[mou-net] Western Minnesota Red Crossbills, etc

Hello, Today Howard Towle, Paul Budde and I observed 45 Red Crossbills of two different call types on the west side of the Manston Marsh WMA in Wilkin County. We also saw continuing Red Crossbills at the Pine Ridge County Park in Grant Co., and at Wildwood Cemetery north of Wheaton, Traverse

[mou-net] Western Minnesota

Birded western Minnesota (Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, and Lincoln counties) on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, primarily for the Breeding Bird Atlas. We found 107 species. Notible finds and notes: Waterfowl: Besides Canada Geese, very few broods were found. It seems that that has

[mou-net] Western Minnesota

Over Memorial Day weekend we went to western Minnesota to bird and survey for the Breeding Bird Atlas. We found 120 species in Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, and Lincoln counties. Some of the better finds: Say's Phoebe: Last year's breeding Say's Phoebe returned this year to the 140th

[mou-net] Western Minnesota

This last weekend we braved torrential storms to bird Yellow Medicine and Lac qui Parle counties. Good birds included: Nesting Loggerhead Shrikes Whip-poor-will at the Prairie Marsh farm in Lac qui Parle Two covies of Gray (Hungarian) Partridge with young Several Red-head Woodpeckers Lark

[mou-net] Western Minnesota

On Saturday I filled my wife's car (it holds more passangers) with birders and hit road for western Minnesota. With a few stops on the way we headed to the Larson's Prairie Marsh Farm in western Lac qui Parle County. On Sunday we headed south and finished the day surveying a couple of blocks

[mou-net] Western Minnesota

Birded Lac qui Parle and Yellow Medicine counties in western Minnesota and found about 90 species including: Immature Ferruginous Hawk that has been hanging around south of Prairie Marsh farm for the last month. This was the first time I had actually found one this side of the border with SD.