Just over a month to go until the Christmas Bird Count and you are probably wondering whether any of the recently reported rare birds in the state have ever been seen on the CBC. Cassin's Kingbird - of course not it was a first state record Clark's Nutcracker - just once. 1972 in Excelsior Yellow-breasted Chat - Nope Mountain Bluebird - thrice 1982 in Grand Marais, 1984 in Duluth, 2007 in Grand Marais (count week) Townsend's Solitaire - 56 times in 30 locations White-rumped Sandpiper - Nope Black-legged Kittiwake - twice 2005 in Bloomington, 2011 in Duluth White-winged Dove - just once 2009 in Bloomington Important News! this year the National Audubon Society has discontinued it's $5 participation fee and so the CBC is FREE. Donations are accepted to defray the costs on the Audubon website (http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count)
To help, contact your local Audubon Chapter, the MOU CBC Coordinator, Carl Greiner or visit the MOU CBC website at <http://www.moumn.org/CBC/> http://www.moumn.org/CBC/ for more information. Carl Greiner M.O.U CBC Coordinator 1616 Hill St. S.W. Chatfield, MN. 55923 <blocked::mailto:cgrei...@mchsi.com> cgrei...@mchsi.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
