[mou-net] Field Guides Needed

I am posting this request on behalf of Wings Over Alma. Unexpected circumstances have left their annual spring Birding by Mini Train event short of guides. If anyone is willing to help out next Sunday, April 28th, 7am - noon please contact Kathy Goodman at 507-313-2741. They are looking for two

[mou-net] Birding/Photographing around Red Wing

Yesterday (Saturday) my Husband and I got two Life Birds photographed! We were lucky enough to see both the Golden-Crowned Kinglet and the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet near Bay Point Park in Red Wing. We were also able to photograph Osprey fishing at Colvill Park. There were six active Eagles there

[mou-net] New arrivals in Sax-Zim Bog Lake Superior

This morning I birded the shore of Lake Superior from Brighton Beach, and had some great finds; including Long-tailed Ducks, Common Loons, Red-necked Grebes, Horned Grebes and others! eBird list from this morning is below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13825469 Here is a photo of

[mou-net] Red-necked and Horned Grebes, Fort Snelling State Park

This morning I had 7 Red-necked Grebes, 30+ Horned Grebes, 50+ Common Loons, 20 Bonaparte's Gulls, numerous waterfowl, and a Barred Owl at Fort Snelling State Park (Dakota County).  The Grebes, Gulls, and Loons were all on Snelling Lake. Peter Nichols Cottage Grove Washington County Join

[mou-net] Orange-crowned Warbler, Ramsey County

In defiance of the weather an early Orange-crowned Warbler appeared this afternoon in Benson Prairie on the northeast side of Bald Eagle Lake. I found the bird foraging low in the wooded edge of the trail on the west side of the prairie. Also of note were several Rusty Blackbirds in the wooded

[mou-net] Ross's Goose at 180th

Saw a Ross's Goose lying in the vegetation at 180th this AM. Northeast pond, reeds separating the small front pond from the rear pond on the S edge. John Ellis-St. Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Willet ~ Dakota Co.

This afternoon at Lake Byllesby Regional Park - (west end access) in Randolph, Dakota County I observed a Willet, Least Sandpiper, and Dunlin. The diagnostic wing pattern of the Willet has to be one of the most beautiful shorebirds in flight. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Co. Join

[mou-net] Ibis: 140th St Marsh/Cinnamon Teal, Marbled Godwits, Randolph, Dakota C.

Please excuse the tardy post; I was unable to reach friends near computers. Some time before 5 PM today, my husband Rob and I were en route home and decided to check on the status of 140th St. Marsh, as Roger Everhart has suggested. Feeding in waters right beside the road was an Ibis, either

[mou-net] Lyon County

Herb Dingman reported that he found a great black back gull on the ice on Cottonwood Lake today. It was on the Northwest side, but he saw it from the south shore. You might be able to get a good look from Shoreview Drive public dock or from Northwood Drive on north side of lake at the point- lot

[mou-net] White-faced Ibis - Myre-Big Island State Park (Freeborn)

This morning I had the good fortune to find a White-faced Ibis in Myre-Big Island State Park. The Ibis initially flew over me at the first curve in the paved road about 1/4 mile south of the park office. By walking down the paved road to the east about 100 yards, and then taking the trail to

[mou-net] new Plymouth yard bird

At the Stivland plantation here in Plymouth – a new yard bird. As I was out feeding the ducks (swimming around in the 16 square yards of open water) I flushed a bird that I first thought was a Snipe. But as I circled back around and re-located the bird, I realized it was an American Woodcock.

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

I got out birding both Saturday (with the Hastings Bird Festival) and today (Sunday). I say a lot of the good birds reported on Saturday and shall not duplicate those reports. Plus, I had good birds around the yard. On Saturday I had a wonderful group of high school kids, who were far more

[mou-net] Lyon County correction - Lesser Black-backed Gull

Correction - Lesser Black-backed Gull at Cottonwood Lake. The bird was seen around 5:00 this afternoon. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud Herb Dingman reported that he found a great black back gull on the ice on Cottonwood Lake today. It was on the Northwest side, but he saw it from the south shore.

[mou-net] MN Riverfront Park and Black Dog Fen

On Black Dog Lake at and near Minnesota Riverfront Park (located 1/2 mile east of Black Dog Road exit off of I-35W), several good finds this evening (Sunday, April 21) in spite of the rain: Canvasback 60+ Ruddy Duck 40+ Am. White Pelican 8 Franklin's Gull 7 Caspian Tern 1 Forster's Tern 2 Also

[mou-net] More stuff I forgot to include

My wife got a call from her friend who has been hosting a Carolina Wren since mid December. The wren is still there and she is afraid that her husband, who has learned to imitate its song maybe responsible. We had six pairs of ducks by our shore today. At one point two male Hooded Mergansers