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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
-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:
-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:
Shelducks are commonly kept as domestic ducks. I have seen at least one pond
with them in Dakota County.
Steve Weston
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