Re: [mou-net] letter from MEP asking Gov Dayton to veto HF 846 -- resend
The MOUlist filter prevented sending the letter in .pdf. I am trying this link to the letter to see if it goes thru. http://bit.ly/1efFPtt From: Gordon Andersson [mailto:gpanders...@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:30 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: letter from MEP asking Gov Dayton to veto HF 846 Dear fellow bird advocates: The MOU is one of 32 partner organizations in the MN Environmental Partnership (MEP). (Tom Bell is the MOU representative.) MEP has been closely tracking the environmental bills at the Legislature, including the buffer strip rule, water quality rules, and a rule to protect pollinators from harmful chemicals. House File 846, the Agriculture and Environment Omnibus Budget Bill, passed the Senate on the last day of the session and is now with the Governor. Although major parts of the original buffer proposal were added into this bill, there are many other provisions of the bill that weaken protection from pollution of the land and waters of the state. One part provides money to promote seeds and plants as "pollinator friendly" although they might be treated with systemic pesticides that may later kill honeybees, native bees, and butterflies. These bad items are detailed in this letter. If the bill is signed by the Governor it becomes law. Because time is short and the letter was just distributed today, I am sending it to you tonight. Many people are asking Gov Dayton to veto this bill so that it can be amended in the special session. If you want to add your voice, here is contact info for the Governor. You can also go to his Facebook page and leave a message there. Remember, this is your government. http://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/form/ Telephone: 651-201-3400 or Toll Free: 800-657-3717 Gordon Andersson member MOU Conservation Committee 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] Whimbrels at Park Point Duluth
Hi Last night someone reported seeing a whimbrel at park point with a Marbled Godwit so this morning my wife and i went down to the point and though we didn't see the Godwit we saw two Whimbrels and later on three of them walking slowly and occasionally flying in the direction of Duluth. I followed them for almost two miles along the beach before they finally took off about 7:45 a.m. This was a lifer for me. I also looked for the piping plover but today did not see it. Here is a link to some photos. I had a video also but was not able to upload it. I will either tomorrow or Friday. P.s the warbler wave was considerably less than yesterday. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ronsthoughts/ Sent from my iPad 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 Lake Vadnais
There were two osprey on the platform at Lake Vadnais today. One flew off a couple times and then came back. It looked like there could be some courtship going on. It looked like there were more sticks there or perhaps that is just wishful thinking on my part. Gail Wieberdink 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] Fwd: yahoo.com and aol.com members can no longer post
This is a repeat of a message sent on 5/25/2014. aol.com and yahoo.com members can not post to mou-net. This is the reason and a fix. Hope this helps. The bad news: 369 mou-net members were automatically removed from the list this morning. This happened because of an anti-SPAM feature added to all mail from yahoo.com and aol.com members by yahoo.com and aol.com. All of the yahoo.com and aol.com members have now been marked as NO POST. This means that they can read mail from mou-net, but can not send any mail to mou-net. The good news: All 369 members have been added back to the list. You do not need to do anything if you received a notice that you have been removed from the list. An (experimental) method to send mail to mou-net has been added to moumn.org. Go to http://moumn.org and click on the mou-net send box in the upper right hand corner of the page. This can be used by anyone that is logged into moumn.org, but it should only be used by yahoo.com and aol.com members of the mou-net list. It provides a return address of (youremailaddress) Alternatives: The list provider at umn.edu has suggested that instead of using a yahoo.com or aol.com email address, you can sign up for a different free email provider such as gmail.com. You can sign up for a gmail account by going to: http://mail.google.com/mail/signup You can even even keep your yahoo.com or aol.com account to read mail, but you need something else to be able to post mail. -- David Cahlander da...@cahlander.com Burnsville MN 952-894-5910 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] Orange crowned and Magnolia warblers/Grant County
Feeding on Dalgo crab tree. Magnolia is lifer (insert life bird dance here). Charlene Nelson Elbow Lake farm Sent from my iPhone 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] Chestnut-sided Warbler
Last evening in the low light of nearly 8 p.m. I stood chatting with a co-worker and friend on downtown Duluth's central hillside. The parking lots there look like old industrial building sites, long ago cleared off, rimmed with a trace of cracked stone foundation, pothole-riddled and squeezing out any assorted weed that can get a start. We had begun talking about birds, though this friend is not a birder. I glimpsed what would in that setting first seem an English sparrow in its best breeding plumage, but for the moony green crown on the head. Along it came following the nearest stone and weed border just a stride below us, a perfect and resplendent spring chestnut-sided warbler full of the richest soft woodland color. This could be pointed out as more evidence that storms drive hungry migrant birds to the ground, and wherever they fall, they will try to glean food. *Tanya Beyer* http://www.epiphaniesafield.com/home-page.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
