[mou-net] Blue Earth County Sunday
I had a chance to check out the eastern part of the count Hey birders, I had a chance to check out the eastern part of the county for waterfowl and early arrivals. There are a couple of locations worth checking out: Wita Lake--lots of divers (scaup/Ring-necked primarily) Gilfillin Lake--more of a big soggy mudflat with early yellowlegs and hundreds of mud-loving ducks (shovelers/Green-winged Teal) Born/Alice/Indian Lakes are south of Hwy 14 near Smith's Mill and had tons of ducks. I finally found the big group of Canvasbacks that goes through in spring; I may have seen 500 or more today on Alice and Indian combined. Perch Lake has water again but not much. It is loaded up with dabblers in the middle and there's shorebird habitat (Lesser Yellowlegs) around the edges. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato "But ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?" --Job 12:7, 9 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] MRVNWR FOY Birds
Spent a couple of hours hiking the Minnesota River Valley Refuge (Old Cedar Bridge and Bass Ponds) this afternoon. Diversity of waterfowl is declining but still got 11 species. FOY birds for me included: Peregrine Falcon (at nest box on Black Dog Power Plant smokestack) Belted Kingfisher Turkey Vulture Yellow rumped Warbler. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.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
[mou-net] MBW update
Just a brief reminder that the MBWbirds website (http://mbwbirds.com) has been updated today, March 25, and includes the current registration status of all the MBWeekends and MBWeeks in the 2012-13 season. While some MBWs are already filled, note that others still have vacancies (including this spring's Houston-Winona and Rock- Pipestone MBWeekends). Elsewhere on the website, also note the A Birder's Guide to Minnesota page has been updated with some new additions and corrections. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any comments or questions. Kim R Eckert ecker...@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.com (Note: This is the 27th season of MBWs, which are offered in association with the MOU – we were originally known as MOU Birding Weekends. The MOU annually receives a portion of MBW receipts in return for these updates on mou-net.) 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] Tree Swallows in Washington & Chisago Counties 3/24/12
While birding in William O'Brien State Park we saw 1 Tree Swallow. Later, we saw 2 more on Chisago County 81 & 70. Also noted were Fox Sparrows, Purple Finch, Rusty Blackbirds, Northern Flicker. It will be "difficult" :-) to see warblers when the trees are already leafed out! Sue Bergman Barb McGregor (From Hennepin County) Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
