From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Sat Oct 1 02:25:20 2005 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:25:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Nelson's vs LeConte's ID Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C5FD.13F331B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Attn: MOU moderator, a bit long if you deem worthy. =20 All right, for you sparrow folks in the NW, help me out. Below is an = email I sent up to PWLC in Fergus Falls and a response. Anyone help me = with the debate or are the field guides using a Nelson's photo for a = LeConte's? Good morning. The other night prior to the presentation by Jim = Fitzpatrick, I made a short loop around the cattail marsh. A beautiful = sparrow (2 of them) gave me good looks at the entrance to the floating = boardwalk. A lifer for me, but, two books convince me that it was a = LeConte's (Kaufmans & Stokes), another two field guides tell me a = Nelson's Sharptail (Golden and the Lone Pine Publication on MN/WI). =20 I am concluding they were Nelson's Sharptail, based on the Lone Pine = description of habitat (cattails) and manner. Size was slightly smaller = than a song sparrow, profile near the same. Skipping low on the = boardwalk, not too flighty. Beautiful gray patches, orange lines, = strong orange buff line on mid-breast, white underparts. Tail to long = for a LeConte's, I think. Anyway, I am sort of looking for confirmation = from you or your colleague's perspective. sincerely, Milt Blomberg = (Sci teacher- Holdingford, MN PS I liked the science of the ivory-billed presentation, mapping = aspects, data collecting, changing methodology.=20 Milton=20 I really wish I could confirm your sighting that would be a first for = the Learning Center and the area it is sparrow migration time so = anything is possible=20 I will put the word out to keep an eye open=20 Thanks for the tip and Thanks for attending the program I really = enjoyed it myself.=20 Teresa=20 =20 Thanks for responding. FYI further....near the entrance to the floating = boardwalk, a couple of song sparrows off to the left prior the cattail = edge, the Nelson's Sharptails were on the left side of the boardwalk in = the cattails, flittered onto the boardwalk, hopping around wondering = about me, then went into the cattails on the right side where again I = got good looks. This manner described well in the Lone Pine guide = (probably Bob Jansens descript). I can hardly believe it is a first = sighting at PWLC (this year? or ever?). The only problem I have with = the ID is the possible LeConte's photo in both Kaufman and Stokes. The = photo of Nelson's in Stokes is poor. Since I have not ever seen a = LeContes, I impression, though, is that is is small and short-tailed = like a Grasshopper Sparrow, secretive by dropping down into prairie = grass habitat. The feather markings were very distinct, as I have said, = but to add....it had that "dark" spot blotch near the nape separated = from the slate-gray eye patch. Its feathering on the back very = patterned mottling, quite pretty in its own right, let alone the = rust-orange coloration and crown stripes. Hope this helps more....let = me know if the staff scope on it, but I will trust my instincts that = they were Nelson's...I know they have been reported further up toward = Moorhead at Feltons and etc on the MOU reporting. sincerely, Milt ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C5FD.13F331B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Attn: MOU moderator, a bit long if you deem worthy. 
All right, for you sparrow folks in the NW, help me out. Below = is an=20 email I sent up to PWLC in Fergus Falls and a response.  Anyone = help me=20 with the debate or are the field guides using a Nelson's photo for a=20 LeConte's?
 
Good morning.  The other night prior to the presentation by = Jim=20 Fitzpatrick, I made a short loop around the cattail marsh.  A = beautiful=20 sparrow (2 of them) gave me good looks at the entrance to the floating=20 boardwalk.  A lifer for me, but, two books convince me that it was = a=20 LeConte's (Kaufmans & Stokes), another two field guides tell me a = Nelson's=20 Sharptail (Golden and the Lone Pine Publication on MN/WI). 
I am concluding they were Nelson's Sharptail, based on the Lone = Pine=20 description of habitat (cattails) and manner.  Size was slightly = smaller=20 than a song sparrow, profile near the same.  Skipping low on the = boardwalk,=20 not too flighty.  Beautiful gray patches, orange lines, strong = orange buff=20 line on mid-breast, white underparts.  Tail to long for a = LeConte's, I=20 think.  Anyway, I am sort of looking for confirmation from = you or=20 your colleague's perspective.  sincerely, Milt = Blomberg =20 (Sci teacher- Holdingford, MN
PS  I liked the science of the ivory-billed presentation, = mapping=20 aspects, data collecting, changing methodology. 
 
Milton

I really wish I = could confirm=20 your sighting  that would be a first for the Learning Center and = the area=20   it is sparrow migration time so anything is = possible=20

I will put the word out to keep = an eye=20 open

Thanks for the tip = and  =20 Thanks for attending the program I really enjoyed it myself.=20

Teresa 
 
 
Thanks for responding.  FYI further....near the entrance to = the=20 floating boardwalk, a couple of song sparrows off to the left prior the = cattail=20 edge, the Nelson's Sharptails were on the left side of the boardwalk in = the=20 cattails, flittered onto the boardwalk, hopping around wondering about = me, then=20 went into the cattails on the right side where again I got good = looks. =20 This manner described well in the Lone Pine guide (probably Bob Jansens=20 descript).  I can hardly believe it is a first sighting at PWLC = (this year?=20 or ever?).  The only problem I have with the ID is the possible = LeConte's=20 photo in both Kaufman and Stokes.  The photo of Nelson's in Stokes = is=20 poor.  Since I have not ever seen a LeContes, I impression, though, = is that=20 is is small and short-tailed like a Grasshopper Sparrow, secretive by = dropping=20 down into prairie grass habitat.  The feather markings were very = distinct,=20 as I have said, but to add....it had that "dark" spot blotch near the = nape=20 separated from the slate-gray eye patch.  Its feathering on the = back very=20 patterned mottling, quite pretty in its own right, let alone the = rust-orange=20 coloration and crown stripes.  Hope this helps more....let me know = if the=20 staff scope on it, but I will trust my instincts that they were = Nelson's...I=20 know they have been reported further up toward Moorhead at = Feltons and=20 etc on the MOU reporting.  sincerely, = Milt
------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C5FD.13F331B0-- From psvingen@d.umn.edu Sat Oct 1 17:08:45 2005 From: psvingen@d.umn.edu (psvingen@d.umn.edu) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 11:08:45 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sabine's Gull on Lake Superior pelagic trip! Message-ID: <1128182925.d2906dbbf815a@wm3.d.umn.edu> Mike Hendrickson just called to report that he and Tom Auer leading the MOU pelagic trip on Lake Superior just sighted a juvenile Sabine's Gull off of Lafayette Square (31st Street on Park Point). Excellent views and photographs are being obtained. Peder H. Svingen--psvingen@d.umn.edu--Duluth, MN From psvingen@d.umn.edu Sat Oct 1 17:13:43 2005 From: psvingen@d.umn.edu (psvingen@d.umn.edu) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 11:13:43 -0500 Subject: [mou] Second Sabine's Gull on Lake Superior pelagic trip Message-ID: <1128183223.45d5698ebd617@wm3.d.umn.edu> The MOU pelagic trip on Lake Superior just sighted a second juvenile Sabine's Gull off Park Point in the general vicinity of the airport. Both birds are currently in view. They are headed for Wisconsin Point and received permission to chum for birds en route, so are hoping for more unusual gulls and possibly one of the jaegers (thus far unidentified as to species) that have been sighted in that area this week. Peder H. Svingen--psvingen@d.umn.edu--Duluth, MN From Tom Auer Sat Oct 1 21:12:19 2005 From: Tom Auer (Tom Auer) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 15:12:19 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Pelagic Trip Report Message-ID: ------=_Part_8949_10618802.1128197539129 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline The weather was nice (maybe too nice) but the birds were nicer. An uneventful, but scenic, first leg of the trip up the shoreline to Lester River brought Bald Eagle, Common Tern, Forster's Tern and Bonaparte's Gulls= . We had trouble keeping the gulls behind the boat, despite a three-pronged chum, including popcorn, lake trout parts, and cod liver oil, mixed with sardines. After the Lester River, we cruised South into open water en route to the Superior entry. This portion was also somewhat unexciting, until Jim Lind and Mike Hendrickson picked up a juvenile SABINE'S GULL off the starboard side. The bird spent time on the water and in the air, wheeling and banking, showing nicely in the bright morning sun for the whole boat. Continuing to steam towards the Superior Entry, we spotted a flock of small gulls to the east, changing courses to chase the flock. Here, we picked up yet another juvenile SABINE'S GULL! This bird wheeled around the whole boat= . Along the way, we found a couple of seemingly misplaced American Coots amongst the Bonaparte's Gulls. Getting closer to the Superior Entry, a smal= l gull was spotted on the water, but behind it was an astounding RED-NECKED PHALAROPE! Quite rare for Lake Superior, this fantastic bird sat and spun i= n calm waters as we sailed past it, allowing for fantastic photographs and great looks. It even called a few times. Finally, pulling into Superior Entry a SHORT-EARED OWL was spotted flying west towards Duluth. After a quick tour of the gulls in the entry, we worked our way back to the dock at the Duluth entry. For a complete list of species and this trip report, chec= k out my website. I also hope to have photographs of these birds there as well. Thanks to everyone who came, making the trip possible. Also, thanks to my co-leaders Mike Hendrickson and Jim Lind and to the Captain and Crew of the LL Smith Jr. It was a fantastic trip! Who knows what we'll find next week? Tom Auer MOU Field Trip Chairman ------=_Part_8949_10618802.1128197539129 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline The weather was nice (maybe too nice) but the birds were nicer. An uneventful, but scenic, first leg of the trip up the shoreline to Lester River brought Bald Eagle, Common Tern, Forster's Tern and Bonaparte's Gulls. We had trouble keeping the gulls behind the boat, despite a three-pronged chum, including popcorn, lake trout parts, and cod liver oil, mixed with sardines. After the Lester River, we cruised South into open water en route to the Superior entry. This portion was also somewhat unexciting, until Jim Lind and Mike Hendrickson picked up a juvenile SABINE'S GULL off the starboard side. The bird spent time on the water and in the air, wheeling and banking, showing nicely in the bright morning sun for the whole boat. Continuing to steam towards the Superior Entry, we spotted a flock of small gulls to the east, changing courses to chase the flock. Here, we picked up yet another juvenile SABINE'S GULL! This bird wheeled around the whole boat. Along the way, we found a couple of seemingly misplaced American Coots amongst the Bonaparte's Gulls. Getting closer to the Superior Entry, a small gull was spotted on the water, but behind it was an astounding RED-NECKED PHALAROPE! Quite rare for Lake Superior, this fantastic bird sat and spun in calm waters as we sailed past it, allowing for fantastic photographs and great looks. It even called a few times. Finally, pulling into Superior Entry a SHORT-EARED OWL was spotted flying west towards Duluth. After a quick tour of the gulls in the entry, we worked our way back to the dock at the Duluth entry. For a complete list of species and this trip report, check out my website. I also hope to have photographs of these birds there as well.

Thanks to everyone who came, making the trip possible. Also, thanks to my co-leaders Mike Hendrickson and Jim Lind and to the Captain and Crew of the LL Smith Jr. It was a fantastic trip! Who knows what we'll find next week?

Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman
------=_Part_8949_10618802.1128197539129-- From golfbird@comcast.net Sat Oct 1 22:06:02 2005 From: golfbird@comcast.net (Dave and Linda Felker) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:06:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sherburne Co. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Message-ID: <000001c5c6cb$f13bb550$651b2942@daveuam5mdi8ml> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5C6A2.0868BA90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My husband and I just returned from a trip to Sherburne NWR and Lake Ann area. The highlight was a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow sitting up nicely for us. It was located shortly after the entrance to the Wildlife Drive just beyond the parking area by the first marsh on the left (north). There were many other migrants active in the areas we birded. These are a few we saw: Osprey (2) - Lake Ann Sharp-shinned Hawk - Woodland Trail This trail was filled with birds until the hawk chased many out. Ruffed Grouse - trail in the Lake Ann vicinity Brown Creeper - " " Both Kinglets Orange-crowned, Nashville, and Yellow-rumped Warblers Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow - refuge Linda Felker ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5C6A2.0868BA90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
My = husband and I=20 just returned from a trip to Sherburne NWR and Lake Ann=20 area.
 
The = highlight was a=20 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow sitting up nicely for us.  It was=20 located shortly after the entrance to the Wildlife Drive just = beyond=20 the parking area by the first marsh on the left=20 (north).  
 
There = were many=20 other migrants active in the areas we birded.  These are a few we=20 saw: 
 
Osprey = (2) - Lake=20 Ann
Sharp-shinned Hawk -=20 Woodland Trail   This trail was filled with birds until the = hawk=20 chased many out.
Ruffed = Grouse -=20 trail in the Lake Ann vicinity
Brown = Creeper -=20 "         "  =
Both=20 Kinglets 
Orange-crowned,=20 Nashville, and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Lincoln's=20 Sparrow
White-crowned=20 Sparrow - refuge
 
Linda=20 Felker
 
 
    
------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5C6A2.0868BA90-- From smithville4@charter.net Sat Oct 1 22:46:42 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:46:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Photos of the MOU Boat Trip Message-ID: <000c01c5c6d1$9cf825e0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C6A7.B3B6D8F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I took photos of the boat and the birders. All you need to do is either = click on the http:---- below my name or write down the address and enter = it on your browser and click enter. I have about 20 photos of the trip. I am like other birder to see the photos of Sabine Gulls and Red-necked = Phalarope by Scott Meyer. It was a great trip! The reason why these boat trips are fun is the = exploration of what birds are out beyond the horizon on Lake Superior. = The Sabine Gulls were at least 1 1/2 miles out from the shores of Park = Point. There is no way a birder at Lafayette or any advantage points = good see these birds. There is a lot to learn about these trips. By = the way these boat trips will be a annual event in the Fall Season and = possibly in the Spring as well. Captain Rau of the LL Smith was = wonderful as was his crew! They chased down the birds for us or turned = around to get better looks. Whatever we asked of him he was willing to = do it. Captain Rau also points out other ships and what this symbol = means on the haul or on the ship, the currents and other tidbit as well = of Lake Superior. LL Smith is most willing to take birders out next Fall Season. We are = thinking about 2 boat trips in September and two in October. I would = also like to do at least 1 trip in the Spring season to view all those = terns & Bonaparte's gulls heading north! The possibilities are there = for something rare or interesting on a Spring trip as well. =20 Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendricfacts he knows about.kson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C6A7.B3B6D8F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I took photos of the boat and = the=20 birders.  All you need to do is either click on the http:---- below = my name=20 or write down the address and enter it on your browser and click enter. = I have=20 about 20 photos of the trip.
 
I am like other birder to see = the photos=20 of Sabine Gulls and Red-necked Phalarope by Scott = Meyer.
 
It was a great trip!  = The reason why=20 these boat trips are fun is the exploration of what birds are out beyond = the=20 horizon on Lake Superior.  The Sabine Gulls were at least 1 1/2 = miles out=20 from the shores of Park Point. There is no way a birder at Lafayette or = any=20 advantage points good see these birds.  There is a lot to learn = about these=20 trips.  By the way these boat trips will be a annual event in the = Fall=20 Season and possibly in the Spring as well.  Captain Rau of the LL = Smith was=20 wonderful as was his crew!  They chased down the birds for us or = turned=20 around to get better looks.  Whatever we asked of him he was = willing to do=20 it. Captain Rau also points out other ships and what this symbol means = on the=20 haul or on the ship, the currents and other tidbit as well of Lake=20 Superior.
 
LL Smith is most willing to = take birders=20 out next Fall Season. We are thinking about 2 boat trips in September = and two in=20 October.  I would also like to do at least 1 trip in the Spring = season to=20 view all those terns & Bonaparte's gulls  heading north!  = The=20 possibilities are there for something rare or interesting on a Spring = trip as=20 well. 
 
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, = Minnesota
Minnesota Birding=20 Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendricfacts he knows = about.kson/
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5C6A7.B3B6D8F0-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Sat Oct 1 22:49:47 2005 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:49:47 -0500 Subject: [mou] Nicolett and Blue Earth counties today Message-ID: <20051001164947.n2mwrvlqli2sogwo@webmail-0.gac.edu> This afternoon I birded both Nicolett and Blue Earth counties. At Swan Lake in Nicolett County, I birded from the southeast side of the lake at the Conservation Club access/parking lot. From here I walked out onto the grassy point and scanned the lake. Present were: -probably over a thousand American Coots -a Horned Grebe in nonbreeding plumage -a single, heard-only Black-bellied Plover--this bird was heard well for about a minute--the hard part is that there are no mudflats in the vicinity of this area, which makes me wonder if there is shorebird habitat somewhere in the middle of the lake--last week I had a flock of unidentified sandpipers flying around as well In Blue Earth County, I birded the Mapleton sewage ponds and found a large, mixed flock of Canada Geese and Cackling Geese. The Canadas slightly outnumbered the Cackling--my impressions were that the flock contained just under 60% Canada and a little over 40% Cackling, with a few Lesser Canadas mixed in as well. There were no shorebirds present other than a Wilson's Snipe that was feeding on the grass at the edge of the ponds. Bob Dunlap, Nicolett County From markfalcon@comcast.net Sat Oct 1 22:54:18 2005 From: markfalcon@comcast.net (markfalcon@comcast.net) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:54:18 +0000 Subject: [mou] Birds from Duluth to the Twin Cities Message-ID: <100120052154.23512.433F058A0006FDBE00005BD8220073483002010C040E00059D0E03@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23512_1128203658_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit My wife and I drove north and then cycled 25 miles on the Munger Trail north out of Carlton today and saw an Osprey, two Sharp-shinned Hawks and an abundance of Yellow-rumped Warblers, whose colors at this time of year proves God paints in watercolors. We had a Fisher run in front of us on the trail just north of Kangas Road, I was not sure they are common this far south. I had never seen one south of teh BWCA before. A kettle of 8 Turkey vultures spiraled upwards north of Hinckley. A mature Bald Eagle sat in the fresh soil of sod farms along Hwy 35 north of Rush City, an immature Goshawk in a dead snag north of the Kettle River. South of Lindstrom, a flock of 20 White Pelicans soared overhead, pretty low, losing altitude, seeming to prepare for a landing nearby . The Munger Trail's soundscape resonated with the crystalline tseeps of Golden-crowned Kinglets that never visually appeared for me. What a great day, all this and exercise too. I am learning that birding at 14 mph is about optimum for me. I see many things very well as I approach them quickly and I get a great feel for the relative abundance of birds as I cover so much edge habitat. My wife can stand it since I am restricted to what I can see when I am still moving. I rely on my ears a lot an din spring the species list realy builds quick. I only stop when I think something great is around, like today to see what was eventually a Yellow-rump but caught my eye working a bridge abutment very like a Rock Wren. So it goes. Good birding. Mark Alt Brooklyn Center, MN --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23512_1128203658_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
My wife and I drove north and then cycled 25 miles on the Munger Trail north out of Carlton today and saw an Osprey, two Sharp-shinned Hawks and an abundance of Yellow-rumped Warblers, whose colors at this time of year proves God paints in watercolors. We had  a Fisher run in front of us on the trail just north of Kangas Road, I was not sure they are common this far south. I had never seen one south of teh BWCA before. A kettle of 8 Turkey vultures spiraled upwards north of Hinckley. A mature Bald Eagle sat in the fresh soil of sod farms along Hwy 35 north of Rush City, an immature Goshawk in a dead snag north of the Kettle River. South of Lindstrom, a flock of 20 White Pelicans soared overhead, pretty low, losing altitude, seeming to prepare for a landing nearby . The Munger Trail's soundscape resonated with the crystalline tseeps of Golden-crowned Kinglets that never visually appeared for me. What a great day, all this and exercise too. I am le arning that birding at 14 mph is about optimum for me.  I see many things very well as I approach them quickly and I get a great feel for the relative abundance of birds as I cover so much edge habitat. My wife can stand it since I am restricted to what I can see when I am still moving. I rely on my ears a lot an din spring the species list realy builds quick. I only stop when I think something great is around, like today to see what was eventually a Yellow-rump but caught my eye working a bridge abutment very like a Rock Wren. So it goes. Good birding.
 
Mark Alt
Brooklyn Center, MN
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23512_1128203658_0-- From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Sun Oct 2 00:29:54 2005 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:29:54 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [mou] Photos of the MOU Boat Trip In-Reply-To: <000c01c5c6d1$9cf825e0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> References: <000c01c5c6d1$9cf825e0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> Message-ID: <60847.68.112.165.197.1128209394.squirrel@68.112.165.197> I was standing on shore from Lafayette Square as the boat passed, and took a few photos of the boat and birders. Click on them to see larger version. http://birderblog.com/bird/People/MOU/BoatTrip.html 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 > I took photos of the boat and the birders. All you need to do is either > click on the http:---- below my name or write down the address and enter > it on your browser and click enter. I have about 20 photos of the trip. > > I am like other birder to see the photos of Sabine Gulls and Red-necked > Phalarope by Scott Meyer. > > It was a great trip! The reason why these boat trips are fun is the > exploration of what birds are out beyond the horizon on Lake Superior. > The Sabine Gulls were at least 1 1/2 miles out from the shores of Park > Point. There is no way a birder at Lafayette or any advantage points good > see these birds. There is a lot to learn about these trips. By the way > these boat trips will be a annual event in the Fall Season and possibly in > the Spring as well. Captain Rau of the LL Smith was wonderful as was his > crew! They chased down the birds for us or turned around to get better > looks. Whatever we asked of him he was willing to do it. Captain Rau also > points out other ships and what this symbol means on the haul or on the > ship, the currents and other tidbit as well of Lake Superior. > > LL Smith is most willing to take birders out next Fall Season. We are > thinking about 2 boat trips in September and two in October. I would also > like to do at least 1 trip in the Spring season to view all those terns & > Bonaparte's gulls heading north! The possibilities are there for > something rare or interesting on a Spring trip as well. > > Mike Hendrickson > Duluth, Minnesota > Minnesota Birding Treks > http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendricfacts he knows about.kson/ From hoocooks4you@yahoo.com Sun Oct 2 01:48:34 2005 From: hoocooks4you@yahoo.com (Pat DeWenter) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:48:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Lake Superior Trip and after Message-ID: <20051002004834.19566.qmail@web50810.mail.yahoo.com> --0-1489379637-1128214114=:19510 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Just returned to Bemidji after a great day to the east! The weather was picture perfect as were all the views of Duluth and the Superior coastline!!! Birders were "unlayering" all morning! Not only was it warm, but there was hardly a ripple on the lake! The views of the gliding and flying Sabine's Gulls near the boat were spectacular!! We want to thank Tom, Mike, Jim and Captain Dan Rau for a wonderful morning!!!!!!! After leaving the boat we headed up to Two Harbors to see if we could find any Cackling Geese. From a tip from Jim Lind to look at the golf course, we found 4 Cackling Geese among a large flock of Canada Geese. A lifer for us and thank you Jim! At the Two Harbors Airport we saw approximately 75-100 American Pipits in the grass and on the fence posts. They were EVERYWHERE!! Pat and Bob DeWenter --0-1489379637-1128214114=:19510 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Just returned to Bemidji after a great day to the east!
 
The weather was picture perfect as were all the views of Duluth and the Superior coastline!!!  Birders were "unlayering" all morning!  Not only was it warm, but there was hardly a ripple on the lake!
 
The views of the gliding and flying Sabine's Gulls near the boat were spectacular!!
We want to thank Tom, Mike, Jim and Captain Dan Rau for a wonderful morning!!!!!!!
 
After leaving the boat we headed up to Two Harbors to see if we could find any Cackling Geese.  From a tip from Jim Lind to look at the golf course, we found 4 Cackling Geese among a large flock of Canada Geese.  A lifer for us and thank you Jim!
 
At the Two Harbors Airport we saw approximately 75-100 American Pipits in the grass and on the fence posts.  They were EVERYWHERE!!
 
Pat and Bob DeWenter
--0-1489379637-1128214114=:19510-- From Tom Auer Sun Oct 2 03:22:53 2005 From: Tom Auer (Tom Auer) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:22:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] Pelagic Pictures Message-ID: ------=_Part_9686_31270294.1128219773501 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I've received and posted pictures from today's pelagic trip on my website: www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 Scott Meyer took some fantastic shots of the birds and Mike Hendrickson too= k some great shots of the people on the boat. Tom Auer ------=_Part_9686_31270294.1128219773501 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I've received and posted pictures from today's pelagic trip on my website:<= br>
www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009

Scott Meyer took some fantastic shots of the birds and Mike Hendrickson too= k some great shots of the people on the boat.

Tom Auer
------=_Part_9686_31270294.1128219773501-- From Tom Auer Sun Oct 2 04:44:45 2005 From: Tom Auer (Tom Auer) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:44:45 -0500 Subject: [mou] RED PHALAROPE (NOT RED-NECKED) - MOU Pelagic Message-ID: ------=_Part_9819_12531238.1128224685533 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Well, somehow it happened. A whole boatload (literally) of experienced birders missed the boat (wow, two puns in a row) on the Phalarope ID. I mostly blame myself, since I first called it Red-necked. Drew Smith was right in questioning the identification early on, but with only Sibley aboard, we missed a crucial age and molt of Red Phalarope, documented well only in Nat. Geo and Hayman, Marchant, and Prater. We can attribute this ne= w identification to the sharp eye of Ben Fritchman, who critically reviewed the photos from today, alterting me of the possibility that this bird was really a RED PHALAROPE! The bird, which can be seen well on my website, thanks to Scott Meyer, is a molting juvenile Red Phalarope. With no reference to bill size in the open water and seeing a heavily streaked back in the heat of the moment, I immeadiately pigeonholed it as a winter adult Red-necked, not considering other ages or phases. But, as Ben pointed out, this bird contains a relatively hefty bill (compare with Ben's Red-necked in Morrison County on Recently Seen), with noticable pale on the base of the bill. As well, the pattern of molt on the back nicely matches the drawing in Nat. Geo. The feather replacement pattern is correct for Red Phalarope, not Red-necked. A= s well, a light buffy wash on the neck and throat is visible in our bird, which is not part of a winter or molting juvenile Red-necked plumage. Also of note is the pattern of the eye line, in the Red (and our bird) the edges are poorly defined and form a more circular pattern around the eye, whereas in a Red-necked the pattern is crisp and sharply demarcated, creating a mor= e lateral formation through the eye. So, we were wrong. This time for the better! Temporally, this sighting does make a little more sense, as we were close to setting a late North record for Red-necked Phalarope, but Red fits in perfectly at this time of year. Tom Auer ------=_Part_9819_12531238.1128224685533 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Well, somehow it happened. A whole boatload (literally) of experienced birders missed the boat (wow, two puns in a row) on the Phalarope ID. I mostly blame myself, since I first called it Red-necked. Drew Smith was right in questioning the identification early on, but with only Sibley aboard, we missed a crucial age and molt of Red Phalarope, documented well only in Nat. Geo and  Hayman, Marchant, and Prater. We can attribute this new identification to the sharp eye of Ben Fritchman, who critically reviewed the photos from today, alterting me of the possibility that this bird was really a RED PHALAROPE!

The bird, which can be seen well on my website, thanks to Scott Meyer, is a molting juvenile Red Phalarope. With no reference to bill size in the open water and seeing a heavily streaked back in the heat of the moment, I immeadiately pigeonholed it as a winter adult Red-necked, not considering other ages or phases. But, as Ben pointed out, this bird contains a relatively hefty bill (compare with Ben's Red-necked in Morrison County on Recently Seen), with noticable pale on the base of the bill. As well, the pattern of molt on the back nicely matches the drawing in Nat. Geo. The feather replacement pattern is correct for Red Phalarope, not Red-necked. As well, a light buffy wash on the neck and throat is visible in our bird, which is not part of a winter or molting juvenile Red-necked plumage. Also of note is the pattern of the eye line, in the Red (and our bird) the edges are poorly defined and form a more circular pattern around the eye, whereas in a Red-necked the pattern is crisp and sharply demarcated, creating a more lateral formation through the eye.

So, we were wrong. This time for the better! Temporally, this sighting does make a little more sense, as we were close to setting a late North record for Red-necked Phalarope, but Red fits in perfectly at this time of year.

Tom Auer


------=_Part_9819_12531238.1128224685533-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Oct 2 12:33:42 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 06:33:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth & Superior Message-ID: <001f01c5c745$2667b9d0$0d01a8c0@pastoral> Nathan & I journeyed to the general Duluth & Superior area on Saturday 10/1 - and had an intriguing trip. Park Point - Short-eared Owl, Cackling Goose, Harris' Sparrow, Snow Buntings Hawk Ridge - steady but unspectacular Stony Point - White-winged Scoter, single Rusty Blackbird among the rocks Two Harbors - Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Harris' Sparrow, Black-backed Woodpecker Wisconsin Point - possible Parasitic Jaeger, Pacific Loon, Harris' Sparrow, American Golden Plover, Dunlin, Sanderlings. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From Tom Auer Sun Oct 2 20:01:17 2005 From: Tom Auer (Tom Auer) Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:01:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] Red Phalarope Pics Message-ID: ------=_Part_11698_10248379.1128279677223 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline There are lots of new pics of the Red Phalarope on my website, by Jay Gilliam and Scott Meyer. There are some sharper and closer shots that bette= r show some of the important identification points of the bird. Tom Auer MOU Field Trip Chairman -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_11698_10248379.1128279677223 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline There are lots of new pics of the Red Phalarope on my website, by Jay Gilliam and Scott Meyer. There are some sharper and closer shots that better show some of the important identification points of the bird.

Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman

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www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_11698_10248379.1128279677223-- From ksussman@lcp2.net Sun Oct 2 21:16:54 2005 From: ksussman@lcp2.net (Karen Sussman) Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:16:54 -0500 Subject: [mou] Magpie Extreme NE SLC Message-ID: <7970B954-3381-11DA-B1B1-000A95D84DEC@lcp2.net> --Apple-Mail-24--346841081 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Black Billed Magpie seen this morning at 0830 1.5 miles south of intersection Cty Rd 25 and Hwy 22 in Angora/St Louis County. I have travelled this road regularly for many years and have never seen a Magpie in this area. Terrain was mixed wooded and small farms and fields. Karen Sussman ksussman@lcp2.net --Apple-Mail-24--346841081 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProBlack Billed Magpie seen this morning at 0830 1.5 miles south of intersection Cty Rd 25 and Hwy 22 in Angora/St Louis County. I have travelled this road regularly for many years and have never seen a Magpie in this area. Terrain was mixed wooded and small farms and fields. Times New RomanKaren Sussman ksussman@lcp2.net --Apple-Mail-24--346841081-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Mon Oct 3 01:03:20 2005 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:03:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Nicolett County Message-ID: <20051002190320.qz9y08vdloo4k8os@webmail-0.gac.edu> Today I birded Le Sueur, Nicolett, and Blue Earth counties with John Hockema and Dave Bartkey. Our best find was undoubtedly both a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow and a Le Conte's Sparrow in Nicolett County at the Swan Lake conservation club access on the southeast side of the lake. The birds were foraging at the edge of the inlet on the east side of the grassy point. We had spectacular views of the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow; at one point the bird was no more than five feet in front of us! Elsewhere, we found: Le Sueur County: -several flocks of Cackling Geese flying over Kasota Prairie -at least two Le Conte's Sparrows while walking the Kasota Prairie -Northern Harrier flying over Kasota Prairie Nicolett County: -Peregrine Falcon dive-bombing a Turkey Vulture at Fort Ridgely State Park -both Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets at Fort Ridgely SP Blue Earth County: -both Kinglets at Williams Nature Center Good birding to all! Bob Dunlap, Nicolett County From deut0039@umn.edu Mon Oct 3 15:43:49 2005 From: deut0039@umn.edu (Dan Deutsch) Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:43:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Warblers Message-ID: <434143A5.6070401@umn.edu> For the past few days, probably due to wind, my yard has had a large flock of Yellow-rumped and Palm warblers. Is this usual for them to be list late in migrating? Dan Deutsch Happy Birding From dkienholz@hotmail.com Mon Oct 3 22:54:21 2005 From: dkienholz@hotmail.com (Don Kienholz) Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:54:21 -0500 Subject: [mou] Land Auction! on Owl Ave. in Sax-Zim Message-ID: Sorry for the short notice but just saw this today. St Louis County is having a tax forfieted land auction Tuesday October 11th. in Virginia MN. On the docket are two 40 acre parcels on Owl Avenue. I am sorry but I can't remember the cross street, but one is on the NW corner and one is on the NE corner. One is described as lowland swamp, and the other was logged in 2000, and is coming back with Aspen. Just thought some organization or individuals may like to grab and protect this land or make birding area or???? More information including sale information, legal descriptions, time of auction etc, etc.... can be found at. WWW.Co.St-Louis.MN.US. Or do a search on St Louis county land auctions. They have a booklet you can pick up but it may be a little late to ask to mail. low estimates are $14,000.00 to $20,000.00 for minimum bids. Cheap for 40 acres of Owl Ave. swamp. later, Don Kienholz Duluth. mn _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Tue Oct 4 03:17:05 2005 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 21:17:05 -0500 Subject: [mou] Thanks on sparrow responses Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5C85F.CDF63440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am impressed with the care of your responses on the Nelson's vs = LeConte's discussion. I will save them awhile an ponder, perhaps = summarize in a post for all. For now, it seems the crown stripe and the = nape coloration are the major field marks to note carefully. As it is, = I still lean on the Nelson's because of the starkness of coloration, = especially the separated facial and nape gray patches. Thanks again for = increasing my experience, as was suggested, one of the best ways to id = sparrows is by one's own experience. sincerely, mjb ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5C85F.CDF63440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I am impressed with the care of your responses on the Nelson's = vs=20 LeConte's discussion. I will save them awhile an ponder, perhaps = summarize in a=20 post for all. For now, it seems the crown stripe and the nape coloration = are the=20 major field marks to note carefully.  As it is, I still lean on the = Nelson's because of the starkness of coloration, especially the = separated=20 facial and nape gray patches. Thanks again for increasing my experience, = as was=20 suggested, one of the best ways to id sparrows is by one's own = experience. =20 sincerely, mjb
------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5C85F.CDF63440-- From DKieser@CLYNCH.COM Tue Oct 4 04:56:35 2005 From: DKieser@CLYNCH.COM (Doug Kieser) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 22:56:35 -0500 Subject: [mou] Birds at Purgatory Creek Wetlands, Eden Prairie - Hennepin County Message-ID: <54D59E4D62B8914BA64E080EF0CCD51D0199AD@bems1.clynch.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5C897.9D829631 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The water level has gone down enough at the Purgatory Creek Rec. area in Eden Prairie to once again expose a few mud flats. Birds seen the evenings of Oct 2 and 3: Long-Billed Dowitcher (11) both days Franklin's Gull (1) - both days White Pelican (1) - Oct 2 only Bald Eagle (2) - Oct 3 only American Bittern - Oct 3 - Flyby while waiting in Culver's Drive-Thru Also Marsh Wren, Shovelers, Wigeon. =20 Doug Kieser Minneapolis =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5C897.9D829631 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The = water level has=20 gone down enough at the Purgatory Creek Rec. area in Eden Prairie to = once again=20 expose a few mud flats.
Birds = seen the=20 evenings of Oct 2 and 3:
Long-Billed=20 Dowitcher (11)  both days
Franklin's Gull (1)=20 -  both days
White = Pelican=20 (1) - Oct 2 only
Bald = Eagle=20 (2) - Oct 3 only
American Bittern -=20 Oct 3 - Flyby while waiting in Culver's Drive-Thru
Also = Marsh Wren,=20 Shovelers, Wigeon.
 
Doug=20 Kieser
Minneapolis
 
 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C5C897.9D829631-- From two-jays@att.net Wed Oct 5 03:35:09 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:35:09 -0500 Subject: [mou] midwest birding symposium Message-ID: A major event for those who share the joys of birding is almost upon us. The Midwest Birding Symposium is coming to the Mississippi River, at=20 the Quad Cities, Oct. 13-16. Join national renowned speakers such as Don and Lillian Stokes, John=20 Acorn, Bobby Harrison (of Ivory-billed Woodpecker fame), and the=20 editors of Birder's World and Birdwatcher's Digest Magazineson field=20 trips to a variety of habitats around the Quad Cities area.=A0 In addition to field trips, cruises on the Mississippi River, and a=20 Birder=92s Marketplace with 100 vendors, there are literally scores of=20= other speakers who will give brief, concise talks on beginning bird=20 watching, reintroduction programs for whooping cranes, ospreys,=20 peregrines, sharp-tailed grouse, and presentations about red-shouldered=20= hawks, owls, waterfowl, and many other topics. Learn how to identify bird songs and how to do digiscoping, as well as=20= details about grasslands and bluffs, and the enormous migration of=20 North American raptors at Veracruz, Mexico! Hear what Iowa's Governor Tom Vilsack has to say about the importance=20 of bird watching in Iowa.=A0 Treat yourself to a fun dinner cruise on = the=20 Mighty Mississippi. All of this and much more can be found by going to:=20 http://www.visitquadcities.com/2004/for_visitors/midwest_birding.html A major event =96 in the Quad Cities in just a few days! Ric Zarwell Iowa Important Bird Areas (IBA) Coordinator posted for Ric Zarwell by Jim Williams, Wayzata, Minnesota From Drewbec@aol.com Wed Oct 5 04:29:22 2005 From: Drewbec@aol.com (Drewbec@aol.com) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:29:22 EDT Subject: [mou] Tonite at Purgatory Crk and Black Dog Lk Message-ID: Stopped by Purg this evening hoping to find Doug Kieser's LBDOs, but got skunked on those. Did see 2 Hudsonian Godwits (not as impressive as Conny B's flock this Spring), and a Wilson's Snipe (and other usuals). At the Dog was a briefly seen adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. Likely one of the two found by Paul Budde last week at Lake Calhoun. While scanning the other gulls present, the LBBG disappeared. Off to Calhoun? Drew Smith Eagan, Dakota County From Chris Benson" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02AC_01C5C996.CCE31A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday evening (10/4/2005) at 6:45 PM while swinging at Joyce Park in SE Rochester my 2 year old daughter asked me what the bird was that flew up out of the grass surrounding the flood control pond. To my amazement it was a Short-eared Owl, the bird flew directly over our heads about 10 feet off the ground. Perhaps more of us should play on swing sets. Even if we don't see a "good bird" at least we'll a have a lot of fun. Chris Benson Rochester, MN ------=_NextPart_000_02AC_01C5C996.CCE31A40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yesterday evening  (10/4/2005) at = 6:45 PM=20 while swinging
at Joyce Park in SE Rochester my 2 year = old
daughter asked me what the bird was = that flew=20 up
out of the grass surrounding the flood = control=20 pond.
To my amazement it was a = Short-eared=20 Owl,
the bird flew directly over our heads=20 about
10 feet off the ground.
Perhaps more of us should play on swing = sets.
Even if we don't see a "good bird" at=20 least
we'll a have a lot of fun.
 
Chris Benson
Rochester, = MN
------=_NextPart_000_02AC_01C5C996.CCE31A40-- From Robert_Russell@fws.gov Wed Oct 5 17:38:16 2005 From: Robert_Russell@fws.gov (Robert_Russell@fws.gov) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:38:16 -0500 Subject: [mou] whooping crane update (experimental flock) Message-ID: --0__=09BBFA02DFCA03368f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA02DFCA0336 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII There are now 42 wild birds in the eastern experimental population of whooping cranes centered around Necedah NWR in central Wisconsin. Twen= ty hatch year birds are in training to follow the ultralight airplanes to their Florida wintering grounds (see Operation Migration website) while= 4 other juveniles birds are scheduled for a soft-release program into sma= ll groups of adults which have already made the round-trip to Florida. Tw= o pairs bred this year in Central Wisconsin but, as is typical of first-y= ear birds, they didn't do well and failed to guard the nest and predators likely stole the egg(s?) in the first day or two after laying. Usually= such birds do better the second time around so we have our fingers cros= sed for next year. The ultralight birds are scheduled to depart Necedah on= 10 October but I suspect weather may delay that for a few days. One bird= circumnavigated the Adirondacks (VT, NY) after losing the way in spring= migration and was last seen in wild country in western NY in early Augu= st. Hopefully he'll show up in migration this fall. Three of the wild birds= are at an undisclosed location in Morrison County, Minnesota since mid-Augu= st. The coming cold weather may cause these birds to start moving around an= d thinking migration. Small groups of whoopers occasionally join staging= Sandhill Cranes as a preliminary to fall migration. Perhaps the Morris= on County birds will join up withsandhills at Sherburne NWR or other stagi= ng site. Adult cranes tend to migrate individually or in small family gro= ups so if you see 15 white birds with black wing tips you've probably spott= ed pelicans or may need to replace those Tascos with a better brand of bin= s. Observers in southeastern and central Minnesota should keep their eyes = open the next few weeks as other birds may wander in from Wisconsin. Report = any sightings to Richard Urbanek, USFWS, at 612/804-0959. The fall ultrali= ght migration can be tracked (once it begins) on www.bringbackthecranes.org= . Bob Russell, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, MN= --0__=09BBFA02DFCA03368f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA02DFCA0336 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline

There are now 42 wild birds in the eastern experimental population o= f whooping cranes centered around Necedah NWR in central Wisconsin. Tw= enty hatch year birds are in training to follow the ultralight airplane= s to their Florida wintering grounds (see Operation Migration website) = while 4 other juveniles birds are scheduled for a soft-release program = into small groups of adults which have already made the round-trip to F= lorida. Two pairs bred this year in Central Wisconsin but, as is typic= al of first-year birds, they didn't do well and failed to guard the nes= t and predators likely stole the egg(s?) in the first day or two after = laying. Usually such birds do better the second time around so we have= our fingers crossed for next year. The ultralight birds are scheduled= to depart Necedah on 10 October but I suspect weather may delay that f= or a few days. One bird circumnavigated the Adirondacks (VT, NY) afte= r losing the way in spring migration and was last seen in wild country = in western NY in early August. Hopefully he'll show up in migration th= is fall. Three of the wild birds are at an undisclosed location in Morr= ison County, Minnesota since mid-August. The coming cold weather may c= ause these birds to start moving around and thinking migration. Small = groups of whoopers occasionally join staging Sandhill Cranes as a preli= minary to fall migration. Perhaps the Morrison County birds will join = up withsandhills at Sherburne NWR or other staging site. Adult cranes = tend to migrate individually or in small family groups so if you see 15= white birds with black wing tips you've probably spotted pelicans or m= ay need to replace those Tascos with a better brand of bins. Observers= in southeastern and central Minnesota should keep their eyes open the = next few weeks as other birds may wander in from Wisconsin. Report any = sightings to Richard Urbanek, USFWS, at 612/804-0959. The fall ultralight migration can be t= racked (once it begins) on www.bringbackthecranes.org. Bob Russell, US= Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, MN= --0__=09BBFA02DFCA03368f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA02DFCA0336-- From sue@boreal.org Wed Oct 5 19:48:04 2005 From: sue@boreal.org (Sue McDonnell) Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:48:04 -0500 Subject: [mou] Grand Marais Autumn Migration Festival Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20051005134650.0329ceb8@mail.boreal.org> What birds will be found this year? The Grand Marais Autumn Migration Festival is October 28, 29, & 30 this year. Morning field trip options are offered which travel the Lake Superior shore from Grand Marais to Grand Portage, Grand Marais to Tofte, and Grand Marais itself. Expert leaders include David Benson, Bob Janssen, Dedrick Benz, John Hockema, Jerry Bronkoski, and Ann Russ. Evening speakers this year are Howard Sivertson, Grand Marais artist presenting "Art and History," and Jim Fitzpatrick presenting "In Search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker." To view the entire festival schedule, go to www.grandmarais.com/birding (printable registration form available). For a brochure, including registration materials, email info@northhouse.org, or by mail, North House Folk School, PO Box 759, Grand Marais, MN 55604, or telephone: 1-888-387-9762. The festival is sponsored by the non-profits Grand Marais Area Tourism Association and North House Folk School. Contributing organizations include Cook County Community Education, the Minnesota Ornithologists Union (MOU), and the US Department of Agriculture, Superior National Forest. ~Sue McDonnell Grand Marais, MN From geraldwozniak@hibbing.edu Wed Oct 5 20:04:51 2005 From: geraldwozniak@hibbing.edu (Gerald Wozniak) Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:04:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Birding South Florida at Christmas. Message-ID: I am going on the MOU list serve to see if there is any interest in = putting together a birding trip to South Florida over the Christmas break. = My open dates are Dec. 23rd to January 8th. I noticed that both WINGS and VENT offer trips to S. Florida in mid-January= . Their itineraries can be viewed on their respective websites, so you = might want to check these out to see exactly where they go. (www.wingsbird= s.com & www.ventbird.com Contacting birders in the area for suggested = itineraries, also, would be done, especially in regard to key spots to go. I would like to assume that the area will be safe from hurricanes and/or = any other potential natural disasters. And, maybe, this would not be the = best time to go. =20 If interested, please contact me-- Jerry Wozniak 900 8th Ave NW Chisholm, MN 55719 1-218-254-5284 geraldwozniak@hibbing.edu=20 From david@cahlander.com Wed Oct 5 21:31:51 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:31:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Red Phalarope on Recently Seen Message-ID: <001e01c5c9eb$d46c6be0$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C5C9C1.E8519920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C5C9C1.E8519920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C5C9C1.E8519920-- From reforest@wiktel.com Wed Oct 5 21:49:43 2005 From: reforest@wiktel.com (Tom Crumpton) Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:49:43 -0500 Subject: [mou] Evening grosbeaks/eagle dance Message-ID: <43443C67.1000308@wiktel.com> With the change in the weather the evening grosbeak numbers at my feeder (canadian border Koochiching County) today are now in the 30 range. As a sidelight note, I had the opportunity to watch a couple eagles grasp talons and do a triple somersault on saturday from close range while fishing. A real treat. On the 3 mile boat ride to the "fishing hole" saw 20+ bald eagles. Tom Crumpton From thisisus@usfamily.net Wed Oct 5 21:53:03 2005 From: thisisus@usfamily.net (mike b) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:53:03 -0500 Subject: [mou] NEW EMAIL Message-ID: <001d01c5c9ee$c9a01c40$ce70adce@hewlettz2wf5fi> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C5C9C4.DEB4C8D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable NEW EMAIL ADDRESS for MIKE BUTTERFIELD mike_kb0to@yahoo.com thank you MIke Butterfield MOU lifembr --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C5C9C4.DEB4C8D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C5C9C4.DEB4C8D0-- From two-jays@att.net Wed Oct 5 22:11:30 2005 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:11:30 -0500 Subject: [mou] Birder-to-birder Katrina relief Message-ID: <998FD56C-35E4-11DA-B19D-000D934C33C2@att.net> Is the MOU involved in any of this? Are we helping? Jim Williams Wayzata Begin forwarded message: From: foodrev@aol.com Date: October 5, 2005 12:51:59 PM CDT To: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com Subject: [sd-birds] Birder-to-birder Katrina relief Dear SDOU birders: Van Remsen of LSU and the man coordinating a relief effort to benfit the birders of MS/LA that were wiped out by Katrina/Rita, has sent the following: <<>> I don't think we can help with the lost research (or perhaps we could find a way?) but if the group is willing to sponsor Jennifer, I will contact her and ask what her immediate birding needs are. Other major organizations are providing life-sustaining assiatance. Our goal would be to bring a bit of joy back to her life via our mutual love of birds. As some of you know, Swallow-tailed Kite is my favorite bird--perhaps why Van sent this to me. For those who have never seen one fly--boy, do you have a treat in store. I will not contact either Van or Jennifer until the group speaks. Groups from Oregon, Florida, South Carolina, Ohio and Iowa have already adopted wiped-out birders. Perhaps others I am not aware of. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/sBYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: sd-birds-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From thisisus@usfamily.net Wed Oct 5 22:21:18 2005 From: thisisus@usfamily.net (mike b) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:21:18 -0500 Subject: [mou] NEW EMAIL References: <001d01c5c9ee$c9a01c40$ce70adce@hewlettz2wf5fi> Message-ID: <001d01c5c9f2$bb8129c0$ce70adce@hewlettz2wf5fi> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C9C8.D0B2D430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: mike b=20 To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: [mou] NEW EMAIL NEW EMAIL ADDRESS for MIKE BUTTERFIELD mike_kb0to@yahoo.com USE NOW! thank you MIke Butterfield MOU lifembr --- USFamily.Net - $8.25/mo! -- Highspeed - $19.99/mo! --- --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C9C8.D0B2D430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C9C8.D0B2D430-- From dbmartin@skypoint.com Thu Oct 6 00:38:02 2005 From: dbmartin@skypoint.com (Dennis/Barbara Martin) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:38:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth sightings Message-ID: <016001c5ca05$d75d7280$aa2e56c7@oemcomputer> Tried to bird in the Duluth area for the past couple of days. Rain certainly does get in the way. The ball fields at Park Point were seriously flooded. Water was even covering part of the road in that area but that will clear up very soon. On Tuesday morning between the rain storms we had golden and black-bellied plovers, pectoral sandpipers, Sanderlings, and a couple of Dunlin for the shorebird list, and a juvenile Thayers Gull and many Bonaparte's among the many herring and ring-billeds for the gull list. On the lake side a jaeger came directly in on us. It came so fast and since it was coming directly at us we did a poor job of figuring out what kind of jaeger. It was over the trees of Park Point and out of sight before we could catch our breath so it will stay as a species sighting. What seemed like 30 mile an hour tail winds can certainly make these guys fly fast. With our hotel having a fire on Tues afternoon (water shorted out the electricity) and out new hotel losing its electricity, along with the entire London Rd. area, on Wednesday morning we decided it was time to leave Duluth early and come home before anything else happened. The birding was probably pretty good after the rain ended this PM since we were gone. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmartin@skypoint.com From MMARTELL@audubon.org Thu Oct 6 17:07:17 2005 From: MMARTELL@audubon.org (MARTELL, Mark) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:07:17 -0400 Subject: [mou] photos needed Message-ID: If anyone has photos of the following species and would allow Audubon MN = to use them it would be greatly appreciated. Whooping Crane Pileated Woodpecker Golden-winged Warbler Canvasback Henslow's Sparrow It might be best to communicate directly with me rather than reply to = the listserve. thanks Mark Martell Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Minnesota 2357 Ventura Drive #106 St. Paul, MN 55125 651-739-9332 651-731-1330 (FAX) From thisisus@usfamily.net Thu Oct 6 21:13:43 2005 From: thisisus@usfamily.net (thisisus@usfamily.net) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:13:43 -0500 Subject: [mou] EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE Message-ID: <20051006151343.8buqghn1r4os0oos@webmail.usfamily.net> PLEASE NOTE! NEW EMAIL URL was - thisisus@usfamily.net NEW - mike_kb0to@yahoo.com thanks Mike B LM From cfagyal@avianphotos.org Thu Oct 6 23:03:51 2005 From: cfagyal@avianphotos.org (Chris Fagyal) Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:03:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? Message-ID: <43459F47.1060504@avianphotos.org> All, I just spied a juvenile Eastern Bluebird in my backyard sitting in my Mountain Ash. Isn't it a bit late for it to be hanging around? Chris From earlorf@uslink.net Thu Oct 6 23:16:41 2005 From: earlorf@uslink.net (Earl Orf) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:16:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? In-Reply-To: <43459F47.1060504@avianphotos.org> Message-ID: <000001c5cac3$a37a4560$8326ad42@TOSHIBAEARL> I saw lots of bluebirds up here in Grand Rapids (Itasca County) last = weekend so it's probably not unreasonable to see them in the Twin Cities area. Earl Orf web site www.earlorfphotos.com =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On = Behalf Of Chris Fagyal Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 5:04 PM To: 'MN Ornithologist Union Listserve'; mnbird@lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? All, I just spied a juvenile Eastern Bluebird in my backyard sitting in my=20 Mountain Ash. Isn't it a bit late for it to be hanging around? Chris _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From Terry.Brown@roch.edu Fri Oct 7 01:14:54 2005 From: Terry.Brown@roch.edu (Terry Brown) Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:14:54 -0500 Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? Message-ID: I have been hearing them dinging around my pasture quite a bit lately. (Olmsted County) >>> "Earl Orf" 10/6/2005 5:16:41 PM >>> I saw lots of bluebirds up here in Grand Rapids (Itasca County) last weekend so it's probably not unreasonable to see them in the Twin Cities area. Earl Orf web site www.earlorfphotos.com -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Fagyal Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 5:04 PM To: 'MN Ornithologist Union Listserve'; mnbird@lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? All, I just spied a juvenile Eastern Bluebird in my backyard sitting in my Mountain Ash. Isn't it a bit late for it to be hanging around? Chris _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From Terry.Brown@roch.edu Fri Oct 7 01:21:58 2005 From: Terry.Brown@roch.edu (Terry Brown) Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:21:58 -0500 Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? Message-ID: Oops, they have been dinging around, to, probably, but I meant singing! From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Oct 7 01:48:22 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:48:22 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, October 7, 2005 Message-ID: <000a01c5cad8$d830ca30$f3b391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C5CAAE.EF5AC230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 7, 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. The wind has a whole new sound up here in the northwest, as many of the leaves were blown off the trees in the storm system that dropped several inches of snow in the northern part of the area and much rain further south. Birds should be fewer, but easier to see now on bare branches. As of October 2, from Kittson County, Larry Wilebski continued to report WILD TURKEY, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and DARK-EYED JUNCO from his area near Lancaster . Pat DeWenter, in Beltrami County, had five FOX SPARROWS, and more than 100 DARK-EYED JUNCOS in the yard on October 5. Here in Pennington County on October 3, Shelley Steva reported seeing a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE looking out of place on an overhead wire 2 miles south of the intersection of CR 3 and CR 5 southeast of Thief River Falls. On October 2, I heard what could only have been a flock of CACKLING GEESE flying over about 11 pm. In the yard on October 4, there was a large mixed flock of AMERICAN ROBINS and DARK-EYED JUNCOS feeding on the ground as well as gleaning the last of the mountain ash berries from our trees. Ben Fritchman, birding in Clay County on October 1 , reported LEAST SANDPIPER , ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and HARRIS'S SPARROW near Hawley. Around the Moorhead wastewater treatment ponds he counted 329 CACKLING GEESE among the many CANADA GEESE there. If you want to add this species to your life lists, now is the time to look for them as they move south for the winter. Thanks to Shelley Steva, Ben Fritchman, Larry Wilebski, 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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References: <43459F47.1060504@avianphotos.org> Message-ID: <001a01c5cae7$11c386d0$7bf5be43@Weston72505> Hi Chris, et al. I have been seeing them around still in good numbers. They are late fall and early spring migrants. they typically are still around into November and stragglers, especially in the south, are found into December. I remember a couple of years ago about a half dozen were found along the Minnesota River just before Christmas on the Bloomington count. I also remember sighting one on January 1st down in Wabasha county. I don't think we counted it because we could not eliminate the possibility that it was might have been a Townsends Solitair. They usually start arriving back in with warm weather in March, although historically they use to be seen in February. I believe that my earliest sighting was about March 1st on an unseasonably warm day near Miesville. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Fagyal" To: "'MN Ornithologist Union Listserve'" ; Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 5:03 PM Subject: [mou] Late Eastern Bluebird? > All, > > I just spied a juvenile Eastern Bluebird in my backyard sitting in my > Mountain Ash. Isn't it a bit late for it to be hanging around? > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Oct 7 04:01:49 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:01:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 10/6/05 Message-ID: <43459ECD.10479.A7C92@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 6th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A juvenile RED PHALAROPE and two juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen on the MOU pelagic trip on October 1st, about a mile and a half out from Park Point on Lake Superior. The group also saw a SHORT-EARED OWL near the Superior Entry flying towards downtown Duluth. Peder Svingen found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR at Park Point on September 30th near the Sky Harbor airport. Denny and Barb Martin found a juvenile THAYER'S GULL in the flooded ball fields at the Park Point recreational area on the 4th, and it was seen again this morning. Kim Eckert found two adult Thayer's Gulls here on the 5th. DUNLIN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were also seen here on the 4th and 5th. Al and Nathan Schirmacher found a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 1st. They also saw SNOW BUNTINGS on Park Point and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Stoney Point. Jan Green found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Stoney Point on the 3rd. The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the season was seen at Hawk Ridge on September 30th. A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen four miles north of Two Harbors on the 1st. AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were seen at several spots along the North Shore today. A very late EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was found today at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors and a VESPER SPARROW was seen at Agate Bay. At least 141 CACKLING GEESE and one SNOW GOOSE were seen yesterday and today at the Two Harbors golf course. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 13th. 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 Oct 7 04:38:29 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:38:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 6 October 2005 Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1-25254248 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 6th. A juvenile RED PHALAROPE and two juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen on =20= the MOU pelagic trip on October 1st, about a mile and a half out from =20= Park Point on Lake Superior. Also on Park Point, Denny and Barb =20 Martin reported a juvenile THAYER'S GULL in the flooded ball fields =20 at the recreational area on the 4th, and Kim Eckert found two adult =20 Thayer's Gulls here on the 5th, and Peder Svingen found a SMITH'S =20 LONGSPUR near the Sky Harbor airport on September 30th. Elsewhere, in Apple Valley, Dakota County, Tom Bloom saw a flock of =20 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the 4th. Also on the 4th, Chris Benson reported a SHORT-EARED OWL at Joyce =20 Park in southeastern Rochester, Olmsted County. Two more Short-eared =20 Owls were at Carlos Avery WMA in Anoka County on the 6th, just west =20 of pool number 5. Peder Svingen reported a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on October 2nd, along U.S. =20= Highway 71 just north of Wadena County Road 13. And Tom Lewanski found an early TOWNSEND=92S SOLITAIRE on September =20 29th at a prairie remnant in Marshan Township in Dakota County. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 13th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1-25254248 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252

This is the = Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October = 6th.=A0


A = juvenile RED = PHALAROPE and two juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen on the MOU pelagic = trip on October 1st, about a mile and a half out from Park Point on Lake = Superior.=A0 Also on Park Point, Denny and Barb Martin reported a = juvenile THAYER'S = GULL in the flooded ball fields at the recreational area on = the 4th, and Kim Eckert found two adult Thayer's Gulls = here on the 5th, and Peder Svingen found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR = near the Sky Harbor airport on September 30th.


GREATER = WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the 4th.

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Also on the 4th, = Chris Benson reported a SHORT-EARED OWL at Joyce Park in = southeastern Rochester, Olmsted County. Two more Short-eared = Owls were at Carlos Avery WMA in Anoka County on the 6th, = just west of pool number 5.


Peder = Svingen reported a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on October 2nd, along = U.S. Highway 71 just north of Wadena County Road 13.


And Tom Lewanski found an early TOWNSEND=92S = SOLITAIRE on September 29th at a prairie remnant in Marshan = Township in Dakota County.=A0


The = next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October = 13th.


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Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

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= --Apple-Mail-1-25254248-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Oct 7 18:24:57 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:24:57 -0500 Subject: [mou] Swainson's, Sherburne County Message-ID: <001d01c5cb64$0a544470$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Swainson's Hawk, Thursday 10/6, 4:40 PM, Sherburne CR2 (both circling & gradually heading south) - pleasant surprise as I left work. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From BXWilliams@CBBURNET.COM Fri Oct 7 22:08:36 2005 From: BXWilliams@CBBURNET.COM (Williams, Bob) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:08:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] 3 Winter Wrens at Ritter Farm Park, Dakota County Message-ID: Went to Ritter Farm Park in Dakota County for 3 hours in the middle of the day. There were lots of birds including 3 Winter Wrens(2 by picnic shelter #2 and 1 by picnic shelter #3) and 6 species of warbler. Bob Williams, Bloomington=20 From mthomasauer@gmail.com Sat Oct 8 03:59:45 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 21:59:45 -0500 Subject: [mou] Late Notice: One Spot on Tomorrow's Pelagic! Message-ID: ------=_Part_2591_26615888.1128740385027 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I just received word of a late cancel on tomorrow's Lake Superior Pelagic. If you are interested in taking the spot, send me an email before 11PM tonight! Thanks! Tom Auer -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_2591_26615888.1128740385027 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I just received word of a late cancel on tomorrow's Lake Superior Pelagic.<= br>
If you are interested in taking the spot, send me an email before 11PM toni= ght!

Thanks!
Tom Auer

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I found a great shorebird spot in LeSueur = County early this =0A= morning where I had great looks at:
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It is just west of Hwy 13 on Co. Rd. = 140 which is a =0A= couple of miles south of Montgomery.  It is where you turn for = Greenleaf =0A= Lake.  Be aware that it is also being staked out by duck = hunters.  =0A= Fortunately there was nothing for them to shoot at while I was =0A= there.
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I also had Winter Wrens in 3 different locations in LeSueur County: = Richter =0A= Woods County Park(just west of Montgomery off Co. Rd. 26), Lake = Washington =0A= County Park(SE of Kasota off Co. Rd. 103 east of Co. Rd. 19) and = Limberdink =0A= Rd.(also SE of Kasota off Co. Rd. 19 but about a mile south of Co. Rd. =0A= 103).
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------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CC54.CFEA8ED5-- From deut0039@umn.edu Sun Oct 9 01:01:36 2005 From: deut0039@umn.edu (Dan Deutsch) Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:01:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Snow Geese Message-ID: <43485DE0.30608@umn.edu> Does anyone know when the best time for viewing snow geese in Minnesota would be or even some good locations for viewing? Thanks Dan Deutsch From tpulles@gbronline.com Sun Oct 9 01:27:18 2005 From: tpulles@gbronline.com (tpulles@gbronline.com) Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:27:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] Elm Creek Park Birds Message-ID: <434863e6.33c.ac4.1283@GBRonline.com> My mom and I took a nice walk at Elm Creek Park Reserve today. The better birds included - Hermit Thrush - 5 Winter Wren - 1 Fox Sparrow - 4-5 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 The Franklin's gulls are migrating over my yard in good numbers now Good birding everyone! Keith Pulles, Wright County From crossbill7200@yahoo.com Sun Oct 9 02:49:45 2005 From: crossbill7200@yahoo.com (Shelley Steva) Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Trip to Detroit Lakes Message-ID: <20051009014945.26062.qmail@web31010.mail.mud.yahoo.com> A trip down to Detroit Lakes from Thief River brought the following birds: A peregrine falcon just south of Mahnomen by their airport; A Swainson's hawk just north of Waubun in Mahnomen Co; And there were Cackling Geese in two locations- at Hamden Slough and also just north of Mahnomen in a field with many other Canada Geese. Bisson Lake just west of Callaway was dried up and only contained two kiildeer! Shelley Steva Pennington Co. __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ From tpulles@gbronline.com Sun Oct 9 01:27:18 2005 From: tpulles@gbronline.com (tpulles@gbronline.com) Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:27:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] [mnbird] Elm Creek Park Birds Message-ID: <434863e6.33c.ac4.1283@GBRonline.com> My mom and I took a nice walk at Elm Creek Park Reserve today. The better birds included - Hermit Thrush - 5 Winter Wren - 1 Fox Sparrow - 4-5 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 The Franklin's gulls are migrating over my yard in good numbers now Good birding everyone! Keith Pulles, Wright County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird@lists.mnbird.net http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Oct 9 13:49:35 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 07:49:35 -0500 Subject: [mou] Mille Lacs Message-ID: <000901c5cccf$e7efdbc0$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Nathan & I worked the west side of Mille Lacs Lake, also stopped at Kathio & Hennepin yesterday morning. Rather quiet overall, a Red-necked Grebe (among the Horneds) and Harris' Sparrow were of note. Only saw 10 Common Loons along the lake, imagine they'll be coming en masse shortly (hopefully bringing cousins!). Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From mthomasauer@gmail.com Sun Oct 9 15:22:03 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:22:03 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Field Trip Report: Pelagic #2 Message-ID: ------=_Part_13495_19302952.1128867723016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Following a "century" storm in the Duluth area, with high winds and torrential rains, 26 hopeful MOU members boarded the LL Smith Jr in search of something blown in by the weather. Unfortunately, it appears that the storm blew everything OUT of the area. Waterfowl were mostly absent from th= e trip, but gulls were in high abundance. A bounty of popcorn (thanks Shawn! and everyone) allowed us to keep a constant and steady flock of gulls behin= d us the whole while. This provided us with out best birds of the day, in the form of a 1st winter THAYER'S GULL and nice looks at BONAPARTE'S GULL. The one exciting waterfowl of the trip, was a well behaved BLACK SCOTER seen nicely in the harbor, as the trip was ending. Despite a lack of activity, the weather was quite pleasant and the trip was picturesque. Thanks to Captain Dan Rau, my co-leaders: Mike Hendrickson, Bob Dunlap, and Kim Eckert. And thanks to everyone who came! Pictures will eventually make it to my website. Tom Auer MOU Field Trip Chairman -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_13495_19302952.1128867723016 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Following a "century" storm in the Duluth area, with high winds a= nd torrential rains, 26 hopeful MOU members boarded the LL Smith Jr in search of something blown in by the weather. Unfortunately, it appears that the storm blew everything OUT of the area. Waterfowl were mostly absent from the trip, but gulls were in high abundance. A bounty of popcorn (thanks Shawn! and everyone) allowed us to keep a constant and steady flock of gulls behind us the whole while. This provided us with out best birds of the day, in the form of a 1st winter THAYER'S GULL and nice looks at BONAPARTE'S GULL. The one exciting waterfowl of the trip, was a well behaved BLACK SCOTER seen nicely in the harbor, as the trip was ending. Despite a lack of activity, the weather was quite pleasant and the trip was picturesque.

Thanks to Captain Dan Rau, my co-leaders: Mike Hendrickson, Bob Dunlap, and Kim Eckert. And thanks to everyone who came! Pictures will eventually make it to my website.

Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman

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www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_13495_19302952.1128867723016-- From mthomasauer@gmail.com Sun Oct 9 15:29:50 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:29:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Field Trip - The North Shore - October 15-16 Message-ID: ------=_Part_13599_2610590.1128868190097 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I also wanted to put a plug out for the next MOU Field trip, which is October 15-16. We're going to bird the North Shore, starting in Duluth on Saturday, working our way to Grand Marais, where we'll stay that night. After birding the Grand Marais area on Sunday, we'll head back towards Duluth. There haven't been many reports from the area recently, so we have lots of potential to discover something rare of our own! The trip has a goo= d chance of seeing Loons, Scoters, Cackling Geese, a multitude of migrants an= d whatever else decides to show up. The co-leaders are going to be Bob Dunlap= , a young Minnesota birding phenom, currently going to school at Gustavus Adolphus, and Kim Risen, leader of Wild Horizons and long-time Minnesota birding swami. If you're interested in the trip, please email soon. Thanks! Tom Auer MOU Field Trip Chairman -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_13599_2610590.1128868190097 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I also wanted to put a plug out for the next MOU Field trip, which is October 15-16. We're going to bird the North Shore, starting in Duluth on Saturday, working our way to Grand Marais, where we'll stay that night. After birding the Grand Marais area on Sunday, we'll head back towards Duluth. There haven't been many reports from the area recently, so we have lots of potential to discover something rare of our own! The trip has a good chance of seeing Loons, Scoters, Cackling Geese, a multitude of migrants and whatever else decides to show up. The co-leaders are going to be Bob Dunlap, a young Minnesota birding phenom, currently going to school at Gustavus Adolphus, and Kim Risen, leader of Wild Horizons and long-time Minnesota birding swami. If you're interested in the trip, please email soon.

Thanks!
Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman

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www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_13599_2610590.1128868190097-- From markfalcon@comcast.net Sun Oct 9 18:22:46 2005 From: markfalcon@comcast.net (markfalcon@comcast.net) Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 17:22:46 +0000 Subject: [mou] Duluth Pelagic (long) Message-ID: <100920051722.23535.434951E5000A874800005BEF220922462702010C040E00059D0E03@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23535_1128878566_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I took part in the Duluth Pelagic the MOU organized on Saturday. Captain Dan Rau is an avid birder, knows the waters the birds that frequent them, and when there is something different. He is known for finding the state's last record of Ivory Gull. Tom Auer did a fine job of setting this up and corraling us into the boat. $20 is cheap for this experience, the best money I have spent on birding in many years. There are three areas of the boat to view from, the bow, the stern and the upper deck. I spent the 4 hours up top, which gave me a great advantage to see clearly into distant waters. In my mind's eye fueled by a passion for Melville, it could have been Sperm Whales rather than seagulls I was spying for this day. While Cap'n Dan's tug missed some of the sleekness and grandeur of a Tall Ship, it serves well for tooling around the harbor. I settled into the upper deck fro the trip. With Kim Eckert, Peder Svingen, Kim Risen, Jim Mattson and Mike Hendrickson aboard, we were well supported, but they were all on the lower deck, so I saw my opportunity to make my mark in the birding world by calling out discoveries to the wonder and dismay of all aboard. MOURC would probably go back through their records and reconsider the records not accepted I had submitted, what an opportunity! I searched the 50 or so Ring-billed Gulls that lagged behind the boat as Mike tossed scoops of popcorn overboard. Juveniles are mottled brown over tan with a dark terminal band on their tail. 1st winter birds showing a grey back with the juvenile pattern still lingering on the wing feathers not molted yet; 2nd winter birds showing virtually no white mirrors on the black primaries- the wing looking to have been "dipped deeper" in blackness, covering more of the wing. As we left the vertical bridge area, we were enveloped in silty runoff contrasting against the blue-green clearness of Superior, the current was as red as a Georgia back road, and ran visibly out for more than a mile before it dissipated. The Nemadji River colored the harbor out for a distance of at least 5 miles, (how far we went this day), and not a single diving bird was seen until t eh very end fo the trip, when we passed a Black Scoter. 2 miles out, we began to see more Herring Gulls. Chumming with popcorn gave us good looks at most birds, as when they wheel to land they fan out their wings and tail for great views. Several Bonaparte's joined in, their flight pattern so much swifter, lighter, and more buoyant than their larger cousins. Three or four times I would run to the stern and yell to Mike and tell him I saw a flock of gulls in the distance, he was always on them before I told him, and would say "7 Bonaparte's". he was right, of course.These guys are good. An imm ature bird dropped in from a position behind us and wheeled to drop and feed. I saw the even -colored scalloping of the wings and tail with no dark contrasts like the Herrings we had been seeing, and I managed to get out "ooh! ooh!" when Peder shouted out "Thayers" and pointed up. Those birders next to me reassured me that they took my unintelligible utterings to be proof positive that I had also concluded it to be a first winter Larus thayeri, that I had already done all mental processes required to ensure it was not Glaucus or Iceland, and that I was positive of my convictions. They thanked me for my contributions. I did get to call out a sighting later, when as we rounded Minnesota point and the engine slowed to a creep, we passed every gull along a steel pier from about 50 feet in good light at eye level. I spotted an adult Herring Gull with a large unseemly black patch covering roughly a quarter of the bird's head behind its eye. I yelled very loudly, " a black headed Herring Gull", to which twelve people said "what?" I then pointed out the bird and it turned put my ID was correct. As we passed by the spot later, someone yelled, "Hey, Mark, see any more melanistic Herring Gulls?" Since the spot was only on the left side of the bird's head, perhaps it was oil, a colored extension, or maybe a tattoo. Someone suggested it might be a kippered Herring Gull. That would explain the oil, I guess. Next year, the MOU needs to do this more often. Kudos to Tom Auer for setting this into action, and thanks to all that made this a great day! Good Birding. Mark Alt Brooklyn Center, MN --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23535_1128878566_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I took part in the Duluth Pelagic the MOU organized on Saturday. Captain Dan Rau is an avid birder, knows the waters the birds that frequent them, and when there is something different. He  is known for finding the state's last record of Ivory Gull.
Tom Auer did a fine job of setting this up and corraling us into the boat. $20 is cheap for this experience, the best money I have spent on birding in many years. There are three areas of the boat to view from, the bow, the stern and the upper deck.  I spent the 4 hours up top, which gave me a great advantage to see clearly into distant waters. In my mind's eye fueled by a passion for Melville, it could have been Sperm Whales rather than seagulls I was spying for this day. While Cap'n Dan's tug missed some of the sleekness and  grandeur of a Tall Ship, it serves well for tooling around the harbor. 
 I settled into the upper deck fro the trip. With Kim Eckert, Peder Svingen, Kim Risen, Jim Mattson and Mike Hendrickson aboard, we were well supported, but they were all on the lower deck, so I saw my opportunity to make my mark in the birding world by calling out discoveries to the wonder and dismay of all aboard.  MOURC would probably go back through their records and reconsider the records not accepted I had submitted, what an opportunity! 
I searched  the 50 or so Ring-billed Gulls that lagged behind the boat as Mike tossed scoops of popcorn overboard.   Juveniles are mottled brown over tan with a dark  terminal band on their  tail. 1st winter birds showing a grey back with the juvenile pattern still lingering on the wing feathers not molted yet; 2nd winter birds showing virtually no white mirrors on the black primaries- the wing looking to have been "dipped deeper" in blackness, covering more of the wing. 
As we left the vertical bridge area, we were enveloped in silty runoff contrasting against the blue-green clearness of Superior, the current was as red as a Georgia back road, and ran visibly out for more than a mile before it dissipated. The Nemadji River colored the harbor out for a distance of at least 5 miles, (how far we went this day), and not a single diving bird was seen until t eh very end fo the trip, when we passed a Black Scoter. 2 miles out, we began to see more Herring Gulls. Chumming with popcorn gave us good looks at most birds, as when they wheel to land they fan out their wings and tail for great views. Several Bonaparte's joined in, their flight pattern so much swifter, lighter, and more buoyant than their larger cousins.  Three or four times I would run to the stern and yell to Mike and tell him I saw a flock of gulls in the distance, he was always on them before I told him, and would say "7 Bonaparte's". he was right, of course.These g uys are good. An immature bird dropped in from a position behind us and wheeled to drop and feed. I saw the even -colored scalloping of the wings and tail with no dark contrasts like the Herrings we had been seeing, and I managed to get out "ooh! ooh!" when Peder shouted out "Thayers" and pointed up. Those birders next to me reassured me that they took my unintelligible utterings to be proof positive that I had also concluded it to be a first winter Larus thayeri, that I had already done all mental processes required to ensure it was not Glaucus or Iceland, and that I was positive of my convictions. They thanked me for my contributions.  I did get to call out a sighting later, when as we rounded Minnesota point and the engine slowed to a creep, we passed every gull along a steel pier from about 50 feet in good light at eye level. I spotted an adult Herring Gull with a large unseemly black patch covering roughly a quarter of the bird's head behind its eye. I yelled very loudly, " a black headed Herring Gull", to which twelve people said "what?"   I then pointed out the bird and it turned put my ID was correct. As we passed by the spot later, someone yelled, "Hey, Mark, see any more melanistic Herring Gulls?" Since the spot was only on the left side of the bird's head, perhaps it was oil, a  colored extension, or maybe a tattoo. Someone suggested it might be a kippered Herring Gull. That would explain the oil, I guess. Next year, the MOU needs to do this more often. Kudos to Tom Auer for setting this into action, and thanks to all that made this a great day!  Good Birding.
 
Mark Alt
Brooklyn Center, MN
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23535_1128878566_0-- From connybrunell@earthlink.net Sun Oct 9 19:26:37 2005 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 13:26:37 -0500 Subject: [mou] A Four Wren Morning at Wood Lake, Hennepin Co. Message-ID: <380-220051009182637807@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_745211921016182637807 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII We are so lucky to be living in a State with 4 distinct seasons, and the opportunity to enjoy the varied variety of birds as one season merges into the next. This morning at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County it was cool in the low 40's, and a beautiful sunny, calm, brisk morning, and I enjoyed the pleasure of seeing and hearing 4 different Wrens. There were several Winter Wrens, and a single Marsh, House, and Carolina Wren who continues to still be sporadically singing and seen. There were numerous Orange-crowned, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, and dwindling numbers of Nashville, Tennessee, and Common Yellowthroats. Sparrows seen were a nice mix of White-crowned, Harris's, Swamp, Lincoln's, Song, White-throated, Chipping, Clay-colored, Dark-eyed Junco, and the cheery whistles of the Fox Sparrows all over the park. Both Kinglets, and the quiet presence of the Hermit Thrush's along the trails, and a "10" point Buck who stuck his head up from the marsh when I pished at a sparrow. All in all it was a great morning to be out in the park walking still enjoying the music of many singing birds! Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_745211921016182637807 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
We are so lucky to be living in a State with 4 distinct seasons, and the opportunity to enjoy the varied variety of birds as one season merges into the next.  This morning at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County it was cool in the low 40's, and a beautiful sunny, calm, brisk morning, and I enjoyed the pleasure of seeing and hearing 4 different Wrens.  There were several Winter Wrens, and a single Marsh, House, and Carolina Wren who continues to still be sporadically singing and seen.
 
There were numerous Orange-crowned, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, and dwindling numbers of Nashville, Tennessee, and Common Yellowthroats.  Sparrows seen were a nice mix of White-crowned, Harris's, Swamp, Lincoln's, Song, White-throated, Chipping, Clay-colored, Dark-eyed Junco, and the cheery whistles of the Fox Sparrows all over the park.  Both Kinglets, and the quiet presence of the Hermit Thrush's along the trails, and a "10" point Buck who stuck his head up from the marsh when I pished at a sparrow.  All in all it was a great morning to be out in the park walking still enjoying the music of many singing birds!
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
------=_NextPart_745211921016182637807-- From DryCementMixer@aol.com Sun Oct 9 21:57:57 2005 From: DryCementMixer@aol.com (DryCementMixer@aol.com) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:57:57 EDT Subject: [mou] clay colored robin in Winona!!! Message-ID: <206.b25c4d1.307ade55@aol.com> --part1_206.b25c4d1.307ade55_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HI from Winona\ I just had this huge clay colored robin at my bird feeder and my bird book say s it is a clay colored robin from Mexico a rare bird even in Texas Has anyone else seen it Carolyn --part1_206.b25c4d1.307ade55_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HI from Winona\
I just had this huge clay colored robin at my bird feeder and my bird book=20= say s it is a clay colored robin from Mexico a rare bird even in Texas Has a= nyone else seen it
Carolyn --part1_206.b25c4d1.307ade55_boundary-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Mon Oct 10 01:05:00 2005 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:05:00 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sibley, Renville, Meeker, and McLeod Counties today Message-ID: <20051009190500.066ezfl5jebog8g4@webmail-1.gac.edu> John Hockema, Ben Fritchman, and I birded the above counties today. Our significant sightings included: -Le Conte's Sparrows in Sibley, Renville, and McLeod Counties. with at least 8 birds at the Schaefer Prairie in McLeod County -- this was one of 13 species of sparrow we found today -YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in Sibley County on 266th St. just north of Hwy. 19 - this bird came out of a farm field and flew right in front of the car, then flew out of sight - this has to be one of the later records for this species in MN -shorebird spot in Renville County - there is a flooded field on the west side of 540th St. south of Boon Lake - 7 species present including Long-billed Dowitchers; both Yellowlegs; Least, Pectoral, and White-rumped Sanpipers; and a single American Golden-Plover Good birding everyone! Bob Dunlap, Nicolett County From smithville4@charter.net Mon Oct 10 02:55:50 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 20:55:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Photo of the MOU 10/8 boat trip & Misc. announcements Message-ID: <001201c5cd3d$be1b5a90$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C5CD13.D49C1A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello: Well I just added a photo album with all the photos I took on the Oct. = 8th MOU boat trip. These photos are mostly people pictures of those = that went but not all who were on the boat. I was to busy tossing = popcorn. I did manage to get a few photos of birders you might heard of. = Oh, please read the captions of the pictures to get some giggles. Overall it was a fun boat trip! Is the MOU field trips planning on = doing this again next year you may ask yourself? YES, in fact I was = talking to my friend Mark Alt and we talked about organizing 4 boat = trips on Lake Superior. Tom or I are planning on organizing a Spring = boat trip and 3 Fall boat trips. We talked to Dan Rau and I expressed = to him I would like to do one trip on the first weekend in June and 2 in = September and one in October. Dan teaches at UWS and its hard for him = to get away in May. So if all everything goes as plan Tom & I would like = to be on the LLSmith at the height of the Red-Throated Loon migration, = Terns and towards the end on the Bonaparte's Gulls. ( Little Gulls, = Artic Terns, Jaeger species are all possible) Tom/I & the MOU will = announce these trips in January or February. Captain Dan Rau is happy to = take birders out on the LL Smith and appreciates the business he is = getting from us birders!=20 Mark Alt, the MOU president had a great time on the LL Smith and he = feels these boat trips should be a annual event for MOU birders and = there are talks to get the WSO birders involved as well. =20 I would also be interested to know if there are any good size boats with = operators willing to take out birders to view gulls, loons and other = waterfowl on Mille Lacs Lake in Aitkin County. If you know of someone = please contact me at the email address below. IF I get appointed as MOU Field Trip Chairman, I would like to organize = some dragonfly/bird field trips and my co-leader will be John Arthur of = Minneapolis and I also would like to do a butterfly/bird field trip in = the Twin Cities area as well. If you or if you know anyone that has = experience with Minn. butterflies and would like to co-lead with me on a = summer trip please email at the address below. These trips will = concentrate both on birds, butterflies and dragonflies. =20 * The reason I say Tom Auer and I are planning MOU boat trips is I do = not want Tom to leave Minnesota when he graduates this Dec at UMD. I am = hoping he finds a niche here in Duluth! Tom did such a GREAT job with = these boat trips and I thank him for doing this. I would like to see Tom = and I run MOU field trips together in 2006 - ? Wishful thinking on my = part. So click on my website address (below) to view the photos. Click on = "photos" on the main page of the website. Please also read the captions = as well for some giggles. Email address is smithville4@charter.net Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C5CD13.D49C1A40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello:
 
Well I just added a photo = album with all=20 the photos I took on the Oct. 8th MOU boat trip.  These photos are = mostly=20 people pictures of those that went but not all who were on the boat. I = was to=20 busy tossing popcorn. I did manage to get a few photos of birders you = might=20 heard of. Oh, please read the captions of the pictures to get some=20 giggles.
 
Overall it was a fun boat = trip!  Is=20 the MOU field trips planning on doing this again next year you may ask=20 yourself?  YES, in fact I was talking to my friend Mark Alt and=20 we talked about organizing 4 boat trips on Lake Superior. Tom = or I are=20 planning on organizing a Spring boat trip and 3 Fall boat = trips.  We=20 talked to Dan Rau and I expressed to him I would like to do one trip on = the=20 first weekend in June and 2 in September and one in October.  Dan = teaches=20 at UWS and its hard for him to get away in May. So if all everything = goes as=20 plan Tom & I would like to be on the LLSmith at the height = of the=20 Red-Throated Loon migration, Terns and towards the end on the = Bonaparte's=20 Gulls. ( Little Gulls, Artic Terns, Jaeger species are all=20 possible) Tom/I & the MOU will announce these trips in January = or=20 February. Captain Dan Rau is happy to take birders = out on=20 the LL Smith and appreciates the business he is getting from us=20 birders! 
 
 Mark Alt,  the MOU = president  had a great time on the LL Smith and he feels = these=20 boat trips should be a annual event for MOU birders and there are talks = to get=20 the WSO birders involved as well. 
 
I would also be interested to = know if=20 there are any good size boats with operators willing to take out birders = to view=20 gulls, loons and other waterfowl on Mille Lacs Lake in Aitkin County. =  If=20 you know of someone please contact me at the email address = below.
 
IF I get appointed as MOU = Field Trip=20 Chairman, I would like to organize some dragonfly/bird field = trips and=20 my co-leader will be John Arthur of Minneapolis and I also would like to = do a=20 butterfly/bird field trip in the Twin Cities area as well. If you or if = you know=20 anyone that has experience with Minn. butterflies and would like to = co-lead with=20 me on a summer trip please email at the address below.  These trips = will=20 concentrate both on birds, butterflies and dragonflies.  =
 
* The reason I say Tom Auer = and I=20 are planning MOU boat trips is I do not want Tom to leave = Minnesota when he graduates this Dec at UMD. I am hoping he finds a = niche here=20 in Duluth! Tom did such a GREAT job with these boat trips and = I thank=20 him for doing this. I would like to see Tom and I run MOU field trips = together=20 in 2006 - ? Wishful thinking on my part.
 
So click on my website = address (below)=20 to view the photos. Click on "photos" on the main page of the = website.=20 Please also read the captions as well for some giggles.
 
Email address is smithville4@charter.net
 
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C5CD13.D49C1A40-- From psvingen@d.umn.edu Mon Oct 10 05:12:45 2005 From: psvingen@d.umn.edu (Peder Svingen) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 23:12:45 -0500 Subject: [mou] shorebirds and ibis Message-ID: <1C347EEA-3944-11DA-8FB8-000D93521292@d.umn.edu> Phil Chu and I surveyed Big Stone and Lac Qui Parle County, and one site in Yellow Medicine County (Lanners WMA, NE of St. Leo) today for shorebirds. The grand total was a modest 661 for the three counties, but variety (16 species) was good for early October. Most noteworthy were an American Avocet at Salt Lake, a total of 6 White-rumped Sandpipers in 3 locations, and a juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher found by Phil along Big Stone CR 54, 1.2 mi W of CR 61. The latter tied the 2nd latest date for the state (exceeded only by one seen 12 October 2004 in Big Stone County). I also found a juvenile Plegadis ibis along Big Stone CR 64, 1.7 mi W of CR 67 (this location is just NE of Ortonville). -- Peder H. Svingen--psvingen@d.umn.edu--Duluth, MN From kimrisen@lcp2.net Mon Oct 10 15:12:17 2005 From: kimrisen@lcp2.net (Cindy Risen) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:12:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Field Trip - The North Shore - October 15-16 Message-ID: <380-2200510110141217921@lcp2.net> Hello All! I just want to echo Tom's call for birders for this weekend's jaunt along the scenic Northshore=2E The middle of October has been a traditional weekend for rarities--the adventures of one such weekend can be found in an old copy of 'The Loon' under the title 'The Ides of October'=2E Find it it's great reading=2E Searching for birds in all the nooks and crannies while enjoying our time with other birders--it just doesn't get any better than that! I hope to see you there! You can email your attendance to Tom and he and I would be happy to answer any questions you might have=2E See you on Saturday=2E Until then=2E=2E=2EGood Birding! Kim Risen Tamarack, MN > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: mthomasauer@gmail=2Ecom >To: mou-net@cbs=2Eumn=2Eedu >Subject: RE: [mou] MOU Field Trip - The North Shore - October 15-16 >Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:29:50 -0500 > >>I also wanted to put a plug out for the next MOU Field trip, which >is >>October 15-16=2E We're going to bird the North Shore, starting in >Duluth on >>Saturday, working our way to Grand Marais, where we'll stay that >night=2E >>After birding the Grand Marais area on Sunday, we'll head back >towards >>Duluth=2E There haven't been many reports from the area recently, so >we have >>lots of potential to discover something rare of our own! The trip >has a good >>chance of seeing Loons, Scoters, Cackling Geese, a multitude of >migrants and >>whatever else decides to show up=2E The co-leaders are going to be Bob >Dunlap, >>a young Minnesota birding phenom, currently going to school at >Gustavus >>Adolphus, and Kim Risen, leader of Wild Horizons and long-time >Minnesota >>birding swami=2E If you're interested in the trip, please email soon=2E >> >>Thanks! >>Tom Auer >>MOU Field Trip Chairman >> >>-- >>www=2Ed=2Eumn=2Eedu/~auer0009 From kimrisen@lcp2.net Mon Oct 10 15:12:32 2005 From: kimrisen@lcp2.net (Cindy Risen) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:12:32 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Field Trip - The North Shore - October 15-16 Message-ID: <380-220051011014123293@lcp2.net> Hello All! I just want to echo Tom's call for birders for this weekend's jaunt along the scenic Northshore=2E The middle of October has been a traditional weekend for rarities--the adventures of one such weekend can be found in an old copy of 'The Loon' under the title 'The Ides of October'=2E Find it it's great reading=2E Searching for birds in all the nooks and crannies while enjoying our time with other birders--it just doesn't get any better than that! I hope to see you there! You can email your attendance to Tom and he and I would be happy to answer any questions you might have=2E See you on Saturday=2E Until then=2E=2E=2EGood Birding! Kim Risen Tamarack, MN > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: mthomasauer@gmail=2Ecom >To: mou-net@cbs=2Eumn=2Eedu >Subject: RE: [mou] MOU Field Trip - The North Shore - October 15-16 >Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:29:50 -0500 > >>I also wanted to put a plug out for the next MOU Field trip, which >is >>October 15-16=2E We're going to bird the North Shore, starting in >Duluth on >>Saturday, working our way to Grand Marais, where we'll stay that >night=2E >>After birding the Grand Marais area on Sunday, we'll head back >towards >>Duluth=2E There haven't been many reports from the area recently, so >we have >>lots of potential to discover something rare of our own! The trip >has a good >>chance of seeing Loons, Scoters, Cackling Geese, a multitude of >migrants and >>whatever else decides to show up=2E The co-leaders are going to be Bob >Dunlap, >>a young Minnesota birding phenom, currently going to school at >Gustavus >>Adolphus, and Kim Risen, leader of Wild Horizons and long-time >Minnesota >>birding swami=2E If you're interested in the trip, please email soon=2E >> >>Thanks! >>Tom Auer >>MOU Field Trip Chairman >> >>-- >>www=2Ed=2Eumn=2Eedu/~auer0009 From Chris Benson" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0597_01C5CD8A.D31CFB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While getting the mail at the post office this morning I noticed a dead Rock Pigeon on the sidewalk. Everyone else ignored it or moved to the other side of the sidewalk. Being a birder I went right over to it, looked at it quick and then looked up. And there was the expected Peregrine Falcon, perched 10 stories up on the neighboring high-rise on a balcony sleeping in the sun. I moved the pigeon to a quieter spot in case the falcon was still hungry. Chris Benson Rochester, MN ------=_NextPart_000_0597_01C5CD8A.D31CFB40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
While getting the mail at the post = office this=20 morning I noticed
a dead Rock Pigeon on the = sidewalk.
Everyone else ignored it or moved to = the other side=20 of the sidewalk.
Being a birder I went right over to it, = looked at=20 it quick
and then looked up.
And there was the expected Peregrine = Falcon,=20 perched
10 stories up on the neighboring = high-rise on a=20 balcony
sleeping in the sun.
 
I moved the pigeon to a quieter spot in = case the=20 falcon
was still hungry.
 
Chris Benson
Rochester, = MN
------=_NextPart_000_0597_01C5CD8A.D31CFB40-- From JulianSellers@msn.com Mon Oct 10 17:15:32 2005 From: JulianSellers@msn.com (Julian Sellers) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:15:32 -0500 Subject: [mou] Fw: birding trip to Hawk Ridge Message-ID: Is anyone able to take a Hungarian visitor to Hawk Ridge this week? Please reply to the Cc address. Julian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Agi Kiss" To: Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: birding trip to Hawk Ridge > > Hello, > I`d kie to ask your help. I`m a Hungarian birder and I spend a few > days in Minneapolis visiting my sister I will be here till 16 October. I > read and heared many interesting things about raptor migration at Hawk > Ridge. I would gladly spend a day or so by visiting this unique place. I > would be happy to join someone going to this place this week, preferably > by > car. > I`d be very grateful if you could help me to find a fellow birder who I > could accompany or suggest any other way to visit this place. Of course I > would contribute to the travelling costs. > Thanks for your help in advance: > > Zsolt , Kiss Dr. > > > > From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Mon Oct 10 18:39:43 2005 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:39:43 -0500 Subject: [mou] FW: Florida new yard birds Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CDC1.99579403 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My good friends bob and Lucy Duncan just sent me an email I want to share, they got two new yard birds in Gulf Breeze, Fl, the island between Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, FL. I believe their yard list is second only to Paul Lehman's in the US. Wilson's Storm Petrel and Brown Noddy! An interesting note is that he has yet to see a Black Vulture from his property, they do not fly over open water, I guess. 6 miles away they are common. Good birding. =20 ________________________________ From: Lucy and Bob Duncan [mailto:town_point@bellsouth.net]=20 Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:23 AM To: Alt, Mark Subject: Re: Duluth Pelagic (long) =20 A pelagic on the Great Lakes! Never thought of that. Cindy brought us a Band-rumped SP and Katrina lots of Sooties and Bridled Terns plus two new yard birds, Wilson's SP and Brown Noddy! Yard birds with class! Wind was offshore here at home so we set up scopes during the gales and had fun. No damage to home this round. Let us know when you come down. Bob ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CDC1.99579403 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My good friends bob and Lucy Duncan = just sent me an email I want to share, they got two new yard birds in Gulf = Breeze, Fl, the island between Pensacola and = Pensacola Beach, FL. I believe their yard list is second only to Paul Lehman’s in the = US. = Wilson’s = Storm Petrel and Brown Noddy!  An interesting note is that he has yet to = see a Black Vulture from his property, they do not fly over open water, I = guess. 6 miles away they are common. Good birding.

 

From: Lucy = and Bob Duncan [mailto:town_point@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday, October 10, = 2005 11:23 AM
To: Alt, Mark
Subject: Re: Duluth Pelagic = (long)

 

A pelagic on the Great = Lakes! Never thought of that. Cindy brought us a Band-rumped SP and Katrina = lots of Sooties and Bridled Terns plus two new yard birds, Wilson's SP and Brown = Noddy! Yard birds with class! Wind was offshore here at home so we set up = scopes during the gales and had fun. No damage to home this round. Let us know = when you come down. Bob

------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CDC1.99579403-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Mon Oct 10 19:55:12 2005 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:55:12 -0500 Subject: [mou] Ross's Goose - Dakota Co. Message-ID: <410-2200510110185512618@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 10/10;05 10:00am Akron and 36th, NW corner in corn stubble Ross's Goose - 1 adult w/ 500 Canada Geese Also, many dozens of American Pipits (30 bathing at one time at water's edge) at Jirik Sod Farms on east side of Blaine Ave. Jim Eagan ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

10/10;05
10:00am
Akron and 36th, NW corner in corn stubble
 
Ross's Goose - 1 adult w/ 500 Canada Geese
Also, many dozens of American Pipits (30 bathing at one time at water's edge) at Jirik Sod Farms on east side of Blaine Ave.
 
Jim
Eagan
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Mon Oct 10 22:49:33 2005 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:49:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] ROGO correction Message-ID: <410-2200510110214933711@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The Ross's Goose I reported earlier today was actually at 135th St. W. and Akron, not 36th. This is NE of Rosemount. Thanks, Mark Ochs, you sharp-eyed devil. Jim ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

The Ross's Goose I reported earlier today was actually at 135th St. W. and Akron, not 36th. This is NE of Rosemount. Thanks, Mark Ochs, you sharp-eyed devil.
 
Jim
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From birdnird@yahoo.com Tue Oct 11 02:33:54 2005 From: birdnird@yahoo.com (Terence Brashear) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] An image I had to share In-Reply-To: <410-2200510110214933711@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20051011013354.5674.qmail@web32604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I have spent the last couple of late afternoons at Woodlake Nature Center and captured an image I had to share. I was setup on an Orange-crowned Warbler feeding when another joined it. I fired off 5 quick frames. I got home and took a look and thought to myself, this looks like one of the warbler plates from Audubon's drawings: http://www.naturepixels.com/images/two_warblers_audubon.jpg Regards, Terry Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ From connybrunell@earthlink.net Tue Oct 11 03:04:33 2005 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:04:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Lesser Black-backed Gull on Lake Calhoun, Hennepin Co. Message-ID: <380-22005102112433542@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_264231111204362433542 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This evening I was at Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, Hennepin County from 5:20-6:20pm and observed a winter adult Lesser Black-backed Gull during this time frame. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_264231111204362433542 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
This evening I was at Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, Hennepin County from 5:20-6:20pm and observed a winter adult Lesser Black-backed Gull during this time frame. 
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
 
------=_NextPart_264231111204362433542-- From writers2@comcast.net Tue Oct 11 15:50:12 2005 From: writers2@comcast.net (Val/Roger) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:50:12 -0500 Subject: [mou] FW: [HUMNET-L] Possible Costa's Hummingbird in Manhattan, Kansas In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Interesting report out of Kansas. Val Cunningham St. Paul, Minn. ---------- From: Troy Gordon Reply-To: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:02:16 -0500 To: HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Subject: [HUMNET-L] Possible Costa's Hummingbird in Manhattan, Kansas There is a hummingbird coming to a feeder in Manhattan, Kansas that has been tentatively identified as a Costa's. A few photos are at: http://ksbirds.org/gallery/cohumc_2005.htm. The discussion on the Kansas Listserve is at: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/KANS.html. If confirmed (and people are leaning toward it), this would be the third state record. Does anyone want to look at the photos and offer opinions? Troy Gordon Columbia, MO From danerika@gmail.com Tue Oct 11 18:48:37 2005 From: danerika@gmail.com (dan&erika) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:48:37 -0500 Subject: [mou] Re: [mnbird] FW: [HUMNET-L] Possible Costa's Hummingbird in Manhattan, Kansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7d37af720510111048k6da2deb2t@mail.gmail.com> ------=_Part_18043_4543200.1129052917804 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline South Dakota added Costa's Hummingbird to its state list this fall. The bir= d remained several weeks in the Black Hills and many photos were taken. dan tallman 2005/10/11, Val/Roger : > > Interesting report out of Kansas. > Val Cunningham > St. Paul, Minn. > ---------- > From: Troy Gordon > Reply-To: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast > > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:02:16 -0500 > To: HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU > Subject: [HUMNET-L] Possible Costa's Hummingbird in Manhattan, Kansas > > There is a hummingbird coming to a feeder in Manhattan, Kansas that has > been > tentatively identified as a Costa's. A few photos are at: > http://ksbirds.org/gallery/cohumc_2005.htm. The discussion on the Kansas > Listserve is at: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/KANS.html. > > If confirmed (and people are leaning toward it), this would be the third > state record. > > Does anyone want to look at the photos and offer opinions? > > Troy Gordon > Columbia, MO > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > -- Dan or Erika Tallman danerika@gmail.com Box 740, Northern State University, Aberdeen SD 57401 ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ------=_Part_18043_4543200.1129052917804 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
South Dakota added Costa's Hummingbird to its state list this fall.&nb= sp; The bird remained several weeks in the Black Hills and many photos were= taken.
 
dan tallman

 
2005/10/11, Val/Roger <writers2@comcast.net>:
Interesting report out of Kansas= .
Val Cunningham
St. Paul, Minn.
----------
From: Troy Gordon &= lt; tgordon@FRIENDSOFBIGMUDDY.= ORG>
Reply-To: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the = Southeast
<HUMNET-L@LIST= SERV.LSU.EDU >
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:02:16 -0500
To: HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [HUMNE= T-L] Possible Costa's Hummingbird in Manhattan, Kansas

There is a hu= mmingbird coming to a feeder in Manhattan, Kansas that has been
tentatively identified as a Costa's.  A few photos are at:http://ksbirds.org/= gallery/cohumc_2005.htm.  The discussion on the Kansas
Lis= tserve is at: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/KANS.html.

If confirmed= (and people are leaning toward it), this would be the third
state recor= d.

Does anyone want to look at the photos and offer opinions?

Troy Gordon
Columbia, MO

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".... the best shod travel with wet feet"
"Bewar= e of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau
------=_Part_18043_4543200.1129052917804-- From Robert_Russell@fws.gov Tue Oct 11 18:49:41 2005 From: Robert_Russell@fws.gov (Robert_Russell@fws.gov) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:49:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] whoopers depart Morrison County site Message-ID: --0__=09BBFA04DFCDB8E68f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA04DFCDB8E6 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The 3 adult Whooping Cranes that spent the late summer near the Rum Riv= er in southeastern Morrison County were last recorded on 7 October 2005. Assistance in tracking these cranes from Midwestern birders is requeste= d. Please report any sightings to crane biologist Richard Urbanek, U.S. Fi= sh and Wildlife Service, cell phone 612-804-0959, office# 608-565-6140. Although the birds do have radio collars and are color-banded, aerial surveys may not be available in the short term to track these 3 birds s= o your assistance is requested. Lots of white pelicans moving now so use= caution in IDing such birds in flight. Wood Buffalo--Aransas NWR birds= are also on the move with the first unconfirmed report of an early bird arriving at Aransas coming in this week. The recent heavy fall snows in= western North Dakota along their main route might cause these birds to = move further to the east. Bob Russell, USFWS, Ft. Snelling, MN.= --0__=09BBFA04DFCDB8E68f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA04DFCDB8E6 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline

The 3 adult Whooping Cranes that spent the late summer near the Rum = River in southeastern Morrison County were last recorded on 7 October 2= 005. Assistance in tracking these cranes from Midwestern birders is r= equested. Please report any sightings to crane biologist Richard Urban= ek, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cell phone 612-804-0959, office# 60= 8-565-6140. Although the birds do have radio collars and are color-ba= nded, aerial surveys may not be available in the short term to track th= ese 3 birds so your assistance is requested. Lots of white pelicans mo= ving now so use caution in IDing such birds in flight. Wood Buffalo--A= ransas NWR birds are also on the move with the first unconfirmed report= of an early bird arriving at Aransas coming in this week. The recent h= eavy fall snows in western North Dakota along their main route might ca= use these birds to move further to the east. Bob Russell, USFWS, Ft. S= nelling, MN.= --0__=09BBFA04DFCDB8E68f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA04DFCDB8E6-- From robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu Tue Oct 11 19:30:57 2005 From: robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu (robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:30:57 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [mou] Clay County Carolina Wren Message-ID: <49198.69.92.231.136.1129055457.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hi, A beautifully marked Carolina Wren put in a short appearance in my back yard at noon today (October 11th). I've looked for it since then without success, but I'll put out word if it shows up again. Bob O'Connor Moorhead From dlpwaters@charter.net Tue Oct 11 22:54:55 2005 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:54:55 -0500 Subject: [mou] Hawk Ridge: Snow Buntings & upcoming programs Message-ID: Hi folks, We saw our first SNOW BUNTINGS this morning, flying past the main overlook at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. We've got a bunch of upcoming programs--free, open to the public, and they meet at the main overlook at Hawk Ridge. They're listed below, and more detail is contained on our website: www.hawkridge.org Happy hawkwatching! Debbie UPCOMING PROGRAMS Friday (October 21) 11:00 a.m. Hawk Ridge History 1:00 p.m. Eyes on the Sky for Small Fry! Saturday (October 22) 10:00 a.m. Hawk Ridge for Teachers 11:00 a.m. Raptors: Spirituality & Mythology 11:00 a.m. Owls, Owls, Everywhere! 12:00 noon Incredible Migrations 1:00 p.m. Eyes on the Sky for Small Fry! Sunday (October 23) 10:00 a.m. Hawk Ridge for Teachers 11:00 a.m. Winter Bird Survival 11:00 a.m. Eyes on the Skies 12:00 noon Raptors: Spirituality & Mythology __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "I am a predator. I hunt for knowledge!" --4th grader, Northern Lights Elementary "Migration--it's a family tradition!" --4th grader, Great Lakes Elementary -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/128 - Release Date: 10/10/2005 From spgej0@comcast.net Wed Oct 12 02:23:12 2005 From: spgej0@comcast.net (spgej0@comcast.net) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:23:12 +0000 Subject: [mou] Wigeons in Burnsville Message-ID: <101220050123.11796.434C657F000D4BE300002E142205886360CFCFCF9D0A030A@comcast.net> Sunday afternoon we spotted a couple dozen wigeons in a pond just northeast of Black Dog Lake. The pond is on the east side of the Black Dog Road down below the Cedar Ave (Hwy 77) bridge. I am a novice birder but am convinced that about 20 of these birds were Eurasian Wigeons. The yellow strip on the crown was very distinguished. I also noted a large green ear patch on some of the birds. Could it be that we were seeing a group of American and Eurasian Wigeons together? Some of the information I've come across leads me to believe the Eurasians are not very common here - or there may be a single Eurasian with a group of Americans. Can anyone help verify the likelihood that there maybe a dozen of each? We watched them dabbling for quite awhile but never saw them fly. Thanks for any ideas. Gary From rongreen@charter.net Wed Oct 12 11:56:35 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:56:35 -0500 Subject: [mou] Eastern Meadowlark, Swans, Sandhills, Coots, Shoveler, etc Message-ID: <007701c5cf1b$9d3db220$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01C5CEF1.B41B5EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable New images from my last visit to Crex Meadows and last weeks trip to = Trempealeau Wildlife Refure. Any feedback would be most welcome, = especially any corrections on naming. I try to be accurate and verify = before posting but sometimes I miss ID. Thanks and enjoy. The images are = in the New Images album in two albums called Trempealeau New and Crex = Meadows New. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01C5CEF1.B41B5EE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

New images from my last visit to Crex = Meadows and=20 last weeks trip to Trempealeau Wildlife Refure. Any feedback would be = most=20 welcome, especially any corrections on naming. I try to be accurate and = verify=20 before posting but sometimes I miss ID. Thanks and enjoy. The images are = in the=20 New Images album in two albums called Trempealeau New and Crex Meadows=20 New.
Ron Green
http://w= ww.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage
 ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01C5CEF1.B41B5EE0-- From PClements@CivilActionGroup.com Wed Oct 12 17:19:56 2005 From: PClements@CivilActionGroup.com (Patrick Clements) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:19:56 -0500 Subject: [mou] Hennepin County - Eden Prarrie - Possible Albino Red-tailed Hawk Message-ID: <80CECE99631E4C4EAF7A1022B81E5C333F68A3@merlin.CivilActionGroup.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CF48.C8F65F88 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: October 12, 2005 Time: 10:15 - 10:45 AM Location: Anderson Lakes - Eden Prairie - 78th and Prarrie Center Drive. Observers: Don Carroll (Finder) and Pat Clements Notes: The bird was originally found by Don Carroll on the east side of Prarrie Center Drive across the street from the US Bank building. Don originally thought the bird was a small white Egret when he was driving by and then saw that it was a raptor of some kind. After parking in the US Bank building parking lot Don called me and I arrived a few minutes later and the bird had moved off to the south east. We moved to the east on 78th street and went into the GE Leasing parking lot and relocated the bird on the south side of the lake where we both watched if for about 15 minutes. It was actively moving from tree to tree searching the ground and bulrushes for pray. Last seen moving to the east in the trees that are near the lakeside. The last tree we saw it approach it disturbed another hawk that was roosting on the branch it wanted to land on and chased the other hawk away. Physical Description: Close (50 yards) perched observations by Don are as follows: Red-tailed Hawk in size, while roosting it was all white and no observable markings on the body and no red observed in the tail, light yellow bill and feet, with a dark colored eye. Physical Description: Long range and in flight - we both observed dark markings near, but not at, the ends of the wings. These dark markings were seen on both the top an underside of the white wings. Again no observable color or marking were seen in either the body or on the tail. The tail shape was not Kite-like, but was consistent with a hawk. The wing shape was also not Kite-like or Falcon-like, but was consistent with a Buteo type hawk. The hunting style seemed consistent with a Red-tailed Hawk.=20 Yours in birding ... Pat and Don ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CF48.C8F65F88 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hennepin County - Eden Prarrie - Possible Albino Red-tailed Hawk =

Date: October 12, 2005

Time: 10:15 - 10:45 AM

Location: Anderson Lakes - Eden Prairie = - 78th and Prarrie Center Drive.

Observers: Don Carroll (Finder) and Pat = Clements

Notes: The bird was originally found by = Don Carroll on the east side of Prarrie Center Drive across the street = from the US Bank building. Don originally thought the bird was a small = white Egret when he was driving by and then saw that it was a raptor of = some kind. After parking in the US Bank building parking lot Don called = me and I arrived a few minutes later and the bird had moved off to the = south east. We moved to the east on 78th street and went into the GE = Leasing parking lot and relocated the bird on the south side of the lake = where we both watched if for about 15 minutes. It was actively moving = from tree to tree searching the ground and bulrushes for pray. Last seen = moving to the east in the trees that are near the lakeside. The last = tree we saw it approach it disturbed another hawk that was roosting on = the branch it wanted to land on and chased the other hawk = away.

Physical Description: Close (50 yards) = perched observations by Don are as follows: Red-tailed Hawk in size, = while roosting it was all white and no observable markings on the body = and no red observed in the tail, light yellow bill and feet, with a dark = colored eye.

Physical Description: Long range and in = flight - we both observed dark markings near, but not at, the ends of = the wings. These dark markings were seen on both the top an underside of = the white wings. Again no observable color or marking were seen in = either the body or on the tail. The tail shape was not Kite-like, but = was consistent with a hawk. The wing shape was also not Kite-like or = Falcon-like, but was consistent with a Buteo type hawk.  The = hunting style seemed consistent with a Red-tailed Hawk.


Yours in birding … Pat and = Don

------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CF48.C8F65F88-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Wed Oct 12 18:56:20 2005 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:56:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Mucho pipits Message-ID: <410-2200510312175620152@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Oct 12, 2005 11:30am Jirik Sod Farms, west side of Blaine Ave., Dakota Co. I counted a minimum of 400 American Pipits on the ground at one time in just this one field. Every possible plumage variation seemed represented ranging from almost no streaking on breast to heavy bold, black streaking. Some even showed a tinge of pinkish to the othewise dark legs. And yes, I did look them over for a possible Sprague's. This may be the highest count for the eastern portion of Minnesota. Also present in the remaining puddles in this field were 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers. Jim Eagan ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

Oct 12, 2005
11:30am
Jirik Sod Farms, west side of Blaine Ave., Dakota Co.
 
I counted a minimum of 400 American Pipits on the ground at one time in just this one field. Every possible plumage variation seemed represented ranging from almost no streaking on breast to heavy bold, black streaking. Some even showed a tinge of pinkish to the othewise dark legs. And yes, I did look them over for a possible Sprague's. This may be the highest count for the eastern portion of Minnesota.  Also present in the remaining puddles in this field were 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers.
 
Jim
Eagan
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From smithville4@charter.net Thu Oct 13 04:24:17 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:24:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] Thayer's Gull & Saw Whet Owl Message-ID: <000801c5cfa5$988bcf20$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5CF7B.AF34FE60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was up in Knife River today and found a adult Thayer's Gull at the = mouth of the Knife River mixed in with some Herring Gulls. Last Sunday around 5pm I was building a wood rack behind my garage for = my lumber. While building this rack I kept hearing some definite calls = or partial song of a Northern Saw -Whet Owl. I kept telling my self nah = thinking it was something coming off Grand Ave or on the Munger Trail. = So I took a break to listen to this owl. What was neat about the calls = was at times the calls/partial song sounded about 200 yards away and = then as if the owl turned his head towards me and song was much closer. = I knew it had to be a owl. So I went up to the trail and found no kids = making owl type whistles, no cars making Saw- Whet Owl calls or = whistles, in fact there was no one around not even a Starling. The owl = stopped for awhile and then called again till around dusk. At night I = went back to listen and I heard nothing. I have no idea if Northern Saw = -Whets will sing a partial song near dusk or not but I do know from what = I heard in my back yard, it definitely was a Northern Saw Whet Owl. The = owl would belt out 3-4 short short whistle type notes. Stop and do about = 6-8 more then do about 3-4 then give a longer song. The song was = abbreviated version of a full Saw Whet song. In the spring they seen to = go on forever but this was a short series of calls. Anyway I thought this was odd and behind my yard I have a mix = aspen/ash/spruce woods. Mike Hendrickson Duluth Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5CF7B.AF34FE60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I was up in Knife River today = and found a=20 adult Thayer's Gull at the mouth of the Knife River mixed in with some = Herring=20 Gulls.
 
 Last Sunday around 5pm = I was=20 building a wood rack behind my garage for my lumber.  While = building this=20 rack I kept hearing some definite calls or partial song of a Northern = Saw -Whet=20 Owl. I kept telling my self nah thinking it was something coming off = Grand Ave=20 or on the Munger Trail.  So I took a break to listen to this = owl. =20 What was neat about the calls was at times the calls/partial song = sounded about=20 200 yards away and then as if the owl turned his head towards me and = song was=20 much closer.  I knew it had to be a owl. So I went up to the trail = and=20 found no kids making owl type whistles, no cars making Saw- Whet Owl = calls or=20 whistles, in fact there was no one around not even a Starling.  The = owl=20 stopped for awhile and then called again till around dusk. At = night I went=20 back to listen and I heard nothing.  I have no idea if Northern Saw = -Whets=20 will sing a partial song near dusk or not but I do know from what I = heard in my=20 back yard, it definitely was a Northern Saw Whet Owl.  The owl = would=20 belt out 3-4 short short whistle type notes. Stop and do about 6-8 more = then do=20 about 3-4 then give a longer song.  The song was abbreviated = version of a=20 full Saw Whet song.  In the spring they seen to go on forever but = this was=20 a short series of calls.
 
Anyway I thought this was odd = and behind=20 my yard I have a mix aspen/ash/spruce woods.
 
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota=20 Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5CF7B.AF34FE60-- From esteb02@frontiernet.net Thu Oct 13 16:43:18 2005 From: esteb02@frontiernet.net (esteb02@frontiernet.net) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:43:18 +0000 Subject: [mou] Birders United In-Reply-To: <43459F47.1060504@avianphotos.org> References: <43459F47.1060504@avianphotos.org> Message-ID: <20051013154318.ztsak6fty00kwwko@webmail.frontiernet.net> Someone sent the following link to me, so I thought I'd post it here for people to comment on if they wish. For the record, I'm not advocating this in anyway, nor advocating any particular political party or agenda (I generally try to stay out of discussions regarding politics and religion), but since this may be of some interest to birders, I thought I'd throw it out there. Especially since there had been some previous discussion on this list referring to such an idea. http://www.birdersunited.com/ Steve Estebo Lakeville From dlpwaters@charter.net Thu Oct 13 23:57:39 2005 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:57:39 -0500 Subject: [mou] Hawk Ridge: partial albino Turkey Vulture & GREAT raptor forecast! Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C5D01F.9A2D97D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ... ‘Tis the season for BIG birds: Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Goshawks, Bald Eagles, and Golden Eagles. The RED-TAILED HAWK push of adults is imminent; ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS have begun to move, and we’re seeing all adults so far, with the typical 20% dark morph component. There is still no real movement of NORTHERN GOSHAWKS to speak of, although 2 adults flew past on Monday. We still haven’t seen a day over six. Good numbers of eagles—in fact, on Saturday we had more BALD EAGLES fly past than any other species! … The counters saw an interesting bird recently—a partial albino TURKEY VULTURE! This bird had no tail, had a white “collar” and a few white upper wing coverts. Ryan noted how strange it was to see the talons sticking out behind the bird, where you would normally see a tail. The Turkey Vulture flight this year was less than spectacular, with only around 1,000 birds for the season. … As usual, we rely on the weather forecasters for our flight predictions. Blame them, not us! Friday is supposed to be partly cloudy; SW winds 10-20 mph turning to W in the afternoon. For Saturday they’re predicting NW winds to 10 mph and sun. Sunday is supposed to be partly cloudy with winds out of the E. What does all this mean? If the weather prediction is right, we could be in for a GREAT day on SATURDAY, and maybe even Sunday morning. I’m excited! If you want to know what’s happening, give us a call at the Ridge: 218.428.6209. For the rest of the Hawk Ridge NEWS, including more information on the passerine flight, OWLS, and the upcoming programs, visit our website: http://www.hawkridge.org/about/news.html Thanks! Debbie __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "I am a predator. I hunt for knowledge!" --4th grader, Northern Lights Elementary "Migration--it's a family tradition!" --4th grader, Great Lakes Elementary -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/131 - Release Date: 10/12/2005 ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C5D01F.9A2D97D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
... =91Tis the season for BIG = birds:=20 Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Goshawks, Bald Eagles, = and Golden=20 Eagles.  The RED-TAILED = HAWK push of=20 adults is imminent; ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS have begun to move, and we=92re = seeing all=20 adults so far, with the typical 20% dark morph component.  There is still no real = movement of=20 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS to speak of, although 2 adults flew past on = Monday.  We still haven=92t seen a day = over=20 six.  Good numbers of = eagles=97in=20 fact, on Saturday we had more BALD EAGLES fly past than any other=20 species!

 

=85 The counters saw an interesting bird = recently=97a=20 partial albino TURKEY VULTURE!  = This=20 bird had no tail, had a white =93collar=94 and a few white upper wing = coverts.  Ryan noted how strange it was = to see the=20 talons sticking out behind the bird, where you would normally see a = tail.  The Turkey Vulture flight this = year was=20 less than spectacular, with only around 1,000 birds for the season. 

 

=85 As usual, we rely on the weather = forecasters for=20 our flight predictions.  = Blame them,=20 not us!  Friday is = supposed to=20 be partly cloudy; SW winds 10-20 mph turning to W in the afternoon.  For Saturday they=92re = predicting NW winds=20 to 10 mph and sun.  Sunday = is=20 supposed to be partly cloudy with winds out of the E.  What does all this mean?  If the weather prediction is = right, we=20 could be in for a GREAT day on SATURDAY, and maybe even Sunday = morning.  I=92m excited!  If you want to know what=92s = happening,=20 give us a call at the Ridge: 218.428.6209. 

 

For the rest of the Hawk Ridge NEWS, = including more=20 information on the passerine flight, OWLS, and the upcoming programs, = visit our=20 website: http://www.hawkridge.or= g/about/news.html

 

Thanks!

Debbie

__________________________________
Debbie Waters, Education=20 Director
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory
P.O. Box 3006
Duluth, MN=20 55803-3006
(218)=20 428-6209
dwaters@hawkridge.org
www.hawkridge.org

"I am a=20 predator.  I hunt for knowledge!"  --4th grader, Northern = Lights=20 Elementary

"Migration--it's a family tradition!"  --4th = grader,=20 Great Lakes=20 Elementary

= ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C5D01F.9A2D97D0-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Oct 14 01:49:37 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:49:37 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 13 October 2005 Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1-619922464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 13th. On October 9th, Peder Svingen reported a juvenile IBIS just northeast of Ortonville, along Big Stone County Road 64, one and three quarter miles west of county road 67. On the same day, Phil Chu found a late AMERICAN AVOCET at Salt Lake in Lac Qui Parle County. On the 10th, Jim Mattsson found a ROSS'S GOOSE in a corn field near Akron and 135th in northern Dakota County. He also counted a minimum of 400 AMERICAN PIPITS on the 12th at the Jirik Sod Farms west of Blaine Avenue in Dakota County. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Lake Calhoun in Hennepin County on the 10th. I have a reliable but second hand report of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Roseau Bog area of Roseau County, about two and a half miles south of the South Junction border crossing. Bob O'Connor had a CAROLINA WREN visit his backyard in Moorhead, Clay County, on October 11th. Leslie Kottke had one visit her yard in St. Paul on the same day, and the Carolina Wren that has been at the southwestern corner of Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County, since August 20th was seen by Conny Brunell as recently as October 9th. On the 11th, Donn Mattsson found the season's second TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE along the 4800 block of Woodridge Court in Minnetonka, Hennepin County. Interesting was the TUFTED TITMOUSE picked up injured at the Home Depot in Fridley, Anoka County, on October 9th. Tami Vogel from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in St. Paul reports that the bird recovered and was released on the 11th. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 20th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1-619922464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, October 13th.=A0


On = October 9th, Peder Svingen reported a juvenile IBIS just = northeast of Ortonville, along Big Stone County Road 64, one and three = quarter miles west of county road 67. On the same day, Phil Chu found a = late AMERICAN = AVOCET at Salt Lake in Lac Qui Parle County.


On the 10th, Jim Mattsson found a ROSS'S GOOSE in = a corn field near Akron and 135th in northern Dakota County. He also = counted a minimum of 400 AMERICAN PIPITS on the 12th at the Jirik = Sod Farms west of Blaine Avenue in Dakota County.


A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Lake = Calhoun in Hennepin County on the 10th.


I have = a reliable but second hand report of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Roseau Bog area = of Roseau County, about two and a half miles south of the South Junction = border crossing.


Bob = O'Connor had a CAROLINA WREN visit his backyard in = Moorhead, Clay County, on October 11th. Leslie Kottke had one visit her = yard in St. Paul on the same day, and the Carolina Wren = that has been at the southwestern corner of Wood Lake Nature Center in = Richfield, Hennepin County, since August 20th was seen by Conny Brunell = as recently as October 9th.


On the = 11th, Donn Mattsson found the season's second TOWNSEND'S = SOLITAIRE along the 4800 block of Woodridge Court in = Minnetonka, Hennepin County.


TUFTED TITMOUSE picked up injured at the = Home Depot in Fridley, Anoka County, on October 9th. Tami Vogel from the = Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in St. Paul reports that the bird = recovered and was released on the 11th.


The = next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October = 20th.


- - = -

Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

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= --Apple-Mail-1-619922464-- From chetmeyers@visi.com Fri Oct 14 02:35:56 2005 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (chetmeyers@visi.com) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:35:56 -0500 Subject: [mou] Calhoun Gulls Message-ID: <1129253756.434f0b7c16d6a@my.visi.com> Chet Meyers writes: This evening (Oct. 13) a single lesser black-backed gull, a lone Franklin's gull and a few hundred herring, and many hundred ring-billed gulls were on Calhoun, and close enough for good observation. Earlier I birded Dakota sod farms (2 Amer. golden plovers) and Purgatory Creek (completely flooded). Looks like shorebirds are about done for the year. Chet Meyers From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Oct 14 03:58:47 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:58:47 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 10/13/05 Message-ID: <434ED897.6653.19B5FE99@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 13th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Participants on the October 8th MOU pelagic trip found a BLACK SCOTER in the Duluth harbor and a first winter THAYER'S GULL on Lake Superior. An adult Thayer's Gull was found by Mike Hendrickson on the 12th at the mouth of the Knife River. A PACIFIC LOON was reported by Jan Green on the 12th at Stoney Point. Jan also found three SURF SCOTERS at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 9th. Three LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen today at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors with a group of about 50 HORNED GREBES. Three GOLDEN EAGLES have been seen at Hawk Ridge since the 7th, as well as daily sightings of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. An impressive total of 141 SANDHILL CRANES was seen at the Ridge on the 7th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 20th. 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 ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Oct 14 02:38:28 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:38:28 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, October 14, 2005 Message-ID: <000d01c5d05f$fa68a640$21b391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D036.11929E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 14, 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. What a wonderful week of great fall weather in the northwest. Warm temperatures and still conditions have allowed some migrants to move in and stop for a few days of gorging on fruit in the yards. Many big flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS, and lots of sparrows are currently moving through the area. Leaves are more than half on the ground and the wind is starting to sound hollow as it does in winter. The first northern owl reported this fall was found by Dr. Jim Duncan of Winnipeg, who found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Roseau bog, Roseau County, about 2.5 miles south of the border crossing on October 10. Otter Tail County sightings by Alma Ronningen included a BELTED KINGFISHER on October 8, a RUFFED GROUSE on October 9, and BROWN CREEPER on October 12. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, many AMERICAN ROBINS stopping to stoke up for the journey south, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW among others. At Maplewood State Park, Roland Jordahl observed TRUMPETER SWAN, COMMON LOON, NORTHERN FLICKER, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Shelley Steva visited Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County on October 8 where she reported that Bisson Lake was dry so there were no shorebirds there. However, she found some CACKLING GEESE at the refuge. Doug Johnson relocated the EURASIAN COLLARED-D0VE in Glyndon, Clay County, on October 7. He sent revised directions: go south from the light across the main railroad tracks to the second street, turn left for 1 1/2 blocks to an alley on the left, turn left into the alley. The bird goes to feeders and power lines along the alley. Bob O'Connor reported that a beautifully marked CAROLINA WREN appeared in his Moorhead backyard on October 11. No word yet as to whether the bird has reappeared. Mahnomen county sightings reported by Shelley Steva included CACKLING GEESE north of Mahnomen, SWAINSON'S HAWK just north of Waubun, and PEREGRINE FALCON just south of Mahnomen. Polk County , and indeed much of the northwest, has been invaded by hoards of DARK-EYED JUNCOS as reported by Gladwyn Lynne in East Grand Forks. He also mentioned WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were being seen in the area. In Pennington County, I visited the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds briefly where I found thousands of waterfowl including many MALLARDS, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, RUDDY DUCKS, and others which I did not stick around to identify due to the nearby presence of two young hunters. At home in the yard near Thief River Falls, there are large flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and several species of sparrows including FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Today, a RUSTY BLACKBIRD joined the group. >From Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported that up to 6 GREAT EGRETS are still in the refuge. GADWALLS number about 5000 birds, and AMERICAN WIGEON numbers are down a little from their peak of near 5000 birds last week. A few SANDHILL CRANES can be seen on private land on the west side of the refuge. Pat Rice in Beltrami County reported that the CAROLINA WREN was still present in her yard as of October 6. Along with that bird her yard was visited by a BROWN CREEPER, SAVANNAH SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and HARRIS'S SPARROW. Elsewhere in Beltrami County, she saw 30 RING-NECKED DUCKS, more than 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 30 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and one HORNED GREBE among others. Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported a few SNOW GEESE, 7 WILD TURKEYS, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, and large flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS. Thanks to Pat Rice, Larry Wilebski, Shelley Steva, Doug Johnson, Bob O'Connor, Alma Ronningen, Dr Jim Duncan, Gladwyn Lynne, Roland Jordahl, Gary Tischer, and Dan and Sandy Thimgan 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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It was very active but still in the area at 11:00 AM. I = am going there now. =20 =20 =20 Deborah Buria-Falkowski Mesabi Range Community and Technical College Human Resources =20 Phone: 218/749-7767 Fax: 218/749-0321 --=__Part143615A8.0__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML
I just received a call from my husband who had great looks at a=20 Black-throated Gray Warbler (YES, gray!) at the 500 block on 12th Street = North=20 in Virginia, MN.   It was very active but still in the area = at=20 11:00 AM.   I am going there now.
 
 
 
Deborah Buria-Falkowski
Mesabi Range Community and Technical=20 College
Human Resources
 
Phone:   218/749-7767
   Fax:  =20 218/749-0321
--=__Part143615A8.0__=-- From BirderBetsy@msn.com Fri Oct 14 17:16:20 2005 From: BirderBetsy@msn.com (Betsy Beneke) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:16:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] Ivory-billed Woodpecker Story on 60 Minutes Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C5D0A8.5249F970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone! Just received this announcement from ABA and the Cornell Lab - thought I = would share. Betsy Beneke Search for ivory-billed woodpecker featured Sunday on '60 Minutes' ITHACA, N.Y. - Last spring's news of the rediscovery of the ivory-billed = woodpecker - unseen for six decades - stunned birders, scientists, = conservationists and everyday people around the world. Now the news of = the rediscovery effort, led by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, = will be featured on CBS News' "60 Minutes" this Sunday, Oct. 16, at 7 = p.m. EDT.=20 The segment was videotaped on location in the Arkansas bayou (where the = ivory-bill has been sighted) and in the Acoustic Analysis Lab at the = Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, = the leading scientific and research organization in the search for the = ivory-billed woodpecker, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy, the = nation's leading land-conservation group, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife = Service in the Big Woods Conservation Partnership to conserve the = habitat for this magnificent bird and other wildlife in the region.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C5D0A8.5249F970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi=20 Everyone!
 
Just received this announcement from = ABA and the=20 Cornell Lab - thought I would share.
 
Betsy Beneke
 
Search for = ivory-billed=20 woodpecker featured Sunday on '60 Minutes'

ITHACA, N.Y. - Last spring's news of the = rediscovery=20 of the ivory-billed woodpecker - unseen for six decades - stunned = birders,=20 scientists, conservationists and everyday people around the world. Now = the news=20 of the rediscovery effort, led by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, = will be=20 featured on CBS News' "60 Minutes" this Sunday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. EDT. =

The segment was videotaped on location in = the=20 Arkansas bayou (where the ivory-bill has been sighted) and in the = Acoustic=20 Analysis Lab at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca. The Cornell = Lab of=20 Ornithology, the leading scientific and research organization in the = search for=20 the ivory-billed woodpecker, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy, = the=20 nation's leading land-conservation group, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife = Service=20 in the Big Woods Conservation Partnership to conserve the habitat for = this=20 magnificent bird and other wildlife in the region.=20

------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C5D0A8.5249F970-- From kimrisen@lcp2.net Fri Oct 14 22:24:20 2005 From: kimrisen@lcp2.net (Cindy Risen) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:24:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Northshore outing Message-ID: <380-2200510514212420234@lcp2.net> Hello All, The appearance of a Black-throated Gray Warbler in Northeastern MN gives me another chance to plug the MOU field-trip along the North Shore of Lake Superior this weekend=2E It looks like our weather is going to be just perfect and the chances for something exciting lurks around every corner=2E Join Tom Auer, MOU Field-trip Chairman and part time dramamine salesman, as we explore the best fall birding sites in Minnesota=2E See you all tomorrow! Kim Risen Tamarack, MN From mthomasauer@gmail.com Fri Oct 14 22:50:20 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:50:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Black-throated Gray Warbler - NOT Message-ID: ------=_Part_11132_27939586.1129326620938 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Mike Hendrickson and I traveled up to Virginia to look for the BTYW this afternoon, with no such luck. The wind was pretty strong and kept the smaller passerines mostly out of sight. Other birders had looked for it thi= s morning, but the bird had not been seen since the original discovery at 11:00. Tom Auer -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_11132_27939586.1129326620938 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Mike Hendrickson and I traveled up to Virginia to look for the BTYW this afternoon, with no such luck. The wind was pretty strong and kept the smaller passerines mostly out of sight. Other birders had looked for it this morning, but the bird had not been seen since the original discovery at 11:00.

Tom Auer

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www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_11132_27939586.1129326620938-- From jsparrow@centurytel.net Sat Oct 15 05:14:36 2005 From: jsparrow@centurytel.net (Judith Sparrow) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:14:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Tufted Titmouse Family Message-ID: <000201c5d13e$f46144c0$2f01a8c0@dell> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5D115.0B8B3CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Titmouse Fans, After seeing a single Tufted Titmouse on and off all last winter, this week I had what seemed to be a family group of three Tufted Titmice (Titmouses?) visiting one of my feeders. One bird appeared to be a juvenile-it's "orange" flanks were paler than the "orange" flanks on the other two individuals. Judith (Kat) Sparrow 4 miles south of Prescott, WI "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_0003_01C5D115.0B8B3CC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello Titmouse Fans,

 

After seeing a single Tufted Titmouse on and off all last winter, this week I = had what seemed to be a family group of three Tufted Titmice (Titmouses?) = visiting one of my feeders. =  One bird appeared to be a juvenile—it’s “orange” = flanks were paler than the “orange” flanks on the other two = individuals.

 

Judith (Kat) Sparrow

4 miles south of Prescott, WI

 

"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_0003_01C5D115.0B8B3CC0-- From rongreen@charter.net Sat Oct 15 11:59:55 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:59:55 -0500 Subject: [mou] GGO Calendars - Done and Donations Update Message-ID: <004d01c5d177$9441f0b0$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C5D14D.AA7D6A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hurray! All the GGO calendars are sold and the last two will be shipping = today. So both my wife and I would like to thank all who participated in = purchasing one. Today, we will be writing the donation checks to ABA and = MOU based on how you specified in your order. I am writing you this = email because I believe it is appropriate to let you know the resultant = amounts are how they are being distributed. Also, since we promoted this = on a not-for-profit basis, it is important that you are aware of the = outcome as a form of accountability on our part. The following are the = gift distributions and amounts: Hawks Ridge $180 (Distribution already done) MOU $655 ABA $450 Zumbro ValleyAudobon Society $86 (Distribution already done) In closing, thank you again to all who made this possible, not just = because of your orders, but due to the critical role many of you played = in helping us locate the GGO's and making the calendar possible in the = first place. Have a great weekend. Ron & Cori Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C5D14D.AA7D6A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hurray! All the GGO calendars are sold = and the last=20 two will be shipping today. So both my wife and I would like to = thank all=20 who participated in purchasing one. Today, we will be writing the = donation=20 checks to ABA and MOU based on how you specified in your order. I am = writing you=20 this email because I believe it is appropriate to let you = know the resultant amounts are how they are being distributed. = Also, since=20 we promoted this on a not-for-profit basis, it is important that you are = aware=20 of the outcome as a form of accountability on our part. The following = are the=20 gift distributions and amounts:
 
Hawks Ridge    $180 = (Distribution=20 already done)
MOU    =    =20         $655
ABA    =    =20         $450
Zumbro ValleyAudobon Society  = $86 =20 (Distribution already done)
 
In closing, thank you again to all who = made this=20 possible, not just because of your orders, but due to the critical role = many of=20 you played in helping us locate the GGO's and making the calendar = possible in=20 the first place. Have a great weekend.
 
Ron & Cori Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery
------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C5D14D.AA7D6A00-- From corax6330@yahoo.com Sat Oct 15 16:33:59 2005 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 08:33:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Houston Co. raptors, waterfowl, & passerines Message-ID: <20051015153400.53362.qmail@web30913.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Two hours at the Reno quarry bluff edge along the Mississippi R.: Turkey V.-------3 Bald E.---------1(I) No. Harrier-----1 (I or F) Sharp-shinned H.--19 Red-t.H.--------9 Blue-headed Vireo---1 Golden-crnd. Kinglets E. Bluebirds Tennessee Was. Yellow-r. Was. White-thrtd. Sp.----20+ Near Mile Marker 11, Hwy 26 south of Brownsville: Am. White Pelican------100+ Canada Goose-----hundreds Wood Ducks Gadwalls Mallards No. Shoveler----10+ No. Pintail-----50+ Green-w. Teal----2 Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From wenelson@mlecmn.net Sat Oct 15 17:14:34 2005 From: wenelson@mlecmn.net (Warren Nelson) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:14:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Long-tailed Duck in Aitkin County Message-ID: <43512AEA.9D87D148@mlecmn.net> This morning Bill Stauffer and I were out birding around the county and found a LONG-TAILED DUCK on Aitkin County Road 18. The bird is in a small pond on the north side of the road about 8/10 mile west of the junction with County Road 5. We also had a NORTHERN SHRIKE along Aitkin County 1 north of Aitkin. Warren Nelson From Wildchough@aol.com Sun Oct 16 03:37:08 2005 From: Wildchough@aol.com (Wildchough@aol.com) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:37:08 EDT Subject: [mou] Dr. Dwain W. Warner, obituary Message-ID: <203.c4cf312.308316d4@aol.com> --part1_203.c4cf312.308316d4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought many MOU and MN birders would be interested in this obituary. copied from Neotropical Ornithology website Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:09:54 -0500 Dr. Dwain W. Warner, 88, of Stanchfield, MN, died on Sept. 30, 2005. Dwain was a passionate and involved teacher whose influence was far-reaching. A professor at the University of Minnesota for 40 years and Curator of Ornithology at the Bell Museum of Natural History, he energized others with his enthusiasm and expertise about the natural world. As a researcher, he was visionary and influential. In 1958, he pioneered radio tracking of animals, successfully testing what he admitted was a dream at the Cedar Creek Natural History Area. From the early 1940s, his ornithological research has been critical to our understanding of bird ecology and migration; work he began in Mexico decades ago continues today. Dwain served on the board of trustees for the Science Museum of Minnesota; was environmental director from 1983-89 at the Belwin Outdoor Education Laboratory in Afton; was consultant on biological surveys and assessments for governmental agencies and the private sector; and played a major role in litigations regarding landfills and other environmental issues. Following his retirement, his life of travel, discovery, and teaching continued. He led over 20 natural history safaris to Kenya in the 1980s and 90s. Dwain was born in Cottonwood County, MN, on Sept. 1, 1917, and grew up in Northfield. He completed degrees in botany at Carleton College in 1939 and ornithology at Cornell University in 1947. He served with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. Dwain is preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Warner, and son Robert Warner. He is survived by wife Marie Ward of Stanchfield, MN; son Bill (Martha) Warner of Minnetonka, MN; daughter Betsy (Paul) Hoppe of Ogilvie, MN; daughter Bonnie Alexander of Valley City, ND; son Richard (Linda) Warner of Spottsylvania, VA; son David Warner of Red Wing, MN; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sat., Oct. 29, at the Belwin Outdoor Educational Center, 1553 Stagecoach Trail S., Afton, MN (www.belwin.org). Fellowship will continue until 4:00 p.m. Testimonials are welcome (WarnerDwain AT yahoo.com). Memorial contributions may be made to ?Belwin.? Thamks to Larry Igl, USGS, of Jamestown, ND for posting this. Bob Russell --part1_203.c4cf312.308316d4_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I thought many MOU and MN birder= s would be interested in this obituary.

copied from Neotropical Ornithology website

Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:09:54 -0500
        Dr. Dwain W. Warner, 88, of Stanc= hfield, MN, died on Sept. 30, 2005.  Dwain was a passionate and involve= d teacher whose influence was far-reaching. A professor at the University of= Minnesota for 40 years and Curator of Ornithology at the Bell Museum of Nat= ural History, he energized others with his enthusiasm and expertise about th= e natural world. As a researcher, he was visionary and influential. In 1958,= he pioneered radio tracking of animals, successfully testing what he admitt= ed was a dream at the Cedar Creek Natural History Area.  From the early= 1940s, his ornithological research has been critical to our understanding o= f bird ecology and migration; work he began in Mexico decades ago continues=20= today. Dwain served on the board of trustees for the Science Museum of Minne= sota; was environmental director from 1983-89 at the Belwin Outdoor Educatio= n Laboratory in Afton; was consultant on biological surveys and assessments=20= for governmental agencies and the private sector; and played a major role in= litigations regarding landfills and other environmental issues. Following h= is retirement, his life of travel, discovery, and teaching continued. He led= over 20 natural history safaris to Kenya in the 1980s and 90s. Dwain was bo= rn in Cottonwood County, MN, on Sept. 1, 1917, and grew up in Northfield. He= completed degrees in botany at Carleton College in 1939 and ornithology at=20= Cornell University in 1947. He served with the U.S. Army in the South Pacifi= c during World War II. Dwain is preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy= Warner, and son Robert Warner. He is survived by wife Marie Ward of Stanchf= ield, MN; son Bill (Martha) Warner of Minnetonka, MN; daughter Betsy (Paul)=20= Hoppe of Ogilvie, MN; daughter Bonnie Alexander of Valley City, ND; son Rich= ard (Linda) Warner of Spottsylvania, VA; son David Warner of Red Wing, MN; 1= 1 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.A memorial service will be held a= t 1:00 p.m., Sat., Oct. 29, at the Belwin Outdoor Educational Center, 1553 S= tagecoach Trail S., Afton, MN (www.belwin.org). Fellowship will continue unt= il 4:00 p.m. Testimonials are welcome (WarnerDwain AT yahoo.com). Memorial c= ontributions may be made to ?Belwin.?

Thamks to Larry Igl, USGS, of Jamestown, ND for posting this.  Bob Russ= ell --part1_203.c4cf312.308316d4_boundary-- From psvingen@d.umn.edu Sun Oct 16 15:29:50 2005 From: psvingen@d.umn.edu (Peder Svingen) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:29:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] North Shore 15 October 2005 Message-ID: <4F848BB8-3E51-11DA-AD91-000D93521292@d.umn.edu> Anthony Hertzel and I recorded 78 species along the North Shore yesterday on the "Ides of October." We subsequently received a report of an adult male Harlequin Duck at the mouth of the Cross River near Schroeder in Cook County--one of the few places we did not stop between Hovland and Duluth. Highlights included the following: Cackling Geese--7 photographed at Grand Marais, Cook County; Surf Scoter--4 at Paradise Beach, Cook County and one in Grand Marais; White-winged Scoter--one at Paradise Beach; Black Scoter--5 or 6 at Paradise Beach; Long-tailed Duck--only 2 were seen--both near Grand Marais; Red-shouldered Hawk--adult circling over Grand Marais at about 9:00 AM--we had excellent looks for several minutes--first county record; Spotted Sandpiper--late individual at Castle Danger, Lake County; phalarope sp.--flying down the shore at an overlook just east of the Silver Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, Lake County--white wing stripe and single high-pitched "peek" call--most likely a Red Phalarope but not refound; Bonaparte's Gull--first-winter bird at East Beaver Bay, Lake County; House Wren--late individual at Grand Marais; Townsend's Solitaire--one spotted by AXH along state highway 61, just E of the Brule River, Cook County; Northern Mockingbird--one along scenic highway 61, just E of the Homestead Rd, St. Louis County; Common Yellowthroat--one seen by AXH in marsh near Flood Bay Wayside, Lake County. Except for crows, tree sparrows, juncos, Rusty Blackbirds and siskins, numbers of individuals were very low. -- Peder Svingen--psvingen@d.umn.edu--Duluth, MN From jslind@frontiernet.net Sun Oct 16 17:56:41 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:56:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] Common Ground Dovr Message-ID: <43523FF9.32006.93CFD8@localhost> Jim Lind just found a Common Ground Dove in Two Harbors. The bird was seen on First Avenue west of the downtown area. It was west of the Moose Club (corner of 1st Avenue and 7th Street). It was seen by a blocked gate. From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Sun Oct 16 20:05:11 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:05:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] RE: Thief River Falls WTP Message-ID: <000601c5d284$8d3d0670$f7d5aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C5D25A.A4694860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was at the TRF wastewater treatment ponds on Saturday, and have great news to report. The city has built a large viewing mound on the west side of the largest cell. This mound is on a level with, but just west of, the main dike, so is a great place to set up a scope for afternoon viewing. Most of the cell surface is visible from the mound. While I was there three large flocks of Cackling Geese came in and cruised down to a landing on the water. 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I originally saw the bird at about 11:30 at the far west end of 1st Avenue (just west of the downtown district), near an abandoned brown brick building at a blocked gate to the railroad yards. After I watched it for 4-5 minutes, it flew south from the roadside to a barbed-wire fence, then flew down to the ground behind the fence on railroad property. This was the last I saw of the bird. It may have continued south or west into the railroad yard, which is unfortunately off limits. I will be checking for it again this evening and tomorrow and will post if it is seen again. Jim Lind Two Harbors From WWoessner@aol.com Sun Oct 16 22:06:55 2005 From: WWoessner@aol.com (WWoessner@aol.com) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:06:55 EDT Subject: [mou] Carolina Wren at Wood Lake Message-ID: <1fd.c597f8d.30841aef@aol.com> --part1_1fd.c597f8d.30841aef_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Carolina Wren of Wood Lake was in its usual territory near the back gate this afternoon from 2-3PM. Also lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding on weed seeds and getting very close at times. Warren Woessner --part1_1fd.c597f8d.30841aef_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Carolina Wren of Wood Lake was=20= in its usual territory near the back gate this afternoon from 2-3PM. Also lo= ts of Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding on weed seeds and getting very close a= t times.
Warren Woessner --part1_1fd.c597f8d.30841aef_boundary-- From mthomasauer@gmail.com Mon Oct 17 01:22:53 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:22:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU Field Trip Report: NorthShore Message-ID: ------=_Part_13932_3324094.1129508573315 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I'm a touch tired and burned out from a wonderful sunny weekend of birds on the North Shore, but it was as good a trip as you could ever ask for. The birds weren't overly abundant but we ran into plenty of interesting species= . The weather stayed fantastic with us the whole time, with nice sunny skies and moderate temps. Some morning and evening cloudplay made for some fantastic sunrises and sunsets. Our close group had a fun time, with lots o= f camaraderie and good laughs. On Saturday night in Grand Marais, we weren't able to eat as group, so we split in two and one group reveled in the fantastic Thai food, while the other enjoyed the eclectic ambience of the Gunflint Tavern. Lots of people on the trip made numerous tallies, with folks adding Life Birds, State Birds, and important Year Birds! This morning, was truly sceni= c and grand out on Artist's Point, with a calling Northern Shrike, two well-lit Black-bellied Plovers, frolicking Snow Buntings, close-to-shore Long-tailed Ducks gleaming in the morning sun, and a skirmish between a Common Loon and a Red-necked Grebe. Highlights for the whole trip included: BLACKPOLL WARBLER - Stony Point ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - Stony Point & Hovland COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - Knife River SURF SCOTER - Good Harbor Bay & Paradise Beach LONG-TAILED DUCK - Good Harbor Bay & Grand Marais Harbor WESTERN MEADOWLARK - Two Harbors BLACK SCOTER - Paradise Beach BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - Artist's Point NORTHERN SHRIKE - Artist's Point BOHEMIAN WAXWING - Hovland NASHVILLE WARBLER - Lutsen Sea Villas CAPE MAY WARBLER - Hovland CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - Paradise Beach HARRIS'S SPARROW - Artist's Point WHITE-WINGED SPARROW - Hovland Thanks to Kim Risen, my co-leader for his fantastic help and to all the participants for coming. It was great time! Tom Auer MOU Field Trip Chairman -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_13932_3324094.1129508573315 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I'm a touch tired and burned out from a wonderful sunny weekend of birds on the North Shore, but it was as good a trip as you could ever ask for. The birds weren't overly abundant but we ran into plenty of interesting species. The weather stayed fantastic with us the whole time, with nice sunny skies and moderate temps. Some morning and evening cloudplay made for some fantastic sunrises and sunsets. Our close group had a fun time, with lots of camaraderie and good laughs. On Saturday night in Grand Marais, we weren't able to eat as group, so we split in two and one group reveled in the fantastic Thai food, while the other enjoyed the eclectic ambience of the Gunflint Tavern.

Lots of people on the trip made numerous tallies, with folks adding Life Birds, State Birds, and important Year Birds! This morning, was truly scenic and grand out on Artist's Point, with a calling Northern Shrike, two well-lit Black-bellied Plovers, frolicking Snow Buntings, close-to-shore Long-tailed Ducks gleaming in the morning sun, and a skirmish between a Common Loon and a Red-necked Grebe. Highlights for the whole trip included:

BLACKPOLL WARBLER - Stony Point
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - Stony Point & Hovland
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - Knife River
SURF SCOTER - Good Harbor Bay & Paradise Beach
LONG-TAILED DUCK - Good Harbor Bay & Grand Marais Harbor
WESTERN MEADOWLARK - Two Harbors
BLACK SCOTER - Paradise Beach
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - Artist's Point
NORTHERN SHRIKE - Artist's Point
BOHEMIAN WAXWING - Hovland
NASHVILLE WARBLER - Lutsen Sea Villas
CAPE MAY WARBLER - Hovland
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - Paradise Beach
HARRIS'S SPARROW - Artist's Point
WHITE-WINGED SPARROW - Hovland

Thanks to Kim Risen, my co-leader for his fantastic help and to all the par= ticipants for coming. It was great time!

Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman


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w= ww.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_13932_3324094.1129508573315-- From clay.christensen@comcast.net Mon Oct 17 02:31:44 2005 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:31:44 +0000 Subject: [mou] Anoka Co. Trip Report Message-ID: <101720050131.23119.4352FF00000CC53C00005A4F2200760180020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23119_1129512704_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit St. Paul Audubon's trip to Wargo Nature Center, Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Preserve, Lino Lakes, Minn., on Saturday, October 15. Nineteen birders, very lovely fall weather. Best bird was a Hermit Thrush that posed for us for five minutes at a distance of 15 feet. Gave us very good looks. Two bald eagles. Sharp-shinned hawk harrassing a red-tailed hawk in flight. Golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets in the same tree. Pileated woodpecker. Red-bellied woodpecker (h). Red-bellied nuthatch, brown creeper. Bluebird. Lots of juncos. Total: 24 species. --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23119_1129512704_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
St. Paul Audubon's trip to Wargo Nature Center, Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Preserve, Lino Lakes, Minn., on Saturday, October 15.
 
Nineteen birders, very lovely fall weather.
 
Best bird was a Hermit Thrush that posed for us for five minutes at a distance of 15 feet. Gave us very good looks.
Two bald eagles.
Sharp-shinned hawk harrassing a red-tailed hawk in flight.
Golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets in the same tree.
Pileated woodpecker.
Red-bellied woodpecker (h).
Red-bellied nuthatch, brown creeper.
Bluebird.
Lots of juncos.
 
Total: 24 species.
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_23119_1129512704_0-- From cyndielias@juno.com Mon Oct 17 05:05:16 2005 From: cyndielias@juno.com (Cyndi K Elias) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:05:16 -0500 Subject: [mou] RFI: Yucatan birding Message-ID: <20051016.230523.-3979443.0.cyndielias@juno.com> Hello - I've received an invitation to go on a birding trip to the Yucatan peninsula in November. This would be my first trip to Mexico. But before I'll let myself look at a birdlist from the area, I'm trying to figure out what expenses will be like. I'm hoping to use my miles to get me down there and back, but would like to figure out how much I can expect to spend on hotels, etc. I'd appreciate any information about places to stay and prices, if known (I'll start looking on the internet tomorrow as well), that anyone may have, as well as any other pertinent information. My friends have ordered the Howell (and ?) book and are trying to plan the itinerary in the next couple of days. I do know that they are planning to go to Rio Logartos (which is something like the sister-refuge of Anahuac NWR, where they all work). Thanks for your help, Cyndi Elias cyndielias@juno.com From morrisonsteve@yahoo.com Mon Oct 17 16:46:21 2005 From: morrisonsteve@yahoo.com (Steve Morrison) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] What's a Birder to do? Message-ID: <20051017154621.37801.qmail@web52615.mail.yahoo.com> After reading the Sunday Strib article, I decided to ask fellow birders’s opinions on this series and what we could/should do about what is occurring in our critical NE Minnesota habitat. Yes, over the last several years I too have noticed the booming growth along the North Shore and inland lakes. I think part of me just wanted to ignore it, hope for the best and just continue to happily bird my way up and down along the North Shore. The problem is that the seemingly unregulated development in combination with insatiable demand for a “piece of the north country” is indeed permanently changing the north woods. Truthfully I get a sinking feeling when I think about how things are currently and feel even worse when pondering the future of our North Woods. I am originally from the Duluth area and still spend much time there and in NE Minnesota in general. I also have first hand experience of how the essence of the north woods is changing from the vantage point of my family being longtime cabin owners on a Carlton County lake not too far from Duluth. Just on “our” little lake people seem intent on having large year round homes with lots that seem more appropriate for a new metro area subdivision than for a small inland lake. This obviously doesn’t do much for keeping the area/lake hospitable for wildlife. We can talk shoreline management some other time but my focus in my writing today is with the sheer volume of new north country arrivals and the opening up of land formerly off limits, i.e. corporate land now up for sale. So what the heck are we supposed to do about it? The general public obviously wants to build their retreat away from urban areas, and as we all know, thereby inadvertently creating yet another crowded situation from which to get away. The pattern will most likely be the same up north as in urban areas where folks flee from crowded congestion further into heretofore undeveloped lands. Then of course the money to be made is huge from realtors and land speculators up to the corporations cashing in their land piggy banks. There are even people who scout around for land which has potential to become available presently or in the future. A lot of people have a lot of money with which to buy their dream retreat and are indeed doing just that in droves. So what should we do? God forbid NE Minnesota becomes another Brainerd lakes area! Maybe I am off base but I really feel we (by “we” I mean members of the public who care about the state of the natural environment) should join the party and buy land, lots of it. We could also try a different or concurrent approach by getting involved politically and getting some good regulations in place for the inevitable. I am aware that the MOU took the initiative and bought a small parcel in Aitkin County and this is a move in the right direction. But I question whether or not the MOU is the right vehicle for habitat acquisition primarily because of limited funds and its other mission goals. On the other hand, if the MOU wants to be a land owner then let’s ratchet it up a few notches and make it a major initiative. As I said before, maybe I am off base and uninformed of wonderful initiatives already under way to protect habitat, but I feel we are watching our birding/wildlife lands disappearing forever. Once areas are developed we never get them back, or at least I haven’t heard of it happening lately, and I don’t read many headlines about hundreds or thousands of acres being added to land holdings off limits to development. It would be great if environmental organizations would band together and be able to pony up enough cash to be a significant player compared to the developers. I don't know if we have the luxury of time for more passive methods such as education of youth or publicity from birding festivals or eco tourism in general. So next time we are birding our way up and back from Grand Marais take a good look at the ridge line and shoreline development. I hope we like the view, I am not sure the birds do. Peace, Steve Morrison Mpls and Duluth __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ From PChu@CSBSJU.EDU Mon Oct 17 17:08:51 2005 From: PChu@CSBSJU.EDU (Chu, Philip) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:08:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Plegadis ibis, Big Stone Co. Message-ID: The first-fall Plegadis ibis that Peder Svingen found last week in Big = Stone Co. was still present as of Saturday, 15 October. The location is in Ortonville Twp., along CR 64 about 1.7 miles west of = CR 67, at Munnwyler Lake - specifically, the little bit of the lake on = the north side of CR 64. Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321 From white067@tc.umn.edu Mon Oct 17 19:44:42 2005 From: white067@tc.umn.edu (Bruce M. White) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:44:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] Important Pilot Knob Developments Message-ID: <4353F11A.2000401@tc.umn.edu> Your help is needed again on Pilot Knob, especially if you are a resident of Mendota Heights. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 18, sometime after 7:30 PM, the Mendota Heights City Council will hold a hearing about a proposal for the City of Mendota Heights to acquire 8.5 acres of land north of Acacia Cemetery, facing the Mendota Bridge. This land is part of the scenic and historic Pilot Knob site. Three years ago this land was part of a proposal for the construction of a high-density housing project. Over the past year Dakota County, State of Minnesota grant sources, the Trust for Public Land, and the Pilot Knob Preservation Association have assembled funding to buy this piece of land and preserve it as public open space. The Trust for Public Land has a signed agreement with the landowners that provides for purchase by the end of 2005. All that remains is for Mendota Heights to allocate the final portion of the funding package. The final decision on the acquisition of this land will take place at the Council's November 1 meeting. This is a unique opportunity to save and restore an important historic, cultural, and natural site. It is important for the Mendota Heights City Council to hear especially from city residents who are in favor of preserving this land as public space. You can make your wishes known by attending the council's meeting tomorrow night. The council will start its meeting at 7:30 PM. After the council deals with some other issues, the Pilot Knob hearing will start. This will give people an opportunity to speak briefly about their support for preserving Pilot Knob. Even if you cannot be there tomorrow night and even if you are not a resident of Mendota Heights, you can still make your opinions known before the November 1 meeting by sending an email to Mendota Heights City Administrator Jim Danielson at JimD@Mendota-Heights.com Or send a letter or fax to the City of Mendota Heights, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, MN 55118, (phone) 651-452-1850 or (fax) 651-452-8940 Attn: City Administrator. Thank you for your past and future support. Bruce White Pilot Knob Preservation Association P.O. Box 50823 Mendota, MN 55150-0823 651-310-0601 PS: In case you haven't seen it, the St. Paul Pioneer Press had an article discussing the latest developments on Pilot Knob on Friday, October 14. You can see the article at: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/12897624.htm From patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu Mon Oct 17 22:02:21 2005 From: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu (patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:02:21 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [mou] Hubbard Co., Clay Co. birds Message-ID: <1680.134.129.73.97.1129582941.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hello all, A few birds from the Park Rapids area (Long Lake), most notably a male rose-breasted grosbeak at my sunflower hopper feeder Saturday afternoon. I heard a great-horned owl and eastern screech owl Saturday evening. A few mourning doves still hanging around. Dark-eyed juncos are numerous, as are white-throated sparrows. Many hawks moving along the Agassiz beach ridge area in Clay Co. on Sunday. Mostly red-tailed hawks, but I did find one Swainson's hawk and two American kestrels. Several eastern bluebirds near the Bluestem Prairie SNA. Cheers, Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm From jslind@frontiernet.net Tue Oct 18 01:48:26 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:48:26 -0500 Subject: [mou] Rock Wren - Taconite Harbor, Cook Co. Message-ID: <4354000A.6994.4FA30EE@localhost> Deb Falkowski left a message on the Duluth RBA that she and her husband found a Rock Wren at Taconite Harbor in Cook County this afternoon. She said it was sticking around the area, making a loop around the rocks. I'm assuming this means the rocks along the lakeshore near the boat launch, rather than the rocks near Highway 61. They watched it from 1:00 to 2:00 pm. I will post if I hear any other details. Jim Lind From rongreen@charter.net Tue Oct 18 02:36:17 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:36:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] Egrets, Coots, Pelicans, and Fall Colors Message-ID: <00d901c5d384$55e06400$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C5D35A.6CA64300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just posted new images from Trempealeau of Egrets, pelicans, and = coots. Got some screen filling shots of Egrets up close. Without a = doubt, they are a georgeous bird! Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage/ ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C5D35A.6CA64300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I just posted new images from = Trempealeau of=20 Egrets, pelicans, and coots. Got some screen filling shots of = Egrets up=20 close. Without a doubt, they are a georgeous bird!
 
Ron Green
http://= www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage/
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------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C5D35A.6CA64300-- From corax6330@yahoo.com Tue Oct 18 05:10:26 2005 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Miss. R., Pools 7&8:LaCrosse, WI, Brownsville, MN. Winona,LaCrosse,Houston Cos. Oct. 17 Message-ID: <20051018041026.58831.qmail@web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Tens of thousands of waterfowl present. Pool 7 viewed from WI (French I. & Brice's Prairie). Pool 8 viewed from Hwy 26, Houston Co. MN, & Hwy 35, LaCrosse Co.(Stoddard Bay) WI. Birds best viewed from MN. Most birds in MN. Am. White Pelican------------300+/- Both pools. Great Egret--------------------5 - Pool 8, Wildcat Creek delta. MN Turkey Vulture-----------------1 - Hwy 26, MN Tundra Swan-------------------12 - 9A, 3Y, Pool 8 Houston Co. MN Both pools: Canada Goose, Wood D., Gadwall, Am. Wigeon, Mallard, No. Shoveler, No. Pintail. Pool 7: Canvasback-------------6 - L. Onalaska (Brice's Prairie) WI Sharp-shinned Hawk-------------9 - Reno, Houston Co., MN dowitcher, sp------------------5 - Wildcat Crk. Houston Co. MN Wilson's Snipe-----------------1 - " Fred Lesher LaCrosse, WI __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com From jlind@nrri.umn.edu Tue Oct 18 17:29:41 2005 From: jlind@nrri.umn.edu (Jim Lind) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:29:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] possible White-headed Woodpecker in Grand Marias Message-ID: <4354DCA5.26679.C1B333@localhost> This message about an unconfirmed White-headed Woodpecker is being forwarded from the birding@boreal.org listserve. The Homestead Cooperative is at 219 11th Ave. W. The west side of Grand Marais can be accessed from 8th Ave., north of the municipal campground. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:59:10 -0500 To: birding@boreal.org Subject: White-headed Woodpecker Hi, Molly Hoffman had a report from a credible source, of a White-headed Woodpecker in Grand Marais. This would be a very rare bird for this area. The bird was seen Sunday in the Homestead Cooperative area (west side of GM). Please keep a watch for this bird, and report it back to this list or to me, if you see it. Thanks, Sue McDonnell ------- End of forwarded message ------- From beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com Tue Oct 18 20:33:08 2005 From: beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com (Beau Shroyer) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:33:08 -0500 Subject: [mou] Krider's Red-Tailed Hawks in Todd County Message-ID:

Today, October 18th at 11:30 am and again at !:30 pm, I spotted an adult and Juvenile Krider's Red-tail on Todd CR 2, 1/10 mi. E. of CR 57.  They were perched on overhead powerpoles (hunting).  I observed the juvenile for 15 minutes and both for an additional 10 minutes.  I did not get photographic evidence.  Notes were taken.  My e-mail is beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com.  tel.(320)260-8005.



From jslind@frontiernet.net Wed Oct 19 00:32:13 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:32:13 -0500 Subject: [mou] Rock Wren relocated - Taconite Harbor, Cook Co. Message-ID: <43553FAD.4881.9DAC48D@localhost> This evening I relocated the Rock Wren reported by Deb and Steve Falkowski yesterday at the Taconite Harbor boat launch. I first saw it at about the 4:15 pm at the base of the boulder breakwall on the west side of the boat launch. I had already walked half way out on the breakwall when I heard it call near shore. It bounced around on the rocks and then flew east to the boulders directly of the boat launch and disappeared. I searched the area for the next 45 minutes but was unable to find it again. It was overcast, windy, and raining pretty hard, with snow mixed in, so walking on the boulders was a little tricky and I wasn't able to get any pictures. Hopefully the bird sticks around for a while. There was also a lone Surf Scoter in the harbor. Jim Lind Two Harbors From mthomasauer@gmail.com Wed Oct 19 01:43:51 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:43:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Pics from Second Pelagic Message-ID: ------=_Part_14820_28013939.1129682631420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I finally got around to adding the great pictures that Earl Orf took on the second Pelagic Trip. There are great shots of the Thayer's Gull, Black Scoter, and Bonaparte's Gull. I musn't forget Mark Alt's "Black-headed" Gull; it's there too. Earl also took lots of great photos of the people on board. Check them all out at: http://www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009/pelagicpics2.html Tom Auer MOU Field Trip Chairman ------=_Part_14820_28013939.1129682631420 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I finally got around to adding the great pictures that Earl Orf took on the second Pelagic Trip. There are great shots of the Thayer's Gull, Black Scoter, and Bonaparte's Gull. I musn't forget Mark Alt's "Black-headed" Gull; it's there too. Earl also took lots of great photos of the people on board.

Check them all out at:

http://www.d.u= mn.edu/~auer0009/pelagicpics2.html

Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman
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------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C5D495.778F1AD0-- From JulianSellers@msn.com Wed Oct 19 21:24:33 2005 From: JulianSellers@msn.com (Julian Sellers) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:24:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Crosby Park Today Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D4C1.34E7F2C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On a long walk through Crosby Park (St. Paul) this morning, I found 38 = species, including: =20 Waterfowl - 9 species Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 Merlin - 1 Barred Owl - 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 American Tree Sparrow - a few Fox Sparrow - many White-throated sparrow - a few =20 The gnatcatcher is pretty late. The prairie plantings on both sides of = the road were full of House Finches, American Goldfinches, Fox Sparrows, = and the few American Tree and White-throated Sparrows. =20 Julian St. Paul ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D4C1.34E7F2C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On a long walk=20 through Crosby=20 Park (St. Paul) this = morning, I=20 found 38 species, including:

 

Waterfowl =96 9 = species

Sharp-shinned Hawk = =96 1

Merlin =96 1

Barred Owl =96 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher = - 1

Orange-crowned = Warbler =96 1

American Tree Sparrow = =96 a few

Fox Sparrow =96 = many

White-throated = sparrow =96 a=20 few

 

The gnatcatcher is = pretty=20 late.  The prairie = plantings on both=20 sides of the road were full of House Finches, American Goldfinches, Fox=20 Sparrows, and the few American Tree and White-throated Sparrows.

 

Julian

St.=20 Paul

------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D4C1.34E7F2C0-- From connybrunell@earthlink.net Wed Oct 19 21:31:36 2005 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:31:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Yellow-billed Cuckoo Wood Lake Hennepin Co. Message-ID: <380-2200510319203136406@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_20617111930381203136406 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This afternoon at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County I had the pleasure of watching a Yellow-billed Cuckoo from 2-2:15 pm. It serenely posed in a dense tangle of undergrowth with the sunshine peeking in on it enabling me the opportunity to see that deep yellow orbital ring, and yellow lower mandible. The folded dark rufous primaries were visible, and when it dropped to a lower branch the long tail revealed large oval white spots. It was mesmerizing to have the chance to study this shy, secretive bird under ideal conditions so leisurely. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_20617111930381203136406 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
 
This afternoon at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County I had the pleasure of watching a Yellow-billed Cuckoo from 2-2:15 pm.  It serenely posed in a dense tangle of undergrowth with the sunshine peeking in on it enabling me the opportunity to see that deep yellow orbital ring, and  yellow lower mandible.  The folded dark rufous primaries were visible, and when it dropped to a lower branch the long tail revealed large oval white spots.  It was mesmerizing to have the chance to study this shy, secretive bird under ideal conditions so leisurely.
 
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
------=_NextPart_20617111930381203136406-- From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Thu Oct 20 03:55:17 2005 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:55:17 EDT Subject: [mou] More Am. Pipits/Dakota county Message-ID: <1a2.3ec1719b.30886115@aol.com> Saw 43 Am. Pipits at the 180th St. Marsh (E. Pond on S. side of 180th) in Dakota County about 4:30 P.M. bathing and feeding in the grasses around the shallow water. There was nothing at the Jirik Sod Farms and only a few waterfowl (3 species) at the 140th St. marsh. Saw both Kinglets, Yellow rumps, Fox Sp., Tree Sp., many Juncoes in several places in Dakota. John Ellis, St. Paul From anne_hanley90@hotmail.com Thu Oct 20 04:41:23 2005 From: anne_hanley90@hotmail.com (Anne Hanley) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:41:23 -0500 Subject: [mou] Oct 27 7:30 pm photo travelogue of birds seen by sea from Japan to Alaska Message-ID: Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter October meeting - all are invited: David Cahlander, a MRVAC member well known for his photography, will present a photo travelogue of birds seen on a spring sea voyage from Japan, up the Russian Kuril Islands, into the US Aleutian Islands, through the Pribilofs, ending in Gambell and Nome Alaska. The trip was made in spring so all the birds are in bright breeding plumage. Birds such as Red-throated Loon, Long-tailed Jaeger, and Red Phalarope, seen in Minnesota in basic plumage, come alive in their breeding plumage. Please join us on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at the Minnesota Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington, MN. The public is welcome. We encourage you to come for the social period with coffee, cookies and committee exhibits beginning at 7:00 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and the featured speaker at 7:30 p.m. The meeting concludes at 9:00 p.m. Posted by Anne Hanley Hennepin County (who saw a hermit thrush in her bird bath this evening - new yard bird) From kochx039@umn.edu Thu Oct 20 18:27:07 2005 From: kochx039@umn.edu (Lisa Koch) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:27:07 -0500 Subject: [mou] Asian Bird Flu/ Avian Influenza Lecture Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051020122323.01f1d728@kochx039.email.umn.edu> --=====================_190939671==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Based on requests from our constituents in the birding world The Raptor Center is offering a lecture on Asian Bird Flu/ Avian Influenza. At this time we are limiting participants to those who work with birds or educate the public about birds. Environmental Educators/ Bird Professionals Please post and distribute What: Lecture: Asian Bird Flu/ Avian Influenza: Facts You Need to Know When: Tuesday November 8th, 2005 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM Where: The Raptor Center, 1920 Fitch Avenue, University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus Contact: Lisa Koch, 612-624-3261 or kochx039@umn.edu To register: Call 612-624-9753 or email raptor@umn.edu Do you work with birds? Do you educate the public about birds? Do you have questions about Avian Influenza or the Asian Bird Flu? Avian Influenza/ Asian bird flu has been in the news, in the papers, on the radio and on TV, be prepared to answer the public's questions on the topic and get the facts for yourself and your volunteers. Dr. Patrick Redig of The University of Minnesota Raptor Center will provide a lecture and Q&A session on the topic. This lecture is not open to the general public, it is specifically designed to meet the needs of professionals who work with birds or educate the public about birds. This lecture is open to staff and volunteers who work for nature centers, rehabilitators, zoos, wildlife centers, education organizations and animal shelter. Registration is required A $5 donation per person is suggested To register: Call 612-624-9753 or email raptor@umn.edu Lisa Koch, Director of Education The Raptor Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota 612-624-3261 1920 Fitch Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108-6108 kochx039@umn.edu http://www.theraptorcenter.org "Keep on Hootin"- support our essential work all year long. Our work depends on your support! Ask me for more information or see our website at www.theraptorcenter.org --=====================_190939671==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Based on requests from our constituents in the birding world The Raptor Center is offering a lecture on Asian Bird Flu/ Avian Influenza.  At this time we are limiting participants to those who work with birds or educate the public about birds.  

Environmental Educators/ Bird Professionals

Please post and distribute

What:                 Lecture: Asian Bird Flu/ Avian Influenza: Facts You Need to Know
When:           Tuesday November 8th, 2005   7:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Where:         The Raptor Center, 1920 Fitch Avenue, University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus
Contact:       Lisa Koch, 612-624-3261 or kochx039@umn.edu
To register: Call 612-624-9753 or email raptor@umn.edu

Do you work with birds?  Do you educate the public about birds?  Do you have questions about Avian Influenza or the Asian Bird Flu?
 
Avian Influenza/ Asian bird flu has been in the news, in the papers, on the radio and on TV, be prepared to answer the public’s questions on the topic and get the facts for yourself and your volunteers. 
 
Dr. Patrick Redig of The University of Minnesota Raptor Center will provide a lecture and Q&A session on the topic.  This lecture is not open to the general public, it is specifically designed to meet the needs of professionals who work with birds or educate the public about birds.  This lecture is open to staff and volunteers who work for nature centers, rehabilitators, zoos, wildlife centers, education organizations and animal shelter.  Registration is required

A $5 donation per person is suggested 
To register: Call 612-624-9753 or email raptor@umn.edu

Lisa Koch, Director of Education
The Raptor Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
612-624-3261
1920 Fitch Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6108
kochx039@umn.edu
http://www.theraptorcenter.org



"Keep on Hootin"- support our essential work all year long. 
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 --=====================_190939671==.ALT-- From mthomasauer@gmail.com Thu Oct 20 19:48:02 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:48:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Smith's Longspur - Park Point, Duluth Message-ID: ------=_Part_7474_17140568.1129834082624 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline After completing the entire "death march" (walking all the way to the end o= f Minnesota Point and back) this morning, I was rewarded with a large mixed flock of Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, and at least one SMITH'S LONGSPU= R near the Sky Harbor airport. It was a non-breeding adult bird, seen well in flight at close range. I think that there could have very well been more than one in the large flock, but I was only able to see one bird at any one time. The flock was frequently moving around at the end of the closest tarmac to the trail, where all the planes sit. I was watching them right near the weather station, just inside the fence and a little ways past the airport buildings. With some patience the flock lands right on the tarmac, just inside the fence, providing nice looks. Tom Auer Duluth, MN -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_7474_17140568.1129834082624 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline After completing the entire "death march" (walking all the way to= the end of Minnesota Point and back) this morning, I was rewarded with a large mixed flock of Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, and at least one SMITH'S LONGSPUR near the Sky Harbor airport. It was a non-breeding adult bird, seen well in flight at close range. I think that there could have very well been more than one in the large flock, but I was only able to see one bird at any one time. The flock was frequently moving around at the end of the closest tarmac to the trail, where all the planes sit. I was watching them right near the weather station, just inside the fence and a little ways past the airport buildings. With some patience the flock lands right on the tarmac, just inside the fence, providing nice looks.

Tom Auer
Duluth, MN

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www.d.umn.edu/~auer00= 09 ------=_Part_7474_17140568.1129834082624-- From esteb02@frontiernet.net Fri Oct 21 00:30:35 2005 From: esteb02@frontiernet.net (esteb02@frontiernet.net) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:30:35 +0000 Subject: [mou] whatbird.com In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20051020233035.36fo1usvumm80cs8@webmail.frontiernet.net> Just discovered this website, and thought I would pass it along for those of you who may be interested. It looks like it could be useful to the novice birder who does not have access to a good field guide, but has internet access, from what I have seen so far... http://www.whatbird.com/ Steve Estebo From dlpwaters@charter.net Fri Oct 21 01:52:48 2005 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:52:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Hawk Ridge: Black-backed Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwings + more Message-ID: Hawk Ridge News October 20, 2005 Bird Business… … Even though the numbers in October are not nearly as high as seen during the big Broad-winged Hawk flights in September, it is still spectacular to watch all these big birds migrate past the Ridge. We’re getting into the peak time now for Red-tailed Hawks, Northern Goshawks, Rough-legged Hawks, and Bald and Golden Eagles. Come and visit us—and remember to dress warmly! … NORTHERN SHRIKES are here! SEVEN have been seen at the main overlook over the past week. SNOW BUNTINGS have also been moving through—over 45 were seen yesterday—and one hung around the main overlook today, checking out our gravel paths. HORNED LARKS, LAPLAND LONGSPURS, and BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS have been seen over the past week, and one BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was spotted at the main overlook on Sunday. Some other birds that have been showing up include PURPLE FINCHES (which migrate in varying numbers), EVENING GROSBEAKS, and large numbers (1,000+ yesterday) of AMERICAN ROBINS. For more information on the happenings at Hawk Ridge, including info on the migration, passerines, the raptor forecast, and upcoming programs, visit our website at http://www.hawkridge.org/about/news.html Happy hawkwatching! Debbie __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "I am a predator. I hunt for knowledge!" --4th grader, Northern Lights Elementary "Migration--it's a family tradition!" --4th grader, Great Lakes Elementary -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.3/141 - Release Date: 10/18/2005 From a_molson@unidial.com Fri Oct 21 02:31:41 2005 From: a_molson@unidial.com (Ann and Manley Olson) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:31:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] Small geese- Cackling? Message-ID: <435844FD.6080705@unidial.com> About 4:00 today I saw 4 small geese in Roseville on the pond on the NW corner of Roselawn and Cleveland. There were about 150 birds on the pond. These four were off to the side of the rest and swam away when any larger goose approached. They were noticably smaller then the rest of the flock. I saw them only in the water, not on land. As the small birds drifted away, I heard what seemed to be higher pitched calls but I was not close enough to determine which bird was uttering the calls. Manley Olson Falcon Heights From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Oct 21 02:35:30 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:35:30 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 10/20/05 Message-ID: <4357FF92.578.4A97DEF@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 20th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Deb and Steve Falkowski found a ROCK WREN at the boat launch at Taconite Harbor in Cook County on the 17th. It was relocated on the 18th on the boulder breakwall to the west of the boat launch and then on the boulders to the south of the boat launch. Steve also reported a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER in Virginia on the 14th at the 500 block of 12th Street North, although it has not been relocated. A COMMON GROUND-DOVE was found in downtown Two Harbors on the 16th, but has not been seen since. It was found along the west end of 1st Avenue, one block west of 8th Street near the railroad property. Tom Auer found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR at Park Point this morning just past the buildings at the Sky Harbor Airport. It was with a mixed flock of SNOW BUNTINGS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Jan Green reported a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR along the Alseth Road at Stoney Point on the 16th. Jan also found a FIELD SPARROW at the cemetery on the Old North Shore Road, a half mile east of the Homestead Road. Peder Svingen and Tony Hertzel found four SURF SCOTERS at Paradise Beach and one at Grand Marais on the 15th. They also found a WHITE- WINGED SCOTER and five BLACK SCOTERS at Paradise Beach. They had a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK flying over Grand Marais, which is a first Cook County record, and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE just east of the Brule River along Highway 61. Just east of the Homestead Road on Scenic Highway 61 in St. Louis County they found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. They also received a second-hand report of an adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK at the mouth of the Cross River in Cook County on the 15th. The first NORTHERN SHRIKES of the season were found at Hawk Ridge on the 16th, and during the MOU North Shore field trip at Artist's Point in Grand Marais. The first BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found on the 15th at Hawk Ridge, as well as at Hovland during the MOU field trip. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 16th. Thirteen GOLDEN EAGLES have been counted at Hawk Ridge since the 15th. A LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen by Warren Nelson and Bill Stauffer on the 15th along Aitkin County Road 18, 0.8 mile east of County Road 5. Long-tailed Ducks were also seen over the weekend in Cook County at Good Harbor Bay and in Grand Marais. Two WESTERN GREBES were reported by Conny Brunell and Susan Schumacher on Lake Superior at Park Point out from 31st Street on the 17th. CACKLING GEESE are being seen at the Two Harbors golf course and in Grand Marais. There was a belated second-hand report of a WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER from Grand Marais on the 16th, although it has not been relocated or confirmed. It was reported near the Homestead Cooperative on the 200 block of 11th Ave. West. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 27th. 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 Oct 21 02:48:23 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:48:23 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 20 October 2005 Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1--919235289 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 20th. Several interesting birds turned up over the past week, but only a few stayed around for more than a few minutes. On October 14th, a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was reported at the 500 block of 12th Street North in Virginia, St. Louis County. It was not seen after the initial sighting. A COMMON GROUND-DOVE was seen briefly in downtown Two Harbors, Lake County, on the 16th, but could not be relocated. Jim Lind found it at at the far west end of 1st Avenue near an abandoned brick building at a blocked gate to the railroad yards. A ROCK WREN was at the Taconite Harbor boat launch in Cook County on the 17th. Deb and Steve Falkowski found it at the base of the boulder breakwall on the west side of the boat launch and Jim Lind relocated it here on the 18th. The first-fall Plegadis ibis that Peder Svingen found last week in Big Stone County was seen by Phil Chu on the 15th. This is in Ortonville Township on the north side of county road 64 about one and three-quarter miles west of county road 67. And on the 17th, a hunter reported to DNR officials that he had shot a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK near Donnelly in Stevens County. The CAROLINA WREN is still being seen at Leslie Kottke's feeder in St. Paul, Ramsey County, and Warren Woessner reports that the bird at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield Hennepin County was also still present. On the 15th, Bill Stauffer and Warren Nelson found a LONG-TAILED DUCK on Aitkin County Road 18. The bird was in a small pond on the north side of the road about three-quarters of a mile west of the junction with County Road 5. NORTHERN SHRIKES, HORNED LARKS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, LAPLAND LONGSPURS, and SNOW BUNTINGS have also been moving through the state. A BLACK- BACKED WOODPECKER was spotted at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 20th. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 27th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1--919235289 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, October 20th.=A0


Several = interesting birds turned up over the past week, but only a few stayed = around for more than a few minutes. On October 14th, a BLACK-THROATED GRAY = WARBLER was reported at the 500 block of 12th Street North in = Virginia, St. Louis County. It was not seen after the initial = sighting.


A = COMMON = GROUND-DOVE was seen briefly in downtown Two Harbors, Lake = County, on the 16th, but could not be relocated. Jim Lind found it at at = the far west end of 1st Avenue near an abandoned brick building at a = blocked gate to the railroad yards.


A = ROCK = WREN was at the Taconite Harbor boat launch in Cook County on = the 17th. Deb and Steve Falkowski found it at the base of the boulder = breakwall on the west side of the boat launch and Jim Lind relocated it = here on the 18th.


The = first-fall Plegadis = ibis that Peder Svingen found last week in Big Stone County = was seen by Phil Chu on the 15th. This is in Ortonville Township on the = north side of county road 64 about one and three-quarter miles west of = county road 67.


And on = the 17th, a hunter reported to DNR officials that he had shot a BLACK-BELLIED = WHISTLING-DUCK near Donnelly in Stevens County.=A0


The CAROLINA WREN is still being seen at Leslie = Kottke's feeder in St. Paul, Ramsey County, and Warren Woessner reports = that the bird at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield Hennepin County = was also still present.


On the = 15th, Bill Stauffer and Warren Nelson found a LONG-TAILED DUCK = on Aitkin County Road 18. The bird was in a small pond on the north side = of the road about three-quarters of a mile west of the junction with = County Road 5.=A0


NORTHERN = SHRIKES, HORNED LARKS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, LAPLAND LONGSPURS, = and SNOW = BUNTINGS have also been moving through the state. A BLACK-BACKED = WOODPECKER was spotted at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the = 20th.


The next scheduled update of this tape is = Thursday, October 27th.


- - = -

Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

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= --Apple-Mail-1--919235289-- From wenelson@mlecmn.net Fri Oct 21 02:54:49 2005 From: wenelson@mlecmn.net (Warren Nelson) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:54:49 -0500 Subject: [mou] Late Dickcissel Message-ID: <43584A69.7ABA05D9@mlecmn.net> This evening after work while watching my feeders, an immature DICKCISSEL showed up on the ground feeding with six cardinals. It was there until dark -- very pretty bird. Warren Nelson From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Oct 21 03:36:34 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:36:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, October 21, 2005 Message-ID: <000c01c5d5e8$4e499020$96d4aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C5D5BE.65738820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 21, 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. After a couple of windy days, cool temperatures, and shortening daylight, the leaves are finally all down in the northwest. Birds are easier to see, but fewer in number. The large flocks of juncos, and robins have disappeared from northern yards, and everyone is busy getting yards and gardens ready for the upcoming winter. In Pennington County last weekend several large flocks of CACKLING GEESE touched down at the wastewater treatment ponds as I watched. Many hundreds of waterfowl were there on Saturday including MALLARDS, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, RUDDY DUCKS and many others. Kay Hartness in Becker County reported her first PINE SISKINS of the season. Also present was a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. >From Clay County, Patrick Beauzay reported RED-TAILED HAWK, SWAINSON'S HAWK, and AMERICAN KESTREL. At Bluestem Prairie, he found several EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Near Park Rapids, in Hubbard County, he found MOURNING DOVE, GREAT HORNED OWL, EASTERN SCREECH OWL, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and one ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. On October 14, Alma Ronningen saw RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH and a PINE SISKIN and on the 17th, a COMMON LOON and GREAT BLUE HERON at Star Lake, all in Otter Tail County.=20 Beau Shroyer found two KRIDER'S RED-TAILED HAWKS in Todd County on October 18, 0.1 mile east of CR 57 along CR 2. Thanks to Patrick Beauzay, Kay Hartness, Alma Ronningen, and Beau Shroyer 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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Canadian border Rainy River. More hawks around fields here, then I have seen in some time. Still lots of eagles on river. Tom Crumpton From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Oct 21 16:32:19 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:32:19 -0500 Subject: [mou] Song ID help Message-ID: <0a2e01c5d654$a0786990$0c01a8c0@pastoral> While walking the back side of Blue Hill Trail in Sherburne NWR (near Princeton, MN), heard a completely unfamiliar song. The song was quite loud (stop you in the middle of a trail loud, although 25 yards away), medium pitch, five notes followed by a bit of a rolling ending. I would describe it as wah-weet-weet-wah-whir, with pronounced emphasis on the two weet-weet portions (much lower & somewhat slower than a shorebird's weet-weet). The songs came in two pairs of two verbalizations each, initially sounding very near the ground, then at mid-canopy. The area is oak savanna, relatively open woods & grasslands, with the sound initially occuring 3-5 feet into the woods. Twenty minutes of pant-staining search through brush yielded nothing. The loudness & pitch was very close to a Carolina Wren, although I'm only familiar with its "churry-churry-churry" call. I could not make a determination from Sibley whether it may have been a CW alternate verbalization (which is all I have in the car). Help! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Oct 21 16:58:02 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:58:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] Thanks - John Feith nailed it! Message-ID: <0b1401c5d658$3826cc20$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Thanks for all the (very quick) suggestions. John Feith suggested White-crowned, and, after listening to it on a website, think he nailed it. Funny that in 13 years of birding I've either never heard, or do not recall hearing, a White-crowned before. Do they rarely audibilize during migration? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From TeamVagrant@aol.com Sat Oct 22 00:16:37 2005 From: TeamVagrant@aol.com (TeamVagrant@aol.com) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:16:37 EDT Subject: [mou] pacific coast ideas Message-ID: <12e.68fd071f.308ad0d5@aol.com> -------------------------------1129936597 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm planning ahead to next year for a trip to the pacific coast for a pelagic trip. Any thoughts out there for where I should begin, or if someone has had a good experience with a specific outfit I'm open to any thoughts. I don't know where, or when for sure. It's in the planning stage. Maybe Oregon in Sept but I don't know. Chris Elmgren Gnesen TWP Duluth -------------------------------1129936597 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm planning ahead to next year for a trip to the pacific coast for a=20 pelagic trip.  Any thoughts out there for where I should begin, or if=20 someone has had a good experience with a specific outfit I'm open to an= y=20 thoughts.  I don't know where, or when for sure.  It's in the plan= ning=20 stage.  Maybe Oregon in Sept but I don't know.=20
 
Chris=20 Elmgren
Gnesen TWP
Duluth
 -------------------------------1129936597-- From smithville4@charter.net Sat Oct 22 03:57:34 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:57:34 -0500 Subject: [mou] My trip to Grand Marais Message-ID: <000801c5d6b4$5a5f75b0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5D68A.711E28C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The subject of this email sounds like some elementary paper your teacher = would give to you for homework=20 Well after completing every DIY or Home & Garden project that my wife = tossed at me during the summer, I made plans today to get out of dodge! = You see my birthday is this Sunday and Monica asked me what I wanted for = my birthday and I said "a days pass to go to Grand Marais to go birding" I got up at 5am and snuck out of the house and headed to Grand Marais = listening to Don Imus! I am a huge I-Man fan. I got into Hovland at = 8:10am sharp and I was ready to go. First bird of the day were some = Evening Grosbeaks migrating over head and overall it was quiet- real = quiet for birds. So I took some scenic photos of plants, frost on plants = and other subjects. My highlights today: -all three scoter species (Paradise beach, Grand Marais Harbor, Good = Harbor Bay) -long-tailed ducks at two locations ( Paradise Beach & Good Harbor Bay) -Pacific Loon at the wayside rest right before you come to Paradise = beach. Is there a name for this rest stop? It really isn't a rest stop = its part of the old highway that got washed out. There is north entrance = and south entrance on this road off Highway 61. -Thayer's Gull immature in Grand Marais Harbor At 12 or so the rain and mist came down all day long! I stopped by the = Rock Wren spot in Taconite Harbor and did not see it BUT I heard from = Kim Eckert's group that they might of heard it call 3 times as it = responded to a tape. So its probably there still. =20 ****Here is a warning **** about the rocky breakwall where the wren is = hanging out. First the wren is hanging out on the long breakwall that = is "L" shape. You can approach the breakwall by parking your car at the = upper parking lot near the tire & shovel statues or monuments. Walk down = the path to the foot of the breakwall. STOP! There is concrete wall and = you are now above the rocky breakwall. To get on the breakwall you have = to risk breaking your leg or arm. There is vertical rock at the concrete = wall that you can put your foot on and then grab it with your hand and = slide down the rock to the main breakwall OR you could lay on stomach = and try to slide your body down and see if your toes reach the bottom = rock. This wren is in a tough spot to get to. I did not try either = options as it was rainy and the rocks were slick. Even if the raocks = were dry its still a risky climb down. Its not impossible but there is = risk of hurting yourself. I added this tip because it was not mentioned at all and I thought this = tip would help those that might be up there this weekend.=20 Good day! PS I will be posting those photos in my album on my website = this weekend. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5D68A.711E28C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The subject of this email = sounds like=20 some elementary paper your teacher would give to you for homework =
 
Well after completing every = DIY or Home=20 & Garden project that my wife tossed at me during the summer, I = made=20 plans today to get out of dodge!  You see my birthday is this = Sunday and=20 Monica asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said "a days pass to = go to=20 Grand Marais to go birding"
 
I got up at 5am and snuck out = of the=20 house and headed to Grand Marais listening to Don Imus! I am a huge = I-Man fan. I=20 got into Hovland at 8:10am sharp and I was ready to go.  First bird = of the=20 day were some Evening Grosbeaks migrating over head and overall it was = quiet-=20 real quiet for birds. So I took some scenic photos of plants, frost on = plants=20 and other subjects.
 
My highlights = today:
-all three scoter species = (Paradise=20 beach, Grand Marais Harbor, Good Harbor Bay)
-long-tailed ducks at two = locations (=20 Paradise Beach & Good Harbor Bay)
-Pacific Loon at the wayside = rest right=20 before you come to Paradise beach. Is there a name for this rest stop? = It really=20 isn't a rest stop its part of the old highway that got washed out. There = is=20 north entrance and south entrance on this road off Highway = 61.
-Thayer's Gull immature in = Grand Marais=20 Harbor
 
At 12 or so the rain and mist = came down=20 all day long! I stopped by the Rock Wren spot in Taconite Harbor and did = not see=20 it BUT I heard from Kim Eckert's group that they might of heard it call = 3 times=20 as it responded to a tape. So its probably there still.  =
 
****Here is a warning **** = about the=20 rocky breakwall where the wren is hanging out.  First the wren is = hanging=20 out on the long breakwall that is "L" shape. You can approach the = breakwall by=20 parking your car at the upper parking lot near the tire & shovel = statues or=20 monuments. Walk down the path to the foot of the breakwall. STOP! There = is=20 concrete wall and you are now above the rocky breakwall. To get on the = breakwall=20 you have to risk breaking your leg or arm. There is vertical rock at the = concrete wall that you can put your foot on and then grab it with your = hand and=20 slide down the rock to the main breakwall OR you could lay on stomach = and try to=20 slide your body down and see if your toes reach the bottom rock. =20 This  wren is in a tough spot to get to. I did not try either = options as it=20 was rainy and the rocks were slick. Even if the raocks were dry its = still a=20 risky climb down. Its not impossible but there is risk of hurting=20 yourself.
 
I added this tip because it = was not=20 mentioned at all and I thought this tip would help those that might be = up there=20 this weekend.
 
Good day!  PS I will be = posting=20 those photos in my album on my website this weekend.
 
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5D68A.711E28C0-- From sweston2@comcast.net Sat Oct 22 05:34:36 2005 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:34:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Jim Fitzpatrick to speak at Lebanon Hills Message-ID: <001501c5d6c3$8ddaca20$7bf5be43@Weston72505> In Search of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan Wed, October 26, 6:30-8 pm The Ivory Billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct for 60 years until recently spotted in Arkansas. Come for stories and slides from Jim Fitzpatrick - one of the few people in the world to spot this rare bird. Registration required: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks or 952-891-7000 fowarded per request Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From mattjim@earthlink.net Sat Oct 22 19:31:07 2005 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:31:07 -0500 Subject: [mou] Lesser Black-backed Gull-Dakota Co. Message-ID: <410-220051062218317718@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 10:20am Black Dog Lake, observation platform Dakota Co. I observed a LBBG, probable 2nd summer plumage, among several Ring-billeds at a distance of about 175-200m. It had a uniformly dark, muddy gray back and scapulars. Even backlighted, the dark back was evident compared to RBGUs. About 25% larger than adult RBGUs next to it. Bill noticeably larger (longer and thicker with no noticeably gonydeal projection) than RBGU bill. More elongated than RBGU due to long primary extension. Backlighting by bright sun made it impossible to see detail of bill clearly, but it mostly looked pale toward base with a darkish subterminal area. The head was fairly white with distinct dark streaking on nape and sides of neck. After 5 mins. it flew to the west out of sight. In flight the back looked dark grayish brown, the inner wing (secondaries and coverts) were same color as back, but slightly mottled. The primaries were slightly more black than inner wing but did not show a lot of contrast. No apical light spot visible in the primaries. Very faint white trailing edge on secondaries. The underwing was not seen clearly. This may be the same individual previously reported by Doug Kieser at Purgatory Creek and Drew Smith at Black Dog. Jim Eagan ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

10:20am
Black Dog Lake, observation platform
Dakota Co.
 
I observed a LBBG, probable 2nd summer plumage, among several Ring-billeds at a distance of about 175-200m.  It had a uniformly dark, muddy gray back and scapulars. Even backlighted, the dark back was evident compared to RBGUs. About 25% larger than adult RBGUs next to it. Bill noticeably larger (longer and thicker with no noticeably gonydeal projection) than RBGU bill. More elongated than RBGU due to long primary extension. Backlighting by bright sun made it impossible to see detail of bill clearly, but it mostly looked pale toward base with a darkish subterminal area. The head was fairly white with distinct dark streaking on nape and sides of neck. After 5 mins. it flew to the west out of sight. In flight the back looked dark grayish brown, the inner wing (secondaries and coverts) were same color as back, but slightly mottled. The primaries were slightly more black than inner wing but did not show a lot of contrast. No apical light spot visible in the&nb sp;primaries. Very faint white trailing edge on secondaries. The underwing was not seen clearly. This may be the same individual previously reported by Doug Kieser at Purgatory Creek and Drew Smith at Black Dog.
 
Jim
Eagan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From jgreen@d.umn.edu Sat Oct 22 23:30:15 2005 From: jgreen@d.umn.edu (John Green) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:30:15 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) Subject: [mou] Sabine's Gull in Grand Marais Message-ID: I ran into Chris Benson at Taconite Harbor this afternoon. He was coming back from Grand Marais but would not be home until Monday. So he asked me to post his observation, today, of a Sabine's Gull in the Grand Marais harbor near the trading post and the east side parking lot. Very few lingering birds on the North Shore. There are oodles of mountain ash berries so there should be more winter migrants later. I saw a flock of probable Bohemian Waxwings flying over Beaver Bay. Also a few siskins and robins at Gooseberry. One Cape May Warbler at Split Rock Lighhouse. A very few juncos and tree sparrows. One Fox Sparrow and one White-throated Sparrow in my yard. Jan Green From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Oct 23 13:28:33 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:28:33 -0500 Subject: [mou] Aitkin & Mille Lacs Message-ID: <001d01c5d7cd$49e4dc10$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Took a drive yesterday through portions of Mille Lacs & Aitkin Counties: best sighting was two Boreal Chickadees along Aitkin CR 18 (snowmobile trail across from "Pietz" Road) - two Gray Jays enhanced the experience - Mille Lacs Lake was rather quiet (only counted 12 loons from southern 35 to Garrison, most a ways out there). Haven't been able to persuade last year's Red-throated (or Pacific, for that matter) Loons to return! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From prh@hutchtel.net Mon Oct 24 01:28:45 2005 From: prh@hutchtel.net (pete hoeger) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:28:45 -0500 Subject: [mou] Sunday Shorebirds in Renville County Message-ID: <001101c5d831$e5173e30$d60310ac@YOUR91E713E150> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D807.FBF9CCF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The flooded field just south of Boon Lake in northeastern Renville = County (about 10 mi. west of Hutchinson) that was found by = Dunlap/Frichtman/Hockema 2 weeks ago is still bustling with shorebirds = and about 30-35 Amer. Pipits. Most interesting (and quite a strange coincidence!) was a one-legged = White-rumped Sandpiper, AND a one-legged Amer. Golden Plover, both = hopping around accompanied by loyal two-legged mates.=20 Other than the flock of Pipits and a group of 35-40 Pectoral Sandpipers, = the other shorebirds seemed to come in pairs: White-Rumped Sandpiper--2 Am.Golden Plover--2 Killdeer--2 (yup, only 2) (the many Least Sandpipers and a pair of Dunlin that were there last = weekend were not seen at all this afternoon). Red-tailed Hawks are patrolling the countryside seemingly every other = mile or so. Pete Hoeger, Hutchinson ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D807.FBF9CCF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The flooded field just south of Boon = Lake in=20 northeastern Renville County (about 10 mi. west of Hutchinson) that was = found by=20 Dunlap/Frichtman/Hockema 2 weeks ago is still bustling with shorebirds = and about=20 30-35 Amer. Pipits.
Most interesting (and quite a strange = coincidence!)=20 was a one-legged White-rumped Sandpiper, AND a one-legged Amer. Golden = Plover,=20 both hopping around accompanied by loyal two-legged mates.
Other than the flock of Pipits and a = group of 35-40=20 Pectoral Sandpipers, the other shorebirds seemed to come in = pairs:
White-Rumped Sandpiper--2
Am.Golden Plover--2
Killdeer--2 (yup, only 2)
(the many Least Sandpipers and a pair = of Dunlin=20 that were there last weekend were not seen at all this = afternoon).
 
Red-tailed Hawks are patrolling the = countryside=20 seemingly every other mile or so.
 
Pete Hoeger, = Hutchinson
------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D807.FBF9CCF0-- From prh@hutchtel.net Mon Oct 24 02:22:04 2005 From: prh@hutchtel.net (pete hoeger) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:22:04 -0500 Subject: Fw: [mou] Sunday Snipe in Renville County Message-ID: <001e01c5d839$582dcfe0$d60310ac@YOUR91E713E150> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C5D80F.6F19D480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forgot to include 2 Comm. Snipe also among the shorebirds in Renville = Cty. today. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: pete hoeger=20 To: mou=20 Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: [mou] Sunday Shorebirds in Renville County The flooded field just south of Boon Lake in northeastern Renville = County (about 10 mi. west of Hutchinson) that was found by = Dunlap/Frichtman/Hockema 2 weeks ago is still bustling with shorebirds = and about 30-35 Amer. Pipits. Most interesting (and quite a strange coincidence!) was a one-legged = White-rumped Sandpiper, AND a one-legged Amer. Golden Plover, both = hopping around accompanied by loyal two-legged mates.=20 Other than the flock of Pipits and a group of 35-40 Pectoral Sandpipers, = the other shorebirds seemed to come in pairs: White-Rumped Sandpiper--2 Am.Golden Plover--2 Killdeer--2 (yup, only 2) (the many Least Sandpipers and a pair of Dunlin that were there last = weekend were not seen at all this afternoon). Red-tailed Hawks are patrolling the countryside seemingly every other = mile or so. Pete Hoeger, Hutchinson ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C5D80F.6F19D480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Forgot to include 2 Comm. Snipe also = among the=20 shorebirds in Renville Cty. today.
 
----- Original Message -----=20
From: pete = hoeger
To: mou
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: [mou] Sunday Shorebirds in Renville = County

The flooded field just south of Boon = Lake in=20 northeastern Renville County (about 10 mi. west of Hutchinson) that was = found by=20 Dunlap/Frichtman/Hockema 2 weeks ago is still bustling with shorebirds = and about=20 30-35 Amer. Pipits.
Most interesting (and quite a strange = coincidence!)=20 was a one-legged White-rumped Sandpiper, AND a one-legged Amer. Golden = Plover,=20 both hopping around accompanied by loyal two-legged mates.
Other than the flock of Pipits and a = group of 35-40=20 Pectoral Sandpipers, the other shorebirds seemed to come in = pairs:
White-Rumped Sandpiper--2
Am.Golden Plover--2
Killdeer--2 (yup, only 2)
(the many Least Sandpipers and a pair = of Dunlin=20 that were there last weekend were not seen at all this = afternoon).
 
Red-tailed Hawks are patrolling the = countryside=20 seemingly every other mile or so.
 
Pete Hoeger, = Hutchinson
------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C5D80F.6F19D480-- From sharon@birdchick.com Mon Oct 24 21:07:50 2005 From: sharon@birdchick.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:07:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Carrol Henderson Award Message-ID: <234D22B5-F511-4B07-9308-58277A183E11@birdchick.com> --Apple-Mail-6--594068051 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I just heard about this. I haven't been so proud of a Minnesota birder since I saw Al Batt get a standing ovation at the Midwest Birding Symposium in Iowa: Carrol Henderson of the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program was one of two recipients of the Vision Award from Watchable Wildlife Inc. at the national Watchable Wildlife Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The award was presented for the program's long-term accomplishments in the conservation of nongame wildlife, restoration of species like the trumpeter swan, and production of educational materials like Woodworking for Wildlife, Landscaping for Wildlife, and Lakescaping for Wildlife, which are intended for private citizens. Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com --Apple-Mail-6--594068051 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
I just = heard about this.=A0 I haven't been so proud of a Minnesota birder since = I saw Al Batt get a standing ovation at the Midwest Birding Symposium in = Iowa:=A0

Carrol = Henderson of the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program was one of two recipients = of the Vision Award from Watchable Wildlife Inc. at the national = Watchable Wildlife Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia.=A0 The award = was presented for the program's long-term accomplishments in the = conservation of nongame wildlife, restoration of species like the = trumpeter swan, and production of educational materials like Woodworking = for Wildlife, Landscaping for Wildlife, and Lakescaping for Wildlife, = which are intended for private citizens.


Sharon = Stiteler
Minneapolis, = MN
www.birdchick.com
Bird/Wildlife Observation = Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com


 =

= --Apple-Mail-6--594068051-- From sharon@birdchick.com Mon Oct 24 21:13:20 2005 From: sharon@birdchick.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:13:20 -0500 Subject: [mou] Carrol Henderson Award Message-ID: <8A1742F8-3298-4192-AA49-EF745B58C9B5@mn.rr.com> --Apple-Mail-7--593738275 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I just heard about this. I haven't been so proud of a Minnesota birder since I saw Al Batt get a standing ovation at the Midwest Birding Symposium in Iowa: Carrol Henderson of the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program was one of two recipients of the Vision Award from Watchable Wildlife Inc. at the national Watchable Wildlife Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The award was presented for the program's long-term accomplishments in the conservation of nongame wildlife, restoration of species like the trumpeter swan, and production of educational materials like Woodworking for Wildlife, Landscaping for Wildlife, and Lakescaping for Wildlife, which are intended for private citizens. Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com --Apple-Mail-7--593738275 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
I just heard = about this.=A0 I haven't been so proud of a Minnesota birder since I saw = Al Batt get a standing ovation at the Midwest Birding Symposium in = Iowa:=A0

Carrol Henderson of the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program = was one of two recipients of the Vision Award from Watchable Wildlife = Inc. at the national Watchable Wildlife Conference in Virginia Beach, = Virginia.=A0 The award was presented for the program's long-term = accomplishments in the conservation of nongame wildlife, restoration of = species like the trumpeter swan, and production of educational materials = like Woodworking for Wildlife, Landscaping for Wildlife, and Lakescaping = for Wildlife, which are intended for private citizens.


Sharon Stiteler
Minneapolis, = MN
www.birdchick.com
www.eagleoptics.com
= --Apple-Mail-7--593738275-- From smithville4@charter.net Mon Oct 24 22:31:42 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:31:42 -0500 Subject: [mou] South American bird song site Message-ID: <000b01c5d8e2$53af19c0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5D8B8.6A93F270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know in my lifetime I will never be seen south of the border but there = are those that do go there each year to go birding. So this site is = about as close I will come to being in the tropics. This site is = unbelievable kool and all you have to do is click a location, click on = some strange name of a bird that I or you will never see in our lifetime = like the Golden-collared Toucanet and listen to the song. Its FREE! This = site has thousands of songs to listen too. Mike Hendrickson Duluth ( my kind of tropics) Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5D8B8.6A93F270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I know in my lifetime I will = never be=20 seen south of the border but there are those that do go there each = year to=20 go birding.  So this site is about as close I will come to being in = the=20 tropics.  This site is unbelievable kool and all you have to = do is=20 click a location, click on some strange name of a bird that I or=20 you will never see in our lifetime like the Golden-collared = Toucanet=20 and listen to the song. Its FREE! This site has thousands of songs to = listen=20 too.
 
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth ( my kind of = tropics)
 
 
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5D8B8.6A93F270-- From birdnird@yahoo.com Mon Oct 24 23:27:00 2005 From: birdnird@yahoo.com (Terence Brashear) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:27:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Hennepin County TUFTED TITMOUSE In-Reply-To: <000b01c5d8e2$53af19c0$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> Message-ID: <20051024222700.52083.qmail@web53207.mail.yahoo.com> Monday, October 24, 2005. I just saw a Tufted Titmouse at my feeders here in South Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. I looked out the window from my office and there it was on the ground eating. In my excitement of pointing it out to my wife the dog went nuts barking and spooked it. I will try an get photos of it. What a great county bird & yard bird! Regards, Terry Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com From lindakay1209@yahoo.com Mon Oct 24 23:22:03 2005 From: lindakay1209@yahoo.com (linda wilmarth) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:22:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] albino raptor Sunday Anderson Lake Eden Prairie Message-ID: <20051024222203.35897.qmail@web36703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I saw a large albino raptor Sunday, October 23, on Anderson Lake in Eden Prairie. I think it was a bald eagle. I saw it perched for a few minutes but didn't get a good look at it flying. It was large, about the size of a great egret I've seen perched in the same spot. Its feathers were completely white and it had yellow talons and a large yellow decurved beak. I have photos if anyone is interested. Linda Wilmarth __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From smithville4@charter.net Tue Oct 25 00:06:29 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:06:29 -0500 Subject: [mou] the S. America bird song site URL Message-ID: <000801c5d8ef$91c77b00$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5D8C5.A8817320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://xeno-canto.org/ I forgot to add the URL. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5D8C5.A8817320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
http://xeno-canto.org/
 
I forgot to add the = URL.
 
 
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5D8C5.A8817320-- From corax6330@yahoo.com Tue Oct 25 03:36:34 2005 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:36:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Peregrine Falcons, waterfowl, Houston Co. Mon. Oct. 24 Message-ID: <20051025023634.80914.qmail@web30915.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Two Peregrine Falcons were seen this afternoon along Hwy 26 south of LaCrescent and north of the Root River this afternoon about 5PM. One carried a prey item to a tree where it began to feed. The other flew off to perch nearby. One was larger than the other, suggesting a female & male? This location is a straight line distance of 2-3 miles WSW of downtown LaCrosse, where a PEFA was sitting on a newly replaced nest box on the US BANK building at 10AM this morning. 15 waterfowl species were seen this afternoon on Pool 8 of the Miss. R. 10,000s of waterfowl were distant & unidentifiable in rafts. Best viewed from Hwy 26 in Houston Co. Recommended stops: green hwy mile marker 11 near RR mile marker 147 continuing 1/5 mile south. Look for the drive into state forest land barred by a pipe gate. Park here. View east across the road. Also same hwy at Wildcat Creek delta about 2.5 miles south of Brownsville. View from near white numbers on blue background house fire sign # 11238. Waterfowl: Can. Goose, Tundra Swan, Wood D., Gadwall, Am. Wigeon, Am Black D., No. Shoveler, No. Pintail, Gr.-w. Teal, Cans., L. Scaup, Bufflehead, C. Goldeneye, Hooded Merg., Am. Coot. Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Tue Oct 25 15:52:48 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:52:48 -0500 Subject: [mou] Consider.... Message-ID: <001701c5d973$c48fc4f0$0c01a8c0@pastoral> As I walked (a rather quiet) Mahnomen Trail in Sherburne NWR this morning, contemplated what has been seen either in or within a ten mile radius of the refuge in just the past two years (AOU order): * Greater White-fronted Goose * Ross' Goose * Little Blue Heron (pending) * Northern Goshawk * Least Tern * Great Gray Owl * Acadian Flycatcher * Loggerhead Shrike * Townsend's Solitaire * Bohemian Waxwing * Black-throated Blue Warbler * Hooded Warbler * Yellow-breasted Chat * 23 warblers, single day, single trail (two+ hours) * Lark Sparrow (nester) * Henslow's Sparrow * Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Perhaps - as you contemplate your 2006 birding schedule - you might want to pencil in a day here. Unabashedly a fan, Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From mthomasauer@gmail.com Tue Oct 25 18:00:15 2005 From: mthomasauer@gmail.com (Tom Auer) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:00:15 -0500 Subject: [mou] Townsend's Solitaire and Boreal Chick - Lakeview Castle Message-ID: ------=_Part_11200_27679415.1130259615307 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline This morning, before heading off to school, I spied a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE flitting low in the open trees across from the Lakeview Castle, right next to the lake shore. I think I got some half way decent pics, as it was fairl= y tame. It seemed like it might stay around. Also, in the Spruces, just NE of the Lakeview Castle was BOREAL CHICKADEE avidly calling. There were also a few Snow Buntigns around. I was beginning to wonder when driving 9 miles of Scenic 61 everday was going to pay off... For those of you who aren't familiar with Lakeview Castle, it's on Scenic Highway 61 running NE out of Duluth, about 9 miles out of town, just on the left hand side of the road. Tom Auer Duluth, MN -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 ------=_Part_11200_27679415.1130259615307 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
This morning, before heading off to school, I spied a TOWNSEND'S SOLIT= AIRE flitting low in the open trees across from the Lakeview Castle, right = next to the lake shore. I think I got some half way decent pics, as it was = fairly tame. It seemed like it might stay around. Also, in the Spruces= , just NE of the Lakeview Castle was BOREAL CHICKADEE avidly calling. There= were also a few Snow Buntigns around. I was beginning to wonder when drivi= ng 9 miles of Scenic 61 everday was going to pay off...
 
For those of you who aren't familiar with Lakeview Castle, it's on Sce= nic Highway 61 running NE out of Duluth, about 9 miles out of town, just on= the left hand side of the road.
 
Tom Auer
------=_Part_11200_27679415.1130259615307-- From birdnird@yahoo.com Wed Oct 26 02:08:40 2005 From: birdnird@yahoo.com (Terence Brashear) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:08:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] No Tufted Titmouse today - Oct 25, 2005 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20051026010841.97548.qmail@web53203.mail.yahoo.com> I watched for the bird this afternoon for 2 hours and did not see it. The Fox Sparrow and Junco flock was there so I hope it is still around. I'll let you know if I see it again. Terry Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com From lkrueger@umn.edu Wed Oct 26 02:46:50 2005 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:46:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Photo site update Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5D9A5.3D0AB3F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have updated my photo web site to make it easier to navigate. I have also put on some new bird photos: a Bald Eagle flying into its nesting site on Hwy 36, a Great Egret in flight at the 180th Street Marsh, a Wilson's Snipe at the 180th Street Marsh, an American White Pelican in flight, a pair of Mallards, and a Blue Jay. The American White Pelican was photographed at Lake Rebecca in Hastings yesterday (Monday). There were three of them there at the time (late afternoon). Please let me know if you have any problems with my newer web site. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5D9A5.3D0AB3F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have updated my photo web site to make it easier to navigate.  I have also put on some new bird photos:  a Bald = Eagle flying into its nesting site on Hwy 36, a Great Egret in flight at the 180th Street Marsh, a = Wilson’s Snipe at the 180th Street Marsh, an American White Pelican in flight, a pair of Mallards, and a = Blue Jay.  The American White Pelican was photographed at Lake Rebecca in Hastings yesterday (Monday).  = There were three of them there at the time (late afternoon).  Please let me = know if you have any problems with my newer web site.  =

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5D9A5.3D0AB3F0-- From Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov Wed Oct 26 14:26:49 2005 From: Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov (Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:26:49 -0600 Subject: [mou] Say's Phoebe, Rice Lake NWR, Aitkin Co. Message-ID: This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0049D29D862570A6_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" On 10/25/05, a little after 4 pm, a Say's Phoebe landed in the shrubs out my office window at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. What a gorgeous bird! It caused a double take; I've had American robins and gray catbirds haunting that perch for the past month. The peachy underbelly that changed to the gray mid-breast was what caught my eye. The Refuge Visitor Center is 5 miles south of McGregor on State Hwy 65. Come on out for a visit! Michelle McDowell Wildlife Biologist Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge McGregor, MN Aitkin County 218-768-2402 --=_alternative 0049D29D862570A6_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
On 10/25/05, a little after 4 pm, a Say's Phoebe landed in the shrubs out my office window at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.  What a gorgeous bird!  It caused a double take; I've had American robins and gray catbirds haunting that perch for the past month. The peachy underbelly that changed to the gray mid-breast was what caught my eye.   The Refuge Visitor Center is 5 miles south of McGregor on State Hwy 65.  Come on out for a visit!

Michelle McDowell
Wildlife Biologist
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
McGregor, MN
Aitkin County
218-768-2402 --=_alternative 0049D29D862570A6_=-- From kreckert@cpinternet.com Wed Oct 26 14:44:11 2005 From: kreckert@cpinternet.com (Kim R Eckert) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:44:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] Great Gray and N Hawk Owls Message-ID: <972941B0-4626-11DA-89B2-000A95E02230@cpinternet.com> I recently received a couple of reports of northern owls from 2 northern Minnesota locations: - Dee Kuder of Crane Lake observed a Great Gray Owl back on 12 October in N St Louis Co, along Minn Hwy 73 near the jct of Co Rd 22 and the town of Sturgeon. - More recent and interesting were the 2 N Hawk Owls seen by visiting CA birders Frank & Susan Gilliland on 24 October in N Beltrami Co, at mile 42 on Minn Hwy 72, which is about 5 mi N of Waskish. The question naturally comes to mind as to whether these will prove to be just isolated sightings or as harbingers of another irruption of northern owls this fall and winter. Such repeat irruptions are rare but possible: they occurred in 1990-91 & 1991-92 (primarily Great Grays) and in 1995-96 & 1996-97 (all 4 northern species). Kim Eckert From connybrunell@earthlink.net Wed Oct 26 18:02:16 2005 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:02:16 -0500 Subject: [mou] Greater Yellowlegs, Hennepin Co. Message-ID: <380-220051032617216142@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_541811262597917216142 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This morning from 10:15-10:45 am at the Purgatory Creek Wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County there was a flock of 9 Greater Yellowlegs. There is a large mudflat exposed again, and the birds were vocalizing the whole time they were feeding and preening around the outside edges. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Co. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_541811262597917216142 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
 
This morning from 10:15-10:45 am at the Purgatory Creek Wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County there was a flock of 9 Greater Yellowlegs.  There is a large mudflat exposed again, and the birds were vocalizing the whole time they were feeding and preening around the outside edges.
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Co.
 
------=_NextPart_541811262597917216142-- From lkrueger@umn.edu Thu Oct 27 00:56:36 2005 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:56:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] American Kestrel Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5DA5F.012CF900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I photographed an American Kestrel today on Hwy 47 (SW of Hwy 46) in Hastings. I put it on my website under the "New Photos" tab. I also went to Lake Rebecca around 2:30PM and there was one American White Pelican present. There was nothing at all at the 180th Street Marsh around 1:30PM. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5DA5F.012CF900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I photographed an American Kestrel today on Hwy 47 = (SW of Hwy 46) in Hastings.  I put it on my website under the “New Photos” tab.  I = also went to Lake Rebecca around 2:30PM and there = was one American White Pelican present.  There was nothing at all at the = 180th = Street Marsh around 1:30PM.

 

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5DA5F.012CF900-- From rongreen@charter.net Thu Oct 27 01:28:53 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:28:53 -0500 Subject: [mou] Owls - Suggestions on locating Message-ID: <011801c5da8d$726bd2c0$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0115_01C5DA63.80138EB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am shiting my photographic focus to owls to hopefully broaden my image = portfolio (not GGO's or NHO's, at least for the moment). Does anyone = have any suggestions regarding places I could drive to within 3 to 4 = hours of Rochester and have reasonable success in locating a owl (Short = or Long ear, etc.)? Thanks in advance for the help. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_0115_01C5DA63.80138EB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I am shiting my photographic focus to = owls to=20 hopefully broaden my image portfolio (not GGO's or NHO's, = at=20 least for the moment). Does anyone have any suggestions regarding places = I could=20 drive to within 3 to 4 hours of Rochester and have reasonable success in = locating a owl (Short or Long ear, etc.)? Thanks in advance for the=20 help.
 
 
Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery
------=_NextPart_000_0115_01C5DA63.80138EB0-- From rongreen@charter.net Thu Oct 27 02:49:24 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:49:24 -0500 Subject: [mou] Owls - Suggestions on locating References: <011801c5da8d$726bd2c0$6401a8c0@ron> <000b01c5da8d$366ec480$56b48042@0018999440> Message-ID: <01d201c5da98$b064d710$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01CD_01C5DA6E.BFAB75F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Doug for pointing out that slip up. As I am sitting here writing = this response, the paper bag I am wearing over my head, to hide the = embarassment, keeps slipping down blocking my view of the keyboard. I = will say, that is something that almost never comes out of my mouth. I = can remember two exceptions. One was in a private session, the other = very public. The first was when I broke through snow covered ice last = year in Sax/Zim and sunk down a foot in ice cold water that promptly = filled my boot. I wouldn't have minded had it not been 30 or 40 below = zero. The other unfortunate event was when I had just started a new job = many years ago and an incident with the intercom. I got a little tongue = tied over a a person's last name of "Shitz", pronounced "Sheets". That = day, I became instantly well known by at least 500 people. Sorry for the long winded response and my apologies to anyone that was = offended.=20 =20 Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Doug Buri=20 To: Ron Green=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [mou] Owls - Suggestions on locating Oh --- I just can't pass up commenting on the 3rd word in your = message. It describes my photo skills to a "T".=20 Regards Doug Buri Milbank, SD ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ron Green=20 To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net ; mou-net@cbs.umn.edu=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: [mou] Owls - Suggestions on locating I am shiting my photographic focus to owls to hopefully broaden my = image portfolio (not GGO's or NHO's, at least for the moment). Does = anyone have any suggestions regarding places I could drive to within 3 = to 4 hours of Rochester and have reasonable success in locating a owl = (Short or Long ear, etc.)? Thanks in advance for the help. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_01CD_01C5DA6E.BFAB75F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks Doug for pointing out that slip = up. As I=20 am sitting here writing this response, the paper bag I am =20 wearing over my head, to hide the embarassment, keeps slipping down = blocking my view of the keyboard. I will say, that is something=20 that almost never comes out of my mouth. I can remember two=20 exceptions. One was in a private session, the other very public. The = first=20 was when I broke through snow covered ice last year in Sax/Zim = and=20 sunk down a foot in ice cold water that promptly filled = my boot.=20 I wouldn't have minded had it not been 30 or 40 below zero. The = other=20 unfortunate event was when I had just started a new job many = years ago=20 and an incident with the intercom. I got a little tongue tied over = a=20 a person's last name of "Shitz", pronounced = "Sheets". That day, I=20 became instantly well known by at least 500 people.
 
Sorry for the long winded response = and my=20 apologies to anyone that was offended. 
  
Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Doug = Buri=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, = 2005 7:27=20 PM
Subject: Re: [mou] Owls - = Suggestions on=20 locating

Oh --- I just can't pass up commenting  on the 3rd = word in=20 your message. It describes my photo skills to a "T".
 
Regards
Doug Buri
Milbank, SD
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ron=20 Green
To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net = ; mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, = 2005 7:28=20 PM
Subject: [mou] Owls - = Suggestions on=20 locating

I am shiting my photographic focus = to owls to=20 hopefully broaden my image portfolio (not GGO's or = NHO's, at=20 least for the moment). Does anyone have any suggestions regarding = places I=20 could drive to within 3 to 4 hours of Rochester and have reasonable = success=20 in locating a owl (Short or Long ear, etc.)? Thanks in advance for = the=20 help.
 
 
Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery
------=_NextPart_000_01CD_01C5DA6E.BFAB75F0-- From mark.larose@mchsi.com Thu Oct 27 03:40:09 2005 From: mark.larose@mchsi.com (mark.larose@mchsi.com) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:40:09 +0000 Subject: [mou] Siskins in Carver County Message-ID: <102720050240.25726.43603E08000DA2940000647E21979133290A9C019D0E04D2059D0E03@mchsi.com> I'm hoping this is not an indication of the weather expected this winter, but there were at least 6 pine siskins at the feeders in my yard today with the usual goldfinches. This is the earliest I have seen them at my feeder since moving to MN in '99. -- Mark LaRose Waconia Carver County From sweston2@comcast.net Thu Oct 27 07:20:09 2005 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:20:09 -0500 Subject: [mou] Cackling Geese: New Prague Message-ID: <003c01c5dabe$876d0f00$7bf5be43@Weston72505> 10/26 Passed the New Prague sewerage pond this afternoon and observed a large number of Canada and Cackling geese. There were perhaps 100 to 200 Cackling Geese, but there were also some lesser Canada Geese and I did not have time to seperate the two, especially with the distant birds. There were also several of the large common Canada Geese for contrast. Also present were several species of wterfowl uncluding a Canvasback and several Redhead. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Thu Oct 27 18:39:31 2005 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:39:31 -0500 Subject: [mou] Falcon chasing Osprey Message-ID: This is an extraordinary series of shots showing a Peregrine attempting to steal a fish from an Osprey at Cape May, NJ.=20 Shortcut to: http://www.raptorresource.org/anyboard9/forum/posts/10032.html#10032 Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. From dlpwaters@charter.net Thu Oct 27 20:43:36 2005 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:43:36 -0500 Subject: [mou] Hawk Ridge: Harlan's, Black-backed Woodpeckers, Crossbills, & Grosbeaks Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C5DB04.D010C800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hawk Ridge News October 27, 2005 ...Monday is the last day for our visitor services staff at the main overlook; however, Red-tailed Hawks, Northern Goshawks, Rough-legged Hawks, and Bald and Golden Eagles will continue to move through, and Frank will still be there counting every day through the end of NOVEMBER. Some of our volunteers get “addicted” to the ridge, and they may be available to help interpret and answer visitor questions, especially on weekends. Once the snow flies, sunlight is reflected onto the underside of migrating birds, showing them in a whole new light. (Sorry, late season pun!) …An adult light HARLAN’S (RED-TAILED) HAWK was recorded at the main overlook on Tuesday, and an unidentified buteo seen last Thursday was likely a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. …Some of the “other” birds that have been seen at the main overlook include NORTHERN SHRIKES, the season’s first PINE GROSBEAKS showed up on Sunday, RED CROSSBILLS, EVENING GROSBEAKS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, good pushes of PURPLE FINCHES, and a late PALM WARBLER. BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS (1 male, 1 female) were located in the pine plantation in the nature reserve on Monday. Raptor Forecast… … As usual, we rely on the weather forecasters for our flight predictions. Blame them, not us! Friday is supposed to be sunny with SSW winds up to 15mph. For Saturday they’re predicting SSW winds to 10 mph and partly cloudy. Sunday is supposed to be cloudy with winds out of the WSW switching to SW in the afternoon, and a 30% chance of rain. What does all this mean? If the weather prediction is right, we could be in for our best flights on Friday and Saturday. The best viewing will probably be in the morning before the birds get high on the thermals, and later in the afternoon. Sunday could be good viewing if the rain holds off. If you want to know what’s happening, give us a call at the Ridge: 218.428.6209 through Monday. Upcoming Programs… All programs are free and meet at the Main Overlook at the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve. Saturday (October 29) 11:00 a.m. Life at the Ridge Plant and animal life, that is! Naturalist Willow Maser will lead a hike to points of interest and talk about identification, uses, exotic invasives, and habitat conservation. Sunday (October 30) 11:00 a.m. Eyes on the Skies Hawkwatching for beginners! Join us at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook to uncover the mysteries of identifying hawks in flight. Over 90,000 raptors fly over Hawk Ridge each fall…don’t miss this opportunity! We'll discuss the basics of raptor identification, as well as provide up-close views of live raptors. __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "I am a predator. I hunt for knowledge!" --4th grader, Northern Lights Elementary "Migration--it's a family tradition!" --4th grader, Great Lakes Elementary -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/150 - Release Date: 10/27/2005 ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C5DB04.D010C800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hawk=20 Ridge News

October 27, 2005

 

 ...Monday is=20 the last day for our visitor services staff at the main overlook; = however,=20 Red-tailed Hawks, Northern Goshawks, Rough-legged Hawks, and Bald = and=20 Golden Eagles will continue to move through, and Frank will still be = there=20 counting every day through the end of NOVEMBER.  Some of our volunteers get = =93addicted=94 to=20 the ridge, and they may be available to help interpret and answer = visitor=20 questions, especially on weekends. =20 Once the snow flies, sunlight is reflected onto the underside of=20 migrating birds, showing them in a whole new light.  (Sorry, late season=20 pun!)

 

=85An adult light HARLAN=92S (RED-TAILED) = HAWK was=20 recorded at the main overlook on Tuesday, and an unidentified buteo seen = last=20 Thursday was likely a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.

 

=85Some of the =93other=94 birds that = have been seen at=20 the main overlook include NORTHERN SHRIKES, the season=92s first PINE = GROSBEAKS=20 showed up on Sunday, RED CROSSBILLS, EVENING GROSBEAKS, BOHEMIAN = WAXWINGS,=20 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, good pushes of PURPLE FINCHES, and a late PALM=20 WARBLER.  BLACK-BACKED = WOODPECKERS=20 (1 male, 1 female) were located in the pine plantation in the nature = reserve on=20 Monday.  =

 

Raptor Forecast=85

 

=85 As usual, we rely on the weather = forecasters for=20 our flight predictions.  = Blame them,=20 not us!  Friday is = supposed to=20 be sunny with SSW winds up to 15mph. =20 For Saturday they=92re predicting SSW winds to 10 mph and partly=20 cloudy.  Sunday is = supposed to be=20 cloudy with winds out of the WSW switching to SW in the afternoon, and a = 30%=20 chance of rain.  What does = all this=20 mean?  If the weather = prediction is=20 right, we could be in for our best flights on Friday and Saturday.  The best viewing will probably = be in the=20 morning before the birds get high on the thermals, and later in the=20 afternoon.  Sunday could = be good=20 viewing if the rain holds off.  = If=20 you want to know what=92s happening, give us a call at the Ridge: = 218.428.6209=20 through Monday.

 

Upcoming = Programs=85

 

All programs = are free=20 and meet at the Main Overlook at the Hawk Ridge Nature=20 Reserve.

 

Saturday=20 (October 29)

11:00 a.m.           =20 Life at the Ridge

Plant and=20 animal life, that is!  Naturalist Willow Maser will lead a hike to = points=20 of interest and talk about identification, uses, exotic invasives, and = habitat=20 conservation.   

 

Sunday = (October=20 30)

11:00 a.m.           =20 Eyes on the Skies

Hawkwatching=20 for beginners!   Join us at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook to uncover = the=20 mysteries of identifying hawks in flight.  Over 90,000 raptors fly = over=20 Hawk Ridge each fall=85don=92t miss this opportunity!  We'll = discuss the basics=20 of raptor identification, as well as provide up-close views of live=20 raptors.

__________________________________
Debbie Waters, = Education=20 Director
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory
P.O. Box 3006
Duluth, MN=20 55803-3006
(218)=20 428-6209
dwaters@hawkridge.org
www.hawkridge.org

"I am a=20 predator.  I hunt for knowledge!"  --4th grader, Northern = Lights=20 Elementary

"Migration--it's a family tradition!"  --4th = grader,=20 Great Lakes Elementary

------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C5DB04.D010C800-- From thekinglet@yahoo.com Thu Oct 27 23:04:07 2005 From: thekinglet@yahoo.com (Josh Watson) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:04:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Mountain Bluebird Message-ID: <20051027220408.54816.qmail@web35609.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-746579871-1130450647=:52306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello everyone, This morning I did a little bit of birding with Bob Janssen on his pre-festival class. One one of our stops I discovered a female mountain bluebird. The directions are a little classified becuase the bird was on private property and in order to go see the bird you will have to call for permission and I am not yet sure if it is alright with the property owners if suddenely a bunch of people who wanted to see the bird called for permission. The bird was very cooperative and I along with Bob and his class observed it for over an hour and the bird remained when we left. We had several close up views with a spotting scope and with binoculars. It hung out in a large pasture surrounded by several other pastures and fields. The bird was all by itself and spent most of its time perched on waist high fence posts and the fencing wire although sometimes flew to the ground and foraged for a couple seconds to then fly back to one of its perches on top of a fence post. Not much else very no teworthy that we saw today. Good birding, Josh Watson Grand Marais --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. --0-746579871-1130450647=:52306 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Hello everyone,
 
This morning I did a little bit of birding with Bob Janssen on his pre-festival class. One one of our stops I discovered a female mountain bluebird. The directions are a little classified becuase the bird was on private property and in order to go see the bird you will have to call for permission and I am not yet sure if it is alright with the property owners if suddenely a bunch of people who wanted to see the bird called for permission. The bird was very cooperative and I along with Bob and his class observed it for over an hour and the bird remained when we left. We had several close up views with a spotting scope and with binoculars. It hung out in a large pasture surrounded by several other pastures and fields. The bird was all by itself and spent most of its time perched on waist high fence posts and the fencing wire although sometimes flew to the ground and foraged for a couple seconds to then fly back to one of its perches on top of a fence post. Not much else ve ry noteworthy that we saw today. Good birding,
 
Josh Watson
Grand Marais

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. --0-746579871-1130450647=:52306-- From stfcatfish@yahoo.com Fri Oct 28 00:09:35 2005 From: stfcatfish@yahoo.com (Steve Foss) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mou] Northern hawk owl . . . Message-ID: <20051027230936.41064.qmail@web60916.mail.yahoo.com> . . . seen this morning two miles west of Ely along Hwy. 169. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Oct 28 02:04:57 2005 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:04:57 -0500 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 27 October 2005 Message-ID: <0EBE2136-E100-42CA-B009-F04DB7993CFC@sihope.com> --Apple-Mail-3--317041891 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 27th. On October 25th, Michelle McDowell reported the brief observation of a SAY'S PHOEBE out the office window at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Aitkin County. The Refuge Visitor Center is five miles south of McGregor on state highway 65. On October 22nd, a SABINE'S GULL was reported from the Grand Marais harbor in Cook County near the trading post and the east side parking lot. I have no other information on this bird, and what information I have is secondhand. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen on the 27th in St. Louis County. Steve Foss found it two miles west of Ely along U.S. Highway 169. Two more Hawk Owls were seen by Frank and Susan Gilliland on October 24th about five miles north of Waskish in northern Beltrami County. This was at mile 42 of state highway 72. Dee Kuder observed a GREAT GRAY OWL on October 12th in northern St. Louis County, along state highway 73 near its junction with county road 22. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen by Denny Martin at the Red Rock Prairie in Cottonwood County on the 26th, as was a mixed flock of SMITH'S LONGSPURS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS. A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS was found in the pine plantation behind Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 24th. On the 23rd a TUFTED TITMOUSE was in Nininger Township of Dakota County. It was seen by Alex Lewinski at his bird bath. Some other birds reported this past week include NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, PINE GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL, PURPLE FINCH, and EVENING GROSBEAK. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, November 3rd. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-3--317041891 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October = 27th.=A0


On October 25th, Michelle = McDowell reported the brief observation of a SAY'S = PHOEBE out the office window at the Rice Lake National = Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Aitkin County. The Refuge Visitor = Center is five miles south of McGregor on state highway 65.


On October 22nd, a = SABINE'S = GULL= was reported from the Grand Marais harbor in Cook County near the = trading post and the east side parking lot. I have no other information = on this bird, and what information I have is secondhand.


A NORTHERN HAWK = OWL = was seen on the 27th in St. Louis County. Steve Foss found it two miles = west of Ely along U.S. Highway 169. Two more Hawk = Owls= were seen by Frank and Susan Gilliland on October 24th about five miles = north of Waskish in northern Beltrami County. This was at mile 42 of = state highway 72.


Dee Kuder observed a GREAT GRAY = OWL = on October 12th in northern St. Louis County, along state highway 73 = near its junction with county road 22.


A SHORT-EARED = OWL = was seen by Denny Martin at the Red Rock Prairie in Cottonwood County on = the 26th, as was a mixed flock of SMITH'S LONGSPURS and LAPLAND = LONGSPURS.


A pair of BLACK-BACKED = WOODPECKERS was found in the pine plantation behind Hawk Ridge = in Duluth on the 24th.


On the 23rd a TUFTED = TITMOUSE was in Nininger Township of Dakota County. It was = seen by Alex Lewinski at his bird bath. Some other birds reported this = past week include NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, PINE GROSBEAK, RED = CROSSBILL, PURPLE FINCH, and EVENING = GROSBEAK.=A0=A0


The next scheduled update = of this tape is Thursday, November 3rd.


- - = -

Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

 =

= --Apple-Mail-3--317041891-- From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Oct 28 02:19:09 2005 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:19:09 -0500 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 10/27/05 Message-ID: <4361363D.25444.9110B8@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 27th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A SAY'S PHOEBE was found by Michelle McDowell on the 25th at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge visitor's center in Aitkin County, along Minnesota State Highway 65, five miles south of McGregor. Tom Auer found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 25th along Scenic Highway 61 near the Lakeview Castle restaurant, just east of the McQuade Road. Tom also heard a BOREAL CHICKADEE northeast of the restaurant. Al Schirmacher found two Boreal Chickadees in Aitkin County on the 22nd along the snowmobile trail across from the Pietz's Road, off County Road 18. Warren Nelson had a late DICKCISSEL at his feeders in the town of Aitkin on the 20th. Chris Benson reported a SABINE'S GULL in the Grand Marais harbor on the 22nd near the trading post and the east side parking lot, although it has not been reported since. A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was found by Josh Watson and Bob Janssen in Cook County today, although the bird is on private property and the exact location cannot yet be given. LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on the 21st by Kim Eckert and others at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors and at Good Harbor Bay in Cook County, as well as a SURF SCOTER at Good Harbor Bay. Also on the 21st, Mike Hendrickson found SURF SCOTERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, BLACK SCOTERS, and LONG-TAILED DUCKS in Cook County at Paradise Beach, Grand Marais, and Good Harbor Bay. Mike found an immature THAYER'S GULL at the Grand Marais harbor, and a PACIFIC LOON at the wayside rest just west of Paradise Beach. I also have a reliable second-hand report of a PACIFIC LOON seen at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 26th. A first-winter THAYER'S GULL was seen on the 26th at the Superior Entry on the Minnesota breakwall. Jan Green reported a PEREGRINE FALCON from the Blatnik Bridge in the Duluth Port Terminal area on the 26th. At least 30 GOLDEN EAGLES have been seen at Hawk Ridge since the 22nd, including 17 on the 24th. The first PINE GROSBEAK of the season was reported from Hawk Ridge on the 23rd. Two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen on the 24th along the pine woods trail east of the Main Overlook. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by Rick Schroeder on the 22nd in the Sax- Zim Bog on the west side of County Road 7, at the junction of the Stone Lake Road. There is also a belated report of a Great Gray from October 12th in northern St. Louis County along Minnesota Highway 73 at the junction of County Road 22. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen this morning by Steve Foss two miles west of Ely along US Highway 169. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 3rd. 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 ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Oct 28 03:28:51 2005 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:28:51 -0500 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, October 28, 2005 Message-ID: <000801c5db67$58df22a0$1eb391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C5DB3D.70091AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 28, 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. What a beautiful fall it has been in the northwest! Warm, sunny days, and cool clear nights have been rule for much of the month of October. Migration progresses, and now we are seeing the large flocks of waterfowl, robins, and migrant sparrows. >From Otter Tail County, Alma Ronningen reported two COMMON LOONS on Lake Lida, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE on October 26; on October 27, she saw two MOURNING DOVES, many AMERICAN ROBINS, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported that large flock of ducks are showing up in the county including LESSER SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSER, and BUFFLEHEAD. Songbirds reported by them included NORTHERN CARDINAL, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, a flock of 65 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and PURPLE FINCH. Nancy Jackson also reported sightings in Otter Tail County. On October 23, she observed a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and SONG SPARROW. In Wadena County at Spirit Lake near Menagha, Nancy found BONAPARTE'S GULLS on October 24. She also saw several COMMON LOONS at various places in Wadena and Itasca Counties. On October 20, Nathaniel Emery reported that the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds were very active with all sorts of waterfowl including 100's of AMERICAN COOTS, thousands of CANADA GEESE with dozens of CACKLING GEESE, 52 TUNDRA SWANS, EARED GREBES, one WESTERN GREBE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, and many species of ducks. I have no word of how many of these birds are still there, but given the good weather, I suspect that many are. On another note - Nathaniel reported the first SNOW BUNTING of the season on October 23 near the UMC campus. Many GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were migrating through the campus on October 21. Bruce Flaig had a NORTHERN CARDINAL stop by his yard in the southern part of the county this week. Maggie Anderson reported a SHORT-EARED OWL seen along the Parker dike along Ditch 11 at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County on October 27. Two NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen by two visiting birders on October 24 along MN 72 at milepost 42 which is about 5 miles north of Waskish in Beltrami County. >From Jake's Resort at Northwest Angle Inlet on Lake of the Woods comes a report of EARED GREBES, TURKEY VULTURE, BALD EAGLE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, GRAY JAY, SNOW BUNTINGS, and EVENING GROSBEAK in Lake of the Woods County this week. Thanks to Nancy Jackson, Maggie Anderson, Alma Ronningen, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Nathaniel Emery, Bruce Flaig, and the folks at Jake's Resort 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. 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I photographed it flying with another bird in its talons but, unfortunately, the photo is pretty blurred. Linda Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5DB49.5E8335C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The male American Kestrel was found on Hwy 47 in = Hastings again = today around 10:30AM on the electrical wires – second day in a = row.  I photographed it flying with another bird in its talons but, = unfortunately, the photo is pretty blurred.

 

Linda

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5DB49.5E8335C0-- From sweston2@comcast.net Fri Oct 28 05:41:11 2005 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:41:11 -0500 Subject: [mou] pos Prairie Falcon @ airport Message-ID: <001901c5db79$d7165d20$7bf5be43@Weston72505> At 6:30pm in deep dusk I had a large falcon fly about 20 feet above me near the entrance to the Minneapolis - St. Paul Airport. I ID'd it as a probable Prairie Falcon mainly because of its slightly flaired tail (see Sibley for the best comparison). Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From SnoEowl@aol.com Fri Oct 28 14:48:15 2005 From: SnoEowl@aol.com (SnoEowl@aol.com) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:48:15 EDT Subject: [mou] Passing on information on a Birding Festival in Lansing, Iowa--long Message-ID: -------------------------------1130507295 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en =20 A Fun-packed Time on Mississippi River with Enormous Numbers of Wildlife Where will visiting nature lovers and birdwatchers be able to enjoy lengthy= =20 and spectacular views of, on average, 15 =E2=80=9320,000 Tundra Swans and 2= 50,000 =E2=80=93 350,000 ducks and geese, during the second weekend of November? And, where=20= did=20 this total number reach an incredible =C2=BD million birds in 2002? The answer can be found at the popular 4th Annual Rivers & Bluffs Fall=20 Birding Festival, headquartered at Lansing, Iowa, from Friday through Sunday= ,=20 November 11-13. It=E2=80=99s a fun-filled weekend everyone will enjoy.=20 Enthusiastic volunteers will be waiting to welcome visitors to the festival= =20 and to Lansing, located about midway between La Crosse and Prairie du Chien= ,=20 WI, on the west side of the gorgeous river valley, just 11 miles south of t= he=20 Minnesota border. Residents often call our scenic region =E2=80=9CGod=E2= =80=99s Country,=E2=80=9D=20 and most visitors are awestruck by the beauty of this still nearly secret=20 corner of the Upper Midwest.=20 Our birding festival is focused toward all birdwatchers and nature lovers=20= =E2=80=93=20 from beginners to experts. Spotting scopes will be provided by birding guid= es=20 on the excursion boat cruises, and the on-land field trips. Binoculars will= =20 be loaned to those who do not have their own.=20 The festival weekend is scheduled for the peak time to get close-up views o= f=20 beautiful birds amid the gorgeous bluffs and Mississippi River where=20 Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa meet. Participants are likely to be amazed b= y the=20 enormous concentrations of elegant and vocal Tundra Swans, and the even lar= ger=20 numbers of ducks and geese! Visitors will also see numerous Bald Eagles, ha= wks=20 and other interesting species. Every year the rivers and bluffs country=20 provides new surprises. Last year five Golden Eagles and a total of 91 diff= erent=20 species were enjoyed during the festival=E2=80=99s field trips.=20 Highlights of the 2005 Rivers & Bluffs Fall Birding Festival =20 Heated river boat excursion trips out on the big river Sat. and Sun. with=20 Captain Jack of Mississippi Explorer Cruises for closest views (extra =20 charge).=20 Half-day car caravan field trips led by knowledgeable birder/naturalists on= =20 Sat. and Sun. to explore habitats in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.=20 A kick-off Live Trumpeter Swan Program on Friday evening by Ron Andrews,=20 Iowa DNR.=20 An introduction to wildlife on the Upper Mississippi River National=20 Wildlife and Fish Refuge by Tim Loose, McGregor District office.=20 A talk on local swans and other waterfowl populations by Waterfowl=20 Biologist, Kevin Kenow, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Onalas= ka, WI.=20 The festival will also feature several artists and vendors =E2=80=93 includ= ing Eagle=20 Optics, the nation=E2=80=99s largest optics outfitter.=20 Door-prizes will be given away throughout the festival, and both silent and= =20 live auctions on Saturday night to help support bird conservation efforts.= =20 Visitors will enjoy local restaurants and pubs; and on both mornings =E2= =80=93 a=20 made-from-scratch Sourdough Pancake Breakfast =E2=80=93 at the adjacent Uni= ted Methodist=20 Sunday School (from 7am to 1pm).=20 And, as a grande finale, a Live Great Horned Owl Program by owl expert Karl= a=20 Kinstler, of the Houston Nature Center in Minnesota.=20 Live Music Saturday Night=20 At 7 PM on Saturday night we will enjoy live music by the highly popular Jo= e=20 & Vicki Price. Joe is an Iowa Blues Hall of Fame performer and winner of th= e=20 2005 Blue Challenge. Don=E2=80=99t miss this performance.=20 The 2004 festival attracted 257 people from nine states. Attendance has=20 averaged well over 200. Birders and other nature lovers have come from all=20= three=20 coasts and a total of 19 states, plus Canada. The President of the Iowa Ci= ty=20 Bird Club recently said that this event might be the top birding vacation=20 destination in Iowa, and within a broad circle of Wisconsin and Minnesota as= =20 well. Come see if he is right!=20 Registration Details=20 Festival headquarters is Kee High School, 569 Center Street, Lansing, IA.=20= =20 Registration is on-site, beginning 5 PM Friday, Nov. 11. While some birding=20= =20 festivals in the U.S. charge $75 to $150 to register, and even more to take= =20 field trips, our prices are entirely different. Our costs for 3-days of fun= =20 are: $10 Adults; $2 age 7-17: age 6 or younger Free! Additional details are= =20 available at this link: _www.lansingiowa.com/birdfest2005.html_=20 (http://www.lansingiowa.com/birdfest2005.html) , or from _Ric.Zarwell@mchsi.= com_=20 (mailto:Ric.Zarwell@mchsi.com) .=20 We hope to see you in lovely, lively Lansing =E2=80=93 on the second weeken= d of=20 November =E2=80=93 before winter brings travel difficulties and you come do= wn with a bad=20 case of =E2=80=9Ccabin fever.=E2=80=9D -------------------------------1130507295 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en

A Fun-packed Time on Mississippi River with Enormous Numbers of Wildlife<= FONT=20 color=3Dnavy>

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Where will visiting nature lov= ers=20 and birdwatchers be able to enjoy lengthy and spectacular views of, on avera= ge,=20 15 =E2=80=9320,000 Tundra Swans and 250,000 =E2=80=93350,000 ducks and geese= , during the second=20 weekend of November? And, where did this total number reach an incredible=20= =C2=BD=20 million birds in 2002?

 

The answer= can be=20 found at the popular 4th Annual Rivers=20 & Bluffs Fall Birding Festival, headquartered at Lansing, Iowa, from Friday through Sunday, Novemb= er=20 11-13. It=E2=80=99s a fun-filled weekend everyone will=20 enjoy.

 

Enthusiast= ic=20 volunteers will be waiting to welcome visitors to the festival and to Lansin= g,=20 located about midway between La Crosse and Prairie du Chien, WI, on the west= =20 side of the gorgeous river valley, just 11 miles south of the Minnesota bord= er.=20 Residents often call our scenic region =E2=80=9CGod=E2=80=99s Country,=E2= =80=9D and most visitors are=20 awestruck by the beauty of this still nearly secret corner of the Upper Midwest.=

 

Our birdin= g festival=20 is focused toward all birdwatchers and nature lovers =E2=80=93 from beginner= s to=20 experts. Spotting scopes will be provided by birding guides on the excursion= =20 boat cruises, and the on-land field trips. Binoculars will be loaned to thos= e=20 who do not have their own.

 

The festiv= al weekend=20 is scheduled for the peak time to get close-up views of beautiful birds amid= the=20 gorgeous bluffs and Mississippi River where Minnesota, Wisconsin and=20 Iowa m= eet.=20 Participants are likely to be amazed by the enormous concentrations of elega= nt=20 and vocal Tundra Swans, and the even larger numbers of ducks and geese! Visi= tors=20 will also see numerous Bald Eagles, hawks and other interesting species. Eve= ry=20 year the rivers and bluffs country provides new surprises. Last year five Go= lden=20 Eagles and a total of 91 different species were enjoyed during the festival= =E2=80=99s=20 field trips.

 

 

Highlights= of the=20 2005 Rivers & Bluffs Fall Birding Festival=20

 

Heated riv= er boat=20 excursion trips out on the big river Sat. and Sun. with Captain Jack of=20 Mississippi=20 Explorer Cruises for closest views (extra=20 charge).

 

Half-day c= ar caravan=20 field trips led by knowledgeable birder/naturalists on Sat. and Sun. to expl= ore=20 habitats in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

 

A kick-off= Live=20 Trumpeter Swan Program on Friday evening by Ron Andrews, Iowa=20 DNR.

 

An introdu= ction to=20 wildlife on the Upper Mississippi River=20 National Wildlife and Fish Refuge by Tim Loose, McGregor District=20 office.

 

A talk on=20= local=20 swans and other waterfowl populations by Waterfowl Biologist, Kevin Kenow, U= pper=20 Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Onalaska,=20 WI.

 

The festiv= al will=20 also feature several artists and vendors =E2=80=93 including Eagle Optics, t= he nation=E2=80=99s=20 largest optics outfitter.

 

Door-prize= s will be=20 given away throughout the festival, and both silent and live auctions on=20 Saturday night to help support bird conservation=20 efforts.

 

Visitors w= ill enjoy=20 local restaurants and pubs; and on both mornings =E2=80=93 a made-from-scrat= ch Sourdough=20 Pancake Breakfast =E2=80=93 at the adjacent United Methodist Sunday School (= from 7am to=20 1pm).

 

And, as a=20= grande=20 finale, a Live Great Horned Owl Program by owl expert Karla Kinstler, of the= =20 Houston Nature Center=20 in Minnesota.<= /STRONG>

 

 

Live Music= Saturday=20 Night

 

At 7 PM on= Saturday=20 night we will enjoy live music by the highly popular Joe & Vicki Price.=20= Joe=20 is an Iowa Blues Hall of Fame performer and winner of the 2005 Blue Challeng= e.=20 Don=E2=80=99t miss this performance.

 

The 2004 f= estival=20 attracted 257 people from nine states. Attendance has averaged well over 200= .=20 Birders and other nature lovers have come from all three coasts and a total=20= of=20 19 states, plus Canada. The President of the=20 Iowa City Bird Club recently said that this= event=20 might be the top birding vacation destination in Iowa, and within a broad circle of Wisconsin and Minnesota as well. Come see if he is=20 right!

 

 

Registrati= on=20 Details

 

Festival=20 headquarters is Kee High=20 School, 569 Center Street, Lansing, IA.=20 Registration is on-site, beginning 5 PM Friday, Nov. 11. While some birding=20 festivals in the U.S. charge $75 to $150 to regi= ster,=20 and even more to take field trips, our prices are entirely different. Our co= sts=20 for 3-days of fun are: $10 Adults; $2 age 7-17: age 6 or younger Free!=20 Additional details are available at this link: www.lansingiowa.com/bi= rdfest2005.html,=20 or from <= FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Ric.Zarwe= ll@mchsi.com=20 .

 

We hope to= see you=20 in lovely, lively Lansing =E2=80=93 on the second weekend o= f November =E2=80=93=20 before winter brings travel difficulties and you come down with a bad case o= f=20 =E2=80=9Ccabin=20 fever.=E2=80=9D

-------------------------------1130507295-- From dlpwaters@charter.net Sat Oct 29 04:49:50 2005 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:49:50 -0500 Subject: [mou] Snowy Owl--St. Louis Co. Message-ID: An immature Snowy Owl was reported today near the intersection of Hwy 2 and 194 (Saginaw) in St. Louis Co. It is extremely emaciated and is now under the care of a wildlife rehabilitator. __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "I am a predator. I hunt for knowledge!" --4th grader, Northern Lights Elementary "Migration--it's a family tradition!" --4th grader, Great Lakes Elementary -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/150 - Release Date: 10/27/2005 From drbenson@cpinternet.com Sun Oct 30 03:02:17 2005 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (David Benson) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:02:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] Cattle Egret - Grand Marais - 10/29/05 Message-ID: Bruce Stahly found a CATTLE EGRET in Grand Marais at the Autumn Migration Festival today. The bird was on the rocks by the marina on the west side of the harbor right across from the North House Folk School parking lot. Dave Benson Duluth From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Sun Oct 30 13:26:27 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:26:27 -0600 Subject: [mou] Aitkin & Mille Lacs Message-ID: <001101c5dd55$88d3aea0$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Nathan & I did a swing past Mille Lacs Lake (west side), through Aitkin CR 18, ending (from a birding perspective) with Rice Lake NWR - overall, a bit quiet. Loons were spotty along the lake, we missed the Boreal Chickadees on 18 that had been present the week before, and the Say's Phoebe did not show up for lunch at Rice Lake. However, we did enjoy 23 Snow Buntings, 3 Gray Jays and our first fall N. Shrike on Aitkin 18. Good birding to all! Nathan & Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From rongreen@charter.net Sun Oct 30 13:30:16 2005 From: rongreen@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:30:16 -0600 Subject: [mou] New Images: Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler, Saw Whet, and other Message-ID: <019901c5dd56$111bfce0$6401a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0196_01C5DD23.C613D6F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have just posted new images of ducks from Black Dog , a few of a Saw = Whet Owl captured by Greg Munson at Quarry Hill Nature Center for = tagging, images of Minnehaha Falls, and some more fall images.=20 With regards to the naming of the ducks, I hope they are correct, if not = let me know. When I was photographing them, a man was there who appeared = to be a very experienced birder and he told me their names. I then = looked them up after getting home and they appear correct. Enjoy and welcome any feedback. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage ------=_NextPart_000_0196_01C5DD23.C613D6F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have just posted new images of = ducks=20 from Black Dog , a few of a Saw Whet Owl captured by Greg = Munson=20 at Quarry Hill Nature Center for tagging, images of Minnehaha Falls, and = some=20 more fall images.
 
With regards to the naming of the = ducks, I hope=20 they are correct, if not let me know. When I was photographing them, a = man was=20 there who appeared to be a very experienced birder and he told me their = names. I=20 then looked them up after getting home and they appear = correct.
 
Enjoy and welcome any = feedback.
 
Ron Green
http://w= ww.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage
 ------=_NextPart_000_0196_01C5DD23.C613D6F0-- From david@cahlander.com Sun Oct 30 17:30:10 2005 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:30:10 -0600 Subject: [mou] Recently Seen - Cackling Goose in Lake County Message-ID: <001301c5dd77$970d38c0$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C5DD45.494110D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C5DD45.494110D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
http://www.moumn.org/cgi-= bin/recent.pl
 
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David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C5DD45.494110D0-- From tnejbell@comcast.net Sun Oct 30 17:53:31 2005 From: tnejbell@comcast.net (tnejbell@comcast.net) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:53:31 +0000 Subject: [mou] Arctic Refuge drilling Message-ID: <103020051753.12837.4365089B0001E4BD00003225220588636004040A0D060A029B@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12837_1130694811_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit As the MOU representative to the Minnesota Environmental Partnership I am asked from time to time to let the membership know about importnat matters. It is extremely important to get as many voices into Senator Norm Coleman as possible in the next three weeks to ask him to oppose the Budget Reconciliation Bill and protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Thanks for any help you can provide on this. Lois Norrgard Alaska Coalition 952-881-7282 lois@alaskacoalition.org To contact Senator Coleman - DC 202-224-5641 and in District 651-645-0323 or the 800 number 1-888-8-WILD-AK (1-888-894-5325) About Congressional Phone calling: If you have never called your Congressperson's office before - here are some simple tips. When you call you will generally be talking to a staff person who knows nothing about your issue. They are friendly and courteous and will take down your name, city, and the points that you would like them to convey to the Senator. They keep track of all of the calls the office receives on a particular issue in a day and will keep a "tally". (Script: Hello my name is ____________ and I live at ______________________. I am calling to urge Senator Coleman to keep his promise and vote No on the Budget Reconciliation Bill. He should protect our pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Budget Reconciliation Bill cuts programs for Minnesota, and would destroy a national treasure. If you are more comfortable with the issue you may ask for the person who handles the environment - then either you are able to talk with this staffer or their voicemail and leave your message as above. They will have a better background on the issue and will be able to maybe answer some of your questions, and/or ask questions of you in return. You need not be an expert on the issue! The most important thing you are conveying is that you are a Constituent, and you Care about this issue. -- Tom Bell 5868 Pioneer Road South Saint Paul Park MN 55071 651 459-4150 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12837_1130694811_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
As the MOU representative to the Minnesota Environmental Partnership I am asked from time to time to let the membership know about importnat matters.
 
It is extremely important to get as many voices into Senator Norm Coleman as possible in the next three weeks to ask him to oppose the Budget Reconciliation Bill and protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
 
Thanks for any help you can provide on this.
Lois Norrgard
Alaska Coalition
952-881-7282
 
To contact Senator Coleman -
DC 202-224-5641  and in District 651-645-0323 or
the 800 number 1-888-8-WILD-AK (1-888-894-5325)
 
About Congressional Phone calling:
If you have never called your Congressperson's office before - here are some simple tips. When you call you will generally be talking to a staff person who knows nothing about your issue. They are friendly and courteous and will take down your name, city, and the points that you would like them to convey to the Senator. They keep track of all of the calls the office receives on a particular issue in a day and will keep a "tally".
 
(Script: Hello my name is ____________ and I live at ______________________. I am calling to urge Senator Coleman to keep his promise and vote No on the Budget Reconciliation Bill. He should protect our pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Budget Reconciliation Bill cuts programs for Minnesota, and would destroy a national treasure.
 
If you are more comfortable with the issue you may ask for the person who handles the environment - then either you are able to talk with this staffer or their voicemail and leave your message as above. They will have a better background on the issue and will be able to maybe answer some of your questions, and/or ask questions of you in return.
 
You need not be an expert on the issue!  The most important thing you are conveying is that you are a Constituent, and you Care about this issue.
 
--
Tom Bell
5868 Pioneer Road South
Saint Paul Park MN 55071
651 459-4150
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12837_1130694811_0-- From sandy.kuder@netzero.net Sun Oct 30 18:21:57 2005 From: sandy.kuder@netzero.net (sandy.kuder@netzero.net) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:21:57 GMT Subject: [mou] bluebirds Message-ID: <20051030.102207.6182.39907@webmail62.nyc.untd.com> While birding the NW. side of Knife Lake in Kanabec County on Saturday, = I was amazed to see 4 Eastern Bluebirds. They were hanging around in a = area where nestboxes have already been taken down for the season. You g= otta love this warm weather! Sandy Kuder Coon Rapids From smithville4@charter.net Sun Oct 30 22:34:02 2005 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:34:02 -0600 Subject: [mou] Pacific Loon Message-ID: <000a01c5dda2$07736290$d099bf44@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C5DD6F.BC7C0580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found a Pacific Loon this afternoon (2:30pm) at Lafayette Square or = 31st Street off Minnesota Point. The loon was straight out from the = boardwalk on Lake Superior. Other birds: -imm Northern Goshawk flew over Lafayette Square parking lot as I was = leaving. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C5DD6F.BC7C0580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I found a Pacific Loon this = afternoon=20 (2:30pm)  at Lafayette Square or 31st Street off Minnesota=20 Point.  The loon was straight out from the boardwalk on Lake=20 Superior.
 
Other birds:
-imm Northern Goshawk flew = over Lafayette=20 Square parking lot as I was leaving.
 
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C5DD6F.BC7C0580-- From kreckert@cpinternet.com Sun Oct 30 22:56:37 2005 From: kreckert@cpinternet.com (Kim R Eckert) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:56:37 -0600 Subject: [mou] North Shore birding improves Message-ID: <6CE69F02-4998-11DA-84A6-000A95E02230@cpinternet.com> Though the birding has been generally very slow in NE Minn this fall, even through last Friday the 28th, things seemed to improve considerably over the weekend along the North Shore, with a few rarities and increased numbers of individuals of more expected birds. The group on our annual so-called "Muffin Trip" Sat morning through about Sunday noon saw the following: Saturday: - Cackling Goose / Two Harbors, 5 or 6 in the cemetery along Hwy 61 - Cattle Egret / Grand Marais inner harbor (also present Sunday) - Golden Eagle / flying SW past Silver Cliff tunnel, Lake Co - Black-bellied Plover / Two Harbors, rocks behind lighthouse - Cape May Warbler / Tofte, near Bluefin Bay office (another seen by others Sunday in Grand Marais) - Red Crossbill / 2 at Stoney Point (also a few 100 migrating Purple Finch) Sunday: - Long-tailed Duck & all 3 scoters / various locations, with all 4 species together on the lake at mile 116 (about halfway between Grand Marais & Paradise Beach) - Western Kingbird & Swainson's Thrush / along Hwy 61 near mile 118 (tail pattern checked on kingbird to preclude other SW species) - Bohemian Waxwing / just a few near Grand Marais, mostly at Croftville - Pine Warbler / Grand Marais campground, along 8th Ave - Summer Tanager / E of Grand Marais along Hwy 61, about 1/4 mi W of west end of Croftville Rd (feeding w/robins in mountain ash; still an abundance of berries in Duluth/N Shore) - Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak? / near E end of Croftville Rd (distant looks before it flew N across Hwy 61 & out of sight; probably a Rose-breasted) The Grand Marais birding festival was also going on this weekend, so it's likely there were other notable sightings of which I'm unaware. - Kim Eckert From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Mon Oct 31 03:13:08 2005 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:13:08 EST Subject: [mou] N.Mockingbird-Osakis, Smith's Longspurs,SEOwls-Rothsay,Cattle Egret-Albany, Others Message-ID: (Long Report-includes others) (NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD) Got both hips redone this summer, and can't walk far, but I can drive my own car again. Got an early start on Friday. I was driving from MN 27 south towards the Osakis sewage ponds when I saw a new pond near a new housing development on the edge of town. I was starting to watch shorebirds when I saw motion over near a ball park behind the school, next to a corn field on the edge of town which turned out to be a Northern Mockingbird when I went closer. While I was studying the bird the school groundskeeper went by me mowing and worked outside the ballpark fence that the Mockingbird was perched on while he got insects in the grass. The bird made it back after the first pass but when the mower returned it went into a shrubby thicket and I never saw it again. I checked the area again today but had no luck. On the way to the cabin I also saw an early Rough-Legged Hawk. On Saturday I was at Rothsay near the main lek at sunrise looking for longspurs. In the late morning I found some landing in a disked grassy field but they were too far out to ID and field work was going on nearby. This was S. of the MIN MAINT road about midway between Wilkin 26 and Wilkin 176 about a mile W. of the T. There were flocks of 297 and 62 Sandhills in this area and E of the T of 200th St (the MIN MAINT) with 300th Ave. From there I ended up at the dead end road wich comes South off of 15 into the middle of the Wildlife area. It was about 1 PM. (LONGSPURS) On the E. side of this road there is a large hayfield which has had a lek of fairly good size that has been evidently re-seeded to grass this year, but also had a nurse crop of oats or rye interseeded to shade weeds. As an agricultural practice this grain crop should be clipped before it heads out to seed. The farmer evidently tried to do this but the field was too wet and even the huge balloon tires left furrows. Thus the field has green grass understory with ripe small grain in it. Along the N edge there was standing and trickling water. Longspurs were landing in various places in this field, but especially along this N. edge. I spent the next 3 1/2 hours or so studying flying, landing and a few standing and hopping longspurs from the top of a pile of boulders 150-200 yds. out in the field. From the beginning I thought I could distinguish Smith's but it took a while to get a confident ID. In flight (circling around to land and going up and down to new spots) The Smiths had a creamier/buffier tone and Laplands had an obviously whiter belly which made the back seem darker in flight by contrast. The Smiths tails has more white on the outer edges but this was not always apparent. The Smiths were more likely to flash white on the upper sides (lesser coverts) of the wings when banking...this was much more true when the (late October) sun was out. The golden tone/buffy color of the Smith's was much less apparent when the sun was obscured. When the sun was obscured the Laplands contrast between the belly and the seemingly darker (than Smiths) back was a better guide. All of this felt very tentative until a Smiths actually landed close enough and in the open long enough to get a good ID. The Smiths had no rufous on the wings. The bill was more slender (pointed) than the Laplands. There was fine streaking on the breast and overall a darker tone on the breast than on the buff belly. There was no breastband. The longspur auriculars were clear and there was a faint eyering. I did not note streaking on the flank. Counting the birds my Britanny flushed out of the field before she came back to me and I got her under control, I probably encountered between 1000 and 2000 Longspurs. I tended to pick out a few birds in incoming flocks to study and then watched as many as I could as they landed. They disappeared as they landed with rare exception. I believe there was one flock of 50-60 Smiths, at least 3 flocks of 25-30 and more groups of 10 to 20. There may have been many more as many flocks landed too far out to ID or note. It was really quite exciting. The birds on the ground would call to others approaching and sometimes go part way up to meet them and then they would all land again. A few times birds would alight to only drink and would then leave ar go to another part of the field to feed (I assume.) (SHORT-EARED OWLS) It had been windy (S winds, 10-18) on Friday, all Friday night and all day Saturday. About 3:30 the wind died entirely) About 4:45 (Daylight) the Short-Eared Owls came out. I had seen Harriers all day (20-25 sightings), only 2 Redtails, two Merlins and NO Roughshouldereds. I was still at the field access watching Longspurs when I noticed the Owls. Four of them were harrassing a Harrier, without much success but the Harrier did move on. These were East of the South terminus of the road. I scanned and there were four others on the west side of the road. Two of them hunted closer and were actually 50 yds or so away, one of them coming dead on for awhile. Their wing profile is amazingly thin. I saw another further North in another location for a total of 9. Additionally through the day I saw 65 Greater Prairie Chickens, 2 Meadowlarks (1Ad., 1 Juv.), a flock of 16 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Am Pipits, 1 snipe, 2 snow buntings, 3 sizes of Canadas and many waterfowl flying over and around. Today I had not been going to return to Rothsay but I did and it was as dissappointing as yesterday was exciting. The fog started N of Fergus and visibility at Rothsay was 50 yds or so which is worse when you look through binoculars and magnify the fog. I started at the Longspur spot and could hear them until the 100s of Blackbirds nearby started in. I watched 4 Am. Pipits feeding in the shallow water until a Sharp-Shin sailed over. I first saw them flatten in the mud until they could see the SS and then they lit out for the cattails nearby. I left Rothsay by 9 AM as the fog showed no promise of lifting. On the way back I stopped at Lake Christina. Christina was treated with Rotenone a couple of years ago (third time in 40 or so years) so it is supposed to be making a comeback for ducks. There were a few there, but more impressively the entire lake was peppered with Am Coot. I don't know how you can estimate realistically but I took a half hour and GUESSED about 100-125,000 Coot (Conservative). It was truly impressive. Also 2 Western Grebes, 1GBHeron, 1 Great Egret and a Juv. Bald Eagle. I picked up my Douglas County Lincon's Sparrow and at Osakis failed to find the NMockingbird. The pond that originally caught my attention now had 37 Wilson's Snipe and 6 Greater Yellowlegs (vs. 15 and 1 on Friday). (CATTLE EGRET) On my traditional stop at the Albany Sewage Ponds I spotted a Cattle Egret in the lower (triangular) pond. On my first scan I was looking at gulls and missed him feeding by the grassy edge at the far side on the pond. It seemed kind of late for a CEgret, but there is on on the North Shore also, so who knows? Sorry for the length. It was a lot of fun, very rewarding, and its been too many months. From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Mon Oct 31 03:20:38 2005 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:20:38 EST Subject: [mou] Addendum TO N>Mockingbird et. al. Message-ID: <220.1725c06.3096e786@aol.com> Sorry I forget to sign, I am... John Ellis, St. Paul From Bjboreal@aol.com Mon Oct 31 04:22:04 2005 From: Bjboreal@aol.com (Bjboreal@aol.com) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:22:04 EST Subject: [mou] Boreal and Northern Hawk Owls in St Louis Co. Message-ID: <212.ce59865.3096f5ec@aol.com> --part1_212.ce59865.3096f5ec_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This report is to add the the list of sightings of Northern Owls being reported in Minnesota. There have been up to 3 Hawk owls in the Sax-Zim Bog so far this fall. The first was seen on 10/21 on CR 788 (hatch year). The other two were seen on 10/25 by Christina Tarasczuk and Dave Alexander. There have been birders up several times this week and no one has been able to locate any birds. As part of an ongoing study of hawk owls started last winter, I would appreiate any sighting in Minnesota with location and date. I am currently starting a data base of each bird sighting in Minnesota for the upcoming Fall/winter/ spring season. The Lakewood owl crew (Frank and Kate Nicoletti, Ryan Brady and Dave Alexander) have capture and banded five Boreal Owls thus far this fall. Single birds have been capture each of the following nights: 10/9, 10/17, 10/19, 10/20 and 10/23. Frank Nicoletti 5826 Morning Star Drive Duluth MN 55804 bjboreal@aol.com --part1_212.ce59865.3096f5ec_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This report is to add the the list of s= ightings of Northern Owls being reported in Minnesota.

There have been up to 3 Hawk owls in the Sax-Zim Bog so far this fall. The f= irst was seen on 10/21 on CR 788 (hatch year). The other two were seen on 10= /25 by Christina Tarasczuk and Dave Alexander.  There have been birder= s up several times this week and no one has been able to locate any birds. <= /FONT>
As part of an ongoing study of hawk owls started last winter, I would apprei= ate any sighting in Minnesota with location and date. I am currently startin= g a data base of each bird sighting in Minnesota for the upcoming Fall/winte= r/ spring season.

The Lakewood owl crew (Frank and Kate Nicoletti, Ryan Brady and Dave Alexand= er) have capture and banded five Boreal Owls thus far this fall. Single bird= s have been capture each of the following nights: 10/9, 10/17, 10/19, 10/20=20= and 10/23.

Frank Nicoletti
5826 Morning Star Drive
Duluth MN 55804
bjboreal@aol.com
 --part1_212.ce59865.3096f5ec_boundary-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Mon Oct 31 15:34:15 2005 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:34:15 -0600 Subject: [mou] First of Fall Redpolls Message-ID: <003301c5de30$8d46efc0$0c01a8c0@pastoral> Two flyover Common Redpolls this morning, Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne NWR - first personal sightings since the spring - Trumpeters, Purple Finch, Fox Sparrows kept the walk interesting. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From CAWenger@landolakes.com Mon Oct 31 18:37:23 2005 From: CAWenger@landolakes.com (Wenger, Char) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:37:23 -0600 Subject: [mou] Northern Shrike Message-ID: <251D063A6C726644865CB5739EF32C80145F891F@EXCHANGE093.ent.lolcentral.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5DE4A.2276B3F2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for the late post, but I observed a Northern Shrike on Saturday, October 29 at the Coon Rapids Dam Park (on the Anoka County side) in Coon Rapids, Anoka County. It was on the west side of Cenaiko Lake hanging out in the trees by the picnic shelter (I think it is Shelter No. 3 - it is the one that is in the middle, not on the ends of the lake). =20 =20 =20 Charlotte Wenger Administrative Legal Assistant Land O'Lakes, Inc. MS 2500 651-481-2828 651-481-2832 (fax) cawenger@landolakes.com =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5DE4A.2276B3F2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Sorry = for the late=20 post, but I observed a Northern Shrike on Saturday, October 29 at the = Coon=20 Rapids Dam Park (on the Anoka County side) in Coon Rapids, = Anoka=20 County.  It was on the west side of Cenaiko Lake hanging out in the = trees=20 by the picnic shelter (I think it is Shelter No. 3 - it is the one that = is in=20 the middle, not on the ends of the lake).
 
 
 
Charlotte=20 Wenger
Administrative Legal=20 Assistant
Land O'Lakes, = Inc. MS=20 2500
651-481-2828
651-481-2832=20 (fax)
cawenger@landolakes.com
 
 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C5DE4A.2276B3F2-- From thimgan@digitaljam.com Mon Oct 31 20:33:17 2005 From: thimgan@digitaljam.com (Dan & Sandy Thimgan) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:33:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] Wilkin Co. Birds Message-ID: Today (Mon. 10/31) we spent three hours retracing many of John Ellis' steps as per his recent post regarding Wilkin County/Rothsay area bird observations. We did NOT (alas) encounter any Longspurs (Smith's or otherwise), but we did see some other "good" birds: Sandhill Cranes (at least 500) -- they were high aloft and slowly organizing into vee's and heading to the southwest. Every time we tried counting them, we found the other person had discovered and was counting a different group of birds altogether, so we settled on a total of 500 (a conservative number, no doubt) Raptors: Northern Harriers, Red-tails, and two Rough-legged Hawks (the Rough-legs were clearly hanging and hovering near a pair of tractors which were working up a very wet farm field; we were astonished to see that twice one of them touched down within 10 yards behind a springtooth plow -- it would have been fun watching from the tractor cab!) Northern Shrike Snow Bunting (flock of 50) Bird On! --------------------------------- Dan & Sandy Thimgan Otter Tail Co. Battle Lake, MN From sharon@birdchick.com Mon Oct 31 23:51:00 2005 From: sharon@birdchick.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:51:00 -0600 Subject: [mou] Big Willow Park trail changes Message-ID: <61608747-0D38-482F-86EE-C4B3782269CE@mn.rr.com> I was at Big Willow Park today in Minnetonka and some of the trails are now closed off and marked as private property. One of the trails that I have always found very reliable for saw-whets--the one that goes up the hill with a cedar tree right at the top is now off limits. The birding was okay otherwise, the highlight for me was a flock of four fox sparrows. Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com