All, Nothing to report.
But we have recently (past year) re-located to Minnesota & Twin Cities (e.g. I am a native New Yorker - from NYC). [And I will remind you - if you travel to NYC - you must get to the Jamaica Bay Refuge - another great Atlantic flyway. This is where I first experienced my Spring Woodcock mating dance - during the first spring full moon. Such a beautiful experience - male Woodcocks thrusting themselves straight into the air hundreds of feet. That such oddity existed within the confines of New York City - was unbelievable. Just recently - upon moving to Minnesota - did I discover that Woodcock is a hunted bird. Sounds odd to me. Willing to listen to those who know better.] So far - this past year in MN has been a birding blast. We bought a small home in South Minneapolis - as it feels like we are the interlopers (an amazing feeling in a city) as there are lots of "wild-life" in our backyard - maybe more active than we are. ;-) In any case- we have been off exploring Sherburne Refuge and Carlos Avery Refuge - as well as the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington. A solitary female RUBY CROWNED KINGLET has been in my backyard for past two weeks. And such a solitary bird was in my backyard back in the spring. I would like to think this is the same (exact) bird? And this afternoon - I spent some time watching a BELTED KINGFISHER fishing from the trees of Lake Hiawatha in Minneapolis. Again - for you all nothing to report. For me - something special. I have never been able to say this before. You Minnesotans are truly "birding" fortunate. E On 10/16/2007 11:00 AM, mou-net-request at moumn.org wrote: > Send mou-net mailing list submissions to > mou-net at moumn.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-net_moumn.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mou-net-request at moumn.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mou-net-owner at moumn.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mou-net digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Surf Scoter - Leech Lake (Andrew Birch) > 2. Greater White-fronted Goose-- Hennepin (drewbec at aol.com) > 3. Lauderdale Ramsey Co Yardbirds (Clay Christensen) > 4. Re: Greater White-fronted Goose-- Hennepin (WWoessner at aol.com) > 5. North Shore 10/13 - 10/15 (Dedrick Benz) > 6. RFI for Visit to MN (McLean, Patty (CDC/CCHP/NCCDPHP)) > 7. Nemesis Bird (Pastor Al Schirmacher) > 8. Long-tailed Ducks-Lake Osakis (Benjamin Fritchman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:37:43 -0500 > From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch at gmail.com> > Subject: [mou] Surf Scoter - Leech Lake > To: mou-net at cbs.umn.edu > Message-ID: > <19ac00220710151037r3314d1bem1038034d7cb496de at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > At 11:50 this AM there was an individual Surf Scoter on Leech Lake in > Cass County in front of Huddle's Resort seen from Whipholt Beach Road. > >
