[mou-net] Changes in MN Birding

2011-08-12 Thread Al Schirmacher
Had the good fortune to pick up a signed 1975 copy of Minnesota Birds by Jan Green Bob Janssen at a cities used bookstore, interesting to see how avifauna changes. Noted these: * Trumpeter Swan, listed as extirpated. Now there's a happy change. * King Rail, regular. Not so anymore, sigh.

Re: [mou-net] Changes in MN Birding

2011-08-12 Thread Warren Woessner
Schirmacher Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:42 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Changes in MN Birding Had the good fortune to pick up a signed 1975 copy of Minnesota Birds by Jan Green Bob Janssen at a cities used bookstore, interesting to see how avifauna changes. Noted

Re: [mou-net] Changes in MN Birding

2011-08-12 Thread Jim Ryan
Don't forget, House Finches were a big deal back then, weren't they? -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Re: [mou-net] Changes in MN Birding

2011-08-12 Thread Warren Woessner
: Re: [mou-net] Changes in MN Birding Don't forget, House Finches were a big deal back then, weren't they? -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed