[mou-net] Ottawa Impoundment
I stopped by the Ottawa Impoundment Pools today to see what was what. Lots of water and a few birds: a single Wilson's Phalarope, a single Wester Grebe and a Great horned owl working the water's edge in the eastern pool. Lots of distant Cormorants, a few Shovellers and some distant shorebirds. Other lakes in the general area held lots heron and egrets. It was a beautiful June day to be out and about. -rick, mpls Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry 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] Loggerhead Shrikes still present
Hey birders, The pair of Loggerhead Shrikes at the previously mentioned location were both active this evening, probably indicating their eggs have hatched. First time I have seen the pair together since early May. I did not have time to determine the precise location of the nest yet. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato 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] Yellow-billed Cuckoo Meeker Cty
Just had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in our yard in Dassel. Paul & Koni Fank Dassel Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
[mou-net] Wright County Prothonotary Warbler
Yesterday I entered a Prothonotary Warbler sighting into the MOU database. I did not realize at the time I found the bird that it was out of range and would probably be a first county record. I got a couple of calls asking me about the bird. Here are the details. At Lake Maria State Park drive toward the boat landing. Go past the "rare turtle crossing" sign (A snapping turtle working a nest in the road yesterday, but no Blandings.) to the intersection where you would turn left to go to the boat landing. There is a pond that extends to the right from this intersection. I heard the bird across the pond in the woods maybe 50 yards to the right of this intersection. Prothonotary is one of the warblers I can hear and to me it had the distinctive "cheep cheep cheep" call, much slower and more melodic than the calling swamp sparrows. I never saw the bird but listened to it call repeatedly for 10 minutes. I am not 100 % certain that this is what I had and would welcome others taking a look/ listen for another opinion. Good luck. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
