[mou-net] Ivory Gull present

[David Benson]

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[mou-net] Great Gray Owl/St. Louis Co.

[dan]

After ten years of annual pilgrimages to the Sax-Zim Bog in search of a
Great Gray Owl, we finally found one. Two photos are on my blog this
morning: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com

We saw the owl on Sunday morning near the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog’s Welcome
Center on Owl Avenue. The bog was a bit surreal, full of dozens of birders
driving 5 mph. To find an owl, look for cars stopped in the middle of the
road.

dan and erika

-- 
Dan or Erika Tallman
Northfield, Minnesota
daner...@gmail.com

http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com

" the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that
require new clothes ”—H. D. Thoreau


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[mou-net] eBird Hotspots

[Derek Bakken]

Hello all,

As one of the eBird hotspot admins for Minnesota (along with ND and IA) I
like to reach out now and then for input on anything I can do to assist
people who would like to see changes made or clarification on hotspots.

I also would like to get some input on a few hotspot changes that I think
could be made to a few locations.

First, if you have some favorite areas to go birding and you use eBird,
please take a moment to submit those areas as hotspots.  Just follow these
steps to submit your favorites birding sites:

1) Click My eBird
2) Click Manage "My Locations"on the side bar
3) Select the locations that you think are "hotspots"
4) Pull the drag down menu to "suggest as hotspots"
5) Click "submit"

You will not lose any information or sightings and will help introduce new
areas to other birders while helping to combine all the sighting in that
hotspot for others to see and benefit from.

Second, If you have any questions or comments to make on hotspots that
already exist, please email me and I can probably assist you.  Examples
include: Moving, renaming, merging, etc.

Finally, I have a couple of hotspots (based on my recent visit to Saz-Zim)
that I feel could use some changes.  However, I know that this area is
popular and I worrry these could have some unexpected consequences, so I
would like some input from people in the area and others.

1) Renaming "Meadowlands Trunk Feeders" to "Sax-Zim Bog--Mary Lou's
Feeders".  It is labeled and Mary Lou's feeders on the map and I worry that
having a different name for it will confuse people.

2) Renaming "Friends of Sax Zim Bog" to "Sax-Zim Bog--Friends of Sax-Zim
Bog Visitor Center".  Similar to above, this change is just to make it
clearer.

3) Combing the Two Admiral Road feeding station hotspots into one.  Both
hotspots are within 10-15 yards of each other and refer to the same thing.
No need for both and it just breaks the sightings up.

There are a couple of other issues I would like to resolve, but I'll wait
on that until I see the feedback on these changes.

I'll likely go ahead and make these changes unless I get some feedback
suggesting otherwise.

Thanks!

-- 
Derek Bakken
spottedtow...@gmail.com


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[mou-net] American Bittern (Steele Co.)

[MOU admin]

(Posted by Matt Stratmoen  via moumn.org)

There is an American Bittern near the intersection of NE 84th Ave. & NE 50th
St. in Steele County in a drainage ditch on the west side of 84th. (For
reference, this is 3.5 miles north of Rice Lake State Park.) 

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[mou-net] Song Sparrow, Crosby Park, St. Paul

[linda whyte]

Some of today's winter residents at Crosby Park, such as the Brown Creepers
along the central river trail, were expected; likewise, the few dozen
Robins foraging in the springs at the base of the bluff trail that borders
the larger lake.
Less expected was the lone (fool?)hardy Song Sparrow feeding alongside the
Robins. It was observed for some minutes, sorting through and foraging
under the leaves that dot the wet areas. It will be interesting to see how
it weathers the up-coming cold.
Linda Whyte


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