Re: [mou-net] Quick trip to Biloxi, Mississippi!

[Michael A. Koutnik]

My wife and I just spent 5 days from
New Orleans to Pensacola. A mainland part of Gulf Islands National Seashore is 
not far east of Biloxi, about 10 miles. Nice visitor center, several trails. 
And there is a picnic area there (along the coast) where you can spy water 
birds. Very pleasant.  

Mike Koutnik

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> On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:03 PM, MOU admin  wrote:
> 
> (Posted by Brigitte Kay Reuther  via moumn.org)
> 
> Greetings, all!
> 
> I (actually "we" - 4 of us) have a day to spend in Biloxi, Mississippi this
> coming Friday.
> 
> Where should we visit for a few hours of not-too-complicated birding?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> - Brigitte
> 
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[mou-net] Quick trip to Biloxi, Mississippi!

[MOU admin]

(Posted by Brigitte Kay Reuther  via moumn.org)

Greetings, all!

I (actually "we" - 4 of us) have a day to spend in Biloxi, Mississippi this
coming Friday.

Where should we visit for a few hours of not-too-complicated birding?

Thanks for your help!

- Brigitte

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[mou-net] Swift County GTGR--Yes

[Josh Wallestad]

Today at 12:40 PM I observed the male Great-tailed Grackle first discovered
and reported by Kathleen MacAulay.   It was in the northeast corner of the
previously reported slough (right by the railroad tracks) just east of
Danvers on the south side of Hwy. 12. I only saw it for a minute or two,
enough time to get a photo, before it dropped into the cattails.

Great find, Kathleen!

Josh Wallestad


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[mou-net] migration in Becker Co.

[Steve Midthune]

Shorebirds have finally made it this far north. Greater yellowlegs and
Pectoral sandpipers at Lake Park sewage ponds. Horned grebes and Wilson
snipe on LaBelle Lake north of Lake Park.

Steve Midthune

Lake Park, MN



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[mou-net] Coon Rapids Dam East Side - Towhee & Thrashers

[Refsnider]

First-of-Year sightings this morning in Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park 
(Anoka County), east side of the dam:


- Eastern Towhee, calling, not singing, just north of the bike trail 
bridge over Coon Creek.  Eventually he popped into sight, giving us a 
visual treat.


- Brown Thrasher - 1 singing from the north side of Cenaiko Lake, 
finally appeared; another one quiet, seen foraging in the ski trail SW 
of the lake.


Other than the numerous song sparrows, there was a striking absence of 
sparrows this morning.  We've had a few white-throats at our home about 
1.5 miles south of the dam, but we couldn't find any in the park.  There 
were 10 d-c cormorants roosting in a snag in the river, the first flock 
we've noted this spring, although we have seen 1-2 individuals in the 
last week.


A note on the heron rookery this spring:  Up until today we'd seen only 
10-12 herons on the rookery nests, and all were in the western portion 
of the rookery.  Today we saw about 15 on the western nests and another 
6 in the more central nests.  For the first time this year we saw 1 pair 
involved in nest building.  In contrast to the onset of warm weather, 
heron arrival and nest construction seem to be very late at this 
rookery.  Compared to the 40-60 active nests in recent years, this 
rookery suddenly appears to be on a steep decline.  Hopefully more 
herons will return within the next week, proving that my fears are 
ungrounded.


We also could see the 3 ospreys on the two nests on the west side of the 
Dam.


---Ron Refsnider


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