[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 8 March 2012

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 8, 2012 *MNST1203.08 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Green-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Northern Harrier Killdeer American Woodcock Ring-billed Gull Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire American Robin Varied Thrush

[mou-net] Are there any Snowy Owls still in the TC Metro Area? + Thanks to Duluth Birders

In response to family viewing my reading the article about irrupting snowies in the Natural History magazine that arrived yesterday, they asked where one might see a Snowy Owl. I said I would see if there are any still about. Please reply back-channel... Thanks much! Holly Peirson Columbus,

[mou-net] Coopers Hawk

At 1320 today a Cooper's hawk flew over Highway 7 about a mile west of 101 in Excelsior. It disappeared into trees to the north of the highway. Thomas P. Malone Attorney at Law Barna Guzy Steffen Minneapolis Minnesota tmal...@bgs.com (Via BlackBerry)

[mou-net] Golden Eagle

Hi everyone, Spent the morning at River Bend Nature Center doing some hawk watching. Raptors were sparse but good. Besides the obligatory Red-tailed Hawks and Bald Eagles I had the following migrating raptors: 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (juvenile) 3 Red-shouldered Hawks 1 Northern Harrier (female) 1

[mou-net] Turkey vulture

We went for a bike ride today and saw a Turkey Vulture over Turtle Creek in Austin. Richard Smaby rnsm...@charter.net 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] Greater White-fronted Goose and Trumpeter Swans at Pickerel Lake, Lilydale Regional Park, Dakota County, Minnesota, US

Jeff Slywka and I stopped by Pickerel Lake in Lilydale Regional Park (just across the river from St Paul). We were surprised by the diversity of waterfowl in this lake that is beginning to open up. Highlights were a single Greater White-fronted Goose and 9 Trumpeter Swans. Also saw many Hooded

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Twenty years ago, on this date, I saw over four hundred Bald Eagles between Hastings and the Kellogg Dunes. Today I couldn’t scrape up even twenty. Not much for waterfowl other than about three hundred high flying W-f Geese heading south at McCarty Lake WMA. Sandhill Cranes were in there. A

[mou-net] L. Byllesby/ Randolph Industrial Park

The Cannon River at Randolph's L. Byllesby was Large Waterfowl Central again today, with countless Greater-white Fronted and Snow Geese among the many Canadas and some Cackling Geese. Despite repeated effort, there was no determining the presence or absence of Ross'; between the wind and the heat

[mou-net] Thousands of migrating geese over Grey Cloud Island, Washington Co

Around 12:30 – 1:30 pm today, I watched in amazement as wave after wave of geese flew high overhead in huge lines and V-formations, generally heading in a northwest direction. I started in Hastings and then stopped at Grey Cloud Island, while the geese just kept on coming. Most groups were

[mou-net] Geese in Dakota, Rice, Le Seuer and Scott

It was a spectacular day for geese in these counties. Greater White-fronts poured into L. Byllesby much of the morning - most of these from the ENE. Many Snows (with many blue morphs) were also present, though in smaller numbers. In Rice, Wells Lake still had GWFG. The hot spot in Le Seuer was

[mou-net] Talcot WMA, Cottonwood County - Inc Phoebe

Spent most of the afternoon at Talcot WMA. One of the first birds seen was an EASTERN PHOEBE in pines, I believe the earliest I have ever seen a Phoebe by weeks. Also seen(partial list): Killdeer 2+ Redwinged Black birds 1000s Greater White Fronted Geese 1000s (my, how their status has changed)

[mou-net] Lake Crystal area--Blue Earth County

My family went out with me today to look at the countl  Hey birders, My family went out with me today to look at the countless waterfowl being seen in the Lake Crystal area.  The following sites are worth visiting currently: O.A. Vee WMA, Loon Lake, Crystal Lake, and Lily Lake. Lily Lake had 5

[mou-net] Lake Byllesby 3/10

Spent an hour today in awe of the sheer numbers of birds at Lake Byllesby. Impossible to count there were thousands of Geese and Ducks either on the ground, in the water or flying overhead. Snow Geese, Greater White Fronted Geese, Canada Geese, Pintails, Mallards, Redheads, Mergansers and the

[mou-net] Shoreview Pelicans

Saw two flocks of American White Pelicans flying west just north of 694 between Lexington and Rice St. around 5:30 p.m. Keith Carlson keithec...@usfamily.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html