[TN-Bird] Re: Minnesota trip
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- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:39:00 -0600
Charles,
We still should go.
TP
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Subject: [TN-Bird] Minnesota trip
> The great owl irruption did not fail us. Attached is a list of what we
> saw.
> Only the supposedly common snow bunting eluded us, but the hoary redpoll
> more
> than made up for that. The weather was ridiculous, our expensive arctic
> clothing and block heater for the car were never really tested. The
> return drive
> was highlighted by thousands of snow geese moving northwest through
> southern
> Illinois, and Horned Grebe on Kentucky Lake and others such as pintails on
> flooded fields.
> Bird List Minnesota 3-12 February 2005
> Mallard
> Harlequin duck
> Goldeneye
> Red breasted merganser
> Rough legged hawk
> Bald eagle
> Kestrel
> Ruffed grouse
> Rock dove
> Snowy owl
> Great Gray owl
> Northern hawk owl
> Hairy woodpecker
> Black backed woodpecker
> Pileated woodpecker
> Northern shrike
> Blue jay
> Gray jay
> Raven
> Crow
> Black capped chickadee
> Starling
> Dark eyed junco
> White winged crossbill
> Common redpoll
> Hoary redpoll
> House sparrow
> En route: through TN, KY, IL, WI
> Northern goshawk
> Peregrine falcon
> Golden eagle
> Northern harrier
> Coopers hawk
> Horned grebe
> Pintail
> Northern shoveler
> Red breasted nuthatch
> Horned lark
> Other common species, 68 in total
> Comments.
> We saw over 60 Great Gray owls, 37 within a 1 hour ride east of Rice Lake
> NWR. Numerous N. Hawk owls were seen. The hoary redpolls were seen just
> south
> of the black backed woodpecker site (where the three toed was missed) on
> McDivit Rd west of Hwy. 7 near Cotton, MN. , confirmed by a MN expert on
> an owl
> count.
> At Two Harbours, we independently identified two flying birds (from the
> gazebo by the iron dock across the bay towards the sea) as probable
> dovekies.
> Ralph has lived for long periods on the Canadian East and west coasts and
> at sea
> and should know an alcid flight, but please ignore unless someone can
> confirm. The birds were small, with black underwing (cf. Murelette) and
> flew very
> fast and level with very rapid wingbeats. Previous record in Sibley we
> are
> told was a dead specimen.
> Ralph and Kay Brinkhurst Lebanon, Wilson Co
>
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