[mou] Birding information from Spain
--Apple-Mail-4-732929575 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Good afternoon here, We are a couple from Spain that live in the Pyrenees in our family =20 hotel (www.hotelmauberme.com). I have a friend leaving in Minneapolis =20= that has convinced us Minnesota is a great place for our May 2007 =20 holidays. We do bird census in the area, cooperate with the Spanish affiliate =20 of Birdlife International and have traveled several times to Africa =20 for wildlife interest. We are sending this message in case anybody in your organization =20 could recommend us the best areas to visit in the days between 6-8 =20 and 18-20 May 2007 having in mind we would be driving ourselves and =20 would like to find areas quiet, calm and "pristine", but also nice =20 accommodation and good meals! Also it will be good if you have some contacts that can offer guided =20 tours (for one or two days in key areas). We do not want to cover the =20= whole state, but go straight for the areas where birds (but also =20 mammals) can be seen in the spring. In our area we have at that time snow at certain height (we leave at =20 1300 meter) but is possible to walk the woods and see all the =20 migrants that return from the south to their breeding territories in =20 the mountains. Hope our request is not a disturbance for you, Thanks in advance for the information you can provide, Regards from the Pyrenees, Joaquin & Mari =C0ngels --Apple-Mail-4-732929575 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Good afternoon = here,=A0We are a couple = from Spain that live in the Pyrenees in our family hotel (http://www.hotelmauberme.com";>). I have a friend leaving in Minneapolis = that has convinced us Minnesota is a great place for our May 2007 = holidays.=A0We do bird census = in the area, cooperate with the Spanish affiliate of Birdlife = International and have traveled several times to Africa for wildlife = interest.=A0We are sending = this message in case anybody in your organization could recommend us the = best areas to visit in the days between 6-8 and 18-20 May 2007 having in = mind we would be driving ourselves and would like to find areas quiet, = calm and "pristine", but also nice accommodation and good = meals!=A0Also it will be = good if you have some contacts that can offer guided tours (for one or = two days in key areas). We do not want to cover the whole state, but go = straight for the areas where birds (but also mammals) can be seen in the = spring.=A0In our area we = have at that time snow at certain height (we leave at 1300 meter) but is = possible to walk the woods and see all the migrants that return from the = south to their breeding territories in the = mountains.=A0Hope our request = is not a disturbance for you,Regards from the = Pyrenees,=A0Joaquin & = Mari =C0ngels= --Apple-Mail-4-732929575--
[mou] Snowy Plover, Lac qui Parle Co., and Plegadis ibises, Big Stone Co.
Yesterday, Sunday, 6 August, Peder Svingen and I found one juvenile Snowy Plover along the west shore of Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge's East Pool, meaning that at least one of the two previously reported chicks has fledged successfully. To get to the area in question, take the so-called Banding Site Road - the road that continues east from the eastern terminus of Lac qui Parle CR 40 - until you reach the shore of East Pool. This is a walk of about one-and-a-third miles; you have to walk because the road is blocked by a locked gate. Having followed the Banding Site Road east until it reaches the shore of East Pool, walk left, i.e., northwest, along the shore for roughly two-thirds of a mile; at about two-thirds of a mile the shoreline turns north, and by looking up to the north you'll see the area in which the juvenile Snowy was observed. We saw the Snowy during our weekly census of East Pool, and that census tallied nearly 7100 individuals of 21 species. More than half of the individuals were in the same area as the juvenile Snowy. Also, during a shorebird survey in Big Stone Co. on Saturday, 5 August, I found 22 young Plegadis ibises in a pothole in Toqua Twp.; the pothole is located along CR 54 1.6 miles W of CR 61 (which is, I think, the same as saying that the pothole is 0.4 miles E of CR 7). Unfortunately, about 10 minutes after my arrival something "spooked" everything in the pothole, and, whereas the pothole's shorebirds returned, the ibises did not, flying off out of sight toward the SE. Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321
[mou] COOPER HAWKS
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[mou] Photo website error
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0002_01C6B9F8.785FCC90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dave Fallow (Madison, WI) was nice enough to point out that I had captioned Eastern Kingbirds as Loggerhead Shrikes with my latest website update. Just thought I'd let everyone know that I will correct that error as soon as I can so that everyone doesn't waste their time emailing me about it! I had Loggerhead Shrikes in my head because they were sharing an electrical wire with the Eastern Kingbirds! If there are any other errors, please don't hesitate to email me. Thank you :-) Linda Photo website: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger --=_NextPart_000_0002_01C6B9F8.785FCC90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> Dave Fallow (Madison, WI) was nice enough to = point out that I had captioned Eastern Kingbirds as Loggerhead Shrikes with my = latest website update. Just thought I’d let everyone know that I = will correct that error as soon as I can so that everyone doesn’t waste their = time emailing me about it! I had Loggerhead Shrikes in my head because = they were sharing an electrical wire with the Eastern = Kingbirds! If there are any other errors, please don’t = hesitate to email me. Thank you J Linda<= /b><= /p> Photo website: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger";>www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger --=_NextPart_000_0002_01C6B9F8.785FCC90--
