Thank you for the birding list info. Birders Diary. Thayer, and e-bird were the top vote getters. ----- Original Message ----- From: MOU-NET automatic digest system<mailto:lists...@lists.umn.edu> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU<mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:04 AM Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 28 Feb 2009 to 1 Mar 2009 (#2009-42)
There are 8 messages totalling 435 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. 2. Great Horned Owl hoot fest, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. 3. visible now, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. 4. Photo Website Update 5. Winter 2008-2009 Season 6. is the net down? 7. Gray Partridges, Dakota Co 8. ICF "Bugle" article about birds and birding in China ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:54:23 -0600 From: George B Skinner <george.skin...@gte.net<mailto:george.skin...@gte.net>> Subject: present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009 at 10 am, I noted the owl is sleeping in the wood duck box visible from the street. Look through the pines at the southwest corner of the house to see the larger pole mounted box at the northwest corner of the house. Saturday it was sitting in the hole from noon until dark. At 7 pm the video camera showed it eating (more feathers in the box) and it left the box at 7:15 pm. If you are lucky you might see it sitting in the hole. George Skinner 15330 Lynn Terrace Minnetonka, MN 55345-5734 952-936-0811 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:01:53 -0600 From: George B Skinner <george.skin...@gte.net<mailto:george.skin...@gte.net>> Subject: Great Horned Owl hoot fest, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. Last night at 7 PM at least 4 and possibly more Great Horned Owls were hooting and flying from tree to tree near the intersection of Highland Rd. and Lynn Terrace in Minnetonka. This was just down the hill from the intersection, towards Wing Lake. They were in the trees by the=20 road and to the west of Highland Rd. I also heard them calling off and on through the night. George Skinner Minnetonka ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:38:19 -0600 From: George B Skinner <george.skin...@gte.net<mailto:george.skin...@gte.net>> Subject: visible now, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co. Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009 at 11 am, the owl is=20 at the hole in the wood duck box visible from the street. Look through the pines at the southwest corner of the house to see the larger pole mounted box at the northwest corner of the house. Saturday it was sitting in the hole from noon until dark. At 7 PM the video camera showed it eating (more feathers in the box) and it left the box at 7:15 P.M. If you are lucky you might see it sitting in the hole. George Skinner 15330 Lynn Terrace Minnetonka, MN 55345-5734 952-936-0811 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:00:13 -0600 From: Linda Krueger <lkrue...@umn.edu<mailto:lkrue...@umn.edu>> Subject: Photo Website Update February 1st Kevin and I headed to Monticello to photograph Trumpeter Swans. The weekend of February 6th we headed to Lock and Dam 18 in Burlington, Iowa to photograph Bald Eagles and American White Pelicans. Some of the photos we took from these two areas are now on our website along with photos of: Mallard, American Goldfinch, Canada Goose, and Hoary Redpoll. Enjoy! Linda and Kevin Krueger www.FLIGHTofNATURE.com<http://www.flightofnature.com/> ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:05:33 -0600 From: Paul Budde <pbu...@earthlink.net<mailto:pbu...@earthlink.net>> Subject: Winter 2008-2009 Season The winter season (12/1 - 2/28) has ended.=A0 If you will be submitting = a seasonal report for inclusion in the winter summary to be published in = The Loon, please do so now.=A0 We strongly encourage submissions using the = MOU website (http://moumn.org/<http://moumn.org/>). Look under "Reporting Birds," then "On-line Seasonal Reporting". Any documentation of casual or accidental species can also be done on = line, at this same website. If you're not sure of how to use the website, send me an e-mail and I'll help you navigate it. If, for some reason, you cannot use the website, = send any paper submissions of seasonal report data to me at the address = below. Paper documentation to be considered by the state records committee = should be sent to the MOURC Chair, Peder Svingen. Thanks for your observations and the details you provide!=20 Paul=20 =A0=20 Paul Budde 4612 Colfax Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55419-5336 paul.bu...@us.benfieldgroup.com<mailto:paul.bu...@us.benfieldgroup.com> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG.=20 Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.5 - Release Date: 2/28/2009 = 12:00 AM =20 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:18:24 -0600 From: Curt Rawn <cn...@comcast.net<mailto:cn...@comcast.net>> Subject: is the net down? Only two people saw a bird today? Curt Rawn ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:13:20 -0600 From: Stan & Molly Jo Miller-Johnson <johnson-mil...@msn.com<mailto:johnson-mil...@msn.com>> Subject: Gray Partridges, Dakota Co There were 8 Gray Partridges digging in the snow on the NW corner of = Joan Ave and 180th St in Dakota Co. this evening. I saw them at about = 5:50 and they were still there when I left at about 6:10. They were = about 10 feet or so south of the deciduous, brushy windrow that runs at = an angle sw to ne on that corner. When I first saw them they looked = like dirt clods--that finally moved. When I left they had moved east = enough to be directly north of the 2nd telephone pole on the line = heading west from Joan. =20 There was at least one fancy male who seemed to think at least one of = the girls was looking good! She headed off to the west and then he = followed. Eventually they all ended up moving toward the east. Very = cool. Thanks to all who have posted their sightings of these fabulous = creatures. Molly Jo Miller Inver Grove Hts, Dakota Co. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:44:57 -0600 From: gordon andersson <gpanders...@msn.com<mailto:gpanders...@msn.com>> Subject: Re: ICF "Bugle" article about birds and birding in China one more try _____ =20 From: gordon andersson [mailto:gpanders...@msn.com]=20 Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:33 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU<mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> Subject: ICF "Bugle" article about birds and birding in China =20 I read this short article in the latest newsletter of International = Crane Foundation newsletter =93The Bugle=94 (vol.35, no.1). It is by Ximin = Wang about birds in China and people=92s attitudes and the new minority of birders. = He started a bird magazine in China. I thought I would add it to the recent messages of Mark Alt and Fred Lesher.=20 =20 The issue is not available in the archives of =93The Bugle=94 (too = recent) so I called the ICF librarian who sent me an e-copy of the whole issue. I = tried for a long time to only select the 2 pp.article with photos and all, but = I could not. As it turns out, one cannot send attached files to mou.list anyway. Today a computer friend of mine copied the text. The original article includes photos of cranes of China =96 black-necked, = red-crowned, & Siberian--- as well as a website where Chinese birders have posted = photos of birds (in text below.) Additional photos can be viewed on ICF website = at www.savingcranes.org/china-crane-gallery.html<http://www.savingcranes.org/china-crane-gallery.html> =20 =20 GAndersson St Paul _____ =20 Subject: RE: Feb Bugle =20 The Way to My Dream =20 In the summer of 2007, while studying for my master=92s degree in environmental education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, I worked as an intern in the Education = Department at ICF for three months. It was such an amazing experience that I will never forget. Everyday, I was busy = giving tours introducing the world of cranes to people from all over the U.S and worldwide. I also talked about the = status of cranes, other birds and wildlife and the problems we are facing and the dream I have. I want to create a = national bird watching society in mainland China for bird conservation and education with other birders. Visitors enjoyed hearing my story and gave me so much encouragement.With the knowledge of bird education which I have = learned in the U.S, I returned to China in 2008 and am now trying to make my dream a reality. =20 In China, if you call somebody a birder, they might be very angry = because in Chinese, birder means someone who is odd and unpopular. However, = recently, more and more people are beginning to call themselves birders, which = means someone who likes to watch wild birds, just like its meaning in English. = If you ask me how many people watch birds outdoors in China, I have to = admit that probably no more than 5000 out of 1.3 billion of the population. If = you want to know how many people raise birds in cages or eat birds as food, = I don=92t know the exact number but I am pretty sure that the number of bird-raisers and bird-eaters is much more than that of bird watcher. = There is a saying about the people of southern China that they eat anything = with four limbs except tables, anything that flies except airplanes and = anything that swims except ships. That saying is not entirely true, but traditionally, most Chinese people see birds as food, pets, potential medicine or agricultural pests. People used to enjoy birds in cages = instead of in nature. Bird-watching as a hobby was introduced into mainland = China in the 1990's. Although the number of birders is small, these pioneers are beginning to make a difference.Many interesting things happened after my return. For example, we have a professional bird photo website www.birdnet.cn<http://www.birdnet.cn/> <http://www.birdnet.cn/<http://www.birdnet.cn/>> . Many Chinese bird = photographers upload their beautiful bird photos to the website and some of these = birds have never been photographed before! I posted my story there and it was = so popular and thousands of people read it and had comments for me.Most surprising was one photographer, who posted old photos of George = Archibald, the Co-founder of ICF, which were taken more than 20 years ago. It was = on May 9th, 1987. He remembered the exact day when George visited that = area, which was a very important wetland for breeding Red-crowned Cranes. = Because of George=92s visit all those years ago, he became a bird-lover and bird-photographer.What a small world! So far, there are only 15 local bird-related organizations in mainland China. Outdoor bird watching is a good way to improve people=92s awareness.More and more people are concerned about the environment. In = 2008, The New Yorker and The Economist happened to both publish articles about Chinese birders, introducing the efforts we have made and the problems = we were facing. As the editor of China=92s only birding magazine, China BirdWatch, I decided to use =93China Bird Conservation and theWorld=94 = as the theme of the first issue in 2009. I know it=92s impossible to do bird conservation successfully without the help from people and organizations in other countries, including ICF. = Birds don=92t know countries=92 boundaries.We do bird conservation and = education without boundaries, also. Enjoying the beautiful wildlife, including fabulous birds is human nature. Now, I work with Rare, a U.S based international conservation organization, in Kunming, Yunnan province, which is far = away from my hometown.We focus on building support for conservation at the = local level.We have a model campaign called =93Pride=94, and it inspires = people to take pride in the natural assets that make their communities valuable = and take action to protect them. Everything is just beginning and I know the dream will be reality in the end. I am on the way. The ICF Bugle - Vol . 2. 35, No. 1 - Februar y 2009 _____ =20 From: Betsy Didrickson [mailto:be...@savingcranes.org]=20 Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:05 AM To: gpanders...@msn.com<mailto:gpanders...@msn.com> Subject: Feb Bugle =20 Gordon: Nice talking with you! Here=92s the Bugle =96 let me know if you need = anything else. =20 Betsy Didrickson Information Services Manager INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION E11376 Shady Lane Rd., P.O. Box 447 Baraboo, WI 53913 USA 608.356.9462 x.124/fax: 608.356.9465 <http://www.savingcranes.org/<http://www.savingcranes.org/>> www.savingcranes.org<http://www.savingcranes.org/> =20 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ------------------------------ End of MOU-NET Digest - 28 Feb 2009 to 1 Mar 2009 (#2009-42) ************************************************************ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html