[mou-net] Sherburne Refuge Drive

2010-12-01 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
Sherburne Refuge Drive this morning netted Snow Buntings, Purple Finches and a Northern Shrike. Trumpeter Swans Bald Eagles still scattered throughout (although only open water appears to be the river). No sign of Townsend's Solitaire at Ann Lake (true of last three occasions, although all

[mou-net] Vadnais Lake

2010-12-01 Thread roy zimmerman
Bill Brown and I went out for a couple of hours this chilly morning (15 degrees F, 0 F windchill). We were afraid that Vadnais Lake would be frozen over, but there is still a lot of open water. Walking from County Road F into area between the lakes we had a great look at a pileated woodpecker

[mou-net] Minn Birding Weeks/Weekends update

2010-12-01 Thread Kim Richard Eckert
The MBWbirds.com website (http://www.mbwbirds.com) has now been updated to include the status of registrations for all Minnesota Birding Weeks Weekends as of November 30. Note that 3 MBWeekends are already filled with waiting lists (but additional participants can be confirmed if a second

[mou-net] Edina C.M. Warbler note

2010-12-01 Thread Bill Litkey
As I parked and got out of the car at 5410 York Ave. around 1:00 to orientate myself to the neighborhood layout, I saw the warbler fly across the street. It headed to the flower garden near the street at 5417 York Ave. and there foraged in the garden and on top of the stone wall. Too easy. I

[mou-net] Fall 2010 Season

2010-12-01 Thread Paul Budde
The fall season (8/1 - 11/30) has ended. If you will be submitting a seasonal report of bird observations for inclusion in the fall summary to be published in The Loon, please do so now. We encourage submissions using the MOU website (http://moumn.org/). Look under Reporting Birds, then On-line

[mou-net] Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival 2011

2010-12-01 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival February 18-20 2011 sax-zimbog.com Speakers: Friday speaker: Paul Bannick(http://www.paulbannick.com/) Which I am sure he will talk about his book, The Owl and the Woodpecker

[mou-net] Invitation to Sax-Zim Bog Group

2010-12-01 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Hello: If you want to be part of Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival on Facebook you can find me here: http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=616761080#!/ I'll accept you as a friend and then add you to the group for Sax-Zim Bog. Here I'll keep you posted not just on festival news but also any