[mou] Owl Map updated

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Hendrickson
I added more reported?sightings to the owl map and you check out there map here http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ -- next part

[mou] Owl Map / Park Point

2008-11-12 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Park Pt?sightings: - 300+ Common Goldeneyes and I was not able to relocate the Barrow's Goldeneye. The last sighting was on Nov. 8th by Peder Svingen and Chris Edwardson on 33rd?St. on the bayside of Park Pt. -2 Surf Scoters near the entrance to Park Pt. -2 White-winged Scoters?out from the

[mou] Owl map

2008-11-07 Thread Michael Hendrickson
I decided to create a google map displaying so far all the reported Snowy Owls and Northern Hawks Owls in Minnesota for the 2008-09 season.? Here is the link?you need to see the map.? http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/? ?Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website:

[mou] OWL VS. OSPREY

2008-04-04 Thread Pete Wuebker
It was an interesting Saturday when I went out to the GHO nest to take some photographs. The one adult that appeared to be around flew off just as I got to the top of the hill. I set up and waited about 40 minutes and finally did spy him far off in a tree. All though too far for a good shot,

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread sparky stensaas
htmldiv style='background-color:'PAs Mike Hendrickson had warned, Owl Avenue has been logged. Essentially ruined for birding. A 100 foot swath of mature black spruce has been clearcut on the west side of the road and in some places, on both sides of the road. This will certainly NOT be the

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Sharon Stiteler
--Apple-Mail-2--279978649 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed I was at those same meetings and I never got the impression that they =20= were not going to log Owl Avenue. The message that I

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Mike Hendrickson
=3DFONT: 10pt arialBSubject:/B [mou] Owl Avenue: = R.I.P./DIV DIVBR/DIV DIV PAs Mike Hendrickson had warned, Owl Avenue has been logged. = Essentially=20 ruined for birding. A 100 foot swath of mature black spruce has been = clearcut=20 on the west side of the road and in some places, on both

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Laura Erickson
--=_Part_3939_3206708.1173455308880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline As Sparky noted, the foresters' attitude from the start was one of You can tell us the value of this area but we are going to log where

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Mike Hendrickson
AM Subject: Re: [mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P. I was at those same meetings and I never got the impression that they = were not going to log Owl Avenue. The message that I got from those = meetings was that the logging would happen throughout the bog for pest = control or for money

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread bobholtz1...@aol.com
---1173471378 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It would seem obvious that if we are to work together our Conservation Committee should take the lead. However, they cannot lead if local birders (those in areas about to be

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Jim Williams
Mike Hendrickson=A0 =A0 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ - Original Message - From: sparky stensaas To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:34 AM Subject: [mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P. As Mike

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Bill Bruins
At 09:48 AM 3/9/2007, Laura Erickson wrote: The Minnesota birding community needs to start working together on critical issues like this, .. One way to get involved is to volunteer to serve on one of the Forest Landscape Committees. I serve on the one for SE Minnesota and my voice for

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Sharon Stiteler
Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ - Original Message - From: sparky stensaas To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:34 AM Subject: [mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P. As Mike Hendrickson had warned, Owl Avenue has been logged. =20

[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread Laura Erickson
--=_Part_3277_28497496.1173472181751 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The trick is that MOU, Audubon Minnesota, and a host of local organizations each think they're the one who should take the lead on

[mou] Owl Survey Routes still available

2007-02-27 Thread jpmco...@aol.com
---1172604717 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Western Great Lakes Owl Monitoring Project is still looking for volunteers to survey assigned routes in March and April of 2007! Volunteers are asked to drive a 9 mile

[mou] owl calling contest

2006-12-30 Thread Houston Nature Center
--Apple-Mail-1-228972583 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Calling all owl callers! People needed to give a hoot at the Festival of Owls If you can say who cooks for you, who=92s awake,

[mou] Owl Symposium, Sax-Zim, and spring along the river

2006-03-22 Thread Derek Bakken
Hello All, I went up to Duluth over the past weekend for the Owl Symposium and had a great time. I want to congratulate everyone who helped with the Owl Symposium. I learned more about northern owls and the irruption than I needed to know but I enjoyed every minute of it. I have a new

[mou] Owl Prowl

2006-03-05 Thread Steve Weston
The MRVAC Owl Prowl today had ten participants plus myself in each of the two parts. Starting at 4:30pm we headed down to Goodhue Co. where we found the Snowy Owl just south of CR9 and CR1 on a pole by the road. The bird flew out into a field where it sat allowing everyone a great view.

[mou] owl photographer in prius

2006-02-25 Thread Jim Williams
Short-eared Owl photographer in Prius -- would appreciate a chance to visit. Jim Williams Wayzata A retired hunter who still buys duck stamps. Duck stamps fund habitat for non-game birds, too. The 2006-07 stamp will be available at your post office on June 30.

[mou] Owl Monitoring Program Seeking Volunteers

2006-02-06 Thread b.pomeroy
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003A_01C62B52.7D534680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Minnesota Owl Monitoring =20 Overview: As top predators in the food chain, owls are considered good

[mou] Owl Symposium Registration Fee Increases Feb. 20th

2006-02-06 Thread b.pomeroy
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0063_01C62B54.26960150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Owls on the Move: When, Where, Why? A Symposium on Northern Owls =20 Held on the campus of the=20

[mou] Owl Symposium- Duluth, MN

2006-01-22 Thread b.pomeroy
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_02B7_01C61F8E.32AAA8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings from Minnesota! As a result of the large numbers of northern owls that moved into = Minnesota last

[mou] Owl Symposium in Duluth next March!

2005-09-08 Thread Alt, Mark
There will be a Northern Owl symposium held in Duluth on March 16-18, 2006. Speakers are being lined up from around the world, to participate in this symposium titled Owls on the move - When, Where and Why: A Symposium on Northern Owls. The event will be hosted by the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

[mou] Owl Symposium in Duluth next March!

2005-09-08 Thread Laura Erickson
I'll post this on my blog. Last night I received from a Chicago Audubon member a story from the Chicago Sun-Times about the owl invasion, interviewing Dave Willard. I had a chance to meet and spend some time with Dave Willard, who is doing the stomach content analyses of the owls for the Field

[mou] Owl Symposium in Duluth next March!

2005-09-08 Thread Debbie Waters
; lleb4...@aol.com; Erica Sitz; grant-c...@umn.edu; jebonko...@aol.com; Jim Mattson; jgs6...@skypoint.com; Kim Risen; mthomasa...@gmail.com; psvo...@comcast.net; Peder Svingen; Schroeder, Roger; Shirley Alt 1 Subject: [mou] Owl Symposium in Duluth next March! There will be a Northern Owl symposium

[mou] Owl Questions

2005-03-13 Thread Ron Green
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0157_01C52796.D1118090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would appreciate any insight someone could provide on the following = questions: 1) When are the owls

[mou] Owl Questions

2005-03-13 Thread byo...@aol.com
---1110719903 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In spite of the cold temperatures and recent snow, it seems that the Great Grays are starting to head north again; we have found 3 within 0.5 miles of our house (just N of

[mou] Owl field - more observations

2005-02-10 Thread Alt, Mark
1. Peter Neubeck pointed out that in both instances we saw and heard the Great Gray Owl vocalizing, the individual seen vocalizing was turned away from what appeared to us to be the closest Owls, and not focused on calling directly to any one Owl in close proximity. With their hearing, it is

[mou] Owl Surveys

2005-02-06 Thread Elijah Parker
Hi Everyone, I've done a few owl surveys now and have really enjoyed it. I just finished putting up some pictures from yesterday's survey. You can see them at http://www.elijahparker.com/saxzim/ . I have yet to put January's there, but you can find December's by clicking on the link on the

[mou] Owl surveys?

2005-02-03 Thread Alt, Mark
We made a big push for volunteers at the beginning of this and felt we had gotten most of the people who were interested. I am not certain, though, so I thought I would ask one more time. As for where counts are needed, according to Peder Svingen's data, the approximate center of the Great Gray

[mou] Owl stress question

2005-01-10 Thread Pastor Al
I would like to thank Mark Alt Jim Williams for sharing considering the owls first, and Peder Svingen for originally penning the suggestions. Many excellent thoughts there. However, I would like to further explore (through questions) one thought expressed about not posting Boreal Owls due to

[mou] owl in the yard - duluth

2004-11-30 Thread teamvagr...@aol.com
--part1_1f6.2d5ca72.2eddf2bc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We've been honored (as many have this year) to have a GGOwl in the yard since Friday the 26th. Its been visiting every eve. and morn. hunting very near the house. Finally one for

[mou] Owl etiquette

2004-11-20 Thread Laura Erickson
I took a break from my hummingbird watch to go out to the bog this afternoon. I made just a cursory run through, but still found 9 Northern Hawk Owls and one grouse (which I didn't see long enough to be sure, but it was probably a Ruffed). I ran into more birders than owls, though. It's

[mou] Owl

2003-12-11 Thread Donald Starkweather
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000D_01C3BFBE.7957E240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To the helpful MOU members, The owl in my son's fireplace is out of the house and probably back to = wherever

[mou] Owl

2003-12-11 Thread mette...@d.umn.edu
Excellent! Anyone got a longer chimney list?! Quoting Donald Starkweather donst...@charter.net: To the helpful MOU members, The owl in my son's fireplace is out of the house and probably back to wherever he/she should be. Plastic sheeting and duct tape got him to fly to an open window,

[mou] Owl

2003-12-11 Thread Steve and Sue Morton
I'm afraid my chimney list only includes mutliple starlings, one house sparrow, and one squirrel. Sue morton, Cottonwood - Original Message - From: mette...@d.umn.edu To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [mou] Owl Excellent! Anyone got

[mou] Owl

2003-12-11 Thread McBride, James E. Jamie
: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:45 AM To: mette...@d.umn.edu; mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: Re: [mou] Owl I'm afraid my chimney list only includes mutliple starlings, one house sparrow, and one squirrel. Sue morton, Cottonwood - Original Message -=20 From: mette...@d.umn.edu To: mou

[mou] Owl

2003-12-11 Thread Andrew Longtin
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:20 AM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: Re: [mou] Owl Excellent! Anyone got a longer chimney list?! Quoting Donald Starkweather donst...@charter.net: To the helpful MOU members, The owl in my son's fireplace is out of the house and probably back to wherever

[mou] Owl

2003-12-10 Thread Donald Starkweather
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3BF55.2C1058A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quick!!! Help!!! My son lives in Burnsville behind Buck Hill and a screech owl has come = down the flue

[mou] owl trip other birds in Dakota Co.

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Weston
Sunday 3/16 Scouting in the afternoon for the owl trip that evening, I found the following new arrivals of note: Pintail duck in flooded farm field Am. Robins in several locations foraging on the ground Eastern Bluebird Great Blue Heron Killdeer: 8 total inc. 5 flying by Red-winged Blackbird

[mou] Owl web page

2003-03-10 Thread Michael Hendrickson
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0035_01C2E6E1.7CCDFE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi: Hey if you want to visit a neat owl site and read what owls are being = heard in northern Minnesota visit