Horned Grebe was passing through and stopped at Lake Harriet in Mpls and got close enough to shore for a good look at it's "horns" and red eyes. - April 21st
Bird Migration and Misc Birding Thread
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Killing time on a drizzly day waiting for 2 pm doctor thingie and going over some photos from last month. Since everyone loves owls, here's a Great Horned Owl owlet in a big silver maple nesting cavity. It fledged the next day (was the last of the owlets to leave the cavity) so I almost missed it. In a Twin Cities area park.
Up on the Mississippi near Harper's Ferry. Neighbor texted that orioles had returned, so I put up feeders and, since I read on here that hummingbirds were as far as Des Moines, put one of those feeders out as well. Sure enough, 1st hummy visited today!
A lot of orioles and gold finches as well.
A lot of orioles and gold finches as well.
And all he had to do was put up one of these to get his hummer. Who knew it was that easy. Not my image.
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Went out with daughter for an hour or so Saturday just north of Story City in the Skunk River valley. Daughter had heard a rose breasted grosbeak numerous times but never saw one. We not only saw one very high up in a tree but I was also able to snap a terrible phone pic. Here is a zoom of it.
Daughter was stoked. Also had a catbird following us around.
Someone lost a pigeon. Does it have a band? (On its leg, not that he's a front man for some rock group).
On this note: I came across the remains of a bird with bands on it on the roof of a downtown building in Minneapolis. Any Minnesota birders know who I should share the band information with?
You can report the band info here:
Lost Found Bird Information American Racing Pigeon Union | Homing Pigeons | ARPU Sport Flyers
Join sport of pigeon racing American Racing Pigeon Union. Homing pigeons are so much fun. Build your own lofts. ARPU has over 100 years of experience
Thanks, that was just the ticket.You can report the band info here:
Lost Found Bird Information American Racing Pigeon Union | Homing Pigeons | ARPU Sport Flyers
Join sport of pigeon racing American Racing Pigeon Union. Homing pigeons are so much fun. Build your own lofts. ARPU has over 100 years of experiencewww.pigeon.org
We've got a huge lilac next to our deck right out of our back door. They hang out all the time in the lilacs, even when we're sitting on the deck.
We also have a lilac right next to our deck. The hummingbirds and gold finches seem to like it more than any of our other regulars.
