[mou-net] Golden-crowned sparrow (Duluth)

2009-03-06 Thread Brad Snelling
Another brief appearance in our yard between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. today. As elusive as this bird has been, it has now been seen in each of the past four months. Brad Snelling 21 College St. Duluth _ Express your personality in

[mou-net] Great Blue Heron, Houston Co.

2009-03-06 Thread fred lesher
One GBHE at Wildcat Creek delta along Hwy 26 south of Brownsville, Houston Co. March 5. Pool 8 of Miss. R. still largely covered by ice snow. This will change fast soon. Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 6 March 2009

2009-03-06 Thread Anthony Hertzel
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 6, 2009 *MNST0903.06 -Birds mentioned Wood Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Great Blue Heron Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Golden-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: March 6, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota

[mou-net] Highway 36 61 eagles

2009-03-06 Thread Gail Wieberdink
The eagles have rebuilt the nest in the tree along Highway 36 at 61 (by Keller golf course, Ramsey County) and have been sitting on the nest for the last couple weeks at least. It is nice to see them back. I have not seen anything posted about this pair so thought I'd put out an update. Gail

[mou-net] Robins in Forest Lake, Washington Co.

2009-03-06 Thread Holly Peirson
Thursday AM there were quite a few Robins in the bushes next to the Forest Lake High School parking lot. Small flock, perhaps 5-10. Ah, Spring! Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. Have been feeding quite a nice mixed flock of siskins and goldfinches for the last couple of months... 50 +/- birds a

[mou-net] Freeway I-35W Lino Lakes Eagles

2009-03-06 Thread Holly Peirson
A pair of Eagles can be seen sitting on or near the nest that is visible in a large cottonwood (?) tree to the east of I-35W in Lino Lakes. This is just north of Peltier Lake (in the large marshy area) approximately 2 miles south of the I-35 split into 35E 35W. This nest has been occupied for

[mou-net] prescott WI

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Parke
Wondering if anything interesting is being seen in Prescott/Hastings area of late.  I'm thinking of going searching for the grey partridge and wanted to take in any other birds of interest while I'm down that way.   Ben Join or Leave

[mou-net] Live From Freeborn County

2009-03-06 Thread Al Batt
A small contingent of Rusty Blackbirds spent a short time in my yard yesterday. They were just the ticket to help me in my efforts to overcome an addiction to looking for black ice. Al Batt Here in Hartland **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy

[mou-net] Common Redpoll still in Arden Hills

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Wilson
45 degrees and we still have 30+ Redpoll visiting our Arden Hills feeders. They have been here daily since Feb 6th with some days as many as 400+. Several pictures posted at http://picasaweb.google.com/bnwilson6624/BackyardBirdingFebruary2009# and video at

[mou-net] Duluth, MN: spring raptor count 2009

2009-03-06 Thread Debbie Waters
Hi folks, We're excited to announce that Karl Bardon has once again joined us--this time as official counter for the SPRING raptor count in Duluth! WEST SKYLINE HAWK COUNT The birds fly south in the fall, so they must fly north in the spring, right? Yes! However, they are not found at Hawk

[mou-net] Boreal Owl - Grand Marais

2009-03-06 Thread Shawn Conrad
Today around 1:30 pm, Don Brown and I enjoyed viewing a healthy Boreal Owl at the feeder of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais. The owl was extremely cooperative and has been there daily since Sunday. Gine not only went out of her way to help us see the bird, but she has graciously allowed me to

[mou-net] 232 Long-tailed Ducks at Stoney Point, St. Louis County

2009-03-06 Thread Peder Svingen
Earlier this week, nearly all of Lake Superior was covered with ice as shown at: http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.cgi/modis?region=spage=1 Balmy temperatures and west winds today created open areas of water along the North Shore, which helped concentrate waterfowl in a few

[mou-net] Reposting Long-tailed Duck records

2009-03-06 Thread Peder Svingen
Apologies for the hard to read formatting in my recent posting. SR=Seasonal Report in The Loon. Here are the data arranged in columns: count -- date -- location -- reference. 1000s fall 1948 17 mi NE Grand Marais Abbott, SR 21:115 1,000+

[mou-net] Gallery pics

2009-03-06 Thread Larry Sirvio
I put some bird pics on the MOU gallery - Ecuador section. One week in Ecuador with Tropical Birding Inc - Andean Intro tour. Good birds - lots of rain and washed out roads caused some problems. Lighting for photography was mostly atrocious - camera screaming for more light.