[mou-net] Bruce Beehler begins 100 day roadtrip North with the Spring

Inspired by Edwin Teale's book, he will post each day. Read about it here. I wont be forwarding all of these, so you might want to check them yourself. http://www.abcbirds.org/nwts/index.html GAndersson St Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

Re: [mou-net] Bruce Beehler begins 100 day roadtrip North with the Spring -- correction

He will post on a blog twice weekly, not daily. He starts at High Island TX and ends in Ontario, generally following the Mississippi River. About 32 focus sites en route. Click on the map to get a good look. From: Gordon Andersson [mailto:gpanders...@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01,

[mou-net] FOY turkey vulture

Yesterday morning around 9:30 I saw a lone turkey vulture soar over our property near Cloverdale, Pine County. The roughed grouse have been drumming like crazy this past week. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Duluth Township Report

I saw a Sandhill Crane in my field yesterday evening. Red Winged Blackbirds have been coming in over the last week and Woodcock have been peenting and doing their aerial displays the past two nights. A flock of Pine Siskins have been hitting the feeder pretty hard. Uwe Kausch Duluth Township

Re: [mou-net] FOY turkey vulture

would someone please send me instructions on how to change my password. the system requires you to enter your old password before creating a new one. Problem is I apparently do not remember my old password as it is not accepting any of the several that I have tried.; in different sessions, not

[mou-net] Polk County update

Some recent arrivals in my yard in East Grand Forks (EGF), Polk County, this week include MOURNING DOVE, COMMON GRACKLE, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, NORTHERN FLICKER, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and a big increase in AMERICAN ROBINS. There isn't a lot of open water close to me yet. There is a small

[mou-net] Centennial month for CHSW towers

For those interested in birding history, April marks the 100th anniversary of the first chimney swift nesting tower, designed by Althea Sherman (1853- 1943) and erected in April 1915 on her farm near the northeast Iowa hamlet of National. She became the first person to observe and report the

[mou-net] Mar 31

My wife and I had a great day, yesterday, having taken our friend’s grandchildren out birding. We started at the Old Cedar Avenue bridge and ended the day at the opulent Stivland ranch in Plymouth. The 8 year old was keeping meticulous notes in her journal and ended the day ticking off 21

[mou-net] Lapland Longspur - Anoka County

North of Hwy 10 - off of Hanson Blvd - on the dead end road that parallels Hwy 10 heading west. A group of about 20 Lapland Longspurs on the north side of the road in the low weeds. Beautiful birds. Pete Anoka, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Snow Geese/Greater White-fronted Geese, Dakota County

Around the noon hour today, Laura Coble and I checked for any new arrivals at the 180th St. marsh. What was there had been seen before: Kildeer, Coots, Canadas, Mallards, Scaup, Bufflehead, Blue-winged Teal. Just as we arrived, a pair of Bald Eagles swooped in, one of them snatching prey of some

[mou-net] Savaloja Grants Awarded for 2015

At their March 16 meeting, the MOU Board awarded $12,800 in Savaloja grants, a record amount thanks to the generosity of MOU members and supporters who responded to last year’s Savaloja challenge match. The grants are named for Terry Savaloja, a respected Minnesota birder and TS Roberts Award

[mou-net] National Geo online article about BLWA migration study (w/ photos)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150331-blackpoll-warbler-bird-mig ration-atlantic-animals-science/?utm_source=Facebook http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150331-blackpoll-warbler-bird-mi gration-atlantic-animals-science/?utm_source=Facebookutm_medium=Socialutm_

[mou-net] South Washington County Birds

I had a lot of activity today in southern Washington County, including 6 Minnesota FOYs for me. At home in Cottage Grove I had a NORTHERN HARRIER and 7 TURKEY VULTURES (both FOYS), as well as two flyover flocks of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and one GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET (the first one arrived

[mou-net] GCKIs in Maple Grove

Two vocal Golden-crowned Kinglets hanging around my Maple Grove yard this afternoon. 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] non-stop 3 day migration by Blackpoll Warbler is documented

This link will give you the abstract of the paper. With light-measuring geolocators, it is now proved that this tiny bird flies from NE US over the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean and NE South America. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/4/20141045 Will miracles never cease?

[mou-net] Pelicans

Several large flocks of Pelicans were spotted at considerable height over South Minneapolis near Lake Hiawatha. I am getting around to cleaning up the mess of hackberry seeds left by the large flock of roosting robins along East Minnehaha Parkway in my backyard hemlocks and other evergreens.