From gleskarider at gmail.com Sat Oct 14 13:54:42 2023 From: gleskarider at gmail.com (Pamela Brustman) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:54:42 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Fos junco Message-ID: St Michael, Wright cty, first of season Juncos have arrived -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hamerjohn34 at gmail.com Sat Oct 14 14:33:38 2023 From: hamerjohn34 at gmail.com (John Hamer) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 14:33:38 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Fos junco In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Saw my first junco in Hopkins. The 2 horned grebe and one Ruddy duck are gone. JohnHamer On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 1:55?PM Pamela Brustman via Mnbird < mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote: > St Michael, Wright cty, first of season Juncos have arrived > _______________________________________________ > Mnbird mailing list > Mnbird at lists.mnbird.net > http://mail.lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bcdrill at charter.net Sat Oct 14 14:52:38 2023 From: bcdrill at charter.net (Brian and Cindy Drill) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 14:52:38 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Junco Message-ID: Juncos have been in the Mankato area for a week. 3 days before the first one was on the ground by the feeder the Merlin app was confirming their sound in the trees.? A few white throated sparrows have been spotted and heard on our morning walks.? Red wing blackbirds are gathering again in the cattails by Spring Lake here in North Mankato.? Cindy in North Mankato -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sweston2g at gmail.com Mon Oct 16 11:33:32 2023 From: sweston2g at gmail.com (Steve Weston) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:33:32 -0400 Subject: [Mnbird] MRVAC Trumpeter Newsletter Message-ID: Trumpeter | November - December 2023 The November/December edition of The Trumpeter, Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter's bi-monthly newsletter, is now available to read online. The next MRVAC (in-person/virtual) program will feature Jordana Whyte here from New Zealand on October 26th. We are bringing back the MRVAC auction on November 9th at the Richardson Nature with some incredible items available including a pair of Swarovski binoculars, a copy of the multiple volume Birds of North America, and an original signed and framed Walter Breckenridge. Watch for the Zoom link for the October meeting and more information on both in the near future. Read The Trumpeter Online [image: Visit the MRVAC Website] Visit the MRVAC Website *Copyright ? 2023 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC), All rights reserved.* Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2g at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bjkerr at umn.edu Tue Oct 17 18:18:19 2023 From: bjkerr at umn.edu (Betsy Kerr) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:18:19 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Shrike in Hennepin Cty Message-ID: l visited Westwood Hills Nature Center (St. Louis Park) this afternoon and walked the boardwalk part of the trail. I saw a Shrike perched in a tree for a few minutes, but the distance was too far and my eyesight not good enough (even with binoculars) to positively ID it as a Northern or a Loggerhead. I see in ebird that a Northern is much more likely at this time of year, but if I had to choose, I would choose Loggerhead because of the boldness of the black and white and the clear white wing bars. I'm curious to know if anyone has seen either Shrike around here lately. Betsy Kerr Golden Valley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bjkerr at umn.edu Tue Oct 17 18:57:54 2023 From: bjkerr at umn.edu (Betsy Kerr) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:57:54 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Shrike in Hennepin Cty In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: P.S. I didn't think to check my revised Janssen until just now. It suggests that both the Northern and Loggerhead Shrike are equally possible here at this time. Betsy Kerr Golden Valley On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 6:18?PM Betsy Kerr wrote: > l visited Westwood Hills Nature Center (St. Louis Park) this afternoon and > walked the boardwalk part of the trail. I saw a Shrike perched in a tree > for a few minutes, but the distance was too far and my eyesight not good > enough (even with binoculars) to positively ID it as a Northern or a > Loggerhead. I see in ebird that a Northern is much more likely at this > time of year, but if I had to choose, I would choose Loggerhead because of > the boldness of the black and white and the clear white wing bars. I'm > curious to know if anyone has seen either Shrike around here lately. > > Betsy Kerr > Golden Valley > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbrasket at comcast.net Tue Oct 17 20:26:03 2023 From: rbrasket at comcast.net (Richard Brasket) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:26:03 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] northern shrike Hennepin county Message-ID: <000401da0162$11060180$33120480$@comcast.net> 10/16/2023 Woodhill Rd/ Tree St/ Minnetonka MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbrasket at comcast.net Sun Oct 22 11:37:41 2023 From: rbrasket at comcast.net (Richard Brasket) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 11:37:41 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Mike Mulligan Message-ID: <000201da0506$16a69710$43f3c530$@comcast.net> Obit for Mike, well known birder, in 10/22 Star Tribune. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sweston2g at gmail.com Sun Oct 22 21:15:54 2023 From: sweston2g at gmail.com (Steve Weston) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 22:15:54 -0400 Subject: [Mnbird] MRVAC meeting this Thursday (in-person & virtual Message-ID: *The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) invites you to join us for:* *?Wildlife on the Edge: Conservation in New Zealand?Jordana Whyte Dunedin Wildlife Hospital &Takaraka/Whakahao Team* *Thursday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.* After five years, ?Kiwi-sotan? Jordana Whyte is returning from the South Island of New Zealand to visit her family and update us on protecting the birds and animals of New Zealand, home to some of the world?s most unique and endangered wildlife. She will be reporting on the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital ? now the busiest facility of its kind in the country ? and her summer in the New Zealand subantarctic islands with the hoiho/takaraka (the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguin), and the whakahao (New Zealand Sea Lion). This meeting will be held in-person at the Minnesota River Valley Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center at 3815 American Boulevard East in Bloomington and will be simulcast via Zoom. The refuge visitor center is a short walk from the METRO blue line. While this will be an exclusive program at MRVAC, all meetings are free and open to the public. The meeting will be simulcast on *Zoom* beginning at 7:30 p.m. To join the Zoom meeting click on this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85663876921?pwd=YFZ5jg8Hsf6Aj91lpBMqH4ZOxjGbzW.1 Meeting ID: 856 6387 6921 Passcode: 724006 One tap mobile: +1 312 626 6799,,85663876921#,,,,*724006# US (Chicago) The MRVAC auction will happen Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington. Doors open at 6 p.m. Here is your chance to walk away with your own pair of Swarovski binoculars. We have collected about 100 books on birds and nature, bird houses and feeders, antique St. Paul Bird Club stickers, some incredible nature art, and much more. For more information, see the news article on MRVAC.org. *Copyright ? 2023 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC), All rights reserved.* Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2g at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: