Re: [mou-net] WW Crossbills Falcon Heights UMN Campus Ramsey County

2009-01-30 Thread Scott Loss
I saw the White-winged Crossbill flock (originally reported by Derek Bakken yesterday) on the U of M - St. Paul campus this morning.  They were feeding atop a lone spruce 2 houses north of the intersection of Commonwealth and Cleveland.  I had a brief look before they flew off toward the

[mou-net] Common Redpolls, Brown Co.

2009-01-30 Thread Brian Risa Smith
Hi, Had a flock of ~ 24 Common Redpolls at my home feeder in Sleepy Eye this morning. Not terribly unusual for this winter, but it is significant in these are a new yard bird for me in almost 10 years and only the third sighting I've had of them in Brown County. One looked very similar to

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

2009-01-30 Thread Bob Dunlap
After not seeing them in Nicollet County since mid-November, this morning a small flock of White-winged Crossbills flew over the Interpretive Center on the south side of campus at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. So far it seems like the majority of southern MN crossbills have been

[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Carpenter Nature Center Washington County

2009-01-30 Thread jbaines317
I apologize for the late posting- At 12:30 today?there were about 8 White-winged Crossbills feeding in the small stand of trees right outside Carpenter Nature Center's Visitor Center front door. They foraged for about 20 minutes then flew off to the treeline. Jen Vieth Join or Leave

[mou-net] WW Crossbills-Steele Co./Snowy Owl-Dodge Co.

2009-01-30 Thread Dave Bartkey
Hi everyone! I re-found the Dodge County Snowy Owl this morning at 11:45 am. It was on the east side of 150th Ave, about 150 yards out, sitting on the ground on the south side of a fenceline that runs east/west. The fenceline is 0.4 miles north of where 700th St. intersects. I also found

[mou-net] Great Horned Owl-Dakota County

2009-01-30 Thread james otto
Today, observed a Great Horned Owl on nest in Dakota County.This bird has nested here at least for the last 3 years. The nest is just east of the intersection of Dodd Road and Cedar Avenue. James Otto _ Hotmail®

[mou-net] W-W Crossbills (Plymouth, Hennepin Co.)

2009-01-30 Thread alyssa
A flock of about 20 were feeding at eye-level on the small planted spruces on the west side of the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce parking lot. I was able to pull my car right up and they ate right in front of me. What I thought was interesting is how some of them would yank the entire cone off

[mou-net] Hoary Redpoll - Itasca County

2009-01-30 Thread shawn conrad
I birded Alder Road and the Marcell/Bigfork/Effie corridor today including a few snowshoe treks in various spruce bogs. Birding was slow except for finches along Alder Road and at the Effie Cafe. A Hoary Redpoll was visiting the feeders at the Effie Cafe along with Common Redpoll, American

[mou-net] Spruce Grouse Am Three-toed Woodpecker

2009-01-30 Thread Kim R Eckert
In Lake Co today, my tour group found a Spruce Grouse on Hwy 1 and an Am Three-toed Woodpecker on Spruce Rd. The grouse was a male picking at grit in the road at mid-morning at mile 299.1, which is 12 mi NW of the Co Rd 2 intersection. Earlier in the morning there was also a road-kill

[mou-net] black dog gulls?

2009-01-30 Thread Ben Parke
I'm wondering if anyone has observed any gulls at Black Dog Lake of late.  I know there are some hanging out down in Prescott.   Ben in Chaska Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html