[mou] Blooper Stories

[Julian Sellers]

Speaking of red squirrels, a couple of CBCs ago, I announced to my party 
that I heard a Belted Kingfisher near the confluence of Minnehaha Creek and 
the Mississippi, where I often see a kingfisher on the CBC.  Fortunately, it 
called persistently enough that I realized it was coming from the woods 
about 10 yards in from the creek.  It was, of course, a red squirrel.

Julian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shawn conrad" <dingermcduff@hotmail.com>
To: <PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net>; <mou-net@cbs.umn.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: RE: [mou] Blooper Stories


> Usually stumps for grouse and clods of dirt in gravel roads for 
> sparrows....and during the great gray irruption a couple winters back, I 
> pulled over a couple of times on 61 near Lutsen to check out those &@#$% 
> plastic owls on the telephone poles.
>
> A few years back I worked on a raptor nest survey and reported hearing a 
> goshawk calling several times but it ceased before we could determine its 
> location.  A couple of weeks later I bumped into a contracted researcher 
> who told me he had been calling off the same forest road that very day.
>
> A couple of years ago I led a short bird walk for some coworkers and on a 
> couple of occasions we heard red squirrels.  I stopped the group in our 
> tracks and asked if anyone knew what kind of bird was calling.  After a 
> pause, I got several responses, none of which included any kind of mammal. 
> It worked twice, but elicited groans after that.  Unfortunately the 
> squirrels outnumbered the birds that day, so bad gags were all I had.
>
> Shawn Conrad
> Bovey
>
>
>>From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net>
>>To: <mou-net@cbs.umn.edu>, 
>><mnbird@lists.mnbird.net>,<BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>, 
>><wisbirdn@lawrence.edu>
>>Subject: [mou] Blooper Stories
>>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:40:13 -0500
>>
>>Each of the 23 "blooper" stories has been well worth reading (insert 
>>multiple chuckles here).  What do we mistake for birds?
>>
>>* Decoys & plastic images
>>* Man made objects that are similar in shape (love the saucepan story)
>>* Birders with tapes
>>* Natural structures that are similar (including large droppings)
>>* Mammals that sound or look like birds
>>
>>Not to mention the mis-speaking category (most common, "penguin" for 
>>"pelican").
>>
>>Winner might be mistaking a birder for a moose, although we might have to 
>>create a separate category for this entry.
>>
>>Certainly there are more stories out there, particularly from either the 
>>more shy or well-known among us?
>>
>>Good birding!
>>
>>Al Schirmacher
>>Princeton, MN
>>Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
>>
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