[mou-net] Common Loon Bald Eagle, Cook County

2010-04-14 Thread Bruce W. Stahly
Tues evening, April 13, I heard my first Common Loon call of the season on Devil Track Lake. On Wednesday morning, the loon was visible on the lake, which is ice-free very early this year. The destroyed eagle's nest along Highway 61, west of Grand Marais, has been replaced, approximately 100

[mou-net] White-throated Sparrow biology

2010-04-14 Thread danerika
Hi All-- I have been enjoying working on my blog, if, for no other reason, I have been learning a lot of new things about birds. Over the past three mornings, I've banded 7 White-throated Sparrows. I always knew they came in bright and dusky morphs, but the biology of these morphs turns out to

[mou-net] Arrivals at Eloise Butler in Mpls

2010-04-14 Thread Claudia Egelhoff
Today in the swampy woods immediately west of Eloise Butler Garden: Yellow-rumped Warblers - 10 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - 2 Cedar Waxwings - large flock The garden has many blooming early wildflowers. -- Claudia Egelhoff Minneapolis, MN Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Kids' Bird Watching Fair on May 8th

2010-04-14 Thread Williams, Bob
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Audubon Minnesota will host the second annual Kids' Bird Watching Fair from 9am-1pm on Saturday, May 8th at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Visitor Center in Bloomington. This free event celebrates International Migratory Bird Day by teaching

[mou-net] Field Trips

2010-04-14 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
* Reminder: The Salt Lake Weekend is next Saturday Sunday, April 24th and 25th. Note details on the MOU website (www.moumn.org) * St. John's Arboretum Birding Day, Saturday, May 8th, led by Bob Russell (www1.csbju.edu/arboretum/arb_highlights/spring/spring_birding.htm) - Early morning

[mou-net] Spring L. Park Reserve(archery unit)

2010-04-14 Thread linda whyte
An AM exercise walk at the archery unit brought a second FOY warbler: one female Black-and-White, combing the tree limbs for breakfast. Present in the woods also, were numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers, along with singing Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and pairs of Eastern Phoebes, Downy Woodpeckers, and

[mou-net] Fwd: Common Loons, Lake Byllesby, Goodhue Cty

2010-04-14 Thread Laura Coble
Begin forwarded message: From: Laura Coble shearwate...@frontiernet.net Date: April 14, 2010 6:35:22 PM CDT To: MN listserv mnb...@lists.mnbird.net Subject: Common Loons, Lake Byllesby, Goodhue Cty About 4:20 pm today, after the rain had stopped, I had excellent views of 4 C. Loons on

[mou-net] Flycatching Screech Owl

2010-04-14 Thread Brian Risa Smith
About a half hour ago I saw an Eastern Screech Owl in my neighborhood in SW Sleepy Eye actively flycatching for insects from tree branches, something I have never witnessed before. Pretty cool. Brian Smith Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Probable Bean Goose in Lac qui Parle County.

2010-04-14 Thread Bill Unzen
At about 3pm today I found an apparent Bean Goose with 18 Greater White-fronted Geese NW of Madison, Lac qui Parle County. It was at a wetland on the west side of 211th Ave about a quarter mile south on Hwy75 (section 12, Arena Twp.) adjacent to the Madrena WMA. The bird was studied for about a