[mou-net] Shorebird / Sparrow workshops

2010-05-26 Thread Doug Buri
The 3 day shorebird and sparrow workshops that Bob Janssen and I have hosted for the last several years have only 3 or 4 spots still open. The shorebird workshop is August 6 -8. The sparrow workshop is October 8 - 10. For more complete information check out these web sites:

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

2010-05-26 Thread Steve Weston
FOY Dickcissel was heard yesterday across the street from the Chanhassen high school. Also a Vesper Sp. there. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Western Minnesota

2010-05-26 Thread Steve Weston
Birded Lac qui Parle and Yellow Medicine counties in western Minnesota and found about 90 species including: Immature Ferruginous Hawk that has been hanging around south of Prairie Marsh farm for the last month. This was the first time I had actually found one this side of the border with SD.

[mou-net] Pacific Loon, 63 Red-throated Loons- Park Point, Duluth

2010-05-26 Thread Karl Bardon
I watched a Pacific Loon in breeding plumage from Lafayette Square on Park Point (30th St.) this morning from 0935-1006. It was seen with two Common Loons for direct comparison. Calm conditions on the lake this morning made for awesome viewing of loons. While standing in one place near the Sky

[mou-net] Hooded Warbler - Reservoir Woods - Roseville

2010-05-26 Thread Jason B
While I don't want to steal another birder's thunder, I wanted to get this sighting up ASAP. I was just on a trail in Roseville when another birder told me he heard a Hooded Warbler singing in Reservoir Woods. I relocated the bird easily (11:45 am) apparently much closer to the entrance of the

Re: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler - Reservoir Woods - Roseville

2010-05-26 Thread Earl Orf
I caught glimpses of the Hooded Warbler at Reservoir Woods between 4:30 and 5:00 this evening. It was in the same area that Jason reported (below) between the start of the paved trail at Victoria and the place where a dirt path goes off to each side. Earl Orf www.earlorfphotos.com

[mou-net] Nicollet, LeSuere

2010-05-26 Thread Mike Butterfield
Made a 130 mile round about today. WMA in Nicollet Just B4 town The Least Bittern is still in there! But NO method worked to SEE it. rats 2 1/2 hours tried. But also had 3 Sandhills Grasshopper Sp Hooded Merganser F and 1 young'n Green Heron Went to Swan Lake

[mou-net] forgot one

2010-05-26 Thread Mike Butterfield
FORGOT ONE ALDER FLYCATCHER in Nye Reserve in LeSuere just other side of river from Henderson Mike Butterfield  NYA  MN  carver cty Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html