Al Schirmacher always have a way to stir conversations up with questions and I thought I share a birding question with all Minnesota birders who are members of the MOU listserv or MnBird listserv.
1. Is getting 300 birds species in Minnesota still a significant milestone for those that keep a Minnesota life list? 2. For those that already achieved the 300+ plateau do you remember what your 300 bird was and your 301 bird was and also was it a big deal for you to break the 300 barrier? I forgot what year it was when I got 300 and 301 but I do know I was part of the Minnesota Birding Weekend and we were down in SE Minnesota at Kellogg. Kim Eckert found a Bell's Vireo to the east of me and another birding group found a Dickcissel to the west of me. I ran to see the Bell's Vireo ( 300 ) and then ran over to look at the Dickcissel ( 301 ). It was a significant milestone to be part of the 300 club and it would be interesting to see if others today still feel that getting 300 ( life list NOT annual list ) is still a milestone to achieve. Someone told me that getting 300 in Minnesota is no longer a milestone and I respectfully disagree with him -- so I am putting this to the test by asking the MOU members here if its still a milestone or not. Please respond NOT to me but rather reply to "all" so we can hear your stories about getting 300 in Minnesota. Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
