Re: [mou-net] Woodpeckers and carrion

2022-03-03 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
We live in Washington County near Stillwater and every year hang a roadkill deer in a tree ( to keep the dogs away) for the chickadees and woodpeckers to feast on. I got the idea maybe 20 years ago from the Carlos Avery warden house. I think that deer was hanging on a substantial clothesline.

Re: [mou-net] Order your MOU 2022 Daily Birding Planner today!

2021-12-08 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
I got it last year and loved it and of course bought it again this year! Thanks Bob > On Dec 8, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Bob Dunlap wrote: > > Hello birders, there is still time to order the Minnesota Ornithologists' > Union 2022 Daily Birding Planner for the birders on your list (or to put it > on

Re: [mou-net] Bird ID Assistance - Sunday 06-06-2021 - Carlos Avery WMA

2021-06-06 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Yes I have have seen quite a few black terns there. > On Jun 6, 2021, at 9:25 PM, Kyle Te Poel wrote: > > I saw Black Terns there recently...not sure if that fits exactly what > you're talking about? I'd be curious to hear if you agree, or if others > have ideas. > > Kyle Te Poel > Stillwater

[mou-net] Peent

2021-03-15 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
They’re back! Woodcocks displaying in northern Washington County. Monday March 14 6:30 am Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social

Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP

2021-01-05 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Please reply all . Thank you > On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein > wrote: > > Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl. Do any of > you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near > the airport? > > Barry > >> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at

Re: [mou-net] Desperately seeking shorebirds

2020-09-08 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Please reply all  > On Sep 8, 2020, at 12:48 PM, MOU wrote: > > (Posted by Chet A. Meyers via moumn.org) > > With colder weather, any reports of shorebirds in the > five-county Metro area? > Chet Meyers, Hennepin County > > > Join or Leave mou-net:

Re: [mou-net] Buff-breasted Sandpipers-Cottonwood County

2020-08-22 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Nine! Buff-breasted Sandpipers at this spot today (Saturday) around 4 pm . Thanks for letting us know, Kimberly, and thanks to Ron E. For confirmation with his knowledge and optics. No luck finding Upland Sandpipers. Elizabeth Closmore > On Aug 22, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Kimberly E. > wrote:

Re: [mou-net] North Ottawa Impoundment

2020-08-22 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
> On Aug 22, 2020, at 7:32 PM, Monica Bryand wrote: > > Lots of shorebirds, at least 6 avocets, 4 were juvies, I saw 1 > black-bellied plover (no pics) and there was a prairie falcon on the snag > on the trail leading away from the shelter. I saw a prairie falcon the same > place last year. > --

Re: [mou-net] Purpose of this listserv?

2020-08-17 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Back to birds .. > On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:51 PM, MN Bird wrote: > > I will add my voice to the I HATE FACEBOOK call. > > Long ago, I realized that what made Mark Zuckerberg 100 billion dollars is > NOT his benevolence to the people of the world. It’s all advertising > money…but without

[mou-net] Zugunruhe

2020-08-13 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Nashville, blue-winged, and chestnut sided warblers all in Washington county today ! As Bob says “end of the summer lull”. Looking up , Elizabeth closmore > On Aug 13, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Bob Dunlap wrote: > > Hi M.L. (and others), > > The mission of the listserve has not changed, and all

Re: [mou-net] Tufted titmouse (Washington County)

2020-03-28 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
I saw and heard a tufted titmouse near the Boom Site just north of Stillwater this morning around 9 . So Exciting ! Before I saw it I wanted to dismiss it as a cardinal. Same one? Elizabeth closmore > On Mar 26, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Kyle TePoel > <0583427559cc-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu>

[mou-net] Hennepin county woodcock

2019-11-14 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
On Monday November 11 walking on 6th near the Nicollet mall downtown Minneapolis there was a dead woodcock on the sidewalk. I took a picture . Also a dead flicker and junco nearby . Weekend fatalities . On Nov 9, 2019, at 12:28 PM, Pamela Freeman via Mnbird mailto:mnb...@lists.mnbird.net>>

[mou-net] Sandhill cranes

2019-03-20 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Three sandhill cranes flew over Wilkinson lake in Ramsey county yesterday . Yep, spring! > On Mar 20, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Judy Chucker wrote: > > Driving west on Hwy 394, I saw 2-4 swans who, beneath their dignity, were > waddling in a dirty melted snow puddle before the Crossroads overpass.

Re: [mou-net] Eastern Bluebirds

2019-02-07 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
A Red winged blackbird perched on a branch near my feeder all afternoon. This one never on the feeder but in the milder months I have a few that go to the feeder . > On Feb 7, 2019, at 6:22 PM, Dave and Jean Matheny > wrote: > > I was astonished to see three Eastern bluebirds, all males, in

Re: [mou-net] Birds around metro

2018-12-28 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Please reply all > On Dec 28, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Jeffrey Seeger > wrote: > > Does anyone have any good areas around the metro to see the following: short > eared owls, snowy owl, crossbills, and red pole. Thanks for the help! > > Max Seeger > Special Education Teacher > > > Join or

Re: [mou-net] Northern Raven/Number Winter Robins

2018-12-06 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Buckthorn! > On Dec 6, 2018, at 4:32 PM, Val Landwehr > <012f44857088-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > I was intrigued by the discussion of whether in recent years > more robins are being seen during winter in the Twin Cities(Charles Neil, > Mary White and J. Baumann). I think that

[mou-net] Pine siskins

2018-11-20 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Pine Siskins In Washington county (hugo) November 18 > On Nov 20, 2018, at 6:18 PM, Jeanie Joppru wrote: > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Jean Erickson" >> Date: November 20, 2018 at 1:19:28 PM CST >> To: >> Subject: Bird Sighting >> >> Jeanie, >> >> We had a call at the Chamber

Re: [mou-net] Snipe? downtown MPLS

2018-04-04 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Tim: I think most of us are interested in reading about birds that pass through the city. You can enter that info on a dead bird database called https://d-bird.org I worked on joanna eckles lights out project for years in Minneapolis and we had woodcocks, long eared owl and Virginia rail to

[mou-net] Woodcocks

2018-03-27 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Displaying in northern Washington county this morning! 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] Hoary Redpoll(s), Brown Thrasher continuing, Downtown Minneapolis

2018-02-01 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Maybe they’re in town for the super bowl > On Feb 1, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Doug Kieser wrote: > > Lunch-hours walks continue to produce surprisingly good birding downtown, > including: > > Common Redpolls and 1-2 Hoary Redpolls can be fairly consistently found > feeding on birch

[mou-net] Red Crossbills

2017-11-11 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Delighted to hear and see about 20 Red Crossbills fly and land in a tall deciduous tree. For almost half an hour they nibbled some but mostly sat in the sun and preened. I wanted so badly to stare at their bills which were too often tucked in their feathers preening. I also saw two individuals

[mou-net] Myrtles and white throats

2017-09-24 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
In Washington county this morning > On Sep 24, 2017, at 1:30 PM, Dee Kuder wrote: > > Last night and again this morning, Sept. 24th, I had a Rufous/Allens > Hummingbird visit my feeder in northern St Louis County at Crane Lake. I > haven’t seen the bird since 8 am this

[mou-net] Northern Washington county

2017-08-19 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Golden winged, blue winged, Tennessee warblers and too many to count purple martins . Also semipalmated sandpipers in a nearby puddle . A great time to be looking up 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] Snowy Egret in Washington County

2017-05-26 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Snowy egret is right where you said Peter. In the corn stalks with Canada geese. Thanks > On May 26, 2017, at 4:46 PM, Peter Nichols wrote: > > When I left the area, the Snowy Egret had followed a Great Egret into some > long grass and was not visible. They flew around a

[mou-net] Peenting

2017-03-06 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Woodcocks in Hugo! Washington county 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] Sandhill cranes

2017-02-27 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Two bugling in Hugo, Washington county, 6:45 am today 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] LE Owl - roadkill - Becker County, NW MN

2017-02-26 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
There is a site to log in dead birds called dbird as I recall . Similar to ebird > On Feb 26, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Shawn C. Goodchild wrote: > > Found a Long-eared owl dead on the side of a gravel road, near Bisson Lake > near Becker County CR 13 and CR14. Non-native

[mou-net] Snowy owl

2016-06-11 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
I know it's not MN but is it noteworthy that there is a snowy owl in a field here on Madeline island in Lake Superior near bayfield Wisconsin? Elizabeth Closmore 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] Peent

2016-03-08 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
They're back! At least four displaying in Hugo (Washington county) 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] Sandhills cranes

2016-03-07 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Sandhill Cranes heard today in Hugo 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] Ivory Gull, which is still present as of 4:45pm

2016-01-02 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Yes please let us know other platforms. Thank you > On Jan 2, 2016, at 7:31 PM, Mike imap wrote: > > John, > > Which platforms is information about the ivory gull being posted to? > > Thanks, > > Mike Koutnik > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 2, 2016, at 6:16 PM,

Re: [mou-net] Cattle Egret, Renville Co.

2015-07-18 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Any reports of the tropical kingbird for those of us who haven't seen it yet? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 18, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Doug Kieser chew...@gmail.com wrote: One Cattle Egret catching insects on the main north south berm of the Fairfax sewage ponds for the past half hour (first seen

[mou-net] Loggerhead Shrike

2015-05-10 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Loggerhead shrike seen Friday and today on 180th just west of 180th street marsh . Dakota county Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Bill Tefft efnb...@gmail.com wrote: Late this afternoon, Steve Schon and I saw a loggerhead shrike working the softball field complex on Old

[mou-net] Red crossbills

2015-05-03 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
8-10 flew to the top of a large deciduous tree surrounded by pines ! Both male and female- paused then flew off Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2015, at 4:00 PM, deanne.endri...@juno.com deanne.endri...@juno.com wrote: On a brief walk this morning in Longville, I saw a Baltimore oriole,

Re: [mou-net] Hudsonian Godwit in Chisago County

2015-05-02 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Thank you Bob for your post . Beautiful ... And that bill! Elizabeth Closmore Sent from my iPhone On May 2, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Williams, Bob bxwilli...@cbburnet.com wrote: There's a Hudsonian Godwit in a farm pond on the west side of Olinda Tr(cr 25) north of 260th St Bob Williams,

[mou-net] Belted kingfisher

2015-04-10 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Hugo , Washington county, today 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] Windy in northern Washington county

2015-03-30 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Northern harrier and american kestrel were a treat to see in the stiff wind yesterday. And this morning at 530 I got within 10 feet of a peenting woodcock! Elizabeth Closmore Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Woodcock peenting

2015-03-30 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Started the day and loon yodeling ended it! 4 miles east of Hugo , Washington county. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html