[mou-net] present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co.

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at 9 am, I noted the owl is sleeping in the wood duck box visible from the street. So much for my guess that it takes shelter only in cold weather, it is 23 F. I have not seen it since Jan. 21. Look through the pines at the southwest corner of the house to see the larger

[mou-net] Stearns and Morrison Black Backed Woodpeckers.

Milt Blomberg checked two more Larch stands and in both places have found stript trees. One is North east of Holdingford in Stearns and the other is a few miles West of Upsala in Morrison. I went back to a previous spot on the Stearns and Morrison line and found strips on the ground, after a snow

[mou-net] crossbills, plymouth

The White-winged Crossbills reported yesterday on the west side of the Twin West Chamber of Commerce office in Plymouth are there again today. Photo opportunities were very good: eye level, 20 feet away, full sun. It was fun. Jim Williams www.startribune.com/blogs/wingnut A million

[mou-net] visible now, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co.

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at 11:30 am, the owl is at the hole in the wood duck box visible from the street. Look through the pines at the southwest corner of the house to see the larger pole mounted box at the northwest corner of the house. George Skinner 15330 Lynn Terrace Minnetonka, MN

[mou-net] WW Crossbills, Fillmore, Houston Counties

Well, White-winged Crossbills have now been seen in all the extreme southeast MN counties this year. I had heard about a flock near Pilot Mound in Fillmore County, but before I could even get there, I found some just south of the Winona/Fillmore County line along Hwy 43, at it's intersection

[mou-net] Hawkowl

New Hawkowl today at 12:20PM at exactly mile marker #111 along State Hwy #73 north of Chisholm (St Louis County) on the west side of the road in a spruce bog. Karen Karen Sussman ksuss...@lcp2.net Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Snowy Owl in Duluth on an ice flow

Rebecca Schubert just called in a Snowy Owl on an ice floe floating away from Minnesota Point. Jen Vieth **From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom0023) Join or Leave

[mou-net] WW Crossbills; LeSueur Rice Counties

Hi everyone! Kathy Thom, Troy Flicek and I spotted two different flocks of White-winged Crossbills today. The first was in Troy's yard, near Lonsdale. We were standing around watching the redpolls, siskins and Purple Finches at the feeders when a flock of 3 crossbills flew in. They didn't

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

Their southern MN invasion continues: this morning I had a flock of about 25 White-winged Crossbills in the town of Henderson. The birds were feeding in two White Spruce (next to two Norway Spruce which the birds didn't touch) between Fifth St. and Fourth St. about a block south of Main

[mou-net] No crossbills in SW MN?

In spite of weekly searches, twice this week. I have seen NO ww crossbills in Kandiyohi county this winter. There was ONE confirmed report, from early Dec. Reading this week's crossbill reports from SE MN makes it appear they are dripping from every black spruce grove. So I'm curious, is

[mou-net] Snowy Owl and Crossbills in Dodge Co.

Went looking for the Dodge County SNOWY OWL Saturday and found the bird in the most recently described location: in the field east of 150th, north of 700th. As mentioned before, the owl is hanging out along an old fence line which runs east from the road. Today, it was about 150 or so yards out

[mou-net] Crossbills in your neighborhood?

One thing I noticed in our area where crossbills have been feeding you will find spruce trees with lots of cones on the ground under the tree were they were feeding. At least if you see this you will know they are or have been in the area. If not - keep looking :) Join or Leave

[mou-net] Jan 31: Sax Zim Bog

Hi folks, Erik Bruhnke, Julie O’Connor and I took some of the Hawk Ridge staff and volunteers birding at The Bog today. What a GORGEOUS day! Our bird list: Northern Hawk Owl (1 just west of the Sax Rd/7 intersection, 1 on McDavitt just south of the logging activity + 1 driving home on 53 near

[mou-net] Bethany College Hoary Redpoll still Present

I stopped by the Bethany College campus this afternoon and found the female Hoary Redpoll posted by Chad Heins and Bob Dunlap still present. It showed up about 3:40 PM with several Common Redpolls. Joel Claus Eden Prairie Join or Leave