Re: [mou-net] State Fair shifts filling fast!

Two outta three ain’t bad and the shift comes with benefits that, dietary-wise, fits with the third usage. Bill Kahn Excrementarian from Minneapolis Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2018, at 12:56 PM, Jeffrey Saffle > wrote: > > Do you mean “shift”? > > J Saffle > Lak

Re: [mou-net] Eared Grebes, Hennepin Co.

sprung, but some birds regret it given the snow and temps, I guess. I’ll be out looking for those grebes soon. I meant to go to the old cedar bridge and further, but my cell with field guides went dead and so did I to some extent. Damn tech. Damn me. :-) Bill Kahn Bad birder in Minneapolis

Re: [mou-net] Nesting ospreys in Roseville Central Park

Consider me well “chilled.” > On Apr 19, 2017, at 1:15 PM, Bob Holtz wrote: > > Osprey 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] Nesting ospreys in Roseville Central Park

Maybe Roseville Parks have enough money for a stand; with ospreys doing so well now (certainly not a species of concern), forgoing lighting for the athletic fields may not go over all that well with them. I guess if they threw one up now and lit up the fields, this pair might move to it.

[mou-net] St Paul

Pond near the Conservatory; and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet on a fence at the Wolf exhibit in the zoo (did this in reverse order, i.e., zoo first to lake). Bill Kahn Minneapolis Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou

[mou-net] digest off

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Re: [mou-net] Minneapolis Crows

Saw many hundreds upstream of Washington Ave. Bridge both flying and roosting in trees by river off East River Road near Arlington around 4:15 PM 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] Turkey Vulture over Prospect Park Green Line Station in Minneapolis

Saw a Turkey Vulture's large shadow on the side of one of towering concrete grain elevators at around 1 PM and stepped out from the shade of the platform to see what cast it. Bill Kahn Minneapolis Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

Re: [mou-net] Old Cedar Bridge closed -- metro Hennepin Co

Information on the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge project over Long Meadow Lake can be found here: oldcedarbridge.com 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] Luring Owls might be Illegal in MN NO

Ho Jeesis. I agree with Ms. Engelmann and Ms. Brown, but ... Rebecca Field wrote: Just curious. Would this law apply to duck hunters using their duck calls? If so, that is a large, organized group that might like to chime in on this issue. No, it is only about owls, a species with greater

Re: [mou-net] FW: article by Scott Weidensaul on SNOW irruption in Audubon magazine (resend)

Let’s see if we can get a link through without breaking, but if it does break, just paste the whole thing in a browser: http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/birds/so-many-snowies-study-scientists-are-discovering-how-little-we-know-about-bird On Feb 28, 2014, at 8:20 PM, Stevan Hawkins

Re: [mou-net] Birding the Last Three Days.

Because the whole thing would be closed in a government shutdown? On Oct 10, 2013, at 6:41 PM, Vic Lewis azvegas...@gmail.com wrote: Why Can't we make a national park out of the Bog!! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Michael Hendrickson mlhendrick...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [mou-net] Owl locations

Whether or not it is appropriate to mention specific information about sightings, most birders know enough about the habitat of a given bird mentioned to be able to find that habitat anywhere in the state, especially in their back yard; if they don't know, it is readily available information in

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, using upper and lower case letters, numbers, and perhaps some other permitted keyboard characters. Bill Kahn On Jan 6, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Michael Hendrickson mlhendrick...@yahoo.com wrote: http://leabeven.com/images/dwncst.php?tpyp=tpyp Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi

Re: [mou-net] Whip-poor-will

Might want to look at the MOU occurrence maps, too: http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/occurrence.pl?group=nightjarssize=smalluser=alt=season=all 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] Saturday May 12 Old Cedar Bridge

Once that green curtain so tightly is drawn, So that only the patient or lucky may see: You know that they're there And too soon will be gone, So heed more to the sound and less to the feather Of those birds so well hidden or sing, Woe is me. Hang in there and do the best that you can. I guess

Re: [mou-net] Cory Lake (Lac Qui Parle County) gems (Ibis, godwits, avocets, cinnamon teal, etc)

I would suggest that if an adequate fee increase does not materialize in this session, that a bill for some voluntary opportunity to purchase an endorsement or stamp for these projects be attempted; I buy all sorts of stuff I don't need for one thing or another I care about when I purchase my

Re: [mou-net] wow...had enough

for the exchanges that have occurred here and the participation of all of you. Thanks, Bill Kahn, who has only observed a few pigeons, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls in parking lots of MSP lately, along with the usual suspects around my house. Minneapolis Join or Leave mou-net: http

Re: [mou-net] Birding Request

been inform that their photos will NEVER be used for publication in the Loon which is good news and I hope other sources will follow suit. Bill Kahn a Minneapolis, sometime birder Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives

Re: [mou-net] Best Bird While Not Birding?

Long before I even started birding and while attending the University of California at Santa Barbara (darned ornithologists who taught zoology courses that I took for my anthro major made me do it for labs; now I can't quit), I was working out on my bicycle on a frontage road of the

Re: [mou-net] unknown baby duck

to be the change in coloration on the forehead): http://www.giffsfarm.com/woodducks.html Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Jul 10, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Larry Sirvio wrote: Hi Gail - Last year I saw a group of wood ducks that looked like this. I've never seen this appearance of woodies before. I only knew what

Re: [mou-net] Google logo

To be fair, Audubon killed most or all of his bird models, I believe, so he did see them in the wild. His paintings were far more realistic than any available at the time, and I'm pretty sure his eye compares way more favorably to my modern eye, although I'm sure Mr. Nelson's is far

Re: [mou-net] Loan

or some other Euro birds. I feel cheated;-) Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Apr 8, 2011, at 5:22 AM, Bill Tefft wrote: Good morning, Hope you get this on time? Sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to Scotland for a Project; I am presently in Surrey and am having some difficulties here because I

Re: [mou-net] More wasted birder energy focused on a hunting issue (SHCR)

Over a dozen posts from one person without any report of a direct observation of a bird, unusual or not, has to be some sort of record for this list serv. Mr. Harrold is to be congratulated, or somethinged. Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Jul 27, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Rick Hoyme wrote: That's

Re: [mou-net] More wasted birder energy focused on a hunting issue (SHCR)

That's one person in one day. Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Jul 27, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Bill Kahn wrote: Over a dozen posts from one person without any report of a direct observation of a bird, unusual or not, has to be some sort of record for this list serv. Mr. Harrold

[mou-net] Roberts Bird Sanctuary, Minneapolis

Chickadees. Heard American Robins and Northern Cardinals, saw only the latter, a female. That's it. Probably many more species came after I left. Ponds should be clear of ice soon and I expect to see Wood Ducks and Red-winged Blackbirds there soon. Bill Kahn Minneapolis Join or Leave mou-net

Re: [mou-net] Crows remember their enemies

I couldn't make that link work for me, but I guess it was to this: http://tinyurl.com/yzd64nz Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Mar 15, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Claudia Egelhoff wrote: There is an interesting story in today's online MinnPost about research involving crows and their ability to remember

Re: [mou-net] Please include me in the move

This list moves me several times a day, most days ;-) I don't mind it. Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Feb 9, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Liz Stanley wrote: You are correct, and no, you did not miss something. Please people, stop the madness! Wasn't there a message yesterday saying that we didn't need

Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved

that you see no posts from them (assuming posts to the old address are no longer forwarded to the new address), get them to start posting to the new address, as it'd be a shame to miss their observations. Just my guess, Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:23 AM, roy zimmerman wrote

[mou-net] New approach to bird photography/book

, 'cause times a wasting. Bill Kahn PPERR Nbrhd, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Earth, Sol Syst., Milky Way, the multiverse wjk...@mac.com 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] Black Guillemot photos

This is beginning to sound a bit like Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch. Bill Kahn Fam. Mimic Birderidae, Homo sapiens sapiens var. Minneapolitan 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] Acorn Woodpecker at Crow Wing SP

might have delivered them, but perhaps a drug and alcohol panel should be done on the BG. Bill Kahn Bill Kahn Sub-Fam. Mimic Birders, Homo sapiens sapiens var. Minneapolitan Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou

Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry

Aside from my own mimicry of a birder, Northern Mockingbirds and various threshers were the limit of my bird mimicry knowledge picked up mostly in my native California. The reports on the repertoire of our invasive European Starlings are fascinating. Are there other mimics in Minnesota?

Re: [mou-net] Redpoll disease in Grand Rapids area

take care not to provide unhygienic hospitality. It may not be natural, but like a number of other things, feeding the birds it is more fun when you keep it clean. Bill Kahn Minneapolis Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu

Re: [mou-net] Redpoll disease in Grand Rapids area

I puzzled over making the soil under feeders safer for a bit after fantasizing about irradiated bird feed, and decided heat of some kind might be best. Aside from a possible dangerous use of fire, say a torch of some kind or application of an accelerant and ignition, I guess boiling water

Re: [mou-net] Redpoll disease in Grand Rapids area

Forgive my over participation here, please, but it occurred to me that this sort of soil sterilization might be a good application for a solar oven. 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] Spring Migrant Question

Not tough for me: it is always the first. For me, it was robin a few weeks ago while cross country skiing on Pike Island, although I suppose if might never have left. Bill Kahn Ignorant boob/sometime birder in Minneapolis On Mar 26, 2009, at 10:01 AM, john c. nelson wrote: This is a tough