[mou-net] Salt Lake festival Say's Phoebe

2015-05-05 Thread Steve Weston
I have been requested to post a photo documenting the Say's Phoebe that was seen at Miller Lake during the Salt Lake festival on 4/25. Can anyone send me a photo? Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Ruff update

2015-05-05 Thread Williams, Bob
The Ruff is now being easily seen at a different location. It is in the area where it was originally seen on Saturday. Come down the hill, go straight to the tee and turn left. There is a beaten path to your right before you reach the wooden bridge. Take that out to the edge of Long Meadow

[mou-net] Ruff: Hennepin County

2015-05-05 Thread Douglas Mayo
The Ruff originally found by Steve Carlson at the Bass Ponds was still there at 5:00 pm, late Monday afternoon. While searching for this Ruff there were also thousands of other shorebirds, mostly Lesser Yellowlegs, to shift through. I identified nine species of shorebirds, including Dunlin,

[mou-net] RUFF updates???

2015-05-05 Thread Hoeger-Lerdal
any RUFF sightings today, Tues. May 5 ? Pete Hoeger, Hutch 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] BHVI in Saint Paul

2015-05-05 Thread Molly Tuma
Saw blue-headed vireo (U of M campus in Saint Paul), ovenbird, yellow-rumped warblers, and black-and-white warblers (golf course next to the Saint Paul campus) this morning. Also saw a savanna sparrow yesterday morning at the wetland on the Saint Paul campus (Sarita wetland). -- Molly Tuma

Re: [mou-net] RFI - bird sightings along Brown's Creek, Washington Co.

2015-05-05 Thread Mike Majeski
I just noticed my e-mail got cut off in my message, but you should be able to respond by clicking the Reply via e-mail at the bottom of the original message. Mike Majeski From: Mike Majeski Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:38 PM To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu Subject: RFI - bird sightings along

[mou-net] Clarification Re: [mou-net] PIPING PLOVER, Duluth

2015-05-05 Thread Kim R Eckert
Just to clarify John's directions: the bird is on the beach on the lake side of Park Point by the Sky Harbor airport buildings just south of the Recreation Area. - Kim Eckert, Duluth On May 5, 2015, at 2:11 PM, Peter Nichols wrote: John Richardson has photographed and reported a PIPING

[mou-net] PIPING PLOVER, Duluth

2015-05-05 Thread Peter Nichols
John Richardson has photographed and reported a PIPING PLOVER at Park Point in Duluth (St. Louis Co): Superior side beach just west of airport. Unbanded. He said it flushed briefly and then returned 10 minutes ago (about 2 pm). Peter Nichols Cottage Grove Washington Co. Join or Leave

[mou-net] Bass Ponds

2015-05-05 Thread Steve Weston
Arrived at the Bass Ponds about 6:30 to look for the Ruff. We and the other birders we met were unsuccessful in locating it. It was last seen about 3:00 or 4:00. There were thousands of shorebirds on Long Meadow Lake. I ID'd 9 species including Dunlin, LB Dowitcher, and Wilson Snipe. The vast

Re: [mou-net] [Mnbird] Ruff seen Tuesday, Bass Ponds

2015-05-05 Thread Stephen Greenfield
Jim Harness wrote: Seriously, Steven? A rough trail? I couldn’t think of a good word for the trail, maybe “unofficial” or “impromptu”. The point is, it’s not obvious from the “official” trail. (No, Jim, not rough like, say, the Angel’s Landing trail in Zion NP! Hey, I was just trying