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9 May Pipits bathing ["Joel Dunnette" ] 09 May spring on the Cloquet River [Paul Tine and Sherry Phillips ] 9 May (no subject) [] 09 May New Today [Brian and Cindy Drill ] 9 May First Orioles ["Cherise Robb" ] 9 May Great day at Eagle Lake [Thomas Maiello ] 9 May Great day at Eagle Lake [Thomas Maiello ] 9 May St. John's Woods [PETER - KATHRYN SUFKA ] 9 May Re: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park ["James Ryan" ] 9 May RE: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park ["Holly Peirson" ] 9 May RE: RFI: Carlos Avery cranes ["Holly Peirson" ] 9 May Male rose breasted gross beaks, hummingbirds, orioles ["Pamela Freeman" ] 09 May Wood Lake Nature Center, 5/8/08 [Sharon L Wheeler ] 8 May Re: sloggy resolution for growl [] 08 May Duluth RBA 5/8/08 ["Jim Lind" ] 8 May sloggy resolution for growl [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May sloggy resolution for growl [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May RE: Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. ["Joel Dunnette" ] 8 May RFI: Carlos Avery cranes ["Stephen" ] 8 May Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 8, 2008 ["Jeanie Joppru" ] 8 May Hummingbird-Big Lake, MN ["Cindy Mihalko" ] 8 May Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park ["kimbir" ] 08 May Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. ["Betsy J. Kerr" ] 8 May This Evening in St. Cloud ["Cherise Robb" ] 8 May Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Chisholm [Christine Olson ] 8 May northern lake open? [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May northern lake open? [Thomas Maiello ] 08 May growly marsh sound [] 8 May wirth lake this morning [Gerald Jorgenson ] 8 May Otter Tail Cty Hummer [Dan & Sandy Thimgan ] 8 May Otter Tail Cty Hummer [Dan & Sandy Thimgan ] 8 May Eloise Butler/Wirth Park Mpls - 5/8/08 [David.Spawn ] 8 May Orioles (St. Paul) ["Cathy Gagliardi" ] 8 May oops frog call web site [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May oops frog call web site [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May Eagle Lake birds and frog call web site [Thomas Maiello ] 8 May Eagle Lake birds and frog call web site [Thomas Maiello ] 7 May marsh growl guess [Thomas Maiello ] 7 May marsh growl guess [Thomas Maiello ] 7 May Lark Sparrow still present ["Dave Bartkey" ] 7 May marsh bird(?) call question [Thomas Maiello ] 7 May marsh bird(?) call question [Thomas Maiello ] 08 May TRES After snow storm [] 07 May East Side Lake, Austin, Mower County [] 07 May Re: Harris Sparrow [] 7 May French park in Plymouth [Thomas Maiello ] 7 May French park in Plymouth [Thomas Maiello ] 07 May Crosby Park (St. Paul) this morning [KCTEPO00 ] 7 May Rose Breasted Grossbeak - Shakopee ["A.J. Morales" ] 7 May Harris Sparrow [Charles Myrbach ] 7 May T.S. Roberts quick tour this morning [Five Guitars ] 7 May Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Harris Sparrow and Barn Swallows [Mel & Elaine Bennefeld ] Subject: Pipits bathing From: "Joel Dunnette" <jdunnette AT kmtel.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 18:25:15 -0500 At about 4pm today, on my way home, I decided to check out a field that often stays muddy in spring. As I rolled up I saw some movement but thought 'those are pretty small for shorebirds'. And I was right - there were 3 American Pipits bathing in a puddle in the furrow of the field! The spot is in Olmsted County, west of Salem Corners on Co.25, just a bit west of where Co. 5 turns north. The birds did not seem disturbed by my watching (them bathe), but flew off after 5 minutes, heading toward the nearby gravel pit. Joel Dunnette 507-365-8091 (h) 507-269-7064 (cell) _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: spring on the Cloquet River From: Paul Tine and Sherry Phillips <phillipstine AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 16:24:05 -0500 The river is finally back down to "normal" spring water levels and all ice is gone. We had our first Rose-breasted Grosbeak today and now wait to see more. With all of the sparrows, warblers, etc - we also welcomed 2 Evening Grosbeak couples in the past few days. We still have Juncos, Purple Finches and some Goldfinches. Tree swallows and 3 Common Loons on Lake George - just 1/4 mile north of us - as well as ducks: Bufflehead's, Ring-necks, Hooded Mergansers and Common Mergansers on the river. Kingfishers, eagles and osprey are back. The hummingbird feeders are out and ready. Sherry Phillips Brimson, MN St. Louis County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: (no subject) From: <Brad.Abendroth AT emerson.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:20:44 -0500 This is my first post and I hope I am doing this right: I have next week off from work to try to add to my backyard species bird list (now at 63 in my tiny backyard) Trying to add some warblers, but it a bit distressing that I see my target species have been found way north of me. I really want to see a black and white in my yard. It is hard to determine the best time to take off. Yesterday I saw a yellow warbler in my bird pond. I also saw an unidentified warbler as it was in my garden for a few seconds and flew away never to return :( A yellow rump or two have been around eating my Bayberries (I have had the shrubs for 4-5 years and this is the first activity at them. I was hoping to have tree swallows there, but haven't seen them eat any. A rose breasted grosbeak was in my crab tree this morning. No orioles yet. Oranges and grape jelly and meal worms are all ready to go. I read online that coconuts may attract scarlet tanagers. I bought a coconut today and will put it out hang it high in my cherry tree and cross my fingers. I will be a sentinel looking out my window for over a week. -brad Savage, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: New Today From: Brian and Cindy Drill <bcdrill AT charter.net> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 15:49:39 -0500 Good afternoon!! Despite my best intentions of massive inroads on neglected housework today, I was absent all morning running errands and doing mom-stuff. The sunlight lured me outdoors 'for just a moment or two' to check feeders after I got home. I heard the chatter and scold of an oriole while my back was turned, and when I glanced back it was an Orchard Oriole making an approach to my feeder!! Unfortunately it veered off into the neighbors spruce trees, and I am forced now to actually sit outdoors longer to see if it returns. How inconvenient.... ;) Cindy in North Mankato _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: First Orioles From: "Cherise Robb" <rcrobb AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:08:53 -0500 Hello, all, A few orioles arrived this morning. Not being able to see, I don't know if they visited my nectar feeder or my grape jelly. I don't think they found the jelly yet because the orange dish I use was still full. I have it sitting on a low retaining wall around the garden; wishing I had a deck railing or something higher to put it on but no such luck. Later this afternoon I heard two orioles interacting, sounding like a male with the female answering and chattering intermittently. It sure turned out to be a lovely day. Happy Mother's Day to all of you birding moms out there. Take care. Cherise Robb, St. Cloud No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.11/1422 - Release Date: 5/8/2008 5:24 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Great day at Eagle Lake From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:17:22 -0500 Did my usual ever improving rounds along Zachary Lane at the WNW corner of the lake. Awesome day! One odd bird of note - a large flycatcher but generally pale undersides and rufous tail. I thought it was a Great Crested but the undersides were pale and no distinguished yellow but the bill said flycatcher and the size said Great Crested but the book said Ash- Throated but not in our area. Any ideas? It was high up in the tree tops catching flyers. I was holding it as a Great Crested one year old or pale famale or something. Watched it for a good 10 minutes and this is the best I could come up with. Birds of note - gonna list all of them seen during my hour and a half out there - even the common ones Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Northern Oriole Hooded Merganser Coot Wood Duck Red-winged Blackbirds Cowbirds Common Grackles American Redstart Yellow Warblers Goldfinches Crows Cooper's Hawk (nest #6 - if you build it she will come - saw the pair and they appear to be in blessed hawktrimony) Swamp Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Purple Finch (lifer) House Finch (conveniently there for comparison - thank you great spirits) House Wren Marsh Wren Ring-necked Pheasant Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Double-Crested Merganser Horned Grebe Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warblers Robins Brown Thrasher Palm Warblers Kingfisher Mourning Doves White-breasted Nuthatches Black-capped Chickadees Cardinals Mallards Canadian Geese Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Ring Billed Gulls Common Terns Bluejays Chipping Sparrows Common Loon Black and White Warbler And I think I am missing some! Isn't that like 50 species!?!?! All in a hour and a half!!!! What a great day! Time for lunch. My work here is done. Wonder what might show up later on? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Great day at Eagle Lake From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:17:22 -0500 Did my usual ever improving rounds along Zachary Lane at the WNW corner of the lake. Awesome day! One odd bird of note - a large flycatcher but generally pale undersides and rufous tail. I thought it was a Great Crested but the undersides were pale and no distinguished yellow but the bill said flycatcher and the size said Great Crested but the book said Ash- Throated but not in our area. Any ideas? It was high up in the tree tops catching flyers. I was holding it as a Great Crested one year old or pale famale or something. Watched it for a good 10 minutes and this is the best I could come up with. Birds of note - gonna list all of them seen during my hour and a half out there - even the common ones Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Northern Oriole Hooded Merganser Coot Wood Duck Red-winged Blackbirds Cowbirds Common Grackles American Redstart Yellow Warblers Goldfinches Crows Cooper's Hawk (nest #6 - if you build it she will come - saw the pair and they appear to be in blessed hawktrimony) Swamp Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Purple Finch (lifer) House Finch (conveniently there for comparison - thank you great spirits) House Wren Marsh Wren Ring-necked Pheasant Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Double-Crested Merganser Horned Grebe Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warblers Robins Brown Thrasher Palm Warblers Kingfisher Mourning Doves White-breasted Nuthatches Black-capped Chickadees Cardinals Mallards Canadian Geese Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Ring Billed Gulls Common Terns Bluejays Chipping Sparrows Common Loon Black and White Warbler And I think I am missing some! Isn't that like 50 species!?!?! All in a hour and a half!!!! What a great day! Time for lunch. My work here is done. Wonder what might show up later on? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: St. John's Woods From: PETER - KATHRYN SUFKA <mnpete107 AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:08:43 +0000 Got out early this AM and had an Ovenbird (FOS) and a pair of Eastern Bluebirds behind the cemetary. Palm, YR, Black & White, and Magnolia Warblers across the road next to the lake. Also a Turkey Vulture (FOS) perching. Between SJU and I-94 we found a couple of Warbling Vireos and lots of Nashville Warblers (FOS). Must have seen a dozen or so. Pete Sufka Cold Spring, MN Mission, TX_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Re: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park From: "James Ryan" <muchmoredoc AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:47:18 -0500 The Sand Point trail was very water-covered last weekend. Knee high boots are REQUIRED to get to the boardwalk. We didn't even get that far before turning back. It may have dried up a bit over this last week but you are forewarned. Hok-Si-La was pretty good last week, hopefully better this weekend. Good warblering! -- Sincerely, James Ryan 651-308-0234 business cell -- Your life is what your thoughts make it. - Marcus Aurelius As long as you live, keep learning how to live. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -- On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Holly PeirsonSubject: RE: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park From: "Holly Peirson" <hpbirdscouter AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:32:33 -0500 Walking along the tops of the bluffs will be great in both parks, then you can look down upon the migrants as well as up, as they migrate up the shore of Lake Pepin. Really, it won't matter what trail you take, the birds cut a pretty wide swath through there this time of year. Frontenac has been doing some prescribed burns on the top of the bluff near the campground, but there is plenty of great habitat, and even the burns are good for viewing some species. Sand Point trail in Frontenac will get you into some varied habitat - there have been prothonotaries and ceruleans in there many times in the past (as well as most of the other warblers and spring migrants and nesters. Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. _____ From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of kimbir Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:22 PM To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park Looking for information, I am planning on going to Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park Monday, are there any particular trails or areas one should focus on for warblers? Any tips or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kim Conway _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: RE: RFI: Carlos Avery cranes From: "Holly Peirson" <hpbirdscouter AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:25:20 -0500 One place they nest is in the southernmost part of Carlos, S of Hwy 18. The access road is sometimes barred, but the nests are not near the road anyhow... They may also nest in the main section N of Hwy 18. If you call to ask, and speak about birding at Carlos Avery, that is always good for them to hear, since they manage the WMA for hunting, mostly. Sometimes they do draw-downs during migration times, for shorebirds. Don't all call at once, they have a very small staff and not a lot of time to be answering phones. I live directly south of the southernmost portion of Carlos, and can hear the cranes calling many mornings and evenings from March to November. They also visit my marsh and many other marshes and fields around Columbus, Lino Lakes, and Ham Lake during the day for feeding. I believe these cranes are from the 'Greater' population that migrates to the east, spends some time in NW Indiana in the fall, and winters in Florida, similar to the Whooping Cranes that are being reintroduced in Wisconsin. They show up here and stay all spring, summer, and fall, while the bulk of the 'Lessers' are coming through Nebraska on their way to Alaska and northern Canada. Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:07 PM To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] RFI: Carlos Avery cranes I have occasionally seen Sandhill Cranes in flight near Carlos Avery NWR, north of Minneapolis, but have not managed to see them on the ground there. Even though those are huge marshes, they are awfully big birds, so I figure I've never found the places where they nest. Any suggestions on what part of the refuge to look? Many thanks, Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis tapaculo AT halcyon.ws _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Male rose breasted gross beaks, hummingbirds, orioles From: "Pamela Freeman" <gleskarider AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 08:56:48 -0500 Oak Grove, Anoka county - near the intersections of cty 22 and cty 58 I had the delight this morning to watch male orioles, two of them, coming to my feeder to sip before they zipped off together, like flames. And soon after, a rose breasted gross beak male showed up, looking a bit confuddled. He sat on a near branch and just looked at the feeder near by. Maybe he isn't a morning bird, as I am not much of a morning person. And then, to top it all off, my FOY humming bird came and sipped from the oriole feeder. The gross beak is FOY for me, anyway. The orioles have been here for a few days now. Males only thus far. We have a nesting pair of king birds that we share with our neighbors. They built their nest a couple weeks ago on the neighbor's portch light. They keep it off now. We share them becasue although they nest over there, they do their hawking for insects around my gardens. The summer birds are nearly all here. Not seen yet, tanagers and indigo buntings. The brown thrasher we often see was spied a week ago. -- Pamela Freeman Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway._______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Wood Lake Nature Center, 5/8/08 From: Sharon L Wheeler <whee0123 AT tc.umn.edu> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 06:33:32 -0500 Naturalist Amy Markle led about 16 people in a bird hike at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield at 6:00 pm on May 8. Twenty-seven total species were seen, with the highlights being the warblers: black and white, yellow-rumped, palm, yellow, Nashville, Blackburnian and chestnut sided were all seen. Also, an oriole, marsh wren, and red-bellied woodpecker. Earlier in the day, intern Matthew spotted a Northern waterthrush, parula, Black poll, orange crowned, Wilson's, Tennessee, Nashville and cerulean warblers, american redstart, warbling vireo, veery, Philadelphia vireo, chimney swift, brown thrasher, sora rail, Lincoln's sparrow and pie-billed grebe. Not too bad for an urban nature center! Sharon Wheeler _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Re: sloggy resolution for growl From: Wayne_Brininger AT fws.gov Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:07:03 -0600 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Duluth RBA 5/8/08 From: "Jim Lind" <jslind AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:52:05 -0600 This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 8th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A PIPING PLOVER was found on the 4th by Peder Svingen at 22nd Street on Park Point, and two were seen by Shawn Zierman at the same location on the 8th. Twenty RED-THROATED LOONS were found by Peder and Kim Eckert on the 6th off Park Point between the recreation area and Lafayette Square. Peder also found an adult LITTLE GULL on the 6th at 22nd Street on Park Point, along with more than 4,100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. On the 4th, Peder saw a female BLACK SCOTER between Interstate Island and 27th Avenue West, a second cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on Interstate Island, and a first cycle THAYER'S GULL at Lafayette Square on Park Point. WILLETS were seen during the week on Park Point at the recreation area and between 12th Street and 22nd Street. Frank Berdan found a flock of six on the 3rd along Scenic Highway 61, 0.25 mile southwest of the McQuade Road. Uwe Kausch reported an EARED GREBE on the 7th along MN Highway 61 at the Lester River in east Duluth. Kim Eckert found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 8th near the UMD campus on the 1900 block of West Kent Road. Dave Grosshuesch found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 4th at 57th Avenue East and Juniata Street in Duluth, and it was still present on the 6th. A RED- BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen at the same location on the 6th. Sharon Lind found an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 4th on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. Another was seen on the 6th at Leif Erickson Park in Duluth. Kim Eckert heard two YELLOW RAILS on the 5th in Aitkin County at the McGregor Marsh. They were on the east side of MN Highway 65, 0.7 mile south of MN Highway 210. Warren Nelson found a SHORT-EARED OWL on the 3rd near the junction of CR 1 and CR 22, about three miles north of Aitkin. Denny and Barb Martin found RED CROSSBILLS on the 5th at the Cloquet Forestry Center along Carlton County Road 5. Sparky Stensaas saw 40 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 2nd at Perch Lake in the Fond du Lac neighborhood of west Duluth. A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was found on April 28th at a private residence near Lutsen in Cook County and was still present on May 3rd. There is no public access to the location, but I will post if the situation changes. Recent new arrivals in the area include LE CONTE'S SPARROW on the 3rd, FORSTER'S TERN and CASPIAN TERN on the 4th, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on the 6th, SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the 7th, and OVENBIRD and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on the 8th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 15th. 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, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: sloggy resolution for growl From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:33:46 -0500 Decided that it was now or never to find out about the growl in the marsh. Was a bit tentative as the sound was not a croak - no epiglottal vibration by air sack percussive gutteral throat clearing croak - but a more resonant combination of post syrinxial cavitation with protective intent. So I put on my old mud wader shoes - really, really old sneakers whose loss would not be noticed or cared about and took off towards the sound. It came from deep within the cat tails across the great divide of terra firma to terra muck to terra aquatica and on to terra unknown and hoping no deep holes. I waded it as silently as I could to stalk the wild growler and actually picked up stealth mode pretty quickly thanks to the surrendering muck which could take a dry cat tail whole and muffle any crack, snap or pop such a dried appliance could muster. I crept in through several screens of cat tails and finally got the bejezus scared out of me as a Great Egret had the bejezus scared out of it when it realized something different that way came. The bird was actually, or my imagination made up that it was down on folded legs doing I don't know what. After filling the sky with white and yellow-black spear-like bill and scare-crow legs and almost scaring me into an embarassing condition, the bird was gone and in its wake was a flattened area of cat tails with miscellaneous white feathers here and there along a finger of lake that reached into the stalked beds, . Was it some kind of Great Egret siesta pad or an easy egret real meal deal with the open water so close? Don't know. I do know that this bird, or one just like it had been competing with a Great Blue Heron along the same stretch of cat tail marsh and I had witnessed several loud and aggressive encounters between them. I can only make up that something has meaning here but the cat is out of the cat tail bag as far as I know. The growler, to my best understanding, soggy jeans and shoes and blackened legs and stupidly worn white socks, was a Great Egret. That is my story and I and I am sticking to it. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: sloggy resolution for growl From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:33:46 -0500 Decided that it was now or never to find out about the growl in the marsh. Was a bit tentative as the sound was not a croak - no epiglottal vibration by air sack percussive gutteral throat clearing croak - but a more resonant combination of post syrinxial cavitation with protective intent. So I put on my old mud wader shoes - really, really old sneakers whose loss would not be noticed or cared about and took off towards the sound. It came from deep within the cat tails across the great divide of terra firma to terra muck to terra aquatica and on to terra unknown and hoping no deep holes. I waded it as silently as I could to stalk the wild growler and actually picked up stealth mode pretty quickly thanks to the surrendering muck which could take a dry cat tail whole and muffle any crack, snap or pop such a dried appliance could muster. I crept in through several screens of cat tails and finally got the bejezus scared out of me as a Great Egret had the bejezus scared out of it when it realized something different that way came. The bird was actually, or my imagination made up that it was down on folded legs doing I don't know what. After filling the sky with white and yellow-black spear-like bill and scare-crow legs and almost scaring me into an embarassing condition, the bird was gone and in its wake was a flattened area of cat tails with miscellaneous white feathers here and there along a finger of lake that reached into the stalked beds, . Was it some kind of Great Egret siesta pad or an easy egret real meal deal with the open water so close? Don't know. I do know that this bird, or one just like it had been competing with a Great Blue Heron along the same stretch of cat tail marsh and I had witnessed several loud and aggressive encounters between them. I can only make up that something has meaning here but the cat is out of the cat tail bag as far as I know. The growler, to my best understanding, soggy jeans and shoes and blackened legs and stupidly worn white socks, was a Great Egret. That is my story and I and I am sticking to it. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: RE: Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. From: "Joel Dunnette" <jdunnette AT kmtel.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:16:46 -0500 We often get Indigo Buntings visiting our sunflower seed feeders here near Rochester. Generally it seems to be the resident male, although migrants sometimes do stop in too. Joel Dunnette -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Betsy J. Kerr Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:10 PM To: mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. We've had a male Indigo Bunting visiting our feeders, eating seeds from the ground and a platform feeder, off and on all day today. This is a first for our yard list. We're in Golden Valley, an urban neighborhood not far from Thoeodore Wirth park. Has anyone observed Indigo Buntings at feeders before? Or is this unusual behavior, resulting perhaps from the relative scarcity of insects? Betsy Kerr Golden Valley, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.10/1421 - Release Date: 5/7/2008 5:23 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: RFI: Carlos Avery cranes From: "Stephen" <tapaculo AT halcyon.ws> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:07:09 -0500 I have occasionally seen Sandhill Cranes in flight near Carlos Avery NWR, north of Minneapolis, but have not managed to see them on the ground there. Even though those are huge marshes, they are awfully big birds, so I figure I've never found the places where they nest. Any suggestions on what part of the refuge to look? Many thanks, Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis tapaculo AT halcyon.ws _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 8, 2008 From: "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru AT wiktel.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:45:04 -0500 This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 8, 2008 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. Most reluctantly, the weather is warming up, and this is the first week when there has been no snow reported in the northwest. Migration continues, and I have several reports of songbirds that did not make it through the cold spell last week. Meantime, some warblers and other insect eaters are starting to show up so we hope that the weather does not have another relapse. Two unusual sightings were reported this week: Lawrence Lewandowski sent in a photo of a hen MALLARD perched on the roof of a wood duck box in Becker County, and Bob O'Connor reported what appeared to be a junco/white-throated sparrow hybrid in his yard on May 5. Jerry Bonkoski found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Itasca County on May 4 at the Lost Forty SNA in the northern part of the county. The bird was seen along the hiking trail. Jeff and Amy Drake in Otter Tail County reported their observations of GREATER SCAUP, HORNED GREBE, EARED GREBE, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 3. Sarah Knutie at Big Pine Lake saw RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, and NORTHERN CARDINAL on May 6. Brad and Dee Elhers saw HARRIS'S SPARROW and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in Fergus Falls on May 6. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported SORA on May 5, Bank Swallow on May 6, CHIMNEY SWIFT, CLIFF SWALLOW, GRAY CATBIRD, and YELLOW WARBLER on May 7, and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD on May 8. Kelly Blackledge at Tamarac NWR in Becker County reported YELLOW WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 2. Susan and John Kroll saw a pair of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS at the refuge on May 3. Char Legenhausen saw an AMERICAN BITTERN on May 8, while Judy Welu reported two pairs of NORTHERN CARDINALS and a BELTED KINGFISHER at Lake Sallie. In Clay County, Patrick Beauzay found 8 SMITH'S LONGSPURS along the longspur road just north of the wind generators at Felton Prairie. Mel and Elaine Bennefeld observed BARN SWALLOW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the Pondorosa Golf Club on May 6. Bruce Flaig in Polk County saw a large flock of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS on the lake near his home in the southern part of the county on May 5. Shelley Steva observed about 200 swans moving through Red Lake County on May 2, and also the first BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. On May 4 I saw a variety of ducks, HORNED GREBE, and EARED GREBE at the Red Lake Falls WTP. Also in Red Lake County, there were BARN SWALLOWS, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW. Michael Furtman , while birding at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, spotted 30 WILSON'S PHALAROPES at Tamarack Pool, and 5 MARBLED GODWITS at South Pool. Agassiz staff reported some new arrivals such as RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY,PEREGRINE FALCONS, VIRGINIA RAIL, FORSTER'S TERN, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and SWAMP SPARROW among others. They reported the presence of thousands of ducks on Farmes Pool. Kelly Larson in Clearwater County, reported RUFFED GROUSE, SANDHILL CRANES, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and PURPLE FINCH , all present on May 2. In Beltrami County on May 6, Kelly Larson reported that CHIMNEY SWIFTS were back in Bemidji. Dave Carman observed HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 7. Mary Lou Marchand had eight species of sparrows on May 6, and reported BROWN THRASHER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 7. Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CLIFF SWALLOW, and PALM WARBLERS on May 7 near Lancaster. Beth Siverhus in Roseau County mentioned several common ducks, as well as HORNED GREBE, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN THRASHER, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, and EVENING GROSBEAK on May 6. Thanks to all who sent in their sightings this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, May 15, 2008. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Hummingbird-Big Lake, MN From: "Cindy Mihalko" <cmih AT sherbtel.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:37:13 -0500 Yes, my first hummer this year! I was sitting on the patio and my mother's Wave Petunia plant got a once over(she forgot it here on Monday). He then came to the Trailing Geranium which was on the table that I was sitting at...he was not interested in that at all. I quick made sugar water and filled the feeder. I hope I get to see him in the morning, as I am leaving for Aitkin at 8am to check out the birds there again. I wonder if there have been any new comers since last weekend! I sure hope so. Birds to feed, no wonder my gardens have weeds!!! Cindy M. Big Lake, MN_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Need info, Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park From: "kimbir" <kimbir AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 19:21:50 -0500 Looking for information, I am planning on going to Frontenac State Park and Hoi Si La Park Monday, are there any particular trails or areas one should focus on for warblers? Any tips or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kim Conway _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Indigo Bunting at feeder, Hennepin Cty. From: "Betsy J. Kerr" <bjkerr AT umn.edu> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:09:38 -0500 We've had a male Indigo Bunting visiting our feeders, eating seeds from the ground and a platform feeder, off and on all day today. This is a first for our yard list. We're in Golden Valley, an urban neighborhood not far from Thoeodore Wirth park. Has anyone observed Indigo Buntings at feeders before? Or is this unusual behavior, resulting perhaps from the relative scarcity of insects? Betsy Kerr Golden Valley, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: This Evening in St. Cloud From: "Cherise Robb" <rcrobb AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:37:23 -0500 Hello, fellow bird enthusiasts This evening I heard two white-crowned sparrows singing in the spruces at the back of our lot. They are later than usual but welcome nevertheless. Then, a few minutes later I heard what I believe was a gray-cheeked thrush calling. Unfortunately, it either left or quit calling. These were both FOY birds for me. The sparrow migration has been pretty thin but this morning I noticed there were more white-throated sparrows around, a Lincoln's sparrow and a lingering Haris's sparrow. Still awaiting the orioles, RB grosbeaks and house wrens. Good birding. Cherise Robb, NW St Cloud No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1416 - Release Date: 5/5/2008 5:11 PM _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Chisholm From: Christine Olson <olsonchristinemarie AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:09:53 -0700 (PDT) At my feeders this afternoon, I had my first-of-year Rose-breasted Grosbeak! He
was such a welcomed sight - especially after the never-ending winter we just
endured!
Hummingbirds can't be far behind.....
Christine Olson - Chisholm
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Subject: northern lake open?From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:23:21 -0500 Does anyone know if the Leech lake area lakes are ice free - open? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: northern lake open? From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:23:21 -0500 Does anyone know if the Leech lake area lakes are ice free - open? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: growly marsh sound From: RFABER AT smumn.edu Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 11:21:44 -0500 My nominee for the irregular, growly marsh sound would be...yellow-headed blackbird. Ray Faber Raymond A. Faber, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 700 Terrace Heights #1524 Winona MN 55987 Telephone: 507-457-1540 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: wirth lake this morning From: Gerald Jorgenson <gjorgenson AT jcu.edu> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:11:57 -0400 (EDT) East of Butler Garden and West side of Wirth Lake: yellow warbler rose breasted grosbeak orioles wood duck GBH swainsons thrush goldfinch gray catbirds cardinals northern waterthrush Gerald Jorgenson Golden Valley _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Otter Tail Cty Hummer From: Dan & Sandy Thimgan <thimgan AT digitaljam.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:17:17 -0500 Just looking at the first Ruby Throated Hummingbird of the season perched on the feeder. Only a few days late from last year's arrival date of May 4th. Happy spring Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Otter Tail Cty Hummer From: Dan & Sandy Thimgan <thimgan AT digitaljam.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:17:17 -0500 Just looking at the first Ruby Throated Hummingbird of the season perched on the feeder. Only a few days late from last year's arrival date of May 4th. Happy spring Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Eloise Butler/Wirth Park Mpls - 5/8/08 From: David.Spawn <David.Spawn AT target.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:43:30 -0500 Finally I managed to get out for spring migration this morning with a quick trip up the street to Wirth Park. There was a moderate amount of activity that seemed to be at least 2/3 yellow-rumped warblers and by the time it warmed up I had to get home/work (it also would of helped had I remembered that the gardens don't open until 7:30 AM). A few of the highlights were: Nashville warbler - several flitting among the yellow-rumps Cape May warbler - single Red-breasted nuthatch - pair working pines near parking lot Black & white warbler - in Eloise Butler Veery - wet area of Eloise Butler Blue-gray gnatcatcher - Eloise Butler Flycatcher - small, gray & silent without tail bobbing or catching insects on wing to give it away David Spawn Market Analyst_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Orioles (St. Paul) From: "Cathy Gagliardi" <patcatgags AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:10:19 -0500 My Orioles have finally arrived!
4 beautiful males and one female dropped in just before 9 this morning.
The neighborhood "echoes" with their song and I suspect there are more, that
I can't see.
They have made my day!
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Subject: oops frog call web siteFrom: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:23:11 -0500 http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/frogquiz/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.lookup Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: oops frog call web site From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:23:11 -0500 http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/frogquiz/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.lookup Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Eagle Lake birds and frog call web site From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:13:55 -0500 Due to the increasing requests for this web site (are we all data collectors or what?!?) here is the web site that has the frogs call. I think it relevant for this list serve because many of us do bird by ear (not mastered by me at all by the way) and these sounds could help clear confusing bird from frog in some cases. I do get to add Brown Thrasher, Swamp Sparrow and Golden-winged Warbler to my Zachary Lane on the west-north-west end of Eagle Lake - thanks to Lynne who lives nearby and birded my area for a good three hours and reported 3 lifers for her. It feels so good to share plus I scored some great pics she shared with me. The Universal Law of Reciprocity strikes again!! Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: Eagle Lake birds and frog call web site From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:13:55 -0500 Due to the increasing requests for this web site (are we all data collectors or what?!?) here is the web site that has the frogs call. I think it relevant for this list serve because many of us do bird by ear (not mastered by me at all by the way) and these sounds could help clear confusing bird from frog in some cases. I do get to add Brown Thrasher, Swamp Sparrow and Golden-winged Warbler to my Zachary Lane on the west-north-west end of Eagle Lake - thanks to Lynne who lives nearby and birded my area for a good three hours and reported 3 lifers for her. It feels so good to share plus I scored some great pics she shared with me. The Universal Law of Reciprocity strikes again!! Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: marsh growl guess From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:45:09 -0500 I got many responses to my marsh bird growl and several were the Northern Leopard Frog. Steve Weston was kind enough to forward me a web site that let me hear the calls of practically any frog there is in NA. It didn't seem to sound like that. Then that wise Alyssa suggested a Great Blue Heron or Great Egret and suggested I listen to them on line. I have the CDs, so I listened and the call is most like the egret or heron. Not the entire call just a small piece. I think I imagined that the call came from something nesting or mate calling - so I didn't even consider waders since they generally nest in rookeries or at least in some elevated place. So I don't know for sure what it was yet. I am open to some type of amphibian but it was more of a growl than a croak - so I am going to stay in the question and see if I can hear it again tomorrow - armed with hearing of the frog call on line and the the birds. I will keep you apprised. Life is so much richer when I stay in the question. I may even have to wade out, knee deep in marsh mush to find this one out. I don't put it past a frog to fool me though. Dang! Now I just got the lead for a Pickerel Frog and from Steve's web lead that sounds closer too - but still leaning towards the birds. Am I just stubborn or what? Thank you all so much for your responses. I knew I could count on you. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: marsh growl guess From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:45:09 -0500 I got many responses to my marsh bird growl and several were the Northern Leopard Frog. Steve Weston was kind enough to forward me a web site that let me hear the calls of practically any frog there is in NA. It didn't seem to sound like that. Then that wise Alyssa suggested a Great Blue Heron or Great Egret and suggested I listen to them on line. I have the CDs, so I listened and the call is most like the egret or heron. Not the entire call just a small piece. I think I imagined that the call came from something nesting or mate calling - so I didn't even consider waders since they generally nest in rookeries or at least in some elevated place. So I don't know for sure what it was yet. I am open to some type of amphibian but it was more of a growl than a croak - so I am going to stay in the question and see if I can hear it again tomorrow - armed with hearing of the frog call on line and the the birds. I will keep you apprised. Life is so much richer when I stay in the question. I may even have to wade out, knee deep in marsh mush to find this one out. I don't put it past a frog to fool me though. Dang! Now I just got the lead for a Pickerel Frog and from Steve's web lead that sounds closer too - but still leaning towards the birds. Am I just stubborn or what? Thank you all so much for your responses. I knew I could count on you. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Lark Sparrow still present From: "Dave Bartkey" <screechowl AT charter.net> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:48:52 -0500 Hi everyone, I heard the Lark Sparrow singing tonight in the same area, which I heard it on Sunday in River Bend Nature Center in Faribault. (I got to add it to my BIGBY list.YES!!) I also heard my FOY Virginia Rail and Wood Thrush tonight and finally saw my first Great-crested Flycatcher. Good birding, Dave Bartkey Faribault, MN screechowl AT charter.net _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: marsh bird(?) call question From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:17:54 -0500 I have been slogging it out along the marshes lately - the mud is worth it without the bugs. Out in the middle of a relatively narrow band of cat tails between the muddy areas and the lake, I have been hearing a sound like the beginning of a cat growl. I thought some type of frog but the sound is low pitched and irregular - not like someone trying to attract a mate - it is more like something just saying I am here and stay away. The area is rife with pheasants, herons, egrets, and redwings but even with the birds flying over the calls stays the same and sporadically irregular. Any ideas or am I dreaming of birds and labeling frogs? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: marsh bird(?) call question From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:17:54 -0500 I have been slogging it out along the marshes lately - the mud is worth it without the bugs. Out in the middle of a relatively narrow band of cat tails between the muddy areas and the lake, I have been hearing a sound like the beginning of a cat growl. I thought some type of frog but the sound is low pitched and irregular - not like someone trying to attract a mate - it is more like something just saying I am here and stay away. The area is rife with pheasants, herons, egrets, and redwings but even with the birds flying over the calls stays the same and sporadically irregular. Any ideas or am I dreaming of birds and labeling frogs? Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: TRES After snow storm From: jobaud AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 01:40:06 +0000 Just wanted to report the sad news that we had on our BB trails. We were in Galveston, TX urging the warblers north and returned after a two week trip. The first thing we did was to check our BB trail. We have a total of 12 boxes. We found 16 dead TRES in our boxes. Tonight while watching a BB pair come in and start putting grass in a box in our backyard (Fridley on Mississippi River), I noted the complete lack of swallows over the river and in the air above our house. A stark contrast from when we left about 2 weeks ago. It looks like the TRES took a big hit during and after the snow storm. Jerry Bahls Fridley, MN_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: East Side Lake, Austin, Mower County From: rvjesse AT aol.com Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 21:31:37 -0400 Hello:  20 to 30 Purple Martins there tonight around the martin houses.   Love to hear them.  Strange that the past two days an American White Pelican has been sitting on the only rock jutting out of the water on the lake.  Tonight when I got close to it it beat both wings and paddled out on to the lake.  It looked like it could fly but I am not sure.  Austin birders, please check on the Pelican when you can.  Hopefully its just resting here.  Not a lot of pelican friends around here.  Thanks,  Bob Jessen _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Re: Harris Sparrow From: drg5934 AT aol.com Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 19:59:36 -0400 Where are you Chuck? We also had one yesterday -May 6 - under our feeder in the Southeastern corner of the state - Houston county near the Miss. river. Diane Gagne -----Original Message----- From: Charles MyrbachSubject: French park in Plymouth From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:31:16 -0500 Got all excited when I saw what I thought was a Prothonatory Warbler between the club house and the lake at French Park today but all I could muster was 20 minutes of the bottom side of the bird. Couldn't see its back or profile but the bottom was all gleaming yellow as was the entire head. Ho-hum. I will have return and hope to see it again. It just disappeared after all that googling. American Redstart Blackburnian Warbler Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler and the usual cast of characters Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request AT moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.Subject: French park in Plymouth From: Thomas Maiello <thomas AT angelem.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:31:16 -0500 Got all excited when I saw what I thought was a Prothonatory Warbler between the club house and the lake at French Park today but all I could muster was 20 minutes of the bottom side of the bird. Couldn't see its back or profile but the bottom was all gleaming yellow as was the entire head. Ho-hum. I will have return and hope to see it again. It just disappeared after all that googling. American Redstart Blackburnian Warbler Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler and the usual cast of characters Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Crosby Park (St. Paul) this morning From: KCTEPO00 <KCTEPO00 AT smumn.edu> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 14:08:21 -0500 This morning (7:45-10:30) at Crosby Farm park was wonderful, as I enjoyed a dozen warbler species in what I'd guess to be the highest warbler density I've ever experienced. Highlights included Blackburnian (first ever!), Black-Throated Green, and Northern Parula. Also, Orioles, easily visible Marsh and Sedge Wrens, a Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher and calling Soras made for a nice morning. And, for those who are familiar with the park, I saw all of these without even reaching the bigger lake and woods that make up the majority of the park. I'm sure there's more to be found. Kyle TePoel St. Paul _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Rose Breasted Grossbeak - Shakopee From: "A.J. Morales" <AJMORALES AT rocketmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:32:29 -0700 (PDT) I had a female RB Grosbeak yesterday eve. I had just filled the deck feeder with some sunflower seeds... 1/2 minute later she stopped by, fed for about 2 minutes, and off she went!. I was able to get a few images with the camera! sweeet! AJ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Harris Sparrow From: Charles Myrbach <chuckx AT means.net> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:24:04 -0500 Yesterday (May 6th) I had a Harris Sparrow underneath my feeder near Marshall. I was unable to get a picture but with some luck he will return"? _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: T.S. Roberts quick tour this morning From: Five Guitars <five.guitars AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 07:37:07 -0700 (PDT) FOY- Blue-winged warbler - an unexpected bonus. Otherwise- Nashville, Orange-crowned, Tennessee, YRumped, B&W, N. Waterthrush, Yellow, C.Yellowthroat, Least Flycatcher, plus other usual suspects. Very little singing. When the sun popped out then things fired up a bit but it clouded up again right away. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbirdSubject: Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Harris Sparrow and Barn Swallows From: Mel & Elaine Bennefeld <emben1 AT juno.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:01:05 -0500 On Tuesday, 6 May we had 2 male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks and a Harris Sparrow at the feeders at the Ponderosa Golf Course in Clay County, also FOY Barn Swallows. _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird |