[mou-net] [mou-rba] Neotropic Cormorant - Murray County - 3/30/12

3/30/12 A Neotropic Cormorant was observed on Current Lake, in Murray county Friday afternoon. The bird was observed from Swensen county park, on the East side of Current Lake. It was observed from 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm and was still present when our group left the area. The bird was

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 3/31/12

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 31, 2012 *MNDU1203.31 -Birds mentioned Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Redhead Barrow's Goldeneye Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Belted Kingfisher Northern Flicker

Re: [mou-net] photos of house sparrows from Switzerland

I sent this photo album to my cousin, Dr Ted Anderson, who got his PhD from KS U. He studied HOSP and ETSPs off and on his working life. He wrote a book The Ubiquitous House Sparrow published by Oxford Univ Press a few years ago. Here is what he said about the spp i.d.: I really enjoyed

[mou-net] Vesper Sparrow, Veteran's Park, Richfield, Hennepin Co, MN

Scott Meyer, Judy Morris-Meyer, Birgit Johnson and I found a *Vesper Sparrow *in the lawn just north of the playground located in the northwest part of Veteran's Park around 9:20 am this morning. If we hadn't taken this extra spur as Scott suggested, we wouldn't have seen this bird--sparrowdipity!

[mou-net] Carver County

Thanks to Janice Dunlap's post about the mudflats along Flying Cloud Dr in the Minnesota River Valley, I made a stop there both yesterday and today. Both days there were Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Pectoral Sandpiper on the mudflats of Rice Lake. Today I may have picked out a

[mou-net] Neotropic Cormorant refound in Murray

Ron Erpelding just called me to say that he had re-found the Neotropic Cormorant at the previously-posted location and it was still there as of 2:20 today. He did add that a number of American White Pelicans had moved onto the point as well, making it difficult to see the cormorant. Herb

[mou-net] Hermit Thrush

The Hermit Thrush that has wintered along the bluff trail at the Old Cedar Ave bridge is still there. Wednesday morning it was singing rather feebly and was singing aging this afternoon around 2:00. A Tree Swallow was out on Long Meadow Lake. Bruce Baer Bloomington, MN Join or Leave

[mou-net] Como Lake

Waterfowl at Como Lake this afternoon: - Great Blue Heron - Mallard - Canada Goose - Wood Duck - Pied-billed Grebes - Common Loon - Blue-winged Teal NE Dan Join or Leave mou-net: