[mou-net] Bird loss after storm? east central Wright County

2018-04-04 Thread Mark Schumacher
Unfortunately it was easy to monitor birds at the feeders today: 2 American Goldfinch - normally 14 0 Common Redpoll - Normally 2 and up to a few dozen 3 juncos - normally 3 plus 4 chickadees - normally 5 0 white breasted nuthatches - normally 2 0 red wing blackbirds - normally one 0 red belly

[mou-net] waterfowl

2018-04-04 Thread Tom Bell
100’s of waterfowl on Grey Cloud Island between 2nd and 3rd fills and east of 3rd fill. (2nd fill the culvert separating Moores Lake and Grey Cloud Chanel, 3rd fill the steel bridge east of 2nd fill. In some order: ring-necked ducks, scaup, mergansers, coot, trumpeter swans, gadwall, redhead,

Re: [mou-net] Snipe? downtown MPLS

2018-04-04 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Tim: I think most of us are interested in reading about birds that pass through the city. You can enter that info on a dead bird database called https://d-bird.org I worked on joanna eckles lights out project for years in Minneapolis and we had woodcocks, long eared owl and Virginia rail to

[mou-net] Deliver MT Bluebird Box

2018-04-04 Thread mou
(Posted by Jack Hauser via moumn.org) Greetings, I have been trying to send a bluebird box to a person in Western Montana. Because it is a complete box/pole it is very bulky to send by mail. If anyone is driving thru Montana this year and is willing to deliver it, please

Re: [mou-net] Snipe? downtown MPLS

2018-04-04 Thread Tami Vogel
Tim, thanks for reporting it. The group is called Project Birdsafe. They're through Audubon: http://mn.audubon.org/birdsafe I'm guessing it's a woodcock (if you want to compare your image w/Sibley). They're migrating through in mass numbers right now and fly incredibly low to the ground.

[mou-net] Snipe? downtown MPLS

2018-04-04 Thread Tim Wahl
If I recall correctly, there is a group who keeps tab on birds killed in building collisions in downtown Minneapolis. There was a snipe(?) on the sidewalk between Candyland and Bombay Palace on 7th st. yesterday at around 3:20pm. I have a picture if anyone is interested. Also, what is the