[mou-net] foy rose breasted grosbeak

FOY rose breasted growbeaks, male, yesterday., Oak Grove, Anoka cty Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] American Avocets at Purgatory Wetlands ~ Hennepin County

These species were all still present at 9:30, except the Grebe. Also saw Snowy and Great Egrets on the western shore. Make sure to dress warm. Steve Slocum Eden Prairie, MN - Original Message - From: Conny Brunell connybrun...@earthlink.net To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Saturday,

[mou-net] Carver County-95 species day

I probably could have pushed the total to 100 species(especially if I had gone to Carver Park), but I needed a break after 7 hours...maybe later The many highlights included: 2 Broad-winged Hawks (1 at the refuge and 1 near Assumption Lake) Merlin (at Rapids Lake MVNWR flew over to Louisville

[mou-net] Photo Website Update

For those interested, Kevin and I have updated our photo website again. Since last notifying you, we have traveled to southern Texas (again!), Nebraska, and South Dakota. In Texas we returned, for a second time, to the Martin Refuge. Again, we would highly recommend going there to photograph

[mou-net] Dakota County Thrushes

Looking out my kitchen window at 1:30 PM today I simultaneously saw Swainson's Thrush (1st seen on 5/2), Gray-cheeked Thrush, Veery and Wood Thrush (all FOY), foraging in the garden. All were in the open, on the ground, and allowing for a nice comparison and study. Gotta love it! It would have

[mou-net] American Avocet Images @ Purgatory Creek

A big thank you to Conny Brunell for posting about the American Avocets at Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie.  I arrived around 2PM, Saturday, May 8, 2010, and the avocets were out on the sand bar with a group of gulls and terns. A second year Ring-billed Gull did not care for the avocets very

[mou-net] Cattle Egrets - Carver County

Herb Dingmann and Jeff Stephenson called @ 7:00 p.m. this evening and ask me to post they found 9 Cattle Egrets spread out in several pastures (no livestock present) on the north side of US Hwy 212 where MN Highways 25 and 5 turn south a few miles west of Norwood-Young America Ron Erpelding

[mou-net] Northern Mockingbird - Lake Co.; possible Western Tanager

This afternoon I saw a Northern Mockingbird along the 200 block of 2nd Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. I also received a second-hand report of a possible Western Tanager seen 3 days ago along Greenwood Lane west of the Ryan Road (St. Louis Co.), but I am waiting to get details and directions.

[mou-net] N. Hawk Owl, Short-eared Owl, Sharp-tailed Grouse CR 18 Aitkin County

The northern hawk reported yesterday by Butch Ukura was still at the same location but just north (~0.2 miles) of CR 18 on the east side on Hwy 169 perched at the top of a large white pine this morning around 9:10 and again this afternoon at 1:30. Did not locate the great grey owl on CR 18 but did

[mou-net] Probable Ross Goose - Pigeon Lake, Meeker County

On my way home from Carver County this evening, I stopped at the Pigeon Lake overlook off of Hwy 15 in Meeker County to see what might be there. Among all of the cormorants, pelicans, herons, and egrets on the island were a few Ring-billed Gulls and one white goose which seemed to be roughly

Re: [mou-net] Cattle Egrets - Carver County

We stopped by this area on our way home. Got there about 8:30 and were able to see a flock of Cattle Eggrets on the ground about 150 yards north of 212, about a quarter of a mile west of the intersection mentioned by Herb and Jeff. Five minutes later the flock flew in a surprisingly tight