[mou-net] Old Cedar Bridge

Walked around for a few hours at the Old Cedar Bridge. Good diversity of waterfowl including; Trumpeter Swan, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Scaup sp. (lesser?), Northern Shoveler, Wood Duck. I also saw three Pileated Woodpeckers and a Red-tailed hawk trying to eat a meal while being

[mou-net] Pacific Loon- Duluth

This evening at sunset I found a Pacific Loon in basic plumage along Park Point in Duluth at the 19th street access- in direct comparison to a Common Loon Karl Bardon Duluth, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/

[mou-net] Thanks and final decision

Thanks to everyone that took a look at the Scoter pictures today. A few people went to Lake Waconia this evening and found the 3 Scoters along the road west of the beach. They agreed that the 3rd bird was an oddly plumaged male Black Scoter. Jo

[mou-net] 3 White-winged Scoters ~ Hennepin County

At 5:45 pm this evening while scanning the Gulls on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, Hennepin County I located 3 White-winged Scoters. One was an adult male, and all 3 grouped closely together flashed their white secondaries while they flapped their wings numerous times. I completely ignored the G

[mou-net] Long-tailed Duck in Ramsey County

Long-tailed Duck still present today between 1230 and 1 o'clock. It was seen on the south end of eastern Lake Vadnais from Vadnais Lake Blvd. Thank you to the woman who directed us to this location. Thank you to Bill Litkey for the original post. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn

[mou-net] Cattle Egret on North Shore.

Spent the morning birding from Duluth to Two Harbors. Counted at least 300+ snow buntings between the two cities. That is a conservative estimate. One flock had close to that many birds in it, plus several smaller flocks of 10 to 15 birds. Also encountered two gray jays right outside of Two H

[mou-net] Carver County Scoters (early consensus)

I'll post this now for anybody that may have a chance to get out this afternoon. I saw 3 Scoters from Lake Waconia beach this morning. The consensus right now is 1 female Black, 1 female Surf, and 1 mystery Scoter. I initially thought it was a male Black with strange plumage, as it was sta

[mou-net] Scoter Id assist

Since I have no past experience with Scoters, I'd like a bit of help on identifying some Scoters I saw today. Whoever is willing I will send a couple pictures. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http:/

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 29 October 2010

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 29, 2010 *MNST1010.29 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Cattle Egret California Gull Great Gray Owl Townsend's Solitaire -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: October 29, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Or