New bird's at my feeder...

[bmc]

Sorry, no pics, but I'm still excited about the new arrivals. I had some yellow headed black birds at the feeder and also a male harris sparrow that's been hanging around for the last 3-4 days. Anyone seen any orioles or hummingbirds around the U.S. Highway 2 area or north of there? We're still waiting to see our first one's of the spring.

Brian

[mplspug]

So that's where my Harris sparrow went. Tell him Mike said hi! I miss the guy, but I figured the nice weather over the weekend was going to make him move on.

[Steve Foss]

Dotch reported their first r-b hummingbird in southern Minn, I believe it was yesterday.

[buzzsaw]

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Dotch reported their first r-b hummingbird in southern Minn, I believe it was yesterday.

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They've been in my backyard in Lakeville since May 1st. However, not as many as I expect to be here... they get thick and do serious battle over their favorite sugar water feeding spot.

[Dotch]

buzz definitely saw the first hummer. Out in the wide open spaces they're not as early seems like. My Mom saw her first indigo bunting of the season this AM at Spring Valley as she was filling her hummingbird feeders. Had the first rose breasted grosbeak of the year here today, a female. They usually don't show here until almost Mother's Day. Right on schedule. Found the first egg in the wood duck house since I put it up last year. They must've booted the tree swallows out.

[WCS]

I had my first hummingbird sighting on May 6th. First Rose-Breasted Grosbeak yesterday. No Orioles at the feeder yet.

[buzzsaw]

We don't get those Indigo Bunting's or Scarlet Tanagers for long (have not seen either yet) but they usually only hang around for like a week or so and head north I suspect. I have recently been spending more time in Murphy Hanrehan park (behind my house) and have been seeing so many birds that I normally don't see at my feeders ie... Warblers of many varieties, vireo's, Flickers, Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallows, Bluebirds, Cedar Waxwings, Meadowlarks... I wish they would visit my yard!!

[bmc]

I know what you mean buzz. We live in town so we don't get a lot of the bird's that hang out in the woods. I get jealous when I go to my dad's or relatives "in the woods" and see all the bird's I don't get to see in town. We were at my relatives the other night and saw a red breasted grosbeak, goldfinches, hairy woodpecker, and red breasted (Contact US Regarding This Word)-ups, I mean nuthatches. I hope the Harris sparrow hangs around, but from my bird book it looks like they go father north?

Brian

[M.T. Bucket]

I am over in Bovey. I haven't seen any hummingbirds or orioles up here yet, but I did see hummmingbirds in Duxbury yesterday.

I hope I get Harris's sparrows this year...I've only gotten them once. I may have to make the trip around Cohasset to see one before they go north. I spend a lot of time birding around Cohasset in the spring because the migrants follow the river up and seem to like that town. It's the only town up here I've been able to find yellow-headed blackbirds in--then they move to Winnie. There's a feeder setup near the river access that the usually has gobs of pigeons, but sometimes the yellowheads (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus--Latin for Yellowhead yellowhead) shoulder their way in.