[mou-net] Correction to Whooping Cranes over Brainerd
The birds flew over the east tip of Sylvan Lake, not the west tip, and were barely in the Brainerd zip-code at approximately 46.375029, -94.373156. Charlotte Goedsche goeds...@unca.edu Brainerd, MN, Cass County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
[mou-net] Whooping Cranes over Brainerd
On 7/20/2020 I observed two large long-legged pure white birds with strikingly black primaries flying south over the west tip of Sylvan Lake. As Roger T. Peterson famously said of adult Bald Eagles, they were "all field mark," and I believe that they were Whooping Cranes. I am an experienced and conservative bird observer, but have never observed a Whooping Crane fly-over. Robert B. Janssen's Birds in Minnesota (1987) states that two May 1978 reports of this species were dismissed as "probably immature Sandhill Cranes" by the MN Ornithological Records Committee. I welcome any comments on this sighting. Charlotte Goedsche Brainerd, MN, Cass County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
Re: [mou-net] No Shorebirds
Thanks, Doug. I’ve never been there but looking at a satellite view, it looks like the wetland is enclosed by farms. Is this all private property? Tom > On Jul 20, 2020, at 9:50 PM, Doug Kieser wrote: > > The traditional shorebird area in Carver county west of New Germany > currently has good shorebird habitat, although it has been drying up fairly > quickly despite regular rain. > Least Sandpipers have been present in good numbers with lesser numbers of > up to 10 shorebird species reported recently. Most of the shorebirds have > been on the west side of the wetland south of county 30 between Yale and > Yancy. > > Doug Kieser > Hennepin County > >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 5:15 PM MOU wrote: >> >> (Posted by Chet A. Meyers via moumn.org) >> >> I birded Coleman Lake... just about grown in with grass. Very little >> potential shorebird habitat. >> Birded Purgatory Creek... too full of water. No shore. >> Any shorebird reports greatly appreciated. >> Chet Meyers, Hennepin County >> >> >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. >> > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
Re: [mou-net] Do You Hoot? (Free PDF download of my new children's book)
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 2:12 PM Rich Hoeg wrote: > Many of you know I have followed a Great Horned Owl family since the > parents first started romancing near my home at the edge of Duluth late > last November. My latest children's book, Do You Hoot?, follows the > triplets as they grew up this spring. > > You may download the free PDF version via my web site: > https://www.365daysofbirds.com/doyouhoot/ > > Printed copies are also for sale at a discounted price prior to the formal > release around Labor Day. > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > -- Agassiz Audubon PO Box 152 Warren MN 56762 218.745.5663 @AgassizAudubon @MNpollinatorGarden Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
