[mou-net] Evening grosbeak, Hubbard County

I saw two evening grosbeaks briefly at my feeder near Dorset this morning in southern Hubbard County. These are the first I've seen here in probably three years. Also first-of-fall common redpolls, 4 flyovers. Marshall Howe Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-

Re: [mou-net] Possible Gyrfalcon--Kandiyohi County

Hi Steve, I've seen a lot of both prairies and gyrs, and this looks like a gyr. Gyrs have a very wide range of color and pattern -- prairies less so, and this looks too dark and heavily marked for a prairie. Josh mentioned its large size, and it looks too broad through the chest for a prairie

Re: [mou-net] Possible Gyrfalcon--Kandiyohi County

Josh - My first impression was a juvenile gray-morph Gyrfalcon, so I asked Frank Nicoletti (Hawk Ridge bander & former counter, and one of MN’s foremost raptor experts) his opinion. Without hesitation, he confirmed the ID as a juv Gyr. Hope this helps, and nice find! Kim Eckert, Duluth On N

[mou-net] Cody Lake NOT Roy Lake.

The scoters that I just reported from Rice Co. were on Cody Lake, NOT Rice Lake . Sorry for the confusion dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota daner...@gmail.com http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com " the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that requ

[mou-net] Surf Scoters/Rice Co.

Thanks to Gerry Hoekstra, yesterday Erika and I were able to list a flock of six Surf Scoters on Roy Lake in northwestern Rice Co. As you travel east to west, the birds fed about half-way across the lake. They were not hard to find, but they were distant, as you will see in my photos on my blog: ht