[mou-net] White-winged Scoter others

Hi all, Kevin Smith phoned me to tell me that he had just seen the Scoter from Boom Island Park on the east end of the Plymouth bridge in Minneapolis. I was working and able to swing by the park and view the duck accompanied by 7 Scaup from the south side of the park at 3:45 pm (Tuesday). Also

Re: [mou-net] White-winged Scoter others

Scoter still here same place reported earlier. Rebecca Field On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, Steve Weston swest...@comcast.net wrote: Hi all, Kevin Smith phoned me to tell me that he had just seen the Scoter from Boom Island Park on the east end of the Plymouth bridge in Minneapolis. I was

[mou-net] Dead Northern Saw-whet Owl Duluth Lakeside

My wife found a dead small owl near the intersection of 54th Ave. East and Dodge Street in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood yesterday (April 8). We believe it to be a Saw-whet owl. The bird had been nearly decapitated and was lying on the boulevard along the sidewalk, near a stand of junipers.

[mou-net] Mergansers

Several Mergansers of all three types at Normandale Lake in Bloomington. 3 or 4 pairs of Red-breasted in the group. Have seen them the last two days. Park in the lot just off East Bush Lake road. (not sure how to properly post to the list therefore doing a 'reply all' to a previous post)

[mou-net] Great Gray Owl in the yard...A family affair

It is always a banner day when a Great Gray Owl visits your home. Late yesterday afternoon, my neighbor bicycled down our long and slush-filled driveway to tell us a big owl was in an old birch snag on the edge of our property. I assumed it was a Great Horned but No our neighbor said, It's a

[mou-net] Spring sightings in the snow-covered North (incl. Sax-Zim)

Sax-Zim Bog 4-8-14 2 Turkey Vultures (FOY) 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel (FOY) 2 N Harriers (FOY) 5 Bald Eagles over Stone Lake Mallards Canada Geese on patch of open water on Stone Lake Northern Shrike on Stone Lk Rd Ruffed Grouse in several spots 2 Black-backed Woodpeckers (deep in the

[mou-net] FOY Tree Swallow, Great Egret Brown-headed Cowbird Dassel Meeker Cty. Day in our Tower

Sorry so late. My husband and I did our Monthly Day in our Tower on Monday and we were joined by a fellow birding friend of ours, Bernice Hall. We were out for 13 1/2 hrs and seen 52 species. We had a FOY Tree Swallow, Great Egret, Brown-headed Cowbird Ring-necked Duck. Lots of Tundra Swans

[mou-net] Merlins in Minneapolis

First time using the list, so forgive any breaches in protocol. Took a few days to figure it out, but a merlin has been frequenting the neighborhood for at least several days, loves to use the bare top of our neighbor's diseased spruce tree as a perch (about 4 blocks from the Lake St./Marshall

[mou-net] Mpls. Oak Savanna Birds and a Goose Question

At noon, Mpls. Mississippi River Oak Savanna (West River Road and 36Th Avenue). Very windy, did not see much. Eastern Blue Bird, yea! Phoebe Brown Creeper Common Grackle Juncos, flocks of them all week. Unfortunately a Coopers thinned the Junco flock by one in my yard this morning.

[mou-net] tundra swans on the move

Observed numerous V's of tundra swans flying in a northwesterly direction over southern Shoreview, Ramsey Co., between 0800 and 1000 this morning (April 9). Bon Eliason Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] RFI: W-W Scoter (Hennepin Co.)

Alyssa and all, it was there at 12:15 this afternoon. Same place, same associates. It was just north of where the river channel goes off behind Nicollet Island at Boom Island Park. Also present at midday near the boat landing was a small brown bat catching bugs. Jeanne Tanamachi Lauderdale

Re: [mou-net] Spring sightings in the snow-covered North (incl. Sax-Zim)

In addition to the migrants mentioned by Sparky, there was also an early Greater Yellowlegs today (9 April) in the open water behind the WLSSD plant at 27th Ave West in Duluth. Also several Hooded Mergansers there and at the Hwy 23 bridge in Fond du Lac. Kim R Eckert, Duluth

Re: [mou-net] White-winged Scoter others

A couple of people looking at the White-winged Scoter at Boom Island park said it was a female. After consulting my bird books, I'm wondering if it isn't a first spring juvenile.?? Rebecca Field On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Steve Weston swest...@comcast.net wrote: Hi all, Kevin Smith

[mou-net] Fwd: Dakota Cty Park Meisville Ravine Birding trip

Hello Birders! Migration is happening! Spring is blossoming! Come bird with MOU trip leader Kevin Smith at Miesville Ravine on Saturday, April 12, 2014 to look for early migrants at the park. The group will meet me at 8:00 am at the south parking lot by the Cannon River. No park sticker is

[mou-net] W-W Scoter continues (Hennepin Co.)

I observed the female-type White-winged Scoter off of Boom Island Park (Minneapolis) at 7:15pm. At one point, a boat came in and scared the scaup and scoter. They flew from the north tip of Nicollet Island north towards the Plymouth Avenue bridge, but within a minute the scoter returned near its

[mou-net] Meisville Ravine Birding Trip

Hello Birders! Migration is happening! Spring is blossoming! Are you ready for a birding trip? Come bird with MOU trip leader Kevin Smith at Miesville Ravine on Saturday, April 12, 2014 to look for early migrants at the park. The group will meet me at 8:00 am at the south parking lot by the

Re: [mou-net] Mpls. Oak Savanna Birds and a Goose Question

Peter et al., The softer honking you're hearing at night is likely Tundra Swans. Snow Geese have a sort of yelping honk, while Tundra Swans give a soft honk that sounds a lot like a goose. The swans are moving through in big numbers right now, and they often fly in noisy small flocks at night.