[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

2014-08-27 Thread Steve Weston
Last week as I was driving along I-694 in Brooklyn Park, I watched as a Coopers Hawk flew across the highway at about 10 feet above the road through the traffic. After she crossed my side, she hesitated and flew higher to cross above the speeding trucks going the other way. I marveled at her

[mou-net] First State Record found at Sax-Zim Bog BioBlitz II (and 73 sp. of birds)

2014-08-27 Thread sparky stensaas
Hi all, Friends of Sax-Zim Bog's second annual Bog BioBlitz highlighted the amazing BioDiversity in Sax-Zim Bog. Forty-some participants and leaders turned up nearly 300 SPECIES (!) of fauna and flora during Bog BioBlitz II on August 2nd, 2014.  A beautiful day greeted folks as they met at our

[mou-net] Douglas County Common Nighthawks

2014-08-27 Thread Charlene Nelson
5 just flew over on Lake Carlos Charlene Nelson Sent from my iPhone 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] Douglas County Common Nighthawks

2014-08-27 Thread Anna Newton
We saw 7 nighthawks over Otter Lake in White Bear Township, Ramsey Co, MN yesterday evening, also a large (50?)flock of purple martins. Anna Newton On 8/27/14 7:03 PM, Charlene Nelson birdnir...@gmail.com wrote: 5 just flew over on Lake Carlos Charlene Nelson Sent from my iPhone

Re: [mou-net] Douglas County Common Nighthawks

2014-08-27 Thread Charlene Nelson
My mother just reported seeing another 15-20 nighthawks in Perham in Otter Tail County Charlene Nelson Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Anna Newton newt...@comcast.net wrote: We saw 7 nighthawks over Otter Lake in White Bear Township, Ramsey Co, MN yesterday evening, also

[mou-net] nighthawk flight in Duluth

2014-08-27 Thread Kim R Eckert
There was a modest flight of 540 Com Nighthawks migrating along the North Shore in Duluth this evening between 6:40 and 7:35 pm. They were mostly flying above E Superior Street in a 7-block stretch between the Fitgers Bldg (600 block) and the Rose Garden (1300 block). It will be interesting to