[mou-net] Question - - nestling ID

2011-03-19 Thread jbaumann
Yesterday afternoon when I was walking my dog, she came upon a dead very young bird. I'm looking for some opinions on what species would already have nestlings this early and with as much body feathering as this one. Mostly white feathers with yellow feet. I took a photo with my phone and wil

[mou-net] Turkey Vultures

2011-03-19 Thread Nancy Nielson
Saw my first Turkey Vultures of the year, 6-8 of them near Frontenac, just north of Lake City along Highway 61. Nancy Nielson Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Great migration in progress. Many B. E. and hawks were moving throughthis afternoon..

2011-03-19 Thread Forest Strnad
With assistance from other birders we saw a Cooper's Hawk. We saw a Rertailed Hawk on our own.  Many B. E. migrating were seen by other birders.  Iside the headquarters building we saw many American Tree Sparrows and a Song Spartrow foy birds.  Forest & Kirsten Strnad Faribault, MN.

[mou-net] Weaver Dunes Today

2011-03-19 Thread Bill Bruins
Bluebirds, Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Bald Eagles, Killdeer, Pelicans, Sandhill Cranes all made for a fine day to spread seed and enjoy a peek at spring. Bill -- O. William (Bill) Bruins Rochester, MN, on the Zumbro River Telephone: Five Zero Seven - Two Eight One - One Six Zero Seven Cell:

[mou-net] Canal Park Birding - Duluth, MN

2011-03-19 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Hello: Spent a few hours at Canal Park with Peder Svingen. Peder and I spotted 7 species of gulls today and took many photos. There were estimate count of about 150 gulls at Canal Park. Highlights: 1. Ring-billed Gull 2. Herring Gull 3. Thayer's Gull ( 2 first cycle gulls ) 4. Iceland Gull ( 2

[mou-net] Gr WF Geese, longspurs in Dakota Cty

2011-03-19 Thread Paul Budde
At least 240 Greater White-fronted Geese were at the west end of L Byllesby this afternoon (1:15 PM). They were most visible when in flight (6+ eagles around). At other times they were far south, with many of them in Goodhue County. A scope is necessary. Just NW of CR 85 (Hogan) and CR 86 (Roch

[mou-net] Goethite WMA

2011-03-19 Thread Raymond Potthoff
Goethite WMA & area.Todays visit. 23 bluebirds, 2 mature eagles 3 red tail hawks, same 3 trumpeters, 3 meadow larks, 1 kestral. Also my backyard 225 grackles Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Horned Larks at Rapids Lake Unit

2011-03-19 Thread Paul Kammen
Took advantage of a beautiful afternoon to visit the nearby Rapids Lake Unit in Carver. Activity was pretty quiet at the feeders; just black birds and chickadees and some nuthatches, but on the dirt road coming in were horned larks. One was kind enough to let me take a picture. There were also seve

[mou-net] Lake Byllesby

2011-03-19 Thread Peter J. Makousky
My wife and I ventured to Lake Byllesby today to check for Snow, Greater white-fronted and Cackling geese. No such luck. In fact, I am not sure if previous folks who saw these had nice powerful scopes or the birds were closer in but unless you had an awesome scope, there was no chance of picking o

[mou-net] Videos added MOU gallery

2011-03-19 Thread James P. Mattsson
I just added four video clips to MOU-net Video Gallery. Ring-billed Gull Northern Hawk Owl (listen carerfully for vocalization of perched bird) Ruffed Grouse (w/ Great Gray Owl) Barred Owl http://moumn.org/video/ Jim Mattsson Eagan Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bi

[mou-net] Eagle in road ditch

2011-03-19 Thread GARY CINDY NELSON
I saw an immature bald eagle in the road ditch feeding on a carcass on March 18. The siting was a few miles west of North Branch, MN. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-