Thanks to all who responded to me on the MOU listserv about some photographs I taken of some butterflies. I am very aware that this is a bird listserv and I know that many birders are also well trained in other areas such as butterflies or dragonflies so posting my request to this listserv was a valuable tool in getting the help I was looking for. So thank you to the many responses I gotten over the past few days!
Back to birds.. Here is the update on some free MOU field trips I am conducting this fall - winter seasons. November 3-4 2012 MOU Grand Marais Field Trip Begin in Duluth on Nov. 3 and bird our way to Grand Marais. We will bird some areas north of Grand Marais on Nov. 4 and then bird our way back to Duluth. A great birding trip for so many reason because its the time to look for accidental bird species that wonder off course, late migrants and the beginning of winter birds moving southward. 16 people signed up for the field trip. 4 spots left to fill up field trip. January 19 2013 MOU Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip This is a one day field trip that will offer birders to be led around the "bog" to look for all the winter bird specialties that occur in the Sax-Zim Bog area. 8 people signed up for the field trip. 12 spots left to fill up field trip. January 5 2013 Gull Workshop This is a one day field trip focusing on winter gulls that over winter in the Duluth and Superior, WI area. We spend the time outside viewing Thayer's Gulls, Iceland Gulls, Glaucous Gulls, Herring Gulls and Great Black-backed Gulls. I will teach participants on how to separate these gulls from each other, so by the end of the work shop you can walk away feeling more confident about understanding winter gull plumages and learning the differences between the gull species we will be observing. Cost $25 per birder. 5 people signed up for the workshop 5 spots left to fill up workshop *If you are interested in any of these field trip offers please reply to me privately. Other bird notes: Northeastern Minnesota is currently experiencing a record year of Red Crossbills moving southward down the north shore of Lake Superior. In the last 3 days I seen 90 Red Crossbills flying over head while I was at work in lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. Birders are reporting large amounts of Nighthawks migrating southward along the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth and also in Ashland, WI. in the last few days. Warbler species can be found most days along Park Point and other areas in Duluth. Good Birding Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota MikeHendricksonGuiding.com Sax-ZimBog.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
