[mou-net] Sabine's Gull/Brown County

Around 3:30 pm I found a juvenile Sabine's Gull at the Sleepy Eye WTP's. Cirrently in the far eastern cell, trying to grt a decent digiscope pic of it. I did see it in flight so no doubt of it's ID. Brian Smith Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Join or Leave mou-net:

Re: [mou-net] Sabine's Gull/Brown County

The Sabine's Gull was still present at 4:50 p.m. on the SW cell. Mike Oetken drove over and also got some pictures of it.  Brian Smith  Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: brsmith <brsm...@sleepyeyetel.net> Date: 10/28/17 4:09 PM (GMT

[mou-net] Sabine's Gull Not Found/Brown County

Hi,  I just checked the Sleepy Eye WTP's and did not see the Sabine's Gull. Brian Smith  Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone 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] Lewis's Woodpecker

Present at 7:50 a.m., perched on a dead branch in a tree along the lake, directly across from the driveway.  Brian  Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone 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] Bullock's Oriole refound/Brown County

Correction on the address I posted earlier. It should read Maple St SW and 4th Ave SW in Sleepy Eye. Sorry about that.  Brian Smith Sleepy Eye,  MNSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Brian and Risa Smith Date: 5/13/19 7:07 AM (GMT-06:00)

Re: [mou-net] Bullock's Oriole refound/Brown County

For what it's worth,  Risa texted me that the Bullock's showed up a second time this morning.  BrianSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: brsmith Date: 5/13/19 7:23 AM (GMT-06:00) To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Bullock's

Re: [mou-net] Mute Swan/Waseca County

Sorry everyone.  Should have proofed my post better. The Mute Swan is at Ewy Lake in Watonwan County, not Waseca as I first posted.  Sorry for any confusion.  BrianSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: brsmith Date: 11/2/19 10:12 AM (GMT-06

[mou-net] Mute Swan/Waseca County

There's a Mute Swan on Ewy Lake in Waseca County and it's visible from Cty. Rd. 18. There's also some Trumpeter Swans nearby.  It appears to be a first county record.  Tried uploading a picture to recently seen but goofed it up somehow.  Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Join

[mou-net] Glossy Ibis/White-faced Ibis hybrid- Brown county

Yesterday Sharon Holzer found a flock of Ibis at Mulligan WMA in south central Brown County. This is on 300th Ave., a quarter mile south of Cty Rd 18. I went there early this morning to look for them and they flew in around 7 o'clock.  I was able to take a number of pictures and while reviewing

[mou-net] Long-tailed Duck/Brown County

At 4:30 I found an adult winter plumage male Long-tailed Duck at the Sleepy Eye WTP'S.  I believe this is a first county record.  Hopefully it stays overnight. I will check for it in the morning before I go to work and will update. Brian Smith Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[mou-net] Long-tailed Duck/Brown county update

Hi,The Long-tailed Duck still present this morning (7:50) in the south cell of the Sleepy Eye WTP'S.Brian Smith Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone 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

[mou-net] Scoters/Brown County

Late yesterday afternoon I found 3 White-winged Scoters and 3 female/juvenile Black Scoters on Sleepy Eye lake. This morning Mike Oetken,  John Schladweiler and I found the WW SC's but couldn't confirm any BL SC. Best spot to look for them is off of 4th Ave NW (one block west of Hwy 4) on the

[mou-net] Probable Summer Tanager/Ramsey county

Hi,A friend of my wife that lives in St. Paul wrote me that she had a male and female Summer Tanager that stayed around their backyard for a couple of days last week. She also heard the song and it matched up with the recording she found online. They live just south of downtown St. Paul near

[mou-net] Scoter update/Brown County

Hi, birders. The impressive Scoter migration around Sleepy Eye continues.  I did a quick check late this afternoon of Sleepy Eye Lake and an adult female White-winged Scoter is still present. The 2 female/juvenile Surf Scoters are still present on the NW cell of the Sleepy Eye WTP'S as well. 

[mou-net] Sleepy Eye WTP'S/Brown County

Birders,If you happen to stop by the Sleepy Eye WTP'S you'll find that the main entrance is now gated and locked. I emailed the city manager to ask why this has happened.  He wrote that someone has been bringing a dirt bike in there and riding around but if I wanted I could climb over the gate

[mou-net] White-faced Ibis/Watonwan county

There's a large flock of White-faced Ibis/Plegadis Ibis at the 320th Street wetland in Watonwan county (south of Madelia). I counted 36 when I first spotted them briefly in the open.  Jim & Ruth Amundson also saw them earlier this morning. Mike Oetken arrived later and at one time we estimated

[mou-net] Sleepy Eye WTP'S/Brown County update

Hello, birders: I was at the WTP'S yesterday morning and visited with two city water department staff that were there. I asked them if the locked gates would be permanent and was told that they'll be taking them down by September 1st and will go back to the single chain that they've always

[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills/Redwood County

Hi,Earlier this afternoon I found 8 White-winged Crossbills at the Catholic/Lutheran cemetery just east of Lucan on 250th Street. I lost sight of them when they flew to the farm grove on the north side of 250th where there were some more conifers.Brian Smith Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy

[mou-net] RA

Ruddy Turnstone/Brown County Hi,There's been a Ruddy Turnstone at the Sleepy Eye WTP'S since 9/9/23. I saw it around 12:30 today. It was on the west shoreline of the north cell near the entrance.Brian Smith Sleepy Eye,  MN General information and guidelines for posting:

Re: [mou-net] Obituary | Merrill Jean Frydendall of Mankato, Minnesota | Mankato Mortuary

I took a 2 week summer session introduction to birding class taught by Dr. Frydendall at (then) Mankato State University in the early 1980's and I learned a great deal. I have fond memories of the field trips our class took around Mankato. I'm very sorry to learn of his passing. Brian Smith 

[mou-net] Spotted Towhee/Brown County

There's an adult male Spotted Towhee that's been regularly visiting a feeder at 314 S. Highland in New Ulm. It was found by Mark Tacke and the residence where the Spotted Towhee is being seen belongs to Mark's mother. It was seen several times yesterday.  The feeder is visible from the street

[mou-net] Migrants/Nobles County

There's waterfowl migration underway today at lake Okabena in Worthington which includes 4 species of Goose, 6 species of Duck as well as Trumpeter Swan. There's been a steady migration of Greater White- fronted Geese while I've been here today. One skein (flyover) had 5 Snow Geese. Also