Re: [mou-net] 180th St. Common Gallinule, Dakota Cty found today

2012-07-05 Thread Crownhart, Rachel
Can someone tell me why this bird is not in either of my birding books? Rachel crownhart. Ps: I did not have luck in locating it, might try again today. Sent from my iPad On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:21 AM, Laura Coble shearwate...@frontiernet.net wrote: At 9:45 am today Bill Litkey spotted one

[mou-net] Carver County 11 shorebird species including Avocet

2012-07-05 Thread John Cyrus
Per usual numbers and variety of shorebirds had changed again this morning compared to yesterday. Every morning this past week that I have been out I have checked the same fields twice. Each morning the numbers have changed between 6:00 and 7:30 with birds both arriving and departing at this

[mou-net] Sherburne Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive

2012-07-05 Thread Betsy Beneke
Was on the drive from 6:15 to 8:15 this morning, and had 75 species.  When I tallied the number, I was surprised it was that many!  It seems the amount of bird song from last week to week is much diminished, but there's still quite a lot of activity out there, if you take the time to watch and

[mou-net] Bagley Nature Area this morning, plus photos

2012-07-05 Thread Erik Bruhnke
I hiked around Bagley Nature Area this morning. Got some fun shots and saw some cool birds. Like yesterday, this morning was on the quieter side. Over the past day however, there has been a burst of fledgling Black-capped Chickadees throughout Bagley and my 3 mile round-trip walks to and from

[mou-net] Seward Eagles Nest

2012-07-05 Thread peter schmidt
Does anyone know if the Seward Neighborhood Eagles nest made it through the storm? Had the eaglets fledged yet. The are was pretty hard hit and I had a hard time finding the nest and tree this morning on a drive by. Thanks, Peter   Peter Schmidt Photography Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Forest Strnad discovered the Sax-Zim Bog...by accident in 1963

2012-07-05 Thread sparky stensaas
Hi all, Here is something you maybe didn't know about Forest StrnadHe discovered the Sax-Zim Bog as a unique birding area...by accident. Jan Green of Duluth relates the below story: This is another quick reply about some history of Sax-Zim.  I think you can say it was discovered by

Re: [mou-net] Seward Eagles Nest

2012-07-05 Thread Susan Tertell
Yes, the nest is fine. I just walked by 15 minutes ago, and one of the adults was standing next to the nest. Not sure what the current status of the eaglets is - one of them was out of the nest on Monday; I haven't seen or heard anything since then. Susan On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:32 PM, peter

[mou-net] Cooper Neighborhood Eagle Nest

2012-07-05 Thread Phil Buhlmann
One of the eaglets was sitting right besides the nest early this morning--- yesterday both of them were around; there has been a lot of crying (for food?) all over the first half of this week, including this morning. [The nest is actually not in the Seward neighborhood but the neighboring

[mou-net] July 2 Storm Cass County

2012-07-05 Thread Bruce...Hackensack, Mn
Unfortunately not all bird stories have a happy ending. As my relatives arrived for 4th of July activities at my lake home, just before sundown a very destructive thunderstorm struck the lakes area. Winds were clocked at 80 mph. I had 9 large trees across my driveway and the biggest on my roof.

[mou-net] Henslow's Sp.

2012-07-05 Thread J. Schmidt
Yesterday, July 4, I heard what I thought was a Henslow's Sparrow just southeast of New London in Kandiyohi County.  I did not see the bird, so this morning, July 5, I returned with Ron Erpelding and the bird was singing again.   We were able to find and observe the sparrow for about 20-25