[mou-net] There is still time to donate books for the annual MOU book sale - MOU Paper Session

[Liz Harper]

Many thanks to those of you who have already contacted me about donating 
books for the annual MOU book sale at the Paper Session!


If you would like to donate books for the sale, you can bring them to 
the Landscape Arboretum the morning of the Paper Session. If you are 
unable to attend the Paper Session, but want to donate books, please 
contact me at this email address by November 25th to arrange a 
pickup/drop off.


All donations help the MOU achieve its goal of supporting bird science 
and conservation efforts and contribute to the Savaloja Fund, which 
grants financial support to a myriad of bird work in Minnesota.



Thanks all,

Liz
The program for the Paper Session on *Saturday, December 2* at the 
*Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum* is available here: 
http://moumn.org/Paper_Session_Program_2017.pdf




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[mou-net] Kim Eckert's book...$5 donated to MOU for each purchase

[sparky stensaas]

Hi All,
When you purchase Kim Eckert’s Birding by Hindsight book in the next few weeks 
from this link (http://www.birdnerdz.net/shop/birding-by-hindsight-book), (or 
in person at MOU Paper Session) you will make money for the Minnesota 
Ornithologist's Union (MOU). Stone Ridge Press will DONATE $5 from each book to 
the MOU...(we've already raised more than $250 for the MOU! ) and Kim will 
donate his royalties to Friends of Sax-Zim Bog. This offer ends Dec 2.

Seventeen years of the "Birding by Hindsight" articles from The Loon is now in 
book form and contains every article written for the popular column in The 
Loon, starting in 1995 until the last installment in 2012 – 70 in all. Topics 
cover many areas of identification (and misidentification) of Minnesota’s most 
confusing bird species. Another fun series of articles covers predictions on 
what the next species to be added to the state list will be…find out where Kim 
was right on (and where he wasn’t), and what species are yet to be discovered 
within Minnesota’s borders.

The book is still relevant today, the text is timeless (well, most of it), and 
Kim’s writing is both humorous and enlightening – a combination that makes 
reading these pages a delight. Makes a great gift for a birding friend as well.

$5.00 from the sale of every book will be donated directly to the MOU, and this 
offer will extend through the MOU Papers Session, December 
2. (In addition, the author is donating all his 
royalties to Friends of Sax-Zim Bog.)

Purchase here:
http://www.birdnerdz.net/shop/birding-by-hindsight-book

– 576 pages softcover
– Over 100 black-and-white photos
– See website above for the Table of Contents and the author’s Introduction
– $24.95 + $4 shipping
Thanks!

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[mou-net] Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grass Lake, Minneapolis

[Doug Kieser]

After brief after-work stops at Lake Calhoun (hundreds of gulls spread out
over the lake) and Harriet (over 2000), I made a stop at Grass Lake to find
the adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on the remaining ice in the SW Corner
with around 80 other gulls.  This may be a good starting place tomorrow for
anyone still interested in seeing this bird.
There should be good viewing on Girard Ave. S near its intersection with
Dupont.

Doug Kieser
Minneapolis


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[mou-net] MOU Paper Session program is now available!

[Bob Dunlap]

Hello MOU members and MOU-net subscribers,

The program for the Paper Session on *Saturday, December 2* at the *Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum* is now available here:

http://moumn.org/Paper_Session_Program_2017.pdf

As usual, the event features an exciting list of presenters and exhibitors
on bird science, education, artwork, and other topics relating to birds and
birding in Minnesota. We will also have many good bird books and field
guides available at our used book sale.

In addition, you still have a few days to pre-register (deadline Monday,
November 20). ***If you didn't pre-register, no worries: you can still show
up and register the morning of the Paper Session!*** Again, the arboretum
entrance fee is being waived for anyone attending the Paper Session...*just
mention "MOU" at the gate* and you'll be waived in for free. Parking is
available in the main lot right next to the Oswald Visitor Center where the
event is being held.

Very much looking forward to our first Paper Session at the Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum! See you there!

Bob Dunlap
MOU Vice President


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[mou-net] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report-Thursday, November 16, 2017

[Jeanie Joppru]

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, November 16,
2016  sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may
also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.
 
We are slowly making our way through the fall season. Some of the snow
remains, but most has melted. Temperatures are chilly but not cold yet. The
mix of birds being seen is changing with more and more rough-legged hawks,
pine grosbeaks, and  snow buntings being reported.
 
PINE GROSBEAKS  were reported in Douglas County near Miltona by John Ellis.
He also saw BLACK SCOTERS  on Lake Osakis on November 10.
 
In Cass County, the HARLEQUIN DUCK  has been relocated in Walker, on
November 11 behind the Shingobee Sports Bar around the north docks.
 
Wayne Perala observed many SNOW GEESE  and SNOW BUNTINGS  near the Orwell
Dam in Otter Tail County on November 14. In Fergus Falls he saw HARRIS'S
SPARROW, and reported that three BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS remained in the
city.
 
>From Clay County, Matt Jacobson saw several ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS  on November
14. Kathleen MacAulay found a GREAT BLUE HERON  in Clay County on November
11. An ICELAND GULL  was reported by Heather Hundt on November 13 at the
Clay County Gravel Pits.
 
Sandy Aubol at East Grand Forks in Polk County reported 16 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS
at the East Grand Forks golf course on November 13. This week she had at the
feeder and in her yard HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, RED
CROSSBILLS, PINE SISKINS, COMMON REDPOLLS, a pair of NORTHERN CARDINALS, a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and  a NORTHERN SHRIKE. A SNOWY OWL  was reported along
US 2 between East Grand Forks and Crookston.
 
Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported HOODED MERGANSERS, COMMON
MERGANSERS, and a RING-BILLED GULL  on November 10,  PINE GROSBEAKS, COMMON
REDPOLL, and BROWN CREEPER  on November 11. On November 12, he saw RED
CROSSBILLS, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, and RUFFED GROUSE,
and on November 14 he had PINE SISKINS, and  COMMON REDPOLLS.
 
At Preacher's Grove in Clearwater County  this week Marshall Howe saw
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and elsewhere in the county
some COMMON MERGANSERS.
 
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL  was observed by Beth Siverhus along MN 72 in Beltrami
County on November 12. PINE GROSBEAKS  were reported by Katie Haws near
Hines on November 9. A VARIED THRUSH  was seen by Doug Johnson at Mary Lou
Marchand's feeder in Bemidji.
 
Larry Wilebski reported that a SNOWY OWL   has returned to Kittson County as
of November 15. He also observed COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE GROSBEAKS. A
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL  was reported by Peggy Fenster in Hallock on November
14.
 
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at ajjop...@mncable.net 
OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992.
Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county
where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is
Friday, November 24, 2017.
 
 
 
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
 


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[mou-net] Lamberton and Albert Lea CBC's

[Mike Majeski]

The Lamberton CBC will take place on December 16 (compiler is Lee French) and 
the Albert Lea CBC will take place on December 23 (compiler is myself).
If you are interested in joining either count, please e-mail me back-channel 
for the meeting place and time.  Thanks!

Mike Majeski



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