[mou-net] Long Tailed Duck - Scott County, Wilkie unit

[Justin Watts]

A long tailed duck is present in Fisher lake right now, along with 
hundreds of ring necked ducks and smaller numbers of most 
expected species. This is in the MN Valley Refuge, Wilkie unit, 
Scott County. Scope needed, I viewed the duck right from the 
parking lot at hwy 101 x crest ave.

Justin and Annabelle Watts
Hennepin


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[mou-net] Park Point Pacific Loons seen after 11th?

[Shawn Conrad]

I'm just wondering if the Pacific Loons at Park Point have been seen since
the 11th.  Thanks!

Shawn Conrad


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[mou-net] Plegadis Ibis- Stearns

[Milton Blomberg]

This afternoon Dedrick Benz sighted a Plegadis Ibis on Getchell Lake.  It was 
feeding contentedly on the mudflat shore in the NW corner of the lake. (This is 
the same location as the Black-Necked Stilt sightings earlier this spring).  
South of Freeport, CR 30 to 327th Street--go west to dead end and a turkey 
farm...continue straight ~2-300 yards down a two track trail (grooved, but 
driveable), to the grass-marshy public access on the east side of the lake.  We 
suspect it is a juvenile, most of the plumage an oily brown-green, long 
decurved bill.  Scope needed.  Ron Erpelding arrived to view it as well, but it 
disappeared at dark.  Hope it will still be feeding here tomorrow.  Present 
also ~125  Bonaparte Gulls and assorted ducks.  Some Cackling Geese and WF 
Geese flew in while Ron was present. Some waterfowl hunting shots were also 
heard at twilight. (Dedrick Benz, John Hockema, Frank Gosiak, Milt Blomberg).
  

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[mou-net] MBW update

[Kim R Eckert]

The MBWbirds website (http://mbwbirds.com ) was just 
updated this evening, and it includes the complete descriptions of all the 
Minnesota Birding Weekends and Weeks of the 2016-17 season. The opening day of 
registrations is on Monday, November 16, on a first-come-first-served basis 
based on U.S. mail postmarks. (The confirmations of any registrations submitted 
before before the 16th will be delayed.)

The basic MBW schedule was already included in the recent November-December 
issue of the MOU newsletter, which was published on the MOU website 
(http://moumn.org  - see MOU Publications / MN BIrding 
Newsletter). However, most MOU members were probably unaware of this unless 
they subscribe to the mou-net listservice, where an announcement of this was 
posted. If you know some MOU members who don’t subscribe to mou-net, you might 
want to let them know that the newsletter (and the MBW schedule) is now 
available.

As always, please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.


Kim R Eckert, Duluth
ecker...@gmail.com 
http://www.mbwbirds.com 

(Please note: MBWs are offered in association with the MOU; we were originally 
known as MOU Birding Weekends. MBW participants are still expected to be 
members of MOU, which receives a portion of MBW receipts in return for these 
updates on mou-net and in the newsletter.)

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