Or try any time from mid-May to mid-June Warren -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathon Jongsma Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:30 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +0000, DAVID PATTI BLASER wrote: > My husband and I just started this hobby last summer. I have to put my vacation requests for the year in now and am wondering what is the best time to birdwatch in the spring in SE MN? Thanks! > Patti Blaser It depends what you want to see, of course. But one thing that you might find helpful is to go to ebird.org and look at the charts for how frequently birds are reported at different times throughout the year. For example, here are the charts for Winona county (I just picked a random SE MN county): http://bit.ly/4TRKBt [1]. You can see from that chart that most waterfowl seems to start returning in late March, most warblers start coming through in mid-may, etc. Hope that helps. [1] http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?step=saveChoices&getLocations=counties&pa rentState=US-MN&bMonth=01&bYear=1900&eMonth=12&eYear=2010&reportType=loc ation&counties=US-MN-169&continue.x=63&continue.y=19&continue=Continue ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
