Re: [mou-net] Misidentification

2012-02-01 Thread Jim Ryan
Some of my thoughts on this rather deep topic brought up by Pastor Al: If you're not sure from the get-go about what you've seen, you're LESS likely to make a mistaken ID, I would think. Your mind is still open and gathering evidence, asking questions, ruling this in, that out. A beginner is more

Re: [mou-net] Sunday in Aitkin County, Snowy Refound

2012-02-01 Thread Curt Rawn
The Snowy Owl is still where Warren reported it. Great Gray not refound. Curt - Original Message - From: "Warren" To: Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:39 PM Subject: [mou-net] Sunday in Aitkin County This afternoon, I birded around the county. The SNOWY OWL that has been north of A

[mou-net] Belated Reports (and some current)

2012-02-01 Thread Holly Peirson
Hello MN birders! On Jan. 16, my son and I spotted a Peregrine Falcon on a light post above Hwy 36 in Roseville, between Lexington and Hamline. We both looked up, then at each other to confirm. Yep, we both saw it!! And then just down the road closer to Rosedale (probably to their dismay) were

[mou-net] Red-winged blackbird - Lake Harriet

2012-02-01 Thread Sam Ives
My wife and I spotted a single red-winged blackbird just on the lake side of Roberts Bird Sanctuary today around 3pm. Definitely a surprise for February. 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 Horned Owls - Likely nest site - Hennepin County - Minnetonka - w/photos

2012-02-01 Thread Robert Burmaster
Hi - On a tip from a co-worker, I located a Great Horned Owl sitting in the bowl at the top of a hollowed out dead tree. A pair of GHO's have nested at this exact spot on and off over the past several years. The dead tree is located just 30 feet from the road in woodsy area at the NW corner of E

[mou-net] Admiral Road feeders UPDATE (spared for now)

2012-02-01 Thread sparky stensaas
Hi all, I just chatted with a manager with Public Works 6th District Virginia. He talked with the interim supervisor and THE TREES WITH THE FEEDERS WILL BE SPARED! He said I should contact the District Manager who is away until Monday...and I will do that. He was the manager for the area

[mou-net] Admiral Road feeders threatened?

2012-02-01 Thread sparky stensaas
Hi all, I just got a call from Tim Torson, an Ohio birder, saying that the roadside clearing crew up on Admiral Road was fast approaching the famous feeders. >From the looks of what's been done further south on Admiral, the trees where >the feeders hang will probably be cut down. This is th

[mou-net] Field Trips

2012-02-01 Thread Al Schirmacher
Jim Ryan is the new Field Trip Chair for MOU. I will still be leading trips, four are below, two of which are MOU and require registration, two of which are Sherburne refuge trips and don't. > > * International Migratory Bird Day Tour (Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge), > Saturday, May 12th,

[mou-net] Varied Thrush

2012-02-01 Thread Butch Ukura
Crow Wing and Morrison Counties, Bird seen today by Warren Nelson and Butch Ukura at approx 8:00AM. From the Junction of Crow Wing Cty Rds 18&23 go south 16.2 miles on Cty Rd 23. There is a log sided house on left side of road where the Varied Thrush has been visiting feeders for approx two weeks.