Re: [mou-net] Do You Hoot? (Free PDF download of my new children's book)
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 2:12 PM Rich Hoeg wrote: > Many of you know I have followed a Great Horned Owl family since the > parents first started romancing near my home at the edge of Duluth late > last November. My latest children's book, Do You Hoot?, follows the > triplets as they grew up this spring. > > You may download the free PDF version via my web site: > https://www.365daysofbirds.com/doyouhoot/ > > Printed copies are also for sale at a discounted price prior to the formal > release around Labor Day. > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > -- Agassiz Audubon PO Box 152 Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 @AgassizAudubon @MNpollinatorGarden Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
[mou-net] Warren area - Polk and Marshall Counties
The weather is not great... but birds are arriving Bobolinks, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, 3 Peregrine Falcons chasing ducks at the Agassiz Valley impoundment. Canvasbacks, Gadwalls, Red-heads, Blue-winged teal, cormorants, Merlin, Common and Hooded Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, coots, shovelers, scaup, Ring-necks, flickers, Eastern Phoebes, Vesper Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Tree Swallows, Tree Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe, Franklin's Gulls, juncos and - Prairie Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse on the beach ridge. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Golden Eagle - Warren MN
Ron Sorvig spotted a Golden Eagle this morning at the Snake River diversion, flying up from the big ditch - on the north side of MN Hwy 1 - just east of Warren. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owls - NW Polk County
Spotted an adult female hunting along Polk Co 20. Totally white and huge. I thought for sure she was going to get hit by a truck as she flew low, towards the shoulder of the road. She stopped short of the truck and grabbed a rodent (feeding on grasses and grains exposed by yesterday's snow plows) with one foot and flew back into the field where she gulped it down. Also spotted 4 Rough-legged Hawks on power poles... and an American Robin singing in a spruce heavy with snow just outside my door. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owls, Cranes, Harriers, Swans - Pennington, NW Polk Marshall counties
Spotted 2 Snowy Owls at the Agassiz Audubon Center on 190th Street in Warren yesterday. Sharp-tailed Grouse on the beach ridge, Northern Harriers, Rough-legged Hawks, Bald Eagles, Swans in the air, a few Snow Buntings on the roadsides, but mostly Horned Larks. Blizzard Watch tonight. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Meadowlarks, Kestrels, Cranes -5 Snowy Owls - NW Polk County
Dozens of meadowlarks arrived at the Agassiz Valley Impoundment today along with at least 200 or more Canada Geese. We spotted a total of 5 Snowy Owls and a Great Horned Owl along 190th Street this morning. 4 Northern Harriers. 5 American Kestrels on Polk Co 67. The first of a dozen Sandhill Cranes bugling overhead. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Swans in Polk County
Spotted 4 white swans flying over US 75 north of Crookston today at 8am. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owls - west Polk County
Ron Sorvig spotted a Snowy Owl east of Crookston Friday near the intersection of US 2 and Hwy 32. Tony Long, Andrew Buell and Adam Roerish came up to the Agassiz Audubon Center this morning to plow the trails (new entrance at 27569 190th Street NW) and spotted a Snowy Owl in Helgeland Twp Several flocks of Horned Larks along the roads in the Warren area. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owls and Golden Eagle in Marshall and West Polk Counties
Julie Grassel of Grand Forks spotted 2 Snowy Owls today - one south of Argyle (Marshall Co) and the other north of Sherack (west Polk Co), Gray Partridges on Marshall Co 19 west of US 75, several flocks of Snow Buntings and Horned Larks, a Black-billed Magpie north of Warren on US 75, Sharp-tailed Grouse on the Beach Ridge at the Agassiz Audubon Center and a Golden Eagle hunting in the skies over MN 1 and Marshall Co 36 near the Agassiz Valley Project. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] [mou-rba] Snowy Owl - Polk County
I spotted and photographed a male Snowy Owl high up in a cottonwood at the Agassiz Valley Project - Helgelund Twp (9 miles east of Warren MN) today - just before noon. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Northern Hawk-owl (Baudette) Snowy Owls (Polk, Kittson Roseau Co)
Friday Snowy Owl Reports: Lynne King photographed a Snow Owl in a tree in Helgeland Twp near Polk Co. 68 on Friday. Hollie Chaney photographed a Snowy Owl on a power pole sw of Angus. Gary Lund photographed a Snowy Owl on a snowmobile trail south of the border in Roseau County (Sec 36, Twp. 163-164n range 39w). Becky Anderson Ingeman spotted a Snowy Owl on Kittson Co 1, 2 miles north of MN 11. Friday Northern Hawk-Owl report: Karen Ruff reported a Northern Hawk-owl 5 kilometers north of Baudette. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Pennington County - Northern Hawk-owl
Randy Knott of Thief River Falls contacted me this evening to report that he spotted a Northern Hawk-owl on December 1st 2013 in Sanders Twp, Section 20. He was in his deer stand when he spotted a Blue Jay harassing the owl. It was within sight for about an hour, between 8:00 and 9:00 am. He said because he was able to watch for a long period of time combined with the fact that at one point it was within 10 feet of him, Randy was easily able to ID it when he got back to the house. The Blue Jay harassed the owl from about 100 feet above the treetops or so. Randy thought the Jay didn't like being that exposed, because he left him alone after that. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict n Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northern Hawk-owl - Polk County
I photographed a Northern Hawk-owl this morning in western Polk County near the Agassiz Valley Project. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 120 East Bridge Ave Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/AgassizValleyProjecthttp://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owls - Polk and Kittson Counties
Zach Cater, Paula Cater and I spotted 2 Snowy Owls today on Polk County 20 this afternoon around 2pm - they appeared to be owls we spotted earlier in the week. Paul Breidenbach reported a large snowy in the northbound ditch alongside highway 75 3 miles south of Hallock at about 3:15 on Friday January 3rd. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrihttp://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Polk and Pennington County Snowy Owls
I spotted a Snowy Owl on US 75 - 1/2 mile south of Polk Co 17 (between Euclid and Crookston). It flew right over my car. Robert Olson left me a phone message that he saw one in the same neighborhood this morning - likely the same bird. Dorothy Nelson of Thief River Falls reported a Snowy Owl last week in her driveway - 13365 110th Ave NE - at dusk. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Marshall Polk Co. Snowy Owls
Don Stewart of Thief River Falls was out with his son and 2 grandkids - scouting out Wild Turkeys on Friday Jan 3rd when they flushed a Snowy Owl from a ditch - they were north of Carpenters Corner (15 miles east of Warren on MN 1 then north on County 10 which becomes Marshall County 38. 1/2 mile north on 38 and about 1/2 west on 201th Street NW) I spotted 2 Snowy Owls south of Sherack on Polk County 20 and Polk Co. 19 this afternoon. Probably the same birds I spotted last week. Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Another Snowy Owl - West Polk County
Charisse Pulkrabek reported a Snowy Owl 2 miles west of the Sherack grain elevators on Polk County 21 on Jan 2. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] American Robin - Marshall County
Paul Crummy of rural Argyle spotted an American Robin at his feeders on Marshall County 19 on Jan 1st. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl
Alexander Nemmers, a UMC student reported a lone Snowy Owl perched in a tree south of Beltrami along highway 9, right at the border of Polk and Norman counties. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Late Report of a Snowy Owl in Marshall County
Ron Sorvig spotted a Snowy Owl on Dec 27th - 4 miles north of Alvarado on Marshall County 10 then 1.5 miles east on Marshall Co. 20 -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Marshall County - 2 Snowy Owls today
This afternoon, Paul Crummy of rural Argyle told me he spotted 2 Snowy Owls a couple of weeks ago - on Marshall County 19 between US 75 and Marshall Co 10 . I drove up to take a look - and spotted/photographed both of them (around 4pm) - on the ground in the middle of the road (not to worry - not too much traffic on County 19). Both flew off as I approached. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] 4 Polk Co Snowy Owls on Jan 1, 2014
I spotted one more Snowy Owl (in addition to the three reported by Sandy Aubol today) - on Polk County 20 north of Polk Co 23 - sitting on top of a grain bin. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl - Western Polk County
I photographed a young female Snowy Owl on Polk County 20 - 2 miles south of Sherack MN at 4:30pm. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl southwestern Polk County
Jason Cater spotted a Snowy Owl this afternoon - on a telephone pole on US 59 between Winger and Bejou -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Northern Saw-whet - Pennington County
David Jadeke forwarded a photo of a Northern Saw-whet Owl in Highlanding MN (14 miles east of Thief River Falls) Christmas day. 2 reports of Great-horned Owls - 1 at the Agassiz Audubon Center in Polk County and another at the Agassiz Valley Project 2 miles north in Marshall County. Sharp-tailed Grouse and Snow Buntings in the CRP fields on 190th Street NW near the Agassiz Audubon Center - and a Pileated Woodpecker, American Goldfinches, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Black-capped Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, Downy Hairy Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, an ermine and a mink at the feeders. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] [mou-rba] Golden Eagle - Polk County
I spotted a Golden Eagle this afternoon at 4pm a mile west of Angus MN - hunting then perched in an ash tree. Photos on the Agassiz Audubon facebook page (link below). -- Heidi Hughes Warren MN http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl in Crookston (Polk County)
Terry Wolfe reported a very white Snowy Owl on the RR tracks south of Crookston on Hwy 9 on Nov 18th. -- Heidi Hughes Warren MN http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl in Roseau
On Friday, Tracy Halstensgard of the Roseau River Watershed District reported that she spotted a Snowy Owl on 270th Street - 1 mile west of State Hwy 89 in Roseau -- Heidi Hughes Warren MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Harris's Sparrow Polk County
Saw my first Harris's Sparrow of the fall this morning at the Audubon Center feeders. Sandhill Cranes are staging at the Brandt Angus impoundment off County 23. UM-Crookston student tour spotted 3 Snow Geese (of which 2 were blue) on Monday at the Agassiz Valley impoundment- and 2 Trumpeter Swans at the Parnell mpoundment -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Osprey and Peregrine in Polk County
I checked out the flood control impoundents south of Warren this afternoon and spotted a Peregrine Falcon at at Brandt Angus and an Osprey and 2 Trumpeter Swans at Parnell. And I watched 5 Barn Swallow nestlings - fledge this morning at the Audubon Center. I'm still watching a Mourning Dove nest with two not quite ready to nestlings. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Nighthawks in Warren (Polk County)
This evening at the Audubon Center in Warren: 6 Nighthawks, a Mourning Dove sitting on a nest with 2 still downy chicks, Barn Swallows on the nest, Redstarts, Wood Ducks (at the birdfeeding station), Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Pileated Woodpecker feeding suet to a fledgling. Sandhill Cranes are starting to stage at the Agassiz Valley Project impoundment - also shorebirds, Great Blue Herons and Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, 6 American White Pelicans, a lone Trumpeter Swan, Blue-winged teal and 6 Bald Eagles, Swainson's Hawk, Western Kingbird, Yellow-headed Blackbirds. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon http://www.facebook.com/WatershedDistrict Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Red Crossbill in Plummer MN
Paula Cater photographed a Red Crossbill at her feeders in Plummer this weekend. Her photo is posted on the Agassiz Audubon facebook page. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Waterfowl and migrants north Polk Co Marshall Co
Saturday at the Agassiz Valley Impoundment Western Grebe Eared Grebe Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Pintail Ruddy Ring-necked Redhead Bufflehead Blue-winged Teal Common Goldeneye Lesser Scaup White Pelican Trumpeter Swan Double-crested Cormorant Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Northern Harrier Merlin Bald Eagle Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Forster's Tern Franklins Gull At the Audubon Center in Warren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Brown Creeper Fox Sparrow Dark-Eyed Junco Chipping Sparrow Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Coopers Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Swainsons Hawk Red-tailed Hawk -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Glossy Ibis - Lancaster MN
Tracy Brewer spotted and photographed a Glossy Ibis at Eric Shannon Finney's farm east of Lancaster on 4-24-13. The photo is posted on the Agassiz Audubon Facebook page. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Phoebe in western Polk County on Monday
The warbler was feeding on peanut butter suet at the Audubon Center. The phoebe was at feeder with the sunflower hearts. Odd to see them both along with droves of redpolls. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Northern Saw-whet Owl in Radium MN
I got a call from a neighbor in Marshall County around noon. She had a small owl in an evergreen by the Snake River. I thought it might be a Boreal, but it turned out to be a Northern Saw-whet. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Shrike, Merlin, Prairie Chickens - NW Minnesota
I just got a report of a Northern Shrike at a birdfeeder in Plummer MN (Red Lake County). Also today I spotted a Merlin (on Marshall Co 1) just north of Florian MN; Sharp-tailed Grouse feeding on spilled sunflower at the elevator in Halma (Kittson County), numerous Common Ravens, Bald Eagles and Black-billed Magpies along Marshall Co 1 (feeding on roadkill deer); and 3 Black-billed Magpies, 200+ Common Redpolls, 5 Hoary Redpolls and 12 Pine Grosbeaks at the feeders - and 6 Prairie Chickens on the beach ridge at the Agassiz Audubon Center in NW Polk County. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Boreal Owl - Marshall County (Warren) Snowy Owl - Polk County
I got a call today about a small owl that died (last week) in a yard full of bird feeders - two miles east of Warren and one mile north of State Hwy 1 on 310th Ave near the Snake River overpass. I drove over and dug through last night's snow and found it... a Boreal Owl. (a photo is posted on the Agassiz Audubon facebook page). I have not seen the Boreal Owl spotted two weeks ago at the Audubon Center (Polk County). A Snowy Owl was reported today - it may be the same bird reported several times this winter - west on County 23 (from US 75 at Angus MN) to County 20 and north to 190th Street - it has flown up from the ditches and perched on power poles along this road and to the west on township roads. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl - NW Polk County
A Snowy Owl was reported this morning at 340 Ave NW and 170th Street NW west of US 75 and south of Warren. This may be the same female snowy that's been spotted the past couple of months in this neighborhood. We had approximately 200 Common Redpolls and a dozen female Pine Grosbeaks at the Audubon Center feeders today. Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://AgassizAudubon.blogspot.com http://agassizaudubon.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl west of Warren MN
One of our rural letter carriers called to report a Snowy Owl in rural Warren on Tuesday morning. I went out looking for it, but didn't find it. I did however, spot a Cooper's Hawk near a farm house on 380th Ave, just north of 170th Street. I went out again late this afternoon and found the Snowy Owl - about 8 miles west of the Audubon Center. I encountered a dozen large flocks of Snow Buntings along Polk County 20 and along township roads between Warren, Angus, Sherack and Tabor. (photos are posted on Agassiz Audubon's facebook page). I also spotted several large flocks of Bohemian Waxwings in downtown Warren and a dozen Wild Turkeys on Polk County 23 by the Pembina Trail. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] [mou-rba] Short-eared Owl east of Warren (West Polk Co)
We continue to have 40+ Common Redpolls, a lone Hoary Redpoll and a dozen Pine Grosbeaks at the Audubon Center feeders. White-winged Crossbills have been working the tops of spruce trees snapped to the ground by the October storm. Three Black-billed Magpies have been sharing a deer carcass with the woodpeckers, chickadees, a Dark-eyed Junco, bobcat and ermine. I found a handful of Cedar Waxwings amongst the 60+ Bohemians all over the crab apples along the streets of downtown Warren today. A Rough-legged Hawk, 4 Common Ravens and a Short-eared Owl in the CRP on the west side of Polk County 68 at the Marshall County line (in the Agassiz Valley impoundment). Over 100 Snow Buntings and at least 2 Lapland Longspurs along US 75 between Warren and Angus. 4 Bald Eagles hanging around in the fields along Minnesota Hwy 1 east of Warren. A Northern Cardinal is a regular at the feeders on Minnesota Hwy 1 on the west side of town (by the Snake River). -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Snowy Owl Golden Eagle near Warren MN
Van Hapka of Warren called at 8:45 this morning to report a Snowy Owl sitting on a field drain pipe on 190th St and 310th Ave NW just south of Warren MN in Polk County. Around noon today, I spotted a Golden Eagle flying in the fields south of MN Hwy 1near 290th Ave NW (Marshall County). -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Redpolls - Warren MN
A flock of Common Redpolls hit the feeders at the Audubon Center in Warren this morning. We've had Pine Siskins since the first week in October. -- Heidi Hughes Agassiz Audubon Society 27391 190th Street NW Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Nighthawks and a change in access to the Agassiz Valley Impoundment in Warren
The sky was full of Common Nighthawks at dusk yesterday. We counted about 2 dozen on the west side of the Agassiz Valley impoundment. The impoundment has water - and shorebirds, cranes and waterfowl have started to move. A handful of White Pelicans and Great Egrets are still hanging around. The Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District has opened the impoundment to cars for wildlife viewing. The new 1-way loop is an improved gravel road on top of the dike. Enter at the northwest corner gate (210th Street NW) a mile south of MN Hwy 1 - and exit the dike at 200th Street. The road is wide enough for 2 vehicles and there's a parking pull-off at the 1/2 mile point. Please do *not *drive off the gravel road onto the embankment. The remaining 3+ miles on dike is gated and closed to vehicles without a permit. However, the Watershed District will allow access to members of Agassiz Audubon Society who volunteer to uplink their checklist to eBird. If you would like to participate in data collection, please contact me in advance (via email) to make arrangements pick up the gate key. Thanks! Heidi Hughes Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
