From snoeowl at aol.com Sun Jul 7 13:38:30 2024 From: snoeowl at aol.com (Allen Batt) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 13:38:30 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] A week in birds References: Message-ID: Most of the long-winded birds have quieted, with the Indigo Bunting, Vesper Sparrow and Dickcissel being notable and welcome exceptions. Robins, House Wrens, Mourning Doves and Blue Jays play smaller parts in the diminished chorus. Sadly, there was a dead crow in the yard. I infrequently find one hit by a vehicle on a road. They are typically blue-eyed crows?immature birds that hadn?t realized the perils of traffic. The late crow in my yard was a juvenile. A mother fed her fledgling Downy Woodpeckers at a suet feeder. Food was dropped from that high chair, but she was relentless. All good moms need patience. It was nice to see the red caps on the young ones, in striking contrast to the lack of red on the mother?s head and the red nape of the father. There?s a good crop of young robins, spotted like feathered fawns, moving about the lawn this year. A male Eurasian Tree Sparrow seems to have been initiated into a flock of House Sparrows, a place where hybridization could occur. I see no sign of gray on his chestnut crown, so I doubt he?s a hybrid. The rain pauses only long enough to catch its breath. As I write this, mosquitoes are planning their menus with me as the daily special. Despite the soggy, hangry skeeters and the dead crow, I?m blessed by all the incredible things I see just by looking. Al Batt From 55norton55 at gmail.com Sun Jul 7 13:52:23 2024 From: 55norton55 at gmail.com (Pat Norton) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 13:52:23 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] A week in birds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I always enjoy your observations. I also am wondering about West Nile Virus and the dead crow.... On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 1:39?PM Allen Batt via Mnbird < mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote: > Most of the long-winded birds have quieted, with the Indigo Bunting, > Vesper Sparrow and Dickcissel being notable and welcome exceptions. Robins, > House Wrens, Mourning Doves and Blue Jays play smaller parts in the > diminished chorus. > Sadly, there was a dead crow in the yard. I infrequently find one hit by > a vehicle on a road. They are typically blue-eyed crows?immature birds that > hadn?t realized the perils of traffic. The late crow in my yard was a > juvenile. > A mother fed her fledgling Downy Woodpeckers at a suet feeder. Food was > dropped from that high chair, but she was relentless. All good moms need > patience. It was nice to see the red caps on the young ones, in striking > contrast to the lack of red on the mother?s head and the red nape of the > father. > There?s a good crop of young robins, spotted like feathered fawns, > moving about the lawn this year. 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However, for the last few days when I am sitting on the front porch, the male wren has made many very quick trips into the more recently vacated box in front. He is not carrying any new nesting materials in, but goes into the box for a few seconds and then out again. At least one day, he did this about 20-30 times. Other days for fewer trips. > > What do you think is the purpose of these visits? > Susan in SW Mpls. > _______________________________________________ > 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 snoeowl at aol.com Fri Jul 12 12:08:53 2024 From: snoeowl at aol.com (Allen Batt) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:08:53 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] wren behavior In-Reply-To: <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <13546CB4-87E2-4E99-A5EF-CFFFC355AB52@aol.com> Nicely noticed, Susan. I?ve watched a male House Wren clean out the old nesting material between clutches. The original Mr. Clean. Al Batt ?Do something wild today. Look at a bird.? ? Al Batt. > On Jul 12, 2024, at 11:22?AM, Susan Kennedy via Mnbird wrote: > > ? > For many years, wrens have nested in a box by my front porch. They fledged about 10 days ago, and usually they have a second family in a box in my backyard. I presume they are working on the second batch now. However, for the last few days when I am sitting on the front porch, the male wren has made many very quick trips into the more recently vacated box in front. He is not carrying any new nesting materials in, but goes into the box for a few seconds and then out again. At least one day, he did this about 20-30 times. Other days for fewer trips. > > What do you think is the purpose of these visits? > Susan in SW Mpls. > _______________________________________________ > 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 johnson-miller at msn.com Fri Jul 12 16:14:14 2024 From: johnson-miller at msn.com (Miller Johnson) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 21:14:14 +0000 Subject: [Mnbird] wren behavior In-Reply-To: <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the interesting tale, Susan. I'm not sure what's going on, but... One year I had a male select two possible locations for a nest. One was in a nest box and the other in a hole in a wooden fence post. He took twigs to both locations, but seemed to focus on the nest box. A female joined him and selected the nest box. I didn't pay too much attention because all was going as usual, with the female laying eggs and incubating, until I noticed the male making a few side trips to the fence post. Ok, so maybe keeping it ready as a second-brood option? Come to find out, he was taking care of a second female and nest! The nests were only about 20 ft from each other, but were out of line-of-sight due to shrubs. He ended up feeding both broods at the same time, although I think the fence-post kids hatched a bit later. You haven't seen a busy house wren until you see a guy trying to keep up with two households! Please let us know if you figure out what's going on! Molly Jo Milller Inver Grove Hts Dakota Co ________________________________________ From: Mnbird on behalf of Susan Kennedy via Mnbird Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 11:21 AM To: MNBird Subject: [Mnbird] wren behavior For many years, wrens have nested in a box by my front porch. They fledged about 10 days ago, and usually they have a second family in a box in my backyard. I presume they are working on the second batch now. However, for the last few days when I am sitting on the front porch, the male wren has made many very quick trips into the more recently vacated box in front. He is not carrying any new nesting materials in, but goes into the box for a few seconds and then out again. At least one day, he did this about 20-30 times. Other days for fewer trips. What do you think is the purpose of these visits? Susan in SW Mpls. From cdrussin at centurylink.net Sat Jul 13 09:51:22 2024 From: cdrussin at centurylink.net (DONALD GRUSSING Owner) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:51:22 -0700 Subject: [Mnbird] wren behavior Message-ID: It's an election year so the bird is just voting over and over again. Seriously, one year we had two male house wrens using the wren houses on our 1/2 acre lot. So much fun watching the daily fights, so much music with slow fluttering flights over the disputed middle ground. And a bunch of baby wrens took to the air that fall. Don Grussing Minnetonka IOn Fri, 12 Jul, 2024 at 11:28 AM, kevin seidel via Mnbird wrote: To: susan kennedy Cc: mnbird at lists.mnbird.netI think it may be a drug house. I?d notify the authorities. Just joking obviously. I have no idea what?s going on. Kevin Seidel Onalaska WI Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2024, at 11:22?AM, Susan Kennedy via Mnbird > wrote: ? For many years, wrens have nested in a box by my front porch. They fledged about 10 days ago, and usually they have a second family in a box in my backyard. I presume they are working on the second batch now. However, for the last few days when I am sitting on the front porch, the male wren has made many very quick trips into the more recently vacated box in front. He is not carrying any new nesting materials in, but goes into the box for a few seconds and then out again. At least one day, he did this about 20-30 times. Other days for fewer trips. What do you think is the purpose of these visits? Susan in SW Mpls._______________________________________________ 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 birds at moosewoods.us Sat Jul 13 10:54:34 2024 From: birds at moosewoods.us (linda whyte) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 10:54:34 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] wren behavior In-Reply-To: <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1360117466.4227280.1720801306453@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Sometimes I wonder if they check an empty box for spiders and other insects they can glean as they forage. Our nest box is one the Wren used last year. This year, the Chickadees occupied it, and their babies fledged before the Wren ever came back, luckily. The Wren cleaned it out and stashed twigs there, but I cleared the twigs so I could sanitize the box. The Wren seems to be nesting close by. He never moved back in, but has entered the box for brief forays. Hard to say if he's making sure no rivals have intruded or he's hoping to find his stash of twigs restored, or to score some food. Linda Whyte On Fri, Jul 12, 2024, 11:22?AM Susan Kennedy via Mnbird < mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote: > For many years, wrens have nested in a box by my front porch. They fledged > about 10 days ago, and usually they have a second family in a box in my > backyard. I presume they are working on the second batch now. However, for > the last few days when I am sitting on the front porch, the male wren has > made many very quick trips into the more recently vacated box in front. He > is not carrying any new nesting materials in, but goes into the box for a > few seconds and then out again. At least one day, he did this about 20-30 > times. Other days for fewer trips. > > What do you think is the purpose of these visits? > Susan in SW Mpls. > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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They also visited the unused house on the north side of my porch. This seems to me that this must be a second female, as the babies in the west side house presumably have a mom feeding them. (Of course, they don't wear name tags; I assume the singing bird must be the male, but I can't prove two females.) It seems so odd that a new female would show up mid-summer.? Then, to add to the puzzlement, a pair of chickadees also were trying to inspect the south house several times, driven off, of course, by the wren. (In past years, the chickadees used the south box, but fledged their family before the wren arrived.) Fascinating events without even me leaving home. Susan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From johnson-miller at msn.com Tue Jul 16 14:19:26 2024 From: johnson-miller at msn.com (Miller Johnson) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:19:26 +0000 Subject: [Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls. In-Reply-To: <875739671.1422006.1721156053460@mail.yahoo.com> References: <875739671.1422006.1721156053460.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <875739671.1422006.1721156053460@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks so much for the update, Susan! You're west nest kids may fledge before the new female's eggs hatch (since the north female is still in the courting stage!). That's slightly better news for the females, cuz he'll be able to help feed his current kids for a while without the second kids interfering. I feel bad for the chickadees. They must be having a bad summer if they're still trying to find a good home for the season. Please keep us informed! Molly Jo Miller Dakota Co ________________________________ From: Mnbird on behalf of Susan Kennedy via Mnbird Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 1:54 PM To: MNBird Subject: [Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls. I wrote recently about a male wren repeatedly visiting the recently vacated birdhouse (south side), while his second family was still in residence in another house on the west side. Today, the male visited the south side house again, but had a female with him inspecting the house. They also visited the unused house on the north side of my porch. This seems to me that this must be a second female, as the babies in the west side house presumably have a mom feeding them. (Of course, they don't wear name tags; I assume the singing bird must be the male, but I can't prove two females.) It seems so odd that a new female would show up mid-summer. Then, to add to the puzzlement, a pair of chickadees also were trying to inspect the south house several times, driven off, of course, by the wren. (In past years, the chickadees used the south box, but fledged their family before the wren arrived.) Fascinating events without even me leaving home. 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That's slightly better news for the females, cuz he'll be able to help feed his current kids for a while without the second kids interfering. I feel bad for the chickadees. They must be having a bad summer if they're still trying to find a good home for the season. Please keep us informed! Molly Jo Miller Dakota Co ________________________________ From: Mnbird on behalf of Susan Kennedy via Mnbird Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 1:54 PM To: MNBird Subject: [Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls. I wrote recently about a male wren repeatedly visiting the recently vacated birdhouse (south side), while his second family was still in residence in another house on the west side. Today, the male visited the south side house again, but had a female with him inspecting the house. They also visited the unused house on the north side of my porch. This seems to me that this must be a second female, as the babies in the west side house presumably have a mom feeding them. (Of course, they don't wear name tags; I assume the singing bird must be the male, but I can't prove two females.) It seems so odd that a new female would show up mid-summer. Then, to add to the puzzlement, a pair of chickadees also were trying to inspect the south house several times, driven off, of course, by the wren. (In past years, the chickadees used the south box, but fledged their family before the wren arrived.) Fascinating events without even me leaving home. Susan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snoeowl at aol.com Tue Jul 16 14:37:07 2024 From: snoeowl at aol.com (Allen Batt) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:37:07 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls. In-Reply-To: <875739671.1422006.1721156053460@mail.yahoo.com> References: <875739671.1422006.1721156053460@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <21CAD1AE-1BEF-4F7B-A9C8-8C9E9311AC58@aol.com> Single male house wrens sometimes compete for females even after a pair has begun nesting and can displace their rivals. Some mated males sing to advertise for secondary mates at surplus cavities on their territories, a form of polygamy called polygyny. Al Batt ?Do something wild today. Look at a bird.? ? Al Batt > On Jul 16, 2024, at 1:54?PM, Susan Kennedy via Mnbird wrote: > > ? > I wrote recently about a male wren repeatedly visiting the recently vacated birdhouse (south side), while his second family was still in residence in another house on the west side. > > Today, the male visited the south side house again, but had a female with him inspecting the house. They also visited the unused house on the north side of my porch. This seems to me that this must be a second female, as the babies in the west side house presumably have a mom feeding them. (Of course, they don't wear name tags; I assume the singing bird must be the male, but I can't prove two females.) It seems so odd that a new female would show up mid-summer. > > Then, to add to the puzzlement, a pair of chickadees also were trying to inspect the south house several times, driven off, of course, by the wren. (In past years, the chickadees used the south box, but fledged their family before the wren arrived.) > > Fascinating events without even me leaving home. > > Susan > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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I?ve hauled many animals to the Raptor Center and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. I should be used to their deaths, but I?m not. A chickadee feeds on a sunflower seed feeder each morning while I drink a cup of tea. No matter how many chickadees there are in this world, there?s always room for one more. Al Batt Freeborn County From jeannevg at aol.com Wed Jul 17 11:17:43 2024 From: jeannevg at aol.com (Jeanne Van Galder) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Mnbird] How fortunate we are to have the Raptor Center and the WRC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <472637887.1824106.1721233063249@mail.yahoo.com> Thanks On Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 11:05:13 AM CDT, Allen Batt via Mnbird wrote: ? I sat on a deck with friends and watched birds, each a stunning beauty, visit the busy feeders. It?s impossible to be unhappy around friends with bird feeders. ? At home, a talkative eastern screech owl, all beak and eyes, perched on our deck rail at midnight. Not the first night it?s done that. I see it flying out of a shed, but I never see it flying in. ? A neighbor brought over an American Kestrel?a female with an injured wing. It had likely flown into a window or a wire. I called the good people at the Raptor Center and made plans to get the lovely raptor to them. The kestrel was feisty and I thought it had a good chance of survival, but it died before we completed the rescue trip. I?ve hauled many animals to the Raptor Center and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. I should be used to their deaths, but I?m not. ? A chickadee feeds on a sunflower seed feeder each morning while I drink a cup of tea. No matter how many chickadees there are in this world, there?s always room for one more. 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Those of us who do rescue work can take comfort from knowing the survivors may go on to have progeny! Linda Whyte On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 11:04?AM Allen Batt via Mnbird < mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote: > I sat on a deck with friends and watched birds, each a stunning beauty, > visit the busy feeders. It?s impossible to be unhappy around friends with > bird feeders. > At home, a talkative eastern screech owl, all beak and eyes, perched on > our deck rail at midnight. Not the first night it?s done that. I see it > flying out of a shed, but I never see it flying in. > A neighbor brought over an American Kestrel?a female with an injured > wing. It had likely flown into a window or a wire. I called the good people > at the Raptor Center and made plans to get the lovely raptor to them. The > kestrel was feisty and I thought it had a good chance of survival, but it > died before we completed the rescue trip. I?ve hauled many animals to the > Raptor Center and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. I should be used to > their deaths, but I?m not. > A chickadee feeds on a sunflower seed feeder each morning while I drink > a cup of tea. No matter how many chickadees there are in this world, > there?s always room for one more. > > Al Batt > Freeborn County > > _______________________________________________ > 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 gleskarider at gmail.com Mon Jul 22 08:59:20 2024 From: gleskarider at gmail.com (Pamela Brustman) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:59:20 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Odd looking robin Message-ID: I saw what I thought was the oddest looking immature Robin this morning on my porch roof. I was looking out of my 2nd story windows. It had strange, for a Robin, head markings and a black bib on its breast. I think, though I didn't think to get a photo due to trying to memorize it's markings to look it up, that it is a varied thrush. It looked pretty exact to the image of an immature bird on All About Birds site. But what is it doing in my Minnesota porch roof? And immature leads to the assumption that there was or is a breeding pair. I am in north eastern Wright County, in St Michael. My land is heavily treed and I sit on the Crow River, across from Crow Hassan park. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gleskarider at gmail.com Tue Jul 23 07:41:56 2024 From: gleskarider at gmail.com (Pamela Brustman) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:41:56 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Second sighting of varied thrush Message-ID: Yesterday I saw a robin with strange markings and determined that it is a varied thrush. I got another sighting this morning as it foraged in my front lawn. This is in St Michael, Wright County. A lifer for me. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1000002020.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2500333 bytes Desc: not available URL: From fortune at frontiernet.net Tue Jul 23 08:28:18 2024 From: fortune at frontiernet.net (fortune at frontiernet.net) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Mnbird] Second sighting of varied thrush In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1942404658.101269.1721741300868@mail.yahoo.com> Hello, I believe this is a juvenile American Robin- google it for some images to compare. RL On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 08:20:09 AM CDT, Pamela Brustman via Mnbird wrote: Yesterday I saw a robin with strange markings and determined that it is a varied thrush. I got another sighting this morning as it foraged in my front lawn.? This is in St Michael,? Wright County.? A lifer for me._______________________________________________ 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1000002020.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2500333 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cdrussin at centurylink.net Tue Jul 23 10:27:55 2024 From: cdrussin at centurylink.net (DONALD GRUSSING Owner) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:27:55 -0700 Subject: [Mnbird] Second sighting of varied thrush Message-ID: <93GVBL2BNNU4.HCQGKHEGFB7U3@luweb02oc> If it is a Varied Thrush I have a bunch of them daily plowing through the Nanny Berry bush just off my deck. All are welcome to see and photograph. However, I'm betting its a juvenile American Robin. Don Grussing Minnetonka IOn Tue, 23 Jul, 2024 at 8:20 AM, Pamela Brustman via Mnbird wrote: To: mnbird Yesterday I saw a robin with strange markings and determined that it is a varied thrush. I got another sighting this morning as it foraged in my front lawn. This is in St Michael, Wright County. A lifer for me. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1000002020.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2500333 bytes Desc: not available URL: From chickadee.erickson at gmail.com Tue Jul 23 10:34:48 2024 From: chickadee.erickson at gmail.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:34:48 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Second sighting of varied thrush In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes, this is definitely a juvenile American Robin. Many of them don't have such a strong malar stripe. Laura Erickson Duluth On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 8:20?AM Pamela Brustman via Mnbird < mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote: > Yesterday I saw a robin with strange markings and determined that it is a > varied thrush. I got another sighting this morning as it foraged in my > front lawn. > > > This is in St Michael, Wright County. A lifer for me. > _______________________________________________ > Mnbird mailing list > Mnbird at lists.mnbird.net > http://mail.lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net > -- Laura Erickson Duluth, MN she/her/hers For the love, understanding, and protection of birds https://lauraerickson.substack.com/ www.lauraerickson.com Look for the helpers. --Fred Rogers There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1000002020.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2500333 bytes Desc: not available URL: From hamerjohn34 at gmail.com Wed Jul 24 11:57:58 2024 From: hamerjohn34 at gmail.com (John Hamer) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:57:58 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Odd looking robin In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When I was on a birding trip in CO we saw a varied thrush. The people I was with said that varied thrush have a habit of branching out. It wasn't one of the regular birds in CO. either. John Hamer On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 9:00?AM Pamela Brustman via Mnbird < mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote: > I saw what I thought was the oddest looking immature Robin this morning on > my porch roof. I was looking out of my 2nd story windows. It had strange, > for a Robin, head markings and a black bib on its breast. I think, though I > didn't think to get a photo due to trying to memorize it's markings to look > it up, that it is a varied thrush. > It looked pretty exact to the image of an immature bird on All About Birds > site. > > But what is it doing in my Minnesota porch roof? And immature leads to the > assumption that there was or is a breeding pair. > > I am in north eastern Wright County, in St Michael. My land is heavily > treed and I sit on the Crow River, across from Crow Hassan park. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 jnelson at runestone.net Tue Jul 23 11:35:10 2024 From: jnelson at runestone.net (Jim & Charlene Nelson) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:35:10 -0500 Subject: [Mnbird] Second sighting of varied thrush In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Pamela, Actually if you send the photo thru Merlin you should get a good ID. Merlin is a free app from Cornell, if you haven?t used this app yet. I use it daily for sound ID to be sure I?m not missing anything - my hearing is selective to higher pitched sounds and I miss things like doves and cuckoos. Charlene Nelson Grant County fa > On Jul 23, 2024, at 10:34 AM, Laura Erickson via Mnbird wrote: > > Yes, this is definitely a juvenile American Robin. Many of them don't have such a strong malar stripe. > > Laura Erickson > Duluth > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 8:20?AM Pamela Brustman via Mnbird > wrote: > Yesterday I saw a robin with strange markings and determined that it is a varied thrush. I got another sighting this morning as it foraged in my front lawn. > > <1000002020.jpg> > This is in St Michael, Wright County. 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