[mou-net] Buff-breasted Sandpipers Wadena County

2013-08-04 Thread Herb Dingmann
On Friday morning I discovered 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at a large sod farm along 199th Ave 1.4 miles south of CR167. This is in north-central Wadena County. I believe this is a county record. Sod was being cut at the time and the birds were at the far end of the strip being worked on. A

[mou-net] Pectoral Sandpipers galore more (Malardi Lake)

2013-08-04 Thread Erik Bruhnke
Yesterday I birded Malardi Lake with Tony Lau and Father Tom. We had some AMAZING views of shorebirds; amazing, yet distant. Pectoral Sandpipers were all over the mud flat areas throughout the lake. Below is our eBird list from 1.5 hours of birding there. I am new to the abundance of certain

[mou-net] JJ Audubon and Bird Art exhibition Bell Museum UM Mpls

2013-08-04 Thread G Andersson
opens October 05, 2013 This is the link to the exhibit description by Don Luce. http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/prod/groups/cfans/@pub/@cfans/@bell/documents/ asset/cfans_asset_386190.pdf Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Shorebird workshop

2013-08-04 Thread Doug Buri
We just finished the three day shorebird workshop that Bob Janssen and I conduct the first weekend each August. We saw 17 species of shorebird over the three days: Everyone got very good long looks at all species including the 7 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. The only exception was the Willet which

[mou-net] Carolina Wrens - Minneopa State Park - Blue Earth county

2013-08-04 Thread William Marengo
I found a pair of Carolina Wrens today at 12:30pm along the hiking club trail in Minneopa state park. One bird was signing the typical :tea-kettle, tea-kettle song. The other was giving a scolding call. Directions: Just prior to the campground, walk the hiking club trail west. It took me five

[mou-net] Randolph

2013-08-04 Thread Stefanie or Kurt
I was saddened to see that the area immediately to your right as you enter the park has been breached by equipment. This was, in my opinion, the choicest parcel. On my last visit (July 22), it held good numbers of Grasshopper Sparrows as well as a handful of Dickcissel. This evening, I

[mou-net] Curious about shorebird spots comparison to 2012 hotspots

2013-08-04 Thread Fr. Paul Kammen
Hi all, Last year in August at this time, numerous shorebirds were reported in western right county near the McCleod county line, just south of Cokato. The post is still in the August 2012 archive. I haven't ventured out to take a look there yet this year, but I'm wondering if anyone has, or