[mou-net] Mississippi River Waterfowl + field trip notice

2011-11-11 Thread Chris West
Hey everyone, I was out on the river south of Lansing, IA yesterday and it looks as if this last cold front brought all the birds in. We saw around 2000 Tundra Swans, 50,000 Canvasback, 30,000 Am Coots and tons of other assorted ducks including Gadwall, Pintail and Bufflehead. We also saw a whoppin

[mou-net] Dakota County -Dickcissel not refound

2011-11-11 Thread Jim Ryan
Hi Birders, I had the afternoon off and went down to Randolph Industrial Park in Southern Dakota County. While I did not relocate the reported *Dickcissel,* I did find several small to medium groups of *Snow Buntings*, totaling about 40 birds, that again split off into smaller groups. Later, on Le

[mou-net] Gulls, scoters, Rusty Blackbird n' more at WI Point! (with pictures & more gull ID tidbits)

2011-11-11 Thread Erik Bruhnke
I arrived at Wisconsin Point around sunrise this morning with my friend Seth from Hawk Ridge. The birding from the shoreline was just outstanding this morning! We started at Lot 1, and made our way towards the Superior Entry. The ducks are really moving through, and among the many distant gulls at

[mou-net] Aitkin County Snowy Owl

2011-11-11 Thread Cindy Risen
Saw a Snowy Owl about 1 mile east of McGregor in Aitkin County this afternoon Cindy Risen Tamarack, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] TEST MESSAGE

2011-11-11 Thread Terence Brashear
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[mou-net] TEST MESSAGE

2011-11-11 Thread Steve & Jo Blanich
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Re: [mou-net] Quail

2011-11-11 Thread Anthony Hertzel
Certainly there are Northern Bobwhite to be found in southeastern Minnesota (and elsewhere in the state), but seeing a covey -- even over a period of several years -- is not necessarily evidence of a self-sustaining population. We have dozens of game farms that annually raise and release countle

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 11 November 2011

2011-11-11 Thread Anthony Hertzel
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 11, 2011 *MNST.11 -Birds mentioned Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Gyrfalcon Sandhill Crane Thayer's Gull Tree Swallow Carolina Wren Townsend's Solitaire Spotted Towhee Field Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: Nov

[mou-net] Correction

2011-11-11 Thread Stefanie Moss
Sorry. I meant ³Randolph² Industrial Park. Kurt 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] Late Dickcissel

2011-11-11 Thread Stefanie Moss
Late Dickcissel at Ramsey Industrial Park this morning. Also flocks of Snow Buntings swirling about the ponds. Kurt Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html