[Mnbird] A wondrous week in birds

[Sally Staggert]

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On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 2:05 PM, John Hamer via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

Sounds great.  I have taken over the bird feeders for the Glenn.   The spot where they have the feeders is right next to a ten foot long brush.  It is perfect for the sparrows except for the cooper's hawk.  He/she comes around the corner about one foot off the ground moving fast, sweeps into the shrubs and comes out with a meal.
I can't seem to enrich the variety.  Any thoughts.   I discovered a chipping sparrow yesterday.
John Hamer
On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 1:25 PM Allen Batt via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

  On a rare night without rain, I watched a baseball game at Mueller Park in New Ulm and listened to Common Nighthawks flying overhead and calling for “beans,” but eating flying insects instead.  At home, I watched two suet holders do a thriving business. The birds I saw feeding on suet over the week were: Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, European Starling, House Sparrow, Common Grackle, White-breasted Nuthatch, Baltimore Oriole, Blue Jay and that gold standard of birds, the Black-capped Chickadee.   A Hairy Woodpecker male displayed noisily with his bill pointed upward and bobbing from side to side of the suet feeder.  I found a Red-winged Blackbird nest with three eggs (blue with black markings) in it, which was 2 feet off the ground in a Canada Thistle in a prairie planting.   In Disney’s animated version of “Alice in Wonderland,” the White Rabbit sang, “I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say ‘Hello,’ goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!”   My yard’s version of the White Rabbit was a late Blackburnian Warbler here on June 19. It posed for a photo, noticed the time and fled the scene.  A Eurasian Tree Sparrow has been a recurring guest star on the suet feeders.

“Do something wild today. Look at a bird.” — Al Batt, Freeborn County



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