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________________________________ From: MOU-NET automatic digest system <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 1:01:35 AM Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 24 Jan 2011 to 25 Jan 2011 (#2011-26) There are 9 messages totalling 441 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Stan Tekiela: MRVAC this Thursday 2. Unusual locations (2) 3. E Screech Owl, present Minnetonka, Hennepin Co 4. Unusual locations & New Brighton Rough-Legged Hawk Update - Long 5. E Screech Owl, visible, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co 6. Artist - Photographer idea 7. Merlin 8. request for input ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:21:52 -0600 From: Steve Weston <[email protected]> Subject: Stan Tekiela: MRVAC this Thursday The author, photographer, naturalist, Stan Tekiela will present a = program Amazing Hummingbirds this Thursday (1/27) for the Minnesota = River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) This talk takes a fun and entertaining look at the world of = hummingbirds. Stan traveled all over the US to capture the dazzling = images of hummingbirds that adorn his book and presentation. Stan will = talk about how hummingbirds feed, catch insects, mate, migrate and so = much more. This talk will appeal to hummingbird fans of all ages.=20 When: Please join us from 7:00-7:30 pm to socialize over cookies. A = brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The = meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm.=20 Where: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 = American Blvd E, Bloomington. Accessible by Hiawatha Light Rail line, = American Blvd. stop. Hwy 494 to 34th Ave - S to American Blvd; turn left = and go 2 blocks. Center will be on your right.=20 This program is free and open to the public. Steve Weston, MRVAC Program Chair=20 [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:48:29 -0600 From: Stefanie Moss <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Unusual locations Yard: Red-Headed Woodpecker in my yard in St. Paul 2 years ago. The first one I've seen in about 10 years and the last place I'd expect one. Cerulean Warblers in the backyard of my father's cabin in Stearns County growing up. They returned each summer for years. Parking lot: Peregrines every once in a while in St. Paul. Work: White-winged Crossbill. Hotel: I got nothing. Other: I once had a covey of Bob-white quail run through my legs-this at Jamaica Bay in New York. On 1/24/11 11:06 AM, "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <[email protected]> wrote: > Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite > parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: > > * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot > > * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN > > * Work: Lark Sparrow > > * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie & Golden Eagle > > * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, > probably not unusual for residents). > > How about you? > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > [email protected] > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:34:34 -0600 From: George B Skinner <[email protected]> Subject: E Screech Owl, present Minnetonka, Hennepin Co At 9:00 am the owl is sleeping in the Wood Duck box. Perhaps the owl will sun itself mid-day or late afternoon. You can see the box from the street by parking across from the Blue Spruces at the southwest corner of our house. If you stay in your car the owl will ignore you. We have not seen the owl since Dec. 22. We have installed a Barred Owl box on a tree about 60 feet northeast of the Wood Duck box. The entry hole on that box faces east. It does not yet have a video camera installed. We have not seen any owls at that box yet. We did see a Barred Owl sit in that tree several times in the past. I don't think you will see that box entry from the street. Good Luck, George Skinner and Anne Hanley 15330 Lynn Terrace Minnetonka, MN 952-936-0811 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:40:57 -0600 From: Warren Woessner <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Unusual locations Parking Lot: Cactus Wren picking insects off car grills (Phoenix). Antillean Nighthawk (Key West H.S.) Yard: Broad winged Hawk - nested nearby (Mpls) Work: Turkey Vulture (looking for mortgage brokers?), Peregrine Falcon picking apart a crow atop the Oracle Bldg, Mpls Restaurant; Boreal Chickadee (AK) Blue-footed Booby (Manzanillo, MX) Hotel: Back-vented Shearwater (Monterey) Warren Woessner -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefanie Moss Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations Yard: Red-Headed Woodpecker in my yard in St. Paul 2 years ago. The first one I've seen in about 10 years and the last place I'd expect one. Cerulean Warblers in the backyard of my father's cabin in Stearns County growing up. They returned each summer for years. Parking lot: Peregrines every once in a while in St. Paul. Work: White-winged Crossbill. Hotel: I got nothing. Other: I once had a covey of Bob-white quail run through my legs-this at Jamaica Bay in New York. On 1/24/11 11:06 AM, "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <[email protected]> wrote: > Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite > parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: >=20 > * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot >=20 > * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN >=20 > * Work: Lark Sparrow >=20 > * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie & Golden Eagle >=20 > * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, > probably not unusual for residents). >=20 > How about you? >=20 > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > [email protected] >=20 > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: = http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:41:48 -0600 From: Jason Bolism <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Unusual locations & New Brighton Rough-Legged Hawk Update - Long Unusual Location: I saw a Snow Goose land with a flock of Canada Geese in = the Columbia Arena parking lot in Columbia Heights (Anoka County.) Tough A= noka County Bird=2C but what was more unusual was that at the time I was en= tering Locke Park & thinking to myself 'wouldn't that be cool if a Snow Goo= se showed up here with Canada Geese' and then it happened. Good thing I go= t pictures or I would have thought I imagined the whole event. New Brighton Rough-Legged Hawks: Another Rough-Legged Hawk has found out h= ow wonderful this field is & is also seen here frequently. I've seen the 2= RL's fight each other the last 2 days=2C with an all-out brawl on the grou= nd occurring yesterday (and just now out of the corner of my eye=2C there t= hey are chasing each other again.) There has been some snow plowing in the= fields that doesn't bother the birds at all=2C in fact they both caught ro= dents near the plow yesterday. The RLs are pretty dependable=2C most of th= e time perched on the 'r' pipes in the field or in the trees across Old Hig= hway 8=2C along Long Lake=2C though when the temperature was below zero=2C = they were in the field less frequently. I failed to mention in my last pos= t that there were Snow Buntings in this field a week & a half ago but I hav= en't seen them since. I also saw a Female Dark-Phase RL here last week tha= t wasn't seen again (the 2 current RL's here are Male Light-Phase.) The location is Old Highway 8 (same as 5th Ave NW) between 694 & 14th St NW= . Views of the Hawks perched on the pipes are best from 14th St NW & the s= ervice road that runs South from 14th St NW (right in front of the long bui= lding on the edge of the field.) For directions=2C Google Map this address= : "154 14th st nw new brighton mn" Jason Bolish Hennepin County > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]=3B [email protected]=3B [email protected].= edu=3B [email protected] > Date: Mon=2C 24 Jan 2011 20:29:28 -0600 > Subject: Re: [mnbird] Unusual locations >=20 > I saw a Goshawk at the intersection of Co Rd 42 and Nicollet (Burnsville) > one time during an early summer evening. Both streets were full of cars = & > the bird was sitting in a VERY small tree as hundreds of cars were going = by > in all directions!!!!!! > Got a great view=2C it was definitely a Goshawk!!! >=20 >=20 > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Manley Olson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>=3B "MOU" <[email protected]>=3B "mnbird" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday=2C January 24=2C 2011 7:14 PM > Subject: Re: [mnbird] [wisb] Unusual locations >=20 >=20 > > Parking lot: First Abert's Towhee=2C Scottsdale AZ > > Yard: Varied Thrush and Long-eared Owl=2C Falcon Heights MN > > Work: Snowy Owl=2C On the roof of Northup Auditorium=2C U of Minnesota > > Restaurant: Western Kingbird=2C Rootbeer stand=2C Hudson WI > > Hotel:First Magnificant Frigatebird=2C San Juan PR > > > > Manley Olson Falcon Heights MN > > > > On 1/24/2011 11:08 AM=2C Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: > > > Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your > favorite > > > parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: > > > > > > * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet=2C MN parking lo= t > > > > > > * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon=2C north of > Princeton=2C MN > > > > > > * Work: Lark Sparrow > > > > > > * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie& Golden Eagle > > > > > > * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many yea= rs > ago=2C > > > probably not unusual for residents). > > > > > > How about you? > > > > > > Al Schirmacher > > > Princeton=2C MN > > > Mille Lacs& Sherburne Counties > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > #################### > > > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE=2C use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes=2C use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbird= n. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mnbird mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > >=20 > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s = ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:51:53 -0600 From: George B Skinner <[email protected]> Subject: E Screech Owl, visible, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co At 11:15 am I looked out the window and saw the owl is now sitting in the entry hole. Sunlight is hitting the owl. A good photo op! It is a gray phase. Chickadees spotted the owl and drove it down into the box. They were even clinging to the entry hole and giving alarm calls. The Chickadees have forgotten about the owl now, 11:35 am. The yard is quiet. Maybe the owl will come up to sit in the entry hole off and on - Chickadees are pretty observant. As in past years, it may sit at the hole before flying out after dusk. You can see the box from the street by parking across from the Blue Spruces at the southwest corner of our house. If you stay in your car the owl will ignore you. Good Luck, George Skinner and Anne Hanley 15330 Lynn Terrace Minnetonka, MN 952-936-0811 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:18:39 -0700 From: Roger Schroeder <[email protected]> Subject: Artist - Photographer idea I'm using my photos as a silent auction fundraiser for our local arts council. As many of you are also photographers/artists perhaps you might consider doing the same. The link to the page displaying info is: http://rogallery.rohair.com/pages/mafac-fundraiser Roger Schroeder ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:37:29 -0600 From: Stefanie Moss <[email protected]> Subject: Merlin Saw a Merlin (a very vocal Merlin) in St. Paul at the corner of west Congress and Stryker this afternoon. Kurt ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:49:35 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: request for input The Minnesota DNR is seeking input as it starts work on a Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for federal lands leased by the state in the Beltrami Island State Forest/Red Lake WMA area. There will be three public open houses, two this week (in Baudette and in Warroad) and one next week (in Bloomington). More information and public comment forms can be obtained by visiting the project website at www.beltramiisland.info. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ End of MOU-NET Digest - 24 Jan 2011 to 25 Jan 2011 (#2011-26) ************************************************************* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
