills employed in the workshop should serve as a model f= or similar actions for other species. Plan now to attend! And remember: Minnesota hosts an estimated 42% of = the global population of Golden-winged Warblers during the breeding season,= so our state is especially important to the conservation of this declining= species.= --0__=09BBFAA4DFFF54328f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFAA4DFFF5432 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline

Dear MOU Members:

July 9 is the deadline for early regist= ration and for making group rate room reservations for the Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Workshop planned = for August 10-12 in Siren, Wisconsin. Please visit the workshop websit= e at http://www.grantsburg.k1= 2.wi.us/gwwa/ for details.

The Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Workshop is designed for biologi= sts, researchers, conservation planners, managers, and for anybody inte= rested in improving the status of Golden-wings, whether you work for a = state or federal agency, conservation NGO, academic or research institu= tion, local planning or management unit, or private industry. Concerne= d citizens and birders are also encouraged to attend.

This will be the first workshop focused solely on Golden-winged Warbler= s throughout the entire range of the species, including the wintering g= rounds in Central America and northwestern South America. We will have= representatives from the neotropics with us to help us plan a comprehe= nsive conservation strategy for the species. The workshop will feature= a field trip to important GWWA habitats in Minnesota and Wisconsin and= opportuities for on-the-spot discussions of pratical management action= s that would benefit GWWAs in these habitats.

This is a workshop you will not want to miss! For those unfamiliar wit= h the conservation planning/implementation continuum, the workshop will= provide a complete overview of the entire process as well as an opport= unity to explore some of the details of continental assessment, identif= ication of reasons for decline, genetics, population and habitat modeli= ng, definition of research priorities, management scenarios, conservati= on action, and evaluation and monitoring. Most importantly, the worksh= op will provide the background and the opportunity for participants to = help draft an action plan for Golden-wings within the context of all-bi= rd conservation. The processes and skills employed in the workshop sh= ould serve as a model for similar actions for other species.

Plan now to attend! And remember: Minnesota hosts an estimated 42% of = the global population of Golden-winged Warblers during the breeding sea= son, so our state is especially important to the conservation of this d= eclining species.= --0__=09BBFAA4DFFF54328f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFAA4DFFF5432-- From drbenson@cpinternet.com Fri Jul 8 01:39:33 2005 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (David Benson) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:39:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 7/7/05 Message-ID: This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 7th, 2005, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS continue to be easy to find in Sax-Zim along McDavitt Rd 2.4 miles north of the Sax Rd. Some birders have also found CONNECTICUT WARBLERS and GRAY JAYS in this area. Last weekend, Craig Mandel found a CONNECTICUT WARBLER near the bog walk trail in Scenic State Park near Bigfork in Itasca Cty. The PEREGRINE FALCONS are active and easily viewed on the top of the Greysolon Plaza building at 3rd Ave E and Superior St in Duluth. One interesting and enjoyable vantage is from the outdoor section of the Hacienda del Sol restaurant. Fall shorebird migration has probably begun, so it's time to start looking for shorebirds, or at least potential shorebird habitat. The next scheduled update of this report will be on July 14th. However, if reports continue to be as slow as they have in recent weeks, the update may be delayed. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. 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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Jul 8 02:06:04 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:06:04 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 7 July 2005 Message-ID: <59623C79-6A8A-4CA8-90C0-0E2374AD495C@sihope.com> --Apple-Mail-1-743643878 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 7th. Jesse Ellis reported a mated pair of CLARK'S GREBES with young on the 5th. The birds were at Lake Osakis on the Douglas County side at the boat launch found along Douglas County Road 10, about two miles east of county road 3. Interesting was the SOLITARY SANDPIPER reported by Craig Mandel over the July 4th weekend. He found it at the Big Falls sewage ponds in Koochiching County. On July 5th, Chris Benson found a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE near the First National Bank in Plainview, Wabasha County. The bird was easily seen from the car wash at the corner of West Broadway and 1st Street. On July 6th, Jim Ryan reported a possible NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD in St. Paul, Ramsey County, at the northwest corner of the Cretin/Vandalia exit off Interstate 94. And on the 4th, Emily Hutchins reported a possible GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE northeast of Mazaska Lake in Rice County, half a mile south of the intersection of Fairbanks Avenue and 135th Street West. Denny Martin reported a Great-tailed Grackle at the Somsen WMA, at the junction of State Highway 14 and Brown County Road 12, just west of New Ulm. Another was at the Rosenau-Lambrecht WMA about two miles west of this location on Highway 14. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 14th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1-743643878 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, July 7th.=A0

Jesse Ellis reported a mated = pair of CLARK'S = GREBES with young on the 5th. The birds were at Lake Osakis = on the Douglas County side at the boat launch found along Douglas County = Road 10, about two miles east of county road 3.

Interesting was the SOLITARY = SANDPIPER reported by Craig Mandel over the July 4th weekend. = He found it at the Big Falls sewage ponds in Koochiching County.

On July 5th, Chris Benson found = a EURASIAN = COLLARED-DOVE near the First National Bank in Plainview, = Wabasha County. The bird was easily seen from the car wash at the corner = of West Broadway and 1st Street.

On July 6th, Jim Ryan reported = a possible NORTHERN = MOCKINGBIRD in St. Paul, Ramsey County, at the northwest = corner of the Cretin/Vandalia exit off Interstate 94.

And on the 4th, Emily Hutchins = reported a possible GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE northeast of Mazaska = Lake in Rice County, half a mile south of the intersection of Fairbanks = Avenue and 135th Street West. Denny Martin reported a Great-tailed = Grackle at the Somsen WMA, at the junction of State Highway = 14 and Brown County Road 12, just west of New Ulm. Another was at the = Rosenau-Lambrecht WMA about two miles west of this location on Highway = 14.

The next scheduled update of = this tape is Thursday, July 14th.

- - -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-1-743643878-- From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Jul 8 02:17:36 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:17:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, July 8, 2005 Message-ID: <000e01c5835a$dd2a9d60$f1d5aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58330.F4549560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 8, 2005 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. There have been a couple of days reprieve from the constant rain this week, the sun has returned, and baby birds are everywhere. Of note, far northwestern Minnesota received up to a foot of rain last weekend, so some roads in northwestern Kittson County are under water or otherwise in poor condition. Some places reported 15 inches of the wet stuff. Birders should be aware to be careful and avoid roads that are questionable. Maps of the area can be inaccurate when it comes to township roads. Jesse Ellis reported nesting CLARK'S GREBES on Lake Osakis on July 5. To find them take Douglas CR 3 out of Osakis for one mile, then turn right on CR 10 for two miles. The birds were just north of the boat landing. Teresa Jaskiewicz reported many species in her yard in Elizabeth in Otter Tail County this week. They included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, GREAT GRESTED FLYCATCHER, GRAY CATBIRD, YELLOW WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and nesting ORCHARD ORIOLES. Chad Parent from North Dakota was birding in Becker County on July 1, and he observed a pair of nesting TRUMPETER SWANS in that county. They were five miles south of White Earth along Becker County road 34 across from a church camp. Doug Johnson found a VIRGINIA RAIL south of Hawley in Clay County on July 5, and on the 6th, he observed a GRAY PARTRIDGE and a WESTERN KINGBIRD near the Clay County dump south of Buffalo River State Park. As of July 2nd, at least one of the SAY'S PHOEBES and a ROCK WREN were still at the gravel pits at Felton Prairie. The HENSLOW'S SPARROW was relocated on July 1 in Polk County. The bird was one half mile east of MN 32 along CR 45, and was found singing south of the aspen grove on the south side of the county road. Three GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS were seen north of Red Lake Falls in Red Lake County on July 2. A TURKEY VULTURE was seen hovering over a county road along CR 1. >From Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported that a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on July 5th along CR 12 near its intersection with CR 7. On July 6, a GREEN HERON was found on a nest at the refuge. Gary also reports that there seem to be greater numbers of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS at the refuge this year. Thanks to Jesse Ellis, Chad Parent, Doug Johnson, Gary Tischer, and Teresa Jaskiewicz 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. 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------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58330.F4549560-- From Leodwm@aol.com Fri Jul 8 03:38:31 2005 From: Leodwm@aol.com (Leodwm@aol.com) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:38:31 EDT Subject: [mou] Birding Sax-Zim Message-ID: <2b.769b6a64.2fff4127@aol.com> -------------------------------1120790311 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reporting in from a days trip to Sax-Zim! We got here at around 2:00pm, ate and started driving down 133 to get off and birded the looped County Road 211. We spotted a tree full of Cedar Waxwings on 133 which was fun. While we were nearing the general area we stopped at a field and looked at around 4 or 5 singing and perched Savannah Sparrows, a first for me. We got to 211 and walked up and down it. It was very quiet. A Pileated Woodpecker was on a dead tree for a minute but took off. Common Yellowthroats were abundant and singing everywhere throughout the day. Eastern Kingbirds were also running around in plain view. We reached the end of the road leading North and pulled off the road. We took a walk down the trail with cut wood on the left of it. A single Bobolink flitted through the fields. We reached the end and turned back. Flies were everywhere, hundreds and hundreds of them, swarming around the car, flying inside. We headed back to the car and saw a female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak in the middle of the road. Nothing else really came up as we rounded the corners, though on the last stretch there was something strange. We heard loud noises and got out, walked up the road and about six Kestrels all scattered out of one tree and sailed off. We'd never seen Kestrels do this, we thought it might be a sort of family of Kestrels but that was just a guess. We wanted to go up County Road 29 so we went to just before Meadowlands and then headed north again. It was pretty quiet, Kingbird's were abuzz and Kestrels flew past every now and then. We reached a large farm a ways off from the small turn in the road, looking at a field of Blackbirds. We couldn't get a look at them to see what kind yet. Then we were trying to find a perched one and I spotted a Sparrow in a large bush. It was a Henslow's. We watched it for a long time, it was carrying a large bug and had the Henslow's thick bill and yellowish-green face, and a white eyering. The markings behind the eye were unmistakeable. We watched for a long time and it flew finally, Blackbirds then flew in to take it's place. We watched them carefully and decided they were female Brewer's Blackbirds and most likely the field was full of males too. We finally got out insect repellent and the flies stopped attacking us. Common Yellowthroat's were everywhere, we couldn't see them but they were calling every other second. We we're at the intersection of 980 and 202. We saw a woodpecker that was about the size of Black Backed/Three Toed but we finally caught a glimpse and recognized a male Sapsucker. After we watched that a White-Throated Sparrow perched on the line. We watched that and right behind it I thought I caught a glimpse of a Magnolia Warbler. It flew off into the trees but a few minutes later it emerged and flew across the road into plain view. Definately a Magnolia. After that we decided to head up to Eveleth. We passed Raven's and one Northern Harrier. A good day to be birding. I'll most likely report on tomorrow's birding as well. Good birding everyone! Leo WM, St. Paul -------------------------------1120790311 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Reporting in from a days trip to Sax-Zim!

We got here at around 2:00pm, ate and started driving down=20 133 to get off and birded the looped County Road 211. We=20 spotted a tree full of Cedar Waxwings on 133 which was fun.

While we were nearing the general area we stopped at a field and looked= at=20 around 4 or 5 singing and perched Savannah Sparrows, a first for me.

We got to 211 and walked up and down it. It was very quiet. A Pileated=20 Woodpecker was on a dead tree for a minute but took off. Common Yellowthroat= s=20 were abundant and singing everywhere throughout the day.

Eastern Kingbirds were also running around in plain view. We reached th= e=20 end of the road leading North and pulled off the road. We took a walk down t= he=20 trail with cut wood on the left of it. A single Bobolink flitted through the= =20 fields. We reached the end and turned back.

Flies were everywhere, hundreds and hundreds of them, swarming around t= he=20 car, flying inside. We headed back to the car and saw a female Rose-Breasted= =20 Grosbeak in the middle of the road.

Nothing else really came up as we rounded the corners, though on the la= st=20 stretch there was something strange. We heard loud noises and got out, walke= d up=20 the road and about six Kestrels all scattered out of one tree and sailed off= .=20 We'd never seen Kestrels do this, we thought it might be a sort of family of= =20 Kestrels but that was just a guess.

We wanted to go up County Road 29 so we went to just before Meadowlands= and=20 then headed north again. It was pretty quiet, Kingbird's were abuzz and Kest= rels=20 flew past every now and then. We reached a large farm a ways off from the sm= all=20 turn in the road, looking at a field of Blackbirds. We couldn't get a look a= t=20 them to see what kind yet.

Then we were trying to find a perched one and I spotted a Sparrow in a=20 large bush. It was a Henslow's. We watched it for a long time, it was carryi= ng a=20 large bug and had the Henslow's thick bill and yellowish-green face, and a w= hite=20 eyering. The markings behind the eye were unmistakeable.

We watched for a long time and it flew finally, Blackbirds then flew in= to=20 take it's place. We watched them carefully and decided they were female Brew= er's=20 Blackbirds and most likely the field was full of males too.

We finally got out insect repellent and the flies stopped attacking us.= =20 Common Yellowthroat's were everywhere, we couldn't see them but they were=20 calling every other second. We we're at the intersection of 980 and 202. We=20= saw=20 a woodpecker that was about the size of Black Backed/Three Toed but we final= ly=20 caught a glimpse and recognized a male Sapsucker. After we watched that a=20 White-Throated Sparrow perched on the line. We watched that and right behind= it=20 I thought I caught a glimpse of a Magnolia Warbler.

It flew off into the trees but a few minutes later it emerged and flew=20 across the road into plain view. Definately a Magnolia.

After that we decided to head up to Eveleth. We passed Raven's and one=20 Northern Harrier. A good day to be birding. I'll most likely report on=20 tomorrow's birding as well. Good birding everyone!

Leo WM, St. Paul

-------------------------------1120790311-- From golfbird@comcast.net Fri Jul 8 12:41:46 2005 From: golfbird@comcast.net (Dave and Linda Felker) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 06:41:46 -0500 Subject: [mou] Minnesotans in WildBird Magazine Message-ID: <001501c583b2$093d5940$651b2942@daveuam5mdi8ml> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C58388.20675140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sharon Stiteler has written an article about the owl irruption this winter in the July/August WildBird Magazine. Many Minnesotans are quoted. The beautiful photographs accompanying the article are by locals as well. It brought back memories of the exciting winter we experienced. Linda Felker ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C58388.20675140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Sharon = Stiteler has=20 written an article about the owl irruption this winter in the=20 July/August WildBird Magazine. Many Minnesotans are quoted. = The=20 beautiful photographs accompanying the article are by locals as = well. =20 It brought back memories of the exciting winter we=20 experienced.

Linda=20 Felker

------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C58388.20675140-- From dingermcduff@hotmail.com Fri Jul 8 13:49:11 2005 From: dingermcduff@hotmail.com (shawn conrad) Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:49:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] Itasca County Peregrine In-Reply-To: Message-ID: This morning I saw a Peregrine Falcon perched on top of the television tower at the top of the hill in Bovey that has the "BOVEY" lettering on it. This tower is directly across the street from my house (hopefully it will eat some of my pigeons) and the Peregrine was present at that perch for several weeks last year. I think it is nesting in the mine dumps, in fact I had what I suspect was a Peregrine fly over me from one of the "cliffs" in a nearby dump when I was hiking last weekend. If you try to see this bird, be aware that I have occasionally seen gulls and the odd Osprey perched at the top of the tower as well. One clue that you are seeing the Peregrine is it is quite orange from dusting itself in the mine dumps--very unique looking. Shawn Conrad Bovey From SFbirdclub@aol.com Fri Jul 8 15:44:59 2005 From: SFbirdclub@aol.com (SFbirdclub@aol.com) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:44:59 EDT Subject: [mou] Estimate on #s of owls last winter Message-ID: <1e1.40021418.2fffeb6b@aol.com> --part1_1e1.40021418.2fffeb6b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Minnesota Birders, I and some other South Dakotans are just wondering if any final estimates on the numbers of Great Grays and Northern Hawk Owls seen last winter have ever been compiled. If it has been posted before and I missed it, I apologize. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD --part1_1e1.40021418.2fffeb6b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Minnesota Birders,

I and some other South Dakotans are just wondering if any final estimates on= the numbers of Great Grays and Northern Hawk Owls seen last winter have eve= r been compiled.

If it has been posted before and I missed it, I apologize.

Doug Chapman
Sioux Falls, SD --part1_1e1.40021418.2fffeb6b_boundary-- From SFbirdclub@aol.com Fri Jul 8 15:47:32 2005 From: SFbirdclub@aol.com (SFbirdclub@aol.com) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:47:32 EDT Subject: [mou] David Letterman Message-ID: <67.48786628.2fffec04@aol.com> --part1_67.48786628.2fffec04_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Again, Did any one see David Letterman last night (Thursday, July 7)? Is that all for real w/the gentleman from Richfield and his helmet hummingbird feeder--and getting them to nectar out of his mouth? I'm not making this up, Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD --part1_67.48786628.2fffec04_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Again,

Did any one see David Letterman last night (Thursday, July 7)? Is that all f= or real w/the gentleman from Richfield and his helmet hummingbird feeder--an= d getting them to nectar out of his mouth?

I'm not making this up,

Doug Chapman
Sioux Falls, SD --part1_67.48786628.2fffec04_boundary-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Jul 8 17:15:03 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:15:03 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR 7/8 Message-ID: <0bda01c583d8$33953c00$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Milton Blomberg & I checked Blue Hill Trail, Mahnomen Trail and the Auto Tour this morning. Highlights included: * Henslow's Sparrow, CR 9, .2 mile east of Blue Hill Trail (as originally posted by Herb Dingmann) * Hooded Warbler, Blue Hill Trail (farther up hill on left than reported in past; Mourning Warbler also singing in area) * Lark Sparrows (at least five, one on Mahnomen, four on Auto Tour - looked like family group) * American Bittern (distant fly-over on Auto Tour) * Acadian Flycatcher (still singing on Mahnomen Trail) Noted that an Upland Sandpiper was reported on the Auto Tour yesterday, but we did not relocate. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From Steve Weston" Shorebird migration has reached the Twin Cities. 7/7 Mud Lake on Ravena Trail se edge of Hastings Good habitat, 6 species of shorebirds: Killdeer 15 L Yellowlegs 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper 27 SB Dowitcher 1 7/8 Purgatory Creek behind Flagship in Eden Prairie Killdeer Semi-palmated Sandpiper 3 also there: Pelican 2 Ring-billed Gulls (500 -1000) Herring Gull 1 Caspian Terns 4 Great Egret 60 Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan sweston2@comcast.net From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Sat Jul 9 15:00:33 2005 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 09:00:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Urban peregrine publicity Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050705210948.010c2e30@smtp.lauraerickson.com> Every day I watch the downtown baby peregrines, I worry about them getting into trouble and not being found by someone with a clue how to help, and the crowd in downtown Duluth that gathered around the one grounded fledgling on Sunday makes me realize how very many well-meaning people really want to do the right thing when they encounter a bird in trouble, but have no way of knowing what the right thing to do is. One of my friends in Cleveland says that a lot of active birders keep a very close and constant watch over the baby peregrines there for weeks before and after fledging, and that there is lots of friendly coverage in newspapers and TV, which has been of great benefit when a bird gets grounded before it can really fly. Their peregrine watchers seem to be organized so people each have scheduled watches. Has anyone ever experienced a problem from publicizing the exploits of baby peregrines, or from a local birding community keeping tabs on each individual? It would be nice to know how birding clubs from other cities deal with this. I'd think that giving the public an opportunity to enjoy these birds through a spotting scope would be such a great way to serve as an ambassador for birds, and a way of bringing more people into the birding fold, but wonder if this isn't more appropriately taken up by a birding organization than one person who couldn't consistently be there in the way that a cadre of volunteers could? I didn't get photos of them yesterday, by the way, but did see five of them flying about around Greysolon Plaza (the old Hotel Duluth) together, and later saw one female on the roof eating a pigeon and the adult male flew over calling. Also, my Peregrine gallery page was getting much too big, so I changed it so it shows only three photos per day with a link to that day's comments and the rest of the photos for that day. This way the pages will be easier to load. Laura Erickson Duluth, MN www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson From herbdingmann@astound.net Sat Jul 9 18:31:07 2005 From: herbdingmann@astound.net (Herb Dingmann) Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:31:07 -0500 Subject: [mou] Morrison County Birds Message-ID: <002001c584ac$0090d420$6401a8c0@D452T311> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C58482.17BF8710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I went to Morrison County this morning and found a few birds of interest: At the McDougal Nature Conservancy (west from Royalton on CR26 for 2 miles, then north on CR258 about a mile) were four Loggerhead Shrikes and a pair of Western Kingbirds. The Shrikes were near the parking area, the Kingbirds about half way in on the left near a solitary tree with a bluebird box next to it. And along the entrance to the Crane Meadows NWR headquarters was a Dickcissel singing from the unmowed portion of the field to the east of the driveway. The headquarters is about a half-mile east of the intersection of CR35 and CR256. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C58482.17BF8710 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I went to = Morrison = County this morning and found a few birds of interest:

At the McDougal Nature Conservancy (west from = Royalton on CR26 for 2 miles, then north on CR258 about a mile) were four Loggerhead Shrikes and a pair of Western Kingbirds. The Shrikes were near the = parking area, the Kingbirds about half way in on the left near a solitary tree with a bluebird box next to it.

And along the entrance to the Crane Meadows NWR = headquarters was a Dickcissel singing from the unmowed portion of the field to the east of the driveway. The headquarters is about a = half-mile east of the intersection of CR35 and CR256.

Herb = Dingmann

St. = Cloud

------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C58482.17BF8710-- From thimgan@digitaljam.com Sat Jul 9 21:19:39 2005 From: thimgan@digitaljam.com (Dan & Sandy Thimgan) Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:19:39 -0500 Subject: [mou] Clark's Grebe/Douglas County Message-ID: We tried UNsuccessfully to refind the Clark's Grebe(s) spotted by Jesse and Alex Ellis on Lake Osakis in Douglas county today (Saturday). We watched for a total of about two hours (both before and after lunch). There were Western Grebes to be seen diving near and far, but we couldn't ever get the Clark's to sit up for us, unfortunately. We did meet some nice people though, and it was cool to see many of the above-mentioned Grebes feeding their chicks. And, speaking of chick-food, you might like the food and ambience at the Osakis eatery/tourist trap called "Just Like Grandma's." We did. What follows are Jesse Ellis's directions to the public boat access at the extreme northwest edge of Lake Osakis: "This is NOT the boat launch within the town of Osakis. County Road 10 borders the west side of the lake within Douglas Co, and turns into Todd Co. Rd 1. The boat launch is on this rd, just within Douglas Co. From Osakis, take CR 3 north from town 1 mile and turn right (East) on CR 10. The boat launch is a little over 2 miles from this intersection." Dan & Sandy Thimgan Otter Tail County Battle Lake, MN From darkwolfsaga@yahoo.com Sun Jul 10 22:39:33 2005 From: darkwolfsaga@yahoo.com (Scott Meyer) Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Clark's Grebe, Lake Osakis, Douglas County Message-ID: <20050710213933.49664.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com> On 7/10/05, Doug Kieser, Jim Otto and I located a Clark's Grebe on Lake Osakis at approximately 11:00 AM. The bird was seen at the public boat landing in the the town of Osakis on the Douglas County side. This boat landing is not the same as reported by Jesse Ellis, but instead is the main landing on the southern end of the lake, within the town of Osakis. The bird was with Western Grebes and moved from a point directly north of the boat landing, westerly into the reeded bay in the southwest corner of the lake. The bird was initially spotted at some distance, but gradually moved closer to shore, and provided very good viewing in which the the white could be easily be seen above the eye and the bill was bright yellow. Another Grebe located with the Clark's Grebe showed an intermediary boundary of black going through the eye of the bird. Prior to spotting this bird we checked the previous reported location on the western portion of the lake. This area had many Western Grebes, but we were unable to find any Clark's Grebes at this location. Some might have been present, but viewing was back toward the sun presenting back lite conditions. Other birds seen in large numbers were Red-necked Grebes. Scott B. Meyer ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions � no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 00:40:06 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:40:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] White-winged Dove!!! Message-ID: <20050710234006.65529.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1077385169-1121038806=:61998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, I just had an adult white-winged dove in my front yard less than five minutes ago. I had ridden up with my next door nieghbor when he spotted it foraging in the short weedy grass between our horse pen and my mom and sisters riding arena. It then flew into a large birch tree up a hill a little ways where is is relativaly open with low thick shrubs. Two years ago I found one along CR-7 in Cook County with John and Chris Hockema on July 5th, 03. I saw this bird quite well containing the same overall body color as a mourning dove but with obvious and distinctive white along the bottom edge of each wing. it had a black tick mark on each cheek and a very distinctive blue eye ring. it sat for ten to fifteen minutes before taking off, I was able to see the large white patches clearly as it flew aways before dissapearing on the back of our forty acres. It may stick around and if I see it again I will post. Good birding, Josh Watson Grand Marais ps. if anyone is interested in coming up and looking I will post my home phone number and I'll give you directions, it is (218)-387-1484. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1077385169-1121038806=:61998 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

I just had an adult white-winged dove in my front yard less than five minutes ago. I had ridden up with my next door nieghbor when he spotted it foraging in the short weedy grass between our horse pen and my mom and sisters riding arena. It then flew into a large birch tree up a hill a little ways where is is relativaly open with low thick shrubs. Two years ago I found one along CR-7 in Cook County with John and Chris Hockema on July 5th, 03. I saw this bird quite well containing the same overall body color as a mourning dove but with obvious and distinctive white along the bottom edge of each wing. it had a black tick mark on each cheek and a very distinctive blue eye ring. it sat for ten to fifteen minutes before taking off, I was able to see the large white patches clearly as it flew aways before dissapearing on the back of our forty acres. It may stick around and if I see it again I will post. Good birding,

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1077385169-1121038806=:61998-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 01:09:31 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:09:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove refound! Message-ID: <20050711000931.25567.qmail@web31114.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1632114847-1121040571=:25310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I just re-found the white winged dove in the same spot, if flew up from on the ground I previously saw it in and alighted on top of a telaphone pole along our open riding arena. I saw if even better this time becuase the sun was located better. I could see the white on the wings extremely well and the dark primaries. I could also see the white and black bands on the square tail extremely better then the previous sighting. I re-found it at about 7:00 pm, again my phone number is (218)-387-1484 if anyone is interested in coming and seeing it, I will give directions if you call. Good birding, Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. --0-1632114847-1121040571=:25310 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

I just re-found the white winged dove in the same spot, if flew up from on the ground I previously saw it in and alighted on top of a telaphone pole along our open riding arena. I saw if even better this time becuase the sun was located better. I could see the white on the wings extremely well and the dark primaries. I could also see the white and black bands on the square tail extremely better then the previous sighting. I re-found it at about 7:00 pm, again my phone number is (218)-387-1484 if anyone is interested in coming and seeing it, I will give directions if you call. Good birding,

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. --0-1632114847-1121040571=:25310-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 01:22:50 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove refound! Message-ID: <20050711002250.74281.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-879490375-1121041370=:73772 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I just re-found the white winged dove in the same spot, if flew up from on the ground I previously saw it in and alighted on top of a telaphone pole along our open riding arena. I saw if even better this time becuase the sun was located better. I could see the white on the wings extremely well and the dark primaries. I could also see the white and black bands on the square tail extremely better then the previous sighting. I re-found it at about 7:00 pm, again my phone number is (218)-387-1484 if anyone is interested in coming and seeing it, I will give directions if you call. Good birding, Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-879490375-1121041370=:73772 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-879490375-1121041370=:73772-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 15:46:10 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:46:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] White-winged Dove still around! Message-ID: <20050711144610.50633.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1975640729-1121093170=:50482 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Peder Svingen came up around 7:30 this morning to look for the dove. After walking around our forty acres and spending quite a bit of time searching we finally discovered it at 8:37 am perched in a large dead birch tree along our open riding arena. It then flew towards us allowing extremely good views in flight alighting on a fence post of our horse pen where it sat for several minutes only and estimated 30 yards from us. After several minutes on the fence post it flew down and began foraging in the horse pen and then onto the short weedy grass between the horse pen and our gravel drive way. Peder and I watched if for about and hour and it was still there when he left. It cooperated very nice allowing us to see it from all angles including underneat and in flight. The bird seems comfortable here and appears as if it possible could stay awhile though you never no when they just pick up and leave. Good birding and I'll keep you posted. Again my phone number is (218)-387-1484 if anyone is interested in coming up. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1975640729-1121093170=:50482 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

Peder Svingen came up around 7:30 this morning to look for the dove. After walking around our forty acres and spending quite a bit of time searching we finally discovered it at 8:37 am perched in a large dead birch tree along our open riding arena. It then flew towards us allowing extremely good views in flight alighting on a fence post of our horse pen where it sat for several minutes only and estimated 30 yards from us. After several minutes on the fence post it flew down and began foraging in the horse pen and then onto the short weedy grass between the horse pen and our gravel drive way. Peder and I watched if for about and hour and it was still there when he left. It cooperated very nice allowing us to see it from all angles including underneat and in flight. The bird seems comfortable here and appears as if it possible could stay awhile though you never no when they just pick up and leave. Good birding and I'll keep you posted. Again my phone number is (218)-387-14 84 if anyone is interested in coming up.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1975640729-1121093170=:50482-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Mon Jul 11 15:55:55 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:55:55 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR Auto Tour (report & question) Message-ID: <0e2501c58628$a94607c0$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Upland Sandpiper, Henslow's Sparrow, 104 AW Pelicans, two Trumpeter Swans, few returning Least Sandpipers on the Auto Tour this morning. Question: had a unique Killdeer this morning. The upper band was 2.5-3X wider than the rest of its bands (unlike the other dozen or so Killdeer in the area) and it was tipping continually like a Spotted. Has anyone else noted such plumage or behavior (must admit I haven't studied Killdeer in depth)? Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From Chris Benson" Message-ID: <008901c5862a$1c64e590$6d78a8c0@station22> Al, Was it a Ruddy Turnstone? They're molting and in basic plumage are easily passed by as Killdeer or as Killdeer that are a little "different"... Look at the legs, a Turnstone's legs should still be International/Blaze/Hunter Orange... Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" To: ; Cc: ; Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR Auto Tour (report & question) > Upland Sandpiper, Henslow's Sparrow, 104 AW Pelicans, two Trumpeter Swans, > few returning Least Sandpipers on the Auto Tour this morning. > > Question: had a unique Killdeer this morning. The upper band was 2.5-3X > wider than the rest of its bands (unlike the other dozen or so Killdeer in > the area) and it was tipping continually like a Spotted. Has anyone else > noted such plumage or behavior (must admit I haven't studied Killdeer in > depth)? > > Good birding to all! > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > From tnejbell@comcast.net Mon Jul 11 19:37:28 2005 From: tnejbell@comcast.net (tnejbell@comcast.net) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:37:28 +0000 Subject: [mou] environmental job opening Message-ID: <071120051837.18933.42D2BC6800020117000049F5220588601404040A0D060A029B@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18933_1121107048_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Minnesota Land Trust is looking for a Regional Conservation Director for the Central Region, their office is in St. Paul. Applications accepted till July 31. For complete requirements and job description visit the web site of the Minnesota Land Trust at www.mnland.org I was asked to post this as the MOU representative to the Minnesota Environmental Partnership. Your second reminder of the Mercury Workshop and Forum at the Walter J. Breckenridge Chapter House of the Izaak Walton League of America at 8816 West River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. on August 20, It is FREE.. Pre-register by calling John Rust 763-424-7973 or imgahn2u@yahoo.com Thank you for your tolerance to this message. -- Tom Bell 5868 Pioneer Road South Saint Paul Park MN 55071 651 459-4150 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18933_1121107048_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

The Minnesota Land Trust is looking for a Regional Conservation Director for the Central Region, their office is in St. Paul. Applications accepted till July 31. For complete requirements and job description visit the web site of the Minnesota Land Trust at www.mnland.org

I was asked to post this as the MOU representative to the Minnesota Environmental Partnership.

Your second reminder of the Mercury Workshop and Forum at the Walter J. Breckenridge Chapter House of the Izaak Walton League of America at 8816 West River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. on August 20, It is FREE.. Pre-register by calling John Rust 763-424-7973 or imgahn2u@yahoo.com

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--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18933_1121107048_0-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 19:42:56 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove again Message-ID: <20050711184256.11306.qmail@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-723790959-1121107376=:10512 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Went outside this afternoon to check and see if the dove was around again and I immediately spotted it foraging on the ground in our horse pen at about 1:30 pm. Though I'd keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. --0-723790959-1121107376=:10512 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

Went outside this afternoon to check and see if the dove was around again and I immediately spotted it foraging on the ground in our horse pen at about 1:30 pm. Though I'd keep you posted. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. --0-723790959-1121107376=:10512-- From fjhoward@ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 11 22:08:53 2005 From: fjhoward@ix.netcom.com (Fran Howard) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:08:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] Birders, a security threat? Message-ID: > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3203942934_2146014 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit US imposes controls on a new security threat - birdwatchers Gary Younge in New York Thursday July 7, 2005 The Guardian US security agents have come up with a new target for increased scrutiny in their battle against terrorism: birdwatchers. Birdwatchers in certain areas are being forced to provide photographic identification, submit themselves to background checks, and even pay for a police escort. Law enforcement officials say that because the birdwatchers have equipment such as binoculars, telescopes and cameras, they have the potential to commit acts of espionage. The areas they use are sometimes close to military bases, dams and sewage plants. Because they have "sophisticated gear and [are] looking at things not normally photographed by the common citizen in this area, they may be stopped and asked a few questions," Lieutenant Jamie Rickerson, of the US coastguard service, told the Los Angeles Times. Enthusiasts wanting to go birdwatching at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia used to need an annual permit obtained over the phone, by post or in a fax. There are four islands, one of which was open to the public. To visit any of the other three, to the north, they needed a birdwatching permit, photo ID and car registration number. But earlier this year the three northern islands were closed by Virginia's department of transportation. Two weeks ago, after protests from birdwatchers, they reopened with greater restrictions. Now, groups of no more than 15 people can visit and they must notify the authorities in advance, pay $50 an hour to be escorted by an off-duty police officer, and submit to random searches. "We discovered that we had areas of concerns," said Clement Pruitt, the area's chief of police. "If you can get into the ventilation buildings, you have direct access to the tunnel and can inflict serious damage to the tunnel." The ornithologists are not convinced. "These sorts of national security issues seem to be intruding in ways one would never have expected," said Perry Plumart, director of conservation advocacy for the American Bird Conservancy. "You expected airline security; you don't expect it when you go birding. Who knew you'd have a police escort?" Donald Dann, the president of the Bird Conservation Network, which represents a number of ornithological groups in the Chicago area, was more blunt. "Someone can lob a grenade from the street if they wanted to. I'm not sure they're achieving any great national security objective." http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1522968,00.html --B_3203942934_2146014 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Birders, a security threat? US imposes controls on a = new security threat - birdwatchers

Gary Younge in New York
Thursday July 7, 2005
The Guardian

US security agents have come up with a new target for increased scrutiny in= their battle against terrorism: birdwatchers. Birdwatchers in certain areas= are being forced to provide photographic identification, submit themselves = to background checks, and even pay for a police escort.

Law enforcement officials say that because the birdwatchers have equipment = such as binoculars, telescopes and cameras, they have the potential to commi= t acts of espionage. The areas they use are sometimes close to military base= s, dams and sewage plants.

Because they have "sophisticated gear and [are] looking at things not = normally photographed by the common citizen in this area, they may be stoppe= d and asked a few questions," Lieutenant Jamie Rickerson, of the US coa= stguard service, told the Los Angeles Times.

Enthusiasts wanting to go birdwatching at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel = in Virginia used to need an annual permit obtained over the phone, by post o= r in a fax. There are four islands, one of which was open to the public. To = visit any of the other three, to the north, they needed a birdwatching permi= t, photo ID and car registration number.

But earlier this year the three northern islands were closed by Virginia's = department of transportation.

Two weeks ago, after protests from birdwatchers, they reopened with greater= restrictions. Now, groups of no more than 15 people can visit and they must= notify the authorities in advance, pay $50 an hour to be escorted by an off= -duty police officer, and submit to random searches.

"We discovered that we had areas of concerns," said Clement Pruit= t, the area's chief of police. "If you can get into the ventilation bui= ldings, you have direct access to the tunnel and can inflict serious damage = to the tunnel."

The ornithologists are not convinced. "These sorts of national securit= y issues seem to be intruding in ways one would never have expected," s= aid Perry Plumart, director of conservation advocacy for the American Bird C= onservancy. "You expected airline security; you don't expect it when yo= u go birding. Who knew you'd have a police escort?"

Donald Dann, the president of the Bird Conservation Network, which represen= ts a number of ornithological groups in the Chicago area, was more blunt. &q= uot;Someone can lob a grenade from the street if they wanted to. I'm not sur= e they're achieving any great national security objective."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1522968,00.h= tml
--B_3203942934_2146014-- From wickl002@tc.umn.edu Mon Jul 11 22:56:40 2005 From: wickl002@tc.umn.edu (Paul E. Wicklund) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:56:40 -0500 Subject: [mou] squirrel eating a bird!?-Hennepin Cty Message-ID: <42D2EB18.704898BA@tc.umn.edu> This was a first for me. A gray squirrel eating a bird--head was gone already, but the color and relatively longish wings looked like a nuthatch. This was a major meal, feathers and all! It sat up nibbling it just as it would an acorn, periodically flicking its tail to chase away the flies. There were only a few scattered feathers when the job was done. On a happier note, we have watched an incredible array of babies being fed in the last couple of weeks--at least two broods of orioles, red-bellied woodpeckers, blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees, wrens(who are already working another nest), house finches and chipping sparrows. The phoebe is sitting on the nest, so they will soon join in. Jan Wicklund From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 23:31:34 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:31:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] White-winged dove still around Message-ID: <20050711223134.55070.qmail@web31102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-550397773-1121121094=:55050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, Denny Martin and Jim Lind came up at around 4:30 and immediately found the bird foraging on the ground by the horse pen gate. It was on the ground foraging for several minutes but has now spent most of its time sleeping in a large aspen tree nearby. Denny and Jim left at around 5:30 with the bird is still sleeping in the tree. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. --0-550397773-1121121094=:55050 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello all,

Denny Martin and Jim Lind came up at around 4:30 and immediately found the bird foraging on the ground by the horse pen gate. It was on the ground foraging for several minutes but has now spent most of its time sleeping in a large aspen tree nearby. Denny and Jim left at around 5:30 with the bird is still sleeping in the tree. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. --0-550397773-1121121094=:55050-- From david@cahlander.com Tue Jul 12 14:37:29 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:37:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] White-winged Dove on Recently Seen Message-ID: <000601c586e6$dc65b420$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C586BC.F0414470 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Peder Svingen supplied a photo of the White-winged Dove being seen in = Josh Watson's yard in Grand Marais. http://moumn.org/recent.html --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C586BC.F0414470 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Peder Svingen supplied a = photo of the=20 White-winged Dove being seen in Josh Watson's yard in Grand = Marais.

http://moumn.org/recent.html

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David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910

------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C586BC.F0414470-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Tue Jul 12 18:02:39 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] White-winged Dove update Message-ID: <20050712170239.82879.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-2116271708-1121187759=:82583 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Sorry for the delayed report but I had to haul some hay for our horses for two hours. Kim Risin came up this morning around 8:00 and we immediately found the bird. It flushed into one of three large aspen trees along the horse pen and rested their until just before 10:30 am. Phil Chu, Molly & Ken Hoffmann, and Ron Erpalding also came up between 8:00 and 10:30 and saw the bird very well. It is not in the tree right at the moment but I suspect it will return this afternoon. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-2116271708-1121187759=:82583 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

Sorry for the delayed report but I had to haul some hay for our horses for two hours. Kim Risin came up this morning around 8:00 and we immediately found the bird. It flushed into one of three large aspen trees along the horse pen and rested their until just before 10:30 am. Phil Chu, Molly & Ken Hoffmann, and Ron Erpalding also came up between 8:00 and 10:30 and saw the bird very well. It is not in the tree right at the moment but I suspect it will return this afternoon. Good birding.

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-2116271708-1121187759=:82583-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Tue Jul 12 20:26:12 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:26:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove back again Message-ID: <20050712192612.5381.qmail@web31108.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-243796813-1121196372=:4434 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, At this very moment as I write this message the white-winged dove is being viewed by Jerry Bonkoski and paul egeland perched in an aspen tree along the barn. I will continue to keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. --0-243796813-1121196372=:4434 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

At this very moment as I write this message the white-winged dove is being viewed by Jerry Bonkoski and paul egeland perched in an aspen tree along the barn. I will continue to keep you posted. Good birding.

Josh Watson

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Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. --0-243796813-1121196372=:4434-- From b.pomeroy@mchsi.com Tue Jul 12 21:47:34 2005 From: b.pomeroy@mchsi.com (b.pomeroy) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:47:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Other views for Duluth peregrines Message-ID: <005a01c58722$eed45da0$2142d60c@wildthing> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0057_01C586F9.059EF790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, Today, my dear friend Laura Erickson and I scouted out the peregrines in = Duluth. We started at the Hacienda del Sol, a fine Mexican eatery about = a block east of the Hotel Duluth. The view was pretty good, but the = birds were not in the eastern area. We ate a quick lunch (I recommend = them highly!), then we headed out and found one of the young females on = a very tall light pole on the Lake side, behind some buildings. So we = headed across Superior St. and got onto the Lake Walk at 1st Ave E. = There is a really nice park there, with a pavilion and some benches. = There we saw the second young female on another tall light pole! They = were probably 150 feet or so from each other. We glassed and scoped = them for over 30 minutes, and Laura was able to get some digiscope = photos for her blog. We decided that this was the very best vantage = point to view the birds...the nest box is easily scoped from there, and = the Lake Walk sure beats the traffic and buses and noise of Superior St. = =20 Check out the photos and the latest news on the peregrines on Laura's = very cool site, www.birderblog.com and be sure to check out Duluth's = favorite birds of the summer. =20 Bruce www.arrowheadadventuresmn.com "I care to live, only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness." -- John Muir ------=_NextPart_000_0057_01C586F9.059EF790 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello all,

Today, my dear friend Laura Erickson and I scouted = out the=20 peregrines in Duluth. We started at the Hacienda del Sol, a fine = Mexican=20 eatery about a block east of the Hotel Duluth. The view was pretty = good,=20 but the birds were not in the eastern area. We ate a quick lunch = (I=20 recommend them highly!), then we headed out and found one of the young = females=20 on a very tall light pole on the Lake side, behind some buildings. = So we=20 headed across Superior St. and got onto the Lake Walk at 1st Ave = E. There=20 is a really nice park there, with a pavilion and some benches. = There we=20 saw the second young female on another tall light pole! They were = probably=20 150 feet or so from each other. We glassed and scoped them for = over 30=20 minutes, and Laura was able to get some digiscope photos for her = blog. We=20 decided that this was the very best vantage point to view the = birds...the nest=20 box is easily scoped from there, and the Lake Walk sure beats the = traffic and=20 buses and noise of Superior St.

Check out the photos and the latest news on the = peregrines on=20 Laura's very cool site, www.birderblog.com and be sure to = check out=20 Duluth's favorite birds of the summer.

Bruce
www.arrowheadadventuresmn.c= om

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look at=20 Nature's loveliness."
-- John Muir

------=_NextPart_000_0057_01C586F9.059EF790-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Wed Jul 13 00:46:16 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] the best part about the wwdo Message-ID: <20050712234616.88106.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-168652698-1121211976=:87472 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, I've really enjoyed haveing this white-winged dove at my house and seeing everyones faces when they finally get to see it. But I have to admit the best part about having it just happened less than ten minutes ago... and that was... seeing Bob Janssens face when he finally discovered his 400 minnasota state bird. After Jerry Bonkoski and Paul Egeland saw it sometime around 2:00 or 2:30 pm I've been keeping an eye on the bird knowing Bob was only an hour on his way from the cities. Fortunately it stade put from when Jerry and Paul saw it all the way until Bob was able to see it around 6:15 pm and is actually still roosting in the aspen trees along the barn. Between the time of 3 hours and 45 minutes or so that Jerry and Paul saw it to when Bob saw the bird it spent most of its time roosting in the aspen trees nearby but did spend a good amount of time foraging beneath the gate of the horse pen. I'll continue to keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-168652698-1121211976=:87472 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

I've really enjoyed haveing this white-winged dove at my house and seeing everyones faces when they finally get to see it. But I have to admit the best part about having it just happened less than ten minutes ago... and that was... seeing Bob Janssens face when he finally discovered his 400 minnasota state bird. After Jerry Bonkoski and Paul Egeland saw it sometime around 2:00 or 2:30 pm I've been keeping an eye on the bird knowing Bob was only an hour on his way from the cities. Fortunately it stade put from when Jerry and Paul saw it all the way until Bob was able to see it around 6:15 pm and is actually still roosting in the aspen trees along the barn. Between the time of 3 hours and 45 minutes or so that Jerry and Paul saw it to when Bob saw the bird it spent most of its time roosting in the aspen trees nearby but did spend a good amount of time foraging beneath the gate of the horse pen. I'll continue to keep you posted. Good birding.

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-168652698-1121211976=:87472-- From two-jays@att.net Wed Jul 13 00:50:25 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:50:25 -0500 Subject: [mou] 400 species In-Reply-To: <20050712234616.88106.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050712234616.88106.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Congratulations, Bob. Jim Williams On Jul 12, 2005, at 6:46 PM, Josh Watson wrote: Hello All, =A0 I've really enjoyed haveing this white-winged dove at my house and=20 seeing everyones faces when they finally get to see it. But I have to=20 admit the best part about having it just happened less than ten minutes=20= ago... and that was... seeing Bob Janssens face when he finally=20 discovered his 400 minnasota state bird. After Jerry Bonkoski and Paul=20= Egeland saw it sometime around 2:00 or 2:30 pm I've been keeping an eye=20= on the bird knowing Bob was only an hour on his way from the cities.=20 Fortunately it stade put from when Jerry and Paul saw it all the way=20 until Bob was able to see it around 6:15 pm and is actually still=20 roosting in the aspen trees along the barn. Between the time of 3 hours=20= and 45 minutes or so that Jerry and Paul saw it to when=A0Bob saw=A0the=20= bird it spent most of its time roosting in the aspen trees nearby but=20 did spend a good amount of time foraging beneath the gate of the horse=20= pen. I'll continue to keep you posted.=A0Good birding. =A0 Josh Watson Grand Marais=A0=A0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Wed Jul 13 00:54:03 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:54:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove back again mistake Message-ID: <20050712235403.50734.qmail@web31105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-448658002-1121212443=:43768 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-673989491-1121212443=:43768" --0-673989491-1121212443=:43768 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, I wanted to go back on a mistake I made in my message stating that Jerry Bonkoski and Paul Egeland had seen the white-winged dove. I realized that when I sent the message I made it sound as if Jerry and Paul were in the tree veiwing the bird but really meant that it was the dove in the tree and not Jerry or Paul. Sorry for the slight mistake. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-673989491-1121212443=:43768 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

I wanted to go back on a mistake I made in my message stating that Jerry Bonkoski and Paul Egeland had seen the white-winged dove. I realized that when I sent the message I made it sound as if Jerry and Paul were in the tree veiwing the bird but really meant that it was the dove in the tree and not Jerry or Paul. Sorry for the slight mistake. Good birding.

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-673989491-1121212443=:43768-- --0-448658002-1121212443=:43768 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from [216.70.15.106] by web31108.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:26:12 PDT Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:26:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Josh Watson Subject: white-winged dove back again To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-243796813-1121196372=:4434" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 474 --0-243796813-1121196372=:4434 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, At this very moment as I write this message the white-winged dove is being viewed by Jerry Bonkoski and paul egeland perched in an aspen tree along the barn. I will continue to keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. --0-243796813-1121196372=:4434 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

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Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. --0-243796813-1121196372=:4434-- --0-448658002-1121212443=:43768-- From anne_hanley90@hotmail.com Wed Jul 13 05:11:11 2005 From: anne_hanley90@hotmail.com (Anne Hanley) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:11:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] July-Aug field trips - MRVAC Message-ID: The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter, an affiliated bird club of the MOU, invites any interested birder to join our field trips in July and August. Beginning birders are welcome on any trip, there is no charge and you do not need to be a member of MRVAC. Minnesota Valley NWR Visitors Center, Bloomington Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 6:30 pm George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811 Meet at 3815 American Ave E in Bloomington, across the street from the Airport Hilton and Park & Fly. (From 494, exit on 34th Ave and follow the signs. We'll hike down the hill and along the edge of the flood plain. We often see activity around the eagle's nest. Beginners Bird Walk, Black Dog Park, Burnsville Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 3:00 pm Craig Mandel 952-546-3407 Discover the art of bird watching. On these walks we will practice basic bird watching skills. We will visit several different habitats and see birds that are associated with each one. Bring along your favorite bird book, binoculars and any questions you may have. To register call Craig. Beginners Bird Walk, Old Cedar Ave Bridge, Bloomington Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 6:30 pm George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811 We'll focus on the resident birds of the river valley. Call if you need to borrow binoculars. Bring water and dress for bugs (long sleeves and long pants recommended). From Hwy 77/Cedar Ave, exit on Old Shakopee Rd. Go W 1.5 blocks, turn L on Old Cedar Ave. Meet in the parking lot. Beginners Bird Walk, Old Cedar Ave Bridge, Bloomington Wednesday August 10 at 6:30 pm George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811 Walk refuge trails to search for resident birds, early migrants and other wildlife. Bring binoculars, water & bug spray. A few binoculars will be available to borrow. From Hwy 77/Cedar Ave, exit on Old Shakopee Rd. Go W 1.5 blocks, turn L on Old Cedar Ave. Meet in the parking lot. Bird Walk, Louisville Swamp, Shakopee Saturday, August 20 at 7:30 am George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811 This outing involves several miles of walking at a slow pace. From Hwy 169, south of Shakopee, exit on 145th St W. Follow road past Renaissance Festival main entrance, parking lot is on the left. Bass Ponds, Bloomington Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 6:30 pm George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811 Walk refuge trails to search for birds and other wildlife. Bring binoculars, water & bug spray. A few binoculars will be available to borrow. >From 494, go S on 24th Ave, which becomes Old Shakopee Rd. Turn left on E 86th Miesville Ravine, Dakota County Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 8:00 am Steve Weston 612-978-3993 Come hike the trails of the least-known and least-birded metro park, Miesville Ravine County Park. Directions: Take Hwy. 52 to Dakota Hwy. 50 east to Miesville. At Miesville take CR 91 south (right) until it T's at 280th. Turn east (left) and meet at the north parking lot in the ravine. For further info, call Steve. Posted by Anne Hanley Hennepin County From EgretCMan@aol.com Wed Jul 13 07:25:12 2005 From: EgretCMan@aol.com (EgretCMan@aol.com) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:25:12 EDT Subject: [mou] Rock County - 7/10 - 12/2005 Message-ID: <36.768d9aaf.30060dc8@aol.com> -------------------------------1121235912 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit July 10 - 12, 2005 Spent the last 3 days birding with a group from my Audubon Chapter in Rock and Pipestone Counties. Was warm, but very enjoyable. We encountered lots of singing birds on the Prairie, plus a good number of early migrating shorebirds at the city treatment ponds in Luverne. If you plan to bird these ponds, you should note that while the manager of the Golden Plump processing plant does not seem to care where you walk on there property, he does not want you park on the plants property. So you should park on the road that goes to the two western ponds. I also talked with the Luverne (city manager?, not totally sure of her title) and she did not have a problem with us birding there. But did request if we were spending much time there to contact the city and let them know. The number for the city is 507-449-2388 and I was connected with a woman named Jill. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me. Also note that the plant is running a 24 security guard. Our initial contact was with him at about 8:30pm on Sunday night. Here are some of the species we were able to observe during our stay. Gray Partridge - CR 11, 1/2 mile North of CR 20. Swainson's Hawk - CR 6, 1 mile North of CR 8. 13 species of shorebirds, most of them were at the City ponds in Luverne. Willet - 2 birds were at the Hills Sewage Ponds, along CR 6, 1 mile S. of Hwy 270. American Woodcock - This bird was seen actively feeding at 10:00am on 131st St., just past where the road becomes a minimum maintenance road, past the gravel pits. Black-billed Cuckoo - One was heard and seen along 144th Av at 81st St. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Two or Three birds were heard and seen at Blue Mounds State Park. Eastern Screech-Owl - Nesting pair with 3 or 4 young. Great Horned Owl - Heard calling at Blue Mounds State Park. Common Nighthawk Loggerhead Shrike - One bird was observed on the power lines at the intersection of CR 4 and CR 6. Warbling Vireo - Found a pair and there nest at the state park. Grasshopper Sparrow - fairly common with nice looks at the new National Wildlife Refuge on 171 St Street, 3 miles West of Hwy. 75. Henslow's Sparrow - observed one in Carver county on our return trip at he Rapid's Lake Unit of the Minnesota Valley NWR. Northern Cardinal - Family at Blue Mounds State Park. Blue Grosbeak - Seen or heard at 5 locations including the Interpretive center for Blue Mounds State Park. Dickcissel - This is there year, with large numbers throughout the county. Great-tailed Grackle - Female carrying food at the marsh behind the Hills Sewage Ponds. Orchard Oriole - near the swimming beach at Blue Mounds State Park and the parking area for the picnic grounds at Split Rock Creek State Park in Pipestone County. Craig Mandel - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1121235912 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

July 10 - 12, 2005

Spent the last 3 days birding with a group from my Audubon Chapter in R= ock=20 and Pipestone Counties. Was warm, but very enjoyable. We encount= ered=20 lots of singing birds on the Prairie, plus a good number of early migrating=20 shorebirds at the city treatment ponds in Luverne. If you plan to= =20 bird these ponds, you should note that while the manager of the Golden=20 Plump processing plant does not seem to care where you walk on there propert= y,=20 he does not want you park on the plants property. So you should p= ark=20 on the road that goes to the two western ponds. I also talked wit= h=20 the Luverne (city manager?, not totally sure of her title) and she did not h= ave=20 a problem with us birding there. But did request if we were spending m= uch=20 time there to contact the city and let them know. The number for the c= ity=20 is 507-449-2388 and I was connected with a woman named Jill. If y= ou=20 have any questions, please feel free to email or call me. Al= so=20 note that the plant is running a 24 security guard. Our initial=20 contact was with him at about 8:30pm on Sunday night.

Here are some of the species we were able to observe during our stay.

Gray Partridge - CR 11, 1/2 mile North of CR 20.

Swainson's Hawk - CR 6, 1 mile North of CR 8.

13 species of shorebirds, most of them were at the City ponds in=20 Luverne.

Willet - 2 birds were at the Hills Sewage Ponds, along CR 6, 1 mile S.=20= of=20 Hwy 270.

American Woodcock - This bird was seen actively feeding at 10:00am on 1= 31st=20 St., just past where the road becomes a minimum maintenance road, past=20= the=20 gravel pits.

Black-billed Cuckoo - One was heard and seen along 144th Av at 81st=20 St.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Two or Three birds were heard and seen at Blue=20 Mounds State Park.

Eastern Screech-Owl - Nesting pair with 3 or 4 young.

Great Horned Owl - Heard calling at Blue Mounds State Park.

Common Nighthawk

Loggerhead Shrike - One bird was observed on the power lines at th= e=20 intersection of CR 4 and CR 6.

Warbling Vireo - Found a pair and there nest at the state park.

Grasshopper Sparrow - fairly common with nice looks at the new National= =20 Wildlife Refuge on 171 St Street, 3 miles West of Hwy. 75.

Henslow's Sparrow - observed one in Carver county on our return trip at= he=20 Rapid's Lake Unit of the Minnesota Valley NWR.

Northern Cardinal - Family at Blue Mounds State Park.

Blue Grosbeak - Seen or heard at 5 locations including the Interpretive= =20 center for Blue Mounds State Park.

Dickcissel - This is there year, with large numbers throughout the= =20 county.

Great-tailed Grackle - Female carrying food at the marsh behind the Hil= ls=20 Sewage Ponds.

Orchard Oriole - near the swimming beach at Blue Mounds State Park and=20= the=20 parking area for the picnic grounds at Split Rock Creek State Park in Pipest= one=20 County.

Craig Mandel=20 - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN

-------------------------------1121235912-- From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Wed Jul 13 13:12:33 2005 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:12:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] hooded warbler & deer flies Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C5877A.3D5C5BB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Birded the Blue Hill Trail of Sherburne yesterday. An Ovenbird and = Redstart came into fleeting views. Chestnut-sided also singing. But I = was after the sighting of the Hooded Warbler, which was singing mostly = along the northern base of BlueHill and in the hollow up toward a meadow = opening N-NE of the hill. But, it dropped down in the ferns on the = north slope it and barely showed itself at the base of a tree, enough = for an ID of the male bird as fleeting as it was, plus it sang out as it = worked up the slope through the ferns. Deer flies are 3X worse than a = few days ago. But, if I posted up in a spot, after a few minutes the = swarm was mellowed to only a couple of buzzers. It was when I moved = that the en masse came again. Here I thought they sight on one by the IR = light spectrum, but I believe movement has much more to do with it. It = was suggested that deer flies are territorial as one moves through = "their" foliage. I can't really suppose this. They were nasty, yet I = was successful on this lifer. (35 other species noted in this hour = including road travel) mjb ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C5877A.3D5C5BB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Birded the Blue Hill Trail of Sherburne yesterday. An Ovenbird = and=20 Redstart came into fleeting views. Chestnut-sided also = singing. But=20 I was after the sighting of the Hooded Warbler, which was singing mostly = along=20 the northern base of BlueHill and in the hollow up toward a meadow = opening N-NE=20 of the hill. But, it dropped down in the ferns on the north slope = it and=20 barely showed itself at the base of a tree, enough for an ID of the male = bird as=20 fleeting as it was, plus it sang out as it worked up the slope through = the=20 ferns. Deer flies are 3X worse than a few days ago. But, if = I posted=20 up in a spot, after a few minutes the swarm was mellowed to only a = couple of=20 buzzers. It was when I moved that the en masse came again. Here I = thought=20 they sight on one by the IR light spectrum, but I believe = movement has=20 much more to do with it. It was suggested that deer flies are = territorial=20 as one moves through "their" foliage. I can't really suppose = this. =20 They were nasty, yet I was successful on this lifer. (35 other species = noted in=20 this hour including road travel) mjb

------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C5877A.3D5C5BB0-- From two-jays@att.net Wed Jul 13 14:15:50 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:15:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Fwd: Kirtland's Warblers numbers at new record high Message-ID: <3BECC35E-F3A0-11D9-9908-000D934C33C2@att.net> Begin forwarded message: From: "Cutright.Noel" Date: July 13, 2005 7:50:36 AM CDT To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" Subject: [wisb] Kirtland's Warblers numbers at new record high FYI - Note that 3 singing males were observed in WI - first I've heard about it - Noel Cutright, Ozaukee County Michigan DNR officials released on July 11 annual survey information indicating the state's population of the endangered Kirtland's Warbler is increasing. Biologists, researchers and volunteers counted 1,415 singing males during the 2005 official census period. This count exceeds the 1,348 males observed in 2004, and represents the largest number recorded since monitoring began. The census was started in 1951, and has been conducted annually since 1971. The lowest numbers were recorded in 1974 and 1987, when only 167 singing males were found. The Kirtland's Warbler survey is conducted over a 10-day period during the first two weeks of June each year. The birds are counted by listening for their songs. The songs can be heard at distances up to one-quarter mile, providing an excellent way to census the birds with minimum disturbance. Only the males sing, so estimates of population size are obtained by doubling the number of singing males counted. This year, singing males (numbers in parentheses) were found in 11 northern Lower Peninsula counties: Alcona (140), Clare (114), Crawford (227), Grand Traverse (1), Iosco (131), Kalkaska (9), Montmorency (14), Ogemaw (479), Oscoda (209), Otsego (47), and Roscommon (26). Surveyors identified 18 singing males in five Upper Peninsula counties: Baraga (2), Chippewa (2), Delta (6), Luce (4), and Schoolcraft (4). Females were observed with the males, indicating continuing nesting activity in the UP. The production of young has been confirmed in the UP each year since 1996. In addition to the birds counted in MI, three singing males were also observed in Wisconsin this year. The Kirtland's Warbler population depends on northern Michigan's jack pine barrens ecosystem for nesting habitat. The warbler nests on the ground and selects nesting sites in stands of jack pine between four and 20 years old. Historically, these stands of young jack pine were created by natural wildfires that frequently swept through northern Michigan. Modern fire suppression programs altered this natural process, reducing Kirtland's warbler habitat. To mimic the effects of wildfire and ensure the future of this endangered species, state and federal wildlife biologists and foresters annually manage the forests through a combination of clearcutting, burning, seeding and replanting to promote warbler habitat. Approximately 3,000 acres of jack pine trees are planted or seeded annually on state and federal lands. The resulting new plantations will provide habitat for warblers in the near future. "Additional new habitat will become available each year for the next several years, so we believe the warbler populations will remain stable or increase," said Elaine Carlson, MDNR wildlife biologist. "The success of the Kirtland's Warbler management program shows that scientific wildlife management works." DNR Endangered Species Coordinator Todd Hogrefe said the cooperation among the MDNR, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Michigan Department of Military Affairs in restoring the warblers' nesting habitat has been outstanding. "In addition to providing warbler habitat and forest products, the program provides valuable habitat for a variety of plant species, songbirds and game animals," Hogrefe said. For more information on the Kirtland's Warbler, contact the MDNR, Wildlife Division, Natural Heritage Program, Box 30180, Lansing, MI 48909-7680, or at www.michigan.gov/dnr. ############################## This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Wed Jul 13 14:30:48 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:30:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Day 4 of the white-winged dove Message-ID: <20050713133048.80291.qmail@web31102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-577291017-1121261448=:78035 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Sorry for the slightly delayed report but I had some computer failures and had to re-start. Anyway I was outside this morning before 8:15 and immediately saw the bird roosting in one of the three aspen trees along the horse pen and barn. 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Hello All,

Sorry for the slightly delayed report but I had some computer failures and had to re-start. Anyway I was outside this morning before 8:15 and immediately saw the bird roosting in one of the three aspen trees along the horse pen and barn. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page --0-577291017-1121261448=:78035-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Wed Jul 13 15:49:41 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:49:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove seen again Message-ID: <20050713144941.28264.qmail@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-932253096-1121266181=:26960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Don Kienholtz (not sure how you spell that), and Sparky Stensaas came up at 8:52 and we found the bird perched in an aspen tree up the hill a little ways behind the barn. We were able to watch it for several minutes until it flew at about 9:30 to the East which it has done the last couple days at about the same time and direction. I'll keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-932253096-1121266181=:26960 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

Don Kienholtz (not sure how you spell that), and Sparky Stensaas came up at 8:52 and we found the bird perched in an aspen tree up the hill a little ways behind the barn. We were able to watch it for several minutes until it flew at about 9:30 to the East which it has done the last couple days at about the same time and direction. I'll keep you posted. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-932253096-1121266181=:26960-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Wed Jul 13 20:27:33 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove still here! Message-ID: <20050713192733.17782.qmail@web31110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-38617364-1121282853=:16885 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, The white-winged dove just arrived again at 1:30 and is still in the tree as I write this message now at 2:30pm. Its been a very consistent bird leaving the last three days at around 9:30 to 10:30 and re-arriving again in the afternoon at about 1:30 to 2:30 and staying till almost 7:00 pm. If it continues to hang around I'll keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-38617364-1121282853=:16885 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

The white-winged dove just arrived again at 1:30 and is still in the tree as I write this message now at 2:30pm. Its been a very consistent bird leaving the last three days at around 9:30 to 10:30 and re-arriving again in the afternoon at about 1:30 to 2:30 and staying till almost 7:00 pm. If it continues to hang around I'll keep you posted. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-38617364-1121282853=:16885-- From golfbird@comcast.net Wed Jul 13 22:27:26 2005 From: golfbird@comcast.net (Dave and Linda Felker) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:27:26 -0500 Subject: [mou] Cottonwood, Nobles, and Redwood Co. Message-ID: <001801c587f1$ad673f20$651b2942@daveuam5mdi8ml> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C587C7.C4913720 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Today in Redwood Co. there was a group of 16 Upland Sandpipers close to the road in an alfalfa field. The location was the north side of County Road 74, .5 miles west of County Road 10 just out of Lucan. They were still there when I drove away. It was quite a sight. On my way to Craig Mandel's great trip in Rock Co., I had a few interesting sightings: July 10th Cottonwood Co. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Red Rock Falls Co. Park Scarlet Tanager - male - Pat's Grove Co. Park Orchard Oriole - both at Pat's Grove and many at Talcot Lake County Park Nobles Co. Swainson's Hawk - on CR 35 just northwest of Adrian Linda Felker ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C587C7.C4913720 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Today = in Redwood Co.=20 there was a group of 16 Upland Sandpipers close to the road in an=20 alfalfa field. The location was the north side of County Road = 74, .5=20 miles west of County Road 10 just out of Lucan. They were still = there when=20 I drove away. It was quite a sight.

On my = way to Craig=20 Mandel's great trip in Rock Co., I had a few interesting=20 sightings:

July=20 10th

Cottonwood=20 Co.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo=20 - Red Rock Falls Co. Park

Scarlet=20 Tanager - male - Pat's = Grove Co.=20 Park

Orchard Oriole - = both at Pat's=20 Grove and many at Talcot Lake County Park

Nobles = Co.

Swainson's Hawk - on=20 CR 35 just northwest of Adrian

Linda=20 Felker

------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C587C7.C4913720-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Thu Jul 14 05:39:45 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:39:45 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 13 July 2005 Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1--872619116 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Wednesday, July 13th. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE appeared at the Watson's family farm in Grand Marais, Cook County, on the 10th and it has been present every day since then. Specific directions have not been provided, so it would be best to call the Watsons for information at 218-387-1484. There have been six accepted records of White-winged Dove in Minnesota dating back to 1985, and this is the second report this year. Shorebirds reported by Steve Weston on the 7th included LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and SHORT- BILLED DOWITCHER. These birds were seen at Mud Lake along the Ravena Trail just southeast of Hastings, Dakota County. A pair of WILLETS was seen by Craig Mandel at the Hills sewage ponds on the 12th, along Rock County Road 6, a mile south of highway 270. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 21st. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1--872619116 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Wednesday, July = 13th.=A0

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE=A0appeared at the Watson's family = farm in Grand Marais, Cook County, on the 10th and it has been present = every day since then. Specific directions have not been provided, so it = would be best to call the Watsons for information at 218-387-1484. There = have been six accepted records=A0 of=A0White-winged Dove in Minnesota = dating back to 1985, and this is the second report this year.

Shorebirds reported by Steve = Weston on the 7th included LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED = SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. These birds were = seen at=A0Mud Lake along the Ravena Trail just southeast of Hastings, = Dakota County.

A pair of = WILLETS = was seen by Craig Mandel at the Hills sewage ponds on the 12th, along = Rock County Road 6, a mile south of highway 270.

The next scheduled update of = this tape is Thursday, July 21st.

- - -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-1--872619116-- From mugzy1960@msn.com Thu Jul 14 00:05:36 2005 From: mugzy1960@msn.com (Richard Pertile) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:05:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Re: [mnbird] squirrel eating a bird!?-Hennepin Cty References: <42D2EB18.704898BA@tc.umn.edu> Message-ID: Paul, this is actually a common occurance with red squirrels but I have never actually heard of a gray squirrel eating a bird although it obviously must happen from time to time. I have had gray squirrels on rare occasion eat woodduck or merganser eggs from my nest boxes, but this too has been very rare. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul E. Wicklund" To: ; Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:56 PM Subject: [mnbird] squirrel eating a bird!?-Hennepin Cty > This was a first for me. A gray squirrel eating a bird--head was gone > already, but the color and relatively longish wings looked like a > nuthatch. This was a major meal, feathers and all! It sat up nibbling it > just as it would an acorn, periodically flicking its tail to chase away > the flies. There were only a few scattered feathers when the job was > done. > On a happier note, we have watched an incredible array of babies being > fed in the last couple of weeks--at least two broods of orioles, > red-bellied woodpeckers, blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees, wrens(who > are already working another nest), house finches and chipping sparrows. > The phoebe is sitting on the nest, so they will soon join in. > > Jan Wicklund > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Thu Jul 14 14:05:14 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 06:05:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Day 5 of the white-winged dove!!! Message-ID: <20050714130514.63754.qmail@web31111.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-618519856-1121346314=:60565 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, I'm feeling pretty happy this morning, especially after Ben Fritchmen was able to see the bird as if flew into one of the aspen trees along the horse pen at about 7:50 this morning. Good birding. And again if anyone is interested in coming up to look at the bird my home phone number is (218)-387-1484. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-618519856-1121346314=:60565 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

I'm feeling pretty happy this morning, especially after Ben Fritchmen was able to see the bird as if flew into one of the aspen trees along the horse pen at about 7:50 this morning. Good birding. And again if anyone is interested in coming up to look at the bird my home phone number is (218)-387-1484.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-618519856-1121346314=:60565-- From john.schladweiler@dnr.state.mn.us Thu Jul 14 17:28:48 2005 From: john.schladweiler@dnr.state.mn.us (John Schladweiler) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:28:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Wood stork Message-ID: There was a message on my phone this morning from someone who said that he = saw a wood stork on Swan Lake about a week ago. Unfortunately, he left a name but no phone number so that I could call him = back and get any details. I assume that he meant the Swan Lake in = Nicollet County. He also indicated that he has taken part in Audubon bird = counts in the past and has seen wood storks in the Florida Everglades. = This makes me think that it is a reliable observer. =20 Swan Lake is 10,000 acres in size and mostly inaccessible except by boat = so seeing this bird again may be like finding a needle in a haystack. = However, I am posting this so that if anybody has the time to look they = have all of the information that I have. John Schladweiler MN Dept. of Natural Resources Asst. Regional Wildlife Manager 261 Hwy 15 S New Ulm, MN 56073 john.schladweiler@dnr.state.mn.us 507-359-6031 From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Thu Jul 14 18:56:27 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:56:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR + Message-ID: <012301c5889d$5e4f5e70$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Acadian Flycatcher (quieter calls than before), Barred Owl, Mahnomen Trail (lunch time walk). Dickcissel, Mille Lacs CR 12. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From jslind@frontiernet.net Thu Jul 14 19:32:06 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:32:06 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 7/14/05 Message-ID: <42D66956.30852.94104C@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 14th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was found by Josh Watson at his home near Grand Marais, Cook County on the 10th and it has been seen every day since then. Anyone interested in looking for the bird should call the Watson's at 218-387-1484. A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE has been seen regularly since July 6th along Lake County Road 6, about 4 miles west of Highway 61. It has been seen between the entrance to the Wolf Ridge environmental learning center and the Finland Historical Center. The fall shorebird migration is underway with four LEAST SANDPIPERS seen at Castle Danger on the 12th. As mentioned on last week's report, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS have been seen recently in the Sax-Zim bog, 2.4 miles north of the Sax Road along the McDavitt Road. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 21st. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. 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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From BobHoltz1933@aol.com Thu Jul 14 21:34:35 2005 From: BobHoltz1933@aol.com (BobHoltz1933@aol.com) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:34:35 EDT Subject: [mou] Bird hike leader Message-ID: <199.431f3495.3008265b@aol.com> -------------------------------1121373275 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have had a request for someone to lead a Sunday morning, September 18th, bird hike at for a group called Becoming an Outdoors Woman. This is at Lanesboro. If you can do this, contact me and I will put you in touch with someone. Thanks. Bob Holtz -------------------------------1121373275 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have had a request for someone to lead a Sunday morning, September 18= th, bird hike at for a group called Becoming an Outdoors Woman. This is at L= anesboro. If you can do this, contact me and I will put you in touch with so= meone. Thanks.

Bob Holtz

-------------------------------1121373275-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Thu Jul 14 21:59:04 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:59:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove still hanging around Message-ID: <20050714205904.76558.qmail@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-390586308-1121374744=:73211 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, Steve and Jo Blanch are out observing the white-winged dove in my yard as I write. The bird is roosting up in one of the aspen trees along the horse pen. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-390586308-1121374744=:73211 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello all,

Steve and Jo Blanch are out observing the white-winged dove in my yard as I write. The bird is roosting up in one of the aspen trees along the horse pen. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-390586308-1121374744=:73211-- From beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com Thu Jul 14 22:41:47 2005 From: beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com (Beau Shroyer) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:41:47 -0500 Subject: [mou] trumpeter swan with cygnets in Stearns County Message-ID:

I would guess that this may be the first record of breeding trumpeter swans in this part of the state. I saw this morning an adult TRSW with at least 3 cygnets near Freeport, MN. They were on a WPA approx. 1 mi. North of Stearns CR 17 on Stearns CR 36. It is a fair sized pond (20 acres?) on the West side of the road. The birds were on the North end of the pond in or near the cattails.

From sharonks@mn.rr.com Thu Jul 14 23:14:04 2005 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (sharonks@mn.rr.com) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:14:04 -0400 Subject: [mou] Birding Job Opportunity Message-ID: <10684ba10685b9.10685b910684ba@rdc-kc.rr.com> Home Delivery Service and Sales Associate Position All Seasons Wild Bird Store 15710 Wayzata, MN 55391 We have an opening available for a Home Delivery Service and Sales Associate at our Wayzata All Seasons Wild Bird Store Location. The job will include delivering bird food, and installing and servicing bird feeders and birdhouses for area customers (and maybe get a little birding in on the job). It will also include working as a Sales Associate in the store retail operations. During busy months the job could be 3 or more days a week, during slow periods it would be two days a week. The job will require working two days a week on the delivery route and as required in the store retail operations and working with a fun birding crowd. If interested, contact Melissa Block at 952-473-4283 or Al Netten at 952-884-0744. Posted with permission of Paul Schumacher Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN (temporarily Virginia Beach) www.birdchick.com From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Fri Jul 15 00:17:32 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:17:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Another wwdo update Message-ID: <20050714231733.11025.qmail@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1307806141-1121383052=:10712 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, The dove is still perched in the aspen trees along the horse pen and hasn't left since Steve and Jo Blanich got to see it. While they watched it the dove cooperatively flew down and landed on the horse pen gate for several minutes and then flew to the ground and foraged awhile. Right now it is again up in the aspen trees roosting with a comfortable notion about it. I'll keep you with more updates. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page --0-1307806141-1121383052=:10712 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello all,

The dove is still perched in the aspen trees along the horse pen and hasn't left since Steve and Jo Blanich got to see it. While they watched it the dove cooperatively flew down and landed on the horse pen gate for several minutes and then flew to the ground and foraged awhile. Right now it is again up in the aspen trees roosting with a comfortable notion about it. I'll keep you with more updates. Good birding.

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page --0-1307806141-1121383052=:10712-- From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Jul 15 01:33:05 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:33:05 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, July 15, 2005 Message-ID: <000701c588d4$c7f93710$66d5aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C588AA.DF232F10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 15, 2005 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. We have had very hot weather this week in the northwest, and it is reflected in the lack of reports of birds found. The birds that have been most obvious this week are the all pervasive mosquitoes which have thrived in the hot weather after all the rain. At Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, many families of young waterfowl can be seen. RED-NECKED GREBES can be seen with young, and there are many young AMERICAN COOTS also. In addition I also noticed several families of RUDDY DUCKS today when I was at the refuge. On July 12, Shelley Steva saw a male COOPER'S HAWK carrying food in its talons just east of Thief River Falls in Pennington County, leading us to believe that a nest may be nearby. Shelley also reported seeing a GREEN HERON in Otter Tail County near New York Mills and another in Becker County just north of Detroit Lakes on July 12. She also observed a BELTED KINGFISHER in Wadena County. Thanks to Shelley Steva for her report. 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. 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You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. We have had very hot weather this week in the northwest, and it is reflected in the lack of reports of birds found. The birds that have been most obvious this week are the all pervasive mosquitoes which have thrived in the hot weather after all the rain. At Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, many families of young waterfowl can be seen. RED-NECKED GREBES can be seen with young, and there are many young AMERICAN COOTS also. In addition I also noticed several families of RUDDY DUCKS today when I was at the refuge. On July 12, Shelley Steva saw a male COOPER'S HAWK carrying food in its talons just east of Thief River Falls in Pennington County, leading us to believe that a nest may be nearby. Shelley also reported seeing a GREEN HERON in Otter Tail County near New York Mills and another in Becker County just north of Detroit Lakes on July 12. She also observed a BELTED KINGFISHER in Wadena County. Thanks to Shelley Steva for her report. 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. 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This evening it was relocated up at the grade on Spirit Lake and after verifying its identity quickly called a few local birders who were able to see it. This was around 6:30 pm and it was on the rocks at the footbridge when I left it around 7:30pm. This is the same area where the black-headed Gull has been seen in past years. Here are the directions: At the north end of Spirit Lake, there is a paved road running east-west. The north side of this road is Minnesota, and the south side is Iowa. This is what they call the grade. About ? mile east of Highway 276 (which follows the west edge of the lake, then north into Minnesota) there is a small bay which connects to the larger part of Spirit Lake. This bay is where the Brown Pelican had been seen. The road there is wide, with very wide shoulders, so parking along it is easy and safe. There is a fishing pier that extends into the bay from the east-west road Between this bay and the larger part of Spirit Lake is a rock jetty(this is the old footbridge area) and this is where Pelican was at when I left it this evening. Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

I just saw this on MNbird:

Jim

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From: "Ed Thelen" <pfalcons@hotmail.com>

To: IA-BIRD@lists.iowabirds.org, mnbird@lists.mnbird.net,

sd-birds@yahoogroups.com

Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:15:27 -0500

Subject: [mnbird] Brown Pelican on Spirit LAke in Dickinson County

Hello,

Today at 12:30 pm I spotted what I thought might be an immature brown

pelican in the NW corner of Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, Iowa. This

evening it was relocated up at the grade on Spirit Lake and after verifying

its identity quickly called a few local birders who were able to see it.

This was around 6:30 pm and it was on the rocks at the footbridge when I

left it around 7:30pm. This is the same area where the black-headed Gull has

been seen in past years.

Here are the directions:

At the north end of Spirit Lake, there is a paved road running east-west.

The north side of this road is Minnesota, and the south side is Iowa. This

is what they call the grade. About ? mile east of Highway 276 (which follows

the west edge of the lake, then north into Minnesota) there is a small bay

which connects to the larger part of Spirit Lake. This bay is where the

Brown Pelican had been seen. The road there is wide, with very wide

shoulders, so parking along it is easy and safe. There is a fishing pier

that extends into the bay from the east-west road Between this bay and the

larger part of Spirit Lake is a rock jetty(this is the old footbridge area)

and this is where Pelican was at when I left it this evening.

Good Birdin'

Ed Thelen

Spirit Lake

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Fri Jul 15 14:33:38 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 06:33:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Day 6 of the white-winged dove Message-ID: <20050715133339.52840.qmail@web31102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1086855462-1121434418=:52831 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, I was just outside at about 8:30 and watched the white-winged dove fly into one of the aspen trees along the horse pen. From what I've been told on other white-winged dove sightings around the state the the longest one ever stuck around was five days, well if that is true this one has now stuck around the longest. I'll keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1086855462-1121434418=:52831 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

I was just outside at about 8:30 and watched the white-winged dove fly into one of the aspen trees along the horse pen. From what I've been told on other white-winged dove sightings around the state the the longest one ever stuck around was five days, well if that is true this one has now stuck around the longest. I'll keep you posted. Good birding.

Josh Watson

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1086855462-1121434418=:52831-- From two-jays@att.net Fri Jul 15 18:25:15 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:25:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] bird die-offs Message-ID: <68721B78-F555-11D9-9908-000D934C33C2@att.net> Begin forwarded message: From: Ellen Paul Date: July 15, 2005 11:33:01 AM CDT To: ORNITH-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Ornithologists and birds in the [worrisome] news Reply-To: "ORNITH-L: the scientific discussion of Ornithology" Pelican die-offs in South Dakota; increased seabird mortality on both coasts. Ellen Paul Executive Director The Ornithological Council Mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net Ornithological Council Website: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET "Providing Scientific Information about Birds" July 13, 2005 Scientists Raise Alarm About Ocean Health By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:50 p.m. ET SEATTLE (AP) -- With a record number of dead seabirds washing up on West Coast beaches from Central California to British Columbia, marine biologists are raising the alarm about rising ocean temperatures and dwindling plankton populations. ''Something big is going on out there,'' said Julia Parrish, an associate professor in the School of Aquatic Fisheries and Sciences at the University of Washington. ''I'm left with no obvious smoking gun, but birds are a good signal because they feed high up on the food chain.'' Coastal ocean temperatures are 2 to 5 degrees above normal, which may be related to a lack of updwelling, in which cold, nutrient-rich water is brought to the surface. Updwelling is fueled by northerly winds that sweep out near-shore waters and bring cold water to the surface. The process starts the marine food chain, fueling algae and shrimplike krill populations that feed small fish, which then provide a source of food for a variety of sea life from salmon to sea birds and marine mammals. On Washington beaches, bird surveyors in May typically find an average of one dead Brandt's cormorant every 34 miles of beach. This year, cormorant deaths averaged one every eight-tenths of a mile, according to data gathered by volunteers with the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, which Parrish has directed since 2000. ''This is somewhere between five and 10 times the highest number of bird deaths we've seen before,'' she said, adding that she expected June figures to show a similar trend. This spring's cool, wet weather brought southwesterly wind to coastal areas and very little northerly wind, said Nathan Mantua, a research scientist with the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington. Without northerly winds, there is no updwelling and plankton stay at lower depths. ''In 50 years, this has never happened,'' said Bill Peterson, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Newport, Ore. ''If this continues, we will have a food chain that is basically impoverished from the very lowest levels.'' Problems at the bottom of the food chain could also be related to decreases in juvenile salmon populations this summer. NOAA's June and July surveys of juvenile salmon off the coasts of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia indicate a 20 percent to 30 percent drop in populations, compared with surveys from 1998-2004. ''We don't really know that this will cause bad returns. The runs this year haven't been horrible, but below average,'' said Ed Casillas, program manager of Estuarine and Ocean Ecology at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. Scientists tracking anomolies along Washington's coast reported the appearance of warm-water plankton species and scores of jellyfish piling up on beaches. A Guadalupe fur seal, native to South America, was found dead in Ocean Shores. Parrish and a scientist near San Francisco report changes in bird breeding. Both said starvation stress could be the cause for decreased breeding and increased bird deaths. Peterson, the NOAA oceanographer, said many scientists suspect climate change may be involved. ''People have to realize that things are connected -- the state of coastal temperatures and plankton populations are connected to larger issues like Pacific salmon populations,'' he said. Parrish cautioned that human activity could jeopardize the survival of animals already stressed by environmental changes. ''This, for instance, would be a truly bad year for an oil spill,'' she said. July 13, 2005 Officials Investigating Pelican Deaths By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:32 p.m. ET BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of thousands of young white pelicans at a wildlife refuge in central North Dakota, a year after thousands of adult birds abruptly left the same location. At least 8,000 chicks may have died over the past two months, said Ken Torkelson, a spokesman for the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge. ''The difference is, last year the adults left first,'' he said. ''This year, the young have died and the adults have no reason to stick around.'' Severe storms or a disease outbreak may have caused the mass die-off, said Marsha Sovada, a biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown. The Fish and Wildlife Service said an inspection of the refuge last week indicated only about 500 chicks left from a nesting period that could have produced as many as 9,000 of them. All but about 2,000 adults had left, from a population estimated at 18,850 in late May. Officials had hoped the refuge would return to normal after nearly 30,000 adult pelicans took off last year, leaving their young behind. Officials still can't determine what caused last year's exodus. The white pelican, one of the largest birds in North America, breeds only once a year, and males and females take turns caring for their young. The birds have a wingspan of nearly 10 feet and live about 25 years. The white pelican colony at the 4,385-acre Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge north of Medina has been the largest in North America, peaking at 35,466 birds in 2000. The pelicans normally stay at the Chase Lake refuge through September, raising their young and feasting on crawfish, small fish and foot-long salamanders from small ponds known as prairie potholes. Samples have been sent to the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., to try to find out what killed the young birds at Chase Lake. The chicks that remain at the refuge are still being cared for by adults, Torkelson said. The chicks remaining at the refuge appear to be healthy, Sovada said. Biologists have attached backpack-like electronic tracking equipment to eight pelicans to monitor their movements when they leave the colony, and plan to fit two more with the equipment. Sovada said large die-offs of pelican chicks also have been reported this week at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Montana and at Waubay National Wildlife Refuge in northeast South Dakota. ''It could have no relation to what's happening at Chase Lake,'' she said. The West Nile virus likely is to blame for the chick deaths in Montana and South Dakota, Sovada said. Other pelican nesting colonies have had high chick mortality rates in the past three years, Torkelson said. From two-jays@att.net Fri Jul 15 22:28:51 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:28:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] WNV impacts on crows Message-ID: <704AE964-F577-11D9-9908-000D934C33C2@att.net> Begin forwarded message: From: "Cutright.Noel" Date: July 15, 2005 4:21:42 PM CDT To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" Subject: [wisb] WNV impacts on crows During the past couple of years, there has been discussion on what=20 impacts West Nile Virus has had on American Crow populations.=A0 In a=20 recent paper in the Condor (Caffrey, et al. 2005: 128-132 - West Nile=20 Virus devastates an American Crow population), the authors estimate,=20 based upon a marked population of crows in the Stillwater, OK area,=20 that=A0 65% of their population died because of the pathogen in 2003.=A0=20= The total loss was 72% of population members, including 82% of=20 juveniles.=A0 Of the approximately 56 dead crows, they discovered only 4=20= carcasses.=A0 They believe that this suggests that the tens of thousands=20= of carcasses found in NA in the last 5 years might under-represent the=20= number that have died by an order of magnitude and that WNV is likely=20 to cause devastating disruptions to the social organization and=20 demographics of American Crows. Noel Cutright, Ozaukee County.=A0 From smithville4@charter.net Fri Jul 15 23:15:48 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:15:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Dragonflies Message-ID: <000a01c5898a$c24fd0b0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58960.D7E6F3B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I could chat about birds but I haven't looked at a bird thru binoculars = since the May Birdathon so I have nothing to report. ( my team won it = again) I do have some exciting news to share though! I found a Prince = Baskettail ( dragonfly species) in St. Louis Co. and its a first county = record and I also found a Marsh Bluet ( Damselfly) another St. Louis Co. = record! Today I found several Halloween Pennants (dragonfly) in a field = near the Catholic Church where I work at. =20 I heard there is White-winged Dove in Cook County. Is there any updates = on this dove?? ( JUST KIDDING!!) Anyway on my web site I added several new photos of some dragonfly pics = in my journal section. How is my summer so far?? Well my little league = team I am coaching won only one game and lost the rest and the 80- 90 = degree temps can go away anytime now! Bring on -30 degrees & snow!! Next year I will be running MOU field Trips and I am going to organize a = dragonfly field trip! NO birds. Just dragonflies lol. This is an = excellent year to find them and I am having a blast adding new species = to my yard list.=20 I am sorry, I know this is a biridng listserve but you guys know who I = am and I occasionally break the rules!=20 Good birding all & dragonflying! =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58960.D7E6F3B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I could chat about birds but = I haven't=20 looked at a bird thru binoculars since the May Birdathon so I have = nothing to=20 report. ( my team won it again)

I do have some exciting news = to share=20 though! I found a Prince Baskettail ( dragonfly species) in St. Louis = Co. and=20 its a first county record and I also found a Marsh Bluet ( Damselfly) = another=20 St. Louis Co. record! Today I found several Halloween Pennants = (dragonfly)=20 in a field near the Catholic Church where I work at. =20

I heard there = is White-winged=20 Dove in Cook County. Is there any updates on this = dove?? (=20 JUST KIDDING!!)

Anyway on my web site = I added=20 several new photos of some dragonfly pics in my journal section. = How=20 is my summer so far?? Well my little league team I am = coaching won=20 only one game and lost the rest and the 80- 90 degree temps can go away = anytime=20 now! Bring on -30 degrees & snow!!

Next year I will be running = MOU field=20 Trips and I am going to organize a dragonfly field trip! NO = birds.=20 Just dragonflies lol. This is an excellent year to find them and I = am=20 having a blast adding new species to my yard list.

I am sorry, I know this is a = biridng=20 listserve but you guys know who I am and I occasionally break the=20 rules!

Good birding all &=20 dragonflying!

Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/

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-------------------------------1121471517-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Sat Jul 16 03:01:08 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:01:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] white-winged dove around this evening Message-ID: <20050716020108.77347.qmail@web31114.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1829916877-1121479268=:76249 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Sorry for the delay but the White-winged dove was around this morning for several minutes at about 10:00 am and then this afternoon around 12:00pm. Dedrick Benz saw it at about that time and unfortunately Dave Benson missed the bird a little later then that. But it re-appeared five minutes after Dave left in the afternoon when Rick Hoyme spotted it roosting in the aspen trees at maybe 3:00pm or so. Again sorry for teh delay, I was gone all afternoon but the dove is still around and seems like its sticking pretty well. I'll keep you posted. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1829916877-1121479268=:76249 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

Sorry for the delay but the White-winged dove was around this morning for several minutes at about 10:00 am and then this afternoon around 12:00pm. Dedrick Benz saw it at about that time and unfortunately Dave Benson missed the bird a little later then that. But it re-appeared five minutes after Dave left in the afternoon when Rick Hoyme spotted it roosting in the aspen trees at maybe 3:00pm or so. Again sorry for teh delay, I was gone all afternoon but the dove is still around and seems like its sticking pretty well. I'll keep you posted. Good birding.

Josh Watson

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1829916877-1121479268=:76249-- From ppedersen6@charter.net Sat Jul 16 14:23:46 2005 From: ppedersen6@charter.net (Paul Pedersen) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 8:23:46 -0500 Subject: [mou] Common Moorhen in Olmsted Message-ID: <43vthu$11ssr3h@mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net> At 7 AM this morning, John Hockema called to report a Common Moorhen at East Landfill Reservoir in Olmsted County. It was located on the southeast corner of the reservoir best seen from the top of the dike and not the road on the west side. John also helped me see my first Henslow's Sparrow at Chester Woods last night. He said there are at least two other locations he has seen them in this county this year. From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Sat Jul 16 13:06:09 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Day 7 of the white-winged dove Message-ID: <20050716120609.36927.qmail@web31105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-780774781-1121515569=:35622 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, I was out early this morning fooling around and surprisingly the white-winged dove flew into the tree right at 7:00 am. It usually shows up at about 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning. Right now the bird is roosting in the aspen trees along the horse pen and appears it might stay awhile this morning. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-780774781-1121515569=:35622 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello all,

I was out early this morning fooling around and surprisingly the white-winged dove flew into the tree right at 7:00 am. It usually shows up at about 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning. Right now the bird is roosting in the aspen trees along the horse pen and appears it might stay awhile this morning. Good birding.

Josh Watson

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It is now in MN (Jackson County). Brad Bolduan Windom -----Original Message----- From: bounce-ia-bird-254771@lists.iowabirds.org [mailto:bounce-ia-bird-254771@lists.iowabirds.org]On Behalf Of Ed Thelen Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 9:45 AM To: IA-BIRD Subject: [ia-bird] Brown Pelican Refound Hello, The brow pelican is still in the area. This morning after diligent searching I found the brown pelican up in minnesota on Little Spirit Lake. Little Spirit Lake is a Minn/Iowa border lake adjacent to Big Spirit Lake in Iowa. The brown pelican was loafing on an island at the south end of the north bay of Little Spirit. This island is visible from 710th street which is a gravel road at the north end of Little Spirit just west of the north boat ramp. I spotting scope is necessary to see the pelican since it is quite far. This island is approximately 1 mile as the crow flies NW from the grade at the north end of Big Spirit Lake. Here is a link to a map of the lake : http://www.iowadnr.com/fish/fishing/lakes/maps/lsp30.jpg Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa ethelen@iowaone.net --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: bbolduan@rconnect.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ia-bird-254771B@lists.iowabirds.org From boreal_finch@yahoo.com Sat Jul 16 15:21:07 2005 From: boreal_finch@yahoo.com (Dan Amerman) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:21:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Great-tailed Grackle, St. Louis Co. Message-ID: <20050716142107.42249.qmail@web53001.mail.yahoo.com> I watched a male Great-tailed Grackle from about 8:10 to 8:20 this morning in Duluth, near Mud Lake, close to the Oliver bridge. I have seen quite a few Great-tailed Grackles in the past, and consider this a definitive sighting: crow length but more slender, great big tail that was both proportionately and absolutely longer than a Common Grackle�s tail, solidly dark, non-brown body (I could not see the iridescence under the overcast conditions), yellow grackle eyes, grackle beak, and a fairly flattish forehead. Conveniently for size comparison, there were Morning Doves beneath the Grackle in the same dead tree and Ring-billed gulls not all that far away, the Great-tailed Grackle was much larger than the Mourning Doves. The bird was perched at the top of a dead tree to the east of the railroad tracks and south of Mud Lake, within thirty to fifty yards in each case. Dan Amerman Duluth, MN ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From david@cahlander.com Sat Jul 16 15:01:27 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:01:27 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican - First state record Message-ID: <000601c58a0e$df51c360$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C589E4.F3347FA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Little Spirit Lake in Jackson county. Viewed from the boat lanch on the = North side. Little Spirit lake is NW of Spirit Lake, where they saw the = Black-headed Gull today. Tony Hertzel and Peder Svengin refound the bird at 8:45 am today. They = called it in to me so it could be shared with the group. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C589E4.F3347FA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Little Spirit Lake in Jackson = county. Viewed from the boat lanch on the North side. Little = Spirit=20 lake is NW of Spirit Lake, where they saw the Black-headed Gull=20 today.

Tony Hertzel and Peder = Svengin refound=20 the bird at 8:45 am today. They called it in to me so it could be = shared=20 with the group.

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------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C589E4.F3347FA0-- From Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com Sat Jul 16 18:40:48 2005 From: Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com (Paul Budde) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:40:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58A2D.8077FE3A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 QSBsaXR0bGUgbW9yZSBpbmZvIC0gc2VlbiB0aGlzIG1vcm5pbmcgZnJvbSBib2F0IGxhdW5jaCBv biBOIHNpZGUgb2YgTGl0dGxlIFNwaXJpdCBMYWtlLiBBcHBhcmVudGx5IGhhcyBiZWVuIHNlZW4g b24gU3Bpcml0IExha2UsIGluIElvd2EsIGZvciBsYXN0IHNldmVyYWwgZGF5cy4gDQoNCkdvb2Qg bHVjaywNClBhdWwNCg0KLS0tLS1PcmlnaW5hbCBNZXNzYWdlLS0tLS0NCkZyb206IG1vdS1uZXQt YWRtaW5AY2JzLnVtbi5lZHUgPG1vdS1uZXQtYWRtaW5AY2JzLnVtbi5lZHU+DQpUbzogbW91LW5l dEBjYnMudW1uLmVkdSA8bW91LW5ldEBjYnMudW1uLmVkdT4NClNlbnQ6IFNhdCBKdWwgMTYgMTA6 MDM6MDQgMjAwNQ0KU3ViamVjdDogW21vdV0gQnJvd24gUGVsaWNhbg0KDQpMaXR0bGUgU3Bpcml0 IExha2UsIGZvdW5kIGJ5IFRvbnkgSGVydHplbCBhbmQgUGVkZXIgU3ZpbmdlbiwgYXMgcGFzc2Vk IGFsb25nIGJ5IERhdmUgQ2FobGFuZGVyLiAgQ2FsbCBhbnkgb2YgdGhlbSBmb3IgbW9yZSBpbmZv LiBNb3UtbmV0IGhhcyBiZWVuIGV4cGVyaWVuY2luZyBwcm9ibGVtcyB0aGlzIG1vcm5pbmcuDQoN ClBhdWwgQnVkZGUgDQoNCg== ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58A2D.8077FE3A Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 PCFET0NUWVBFIEhUTUwgUFVCTElDICItLy9XM0MvL0RURCBIVE1MIDMuMi8vRU4iPg0KPEhUTUw+ DQo8SEVBRD4NCjxNRVRBIEhUVFAtRVFVSVY9IkNvbnRlbnQtVHlwZSIgQ09OVEVOVD0idGV4dC9o dG1sOyBjaGFyc2V0PXV0Zi04Ij4NCjxNRVRBIE5BTUU9IkdlbmVyYXRvciIgQ09OVEVOVD0iTVMg RXhjaGFuZ2UgU2VydmVyIHZlcnNpb24gNi41LjcyMjYuMCI+DQo8VElUTEU+UmU6IFttb3VdIEJy b3duIFBlbGljYW48L1RJVExFPg0KPC9IRUFEPg0KPEJPRFk+DQo8IS0tIENvbnZlcnRlZCBmcm9t IHRleHQvcGxhaW4gZm9ybWF0IC0tPg0KDQo8UD48Rk9OVCBTSVpFPTI+QSBsaXR0bGUgbW9yZSBp bmZvIC0gc2VlbiB0aGlzIG1vcm5pbmcgZnJvbSBib2F0IGxhdW5jaCBvbiBOIHNpZGUgb2YgTGl0 dGxlIFNwaXJpdCBMYWtlLiBBcHBhcmVudGx5IGhhcyBiZWVuIHNlZW4gb24gU3Bpcml0IExha2Us IGluIElvd2EsIGZvciBsYXN0IHNldmVyYWwgZGF5cy48QlI+DQo8QlI+DQpHb29kIGx1Y2ssPEJS Pg0KUGF1bDxCUj4NCjxCUj4NCi0tLS0tT3JpZ2luYWwgTWVzc2FnZS0tLS0tPEJSPg0KRnJvbTog bW91LW5ldC1hZG1pbkBjYnMudW1uLmVkdSAmbHQ7bW91LW5ldC1hZG1pbkBjYnMudW1uLmVkdSZn dDs8QlI+DQpUbzogbW91LW5ldEBjYnMudW1uLmVkdSAmbHQ7bW91LW5ldEBjYnMudW1uLmVkdSZn dDs8QlI+DQpTZW50OiBTYXQgSnVsIDE2IDEwOjAzOjA0IDIwMDU8QlI+DQpTdWJqZWN0OiBbbW91 XSBCcm93biBQZWxpY2FuPEJSPg0KPEJSPg0KTGl0dGxlIFNwaXJpdCBMYWtlLCBmb3VuZCBieSBU b255IEhlcnR6ZWwgYW5kIFBlZGVyIFN2aW5nZW4sIGFzIHBhc3NlZCBhbG9uZyBieSBEYXZlIENh aGxhbmRlci4mbmJzcDsgQ2FsbCBhbnkgb2YgdGhlbSBmb3IgbW9yZSBpbmZvLiBNb3UtbmV0IGhh cyBiZWVuIGV4cGVyaWVuY2luZyBwcm9ibGVtcyB0aGlzIG1vcm5pbmcuPEJSPg0KPEJSPg0KUGF1 bCBCdWRkZTxCUj4NCjxCUj4NCjwvRk9OVD4NCjwvUD4NCg0KPC9CT0RZPg0KPC9IVE1MPg== ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58A2D.8077FE3A-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Sat Jul 16 23:28:35 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] White-winged Dove still around! Message-ID: <20050716222835.62609.qmail@web31112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1475992026-1121552915=:62576 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, Sorry for the slight delay. The white-winged dove appeared again this afternoon at around 4:00 or 4:30 as Herb Dingmann and Earl Orf saw it, and to my understanding is still in our yard as I write this message. It was again in the aspen trees along our horse pen and then flew into a dead birch tree closer to the house where it appeared to be pretty comfortable. Again if anyone is interested my number is 218-387-1484. The bird comes sometime around 8:00 in the morning and leaves usually around 9:30 am so between then in the morning is the best time to come and see it. Then in the afternoon it had been coming between 1:00 and 2:00 in the afternoon staying till late evening. But now it has seemed to change schedules coming in between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon and staying all the way to between 6:00 or 7:00 in the eveing. So like I said if you want to come in the morning try and be here about 8:00 to 9:30 and if you come in the afternoon try and come at either 3:00 or 4:00 i n the afternoon through 6:00 or 7:00 in the eveing. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1475992026-1121552915=:62576 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

Sorry for the slight delay. The white-winged dove appeared again this afternoon at around 4:00 or 4:30 as Herb Dingmann and Earl Orf saw it, and to my understanding is still in our yard as I write this message. It was again in the aspen trees along our horse pen and then flew into a dead birch tree closer to the house where it appeared to be pretty comfortable. Again if anyone is interested my number is 218-387-1484. The bird comes sometime around 8:00 in the morning and leaves usually around 9:30 am so between then in the morning is the best time to come and see it. Then in the afternoon it had been coming between 1:00 and 2:00 in the afternoon staying till late evening. But now it has seemed to change schedules coming in between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon and staying all the way to between 6:00 or 7:00 in the eveing. So like I said if you want to come in the morning try and be here about 8:00 to 9:30 and if you come in the afternoon try and come at either 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon through 6:00 or 7:00 in the eveing. Good birding.

Josh Watson

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1475992026-1121552915=:62576-- From Hagsela@aol.com Sun Jul 17 00:37:32 2005 From: Hagsela@aol.com (Hagsela@aol.com) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:37:32 EDT Subject: [mou] Moorhen refound Message-ID: <1c4.2c6f3f7d.300af43c@aol.com> --part1_1c4.2c6f3f7d.300af43c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I saw the C. Moorhen from 70th St. NW, at the north side of the water by the "turn around". Looking to the south side with my scope, it was beyond the 1st "peninsula" of reeds, along the edge of reeds behind that. Before that, I hiked to the dike, & from the wooden triangle to the south of the cement structure I also saw the Moorhen. This is Olmsted cty, East Landfill Reservoir. >From Hwy 52 take 19th NW west to 70th NW and go north. Time of day 3:30-4:30. Linda Sparling, Hennepin Cty. --part1_1c4.2c6f3f7d.300af43c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I saw the C. Moorhen from 70th St. NW,=20= at the north side of the water by the "turn around". Looking to the s= outh side with my scope, it was beyond the 1st "peninsula" of reeds, along t= he edge of reeds behind that. Before that, I hiked to the dike, &= from the wooden triangle to the south of the cement structure I also saw th= e Moorhen. This is Olmsted cty, East Landfill Reservoir. From=20= Hwy 52 take 19th NW west to 70th NW and go north. Time of day 3:30-4:= 30.
Linda Sparling, Hennepin Cty. --part1_1c4.2c6f3f7d.300af43c_boundary-- From boreal_finch@yahoo.com Sun Jul 17 02:24:45 2005 From: boreal_finch@yahoo.com (Dan Amerman) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:24:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Duluth Great-tailed Grackle Directions Message-ID: <20050717012445.45779.qmail@web53008.mail.yahoo.com> Apparently my directions for the Great-tailed Grackle in West Duluth needed to be more precise. Go down Grand Avenue all the way to Gary � New Duluth. Just before Boy Scout Landing take a left on Highway 39, as if you were following the signs to cross the bridge to Wisconsin. The road will go downhill, cross a railroad tracks, then climb to the bridge � but instead, at the bottom of the hill take a left into the small dirt parking area, just past the tracks, that is beneath a train trestle. Go to the railroad tracks and walk north (to the right). Mud Lake is ahead of you, and the railroad crosses it on a causeway, but you don�t need to go that far. On the tracks, about 30-50 yards before the lake, look to your right (east, towards Wisconsin), and there is a medium height dead tree something like 30-50 yards away from the railroad tracks. The Great-tailed Grackle was perched high there this morning, and there were a bunch of Mourning Doves hanging around in the vicinity as well. For comparison, on the west side of the tracks along the near edge of Mud Lake there were ten or so Common Grackles (also a family of six River Otters at about 5:30 this morning!). Hopefully the bird will hang around in the vicinity for a while. Dan Amerman Duluth, MN __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Sun Jul 17 02:32:23 2005 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:32:23 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth Great-tailed Grackle Directions In-Reply-To: <20050717012445.45779.qmail@web53008.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050716203048.010c7c30@SMTP.lauraerickson.com> Please remember that the train tracks here ARE used. Not often, but do be= =20 prepared. Laura Erickson At 08:24 PM 7/16/2005, Dan Amerman wrote: >Apparently my directions for the Great-tailed Grackle >in West Duluth needed to be more precise. Go down >Grand Avenue all the way to Gary =AD New Duluth. Just >before Boy Scout Landing take a left on Highway 39, as >if you were following the signs to cross the bridge to >Wisconsin. The road will go downhill, cross a >railroad tracks, then climb to the bridge =AD but >instead, at the bottom of the hill take a left into >the small dirt parking area, just past the tracks, >that is beneath a train trestle. Go to the railroad >tracks and walk north (to the right). Mud Lake is >ahead of you, and the railroad crosses it on a >causeway, but you don=92t need to go that far. > >On the tracks, about 30-50 yards before the lake, look >to your right (east, towards Wisconsin), and there is >a medium height dead tree something like 30-50 yards >away from the railroad tracks. The Great-tailed >Grackle was perched high there this morning, and there >were a bunch of Mourning Doves hanging around in the >vicinity as well. For comparison, on the west side of >the tracks along the near edge of Mud Lake there were >ten or so Common Grackles (also a family of six River >Otters at about 5:30 this morning!). Hopefully the >bird will hang around in the vicinity for a while. > >Dan Amerman >Duluth, MN Laura Erickson Duluth, MN www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of=20 birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of=20 nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the= winter. --Rachel Carson From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Sun Jul 17 03:41:13 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican Message-ID: <20050717024113.67828.qmail@web31103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1336892177-1121568073=:62379 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, I just recieved a call from Dedrick Benz asking me to post that he saw the Brown Pelican on little Spirit lake this evening at around 8:30 I believe it was. He said it was litterally in the same place as when Peder and Tony saw it earlier today. Good birding. Josh Watson Grand Marais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1336892177-1121568073=:62379 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

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I just recieved a call from Dedrick Benz asking me to post that he saw the Brown Pelican on little Spirit lake this evening at around 8:30 I believe it was. He said it was litterally in the same place as when Peder and Tony saw it earlier today. Good birding.

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1336892177-1121568073=:62379-- From Mcitsay@aol.com Sun Jul 17 05:37:41 2005 From: Mcitsay@aol.com (Mcitsay@aol.com) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:37:41 EDT Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican Update, 7pm Sat Message-ID: <1ed.3fef1aae.300b3a95@aol.com> -------------------------------1121575061 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Connie Osbeck and I observed a single bird at the previously described location at 7pm tonight. We appreciated all the updates and thanks Carol for the info as we were driving. Good Birding! Mark S Citsay & Connie L Osbeck Lake Elmo, MN Washington County -------------------------------1121575061 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Connie Osbeck and I observed a single bird at the previously described=20 location at 7pm tonight.

We appreciated all the updates and thanks Carol for the info as we were= =20 driving.

Good Birding!

Mark S Citsay & Connie L Osbeck

Lake Elmo, MN

Washington County

-------------------------------1121575061-- From drbenson@cpinternet.com Sun Jul 17 13:08:51 2005 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (David Benson) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 07:08:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican Present Sunday AM Message-ID: <2e23ec1113f22455cdfd4eb1dae02637@cpinternet.com> John Ellis saw the Brown Pelican at Spirit Lake this morning at 7:00 am. From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Jul 17 13:37:54 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 07:37:54 -0500 Subject: [mou] Western Kingbirds + Message-ID: <13e601c58acc$5ae92f00$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Nathan & I checked Princeton, Foley & Gilman ponds yesterday, drove the Auto Tour & checked Highways 10 & 8 as well during the morning. Highlights were six Western Kingbirds (four on 10 & Sherburne CR 11 corner, fencing of automotive repair facility - two on CR 8), also a Western Meadowlark (road to Monticello power plant off 10), Upland Sandpiper (Auto Tour) and Wilson's Phalaropes (Princeton & Foley ponds). There were a numerous shorebirds, although diversity was light (primarily Leasts, also Pectoral & Spotted, eight phalaropes). Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From markpalas@earthlink.net Sun Jul 17 15:51:15 2005 From: markpalas@earthlink.net (markpalas@earthlink.net) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 09:51:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] Rice Lake- Hugo Message-ID: <39D204D6-F6D2-11D9-BF89-00039379D80A@earthlink.net> An article in todays Minneapolis tribune, sports section, states that 260 acre Rice lake, near Hugo, was accidentally drained this spring. Sounds like a good opportunity for shore birds. Has anyone looked at the lake bed yet? Mark Palas From george.skinner@gte.net Sun Jul 17 16:57:48 2005 From: george.skinner@gte.net (George B Skinner) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:57:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Rice Lake, Hugo MN Message-ID: <001501c58ae8$482bc140$22491a3f@computer> Local papers have described how Rice Lake, Paul Hugo Farms Wildlife Management Area, near Hugo MN was drained in error. Has anyone looked at this lake. Will it be a good spot to watch for shorebirds? George Skinner, Minnetonka, MN From deut0039@umn.edu Sun Jul 17 17:08:33 2005 From: deut0039@umn.edu (Dan Deutsch) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:08:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Dakota County Message-ID: <42DA8281.7030408@umn.edu> Took a little trip around Dakota County yesterday hoping to see if the prairie warbler was still around and just to see what was around. First stop was at the 140th st marsh near hastings were we spotted two Loggerhead Shrikes and few shore birds in the marsh. Next stopped was to find the prairie warbler. We waited in the heat at 730am hoping to see a glimpse of it but didn't. The area was definitely active, highlights being a blue-winged warbler and a wood thrush singing in the woods. On the way back into hastings, we also spotted what looked like a young Swainson's Hawk on hwy 42 and 52. Overall we were very surprised with the amount of birds seen in the heat. Total of 52 species. Dan Deutsch And Jen Vieth From david@cahlander.com Sun Jul 17 20:04:04 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:04:04 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican on Recently seen Message-ID: <002301c58b02$4fcfefb0$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C58AD8.63BE92D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A photo of the Brown Pelican being seen in Jackson county is available = on "Recently Seen". http://moumn.org/recent.html --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C58AD8.63BE92D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A photo of the Brown Pelican = being seen=20 in Jackson county is available on "Recently Seen".

http://moumn.org/recent.html

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David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910

------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C58AD8.63BE92D0-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Sun Jul 17 20:29:06 2005 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:29:06 -0500 Subject: [mou] Viewing Brown Pelican Message-ID: <410-22005701719296386@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The first state record Brown Pelican (immature) at Little Spirit Lake in Jackson County may be viewed at relatively close range (200m) from the residence of Linda Fries (assuming it continues to roost near her dock). She lives on the east shore of the lake at Fire # 70423. Note: the bird has been viewed by most people from the boat ramp at the far north end of the lake, a distance of 0.5-0.75 miles from the bird. Directions: >From the point where CR 2 goes north from the Iowa border, go straight west (Caution: do NOT follow CR 2 to the SW at this point.) on a secondary blacktop road (MN-Iowa border) a short distance to the first road that heads to the right (north). Look for fire numbers in the 70000 series. Go north about 1/2 mile and look for Fire # 70423 on your left. Park in the drive but stay off to side. Walk around the house to the right (north) and walk out on the dock. The bird was roosting on the rocks about 200 m due west and directly in line with a tiny wooded island. The homeowner, Linda Fries, was most gracious in stating that birders are very welcome to come and view the bird. Drew Smith and I observed and digiscoped the bird at this location from 9:45 - 10:30 am today (7/17). A few White Pelicans, Ring-billed and Franklin's Gulls were nearby as well. Good luck and Good birding, Jim ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

The first state record Brown Pelican (immature) at Little Spirit Lake in Jackson County may be viewed at relatively close range (200m) from the residence of Linda Fries (assuming it continues to roost near her dock). She lives on the east shore of the lake at Fire # 70423. Note: the bird has been viewed by most people from the boat ramp at the far north end of the lake, a distance of 0.5-0.75 miles from the bird.

Directions:

From the point where CR 2 goes north from the Iowa border, go straight west (Caution: do NOT follow CR 2 to the SW at this point.) on a secondary blacktop road (MN-Iowa border) a short distance to the first road that heads to the right (north). Look for fire numbers in the 70000 series. Go north about 1/2 mile and look for Fire # 70423 on your left. Park in the drive but stay off to side. Walk around the house to the right (north) and walk out on the dock. The bird was roosting on the rocks about 200 m due west and directly in line with a tiny wooded island.

The homeowner, Linda Fries, was most gracious in stating that birders are very welcome to come and view the bird.

Drew Smith and I observed and digiscoped the bird at this location from 9:45 - 10:30 am today (7/17). A few White Pelicans, Ring-billed and Franklin's Gulls were nearby as well.

Good luck and Good birding,

Jim

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From blitkey@usfamily.net Sun Jul 17 20:39:22 2005 From: blitkey@usfamily.net (Bill Litkey) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:39:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] Assessment of Rice Lake - Hugo, Washington Co. Message-ID: <000701c58b07$3c370d80$0101a8c0@28litkeyhome> On a lead from Denny Martin I checked out Rice Lake on June 30. At that time there was much shallow water (good for herons) with aquatic vegetation, and the "islands" were all grassy. Even if we experience a long dry spell I am not inclined to return. Bill Litkey (Oakdale) --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- From hoocooks4you@yahoo.com Sun Jul 17 21:22:35 2005 From: hoocooks4you@yahoo.com (Pat DeWenter) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:22:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Beltrami/Koochiching Counties this weekend Message-ID: <20050717202235.72545.qmail@web50801.mail.yahoo.com> --0-482842607-1121631755=:72462 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In spite of the extreme heat up here this weekend and time of year we got some good birds while birding with a visitor from WA state. I was very pleased to pick up 11 warbler species for this girl, most of which were lifers for her, as she hasn't birded the eastern U.S. before. We missed on the Connecticut as there were none singing anywhere anymore. At the Big Bog SRA boardwalk and area near Washkish yesterday morning we saw the following birds: Along the road on the south side of the small lake and parking lot we had EVENING GROSBEAKS (flock of 5), MOURNING and GOLDEN-WINGED Warblers, AMERICAN WOODCOCK (flushed twice while walking along the road), LEAST FLYCATCHERS (many calling) and EASTERN WOOD PEWEE and many singing RED-EYED VIREOS. The boardwalk that is being built (all metal with many benches along the walk) is long and a fantastic structure. It is about a mile long! We didn't cover the whole thing due to the heat, but in the approximately 3/4 mile that we covered we had VEERY, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS (many), BLACK AND WHITE and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a singing LECONTE'S SPARROW. This bird responded very well to the recording I played and gave us wonderful looks. Other birds seen in Beltrami County this weekend included OVENBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS (male and female at our feeders), BLACKBURNIAN and YELLOW Warbler, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE and 2 SANDHILL CRANES. In Koochiching County along CR 13, we had a flock of BOREAL CHICKADEES (about 1 mile south of where Craig Mandell previously reported them.) and a HERMIT THRUSH. Warblers seen along the road were CHESTNUT-SIDED, BAY-BREASTED and a first year male AMERICAN REDSTART, the latter two in the company of the chickadees. Pat DeWenter Bemidji --0-482842607-1121631755=:72462 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

In spite of the extreme heat up here this weekend and time of year we got some good birds while birding with a visitor from WA state. I was very pleased to pick up 11 warbler species for this girl, most of which were lifers for her, as she hasn't birded the eastern U.S. before. We missed on the Connecticut as there were none singing anywhere anymore.

At the Big Bog SRA boardwalk and area near Washkish yesterday morning we saw the following birds:

Along the road on the south side of the small lake and parking lot we had EVENING GROSBEAKS (flock of 5), MOURNING and GOLDEN-WINGED Warblers, AMERICAN WOODCOCK (flushed twice while walking along the road), LEAST FLYCATCHERS (many calling) and EASTERN WOOD PEWEE and many singing RED-EYED VIREOS.

The boardwalk that is being built (all metal with many benches along the walk) is long and a fantastic structure. It is about a mile long! We didn't cover the whole thing due to the heat, but in the approximately 3/4 mile that we covered we had VEERY, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS (many), BLACK AND WHITE and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a singing LECONTE'S SPARROW. This bird responded very well to the recording I played and gave us wonderful looks.

Other birds seen in Beltrami County this weekend included OVENBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS (male and female at our feeders), BLACKBURNIAN and YELLOW Warbler, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE and 2 SANDHILL CRANES.

In Koochiching County along CR 13, we had a flock of BOREAL CHICKADEES (about 1 mile south of where Craig Mandell previously reported them.) and a HERMIT THRUSH. Warblers seen along the road were CHESTNUT-SIDED, BAY-BREASTED and a first year male AMERICAN REDSTART, the latter two in the company of the chickadees.

Pat DeWenter

Bemidji

--0-482842607-1121631755=:72462-- From smithville4@charter.net Mon Jul 18 02:27:51 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:27:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Ivory-billed Woodpecker rumblings Message-ID: <000801c58b37$ea3c4e10$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C58B0E.010BCA00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was surfing thru some listserves to see what other hurricane Dennis = birds shown up and saw on the Arkansas birding listserve that the IBWP = sighting last spring at the Cache River is being doubted by several = professional birders. I guess a paper is being written to explain the = doubt or the miss ID of the woodpecker. The bird on the film flick we = all saw is ID as a Pileated Woodpecker by these professionals. Anyway = to read more about this thread go to Arkansas listserve and read.=20 Hurricane Dennis birds: -Sooty Tern in southern Ill. -Royal Tern in Missouri -Laughing Gull on Lake Michigan in Ill. I feel that the Brown Pelican on Spirit Lake was most likely blown in = from the hurricane as well. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C58B0E.010BCA00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was surfing thru some = listserves to see=20 what other hurricane Dennis birds shown up and saw on the Arkansas = birding=20 listserve that the IBWP sighting last spring at the Cache River is being = doubted=20 by several professional birders. I guess a paper is being written to = explain the=20 doubt or the miss ID of the woodpecker. The bird on the film flick = we all=20 saw is ID as a Pileated Woodpecker by these professionals. = Anyway to=20 read more about this thread go to Arkansas listserve and=20 read.

Hurricane Dennis = birds:

-Sooty Tern in southern = Ill.

-Royal Tern in = Missouri

-Laughing Gull on Lake = Michigan in=20 Ill.

I feel that the Brown Pelican = on Spirit=20 Lake was most likely blown in from the hurricane as = well.

Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C58B0E.010BCA00-- From dbmartin@skypoint.com Mon Jul 18 04:29:31 2005 From: dbmartin@skypoint.com (Dennis/Barbara Martin) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:29:31 -0500 Subject: [mou] Concerning Brown Pelican Message-ID: <001b01c58b48$ea431c20$e22e56c7@oemcomputer> Came across the same place that Jim Mattson wrote about while looking for a better place to photograph this bird. The resident of the place, Linda Fries, told us that she told Dave and Marge Cahlander yesterday to tell everybody to come to her place for the best views of the bird, assuming it continues to stay on the island. It is really a good place to look at the bird without disturbing it. Turn west off County Road 2 on 702nd Street, at the T turn right on 476th Street. Fire number 70423 is a little ways down the road. Use common sense in the time of day you stop there. Probably it would be best to look from the public access on the north side to see if the bird is on the island in the first place. While taking photos of the bird the Black-headed Gull showed up. As we had never seen this bird in breeding plumage over the past 7 years of observations we were surprised to see that the species has a moderately brown head in breeding plumage, not the black or very dark brown head pictured in the field guides. With a back shade about the same as a Ring-billed Gull and a red bill that blends nicely into the brown head it is really a very striking breeding plumaged bird. Was able to get many photographs of the gull also. We presume that the gull was on this lake today because the winds were very strong on the Spirit Lake today and the bird just wanted to stay out of the wind for awhile. Presumably it will be back on Spirit Lake in the future but it will make sense to check this lake occasionally. There were a lot of other gulls on Little Spirit today and we understand that generally there are not this many gulls on this small lake. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmartin@skypoint.com From david@cahlander.com Mon Jul 18 17:38:35 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:38:35 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican on "recently seen" Message-ID: <000a01c58bb7$27b645a0$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58B8D.3BA4E8C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A new image of the Brown Pelican, taken by Jim Mattsson, has been posted = on http://moumn.org/recent.html --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58B8D.3BA4E8C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A new image of the Brown = Pelican, taken=20 by Jim Mattsson, has been posted on

http://moumn.org/recent.html

---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910

------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58B8D.3BA4E8C0-- From jwkinglet@yahoo.com Mon Jul 18 19:16:09 2005 From: jwkinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:16:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Have not seen dove Message-ID: <20050718181609.35245.qmail@web31107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-606907360-1121710569=:34763 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello All, I'm very sorry for the delayed report yesterday was extremely hectic. I had do help my family with somthing and was unable to hardly look for the dove or post that I did not see it. Anyway from the few people that came up yesterday and didn't see it and that it wasn't around this morning has indicated that it is probably gone. Again sorry I couldn't post sooner. Good birding, Josh Watson Grand Marais ps Enjoy that pelican! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-606907360-1121710569=:34763 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hello All,

I'm very sorry for the delayed report yesterday was extremely hectic. I had do help my family with somthing and was unable to hardly look for the dove or post that I did not see it. Anyway from the few people that came up yesterday and didn't see it and that it wasn't around this morning has indicated that it is probably gone. Again sorry I couldn't post sooner. Good birding,

Josh Watson

Grand Marais

Enjoy that pelican!

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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-606907360-1121710569=:34763-- From Chris Benson" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C58BB3.04E9B880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It would be best for those wishing to bird the East Kalmar Landfill Reservoir in Olmsted county to stay on the public road on 70th Av NW and respect the NO TRESPASSING signs posted around the perimeter of the reservoir. Although the birding can be great it is NO TRESPASSING and we need to respect the law if we expect others to do the same. Directions from Rochester: 19th St NW west to 70th Av NW. To get to the East Reservoir turn right and go 1/2 mile, the reservoir is on your right. To get to the South Reservoir go straight, in 1/2 mile the reservoir will be on your left. Chris Benson Rochester, MN ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C58BB3.04E9B880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

It would be best for those wishing to = bird the=20 East

Kalmar Landfill Reservoir in Olmsted = county=20 to

stay on the public road on 70th Av NW = and=20 respect

the NO TRESPASSING signs posted=20 around

the perimeter of the = reservoir.

Although the birding can be great it is = NO=20 TRESPASSING

and we need to respect the law if we=20 expect

others to do the same.

Directions from Rochester:

19th St NW west to 70th Av = NW.

To get to the East Reservoir turn right = and go 1/2=20 mile,

the reservoir is on your = right.

To get to the South Reservoir go = straight, in 1/2=20 mile the

reservoir will be on your = left.

Chris Benson

Rochester, = MN

------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C58BB3.04E9B880-- From connybrunell@earthlink.net Tue Jul 19 00:47:14 2005 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:47:14 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican...Jackson County Message-ID: <410-220057118234714437@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This morning Susan Schumacher and I drove down to Jackson County to see if the Brown Pelican had stayed overnight. We arrived at the suggested site on the East Shore at Linda Fries residence, and she cheerfully greeted us welcoming us to take a look from her dock. There were no Pelicans there at all. So we decided to drive over on the county line road running east and west (100th St.) on the north end of Big Spirit Lake where the north side is Minnesota, and the south side is Iowa. This is the spot where the Black-headed Gull usually loafs in the bay at the fishing pier, or on the rocks out on the jetty. As soon as we pulled up we could see the Brown Pelican roosting on the jetty rocks among the 5 American White Pelicans, and numerous Gulls. Dave Thurston had arrived just before us, and we set up our scopes prepared to will it across the road into Minnesota at 8:45 am. Shortly after 10 Bill Litkey joined the group and the 4 of us sat watching the Brown Pelican stretch, preen, and sleep-sleep-sleep! Finally at 12:15pm it dropped down off the rock into the water then took flight circling out over Big Spirit Lake for awhile. It returned to fly over the jetty, and the bay from Iowa over the road into Minnesota and land in the middle of the lake. We watched it there at relatively close range until 12:30, and it was still there when we left. You never saw 4 adults so happy, to jump with joy at waiting it out for this wayward visitor to cross into Jackson County!!!! Conny Brunell connybrunell@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You. ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

This morning Susan Schumacher and I drove down to Jackson County to see if the Brown Pelican had stayed overnight. We arrived at the suggested site on the East Shore at Linda Fries residence, and she cheerfully greeted us welcoming us to take a look from her dock. There were no Pelicans there at all. So we decided to drive over on the county line road running east and west (100th St.) on the north end of Big Spirit Lake where the north side is Minnesota, and the south side is Iowa. This is the spot where the Black-headed Gull usually loafs in the bay at the fishing pier, or on the rocks out on the jetty. As soon as we pulled up we could see the Brown Pelican roosting on the jetty rocks among the 5 American White Pelicans, and numerous Gulls.

Dave Thurston had arrived just before us, and we set up our scopes prepared to will it across the road into Minnesota at 8:45 am. Shortly after 10 Bill Litkey joined the group and the 4 of us sat watching the Brown Pelican stretch, preen, and sleep-sleep-sleep! Finally at 12:15pm it dropped down off the rock into the water then took flight circling out over Big Spirit Lake for awhile. It returned to fly over the jetty, and the bay from Iowa over the road into Minnesota and land in the middle of the lake. We watched it there at relatively close range until 12:30, and it was still there when we left. You never saw 4 adults so happy, to jump with joy at waiting it out for this wayward visitor to cross into Jackson County!!!!

Conny Brunell

connybrunell@earthlink.net

EarthLink Revolves Around You.

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From sharonks@mn.rr.com Tue Jul 19 01:46:56 2005 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:46:56 -0500 Subject: [mou] Article on Val Cunningham Message-ID: I just discovered that our very own Val Cunningham was featured as a Neighborhood Naturalist in the June Midway Como Monitor. You can download a pdf version of it at http://www.midwaycomomonitor.com/archives.html by clicking on the June 2005 link. It's got a great photo of her, and she doesn't look too dorky for a birder. -- Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com From sharonks@mn.rr.com Tue Jul 19 01:52:59 2005 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:52:59 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican Feeding Message-ID: When we go to Virginia Beach one of my favorite pastimes is watching the brown pelicans high in the sky dive bomb for fish into the ocean making a great splash, a feeding technique not used by American white pelicans. Has anyone observed the brown pelican fishing? Is it dipping like the white pelicans or is it diving from high in the sky? I'm curious if the bird will adapt it's hunting technique since its hanging out with white pelicans to dipping like they do? I'd be interested in reading anyone's observations. -- Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com From beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com Tue Jul 19 03:42:10 2005 From: beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com (Beau Shroyer) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:42:10 -0500 Subject: [mou] Shorebirs in Traverse County Message-ID:

Yesterday afternoon I happened upon a flooded agricultural field near Mud Lake on the SD border that was full of shorebirds. I identified 12 species and approximately 450 individuals. Species spotted were; Greater and lesser yellowlegs, killdeer, Least sandpiper, baird's sandpiper, stilt sandpiper, semi-palmated sandpiper, white rumped sandpiper, short-billed and long-billed dowitcher, hudsonian godwit (1), and redknot (1). Directions to the field from MN State Hwy 117. Go Northeast on the gravel road that leads to the boat access on the Mustinka River (Mustinka County Park). It looks like this might be considered CR 76 on my Gazetteer. after a half mile the road will curve to the North. The field will be directly on the West side of the road. Many species were observed from the vehicle. I did not go any further on this road, but would assume that other similar habitat will be present. I also spotted a Swainson's hawk two miles west of the SD state line on Roberts County Road 29. If anybody is out in that area I would like to hear if any other interesting species show up.

From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Tue Jul 19 15:23:05 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:23:05 -0500 Subject: [mou] Rum River Red-shouldereds Message-ID: <16e801c58c6d$6366e9e0$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Had a pair of Red-shouldereds this morning in Pioneer Park (Princeton, but Mille Lacs County), along the Rum River "valley". I've heard one off & on for the last few weeks, and occasionally see it - but this is the first time have heard two. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From pfalcons@hotmail.com Tue Jul 19 21:25:06 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:25:06 -0500 Subject: [mou] RE: [ia-bird] Brown Pelican and Black-headed gull not found In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello, Today after lunch I drove up to the grade and the Black-headed gull was on the rocks at the footbridge. Also the brown pelican was on the island at Little Spirit Lake in Jackson county, Minn. Yesterday with the strong NW winds the brown pelican was seen at the footbridge in Iowa much of the day. Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake,Iowa From: "Ed Thelen" Reply-To: "Ed Thelen" To: "IA-BIRD" Subject: [ia-bird] Brown Pelican and Black-headed gull not found Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:38:27 -0500 Hello, Today after lunch I drove up to Little Spirit Lake to check on the brown Pelican but was unable to locate it. It was very windy out of the WNW and there were no birds on the island. If I have time this evening I'll check again. I would think it should still be in the area. There was a minor fish kill this weekend on Little Spirit and he should have easy pickings. Also I did not find the black-headed gull at the north end of Big Spirit Lake. There were many ring-bills and some franklins plus one white pelican at the footbridge. Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: pfalcons@HOTMAIL.COM To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ia-bird-7766S@lists.iowabirds.org From david@cahlander.com Wed Jul 20 00:30:54 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:30:54 -0500 Subject: [mou] On-line reporting of birds Message-ID: <002001c58cb9$eb93fd70$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C58C8F.FF7DE5A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The front page of mou-net has been updated with changes done by Anthony = Hertzel. http://moumn.org/ A link has been added to the front page to make reporting birds very = simple. =20 Reporting Birds -> On-line seasonal reporting Many people are entering what they see, but I notice that there have = been only two reports of a Brown Pelican sighting and none of a = Black-headed Gull! Entering of RQD information is also simple Reporting Birds -> Enter RQD documentation Checking out what birds have been entered for a season can be done from Reporting Birds -> Birds seen this season If you have seen a bird in a county that has not been checked, I = encourage you to enter the bird. Thanks. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C58C8F.FF7DE5A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The front page of mou-net has = been=20 updated with changes done by Anthony Hertzel.

http://moumn.org/

A link has been added to the = front page=20 to make reporting birds very simple.

Reporting = Birds ->=20 On-line seasonal reporting

Many people are entering what = they see,=20 but I notice that there have been only two reports of a Brown Pelican = sighting=20 and none of a Black-headed Gull!

Entering of RQD information = is also=20 simple

Reporting = Birds ->=20 Enter RQD documentation

Checking out what birds have = been entered=20 for a season can be done from

Reporting = Birds ->=20 Birds seen this season

If you have seen a bird in a = county that=20 has not been checked, I encourage you to enter the bird.

Thanks.

---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910

------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C58C8F.FF7DE5A0-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Wed Jul 20 01:01:49 2005 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:01:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Swainson's Hawk, Hennepin County Message-ID: <20050719190149.4nl0ovxe5o4c8ssw@webmail.gac.edu> Around 6:00 while playing a round of frisbee golf at Staring Lake Park in Eden Prairie I observed an adult Swainson's Hawk flying above. Across the road from the park is Flying Cloud Airport, and to the south of the park is the Minnesota River valley. There are always raptors flying around the area, but this is only the second time I have seen a Swainson's Hawk there. Bob Dunlap, Carver County From robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu Tue Jul 19 15:38:51 2005 From: robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu (robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:38:51 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [mou] brown pelican Message-ID: <49173.69.92.231.136.1121783931.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hi, Several of us on the Brown Pelican Monday afternoon shift had the same problem described by Connie Brunnell. The bird slept on a rock in Iowa in plain view from 1 PM to about 5 PM, this time flying out of sight in the wrong direction. Some of us then headed to the spot at Little Spirit Lake where the bird had roosted on Saturday and Sunday. By 6 PM, it was back on the submerged island preening and allowing us all great views. Many thanks to the cottage owners who welcomed us to their dock no fewer than four times before the bird finally reappeared. They were gracious throughout the long day. Bob O'Connor From earlorf@uslink.net Tue Jul 19 23:57:26 2005 From: earlorf@uslink.net (Earl Orf) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:57:26 -0500 Subject: [mou] FW: [nflbirds] New International Shorebird ListServe Message-ID: <000001c58cb5$3dc35d70$9026ad42@TOSHIBAEARL> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C58C8B.54ED5570 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those who are especially interested in shorebirds here is a message = that I received from a Florida listserve. =20 =20 Earl Orf web site www.earlorfphotos.com =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: nflbirds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nflbirds@yahoogroups.com] On = Behalf Of R. D. Wallace Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:47 PM To: 2FlaBirding; 2Birdbrains; 2CaribbeanBirding; 2NFLbirds; 2pelagics; 2PelagicsSE Subject: [nflbirds] New International Shorebird ListServe =20 Greetings, Shorebirders! We are pleased to announce the formation of a new Listserve, hosted by = the University of Georgia, that also hosts Georgia Birds, and Pelagics-SE. Shorebirds (or Waders, if you prefer) are a unique and fascinating group = of birds, because of their wide ranges throughout the world, and some of = the most impressive migrations of all birds, flying from the Arctic tundra = all the way to southern South America, Africa and Australia and back again, = with vagrant species turning up in many unexpected locations. They can be confoundingly difficult to identify, with many similar species and overlapping characteristics. And due to habitat loss of wetlands in breeding, migration stopover and wintering grounds, many species are = facing severe ecological pressures and population losses. The focus of this listserve is to create a worldwide forum for reporting the observation = of seasonal migration in differing areas, discovery of rarities, discussion = of identification problems, and for promotion of knowledge of conservation issues concerning shorebirds. As with other lists, please keep posts on the topic of shorebirds. Off topic posts, such as general political comments, religion, flaming, etc, = are not allowed. Commercial topics are not encouraged, unless they are announcements concerning upcoming events that feature Shorebirds. = Please use discretion as you would with other lists. To Subscribe, send an email to the following link: listserv@listserv.uga.edu type in the body of the message: subscribe SHOREBIRDS FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (for example: subscribe SHOREBIRDS ROBERT WALLACE) Please leave the Subject line of the email blank Frequently asked questions will be answered in a following email. Attachments (such as photos) are not currently possible. Links to = photos for discussion should be posted in the email, and we hope to be able to = set up a site to download photos to. We look forward to reading of sightings and shorebird movements from all over the world, and learning more about these fascinating birds. Thank = you to Steve Holzman of FWS and Sara Schweitzer of UGA for their efforts to = set up this service. Best regards and good birding! R.D. (Bob) Wallace Alachua FL, USA chnuts@msn.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _____ =20 YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS=20 =20 * Visit your group "nflbirds " on the web. =20 * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: nflbirds-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com =20 =20 * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.=20 =20 _____ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C58C8B.54ED5570 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For those who are especially = interested in shorebirds here is a message that I received from a Florida listserve. =

Earl Orf

web site www.earlorfphotos.com=

-----Original Message-----
From: nflbirds@yahoogroups.com = [mailto:nflbirds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of R. D. Wallace
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:47 = PM
To: 2FlaBirding; = 2Birdbrains; 2CaribbeanBirding; 2NFLbirds; 2pelagics; 2PelagicsSE
Subject: [nflbirds] New International Shorebird ListServe

Greetings, Shorebirders!

We are pleased to announce the formation = of a new Listserve, hosted by theUniversityof =Georgia, that = also hosts Georgia Birds, and Pelagics-SE.

Shorebirds (or Waders, if you prefer) are = a unique and fascinating group of birds, because of their wide ranges throughout = the world, and some of the most impressive migrations of all birds, flying = from the Arctic tundra all the way to southern =South = America, =Africaand =Australiaand back = again, with vagrant species turning up in many unexpected locations. They can = be confoundingly difficult to identify, with many similar species and = overlapping characteristics. And due to habitat loss of wetlands in breeding, migration stopover and wintering grounds, many species are facing severe ecological pressures and population losses. The focus of this = listserve is to create a worldwide forum for reporting the observation of seasonal migration in differing areas, discovery of rarities, discussion of identification problems, and for promotion of knowledge of conservation = issues concerning shorebirds.

As with other lists, please keep posts on = the topic of shorebirds. Off topic posts, such as general political = comments, religion, flaming, etc, are not allowed. Commercial topics are not encouraged, unless they are announcements concerning upcoming events = that feature Shorebirds. Please use discretion as you would with other = lists.

To Subscribe, send an email to the = following link:

listserv@listserv.uga.edu<about:blank>

type in the body of the = message:

subscribe SHOREBIRDS FIRSTNAME = LASTNAME

(for example: subscribe SHOREBIRDS ROBERT = WALLACE)

Please leave the Subject line of the = email blank

Frequently asked questions will be = answered in a following email. Attachments (such as photos) are not currently possible. Links to photos for discussion should be posted in the = email, and we hope to be able to set up a site to download photos = to.

We look forward to reading of sightings = and shorebird movements from all over the world, and learning more about = these fascinating birds. Thank you to Steve Holzman of FWS and Sara = Schweitzer of UGA for their efforts to set up this service.

Best regards and good = birding!

R.D. (Bob) Wallace
Alachua=FL, =USA
chnuts@msn.com<mailto:chnuts@msn.com>

[Non-text portions of this message have = been removed]

YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS

Visit your group "nflbirds" = on the web.
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------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C58C8B.54ED5570-- From howardcutter@yahoo.com Wed Jul 20 16:12:31 2005 From: howardcutter@yahoo.com (Howard Cutter) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:12:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Black Crown Night Herons Message-ID: <20050720151232.80326.qmail@web53203.mail.yahoo.com> --0-1792662182-1121872351=:74763 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Did some birding in a couple of new areas for us. Kasota Prairie and Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area-Nicollet Bay. At Swan lake we saw over a dozen Black Crown Night Heron flying over the boardwalk.This was just as sun was setting and an almost full moon was rising. Quite a sight. This is the largest number of Black Crowns we have seen in Minn.Use to be a very common sighting for us in South Jersey. --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page --0-1792662182-1121872351=:74763 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Did some birding in a couple of new areas for us. Kasota Prairie and Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area-Nicollet Bay.

At Swan lake we saw over a dozen Black Crown Night Heron flying over the boardwalk.This was just as sun was setting and an almost full moon was rising. Quite a sight. This is the largest number of Black Crowns we have seen in Minn.Use to be a very common sighting for us in South Jersey.

Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page --0-1792662182-1121872351=:74763-- From blanich@emily.net Thu Jul 21 03:42:22 2005 From: blanich@emily.net (Steve & Jo Blanich) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:42:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] brown pelican sighting Message-ID: <001601c58d9d$d299bdc0$f24d5a40@hppav> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C58D73.E9682840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Steve & Jo Blanich, Warren Nelson & Butch Ukura observed the Brown = Pelican on the submerged island out from the cottage owners on Little = Spirit Lake at approximately 10:00 A.M. today. It sat preening it's = feathers the whole time we were there. We then drove to Herman in Grant = County where we found Eurasian Collared Dove on Berlin Ave. per Steve = Millard's instructions. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C58D73.E9682840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Steve & Jo Blanich, Warren Nelson = & Butch=20 Ukura observed the Brown Pelican on the submerged island out from the = cottage=20 owners on Little Spirit Lake at approximately 10:00 A.M. today. It = sat=20 preening it's feathers the whole time we were there. We then drove = to=20 Herman in Grant County where we found Eurasian Collared Dove on Berlin = Ave. per=20 Steve Millard's instructions.

------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C58D73.E9682840-- From fieldfare21@hotmail.com Thu Jul 21 05:24:16 2005 From: fieldfare21@hotmail.com (Benjamin Fritchman) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:24:16 -0500 Subject: [mou] NST Sparrow in Traverse Co. Message-ID: Today I went out to the Mud Lake area to look for some shorebirds. I did not find the Red Knot previously reported, but there were several hundred shorebirds of 11 species, although none out of the ordinary. To get to the flooded field, go north on the dirt road from Hwy. 117 just east of the South Dakota border. After the dirt road turns north, you'll see the field to the west. Anyway, around 9 A.M. I was walking along the road looking at shorebirds when a Sharp-tailed Sparrow started singing on the east side of the road. You'll see a small island of trees, and the Sparrow was between these trees and the road. It seems to me that the little guy was a little south of his normal range, but it was good habitat for him. The only other bird of note were the two EC Doves in Herman. Ben Fritchman Long Prairie, MN From pfalcons@hotmail.com Thu Jul 21 14:37:49 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:37:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican update Message-ID: Hello, This morning (7:15) I was unable to locate the brown pelican either in Iowa or Minn, however there was an immature bald eagle perched on a branch on the island and this probably spooked it. I also spoke with Linda Fries who lives on Little Spirit Lake and she said it was on the island at daybreak and then when she checked later it was gone. She said it was also there last night. I did not see the black-headed gull either. This morning there was no wind with flat calm conditions. Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa From tomanelson@mac.com Thu Jul 21 14:51:19 2005 From: tomanelson@mac.com (Thomas Nelson) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:51:19 -0500 Subject: [mou] re: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker rumblings Message-ID: <321833AD-39AB-4ECF-97F4-4D8B41969D09@mac.com> Hi, Some information about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker dispute is here: http://milkriver.blogspot.com/2005/07/env-ivory-bill-dispute.html Tom Nelson Ramsey County From smithville4@charter.net Thu Jul 21 17:10:56 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:10:56 -0500 Subject: [mou] IBWP is questioned Message-ID: <000a01c58e0e$c6f7ebb0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58DE4.DDB1BCC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the New York Times (Today's New York Times) You can read about the = dispute. What I found in the article surprising is that even two = members of the team that found the bird in question are also disputing = the sighting.=20 I am also curious to see how the ABA records committee is going to = handle this bird. This sighting and the arguments from both sides is = going to be a dog fight. Reputations are at stake and = careers/organizations can be ruin or severely bruised in this battle.=20 =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58DE4.DDB1BCC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In the New York Times (<= FONT=20 color=3D#cc6600>Today's New York Times) You can read about = the=20 dispute. What I found in the article surprising is that even two = members=20 of the team that found the bird in question are also disputing the = sighting.=20

I am also curious to see how = the ABA=20 records committee is going to handle this bird. This sighting and = the=20 arguments from both sides is going to be a dog fight. Reputations are at = stake=20 and careers/organizations can be ruin or severely bruised in this = battle.=20

Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/

------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C58DE4.DDB1BCC0-- From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Thu Jul 21 17:18:04 2005 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:18:04 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [mou] IBWP is questioned In-Reply-To: <000a01c58e0e$c6f7ebb0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> References: <000a01c58e0e$c6f7ebb0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> Message-ID: <4377.65.102.105.33.1121962684.squirrel@65.102.105.33> The article in the New York Times does not say that members of the team doubt the sightings. The article says, "The expected publication of the paper and the rebuttal was confirmed in interviews and e-mail exchanges with two authors of the challenge, Richard O. Prum and Mark B. Robbins, ornithologists at Yale and the University of Kansas, as well as with two members of the team that reported finding the woodpecker." The writer of the NYT article was a bit convoluted, but was actually saying that he'd confirmed the paper opposing the sighting by consulting two people on both sides of the controversy. I'm trying to keep my links about the issue up-to-date on my blog. I have links to the July 18 article in Nature about the controversy, today's New York Times article, and the original Science article, as well as to the Arkansas birding list, which has been discussing the issue for a while. www.birderblog.com Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson > In the New York Times (Today's New York Times) You can read about the > dispute. What I found in the article surprising is that even two members > of the team that found the bird in question are also disputing the > sighting. > > I am also curious to see how the ABA records committee is going to handle > this bird. This sighting and the arguments from both sides is going to be > a dog fight. Reputations are at stake and careers/organizations can be > ruin or severely bruised in this battle. > > > Michael Hendrickson > Duluth, Minnesota > Minnesota Birding Treks > http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ From two-jays@att.net Thu Jul 21 17:46:15 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:46:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] IBWP is questioned In-Reply-To: <000a01c58e0e$c6f7ebb0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> References: <000a01c58e0e$c6f7ebb0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> Message-ID: The New York Times article does not make clear that team members are=20 NOT siding with the skeptics. You have to read that sentence very=20 carefully. What is mentioned is that team members are preparing a=20 rebuttal. It is interesting that those casting doubt on the sighting fail to=20 mention the live sightings (seven) and the documentation provided by=20 those observers. Jim Williams On Jul 21, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Mike Hendrickson wrote: In the New York Times (Today's New York Times) You can read about the=20 dispute.=A0 What I found in the article surprising is that even two=20 members of the team that found the bird in question are also disputing=20= the sighting. =A0 I am also curious to see how the ABA records committee is going to=20 handle this bird.=A0 This sighting and the arguments from both sides is=20= going to be a dog fight. Reputations are at stake and=20 careers/organizations can be ruin or severely bruised in this battle. =A0 =A0 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Jul 22 01:57:57 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:57:57 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, July 22, 2005 Message-ID: <001201c58e58$6ccd5770$0bb391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C58E2E.83F74F70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 22, 2005sponsored 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 was a very hot early in the week, but has cooled off to more seasonal summer temperatures due to several heavy storms which dumped a lot of rain on the area. For those looking for shorebirds, there is little or any good habitat in the northern part of the region, and few shorebirds are being seen here. Many of the traditional wetlands are too wet, and the flooded fields are drying up or have little to offer in the way of food for the birds. >From Otter Tail County this week, Dave Sorgen reported a TENNESSEE WARBLER in the yard on July 15th. Either this is one that nested somewhat south of its traditional range or is a returning bird. Mark Otnes saw a WILLET fly over near the headquarters of Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County on July 15. Sally Hausken is seeing GRAY CATBIRDS and AMERICAN REDSTARTS in her yard eating juneberries. In Polk County, Dave Lambeth reported that he counted over 150 nests of EARED GREBES at the East Grand Forks wastewater treatment ponds on July 19. Also at that location was a swan of undetermined species. Nearby, a pair of BALD EAGLES are raising young. In Crookston, Mike Christopherson reports that the MERLINS that were battling over a crow nest in his yard in the spring have returned to the yard. Pat Rice observed eight BONAPARTE'S GULLS in Bemidji, Beltrami County, on July 16. Pat DeWenter visited the Big Bog area with some friends on July 17 where they observed eleven species of warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-AND- WHITE WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and MOURNING WARBLER. Other species seen in Beltrami County were AMERICAN WOODCOCK, VEERY, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and EVENING GROSBEAK. Thanks to Dave Sorgen, Dave Lambeth, Pat Rice, Mark Otnes, Mike Christopherson, Sally Hausken, and Pat DeWenter 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. 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The BROWN PELICAN mentioned on Sunday's unscheduled update of this report has been present throughout the week in southern Jackson County. Peder Svingen and Anthony Hertzel first found it on the 16th at Little Spirit Lake just north of the Iowa border and southwest of the town of Jackson. The bird had been present at the north end of Spirit Lake in Iowa just south of Jackson County Road 2 since the 14th, but seems to be more reliable at the Little Spirit Lake location. The best place to view the pelican is from the boat launch at the north end of Little Spirit Lake. At the dock, look southward to where the bird has often roosted just off the penninsula. Also of note is the BLACK-HEADED GULL that has been seen at both locations. Though found in this general vicinity on eleven previous occasions, this is the first summer occurrence. Two CAROLINA WRENS were found by Bruce Fall on the 17th at Murphy- Hanrehan Park in Scott County. The birds were about 175 yards southwest of trail marker #16. Unusual was the BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE found July 16th by Jay Hamernick at 149th Street and Lexington Avenue in southern Anoka County. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 28th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1--182041058 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, July = 21st.=A0

The BROWN PELICAN mentioned on Sunday's unscheduled update of = this report has been present throughout the week in southern Jackson = County. Peder Svingen and Anthony Hertzel first found it on the 16th at = Little Spirit Lake just north of the Iowa border and southwest of the = town of Jackson. The bird had been present at the north end of Spirit = Lake in Iowa just south of Jackson County Road 2 since the 14th, but = seems to be more reliable at the Little Spirit Lake location. The best = place to view the pelican is from the boat launch at the north end of = Little Spirit Lake. At the dock, look southward to where the bird has = often roosted just off the penninsula.=A0

Also of note is the = BLACK-HEADED = GULL = that has been seen at both locations. Though found in this general = vicinity on eleven previous occasions, this is the first summer = occurrence.

Two CAROLINA WRENS were found by Bruce Fall on the 17th at = Murphy-Hanrehan Park in Scott County. The birds were about 175 yards = southwest of trail marker #16.=A0

Unusual was the BLACK-BILLED = MAGPIE = found July 16th by Jay Hamernick at 149th Street and Lexington Avenue in = southern Anoka County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is = Thursday, July = 28th.

- - -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-1--182041058-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Fri Jul 22 06:36:50 2005 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:36:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican update 7/21 Message-ID: <410-22005752253650563@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >From 1:00 - 8:40pm today, Kim Eckert, Bob Russell and I were unsuccessful in locating the Brown Pelican. A few other birders were present during most of this time and were also unsuccessful. We made several visits to the usual spots and even searched other water bodies in the region. The Black-headed Gull was present most of the afternoon at the usual spot on the rocks south of the fishing pier at the north end of Big Spirit Lake and also made two appearances between 7:00-8:15pm at the small wooded island on Little Spirit Lake where the Brown Pelican has roosted for much of this week. An adult Peregrine Falcon was present near the boat launch at Little Spirit Lake around 7:30pm. Jim ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

From 1:00 - 8:40pm today, Kim Eckert, Bob Russell and I were unsuccessful in locating the Brown Pelican. A few other birders were present during most of this time and were also unsuccessful. We made several visits to the usual spots and even searched other water bodies in the region. The Black-headed Gull was present most of the afternoon at the usual spot on the rocks south of the fishing pier at the north end of Big Spirit Lake and also made two appearances between 7:00-8:15pm at the small wooded island on Little Spirit Lake where the Brown Pelican has roosted for much of this week. An adult Peregrine Falcon was present near the boat launch at Little Spirit Lake around 7:30pm.

Jim

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From pfalcons@hotmail.com Fri Jul 22 14:27:42 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:27:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican and Black-headed Gull not found Message-ID: Hello, This morning I was unable to locate either the brown pelican or the black-headed gull, however I was only able to check the spots where it has been seen in the past and unfornutely had to get to work. Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa From chetmeyers@visi.com Fri Jul 22 22:27:34 2005 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (chetmeyers@visi.com) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:27:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Purgatory Creek - few shorebirds Message-ID: <1122067654.42e164c6a9763@my.visi.com> Chet Meyers writes: Decided to spend a hot hour looking for shorebirds at Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie. Nothing much going: Semi-palm. sandpipers, one spotted sandpiper, ever-present killdeer, great egrets and great blue heron. Stay tuned. Chet Meyers Hennepin County From david@cahlander.com Fri Jul 22 22:37:36 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:37:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican and Black-headed Gull seen Message-ID: <000801c58f05$969ae830$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C58EDB.AA8E4640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >From 9am to 10am the Brown Pelican was on the same rock off the small = island on Little Spirit Lake. The Black-headed gull made a 2 or 3 = minute appearance at the same location around 10am and then flew off to = the South. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C58EDB.AA8E4640 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

From 9am to 10am the Brown = Pelican was on=20 the same rock off the small island on Little Spirit Lake. The = Black-headed=20 gull made a 2 or 3 minute appearance at the same location around 10am = and then=20 flew off to the South.

---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C58EDB.AA8E4640-- From mary.nicol@medtronic.com Fri Jul 22 03:14:55 2005 From: mary.nicol@medtronic.com (Nicol, Mary) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:14:55 -0500 Subject: [mou] Clark's Grebe Message-ID: On July 20, 2005, we set out on Lake Osakis to look for a Clark's Grebe. = Sightings were previously reported this month on the lake so we thought = we'd try our luck. Conditions were clear sunny skies with a very light = breeze. At 9:45am we spotted a Clark's Grebe approximately 1/2 mile northwest = of the city of Osakis in open water with several families of Western = Grebes in the vicinity. The Clark's distinguishing features were easily = seen: orangish-yellow bill, eyes surrounded by white below the black = cap, back feathers more grayish in appearance than it's Western = counterpart, and the black stripe on the back of it's neck narrower than = the Western's. Two young swam right next to it. The mate had features = more closely resembling a Western, in particular, the black cap = appeared to surround the eye, although it was difficult to establish = this with certainty. Jimmie Browning Mary Nicol Mary Scattarelli Debbie Scattarelli Sent from my GoodLink synchronized handheld (www.good.com) From pfalcons@hotmail.com Sat Jul 23 15:53:16 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:53:16 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican still here Message-ID: Hello, This morning at 8:45 the brown pelican was on the island at Little Spirit lake in Jackson county, Minnesota. I was unable to locate the black-headed gull that was previously reported. Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa From Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com Sat Jul 23 23:43:29 2005 From: Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com (Paul Budde) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:43:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58FD7.F26B4A39 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 V2FzIG9uIExpdHRsZSBTcGlyaXQgTGFrZSBuZWFyIHRoZSBzbWFsbCBpc2xhbmQgZnJvbSA5QU0g dGhyb3VnaCAxUE0gdG9kYXkgKFNhdHVyZGF5KS4NCg0KUGF1bA0KDQpQYXVsIEJ1ZGRlDQpNaW5u ZWFwb2xpcw0K ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58FD7.F26B4A39 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 PCFET0NUWVBFIEhUTUwgUFVCTElDICItLy9XM0MvL0RURCBIVE1MIDMuMi8vRU4iPg0KPEhUTUw+ DQo8SEVBRD4NCjxNRVRBIEhUVFAtRVFVSVY9IkNvbnRlbnQtVHlwZSIgQ09OVEVOVD0idGV4dC9o dG1sOyBjaGFyc2V0PXV0Zi04Ij4NCjxNRVRBIE5BTUU9IkdlbmVyYXRvciIgQ09OVEVOVD0iTVMg RXhjaGFuZ2UgU2VydmVyIHZlcnNpb24gNi41LjcyMjYuMCI+DQo8VElUTEU+QnJvd24gUGVsaWNh bjwvVElUTEU+DQo8L0hFQUQ+DQo8Qk9EWT4NCjwhLS0gQ29udmVydGVkIGZyb20gdGV4dC9wbGFp biBmb3JtYXQgLS0+DQoNCjxQPjxGT05UIFNJWkU9Mj5XYXMgb24gTGl0dGxlIFNwaXJpdCBMYWtl IG5lYXIgdGhlIHNtYWxsIGlzbGFuZCBmcm9tIDlBTSB0aHJvdWdoIDFQTSB0b2RheSAoU2F0dXJk YXkpLjxCUj4NCjxCUj4NClBhdWw8QlI+DQo8QlI+DQpQYXVsIEJ1ZGRlPEJSPg0KTWlubmVhcG9s aXM8L0ZPTlQ+DQo8L1A+DQoNCjwvQk9EWT4NCjwvSFRNTD4= ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58FD7.F26B4A39-- From tomanelson@mac.com Sun Jul 24 12:57:48 2005 From: tomanelson@mac.com (Thomas Nelson) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 06:57:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] David Sibley on the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker controversy Message-ID: <0F29077E-7216-4769-9625-0F36B3E010A3@mac.com> Hi, There's an article on the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker controversy in today's New York Times. An excerpt: ---- David Allen Sibley, the prominent American birder and the author of popular field guides, said Thursday that he had concluded that in the Science paper, "the evidence they've presented falls short of proof." ---- Read the whole thing here (free, but registration required): http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/science/24bird.html Tom Nelson Ramsey County From jschultz@lakesplus.com Sun Jul 24 20:52:57 2005 From: jschultz@lakesplus.com (Jeff Schultz) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:52:57 -0500 Subject: [mou] Eurasian Collared-Dove, Otter Tail Co Message-ID: <000f01c59089$54a13ee0$1303623f@hppav> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5905F.60E461C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Two Eurasian Collared-Doves have been observed in Ottertail MN (the = town, not the county or lake!!). I saw them on Fri Jul 22 and again = today, Jul 24. They are in the village proper, if you want to look turn = south off 108 on any street in town, (there are only 3) and check = feeders and power lines in the vicinity of Lake Boulevard, three blocks = south. I ask you to be respectful of of people's privacy. Jeff Schultz ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5905F.60E461C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Two Eurasian Collared-Doves have been = observed in=20 Ottertail MN (the town, not the county or lake!!). I saw them on Fri Jul = 22 and=20 again today, Jul 24. They are in the village proper, if you want to look = turn=20 south off 108 on any street in town, (there are only 3) and check = feeders and=20 power lines in the vicinity of Lake Boulevard, three blocks south. I ask = you to=20 be respectful of of people's privacy.

Jeff Schultz

------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5905F.60E461C0-- From dingermcduff@hotmail.com Mon Jul 25 02:53:49 2005 From: dingermcduff@hotmail.com (shawn conrad) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:53:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Itasca County Peregrine Falcon In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The Peregrine Falcon I reported a few weeks ago continues to perch in the same spot most mornings before 7am. It is perched there as I write this, visible from my window--this is the first time I have noticed it during the pm hours. I saw piles of pigeon feathers along the railroad tracks beneath this perch last night. The location is the tower on top of the hill that overlooks the bike trail and 1st Avenue in Bovey, near the "BOVEY" lettering on the hill visible as you enter the town from the west on 169. Shawn Conrad Bovey From pfalcons@hotmail.com Mon Jul 25 14:45:32 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:45:32 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown pelican and the Black-headed Gull Present this morning Message-ID: Hello, This morning at 7:45 the Brown Pelican was at his usual spot on the island at Little Spirit Lake in Jackson county , Minn. Also the Black-headed Gull was on the pier at the north end of Big Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, Iowa. Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit LAke, Iowa From rdunlap@gac.edu Mon Jul 25 17:07:08 2005 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:07:08 -0500 Subject: [mou] Volunteers needed for MOU State Fair booth Message-ID: <20050725110708.fa1hurqikr480ggo@webmail.gac.edu> MOU members, There are still many shifts that need to be filled for the MOU booth at the State Fair. Remember, admission to the fair is paid for by the Department of Natural Resources, and free parking is provided courtesy of Bob Messersmith at Smyth Companies, Inc. There are two people per shift, with three shifts each day. Here are the shifts that need to be filled: Thurs. 8/25 1-5 pm (two volunteers needed) 5-9 pm (one needed) Friday 8/26 9 am - 1 pm (one needed) 1-5 pm (one needed) Saturday 8/27 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (one needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Sunday 8/28 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Monday 8/29 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Tuesday 8/30 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Wednesday 8/31 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Thursay 9/1 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Friday 9/2 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Saturday 9/3 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (one needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Sunday 9/4 9 am - 1 pm (one needed) 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Monday 9/5 9 am - 1 pm (two needed) 1-5 pm (two needed) 5-9 pm (two needed) Please let me know if you can volunteer for one or more of these shifts. Either email me at rdunlap@gac.edu or call me at 952-250-2271. Thanks! Bob Dunlap From Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov Mon Jul 25 17:50:33 2005 From: Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov (Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:50:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Community Calendar News Message-ID: This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 005C74F186257049_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE Contact: Michelle McDowell, 218-768-2402 Birdwatching 101 at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Join Refuge staff and volunteers for a morning at the Refuge! We will cover the basics of using binoculars, field guides and finding birds. People of all ages and levels of expertise are welcome. Participants can borrow binoculars and bird field guides from the Refuge Headquarters. The field trips will begin at the Refuge Headquarters and will combine hiking and driving, participants should dress appropriately for the weather and insects. Field trips will be canceled if there are heavy rain showers. All class participants will receive 10% off purchases made the day of the class in the Refuge gift shop including field guides and binoculars. When: Friday, August 5th Time: 8:30-10:30 a.m. Location: Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 5 miles south of McGregor on State Highway 65 Cost: FREE! --=_alternative 005C74F186257049_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Michelle McDowell, 218-768-2402

Birdwatching 101 at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Join Refuge staff and volunteers for a morning at the Refuge! We will cover the basics of using binoculars, field guides and finding birds. People of all ages and levels of expertise are welcome. Participants can borrow binoculars and bird field guides from the Refuge Headquarters. The field trips will begin at the Refuge Headquarters and will combine hiking and driving, participants should dress appropriately for the weather and insects. Field trips will be canceled if there are heavy rain showers. All class participants will receive 10% off purchases made the day of the class in the Refuge gift shop including field guides and binoculars.

When: Friday, August 5th
Time: 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Location: Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 5 miles south of McGregor on State Highway 65
Cost: FREE! --=_alternative 005C74F186257049_=-- From stan_1ch@yahoo.com Mon Jul 25 20:50:52 2005 From: stan_1ch@yahoo.com (Stan Merrill) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Birding List(s) Message-ID: <20050725195052.95446.qmail@web90204.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Greetings, EveryBIRDie! On another birding list, is a survey... A bird is only properly listed when it is located by the lister alone. That is, the lister should not add a bird to his/her life, yard, county, state, country, etc. list unless he or she found it without the help of others; ie. guide, email list, a friend, etc. Agree Disagree Don't care Though I'll be curious as to how the votes come in, I'm also anxious to know YOUR opinion, so why don't you e-mail me individually -- do not want to "clog" this Listserve with all your responses. Thanks! Stan Merrill Apple Valley/St. Paul, MN stan_1ch@yahoo.com ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From smithville4@charter.net Mon Jul 25 20:58:15 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:58:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sax Zim happenings Message-ID: <000801c59153$3235b1e0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C59129.48FB90E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the Duluth-News Tribune an article appeared on the front page talking = about local artists and area birders and managers are going to work with = local business. The topic is going to be about economics and bird = watching. =20 I personally feel as a birder who has been to the bog to many to count = need to work on two items. 1. These people involve with the Sax Zim = group need to address and stop the continue logging by the state. = Places like Stone Lake Road, Owl Ave, Co. Rd 133 and the corner of = Correction Line Rd and Owl Ave have been logged out! It will not be to = long before the State will log out Admiral Rd and McDavitt Rd. This = need to be address first. No habitat =3D no birds =3D no birders! = Second this group needs to work or communicate with known residents who = chased off birders front Co. Rd 7 and other places. These residents = need to know how they can profit by adding a donation box in front of = their houses. These residents have got to stop being so paranoid and = learn that birders =3D money! Of course this winter I doubt we will have a large influx of owls as we = did last year but birders will continue to visit Sax Zim. Another thing that the MOU needs to think about is adding some portable = toilets in the area they leased. Put them in the parking lot and chained = them to a tree. I am sure there are services in Eveleth which is only = 20 minutes from here. Guides know from last year that the only places = for birders to do there is thing is in Meadowlands and Cotton. Having a = more centralize restroom spot would be very much appreciated by birders. Also is the MOU leased area west of Owl Ave on Overton Rd have the = parking lot completed? Are there going to be feeders erected in this = spot? I know the General Store in Meadowlands ( featured in the = Duluth-News Tribune today) will have feeders and souveniours for birders = this winter. I heard that the Moose Cafe in Isabella will be adding a = larger feeding station along Hwy 1 in Lake Co. =20 I still would like to see the MOU try to work with the state and see if = they can purchase land along McDavitt and Admiral Rd. I would like to = see if the Sax Zim Group start thinking about working with the state and = the state land along McDavitt and add a bog board walk on each side of = McDavitt. There has to be a board walk from the road to go over the = ditches in the spring. Just some thoughts as I read the article today.=20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C59129.48FB90E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In the Duluth-News Tribune an = article=20 appeared on the front page talking about local artists and area birders = and=20 managers are going to work with local business. The topic is going = to be=20 about economics and bird watching.

I personally feel as a birder = who has=20 been to the bog to many to count need to work on two items. 1. These = people=20 involve with the Sax Zim group need to address and stop the continue = logging by=20 the state. Places like Stone Lake Road, Owl Ave, Co. Rd 133 and = the corner=20 of Correction Line Rd and Owl Ave have been logged out! It will = not be to=20 long before the State will log out Admiral Rd and McDavitt Rd. = This need=20 to be address first. No habitat =3D no birds =3D no birders! = Second this group=20 needs to work or communicate with known residents who chased off birders = front=20 Co. Rd 7 and other places. These residents need to know how they = can=20 profit by adding a donation box in front of their houses. These = residents=20 have got to stop being so paranoid and learn that birders =3D = money!

Of course this winter I doubt = we will=20 have a large influx of owls as we did last year but birders will = continue to=20 visit Sax Zim.

Another thing that the MOU = needs to think=20 about is adding some portable toilets in the area they leased. Put them = in the=20 parking lot and chained them to a tree. I am sure there are = services in=20 Eveleth which is only 20 minutes from here. Guides know from last = year=20 that the only places for birders to do there is thing is in Meadowlands = and=20 Cotton. Having a more centralize restroom spot would be very much=20 appreciated by birders.

Also is the MOU leased area = west of Owl=20 Ave on Overton Rd have the parking lot completed? Are there going = to be=20 feeders erected in this spot? I know the General Store in = Meadowlands (=20 featured in the Duluth-News Tribune today) will have feeders and = souveniours for=20 birders this winter. I heard that the Moose Cafe in Isabella will = be=20 adding a larger feeding station along Hwy 1 in Lake Co. =

I still would like to see the = MOU try to=20 work with the state and see if they can purchase land along McDavitt and = Admiral=20 Rd. I would like to see if the Sax Zim Group start thinking about=20 working with the state and the state land along McDavitt and add a=20 bog board walk on each side of McDavitt. There has to be = a board=20 walk from the road to go over the ditches in the spring.

Just some thoughts as I read = the article=20 today.

Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C59129.48FB90E0-- From sharonks@mn.rr.com Mon Jul 25 22:48:42 2005 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (sharonks@mn.rr.com) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:48:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sax Zim happenings Message-ID: <128b84c128ca3b.128ca3b128b84c@rdc-kc.rr.com> As someone who has been attending the meetings I can say that one of the big issues being addressed is the misconception about logging. Some of the trees had to be taken down due to exotic insect infestation. The infested trees were removed to prevent the whole area being from losing trees. Another thing is that we are trying to find a way to work with locals so they won't get so angry at birders. Some feel that it's a huge invasion of privacy having people stop in front of their homes with scopes and cameras to look at their bird feeders. Though the law may be on the birder's side in this, it's not necessarily the neighborly thing to do. So far things are moving in a very positive direction and I am excited for the birding potential that will grow in this area. Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com From Robin LaFortune" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C5913C.F1FD45E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Just wondering if anyone has sighted the Prairie Warbler recently at = Ritter Park- was thinking about heading out that way tomorrow. Thanks- Robin LaFortune Delano, MN ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C5913C.F1FD45E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has sighted = the Prairie=20 Warbler recently at Ritter Park- was thinking about heading out that way = tomorrow.

Thanks-

Robin LaFortune

Delano, MN

------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C5913C.F1FD45E0-- From thimgan@digitaljam.com Tue Jul 26 00:01:02 2005 From: thimgan@digitaljam.com (Dan & Sandy Thimgan) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:01:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Eurasian Collared-Doves/Otter Tail Co Message-ID: The Eurasian Collared-Doves originally reported by Jeff Schultz yesterday in the town of Ottertail in north-central Otter Tail County continue to be seen. There are at least two birds. We saw one and then were able to photograph a pair this afternoon (Monday, 7/25) at about 5:00 pm. The town is small so cruising streets watching power lines, feeder areas, etc. yielded results within a half hour of searching. We had our best views on First between Lake and Elm. Be aware this is a small town, and you will be noticed. Locals we spoke with were both friendly and interested. Dan & Sandy Thimgan Otter Tail County Battle Lake, MN From smithville4@charter.net Tue Jul 26 03:29:46 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:29:46 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sax Zim happenings References: <128b84c128ca3b.128ca3b128b84c@rdc-kc.rr.com> Message-ID: <000f01c59189$e421e1e0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> I still question the county and the state for the way they are handling the so call insect issue by mowing down the bog! The reason the Black-backed Woodpecker ( year round) and Three-toed Woodpeckers ( last winter ) are in the bog is most likely due to the insect issue. In the past Black-backed Woodpeckers were not reported as much as they are recently. The Three-toed Woodpeckers last winter was a very good bird for the bog area these birds are very rarely seen by birders. If logging down the "bend" on Owl Ave was a good idea then I guess eradicating a migrant trap in the spring where on Big Days you could easily find abundant Blackburnian, Tenn, Magnolias, Black-throated Greens, Philadelphia Vireos and other passerines. Today its mowed down and I rarely stop here because the birds I mention above are gone or very hard to find. You have to drive to other stands of woods that support these warblers! Also the stand of spruce and other conifers along Stone Lake Rd. use to have Black-backed Woodpeckers and Conn. Warblers! NO more! The trees are mowed down! By the way I am not only the NE birder that has issue with the logging practices in the Sax Zim Bog as I heard other birders chat about the issues as well! Man has never EVER been able to manage habitats correctly. All I know is these managers spend more time correcting mistakes and creating more mistakes when managing habitats and wildlife. ( look or read about all the mistakes that happen when man decides to be managers of the land) This will most likely be the same issue in the Bog. So if you are going to help the Sax Zim area than the logging needs to stop, preserve the bog habitat as I read an article last month, that bog habitats are decreasing in the state. I also disagree with Sharon and not enough is being done by this Sax Zim group and so far the MOU org is doing a good thing by leasing land in the bog area and what I know so far the MOU will be hopefully leasing more land as well. Thats progress vs. just talk. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Mike Hendrickson" Cc: "MOU-Net" Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [mou] Sax Zim happenings > > As someone who has been attending the meetings I can say that one of the > big issues being addressed is the misconception about logging. Some of > the trees had to be taken down due to exotic insect infestation. The > infested trees were removed to prevent the whole area being from losing > trees. > > Another thing is that we are trying to find a way to work with locals so > they won't get so angry at birders. Some feel that it's a huge invasion > of privacy having people stop in front of their homes with scopes and > cameras to look at their bird feeders. Though the law may be on the > birder's side in this, it's not necessarily the neighborly thing to do. > > So far things are moving in a very positive direction and I am excited > for the birding potential that will grow in this area. > > Sharon Stiteler > Minneapolis, MN > www.birdchick.com > From Hagsela@aol.com Tue Jul 26 04:52:23 2005 From: Hagsela@aol.com (Hagsela@aol.com) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:52:23 EDT Subject: [mou] Crane Creek Message-ID: <216.57dbc53.30170d77@aol.com> --part1_216.57dbc53.30170d77_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just wanted to let people know that the Crane Creek area near New Germany, Carver County is perfect for shore birds - extensive mudflats and shallow water. We saw many individuals of the following: Semipalmated Plovers; Least, Semipalmated, Pectoral, Solitary Sandpipers, Great & Lesser Yellow Legs. Linda Sparling, Hennepin Cty. --part1_216.57dbc53.30170d77_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just wanted to let people know that t= he Crane Creek area near New Germany, Carver County is perfect for shore bir= ds - extensive mudflats and shallow water. We saw many individuals of= the following: Semipalmated Plovers; Least, Semipalmated, Pectoral,=20= Solitary Sandpipers, Great & Lesser Yellow Legs.
Linda Sparling, Hennepin Cty. --part1_216.57dbc53.30170d77_boundary-- From stan_1ch@yahoo.com Tue Jul 26 23:30:30 2005 From: stan_1ch@yahoo.com (Stan Merrill) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:30:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] "Backyard Habitat" premieres August 15 on Animal Planet Message-ID: <20050726223030.52626.qmail@web90203.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Hello EveryBIRDie, Hello! Mark your calendars for the premiere show, "Backyard Habitat," on Animal Planet, 11:00/10:00 a.m. ET/CT weekdays, on August 15, sponsored by National Wildlife Federation! For additional details, check website... http://www.nwf.org/backyardTVshow/ http://www.nwf.org/backyardTVshow/ Happy birding! Stan ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From rongreen@charter.net Wed Jul 27 12:23:53 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:23:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] Might makes Right! Message-ID: <00e801c5929d$ac107e50$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E5_01C59273.C2D65D50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was up on a hill photographing a georgeous Great Egret along the = Mississippi in Winona on this last Sunday. I was fairly successful at = getting one fish after another. It seemed to have located a fertile = feeding spot. Anyway, as I was standing there with my camera on its = tripod, I saw a fishing boat coming towards me. The Egret was right = around the bend opposite of me. As the men approaced, they looked at me = and then rounded the corner, looked at the Egret, and then they headed = straight for it. Of course, it then flew a short ways down stream and = landed on a stump at the edge out of the water. Soon, it was back in the = water fishing. I then moved down stream and resumed taking pictures of = it. The fishermen also were fishing at were they stopped up stream. = However, within about 10 minutes, here they come down to where I a at = and to my surprise, they then made a bee line for the bird. This of = course made it fly. Maybe all this was coicidence, or just my = imagination, but it sure appeared that their actions were deliberate and = a form of harrassment! As I packed up and drove away, I started = thinking, "I wonder if the scenario been a river in Alaska with a = grizzly or Alaskian brown bear in the Egret's place, would the fishermen = have made different choices that morning?" For their sake, I would hope = so! Anyway, it seems to be a sad commentary on our humanity that we just = don't grasp the past lessons that on the short term, "might may dictate = right", but we ultimately pay on the long term for exercising that = option. And, unfortunately, we never seem to do a good job of = associating the consequences with our past behaviors and choices. So we = just keep on repeating our selfish choices without regards for the well = being of others, including birds and other creatures around us! I = apologize for the rambling, I guess I needed to get the frustration off = my chest! By the way, I did get some nice images (which I will post in a = few days), so this is not a complaint that I missed some shots. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_00E5_01C59273.C2D65D50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was up on a hill photographing a = georgeous Great=20 Egret along the Mississippi in Winona on this last Sunday. I was fairly=20 successful at getting one fish after another. It seemed to have located = a=20 fertile feeding spot. Anyway, as I was standing there with my camera on = its=20 tripod, I saw a fishing boat coming towards me. The Egret was = right around=20 the bend opposite of me. As the men approaced, they looked at me = and=20 then rounded the corner, looked at the Egret, and then=20 they headed straight for it. Of course, it then flew a short = ways down=20 stream and landed on a stump at the edge out of the water. Soon, it = was=20 back in the water fishing. I then moved down stream and resumed = taking=20 pictures of it. The fishermen also were fishing at were they = stopped=20 up stream. However, within about 10 minutes, here they come down to = where I=20 a at and to my surprise, they then made a bee = line for the bird.=20 This of course made it fly. Maybe all this = was coicidence, or=20 just my imagination, but it sure appeared that their=20 actions were deliberate and a form of harrassment! As I packed = up and=20 drove away, I started thinking, "I wonder if the scenario = been=20 a river in Alaska with a grizzly or Alaskian brown=20 bear in the Egret's place, would the fishermen have made=20 different choices that morning?" For their sake, I would = hope=20 so! Anyway, it seems to be a sad commentary on our humanity that we = just=20 don't grasp the past lessons that on the short term, "might may dictate = right",=20 but we ultimately pay on the long term for exercising that option. And,=20 unfortunately, we never seem to do a good job of associating the = consequences=20 with our past behaviors and choices. So we just keep on repeating=20 our selfish choices without regards for the well being of others, = including=20 birds and other creatures around us! I apologize for the rambling, = I guess=20 I needed to get the frustration off my chest! By the way, I did get some = nice=20 images (which I will post in a few days), so this is not a complaint = that I=20 missed some shots.

Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery

------=_NextPart_000_00E5_01C59273.C2D65D50-- From wielandba@yahoo.com Wed Jul 27 15:20:55 2005 From: wielandba@yahoo.com (B W) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Cass County Birds Message-ID: <20050727142056.93880.qmail@web52710.mail.yahoo.com> The Walker settling ponds have had a few shorebirds over the past week or so. Last night we had Semipalmated, Least, Solitary, and Stilt Sandpipers. The Stilt was a lone individual in a group of Lesser Yellowlegs. Last week was mostly Solitary and Spotted, with one Baird's and one Pectoral Sandpiper as well. Ben Wieland Deep Portage Learning Center __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From sharonks@mn.rr.com Wed Jul 27 15:38:34 2005 From: sharonks@mn.rr.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:38:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Meadowlands Meeting Message-ID: Last night's meeting was really great. There were close to 70 people including business owners and town officials who want to market to birders and residents were just curious with what is going on. The Mayor of Floodwood actually said, "Anything McDavitt township can do for birders, we want to do it." Public restrooms, bird feeding areas, potential parking areas were all discussed. This is going in a great direction and the town of Meadowlands is really excited about promoting their sewage ponds. Incidentally, the owner of the Country Store in Meadowlands is selling shirts, she has a cute one available about birding in Sax Zim Bog. You can see the logo on my blog: http://www.birdchick.com/blog.html Birding in this area is going to get better with all the different groups working together and keeping respectful communication lines open. -- Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com From pfalcons@hotmail.com Wed Jul 27 17:28:24 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:28:24 -0500 Subject: [mou] Brown Pelican not found - Black-headed Gull still here Message-ID: Hello, This morning at 10:15 the black-headed gull was on the pier at the north end of Big Spirit Lake in northern Dickinson county, Iowa. The brown pelican was not seen this morning up on the island at Little Spirit Lake in Jackson county, Minn.. This doesn't surprise me because today it is sunny and calm and it seems to me with those conditions he has been difficult to locate. I will try to check again and report before the weekend. Good birding, Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa From golfbird@comcast.net Wed Jul 27 21:49:51 2005 From: golfbird@comcast.net (Dave and Linda Felker) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:49:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Cook Co. birds Message-ID: <000501c592ec$c06663c0$651b2942@daveuam5mdi8ml> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C592C2.D794EFA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My husband and I just returned from a trip to Grand Marais where we spent two days birding and exploring the Gunflint Trail area. It was beautiful country with Grand Marais a charming small town in a scenic setting. Construction note: Lima Mountain Road is closed 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM on Monday through Friday because of gravel trucks hauling from a pit on Lima Grade Road. We saw a huge loaded truck that had pulled off too far to the side of the road so his wheels were deep in a bog. We were delighted to find several northern specialties. Osprey Broad-winged Hawk Spruce Grouse - juvenile at our feet in an interesting coniferous bog at the start of Poplar Creek Trail across from Bow Lake Road on Lima Grade Road (others of the family disappeared) Brown Creeper Winter Wren - Lima Grade Road Black-throated Blue Warbler - a family 1/2 mile in on Moose Viewing Trail off the Gunflint Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Mourning Warblers feeder birds: Purple Finch Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak Linda Felker ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C592C2.D794EFA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

My = husband and I=20 just returned from a trip to Grand Marais where we spent two days = birding and=20 exploring the Gunflint Trail area. It was beautiful country=20 with Grand Marais a charming small town in a scenic setting. =20 Construction note: Lima Mountain Road is closed 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM = on=20 Monday through Friday because of gravel trucks hauling from a pit on = Lima Grade=20 Road. We saw a huge loaded truck that had pulled off too far to = the side=20 of the road so his wheels were deep in a = bog.

We = were delighted to=20 find several northern specialties.

Osprey

Broad-winged=20 Hawk

Spruce = Grouse -=20 juvenile at our feet in an interesting coniferous bog at the start of = Poplar=20 Creek Trail across from Bow Lake Road on Lima Grade Road (others of the = family=20 disappeared)

Brown=20 Creeper

Winter = Wren - Lima=20 Grade Road

Black-throated Blue=20 Warbler - a family 1/2 mile in on Moose Viewing Trail off the=20 Gunflint

Northern Parula,=20 Magnolia, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Mourning=20 Warblers

feeder = birds:

Purple = Finch

Pine=20 Siskin

Evening=20 Grosbeak

Linda=20 Felker

= ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C592C2.D794EFA0-- From herbdingmann@astound.net Thu Jul 28 03:10:42 2005 From: herbdingmann@astound.net (Herb Dingmann) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:10:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Common Moorhen - Stearns County Message-ID: <000301c59319$91cf6200$6401a8c0@D452T311> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C592EF.A8F95A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob Rodgers just called to let me know that he saw a Common Moorhen with three young at St. John's University tonight. They were at the far end of the wetland which is on your left as you come into St. John's from I-94. There is a small parking area on your left next to a kiosk. From the parking area, follow the trail in until you get to the far boardwalk (not the one by the kiosk). Before crossing the boardwalk, look back to your right along the shore for a tree with two wood duck houses on it. The Moorhen was a little to the right of that tree along the cattails. The water in this wetland is being drawn down, so it may be that the birds are being forced to come out to the reed edge and that's why they haven't been seen before. (Bob leads bird walks at St. Johns on Wednesday nights for anyone that shows up.) There were a few other shorebirds in the wetland as well. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C592EF.A8F95A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Bob = Rodgers just called to let me know that he saw a Common Moorhen with three young at = St. = John’s = University tonight. They were at the far end of the = wetland which is on your left as you come into = St. = John’s from = I-94.

There is a small parking area on your left next to a = kiosk. From the parking area, follow = the trail in until you get to the far boardwalk (not the one by the kiosk). Before crossing the boardwalk, = look back to your right along the shore for a tree with two wood duck houses on = it. The Moorhen was a little to the = right of that tree along the cattails.

The water in this wetland is being drawn down, so it = may be that the birds are being forced to come out to the reed edge and = that’s why they haven’t been seen before. (Bob leads bird walks at St. = Johns on Wednesday nights for anyone that shows up.)

There were a few other shorebirds in the wetland as = well.

Herb = Dingmann

St. = Cloud

------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C592EF.A8F95A00-- From hoocooks4you@yahoo.com Thu Jul 28 03:24:36 2005 From: hoocooks4you@yahoo.com (Pat DeWenter) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Bonaparte's Gulls - Lake Bemidji-Beltrami Co. Message-ID: <20050728022436.18490.qmail@web50806.mail.yahoo.com> --0-551262798-1122517476=:17882 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This afternoon I counted (head by head) 125 Bonaparte's Gulls on a dock across from the golf course on the north side of Lake Bemidji. --0-551262798-1122517476=:17882 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This afternoon I counted (head by head) 125 Bonaparte's Gulls on a dock across from the golf course on the north side of Lake Bemidji. --0-551262798-1122517476=:17882-- From hoocooks4you@yahoo.com Thu Jul 28 03:24:38 2005 From: hoocooks4you@yahoo.com (Pat DeWenter) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:24:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Bonaparte's Gulls - Lake Bemidji-Beltrami Co. Message-ID: <20050728022438.11524.qmail@web50801.mail.yahoo.com> --0-37212453-1122517478=:11307 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This afternoon I counted (head by head) 125 Bonaparte's Gulls on a dock across from the golf course on the north side of Lake Bemidji. --0-37212453-1122517478=:11307 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This afternoon I counted (head by head) 125 Bonaparte's Gulls on a dock across from the golf course on the north side of Lake Bemidji. --0-37212453-1122517478=:11307-- From hoocooks4you@yahoo.com Thu Jul 28 03:32:37 2005 From: hoocooks4you@yahoo.com (Pat DeWenter) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Bonaparte's Gulls - Lake Bemidji Message-ID: <20050728023237.27595.qmail@web50803.mail.yahoo.com> --0-355602294-1122517957=:26943 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I am sorry I sent off the previous post without puttin my name on it. I also had 5 Pileated Woodpeckers in my yard today. I know 3 are juveniles and I assume the other 2 are the parents, although I have only seen one adult feeding the juveniles at one time. It is really a fun sight to observe though, and they aren't shy in the least! I can sit on the deck 30 feet from the feeders and they still will come in to eat feed. It is fun watching the adults putting suet down the beaks of the juvenile birds - a surprise they don't perforate the gullets of the young ones!!! Pat DeWenter Bemidji/ Beltrami Co. --0-355602294-1122517957=:26943 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

I am sorry I sent off the previous post without puttin my name on it.

I also had 5 Pileated Woodpeckers in my yard today. I know 3 are juveniles and I assume the other 2 are the parents, although I have only seen one adult feeding the juveniles at one time. It is really a fun sight to observe though, and they aren't shy in the least! I can sit on the deck 30 feet from the feeders and they still will come in to eat feed. It is fun watching the adults putting suet down the beaks of the juvenile birds - a surprise they don't perforate the gullets of the young ones!!!

Pat DeWenter
Bemidji/ Beltrami Co.

--0-355602294-1122517957=:26943-- From rongreen@charter.net Thu Jul 28 04:05:19 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:05:19 -0500 Subject: [mou] Pelicans - locating: Message-ID: <030901c59321$32f3a7c0$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0306_01C592F7.4729DB30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Are there any pelicans to be found around the Mississippi in the areas = around Winona, including from the Wisconsin side to Alma? Last weekend I = saw a large flock circling overhead north of Winona and they they head = southwest. I am looking for some close up shots of them, hopefully on a = pond or small lake, etc. I am planning on doing some shooting this = weekend. Any inputs would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_0306_01C592F7.4729DB30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Are there any pelicans to be found = around the=20 Mississippi in the areas around Winona, including from the = Wisconsin side=20 to Alma? Last weekend I saw a large flock circling overhead north of = Winona and=20 they they head southwest. I am looking for some close up shots of = them,=20 hopefully on a pond or small lake, etc. I am planning on doing some = shooting=20 this weekend. Any inputs would be greatly appreciated. = Thanks.

Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery

------=_NextPart_000_0306_01C592F7.4729DB30-- From rongreen@charter.net Thu Jul 28 12:15:11 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 06:15:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] New Bird Images Message-ID: <03b401c59365$9f5e8940$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03B1_01C5933B.B5D0F110 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those interested, I have just posted to my site new images of birds = from recent trips primarily in Minnesota and some from Wisconsin. I = welcome any feedback. Enjoy and have a great day birding. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery Good stewardship of our natural resources is just as much of a = responsibility as it is a privilege ------=_NextPart_000_03B1_01C5933B.B5D0F110 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For those interested, I have just = posted to my site=20 new images of birds from recent trips primarily in Minnesota and some = from=20 Wisconsin. I welcome any feedback. Enjoy and have a great day=20 birding.

Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery

Good stewardship of our natural = resources=20 is just as much of a responsibility as it is=20 a privilege

------=_NextPart_000_03B1_01C5933B.B5D0F110-- From smithville4@charter.net Wed Jul 27 22:46:07 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:46:07 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sax Zim Message-ID: <001001c592f4$98df3e50$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C592CA.AF9DF160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think its great that the people in the area are more accepting to = birders. I knew last winter the owner of the Meadowlands Co-op was = going to do more for birders as far as sweatshirts and other bird items. = Since I was in the store practically there every day for 3 months. I am = glad that this group are working with the 1-2 residents that were upset = with birders who were standing on a public road to view their feeders. = They were upset with all the guides, photographers and birding = individuals who stopped. How could you not stopped when there were = hundred of redpolls & Pine Grosbeaks gritting on Co. Rd 7 in front of = their house each morning. That is why I told many many birders to look = for the Hawk Owls & Great Grey Owls, Woodpeckers and Sharp-tail Grouse = then head up to Isabella to bird at the feeding station ( Moose Cafe) to = see the same species you would find in Sax Zim Bog at your own leisure = without getting harassed and threaten by these residents. (MANY DID) I also know Floodwood is a long way from Sax Zim ( 20+ miles) and the = only time birders go to Floodwood is on the Hawk Ridge Birdathon to bird = the sewage ponds. Also the Meadowland sewage ponds like most other = sewage ponds are locked up and there are 1-2 viewing areas to view the = ponds. Again like the Floodwood sewage ponds they are only birded on one = day each May and the rest of the time of the year they are not birded by = birders. Reason is because these ponds are not a magnet for shorebirds & = waterfowl. That is a birding fact. The land on both sides of McDavitt Rd is state land! There is already a = wide swatch of bog logged out on the east side of McDavitt Rd. Many of = you birders seen this last winter or walked down it looking for the = Three-toed Woodpecker. This road is meant to let logging equipment into = the bog so they can do their logging. There is another logging road on = Owl Ave. If you walk along this road you can see they are logging back = on Owl Ave further out from the road. There is another logged area just = north of the MOU leased land on the west of the road. Sure the State is = going to say its ALL about insect control but the state is also making = $$ off these loggers by opening these sites to them. I never heard of a = bloodworm or whatever insect that is harming the conifers in the bogs = and I know there are a lot of insects in the woods. Logging down these = sensitive bogs and eliminating the habitat for many birds that use the = bog is not good. So again its great that birding is being accepted by the locals and the = businesses in this area but all of this will be wasted when there is no = more habitat to lure the birders to see birds like Conn. Warbler, = Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Mourning Warblers, and Great Grey Owls and = ect.. Sharon Stiteler website talked in depth about the meeting last = night and nothing of any substance was mention in the meeting about the = logging except this group seems to favor or accept the fact that a lot = of logging is being done in the bog. I am very concern about and I know = others are as well. =20 I remember how alarmed we birders were when the "bend" of Owl Ave was = mowed down, I also heard the cries of some birders in Melrude and in = Duluth about the logging and widening of ditches on Stone Lake Rd and = all along Owl Ave. These were great concerns back then and we were = encourage to write to our commissioners and other politicians. This was = done long before this group was organized. I thought that this group = was going to be very active in halting the logging but from what I = reading in past minutes and comments they are doing a lot of PR work on = the hobby of birding, economics with business owners and ideas of trails = and turn around areas for cars. In my opinion it will not be long before McDavitt and Admiral Roads = will be logged out for " insect control" it will not be long that Owl = Ave will be logged out as well. I hope it doesn't happen but it doesn't = look good either. =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C592CA.AF9DF160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I think its great that the = people in the=20 area are more accepting to birders. I knew last winter the owner = of the=20 Meadowlands Co-op was going to do more for birders as far as sweatshirts = and=20 other bird items. Since I was in the store practically there every day = for 3=20 months. I am glad that this group are working with the 1-2 = residents=20 that were upset with birders who were standing on a public road to view = their=20 feeders. They were upset with all the guides, photographers and birding=20 individuals who stopped. How could you not stopped when there were = hundred of=20 redpolls & Pine Grosbeaks gritting on Co. Rd 7 in front of their = house each=20 morning. That is why I told many many birders to look for the Hawk = Owls=20 & Great Grey Owls, Woodpeckers and Sharp-tail Grouse then head up to = Isabella to bird at the feeding station ( Moose Cafe) to see the same = species=20 you would find in Sax Zim Bog at your own leisure without getting = harassed and=20 threaten by these residents. (MANY DID)

I also know Floodwood is a = long way from=20 Sax Zim ( 20+ miles) and the only time birders go to Floodwood is on the = Hawk=20 Ridge Birdathon to bird the sewage ponds. Also the Meadowland = sewage=20 ponds like most other sewage ponds are locked up and there are 1-2 = viewing=20 areas to view the ponds. Again like the Floodwood sewage ponds they are = only=20 birded on one day each May and the rest of the time of the year = they are=20 not birded by birders. Reason is because these ponds are not a = magnet for=20 shorebirds & waterfowl. That is a birding fact.

The land on both sides of = McDavitt Rd is=20 state land! There is already a wide swatch of bog logged out = on the=20 east side of McDavitt Rd. Many of you birders seen this last winter = or=20 walked down it looking for the Three-toed = Woodpecker. This road=20 is meant to let logging equipment into the bog so they can do = their=20 logging. There is another logging road on Owl = Ave. If you=20 walk along this road you can see they are logging back on Owl Ave = further out=20 from the road. There is another logged area just north of the MOU = leased=20 land on the west of the road. Sure the State is going to say its ALL = about=20 insect control but the state is also making $$ off these loggers by = opening=20 these sites to them. I never heard of a bloodworm or whatever = insect that=20 is harming the conifers in the bogs and I know there are a lot of = insects in the=20 woods. Logging down these sensitive bogs and eliminating the = habitat for=20 many birds that use the bog is not good.

So again its great that = birding is being=20 accepted by the locals and the businesses in this area but all of this = will be=20 wasted when there is no more habitat to lure the birders to see birds = like Conn.=20 Warbler, Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Mourning Warblers, and Great = Grey=20 Owls and ect.. Sharon Stiteler website talked in depth about the = meeting=20 last night and nothing of any substance was mention in the meeting about = the=20 logging except this group seems to favor or accept the fact that a lot = of=20 logging is being done in the bog. I am very concern about = and I know=20 others are as well.

I remember how alarmed we = birders were=20 when the "bend" of Owl Ave was mowed down, I also heard the cries = of some=20 birders in Melrude and in Duluth about the logging and widening of = ditches on=20 Stone Lake Rd and all along Owl Ave. These were great=20 concerns back then and we were encourage to write to our = commissioners and=20 other politicians. This was done long before this group was=20 organized. I thought that this group was going to be = very active=20 in halting the logging but from what I reading in past minutes and = comments they=20 are doing a lot of PR work on the hobby of birding, economics with = business=20 owners and ideas of trails and turn around areas for cars.

In my opinion it will = not be long=20 before McDavitt and Admiral Roads will be logged out for " insect = control" it=20 will not be long that Owl Ave will be logged out as well. I = hope it=20 doesn't happen but it doesn't look good either.

Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/

------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C592CA.AF9DF160-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Thu Jul 28 15:32:28 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:32:28 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne Refuge ID Puzzle (heron) Message-ID: <0c7401c59381$2e941c90$0c01a8c0@pastoral> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0C71_01C59357.451C0830 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Have an ID puzzle from this morning, let me share the series of = observations: 1) Twice in the last couple of weeks have observed a medium sized heron = in the distance on the Sherburne NWR Auto Tour, chunkier & Larger than a = Green Heron, much smaller than a Great Blue - however, the observations = were short in duration - concluded that it was probably an American = Bittern. These observations may or may not be pertinent to today's. 2) This morning noticed a similar sized heron flying slowly from right = to left at distances of 400-800 yards, west of Big Bluestem pond. = Initial eyes only observation was larger than a Green Heron, dark & = distant (there were other GHs flying throughout the Auto Tour for mental = comparison). 3) Watched it fly through my 10x50 binoculars for about 1/3 of the = horizon, only additional detail was that it was probably dark blue or = bluish/dark gray (not light) in color. 4) Pulled the scope out of the back of my van, and watched it (from 20X = to 60X) at a distance of 600-800 yards as it completed its flight into = the tree line. The dark blue seemed to be consistent across its body = (top & bottom), its legs were yellowish and seemed to stick farther out = than a Green Heron, the neck was curved in, and there were no obvious = head markings or breast streaking (that could be perceived at this = distance). In the field, ruled out American Bittern due to coloration and lack of = "long-headedness". Have much experience with Black-crowned Night Herons = at Horicon Marsh in WI, not a match for either adults (black cap & back) = or juveniles (streaking or light grey/white on breast & abdomen). Head = markings did not match an adult YC Night Heron, although I suppose a = juvenile is a possibility (did not note the streaking or scaliness) - I = have no field experience with this bird to compare. It appeared too = small for a juvenile Green Heron, and leg color is wrong for an adult. = I hesitate (but would love) to call it an adult Little Blue, especially = since leg color could be a consideration (do yellow and green look = substantially different at 600-800 yards in a scope?) - do have some = field experience with this bird, although not flying. However, the time = of year for a wandering LBH seems appropriate. Thoughts? Help! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ------=_NextPart_000_0C71_01C59357.451C0830 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Have an ID puzzle from this morning, = let me share=20 the series of observations:

1) Twice in the last couple of weeks = have observed=20 a medium sized heron in the distance on the Sherburne NWR Auto Tour, = chunkier=20 & Larger than a Green Heron, much smaller than a Great Blue - = however,=20 the observations were short in duration - concluded that it = was=20 probably an American Bittern. These observations may or may not be = pertinent to today's.

2) This morning noticed a similar sized = heron=20 flying slowly from right to left at distances of 400-800 yards, west of = Big=20 Bluestem pond. Initial eyes only observation was larger than a = Green=20 Heron, dark & distant (there were other GHs flying throughout the = Auto Tour=20 for mental comparison).

3) Watched it fly through my 10x50 = binoculars for=20 about 1/3 of the horizon, only additional detail was that it = was=20 probably dark blue or bluish/dark gray (not light) in = color.

4) Pulled the scope out of the back of = my van, and=20 watched it (from 20X to 60X) at a distance of 600-800 yards as it = completed its=20 flight into the tree line. The dark blue seemed to be consistent = across=20 its body (top & bottom), its legs were yellowish and seemed to stick = farther=20 out than a Green Heron, the neck was curved in, and there were no = obvious head=20 markings or breast streaking (that could be perceived at this=20 distance).

In the field, ruled out American = Bittern due to=20 coloration and lack of "long-headedness". Have much experience = with=20 Black-crowned Night Herons at Horicon Marsh in WI, not a match for = either adults=20 (black cap & back) or juveniles (streaking or light grey/white on = breast=20 & abdomen). Head markings did not match an adult YC Night = Heron,=20 although I suppose a juvenile is a possibility (did not note the = streaking or=20 scaliness) - I have no field experience with this bird to compare. = It=20 appeared too small for a juvenile Green Heron, and leg color is wrong = for an=20 adult. I hesitate (but would love) to call it an adult Little = Blue,=20 especially since leg color could be a consideration (do yellow and green = look=20 substantially different at 600-800 yards in a scope?) - do have some = field=20 experience with this bird, although not flying. However, the time = of year=20 for a wandering LBH seems appropriate.

Thoughts? Help!

Al Schirmacher

Princeton, MN

Mille Lacs & Sherburne=20 Counties

------=_NextPart_000_0C71_01C59357.451C0830-- From david@cahlander.com Thu Jul 28 15:41:16 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:41:16 -0500 Subject: [mou] Cass County Birds References: <20050727142056.93880.qmail@web52710.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <003101c59382$6c3e7030$0400a8c0@flash> Ben, I encourage you to report these birds to the on-line seasonal report. >From the MOU web page http://moumn.org click on Reporting Birds -> On-line Seasonal Reporting (http://moumn.org/moureports/season.html) and enter these birds. Thanks. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ----- Original Message ----- From: "B W" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:20 AM Subject: [mou] Cass County Birds > The Walker settling ponds have had a few shorebirds > over the past week or so. Last night we had > Semipalmated, Least, Solitary, and Stilt Sandpipers. > The Stilt was a lone individual in a group of Lesser > Yellowlegs. Last week was mostly Solitary and > Spotted, with one Baird's and one Pectoral Sandpiper > as well. > > Ben Wieland > Deep Portage Learning Center > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > From herbdingmann@astound.net Fri Jul 29 00:54:01 2005 From: herbdingmann@astound.net (Herb Dingmann) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:54:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] Common Moorhens at St. John's Message-ID: <003801c593cf$a3bf8c40$6401a8c0@D452T311> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C593A5.BAE98440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I ran out to St. John's this evening to look for the Moorhens. Ben Fritchman was just leaving as I got there and said he had seen 5 young birds plus one adult. I found 6 young ones and an adult, so I'm starting to wonder just how many birds are really out there. One change to the directions: When you reach the boardwalk, stop and look across the wetland to the right of the boardwalk for the split tree with the two wood duck houses. Then look just to the right of that along the cattails. The birds came right out into the open while I was there. Also present were shorebirds including both Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, and a Marbled Godwit. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C593A5.BAE98440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I ran out to St. = John’s this evening to look for the Moorhens. Ben Fritchman was just leaving = as I got there and said he had seen 5 young birds plus one adult. I found 6 young ones and an = adult, so I’m starting to wonder just how many birds are really out = there.

One change to the directions: When you reach the boardwalk, = stop and look across the wetland to the right = of the boardwalk for the split tree with the two wood duck houses. Then look just to the right of = that along the cattails. The birds = came right out into the open while I was there.

Also present were shorebirds including both = Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, and a Marbled Godwit.

Herb = Dingmann

St. = Cloud

------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C593A5.BAE98440-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Jul 29 00:54:44 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:54:44 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 28 July 2005 Message-ID: <9E0A4AD1-7F68-466A-B6EF-49BAD7ECBB16@sihope.com> --Apple-Mail-1-406280169 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 28th. The BROWN PELICAN has been present throughout the week in southern Jackson County at Little Spirit Lake just north of the Iowa border and southwest of the town of Jackson. The bird had been present at the north end of Spirit Lake in Iowa just south of Jackson County Road 2 since July 14th, but seems to be more reliable at the Little Spirit Lake location. The best place to view the pelican is from the boat launch at the north end of Little Spirit Lake. At the dock, look southward to where the bird has often roosted just off the peninsula. Also of note is the BLACK-HEADED GULL that has been seen at both locations. At least one CLARK'S GREBE was still at Lake Osakis in Todd County on the 21st. Shorebirds have been reported in small numbers from Walker in Cass County and the Crane Creek area near New Germany in Carver County. Species include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and STILT SANDPIPER. Two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were in the town of Otter Tail in Otter Tail County on the 24th. Jeff Schultz reports them at the feeders in the vicinity of Lake Boulevard. Kiki Sonnen found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 26th, along the Mississippi River Boulevard at the bridge between Huron and Dartmouth streets in southeast Minneapolis. And in Cook County, Mike Steffes found four BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS on Moose Mountain on the 28th. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 4th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1-406280169 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding = Report for Thursday, July 28th.=A0

The BROWN PELICAN = has been present throughout the week in southern Jackson County at = Little Spirit Lake just north of the Iowa border and southwest of the = town of Jackson. The bird had been present at the north end of Spirit = Lake in Iowa just south of Jackson County Road 2 since July 14th, but = seems to be more reliable at the Little Spirit Lake location. The best = place to view the pelican is from the boat launch at the north end of = Little Spirit Lake. At the dock, look southward to where the bird has = often roosted just off the peninsula.=A0

Also of note = is the BLACK-HEADED = GULL that has been seen at both = locations.=A0

At least one CLARK'S GREBE = was still at Lake Osakis in Todd County on the = 21st.=A0

Shorebirds have been reported in small numbers = from Walker in Cass County and the Crane Creek area near New Germany in = Carver County. Species include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST = SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, PECTORAL = SANDPIPER, and STILT SANDPIPER.

Two = EURASIAN = COLLARED-DOVES were in the town of=A0Otter Tail in Otter Tail = County on the 24th. Jeff Schultz reports them at the feeders in the = vicinity of Lake Boulevard.=A0

Kiki Sonnen found a = NORTHERN = MOCKINGBIRD on the 26th, along the Mississippi River = Boulevard at the bridge between Huron and Dartmouth streets in southeast = Minneapolis.=A0

And in Cook County, Mike Steffes found = four BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS on Moose Mountain on the = 28th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is = Thursday, August 4th.

- - = -

Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-1-406280169-- From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Jul 29 02:09:22 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:09:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, July 29, 2005 Message-ID: <001001c593da$314cfd90$3cd5aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C593B0.4876F590 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 29, 2005, 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. There has been relief from the heat this week, and both birds and humans are more active. Many young birds are learning songs so the songs you hear are not always easy to recognize, and they are interspersed with the begging calls of young birds still in the nest. Apparently, there is much second nesting this year as numerous species are defending nest sites at this time. Prairies are wonderful places to visit as the wildflowers are nearing peak color now. In Otter Tail County, Jeff Schultz found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in the town of Ottertail on July 24. This is a small town, so you should have no problem in finding them. Look especially in the vicinity of Lake Boulevard. Cliff Steinhauer heard from a friend in Swift, Roseau County, that a TURKEY VULTURE nest with two chicks has been found in the old depot . Also in Roseau County, Melanie Torkelson reported that seven TRUMPETER SWANS are being seen in the northwest corner of Pool 2 at the Roseau River WMA. Cliff Steinhauer reported that RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have been around all summer at the Harold Halvorson residence in southern Marshall County along 150 St. NE. In Beltrami County, Pat DeWenter counted 125 BONAPARTE'S GULLS on Lake Bemidji on July 27. She also reported that a family of five PILEATED WOODPECKERS is coming to their feeders, where they are teaching the young how to find "fast food". Nathaniel Emery reporting from Polk County saw a GREEN HERON in Crookston flying over the Highland Baseball fields on July 26. At the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds a WILLET was observed. On July 27, seven species of shorebirds were seen including KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and WILSON'S PHALAROPE. More than 30 DICKCISSELS were counted at Glacial Ridge NWR on July 26, and several MARBLED GODWITS were seen there also. A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW continues to sing on the property. Thanks to Nathaniel Emery, Jeff Schultz, Cliff Steinhauer, Melanie Torkelson, and Pat DeWenter for their reports. 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Duluth RBA 7/28/05 Message-ID: <42E949F9.16388.50D26D0@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 28th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. With the fall shorebird migration well underway in western parts of the state, some species are beginning to show up along the North Shore. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were found on the 25th in the wetland behind the beach at the Flood Bay wayside rest. Least Sandpipers and Lesser Yellowlegs have also been seen at the Two Harbors golf course and at Agate Bay this week. Mike Steffes reported four singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS from Moose Mountain in Cook County this week. Linda Felker reported Black- throated Blues along the Moose Viewing Trail, which starts at the Gunflint Trail about two miles northwest of the Lima Mountain Road. Linda also found a SPRUCE GROUSE along the Poplar Creek Trail, across from the Bow Lake Road on the north end of the Lima Grade Road. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 26th in the Sax-Zim Bog, along St. Louis County Road 133, 0.8 mile west of U.S. Highway 53. RED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were found flying over the Duluth Lakeside neighborhood last week. Probable migrant YELLOW- BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AND NASHVILLE WARBLERS were seen at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 25th. Unless something unusual is reported, the next scheduled update of this report will be two weeks from now on Thursday, August 11th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. 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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From pfalcons@hotmail.com Fri Jul 29 13:40:00 2005 From: pfalcons@hotmail.com (Ed Thelen) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:40:00 -0500 Subject: [mou] No Brown Pelican Message-ID: Hello, This morning I was unable to locate the brown pelican . Good Birdin' Ed Thelen Spirit Lake, Iowa From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Jul 29 16:06:25 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:06:25 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR, general observations Message-ID: <0da301c5944f$17282000$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Walked Blue Hill Trail this morning (netting & repellant a must). Highlights included the Hooded Warbler (still on territory, but not singing the last few occasions), a (presumably) migrating Tennessee, and 4-6 GC Kinglets. The kinglets are an interesting story. Have had them every month of the year (except February) in the coniferous section of the trail, but have not yet confirmed breeding - 100 miles+ south of known breeding territory. Species counts in the Sherburne/Mille Lacs County areas are still strong - 101 last week, 99 this week (if one includes the very, very tentative Little Blue from the Auto Tour yesterday). Can share details/locations if requested. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From TeamVagrant@aol.com Sat Jul 30 14:21:10 2005 From: TeamVagrant@aol.com (TeamVagrant@aol.com) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:21:10 EDT Subject: [mou] BB Cuckoo - Duluth Message-ID: <105.65e6c442.301cd8c6@aol.com> -------------------------------1122729670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, it was a thrill for me -- A Black-billed Cuckoo hung around all afternoon yesterday. That inched our window list to 110 sp. Pretty quiet around here except for the youngsters who either don't know the words or the melody -- or both. My wife spotted a Solitary SP on the pond two days ago. All 9 of our ducklings made it to fly away on their own, and our Kestrels must have flown away as soon as they went out the door. We haven't seen or heard from them for about a week. I don't remember so many Mourning Warblers in the past. They are very brave, watching me within a few feet while I work on the wood pile. More vocal throughout hot summer days than I recall too. I did see a Great Gray Owl between Buhl and MT Iron about two weeks ago. A large bear (I mean large-400#?) helped himself to one of our feeders the other day. I was able to get a little bit of video of him. Chris Elmgren Gnesen TWP Duluth -------------------------------1122729670 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Well, it was a thrill for me -- A Black-billed Cuckoo hung around all=20 afternoon yesterday. That inched our window list to 110 sp. Pret= ty=20 quiet around here except for the youngsters who either don't know the words=20= or=20 the melody -- or both. My wife spotted a Solitary SP on the pond=20= two=20 days ago. All 9 of our ducklings made it to fly away on their own, and= our=20 Kestrels must have flown away as soon as they went out the door. We haven't=20= seen=20 or heard from them for about a week. I don't remember so many Mourning= =20 Warblers in the past. They are very brave, watching me within a few fe= et=20 while I work on the wood pile. More vocal throughout hot summer days t= han=20 I recall too.

I did see a Great Gray Owl between Buhl and MT Iron about two weeks=20 ago.

A large bear (I mean large-400#?) helped himself to one of our feeders=20= the=20 other day. I was able to get a little bit of video of him.=20

Chris=20 Elmgren
Gnesen TWP
Duluth

-------------------------------1122729670-- From TeamVagrant@aol.com Sat Jul 30 18:59:44 2005 From: TeamVagrant@aol.com (TeamVagrant@aol.com) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:59:44 EDT Subject: [mou] Cuckoo in Duluth Message-ID: <7d.6e40edb7.301d1a10@aol.com> -------------------------------1122746384 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit He's still hanging around today. Feel free to come up for a look. North on #4, 6 miles past Martin Road right on Emerson 1.4 mi Left on Church Road .3 mi. Left into my driveway - 6177 Chris Elmgren -------------------------------1122746384 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

He's still hanging around today. Feel free to come up for a look.= =20

North on #4,=20 6 miles past Martin Road
right on Emerson 1.4 mi
Left on Church Road .= 3=20 mi.
Left into my driveway - 6177=20

Chris=20 Elmgren

-------------------------------1122746384-- From Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com Sun Jul 31 00:05:47 2005 From: Paul.Budde@us.benfieldgroup.com (Paul Budde) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:05:47 -0500 Subject: [mou] Summer Season Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5955B.38EC0FCD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The short summer season (June - July) is about to end. If you are = submitting sightings for the summer seasonal report, please be sure that = any electronic reports (either via the web or a file that is e-mailed to = me) are sent by mid-month (8/15) so that they can be compiled at the = same time. =20 Last spring, electronic reports included almost 24,000 records by 78 = observers and represented 314 different species! Thank you!! =20 =20 Over the last two months Dave Cahlander has made quite a few = enhancements to the reporting website, many of them based on suggestions = from users. If you haven't taken a look at it recently, check it out at = http://moumn.org/ (Select "Reporting Birds", then "On-line seasonal = reporting"). =20 Thanks for all your work to make these reports as complete and accurate = as possible. Paul =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5955B.38EC0FCD Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The short summer season (June - July) is about = to =0A= end. If you are submitting sightings for the summer seasonal = report, =0A= please be sure that any electronic reports (either via the web or a file = that is =0A= e-mailed to me) are sent by mid-month (8/15) so that they can be = compiled at the =0A= same time.

=0A=

Last spring, electronic reports = included =0A= almost 24,000 records by 78 observers and represented 314 different =0A= species! Thank you!!

=0A=

Over the last two months Dave Cahlander = has made =0A= quite a few enhancements to the reporting website, many of them based on =0A= suggestions from users. If you haven't taken a look at it = recently, check =0A= it out at http://moumn.org/ (Select =0A= "Reporting Birds", then "On-line seasonal reporting").

=0A=

Thanks for all your work to make these = reports as =0A= complete and accurate as possible.

=0A=

Paul

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------_=_NextPart_001_01C5955B.38EC0FCD-- From esitz@goldengate.net Sun Jul 31 01:18:18 2005 From: esitz@goldengate.net (Erika Sitz) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:18:18 -0500 Subject: [mou] Western Kingbirds, Anoka County Message-ID: <007801c59565$5a93fa50$6601a8c0@dirac4> We saw Western Kingbirds in two Anoka County locations this afternoon. At about 5:15pm, exiting Hwy 10 eastbound to CR9/Round Lake Blvd, one flew across in front of the car. We turned right and then right again at the first light into a road marked "Private road, no through traffic", followed that around and spotted 3 Western Kingbirds and 4 Eastern Kingbirds going back and forth from some pines and a fence by them to the utility wires. There were a gazillion starlings, so if you don't see the Kingbirds first, you'll have to sort through them. Also saw a Vesper Sparrow. After running our errands, decided to go check further out Hwy 10 where had seen them previously. Turned left at CR56/Ramsey Blvd (I reported one here June 8) at 6:20pm and saw one on the fence at the first curve, about 100' in, great looks at it since we weren't looking against a bright sky. About 5 min later, saw two on the utility wire along Hwy 10 just west of the intersection, though one could have been a duplicate. Skunked at Jarvis St on the Elk River border and along the Cargill Farm on 165th Ave. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County From jsparrow@centurytel.net Sun Jul 31 02:47:29 2005 From: jsparrow@centurytel.net (Judith Sparrow) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:47:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] Baby Cardinal Help! Message-ID: <000801c59571$d02d4d00$2f01a8c0@dell> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C59547.E759B600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Birders, I need help with tending to a baby Cardinal. It is too young to fly and somehow got knocked out of its nest and I don't know where the nest is. I've had the bird since about 7:30 p.m. this evening. What and how do I feed it? Should I give it water in a dish? I have an eye dropper. Thank you for any suggestions you can provide! Judith Sparrow "The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page." --Saint Augustine of Hippo (A. D. 354-430) ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C59547.E759B600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Birders,

I need help with tending to a baby Cardinal. It is too young to fly = and somehow got knocked out of its nest and I don’t know where the = nest is. I’ve had the bird since about 7:30 p.m. = this evening. What and how do I feed it? Should I give it = water in a dish? I have an eye dropper.

Thank you for any suggestions you can provide!

Judith Sparrow

"The world is a book, and those who do not = travel, read only a page."

--Saint Augustine of Hippo (A. D. 354-430)

------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C59547.E759B600-- From crossbill7200@yahoo.com Sun Jul 31 03:40:10 2005 From: crossbill7200@yahoo.com (Shelley Steva) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Melo Township Impoundment Shorebird Report Message-ID: <20050731024010.3353.qmail@web31007.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello everyone Here is the shorebird and other bird report at the Melo Township Impoundment in Polk Co. The shorebirds first: Semipalmated plovers- 5 Killdeer 18 Greater Yellowlegs- 22 Lesser Yellowlegs- 44 Solitary Sandpiper- 1 Spotted Sandpiper-2 Marbled Godwit-1 Semipalmated Sandpiper-6 Least Sandpiper- 21 Stilt SAndpiper- 11 Here was a surprise! Out on the mud looking small, and buff-breasted and having a scaly back- a buff breasted sandpiper! After I watched the bird for several minutes, I looked away and later tried to locate the bird again. I was unsuccessful so I don't know if it left the area or not. Pectoral Sandpiper- 15 Short-billed Dowitcher- 14 Common Snipe- 1 Wilson's Phalarope 1 15 Species- 164 individuals Other species there also included: Hooded merganser wood ducks other ducks pied billed grebes DB Cormorants Bald Eagles-3 White pelicans All in all a succussful evening: Shelley Steva Pennington Co. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Jul 31 13:46:01 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 07:46:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR Message-ID: <11fa01c595cd$d1fadc40$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Had 82 species in & around Sherburne NWR Saturday morning. Unusual among the finds were two Nashville Warblers in two separate locations (early migrants?). The Hooded Warbler was still present (giving great looks along the hill); however, did not relocate the Acadian Flycatcher (perhaps simply not singing?) or the Upland Sandpiper. Scoped some of the Auto Tour ponds for the possible Little Blue Heron without success. Did have eight shorebird species (most unique being White-rumped and Baird's - would trade a few peeps for larger shorebirds!), but not in the refuge proper. There's a sighting of a Cape May Warbler on the Auto Tour board - now that would be an early migrant! If you come, bring repellant & netting - the deer flies are beyond fierce. Good birding to all. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN