[mou-net] Birding about the metro

On Thursday I swung by Purgatory Creek and easily found the two Snowy Egrets. Also there were a Bald Eagle, a fishing Osprey, Marsh Wren, and at least two Caspian Terns. But, the fish stole the show. The carp were running upstream to spawn. Lines of hugh carp, many about two feet long, were

[mou-net] Hooded Merg - MVNWR

This morning an immature Hooded Merganser was at the bottom pond at the Bass Ponds. Northern Rough-winged Swallows were in numbers at the Hogback Pond overflow. I presume they were migrants. The underside of the Highway 77 bridge looks like a beehive with all the Cliff Swallow that are

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[mou-net] Birds Maintain Forests by Inhibiting Seed Predators - Science article

I'd be interested in knowing of similar research in No. American forests: Article abstract: Of fundamental interest in conservation ecology are the regulatory mechanisms that maintain communities. We document a mechanism that maintains forests in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania, and the

[mou-net] odd chickadee photos

About 20 years ago in Aberdeen, SD, I banded a Black-capped Chickadee like you described. I recaptured it numerous times that fall, and it molted from an odd brown-color into a normal adult plumage. You can see two photos of this bird at: http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Titmice dan --

[mou-net] Minn checklist changes

The 50th supplement to the AOU Check-list was recently published, and here's my understanding of the changes affecting the Minnesota field checklists and the new 2009 MOURC checklist: COMMON NAME - change Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow to Nelson's Sparrow CHECKLIST SEQUENCE - move Northern

[mou-net] First juevnal Hummingbird

Tonight I noticed my first juvenal Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder. I was actually checking out my peanut feeder also that has NO red or other bright color on it.. Andrew.. I'm in need of a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin Thank you.. -- Andrew

Re: [mou-net] Afton Summer Tanager Refound

I found the Summer Tanager singing this morning at the same time and place described by Joel Claus below. I recorded the song, and loaded an excerpt into the Audio Gallery on the MOU web site. In more than an hour of searching for the bird, which was singing almost constantly in the nearby

[mou-net] public thanks

On the off-chance that certain Good Samaritans are also birders on these list-serves, I need to offer public thanks to the cyclists and pedestrian (I think) who helped me rescue a young peregrine falcon beneath the High Bridge in St. Paul last evening. The bird having stranded herself on that