[mou-net] A Kestrel intimidates Pileated Woodpeckers

In Carver Park Reserve on Saturday, Judy Chucker and I watched a female Kestrel face-off with two Pileated Woodpeckers, and win. The Kestrel was perched on the telephone line when a pair of Pileateds starting exploring the nearby telephone pole. As the woodpeckers worked their way around and up

[mou-net] Carver County shorebirds this morning

Normally I take a break from birding on Mondays, but William Marengo's post of Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits at Rice Lake yesterday evening got me out again today. Regarding yesterday's birds, I suspect that since Bill mentioned 2 flocks of greater than 300 birds(though he only had time to

[mou-net] Horned Grebes, etc. on Lake Calhoun

On Sunday, 4/15, I drove on the west side of Lake Calhoun in Mpls. There were 3 - 4 dozen horned grebes spread out on the surface of the lake. There was also a common loon on the lake. This may have been the same bird previously reported on Lake of the Isles. There were also 5 pair of

[mou-net] Native plants for birds

This is somewhat on topic, please bear with me... Over the last several years I have planted a large native garden in my yard. Birds and butterflies love it, but the time has come for me to start thinning out some areas where some of the more aggressive plants are spreading a bit too much. I

[mou-net] White-faced Ibis ~ Hennepin Co.

This morning I observed another White-faced Ibis out from the observation platform at Old Cedar Ave Bridge in Bloomington. It was just standing on one of the mud islands and when several Bald Eagles came overhead it flushed and continued rising high to the south east and kept going. Conny

Re: [mou-net] 1st E. Bluebird egg

My backyard bluebird nest has 3 eggs in it. I saw the female sitting on them this morning. We have been feeding the bluebirds for three weeks and last week a female started and finished her nest. This morning upon checking the nest cam found that she had laid her first egg. This was bit of a

[mou-net] Location of Grass Lake/ Richfield Lake

Grass Lake is a remnant of Richfield Lake that was cut-off when Lyndale Ave. was extended several decades ago. Grass Lake is tucked between Hwy 62 on the south, 58th St. on the north; Lyndale cutoff of the east and about Logan on the west. Probably the best way to get there is off Lyndale

[mou-net] Feature for County Listers

An additional checkbox has been added to the Query Database page that limits the output to the birds that you have not seen (reported) for a county. Use this feature to see the birds seen in a county, by others, that you do not have on your county list. From http://moumn.org click on

[mou-net] Rice Lake location

Sorry for the delay. Rice Lake is located along Flying Cloud Dr. in both Carver and Hennepin County in the Upgrala Unit of the Minnesota Valley NWR. Access to the north and west side of the lake is from a dirt pulloff along Flying Cloud Dr. and access to the far east side of the lake is from

[mou-net] Lake Byllesby, Hudsonian Godwit and Long-billed Dowatcher, Dakota Cty

At 6:15 pm today, on the west end of Lake Byllesby: Large flocks of Shoveler, A. Coot, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal. Also, Gadwall, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 31 White Pelicans, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 14 Pectoral Sandpiper. One Hudsonian Godwit and one Long-billed Dowatcher were also feeding