[mou-net] Field trip Sunday: Dakota County birds

2010-06-02 Thread Steve Weston
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 7:00 am. Schaar's Bluff Trailhead. 8395 127th Street E, Hastings, MN 55033. We'll travel by car to various prairie and grassland sites in Dakota County where these beautiful birds flourish. Meet at Schaar's Bluff (Spring Lake Park) parking lot. This trip involves very

[mou-net] Loon nest

2010-06-02 Thread Sid Stivland
If anyone needs/wants pictures of a nesting Loon, there is an apparent Loon nest in central Cass County. The location is Cass County road 42 (or 28th Avenue NW) where it skirts a small lake called Brockway Lake. This is about 3.5 to 4 miles east of Backus and a mile or so north of 4th St SW.

Re: [mou-net] Henslow's?

2010-06-02 Thread linda whyte
Rob and I hiked the Mruephy-Hanrehan horse/pet trails on Monday, and then the wooded trails across the road from the horse-trail parking lot. Along the trails to the south of the horse camp, there were several Henslow's singing, one of them perched in prominent view. Bobolinks were also present,

[mou-net] Common Loon in Hennepin County

2010-06-02 Thread MN Birder
This morning at about 7:15 AM we heard Common Loon's flying over our house in Bloomington. We thought it seemed very unusual to hear Loons flying overhead in the Twin Cities this late in the Spring. Is this an unusual sighting? Has anybody else heard or seen Common Loon's in the southern part

Re: [mou-net] Common Loon in Hennepin County

2010-06-02 Thread Carrie Kostroski
I live in south White Bear Lake and hear loons often. Woke during the last full moon and heard them calling...very special. - Original Message - From: MN Birder mnbir...@brainlaser.com To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:33 PM Subject: [mou-net] Common Loon in

[mou-net] spruce budworm - St. Louis County

2010-06-02 Thread Shawn Conrad
Currently, there is a significant spruce budworm occurrence along the 169 corridor between Tower and Ely. It would be interesting to hear reports from anyone who happens to bird this area, particularly whether numbers of budworm-dependent warblers like Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Tennessee are