[mou-net] Mourning doves blackbird - Sherburne County

This morning there were a dozen mourning doves feeding in a yard in the community of Santiago, northwest of Sherburne NWR.  Along Sherburne CR 3, there was a single red-winged blackbird sitting on a shrub, singing, and generally acting like he was on territory.  Bring it on!   Betsy Beneke

[mou-net] New Wells Lake birds

Hi everyone, New arrivals this morning to Wells Lake consisted of a few Wood Ducks, a few Gadwalls and a single Cackling Goose. There are still several species of duck present that have already been reported including the pair of Ruddy Ducks. Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN

[mou-net] Winter Seasonal Reports

The winter season (12/1 - 2/29) has ended. If you will be submitting a seasonal report of bird observations for inclusion in the winter summary to be published in The Loon, please do so now. We encourage submissions using the MOU website ( http://moumn.org/ http://moumn.org/). ). Look under

[mou-net] MOU Board Meeting March 3

The MOU Board of Directors will be meeting at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in the Touch and See Conference Room at the Bell Museum, University of Minnesota.  Meetings are open to all MOU members   Betsy Beneke Recording Secretary Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Sherburne County birds

Horned larks were very common today along Sherburne County Roads 3, 11 and 16.  I also saw several flocks of American tree sparrows northwest of the refuge, and there were a few birds at the refuge HQ feeder today as well.   A belted kingfisher was along the St. Francis River behind our office

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 3/1/12

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 1, 2012 *MNDU1203.01 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Black-backed Woodpecker Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Bohemian Waxwing Hoary Redpoll Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota,

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, March 1, 2012

-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *March 1, 2012 *MNDL1203.01 -Birds mentioned Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Gray Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Bohemian Waxwing Harris's Sparrow

[mou-net] Snowy Owl - County Road 3 west of Brownsville, MN (near La Crosse)

Today, while scouting for the bus trip that I will help to lead on Sunday for the Houston Nature Center Festival of Owls (Houston, MN), I found a juvenile male Snowy Owl on the north side of County Road 3 a few miles west of Brownsville, MN. When I first spotted it, it was on the bank of a

Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl - County Road 3 west of Brownsville, MN (near La Crosse)

I'll check on Sat for sure and possibly tomorrow if I go that way. --Chris On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Dan Jackson danjack...@lbwhite.com wrote: Today, while scouting for the bus trip that I will help to lead on Sunday for the Houston Nature Center Festival of Owls (Houston, MN), I