[mou] Barrow's Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, etc.

[Ranger80]

Can anybody please give me directions to Point Douglas?  It sounds like a good place to see ducks.
Thank you, 
Rae Davids
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Ryan 
  To: alyssa ; mou-net at moumn.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [mou] Barrow's Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, etc.


  Nice report Alyssa,
  I re-found the Harlequin on New Year's day along with some of the others you mentioned.  Missing for me were the scaup and Ring-necked ducks!  My bonus bird for the day was a Pileated Woodpecker crossing over Hwy 10 on the way home! 

  I've been to MSP three times now and have yet to see the Snowy.  I saw the R-T and wondered the same thing as you - is it keeping the Snowy away?  I may try again tomorrow on the way to work around sunrise.

  Oh Yeah, I saw a small flock of robins in the fruit trees of the 1700 building on 82nd St. and 35w this morning too.  Nice way to start the year off.

  Good Birding!
  -- 
  Sincerely,

  Jim Ryan on St. Paul's Westside 
  651-308-0234 business cell

  "A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin

  On Jan 2, 2008 4:56 PM, alyssa < tiger150 at comcast.net> wrote:

    Bob Dunlap and I did some birding today (1/2/08.) We started out at the MLS Airport on the desperate hunt for a Snowy Owl. We didn't find one.

    Then we drove to Point Douglas, where we spent the majority of the afternoon. The Barrow's Goldeneye was there when we arrived, amidst the Common's. After getting marvelous looks and comparisons, we found the Harlequin Duck, a loner that was close to the docks, but soon drifted out towards the rest of the activity. The Barrow's Goldeneye was spotted briefly again in the same vicinity. A few other waterfowl of note includes 2 Am. Coots, 2 displaying Redheads, 8 Trumpeter Swans, a Ring-necked Duck, and a side-by-side comparison between a Greater and Lesser Scaup (both males.)

    Next we saw the Tufted Titmouse in Hastings. It was at the feeders upon our arrival. (S/he even called a few times for us!) A Northern Shrike along 180th St.

    Hoping to find the Snowy's, we drove back to the MLS Airport at 3:45pm, and we tried Cargo Road and surrounding roads 3 times! But, naturally, (with both bad lucks combined), no Snowy Owl. We noted that there was a R-T Hawk perched in the same spot, so we concluded either the R-T Hawk kept the owl away, or the owl dressed up in a R-T Hawk costume. Oh well.

    Good birding to all~

    Alyssa DeRubeis
    tiger150 at comcast.net 

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