[mou-net] Great Black-backed Gull -Duluth Canal Park

2012-11-26 Thread Ben Harste
We were at canal park in Duluth from about 12:30 to 1:10 and observed two Great Black-backed gulls and one adult and another next to it that looked nearly like the adult but the black was not quite as solid looking on the back. I got pictures I will upload later to make sure they are GBBG's.

[mou-net] First Redpoll

2012-11-26 Thread john c nelson
FOY Common Redpoll at 1:30 this afternoon feeding on sunflower feeder. John Nelson Good Thunder MN 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] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 26 November 2012

2012-11-26 Thread Anthony Hertzel
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 26, 2012 *MNST1211.26 -Birds mentioned Brant Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Pacific Loon Dunlin Little Gull Great Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Carolina Wren -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: November 26, 2012 Sponsor: Minnesota

[mou-net] Catharus thrush - Hermit? Duluth, MN

2012-11-26 Thread Don Kienholz
Today while removing snow from the lakewalk I flushed and observed a thrush along the edge of the path. I did not get good enough looks (no binoculars!) to identify the bird but it stayed in the area as I passed by with the snow sweeper broom. The bird is likely a Hermit thrush, but the tail

[mou-net] Pine Grosbeaks Bohemian Waxwings - Chisago to Morrison

2012-11-26 Thread Bob Ekblad
I was searching for Pine Grosbeaks in several counties today, starting in Chisago and heading west. I found them in a couple of places in Chisago - one bird about a mile south of North Branch a block east of Forest Blvd (CR30) on 382nd St and just around the bend on Clara Ave, and a pair of birds

[mou-net] Winona Cty (MN) / Buffalo Cty (WI) Black Scoter

2012-11-26 Thread Malcolm Gold
Andy Nyhus and I found a Black Scoter along the MN/WI border today Northeast of Minneiska MN on the Mississippi. -- Malcolm Gold (Stockton, Winona County) http://mcmdgold.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/ Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Pacific Loon, goldeneyes- Park Point

2012-11-26 Thread Karl Bardon
While birding the Park Point recreation area in Duluth this evening, Jane Hosking and I attempted to count the large number of Common Goldeneyes which have been staging on the bay side of the point for the last several weeks, and came up with a grand total of 1859, the highest count I am aware