[mou-net] Snowy Owl report

2015-10-25 Thread Spannaus, Susan C.
October 24th 2015 - 10:15 p.m. Snowy Owl - Edina, France Avenue and Highway 494 - Hunting and got a rodent Susan Spannaus sspanna...@comcast.net 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] Snow Buntings all over NE Minnesota

2015-10-25 Thread Tanya Beyer
On a field trip over to Finland, MN via back roads I was scaring up ever bigger flocks from the road shoulders or lightly-traveled pavement. I did not expect them quite so early. Some individuals swept so close to the windshield I'd start to brake to spare them but they'd sweep to the side. They

[mou-net] WHITE-EYED VIREO, HENNEPIN COUNTY

2015-10-25 Thread Peter Nichols
Travis Bonovsky and Alyssa Murphy found and photographed a WHITE-EYED VIREO today in Sunset Memorial Cemetery (adjacent to Hillside Cemetery) in NE Minneapolis (Hennepin Co). Images of the bird have been posted in Facebook's Minnesota Birding and MOU groups, as well as the "Recently Seen Rare

[mou-net] Snowy Owls - North Shore

2015-10-25 Thread norskestar
At 4:00 pm today, my wife and At 4:00 pm today, my wife and At 4:00 pm today, (10/25) my wife and I encountered 2 Snowy Owls along Hwy 61 at Cutface Creek/Good Harbor Bay in Cook County. One bird was dead in the long grass west of the creek on the lake side of the mouth

[mou-net] Lake Byllesby update 10/25, Dakota Co.

2015-10-25 Thread Jason Caddy
I had to get out birding on my birthday so I headed to Lake Byllesby this morning while my wife watched the kids. There were a lot of birds but they were widely scattered and patchy and it took a little patience and a scope to pick out the different species. Highlights: Hudsonian Godwit- I

[mou-net] [mou-rba] White-winged Crossbill

2015-10-25 Thread Heins, Chad
Hey birders, While manning the hawkwatch at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato yesterday morning I had a single female White-winged Crossbill fly in and perch cooperatively on a nearby spruce. With Pine Siskin and Purple Finch also for the day, it makes me wonder what kind of winter we’re

[mou-net] Cranes at Sherburne NWR

2015-10-25 Thread Betsy Beneke
Sandhill crane numbers at Sherburne NWR currently - about 7,000. There are still many birds in the north that haven't migrated down yet, thanks to the long, warm fall weather. Betsy Beneke St. Cloud, Benton County, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] N Shrike Aitkin Co.

2015-10-25 Thread Julie Grahn
Spotted a Northern Shrike today just north of Aitkin along Hwy 169/210 between ml marker 156 and 157. Seemed to be on the hunt. FOS for me. Julie Grahn Cook, MN Sent from my iPad Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] N Shrike Aitkin Co

2015-10-25 Thread Julie Grahn
Spotted a N Shrike just north of Aitkin along HWY 169/210. It was between mile marker 156 and 157. Seemed to be on the hunt. FOS for me. Julie Grahn. Cook, MN Sent from my iPad Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: