[mou-net] Sherburne rusty blackbird

For those interested, the rusty blackbird is feeding in the yard this morning, on the ground between our headquarters building and the river - where the bird feeder is.   Betsy Beneke Sherburne NWR Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Fish Crows in Minneapolis????

Hi All-- Working on my blog, I serendipitously wrote a post today about the Fish Crow. ( http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com ) Come to discover that Fish Crows are found up the Mississippi Valley to St. Louis and accidentally into southern Ontario! Fish Crows are moving north. Twice this

[mou-net] Fish Crows in Minneapolis????

Wow - The problem might be that crows can do so many calls and make lot of other sounds. It would take some kind of special diagnostic call I imagine - I wonder if the fish crow rattle is different enough. - Original Message - From: danerika daner...@gmail.com To:

[mou-net] Purple Sandpiper photos

Not sure if there's still a question of identity here, but if so maybe these photos will also help. Did not see the bird over the weekend... these are from earlier. Roger Schroeder, Marshall http://rogallery.rohair.com/Sharing/Birds/shorebirds/Purple%20Sandpiper/ Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Help transferring Birding Kit

Hello; If anyone from the metro area is planning to be in Southwest Minnesota before Thanksgiving, I am in need of help getting an MOU Birding Kit back to Bob Holtz in Roseville. Please contact me via email: b...@rohair.com. Thank you, Roger Schroeder Join or Leave mou-net:

Re: [mou-net] Fish Crows in Minneapolis????

Dan: As you are well aware, lots of species are separable by call mainly or only. Per the 6th, 2011, edition of the National Geographic field guide the best way to separate Fish Crow from other species of crows is by call. Cornell University http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search has calls

[mou-net] Fish Crow

After all the discussions about birding ethics and reporting (very rewarding) it is refreshing to hear about Fish Crows. My thought is: How do you report a bird when the best identifier is its vocals? I've been fooled by Blue jays who can imitate many birds, especially, my local Red Shouldered

Re: [mou-net] Fish Crow

Here is a link to the Request for Documentation form used by the MOU Records committee: http://moumn.org/docs/rqd.pdf  If you mentally go through the questions while viewing a bird it is very helpful in getting good field notes. Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com

[mou-net] Lake and Cook counties today (11/7)

Taconite Harbor, Cook County: All three scoter species; 1 Black, 2 Surf and 3 White-winged, also 2 Horned Grebes. Stoney River Forest Road, Lake County: One female Spruce Grouse, about one mile north of Whyte Road. Also Boreal Chickadees and a Northern Shrike. Doug Kieser Minneapolis (with

[mou-net] Outstanding morning at Wisconsin Point, plus questions/photos on a distant greb

I just posted this to the Wisconsin birding listserv, and wanted to copy it here since the sightings were in the twin ports. Towards the bottom of this email I have a question about a distant grebe I saw this morning. This morning my friend Aldo and I did some birdwatching at

[mou-net] Sherburne cranes, rusty BBs and purple finches

I left work later than normal this afternoon, and pulled over to watch hundreds of sandhill cranes pouring into the refuge between 4:40 and 4:50.  I was sitting at the corner of CRs 3 and 5 (info kiosk there) quite a bit farther east than where we've seen large number of birds earlier in the

[mou-net] texas in the winter birding

Am planning a trip to the Rio Grande this winter. Any advice, recommendations, guides, books, motels, car rentals, restaurants, flights, when to book, what to wear, who to see, where stay, etc.?? I have limited info and I know there are some consumate snow birders here. Please respond off

[mou-net] tundra swans

At about 8;30 PM , I heard Tundra Swans flying over and was amazed when I looked in the direction of the calling, to actually see them in the pitched dark of the night. The white of the body against a very black sky was stunning ! There is always another surprise around the corner.