[mou] MOU Membership

2007-02-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi, After requesting photos on this listserve for Minnesota Birding, I have received inquiries regarding MOU and our magazine, Minnesota Birding. Being a member of MOUnet is not being a member of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. If you are a member of the MOU, you will receive issues of The

[mou] More press on the towhee

2007-01-30 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0094_01C7445C.64764120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable More press on the towheeAnd also mentioned on Dave Lees morning show on = WCCO as part of a discussion of

[mou] Photos for Minneosta Birding

2007-01-29 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi, Minnesota Birding is in need of winter bird photos. If you have photos you wish to submit for publication, please send them to desig...@moumn.org Barb Martin Editor newslet...@moumn.org

[mou] Solitaire in Afton/snwy eur-c doves in Wabasha

2007-01-13 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_00CB_01C73753.BAB3B060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We also were at the Snowy Owl and ECD's right before Linda Sparling, I = guess. Looked for gulls on the river

[mou] Minnesota Birding Deadline

2007-01-12 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi, This is just a reminder that the next submission deadline for Minnesota Birding is January 25th. Please send your articles to newslet...@moumn.org. Thanks Barb Martin Editor

[mou] Listserv Musings

2007-01-02 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
We have taken the liberty of cutting and pasting the following message from the Iowa Listserv. This message is completely applicable to this MOU listserv. Everywhere you read the word Iowa please insert the word Minnesota. How many people went to Mountain Lake today to look at a 5th state

[mou] Glaucous Gull in Wabasha County

2006-12-26 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound this bird this afternoon when I was able to get down there from Red Wing. It was out a fair distance from the rock jetty on the south side of downtown Lake City but with a scope was easy to identify. I would estimate that it was feeding about a third of the way across the lake so clearly

[mou] gray-crowned rosy-finch in Wadena County

2006-12-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0095_01C71C9F.0FD14820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Spent a little time this AM looking for these Gray-crowned Rosy-finchs = with no success. The Burgen Lake

[mou] Minnesota Birding

2006-11-24 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi All, If your affiliated bird club or organization has field trips for bird-related events scheduled for January, February and early March 2007 and would like them listed in the upcoming issue of Minnesota Birding, please send all pertinent information to me within the next 3 days. Information

[mou] Articles for MN Birding

2006-11-19 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is just a reminder that the deadline for the January-February 2007 issues of Minnesota Birding is November 25, 2006. Please send your articles to newslet...@moumn.org Thank you Barb Martin Interim Editor

[mou] Eurasian Collared-dove-Sibley County

2006-11-05 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found five ECDc's in the town of Winthrop today. They were just west of the large corn pile in front of the ethanol plant. When we first saw them they were high up in a decideous tree across from the auto parts store. After a while they flew toward the west end of the plant. One had flown

[mou] Black-backed Woodpecker at Afton State Park, Washington County

2006-10-30 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0196_01C6FC6A.8D4E7520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hairy Woodpeckers have a very common practice of stripping bark from = conifers just like black-backs and

[mou] Suggestions on viewing the Jaeger in Blue Earth County

2006-10-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Bobs directions to the parking lot for the Sakatah Trail were right on. I would like to add that the bird is considerably closer taking this about one mile walk out to the area between the two Eagle Lakes. The walk is easy as it is a asphalt trail that is suitable for bicycles. I was able to

[mou] Pacifis Loon-Garrison

2006-10-15 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found a relatively close in nonbreeding plumage adult Pacific Loon at Garrison, Crow Wing County today. The bird was best seen from the pull-offs just south of the Garrison public access. This access is the one at the south end of Garrison and easily seen from Highway 169. The bird was also

[mou] Goldfinch feeding young

2006-10-13 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_001C_01C6EEDC.C4465FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the normal time of year to see young goldfinches. Our feeders = have just recently started to go down

[mou] Duluth, etc

2006-10-07 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
At Lafayette Park from 8:30 to 10:30 AM had one Red-throated Loon and one Pacific Loon. At least 5 Common Loons were also present. A very distant jaeger was unidentified. At Stony Point about 11:30 a Black-backed Woodpecker flew by calling as it went on the way to Duluth. Gray Jays were seen

[mou] Purple Sandpiper

2006-09-28 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0025_01C6E34F.772D0B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When the group of us left at 12:30 the Purple Sandpiper was feeding = along the rock wall on the east side of

[mou] Minnesota Birding Deadline

2006-09-12 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi, This is just a reminder that the deadline for Minnesota Birding is September 25, 2006. Please send items to the email address shown below. If anyone is interested in submitting items or an article for the newsletter, please contact me to discuss content as we are always looking for new

[mou] Three-Toed Woodpecker, etc

2006-09-04 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
On Friday 9/1/06 we had very good success on Cty Rd 13, north of Big Falls in Koochiching County. Between the rain showers the warblers were outstanding in many places along the road. Also present were the following birds and their locations. Boreal Chickadee: 7.9 miles north of State Hwy 71

[mou] Carolina Wren-Waseca Cty

2006-08-20 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found a Carolina Wren in Courthouse Park today. Best description of directions is in south central part of the park along the stream. Good numbers of migrant warblers were also found but not spread out much as most were in only two or three waves. Listened for chickadees and when found there

[mou] MOOU Neewsletter

2006-07-17 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi All, The deadline for the next Minnesota Birding is July 25, 2006. For a short time I will be doing some editing of articles as Hallie Skinner is not able to do it at this time. Please send your articles to me at the address shown below in order for us to make deadline and, hopefully, get

[mou] update on conditions at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge

2006-06-25 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound the Common Moorhen on Saturday. Not sure this is the same place Phillip referred to but ours was at the quarry road, which is two gates south of the Minnesota River on Cty Rd 15. The bird was in the open water almost right next to the road and was actively calling, presumably trying to

[mou] directions to Hooded Warbler - Battle Creek Park, Ramsey Co.

2006-06-17 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound both of the Hooded Warblers today in Battle Creek Park. The southern one was calling from the east slope from one end of the gully to the other end. We were never able to see it but the call was as clear as could be for about a half hour so we know it never was far from the trail. Bills

[mou] Pipestone County

2006-06-05 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Had a couple of interesting birds at the Pipestone National Monument on Saturday, June 6th. A Blue Grosbeak was singing just upstream from the waterfall. Also a late Olive-sided Flycatcher was rather obvious feeding from the tree tops along the stream just west of the main woods. Also

[mou] WHIMBREL - Carlos Avery WMA, Anoka Co.

2006-06-01 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Looked for this bird this afternoon. Had no success today even though we know that it was seen yesterday afternoon on a mud flat right by the road until 6:30 PM. We know it was 6:30 PM because we arrived at 6:31 and missed it by one minute. One too many stoplights I guess. Today there was a

[mou] Swan Lake-Nicollet Cty

2006-05-29 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
It looks like the draining of Swan Lake to take out the carp is finally starting to produce some mud flats. We found a flock of about 100 shorebirds (all peeps with most being white-rumps) at the public access dam area on the south side. At the nearby handicapped hunter access all the water was

[mou] Purgatory Creek shorebirds

2006-05-26 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
When Howard called last night we went right down. By the time we got there in 15 minutes a large flock of semi plovers (12). bairds, least , and semi sandpipers had come in. Along with the wilsons and ruddy that made for a good flock of shorebirds. By 8:45 all had left except the wilsons. We

[mou] Purgatory Creek now

2006-05-25 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Howard Towle just called to report a Wilson's Phalarope, and a Ruddy Turnstone at the Purgatory Creek complex by the Eden Prairie Center, behind the athletic club. Both these birds are quite unusual in Hennepin County. Also present were two semi plovers. Both birds were present at 8:00 PM when he

[mou] Bird feeder problems

2006-05-17 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Bye bye Starling does not work on grackles and redwings. It is only for starlings. Instead you should buy Safflower which is not liked by any of the blackbirds but is eaten by cardinals, chickadees, grosbeaks, and a few other species. Yes, you will have less activity but you will have some

[mou] Clay Co - Snowy Owl

2006-05-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound the longspur road Snowy Owl this AM. Doug Johnson found it first west of the road in the area of the three power mills. Later on we found it under the closest power mill to the road on the east side of the road. From there it flew over our car and down to the irrigation unit and landed

[mou] White-faced Ibis

2006-05-07 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound the White-faced Ibis that Curt Vacek found in Swift County on Friday. This is a spectacular breeding plumaged bird with the reddest skin before the eye that we think we have ever seen. Interesting was the Willet seen in the same marsh with the ibis. Wonder if both are migrants or

[mou] Snowy Egret-Dakota County

2006-05-02 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
180th Street marsh, 180th Street about 4 miles east of Hwy 52, north side of the road. Found by Dave Cahlander at 12:30 today. Dennis Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] Eurasian Collared-Doves, Carver County

2006-04-18 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound the Eurasian Collared-Doves in Hamburg (Carver County) this AM. This is a second county record. Had the chance to talk to a local whose feeders these birds are coming to occasionally. Mark Martinson (nice guy but spells his name with three too many letters) first saw the birds in Jan or

[mou] Great-tailed Grackle - Wright County

2006-04-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0018_01C66174.11B960A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Refound the Great-tailed Grackle found by Keith Pulles yesterday in = Wright County. Along with being in the

[mou] Additional Drawdowns

2006-04-09 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
We have heard about a couple of other drawdowns that are going to be going on. Keep the information coming for all to share. Waseca County-Goose Lake, about a mile and a half east of Waseca on Highway 14, best access from the county park on the east side of the lake or the public access on the

[mou] Additional Drawdowns

2006-04-04 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Rice Lake-Steele and Dodge counties, according to a DNR press release this will start going down this spring but we probably won't see any mud until summer and fall, a one year drawdown as it will probably fill up next winter, easy access through Rice Lake State Park, check the DNR website for the

[mou] Long-eared Owls

2006-03-04 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Brown County - Mulligan WMA, southwest corner of 300th Ave and 110th St, in the conifers and decideous brush Redwood County - Neudecker WMA, just west of Clements on Cty Rd 16 Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] North Central/East MN

2006-02-21 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Monday 2/22/2006 Itasca County Northern Hawk-Owl - State Hwy 65, 3.8 Miles north of Cty 53 (Wolf Lake Rd) Koochiching County Spruce Grouse - intersection of Hwy 65 and Cty Rd 75 (only 3 miles from St Louis Cty) St Louis County Great Gray Owl - Lind Road, 1/2 mile west of Hwy 73 Northern

[mou] Non Game Change Source

2006-02-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
There was also a large article in the sports section of the Minneapolis paper on either Sunday or Monday. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com - Original Message - From: Sharon Stiteler sha...@birdchick.com To: mou-net mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; Mnbird mnb...@lists.mnbird.net Sent:

[mou] Grouse-Lac Qui Parle Cty

2006-02-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
We spent the last three days birding in 13 western and southwestern Minnesota counties. Highlights are as follows. Sharp-tailed Grouse-County Road 7, Lac Qui Parle County, southwest side of Big Stone Refuge, 3:00 PM, 2/13/06, with a feeding flock of about 35 pheasants there were at least 2

[mou] Nicollet and Blue Earth Counties

2006-01-15 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Came across two different groups of Gray Partridge in Nicollet County while looking for the Snowy Owls that had been posted in the past. One group was on 452nd Street just south of Oak Leaf Lake in the eastern part of the county. The second group was one mile east of the intersection of Cty Rds

[mou] Lost Optics

2006-01-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Dave Thurston asked us to send a message to this listserve concerning a spotting scope that he found at Scharr's Bluff. If you have lost a scope and can identify it, please call Dave at 651-777-9192. Barb Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] Duluth sightings

2005-10-05 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Tried to bird in the Duluth area for the past couple of days. Rain certainly does get in the way. The ball fields at Park Point were seriously flooded. Water was even covering part of the road in that area but that will clear up very soon. On Tuesday morning between the rain storms we had

[mou] State Fair

2005-08-25 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
As usual the state fair was great fun today. Some information for the good volunteers who will be there in the coming days. The MOU boards on the back wall can be left there when we go home in the evening. When you face the diorama inside the building there is a small door on the right that

[mou] W. Minnesota Warblers

2005-08-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found warbler migration well under way at Upper Sioux and Lac Qui Parle State Parks today. Came across Wilsons, Canada, and Blackburnian Warblers among the more common species. The icing on the cake was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and three Yellow-billed Cuckoos at Lac Qui Parle State Park.

[mou] Volunteers still needed for MOU state fair booth!

2005-08-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Hi All, I feel that the MOU State Fair Booth is one of the best venues the MOU has to inform people about our organization. It is also fun, enjoyable, easy and it comes with free tickets. To the people who have already volunteered, please remember that you can take more than one shift or can

[mou] Great-tailed Grackles-Brown Cty

2005-07-04 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Watched a single male Great-tailed Grackle eat snails at the Somsen WMA, which is on the corner of State Hwy 14 and Cty Road 12, just west of New Ulm in Brown County. There was also a female (presumably a female as we presume that it is to early for a juvenile Great-tailed Grackle to be flying

[mou] Least Bittern-Stearns County

2005-06-25 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Had a great look at a Least Bittern flying this AM in a WPA marsh 1/4 mile north of Hwy 55 on County Road TTT. This is just north of the Meeker County line in Eden Lake Township. The Henslows Sparrows just north of this area on County Road 34 were still present and singing away at the same time.

[mou] Southwest MN

2005-06-13 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Some interesting observations from the past couple of days. Pipestone County Great-tailed Grackle-6/12, In marsh across lake from Split Rock Creek State Park, this sighting needs confirmation as we only observed in flight from the main park to the marsh but it is hard to miss on the ID when

[mou] Three=toed, Black-backed, etc

2005-06-09 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Just got back from several days of birding in northwestern and north central Minnesota. Some specific species of interest follow along with some related comments. First, it is very wet up there. A lot of forest roads in Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, and Beltrami Counties are nearly underwater

[mou] Says Phoebe

2005-05-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound the Says Phoebe ar 3:30 PM today. Not that this was easy in the very high winds. The Detroit Lakes Birding Festival field trip did not find the bird this AM so we did not go with much hope after our field trip to Tamarac NWR. From 2:00 till 3:15 we walked around the whole sand pit after

[mou] Northern Mockingbird-Redwood Cty

2005-05-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
We found a mockingbird this PM in the far northwest corner of Redwood Cty. Just south of the Minnesota River on Cty Rd 7 turn west on 440th St. Go to the large open field 1 mile west. The bird was seen on both sides of the road and even went west far enough to get into Yellow Medicine Cty (just

[mou] Stilt-NOT

2005-04-26 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000C_01C549F0.3A38B220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We were unable to find the Black-necked Stilt on Monday. The winds out = in western Minnesota were extremely

[mou] Expense reply

2005-04-17 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
I do not feel that Randy needed to apologize nor should he be removed from the MOU committee because what is happening is that people do not know that the people listed in the email have been friends a long time. I know Randy and he would not hurt or intentionally defame anyone. I ran into the

[mou] Eurasian Collared-Dove-Jackson County, etc

2005-04-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found one Eurasian Collared-Dove today in the town of Heron Lake. The bird was feeding on the ground on the west side of the grain elevator and spent some time sitting on a telephone wire in the same area. It went to roost later in the day in a tall spruce tree. This tree is just across the old

[mou] Eurasian Collared-dove-Herman

2005-04-03 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
At least one of the ECDs from past years is present in Herman, Grant County. We saw and heard one bird today at the corner of 1st Street East and Berlin Avenue South. This is the same area as in the past two years. As we were looking at the bird it took flight and headed for the grain elevators.

[mou] Hybrid Canada/White-fronted Goose

2005-03-15 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Saw a very interesting bird today on Gorman lake in Le Sueur County. It appeared in all aspects to be a hybrid between Canada and White-fronted Goose. While it was the size of the 150 Canada Geese that it was with, it had a pink bill and pink legs that match the colors of a white-fronteds

[mou] Dakota Co. Gyrfalcon still there.

2005-03-12 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Its amazing how much this bird moves around. We had looked for the gyr since 2:30 or so without success and finally about 4:00 PM we saw geese and ducks moving out of the river and heading south to feed. We decided to follow then and see if the gyr showed up. Just south of Vermillion they came

[mou] Northwest trip

2005-02-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Spent the last three days birding in northwestern Minnesota. Most interesting sightings follow. Bohemian Waxwings-Gonvick (Clearwater Cty), Mahnomen (300-400, Mahnomen Cty), Twin Valley (Norman Cty), Greenbush (Roseau Cty), and Karlstad (Kittson Cty.) Horned Larks-pretty much everywhere as far

[mou] Owls, etc

2005-01-29 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
The two of us co-lead an owl trip for the All Seasons Wild Bird Store with Amber Burnett to northeastern Kanabec County and central Pine County today. With a 50 passenger bus as transportation we were still able to see 51 Great Gray Owls, 4 Northern Hawk-owls, and 1 Barred Owl. Also present were

[mou] Dakota GGOW is back

2005-01-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_001E_01C500AB.F4C53660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 5:00 the owl was in the woods/marsh to the west of the building = easily seen from the parking lot, where

[mou] Carlton County owls

2005-01-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
We would like to reiterate the comments made by others about the owls in Pine and Carlton Counties. Yesterday we had nearly 30 Great Grays in Carlton County, most in a area bordered by County Road 1 and Hwy 23. County Road 1 in the Wrenshall area had more than 2-3 per mile. We had birded these

[mou] Great Gray Owl near Shakopee-NOT

2005-01-03 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0018_01C4F1C7.5FBCA140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Spent several hours today walking many miles on the various trails in = this area with no luck finding the

[mou] Varied Thrush -- Bloomington, Hennepin County

2005-01-01 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Saw the Varied Thrush about noon in the backyard of the house, seen from 110th, feeding on the ground right next to the telephone pole. The Great Black-backed Gull was seen way down the east pond on the edge of the ice. This area was reached by walking the trail from the east channel and

[mou] Great Gray Owl, Carver County

2004-12-28 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Just before 11:00 the bird flew into trees on the east side and disappeared from sight. I presume going to roost as it was getting fairly light at the time. Also the bird had caught at least one mouse, etc and was probably not so hungry. The marsh is just north of the intersection and covers

[mou] Mille Lacs Great Gray Owl

2004-12-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Reported by a painter friend who definitely knows what great grays are but did not know of the invasion. Mille Lacs County - 6 miles directly south of Waukon in the Mille Lacs State Wildlife Managment Area. Seen on December 13th. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] Great Gray Owl movement

2004-12-13 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Sorry to not post this before but thought it would still be appropriate. When we found the Great Gray Owl near Dudley Saturday morning we decided to follow it at a long distance for awhile to see how it fed. Amazingly in the next 10 minutes it moved nearly three blocks to the area across the

[mou] Invasive Species

2004-12-08 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
While we are all happy about help for the Starling situation, everybody should be aware that this will mean that the DNR will resume getting rid of Mute Swans in their attempt to introduce Trumpeter Swans. In past years Mute Swans were shot by the DNR, as soon as birders seemed to not be looking

[mou] Boreal Owls...

2004-12-02 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
In the past it seems to us that nearly all Boreal Owls that were seen by birders were at feeders that probably were attracting mice, voles, etc under them. As the birds were struggling to find food in the snow this was easy pickings. We also remember reports of dead birds found next to

[mou] Excelsior CBC

2004-11-20 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Earlier this year a letter was sent to all participants in the Excelsior CBC notifying them of the need for a new compiler. At this time, while there have been several conversations, there has not been a volunteer to take over the compiler duties. We would truly hate to see this CBC die, after

[mou] LBBG - Black Dog and beyond

2004-11-11 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_001F_01C4C81F.25B9EE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The LBBG came into Calhoun at 4:45 this evening, 11/11. Finally after = three tries we found the California

[mou] Cook Co. owls, etc

2004-11-01 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Just got home and have several owls not on Mikes' list of owls. Great Gray Owls: 10/31-two about 50 yds north of the intersection of Cook Co Rd 14 and Trout Lake Rd (Forest Rd 140), 11/1-one on the Lima Grade (Forest Road 315) in the burn area about 4 miles south of the Gunflint Trail, 11/1-one

[mou] Spotted Towhee-NOT

2004-10-20 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
After many visitors it appears that the towhee has left during the night as we have not seen it this AM. The last time it was seen was last evening. The consensus is that the bird was definately a first fall bird but the jury is still out if the bird was a female or a male. While the bird

[mou] Com Ground-Dove update

2004-10-18 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
A little more information about this sighting we are sure will be helpful to many. We spent several hours walking over 6 miles in the ditches along the roads. Not on the bike path or on the shoulder of the road but both of us actually down in the ditches. When we flushed this bird we were not

[mou] Re: Spotted Towhee/Hennepin County

2004-10-18 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
As of today Monday this bird continues to be seen by people all day. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com - Original Message - From: Dennis/Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com To: mou-net mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:00 PM Subject: Re: Spotted Towhee

[mou] Re: Spotted Towhee/Hennepin County

2004-10-17 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
The bird continued to be seen off and on all day today. Visitores continue to be welcome. If you wish to visit follow the directions below. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com - Original Message - From: Dennis/Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com To: mou-net mou

[mou] Spotted Towhee-Hennepin County

2004-10-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Looked at a towhee in our backyard this morning and were extremely surprised to see it was a first year female Spotted Towhee. We do a lot of ground feeding and the yard was covered with more than 60 juncos plus a lot of white-throateds and a few Fox Sparrows. Not to count all the other normal

[mou] Re: Spotted Towhee/Hennepin County

2004-10-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
The bird was around off and on all day but seems to be very skittish and also seems to be a little concerned about the Turkeys that are around off and on all day. If you want to come and look please feel free to do so. Park in our driveway and walk around the house to the left or east side. I

[mou] Jackson/Cottonwood counties today

2004-10-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Black-headed Gull at Spirit Lake spent nearly all day flying around and feeding in the lily pads on the Iowa side of the border. Numerous people were present from 7:45 AM to late afternoon and during that time it went accross the road into Minnesota only once (about 1:15) to check out a large

[mou] Sprague's Pipit - Cottonwood County

2004-10-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Bob Dunlap just telephoned that he and a group of birders found a Sprague's Pipit at Red Rock Prairie. Park at the Nature Conservancy area and walk about 1/2 mile back to the fenceline. Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] Collared Dove-Marietta

2004-09-18 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found a single Eurasian Collared-dove in Marietta today. Bird was on a wire one half block south of the American Legion. This was a typical bird. Larger than Mourning Dove, medium gray all over, with a white bottom to the square tail and black outer tail feathers on the bottom side of the

[mou] Townsend's Warbler - north metro

2004-09-09 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Refound this bird from 5:30 to about 6:00 this evening. Look in the tops of the white pines that are kind of out in the open, near the middle of the pine area.. This species tends to feed in the tops of trees in its normal habitat and the same is true of this bird. We watched it do some short

[mou] Shorebird spot in Yellow Medicine Co.

2004-08-10 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Was at this spot on Monday. There were about 1000-1500 shorebirds present representing 14 species. With the cold north winds blowing strongly we would expect the birds to turn over rather rapidly in the coming days as southbound shorebird migration seems to be moving faster than in past years.

[mou] MOU Volunteers

2004-08-03 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
I am writing this to encourage MOU members to volunteer at the State Fair Booth. I noticed that Bob Dunlap has put out a second email asking for volunteers and the amount of slots filled does not seem to be much more than was shown in his first email. Volunteering at the State Fair Booth only

[mou] Re Canada Goose split

2004-07-28 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
The following was pasted from a message on another list serve that I subscribe to and was originally written by Phil Davis (I believe from the Maryland Records Committee.) Note that the Minnesota records committee will have to consider the information from the AOU but that is probably a formality

[mou] Chat-Clay County

2004-06-28 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Kim Eckert leading a VENT tour through northern Minnesota and North Dakota found a Yellow-breasted Chat in the Felton Prairie area of Clay County on Saturday. From Felton go south two miles to Cty Rd 108, then east two miles toward the Rock Wren area. When the road splits (left goes toward the

[mou] Re Painted Bunting-Lyon County

2004-06-13 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Spent part of the morning today with others looking for the Painted Bunting south of Marshall in Lyon county with no success. It appears to come into the feeder when the weather is worse, I.E. several times over the last two days in the rain. This AM was very nice, thus no bird. If others look

[mou] Snowy Plover-Albany sewage ponds

2004-06-05 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Just received a call from Rick Hoyme that the plover is still present at 7:30 AM today. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] Scott County Stilts

2004-05-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
At 6:40 PM tonight the Black-necked Stilts were still there in the rain and not acting like they were going anywhere soon. Be forewarned that on Monday there will be construction workers in the ponds and it is wise to stay out of their way so these excellent ponds are not closed to birders in the

[mou] Western and Northwestern Minnesota

2004-05-15 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Spent the last 4 days birding various areas of western and northwestern Minnesota. Most unusual birds were as follows: Black Scoter-Thief River Falls sewage ponds on the AM of the 14th Merlin-apparent nesting bird in the Oak Grove cemetery next to Red Lake Falls (Red lake County), no nest found

[mou] Avocets-Wright county

2004-04-29 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
There were 11 American Avocets in the marsh one mile west of Montrose on Highway 12 around noon today. They were gone in the evening along with nearly all of the other half dozen or so species that had been present. Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmar...@skypoint.com

[mou] High Count-Cranes

2004-04-14 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
We had a very high count of 1490 Sandhill Cranes in Norman County today. The birds were along a 1 mile stretch just to the north and west of the Agassiz-Olson WMA and flood control area. This is one mile south of the Polk County line and about two to three miles west of County Road 30. To the

[mou] Eurasian Collared Dove

2004-04-04 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found four ECD's in Milan, Chippewa County, this AM. Two of the birds were mating but although we watched for quite awhile we never were able to find a nest. They were in the area of the south end of the business district on several streets. Also of interest was a Bonapart's Gull on Thielke

[mou] American Golden Plover

2004-03-24 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Found a American Golden Plover on the marsh 1 mile west of Montrose on State Highway 12 today. This is a bit early (according to Janssen ties second earliest date) and the plumage confused me for awhile. The bird looked a lot more like a European Golden Plover if you were to go by the Sibley

[mou] Brant

2004-03-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Surprisingly was still present this AM at the Paynesville sewage ponds. First thing this AM it was in the river just to the west of the ponds (not visible from the road but the bird seen in flight from the river.) About 8:30 it flew over to the sewage ponds and settled with the large flock of

[mou] Directions to Brant

2004-03-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
In my second paragraph I said it was easiest to see from County Road 16, I meant to say County Road 33. Also I understand than someone has driven into the ponds either late this AM ot early this PM and the birds may have been flushed out of the ponds area. Dennis and Barbara Martin

[mou] Brant again

2004-03-22 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Just hear that as of 2:45 the Brant was sleeping on the dike not far from the County Road 33 entrance to the sewage ponds. It had spent some time during midday down in the river again. The birds appear to be using the short grass of the dikes for feeding and the river for their water supply.

[mou] Spruce Grouse, etc

2004-02-29 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
8:15AM today, a mile and a half north of the Sand River 9:00AM, mile post 304 on Highway 1, this is about 7 and a half miles west of Highway 1 Also today there were Red Crossbills in the pine plantations on the Mitawan Lake Road, and the juvenile Iceland Gull and Harlequin Duck were in the harbor

[mou] Winter/Spring?

2004-02-21 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Strange combination of birds today. White-winged Crossbills-Yellow Medicine County (cemetary on 23 at Hanley Falls), Murray County (cemetary 1/2 mile north and 1/2 mile east of Westport) Red-winged Blackbird-50 bird flock headed north in Pipestone County and included at least 3 Brown Headed

[mou] McLeod County-Snowy Owl

2004-02-07 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
The Snowy Owl just north of Hutchinson has apparently moved 1 mile east to County Rd 61 and about what would be the equivalent of 210th Street if it occured there. The bird was present yesterday AM at 7:30 and today at 4:30PM. Today it was not present at 4:05PM so we do not know where it hides

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