[mou-net] Ramsey County - Rufous Hummingbird still here

2014-11-09 Thread T Walls
Just a little update - for those of you who are interested, the male Rufous Hummingbird is still coming to our feeder today. You are welcome to look at it at 2024 Fairmount Ave., St. Paul. Thanks for all of your suggestions. We will be sure that the feeder is out and not frozen for as long as it

[mou-net] Mew Gull follow-up--not relocated yet

2014-11-09 Thread Peter Nichols
I am following up on the Mew Gull report from yesterday afternoon at Lake Calhoun. The bird was found and identified by David Pavlik very close to shore by the parking lot in the southwest corner of the lake. The gull was visible for maybe 20-30 minutes before we lost track of it while scanning

[mou-net] Mew Gull picture request

2014-11-09 Thread Jason Caddy
Would it be possible for those who have pictures of the Lake Calhoun Mew Gull to post those pictures on the M.O.U. website. The Minnesota Birding Facebook group is a closed, private group and not accessible to everyone, whereas if it were on the M.O.U. website people could access the pictures

[mou-net] proof of residency

2014-11-09 Thread Tom Bell
Last Friday at Carpenter Nature Center we trapped a Black-capped Chickadee that was banded there in February of 2011 as a second year or older bird. So the bird is more than five years old, which is old for a chickadee, and was retraped three months later the same year and again on 3/1/2013,

Re: [mou-net] Ramsey County - Rufous Hummingbird still here

2014-11-09 Thread Cathy Gagliardi
11:30 and the Rufous was just at the feeder. Thank you Terri for sharing this sighting! Cathy Gagliardi Sent from my on-the-go App -- Original Message -- From: T Walls To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: November 9, 2014 at 9:01 AM Subject: [mou-net] Ramsey County - Rufous

[mou-net] Centerville Lake Surf Scoters

2014-11-09 Thread Paul Budde
Both are still present (1:45 PM today) in Anoka County. They were best seen from the north end of the lake near the abandoned Waterworks club near the causeway Paul Paul Budde pbu...@earthlink.net

Re: [mou-net] Mew Gull picture request

2014-11-09 Thread David Pavlik
Birders, I've posted two photos of the Mew Gull on my Flickr account. I haven't looked into getting my photos on the MOU website, so hopefully this works for everyone. I'll be submitting a full report to the MOURC when I get a chance. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pavlikphotography/ Good

Re: [mou-net] Ramsey County - Rufous Hummingbird still here

2014-11-09 Thread SUBSCRIBE MOU-NET Jbaumann
Thank you, Terri. I got to see it come to the feeder twice - -between 2:55 and 3:10 this afternoon. First Rufous ever! Jeanne St. Paul From: T Walls Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 9:01 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Ramsey County - Rufous Hummingbird still here Just a

[mou-net] Gulls, Lake Calhoun, Hennepin County

2014-11-09 Thread Justin Watts
No luck with the Mew this evening, but Lesser-Black Backed, Glaucous, and Thayers Gulls were present among the Herring and Ring-Billed Gulls at the south end of Lake Calhoun. - Justin Watts Hennepin County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] 2nd SNOW - Meeker County - Grove City

2014-11-09 Thread Josh Wallestad
I was in Duluth on my way home from birding the North Shore when I got notice that Jeff Grotte found a Snowy Owl north of Grove City. I plead the fifth on how long it took me to get to Grove City, but I beat dusk and the coming snow and was able to see the owl. When I saw it, it was on top