[mou] birding this week

[Richard Wood]

Hi all,

I forgot to add the two Green Herons and the Gadwall family that I saw on Monday in the pond behind the Hastings Wal-Mart.  We saw the same two Green Herons perched in a tree on our return from our bike ride as we were riding up Pleasant toward W. 4th in Hastings.

Good birding,
Richard


 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Hastings, MN
rwoodphd at yahoo.com

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From: Richard Wood <rwoodphd at yahoo.com>
To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net; mou-net at moumn.org
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:20:07 AM
Subject: [mou] birding this week

Hi all,

On Monday, Jill and I were out on a bike ride on CR87 in Dakota County.  On the way back toward Nininger Rd., I saw what I thought might have been a Pine Siskin (?) on the power line near a soy bean field on the west side of 87.  I didn't have binocs with me, so I can't say for sure.  This bird had a yellow wash on its sides and was brownish on top.   I know that they aren't usually seen in Minnesota, but one was banded recently at Carpenter Nature Center.  According to http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/occurrence.pl?species=Pine%20Siskin&size=small&group=finches&season=all,
he may have been a little early or a
 little late, depending upon whether your glass is half-empty or half-full, I guess.

We also saw a flock of at least six Great Blue Herons flying over us at the same field.

On my way home that evening, I saw a Bald Eagle flying over the cornfield just west of the Hastings Wal-Mart on Rt. 55, and on Tuesday, I had a Scarlet Tanager fly across the road in front of my car in about the same area, just a little bit more west of Jacob Ave.
 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Hastings, MN
rwoodphd at yahoo.com




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