[mou] David Sibley on the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker controversy

[Thomas Nelson]

Hi,

There's an article on the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker controversy in  
today's New York Times.  An excerpt:


David Allen Sibley, the prominent American birder and the author of  
popular field guides, said Thursday that he had concluded that in the  
Science paper, the evidence they've presented falls short of proof.


Read the whole thing here (free, but registration required):

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/science/24bird.html

Tom Nelson
Ramsey County

[mou] Eurasian Collared-Dove, Otter Tail Co

[Jeff Schultz]

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Two Eurasian Collared-Doves have been observed in Ottertail MN (the =
town, not the county or lake!!). I saw them on Fri Jul 22 and again =
today, Jul 24. They are in the village proper, if you want to look turn =
south off 108 on any street in town, (there are only 3) and check =
feeders and power lines in the vicinity of Lake Boulevard, three blocks =
south. I ask you to be respectful of of people's privacy.
Jeff Schultz

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[mou] Itasca County Peregrine Falcon

[shawn conrad]

The Peregrine Falcon I reported a few weeks ago continues to perch in the 
same spot most mornings before 7am.  It is perched there as I write this, 
visible from my window--this is the first time I have noticed it during the 
pm hours.  I saw piles of pigeon feathers along the railroad tracks beneath 
this perch last night.

The location is the tower on top of the hill that overlooks the bike trail 
and 1st Avenue in Bovey, near the BOVEY lettering on the hill visible as 
you enter the town from the west on 169.

Shawn Conrad
Bovey