[mou-net] Varied thrush

2012-02-26 Thread Roy Zimmerman
Would someone please remind me of the Hastings street address? I have a couple of Arizona friends with me this weekend who would like to try for this after we look for the snowy owl. Thanks,

[mou-net] Merlin, Carlton Co. + A. Three-toed Wood. thoughts

2012-02-26 Thread Jason Caddy
I forgot to mention in yesterdays post that I saw a Merlin in the back yard of my in-laws house in Cloquet on 2/24. I knew it wasn't a common bird in the season but according to the MOU occurrence map this would be rare in Carlton county in the Winter. I was also intrigued when I looked at the

[mou-net] European Goldfinch Chisago County

2012-02-26 Thread Stenseng, Rubin J.
I know this is not a native bird suitable for checklists, but a European Goldfinch has been at our feeders today. Sure is a pretty bird! Photos at http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/European%20Goldfinch%20Ground%2001.jpg

[mou-net] Varied Thrush

2012-02-26 Thread Roy Zimmerman
Thanks to everyone for the fast response. No luck today with the thrush, but I did get a good look a few weeks ago. No luck with the snowy either, but two days of birding with my AZ friends mostly in Sax Zim/ Duluth got us 47 species, including 2 goshawks, BB woodpeckers, ST grouse, hoary

[mou-net] Migration Forcast Part II.

2012-02-26 Thread Brian Wisconsin
I provided a link to this yesterday but found it so helpful that I decided to provide more details for those who may have missed my first message. NOAA and Cornell have teamed up to provide migration forecasts. Some info from their first report: Below are some of the species groups to watch

[mou-net] Bohemian Waxwings in Aitkin

2012-02-26 Thread Warren
I was just outside filling my feeders for the third time today and had a flock of waxwings fly over. They landed in a flowering crabapple about a block to the east of me. I walked over with my binoculars and estimated there were about 80 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, 40 CEDAR WAXWINGS and 40 to 50

[mou-net] MRVAC Trumpeter Newsletter

2012-02-26 Thread Steve Weston
The March/April issue of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Newsletter is now available at: http://mrvac.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-Mar-Apr.pdf - Steve Weston swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: