Hawg Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Not seeing any around Brainerd for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I've seen them in Rochester all winter. They come at dusk and clean up the sunflower seeds on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawg Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 This is from the DNR page. They must have moved south a little, I went from quite a few to none. Habitat and range Mourning doves are common along country roads, and are also found in towns and open forests. In winter mourning doves migrate south; however, some can be seen year round in southern Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 11 hours ago, Hawg said: This is from the DNR page. They must have moved south a little, I went from quite a few to none. Habitat and range Mourning doves are common along country roads, and are also found in towns and open forests. In winter mourning doves migrate south; however, some can be seen year round in southern Minnesota. Southern Minnesota. That be right here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nature boy Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I still had a few yesterday in SW MN. If it wasn't for the doves, I wouldn't be buying safflower seeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 We typically have them through much of the winter in our neck of the prairie in SC MN. However, if the weather starts to get real cold they seem to head into towns and other more sheltered areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 still around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 had them in my back yard yet last nite in cold spring!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
half-dutch Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 I was down in NW Iowa this past week. All kinds of mourning doves there. Soybean and corn harvest is starting; so spilled grain in the field may hold them there awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Saw a few in the yard last week also, now that I have started bird feeding again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 still in my yard up in cold spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Almquist Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 We had our first Junco arrive this weekend. Hope that is not a sign of the type of winter we are in for Dotch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I was at the cabin this weekend and SAW a few of them also. wasn't paying a whole lot of attention at home but thought i'd seen one here in stearns county last nite. gonna keep an eye out tonite. I know the hummingbirds are gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Jim Almquist said: We had our first Junco arrive this weekend. Hope that is not a sign of the type of winter we are in for Not a good sign. The hummingbirds have been conspicuously absent from the feeders here since about the 21st, right before everything got washed down the creek. One of their earlier exits from the ranch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 OK.............I give.................whats the secret or oman to seeing juncos this early????????????????????????? Dotch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 To make people worry so they will buy wool garments. Sort of like global warming and buying indulgences like carbon credits. Jim Almquist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech~~ Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 32 minutes ago, smurfy said: OK.............I give.................whats the secret or oman to seeing juncos this early????????????????????????? Means get the snowmobiles ready boys it's going to be a good winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 guess I had that coming!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Almquist Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Most years they show up at the end of October into early November. Just hope this one was lost and not trying to escape early. Funny I was just looking at wool coats Dotch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Jim Almquist said: Most years they show up at the end of October into early November. Just hope this one was lost and not trying to escape early. Funny I was just looking at wool coats Dotch That's funny, I was just looking at airplane tickets..... Jim Almquist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 On 9/26/2016 at 0:37 PM, Jim Almquist said: We had our first Junco arrive this weekend. Hope that is not a sign of the type of winter we are in for Uh oh, just saw a junco at the ranch under the feeders a couple hours ago. This is serious. First we lose the hummingbirds early, now the juncos are back. It'll be an ugly winter. Get yer wool coats everybody! Wool coats fer sale! Jim Almquist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roony Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Lots of hummers are still coming to our feeders! Maybe the ugly winter will stay southeast of me. :-) Dotch and Jim Almquist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 That gin I put in my feeder must've confused the little buggers and they flew north! roony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Almquist Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 This morning we had our first flock of Junco's come in with a mix of Sparrows. Really dose make me think this winter could be a little rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 You could be right. There sure are a lot of people talking a rough winter.The woolly bear caterpillars I've seen afield seem to concur. https://www.weather.gov/arx/woollybear Of course the tried and true method of knowing the length and severity of the winter depends upon when I decide to let my face grow long and how long I leave it on before shaving it off... Jim Almquist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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