Re: [mou-net] Black-Necked Stilts Grant County

2014-05-26 Thread Jim & Charlene Nelson
sorry, tired, Common Yellowthroats at the airport On May 26, 2014, at 9:55 PM, Charlene Nelson wrote: > still present this evening at the Herman sewage treatment ponds late this > afternoon. > > also of note > > Hudsonian Godwit - good looks in flight > White Rump Sandpiper > Wilson's and Red

[mou-net] Black-Necked Stilts Grant County

2014-05-26 Thread Charlene Nelson
still present this evening at the Herman sewage treatment ponds late this afternoon. also of note Hudsonian Godwit - good looks in flight White Rump Sandpiper Wilson's and Red Necked Phalaropes Could not find the Loggerhead Shrike on Hwy 9 N of Herman Many Western Meadowlarks, pairs of Boboli

[mou-net] Fwd: [mou-net] Avocets, Hud Godwit- Carver County

2014-05-26 Thread Joel Claus
11 Avocets and the Godwit were present at 8:15 PM this evening. Thanks Pete and Kristine for getting the word out. Joel Claus Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Kristine Leuze > Date: May 26, 2014 at 4:39:18 PM CDT > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: [mou-net] Avocets, Hud

[mou-net] Snowy Egret, Red Knot, nesting Great Gray Owl in NW Minn

2014-05-26 Thread Kim R Eckert
The May 23-24-25-26 MBW in NW Minnesota (mostly in Kittson, western Roseau, and western Polk Co's) turned up a surprisingly good number of species (186 in all), highlighted especially by: Snowy Egret - May 26 at the Agassiz impoundment (along 280th Ave on the Marshall-Polk Co line); small unide

[mou-net] Rusty Blackbird Survey results

2014-05-26 Thread Alyssa DeRubeis
The checklists between Minnesota and Wisconsin have been tallied for this year's Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz, and the winner is...Wisconsin. I won't go into details here, but there will be an article on it in the upcoming Minnesota Birding magazine. Let me know if you have any questions

[mou-net] Birding at Darwin S. Myers WMA

2014-05-26 Thread Bill Tefft
I stopped at the Darwin S. Myers Wildlife Management Area, Embarrass, MN, St. Louis County just to check the access on Sunday and then returned with a group on Monday. On Monday we spent from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the area from the main entrance to the bridge and then east along the north side of t

[mou-net] Merlin, Acacia cemetery, Mendota Heights (Dakota C.)

2014-05-26 Thread linda whyte
As I finished a walk through the Pilot Knob Prairie Restoration, the calls of a Merlin from woods on Acacia Cemetery's northeast border drew my attention. I was headed out of the Prairie area, on the blacktop road, when the bird flew along the east border of the cemetery with something in its talon

[mou-net] Avocets, Hud Godwit- Carver County

2014-05-26 Thread Kristine Leuze
Pete Hoeger just called me and is reporting: "9 Avocets, 1Hud.Godwit, other shorebirds right now on very busy Mn Hwy 7 near intersection with Carver CR 21 between new Germany and Mayer in large flooded muddy farm field right next to hwy." -Pete Hoeger If you plan to go, I would go soon as he says

Re: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler @ T.S. Roberts

2014-05-26 Thread Jason Caddy
I re-found the Hooded Warbler at 1:30pm at the same location that Tom Tustison had reported it. The warbler was foraging very actively only a few feet off the ground. There was also an Alder Flycatcher a little to the east of there that called once. Cheers, Jason Caddy > Date: Mon, 26 May

[mou-net] Black-necked Stilts Grant Cnty

2014-05-26 Thread jerry pruett
I am passing along a report from Jim Peterson that he found 2 Black-necked Stilts at the Herman sewage ponds this morning. Several other shorebird species present; Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Dunlin, Baird's Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wilson's

[mou-net] Removal from the MOU-NET list

2014-05-26 Thread David Cahlander
Skip this non bird message if you don't want to know the details about members removed from the mou-net list. Several have posted a message that they have comcast.com, hotmail.com or other email provider and have been removed from the list. All subscribers that were removed from the list were

[mou-net] Hooded Warbler @ T.S. Roberts

2014-05-26 Thread Tom
There was a silent male Hooded Warbler @ Roberts this morning. It was seen between 9:00 & 9:30 along the fence north of the path near the bird feeder. Also, present were several male Mourning Warblers & a calling Red-headed Woodpecker. Tom Join

Re: [mou-net] Whimbrel, Marbled Godwits Douglas Co. 5/26

2014-05-26 Thread Doug Kieser
That should have been EAST side of Douglas county highway 7. Sent from my Sprint phone. - Reply message - From: "Doug Kieser" To: "MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU" Subject: [mou-net] Whimbrel, Marbled Godwits Douglas Co. 5/26 Date: Mon, May 26, 2014 9:06 AM A Whimbrel and two Marbled Godwits jus

[mou-net] Whimbrel, Marbled Godwits Douglas Co. 5/26

2014-05-26 Thread Doug Kieser
A Whimbrel and two Marbled Godwits just flew in at a large flooded area on the west side of county 7, just south of I-94. The Whimbrel is feeding along the edges if the pond south of Pheasant Drive, while the Godwits have flown into the grassy area on the north side. Doug Kieser Minneapolis