[mou-net] Sherburne - moorhens - oops, gallinules

During my 26th trip to Sherburne NWR's Wildlife Drive to look for the common gallinules, I FINALLY was able to see 3 young birds early this morning.  Hooray!  I also ran into Marcia Johnson out there - she's the woman who took the only photo of the birds from this year, and counted 9 young. 

[mou-net] Sax-Zim Bog sightings

On my drive heading home from North Dakota, I stopped in Duluth yesterday and did about an hour of birding in Sax-Zim Bog (from about 11am until noon). I had never been to the bog before in the summer time. It is such a lush area, and was awesome to see the bog during the summer! Below are the

[mou-net] Acadian Flycatchers, Rice County

This morning a friend and I went hiking at Caron County Park in Rice County (on the west side of Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park) and found three Acadian Flycatchers along the main wooded trail north to the falls area. Two of the birds were singing the full pit-SEET! song and a third was

[mou-net] State Fair MOU Booth openings and opportunity to participate in two other events

Hello all you lovely MOU MnBird volunteers- We've got 11 shifts out of 36 filled for the MOU booth at the state fair! A heart THANKYOU to everyone who has signed up already. To the rest of you who haven't signed up yet...as you are relaxing this weekend-please give a thought to volunteering at

[mou-net] Henslow's Sparrow, Brown County

Hey, birders: I stopped by the Sleepy Eye airport this evening to check the sod runways for Buff-breasted Sandpipers (none yet) but I was surprised to hear what sounded like a Henslow's Sparrow singing from the grassland that borders the runway on the east. I drove over to 260th Ave., which