[mou-net] Iceland Gull

2012-01-02 Thread Paul Budde
The 1st winter Iceland Gull reported yesterday from the west outflow of Black Dog (35 W side) is there now. Also present is the Franklin's Gull and 4 Ring-billeds. Paul Paul Budde | Aon Benfield Aon Benfield Analytics t: +1 952.886.8119 m: +1 612.810.3172 e: paul.bu...@aonbenfield.com (Sent

[mou-net] Dec 28,29,30 - St. Louis Co

2012-01-02 Thread Amy Kearns
I apologize for the late report. My husband, Noah, and I visited St. Louis County recently, primarily to bird Sax-Zim Bog. This was our second visit to the area; our first visit was in Dec. 2009. We had fun birding the bog, even though we missed our target birds (Great Gray and Northern Hawk

[mou-net] Brewer's Blackbird

2012-01-02 Thread john c. nelson
This morning on the ground beneath our feeders among the HSP, Am Goldfinches, and Dark-eyed Juncos a female Brewer's Blackbird. First in January in Blue Earth County? John Nelson Good Thunder MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] No. Wright Co CBC - preliminary results

2012-01-02 Thread Claudia Egelhoff
It was an unusual year for bird numbers (low) but an average year for species (43). It most cases, the seventeen counters had to work hard and search territory diligently to find birds. An exception: Trumpeter swans. With streams and some lakes open, the swans were widely dispersed throughout

[mou-net] Threats against birders in Sax-Zim Bog

2012-01-02 Thread sparky stensaas
I just received a phone call from Hartley Nature Center in Duluth that a resident of the Sax-Zim Bog was quite irate that birders are stopping on the road in front of his place. He demanded to know who was in charge of birders going to Sax-Zim area. He was very threatening in his

Re: [mou-net] Threats against birders in Sax-Zim Bog

2012-01-02 Thread Erika Sitz
This is at the north end of Stickney, but I believe it's just south of the Sax Road/CR-28, not Arkola. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of sparky stensaas Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 4:33 PM To:

[mou-net] Road Kill Snowy Owl - Eden Prairie

2012-01-02 Thread Joel Claus
This afternoon there was a dead Snowy Owl on the right hand shoulder of east bound Hwy 212 in Eden Prairie. The bird was between the East and North exits for 494. It looked like it would be in questionable condition for taxidermy. If my memory is correct, I believe a Snowy was reported from