[mou] Gunflint birding?

2004-12-17 Thread Chris Fagyal
All, Has anyone been birding up the gunflint trail yet this winter, specifically farther up around Gunflint Lodge and surrounding areas? I was just curious what the Great-Grey/Northern Hawk-Owl situation was up there, as well as the prevalance of winter finches (Are Evening Grosbeaks back this

[mou] Black Dog gulls

2004-12-17 Thread James Mattsson
--=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Dakota County. Dec. 16. 4-5pm. Black Dog, east lake viewed from the power plant road. Approximately 1,000 gulls present until dark including at least one adult Glaucous Gull and several Thayer's. James

[mou] RE: [MnBird] question: owl invasion duration

2004-12-17 Thread Alt, Mark
Betsy Kerr wrote I recall reading a while back on this list someone's suggestion that=20 the northern owls were likely to stay around until spring and even=20 become more visible later in the winter. Can I have confidence in=20 this prediction? What do the experts say? I am definitely

[mou] Article re mammal cycles

2004-12-17 Thread Richard Carlson
The Bioscience article referred to by Jim Williams is unreadable except by subscribers or possibly computer geniuses. It would be great if someone could post it where it is readable. Dick Carlson Native Minnesotan, temporarily absent since 1960 --__--__-- Message: 1 Cc: MnBird

[mou] Unconfirmed GGO Washington County

2004-12-17 Thread sharo...@mn.rr.com
One of our delivery guys told us he saw what he thinks is a great gray owl on Tuesday. Here are the directions: McKusick Road off County 5 just north of County 12 and slightly west of Hwy 95, on north and east end of lake. With how mobile the St Paul Great Gray is, it would be a good idea

[mou] Article re mammal cycles

2004-12-17 Thread Jim Williams
This is true, as I too found out. I hope to have a copy of the text later today (being neither subscribed nor a genius, I have asked someone to send it to me). Assuming it arrives, I will share it with anyone interested. Let me know. Jim Williams Wayzata On Dec 17, 2004, at 10:52 AM, Richard

[mou] CBC area maps

2004-12-17 Thread ignacio_mag...@rohair.com
All MN portions of CBC maps have been updated. Again, these files are LARGE (up to 1MB). I recommend only downloading them if you have a fast connection. Happy Counting! Roger Schroeder

[mou] Northern Saw-whet Owl at the Bass Ponds, Bloomington

2004-12-17 Thread Williams, Bob
My friend Loren Faaborg came by my office today to tell me about a Northern Saw-whet Owl he found yesterday at the Bass Ponds. We immediately went down to relocate the bird and it was in a small cedar tree on the left side of the trail that goes straight south from the lower parking lot about a

[mou] Townsend's Solitaire(s)

2004-12-17 Thread Pastor Al
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_016A_01C4E44C.2F595E90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1-2 Townsend's Solitaires continuing present this morning along the Ann = Lake Campground road (take the road

[mou] Trumpeter Swans in Hennepin Co.

2004-12-17 Thread lachicka...@earthlink.net (leslie marcus)
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4E44F.4D6AA300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today at noon there were 2 adult and 3 juvenile Trumpeter Swans on the = northwest side of Lake Calhoun in

[mou] Northern Hawk Owl - Mille Lacs County

2004-12-17 Thread Herb Dingmann
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000B_01C4E468.B0348460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I set out this afternoon to look for the Great Grey Owl in Mille Lacs that Denny Martin had reported. I wasn't sure which

[mou] Trumpeter Swans/Nicollet Cty.

2004-12-17 Thread Brian Smith
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_04F1_01C4E46A.8F614780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Early this afternoon I found a pair of Trumpeter Swans feeding in a = stubble field just north of New Ulm (the

[mou] Red Wing to LaCrosse

2004-12-17 Thread Kelly Larson
On my way back from a family visit to LaCrosse today I counted Eagles along the river. The ice has taken hold of the shore line. Only a few eagles were seen south of Wabasha. At the first pull-off north of Reads Landing, 15 Bald Eagles, most sitting on the ice or actively hunting. A large raft of

[mou] Duluth Birds

2004-12-17 Thread Mike Hendrickson
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0003_01C4E480.F0A72850 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday at Canal Park: -Adult Thayer's Gull -Adult Glaucous Gull -Female Long-tailed Duck * Looked for