[mou-net] 2011 BRRRRDathon/Photothon Wrap Up

2011-01-20 Thread sparky stensaas
2011 BDathon Wrap Up   Eighteen intrepid souls birded and basked in balmy January temps (above zero anyway) to compete in the innaugarul BDathon/Photothon. This fundraiser for Friends of Sax-Zim Bog (old name BirdNation!) raised over $1200 to go towards their mission.   Two-Day

[mou-net] 2011 Photothon Photos link (BRRRRDathon)

2011-01-20 Thread sparky stensaas
Here is the link to the submitted photos for the Photothon...All taken on Jan 14-15, 2011 by Laura Erickson, Erik Bruhnke and Jeff Fisher.If link is not active, just copy URL into your address bar.  http://gallery.me.com/sparkystensaas#101080view=mosaicsel=0 Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road

[mou-net] adopt a vacant Breeding Bird Survey Route

2011-01-20 Thread Gelvin-Innvaer, Lisa A (DNR)
Posted on behalf of Katie Koch, Midwest Bird Monitoring Coordinator/Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership and Midwest Partners in Flight- see below -Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer -Original Message- From: Midwest Partners in Flight [mailto:mwpar...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf

[mou-net] Owls

2011-01-20 Thread Anthony Hertzel
A few birders have sent me e-mails complaining about people using lures to attract owls. The described lures were pieces of cloth or fur (in one case, a sock) attached to a fishing line. In each case, one of the state listservices (usually MOU-Net) was apparently monitored to initially find

Re: [mou-net] Owls

2011-01-20 Thread John Sullivan
Good point, I agree entirely. John Sullivan, UM On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Anthony Hertzel axhert...@gmail.comwrote: A few birders have sent me e-mails complaining about people using lures to attract owls. The described lures were pieces of cloth or fur (in one case, a sock) attached

Re: [mou-net] Owls

2011-01-20 Thread Paul Roisen
John, Anthony, and other concerned Mou-net members, Your points are well taken. South Dakota has had similar problems with Gyrfalcon postings. Having never been to Sax-Zim or northern Minnesota to bird yet (hopefully Feb 16-21) I greatly enjoy hearing about and looking forward to seeing a

[mou-net] My bird, photo conservation blog

2011-01-20 Thread Erik Bruhnke
Yesterday I created my first blog ever, and wanted to share it with you. In this blog I'll share birdwatching observations/unique finds, bird photos of course, and articles/tips/recent happenings with conservation. The link is below: http://naturallyavian.blogspot.com/ I am new to formatting the

Re: [mou-net] Owls

2011-01-20 Thread Bob Ekblad
I would hope that the people observing the activities of luring owls would take photos of the activities (and license plates) and provide that information to the proper authorities (Fish Wildlife / DNR / Sherrif). The authorities can then contact the individuals to warn them about harassing the

[mou-net] Looking for Owls

2011-01-20 Thread Matt S
Hello, My name is Matt Stenger I am currently doing an ABA North American Big Year. Currently I am torn between coming to Deluth to look for owls (specifically, Boreal, Northern Hawk and Great Gray and any others of course) wintering finches and perhaps a Gyrfalcon or chasing a few old reports of

[mou-net] Gunflint Trail last weekend

2011-01-20 Thread Jim Solum
We spent three nights at Gunflint Lodge this past weekend. Highlights of our weekend included a single GRAY JAY, 28 PINE GROSBEAKS and a single male COMMON REDPOLL (and the more numerous BC Chickadee and a few Bkue Jays). On our way home, we had a NORTHERN SHRIKE just north of the Lester River

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, January 20, 2011

2011-01-20 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *January 20, 2011 *MNDL1101.20 -Birds mentioned Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Dark-eyed Junco Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline:

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 1/20/11

2011-01-20 Thread Jim Lind
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 20, 2011 *MNDU1101.20 -Birds mentioned Barrow's Goldeneye Gyrfalcon Iceland Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Boreal Chickadee Bohemian Waxwing -Transcript Hotline:

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl in Star Tribune today

2011-01-20 Thread sweston2
Shelducks are commonly kept as domestic ducks.  I have seen at least one pond with them in Dakota County. Steve Weston - Original Message - From: MarkBeckyLystig markbeckylys...@comcast.net To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:33:13 PM Subject: Re:

[mou-net] NYTimes story on birds birding in India

2011-01-20 Thread Gordon
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/travel/16India.html?scp=1sq=birding%20 Indiast=cse Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] AMGO response to sight of thistle blooms (Science News)

2011-01-20 Thread Gordon
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68646/title/Songbirds_testosteron e_surges_at_sight_of_thistle_blooms Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html