[mou-net] Sherburne - Benton

The Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive at Sherburne NWR opened today, nearly a month earlier than is usual - mostly due to a dry winter and good road conditions. I didn't get there until mid afternoon, not optimum birding time. I only saw FIVE species of birds the whole loop! A personal worst -

[mou-net] Hybrid Hooded Merganser / Goldeneye (rural Duluth)

Found a hybrid Hooded Merganser / Goldeneye at the Rice Lake Dam shortly after sunrise this morning. Photos on my blog at http://www.365daysofbirds.com/2015/03/24/hybrid- goldeneye-hooded-merganser-yr-2-day-62/ Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Audubon MN event with Paul Bogard, author of The End of Night, at MN Valley NWR

I am forwarding this invitation from Audubon MN. Artificial night light has negative effects on birds, especially during migration. As part of the national Lights Out program, Audubon MN has been working to turn out the lights at night in downtown bldgs in spring and fall for many years. Contact

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Update

After a couple of hours trying to catch up with a boreal owl on the south side of Bog Lake (Lake County, BWCA) Saturday night, it finally stayed in one place long enough for Norma Malinowski and I to watch it singing from a large white spruce. A little while later we found it singing from a