[mou-net] Snowy Owl - Houston Co.

2011-11-25 Thread Dave Bartkey
John Hockema just called and asked me to post that he and Chris Hockema just found a Snowy Owl in Houston County near the intersection of CR 3 CR 24 between Caledonia and Brownsville. The bird was initially seen in flight about 9:30 am but landed atop a telephone pole and was still perched

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Summer Tanager - Washington Co

2011-11-25 Thread Sue Plankis
The Summer Tanager was seen at 10:15 at the Carpenter Nature Center - in front of the Apple Shack feeding on Bittersweet accompanied by a couple of Northern Cardinals. Sue Plankis Lakeville, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Black Scoter

2011-11-25 Thread Al Schirmacher
Female Black Scoter, Mille Lacs Lake, Wealthwood pulloff, Aitkin County. Missed Snowy Owl, Aitkin 54 169. Ironically, while searching for the owl, received report of a possible snowy in Princeton (4 miles from home). Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Barrow's Goldeneye, Surf Scoter in Duluth

2011-11-25 Thread Kim R Eckert
Today, Nov 25, there were an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye and a Surf Scoter at Park Point in Duluth. The goldeneye was independently seen by Peder Svingen and myself on the bay side from both 32nd and 33rd Streets. It was among several Common Goldeneyes, and probably the same individual

Re: [mou-net] snowy owls

2011-11-25 Thread linda whyte
I haven't yet, but mean to do that today and will post if I see one. Linda Whyte On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Jim woodduc...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone checked the Mpls. St.Paul airport for Snowy Owls? Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota

[mou-net] Pt. Douglas, Hastings, Greater White-fronted Goose

2011-11-25 Thread linda whyte
One Greater white-fronted Goose was among the many Canadas on the beach at Pt. Douglas at noon. I could not find any Cakckling Geese, nor were there any waterfowl by the Prescott marina, where several fishing boats were on the water. Linda Whyte Join or Leave mou-net:

Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl - Houston Co.

2011-11-25 Thread Bob Ekblad
Chuck Krulas redound the owl about a mile west of 24 just off of 3. You need to go south on a driveway toward a large tan building next to a trailer house to view the bird - I think the house number is 5932. The bird was on the ground very close to the yard by the trailer house Sent from

[mou-net] Itasca County Snowy Owls

2011-11-25 Thread Shawn Conrad
This morning, Earl Orf and I found 2 Snowy Owls on the ice along the eastern edge of Lake Winnibigoshish in Itasca County. -- Shawn Conrad www.itascacnfbirding.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Snowy Owl - Steele Co.

2011-11-25 Thread Dave Bartkey
After my posting of the Houston County Snowy this morning, Linda Born of Waseca e-mailed me and asked me to post her sighting of a Smowy Owl in northwest Steele County. She observed the bird along CR 23 about 2.5 miles east of where this road intersects with CR 4. I'm not certain what time the

[mou-net] Snowy Owl

2011-11-25 Thread Frank Gosiak
Sure are a lot of reports pertaining to Snowy Owls. I received a report from Kevin Kowalcyk who found one 1mile West and 1/4 mile South of Royalton right off the Benton/Morrison County Line. First Snowy's picked up in Morrison in a while. Nothing else special except many, many Eagles in the

[mou-net] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

2011-11-25 Thread Tom Bell
A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was at our feeders this afternoon. Grey Cloud Island, Washington County Tom Bell Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Rd. S. St. Paul Park, MN 55071 651-459-4150 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] no Snowy Owl found at MSP airport

2011-11-25 Thread linda whyte
A search at the airport, at around 3:30, revealed no Snowy Owl, despite checking structures of various heights and the ground itself from all the standard viewing places. The one vantage point not checked was the northern-most one, the dead-end street accessed from Hwy 62 eastbound, near Mother

[mou-net] Lake Calhoun Long-Tailed Duck and Winter Plumage Common Loon

2011-11-25 Thread Byron and Ginny Blood
The Long-Tailed Duck and a winter plumaged Common Loon were present at Lake Calhoun this afternoon at about 1:30pm. The duck and loon were both moving along the southern shore of the lake with the duck staying more to the south to southwest side of the lake and the loon was moving from the

Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl

2011-11-25 Thread Frank Gosiak
I've been finding a lot of Eagles S.W. of Genola between Genola and Crane Meadows. They are scavenging the fields around the many chicken barns. This time every year they seem to know where the food is. Mostly young immature's who aren't the best hunters. I am trying to find Snowy's in Stearns

[mou-net] Harlequin Duck - Cook County

2011-11-25 Thread David Benson
Lars Benson found a Harlequin Duck at Paradise Beach on Lake Superior this afternoon (11/25) around 4 pm. It was with a small mixed group of goldeneyes and Buffleheads. Also, there were four Long-tailed Ducks and a Northern Shrike at Good Harbor Bay, plus numbers of both waxwing species and