[mou-net] Spruce Grouse in Lake County

I found one female Spruce Grouse on Lake County Hwy 1, .1 mile east of mile marker 302.  This is west of Lake 2.  She was picking grit off the highway and flushed when another car went by.  The time was between 8:00 and 8:30.  I'd been doing dawn patrol for Spruce Grouse on Cty. 2, but it was

[mou-net] So many birds!

I am having - right now - the most birds I have ever had at a feeder station. My flock of redpolls has grown to over 50 intermingled with some 20 goldfinches, some 10-15 house finches, a handful of mixed woodpeckers, robins, and mourning doves. And down to only a few pine siskins. I get

[mou-net] Gray (Hun) Partridge real close to MN

Went out with a falconer in Dickinson Co. Iowa and saw a covey of around a dozen that apparently knew what to do just before a falcon was put up over them. I wonder if the winter weather we've had thus far will knock back their population levels again. As I understand it, they were just

[mou-net] Lac Qui Parle County Goshawk

Nothing too unusual, but may be of interest to some: Immature N. Goshawk in wooded area along Lac Qui Parle Lake at intersection of Hwy 40 and CSAH 33 (Lac Qui Parle Lake Road). Head southwest out of Milan on Hwy 40, cross Milan Beach bridge to other side of Lake. Bird spotted (from

[mou-net] DNR Request for Boreal Owl carcasses/info

I am forwarding this request from DNR biologist Steve Wilson:This is turning out to be another boreal owl irruption year. As with most such events, a small proportion of the birds become hungry enough they're forced to hunt in the daytime, and unfortunately, in some cases perish. Once again I'm

[mou-net] winter thoughts

Probably 100 redpolls at the feeder on a daily basis with one or two hoarys mixed in to catch my attention every so often.? Lots of pine siskens as well.? They're the ones who will break me on the thistle feed this year.? The chickadees, downys and hairys are there on a daily basis as well as

[mou-net] DULUTH winter thoughts...sorry

oops.? A pet peave of mine, and I fell into it's trap. I'm north of Duluth in Gnesen township. chris Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Mower County Snowy Owl

Good Morning:  The Snowy Owl was observed this morning, monday, January 26th,   around 10:00, at the previously described location.  Perched on top of utility pole on 640th Avenue and then flew to a pole on 300th street, east of 640th.     If coming from Highway 56, might be best to take 290th

[mou-net] Fw: 2009 Field Trips

Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Williams, Bob bxwilli...@cbburnet.com Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:25:20 To: dr...@att.blackberry.net Subject: FW: 2009 Field Trips We have an exciting schedule of events and field trips coming up this year. Here is a summary of

[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Winona County

At about noon Monday, I found a flock of about 20 White-winged Crossbills in rural Winona County. I would recommend using Mapquest over Googlemaps for navigational purposes. Googlemaps has roads mislabeled in this case. From the town of Homer, which is just downriver from Winona on Hwy 61,

Re: [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Winona County

Another flock of about 20 white-winged crossbills was seen about the same time in my front yard at 1113 Country Drive in Winona. This is in Gilmore Valley west of St Marys - Original Message - From: Dedrick Benz benzdedr...@hotmail.com To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Monday, January

[mou-net] wounded merganser? Dakota Co.

At the east outflow at Black Dog Refuge I photographed a Common Merganser that appeared to be wounded. It held its right wing up in the air and slowly flapped it. The left wing was folded normally. http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/DucksAndGeese#5295721340240105218 dan -- Dan or Erika

[mou-net] Birding 150th Avenue in Dodge County

Greetings:     Kirsten and I decided to try our birding luck on 150th Avenue this afternoon.  In the first half mile, south of 630 Street we saw two deer feeding in the field, a quarter of a mile east of 150th   South of 640 Street we  didn't see Jim and Jude Williams, but we did see two J's,

[mou-net] Mankato Hoary Redpoll photo

Both Chad Heins and I last observed the bird around 4:00 this afternoon at the feeders behind the chapel at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. I have uploaded a photo of the bird to the Recently Seen page on the MOU website. Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County bobthebirdman.blogspot.com

[mou-net] Photo Website Update

My Husband and I spent two weeks in Florida during the recent holidays photographing birds. We obtained 29 Life Birds! Having visited three different rookeries (St. Augustine, Venice, Brandon), we were able to observe and photograph baby Great Blue Herons which was hard to believe knowing how