[mou-net] Black-throated Blue Warblers

These warblers are quite frequently heard (and seen) in the appropriate habitat: well described in Kim Eckert's book. Over the weekend, had 2 singing in Tettegouche Park (Friday, May 22), from the back off Lax Lake Road, Lake County. Also, 3 on Oberg Mountain, Cook County (Saturday, May 23).

[mou-net] Cass County Birds

Spent the day yesterday birding Cass with Molly Malecek, Larry Olson, and Dale Yerger.  Many Tennessee and Blackpoll Warblers still moving through the area, along with smaller numbers of other migrant songbirds.  Of note were 5 American Avocets at the Cass Lake Sewer Ponds (also seen earlier in

[mou-net] Cass County Birds

The Connecticut Warblers and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were in the bog along County Road 135, not 35.  Ben Wieland www.cassbirding.blogspot.com Deep Portage Learning Center 2197 Nature Center Dr. NW Hackensack, MN 56452 Join or Leave

[mou-net] Purgatory Creek, Eden Prairie

I stopped by Purgatory Creek, Eden Prairie (Hennepin Co.) yesterday (Tuesday) after work. This is the pond south of Highway 212 at Prairie Center Drive and Technology Drive behind the Flagship office building and Flagship Athletic Club. I counted 430 Caspian Terns, down slightly from last

[mou-net] Sometimes one forgets....

Just returned from seeing family friends in Madison, WI (second son sworn in as county deputy) - easy to forget that sometimes the best post-migration bird in a suburban yard might be a cardinal. Returned today, only had time for a short late lunch walk at Pioneer Park here in Princeton.

[mou-net] Bluebirds have two eggs..

Well I looked at my Bluebird nest boxes(actually Gilbertson's) and so far there are two eggs.. My BCCH are busy feeding the chicks still and I see one of the Robin busy collecting nesting material.. I also had a Pine Siskin at the feeder this morning.. I'm in need of a job!! Please see

[mou-net] GPS for breeding birds on mou-net

The seasonal report form has been updated to make it easier to enter a GPS location for bird sightings. Location can be set as a block number (T120R25b), latitude and longitude in decimal degrees (45.18845,-93.78422), degrees minutes (45 11.307,-93 47.053), degrees minutes seconds (45 11

[mou-net] Aitkin County specialties!

On Tuesday May 26th Susan Schumacher and I enjoyed observing a Great Gray Owl along Aitkin CR 18. From its intersection with CR 5 we went west on CR 18, 2.2 miles and the GGOW flew into a tree on the north side relatively close to the road. We shut off our engine and watched it hunt from

[mou-net] Lazuli Bunting update/Otter Tail Co

According to the host family (sorry if that sounds like foreign exchange student jargon, but guess that's really sort of accurate), as of Wednesday afternoon, that female Lazuli Bunting is still being regularly seen at the Ronningen home on the west side of Star Lake, west of the town of