[mou] I stand corrected
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C536F9.FEA5F078 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok, thanks to Steve Weston for giving me additional information about = red-shafted Northern Flickers. My previous post should read Possible = Red-shafted Northern Flicker in Murray County. I still need to see it = close enough to discern whether or not it has a red crescent on the nape = of the neck. Janet T. --_=_NextPart_001_01C536F9.FEA5F078 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1491 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN class=3D828411221-01042005Ok, = thanks to Steve=20 Weston for giving me additional information about red-shafted Northern = Flickers.=20 My previous post should read Possible Red-shafted Northern Flicker in = Murray=20 County. I still need to see it close enough to discern whether or not = it has a=20 red crescent on the nape of the neck./SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN class=3D828411221-01042005Janet=20 T./SPAN/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C536F9.FEA5F078--
[mou] Red shafted Northern Flicker-Murray county
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C53601.E07AFDF8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning while caring for a friends dog I spotted a Red shafted = Northern Flicker in his grove. It was very easy to see the distinctive = red underside to his wings. I tried to follow his retreat throught the = grove but lost him in the trees there. If anyone is in the area the = farmplace is off to the west of highway 91, near mile marker 47, on 181 = St. St. First place on the gravel road. Pretty pretty bird! Janet T. --_=_NextPart_001_01C53601.E07AFDF8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1491 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN class=3D117283815-31032005This = morning while=20 caring for a friends dog I spotted a Red shafted Northern Flicker in his = grove.=20 It was very easy to see the distinctive red underside to his wings. I = tried to=20 follow his retreat throught the grove but lost him in the trees there. = If anyone=20 is in the area the farmplace is off to the west of highway 91, near mile = marker=20 47, on 181 St. St. First place on the gravel road. Pretty pretty=20 bird!/SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN class=3D117283815-31032005Janet=20 T./SPAN/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C53601.E07AFDF8--
[mou] Photo ethics
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C5258C.C71A2758 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I realize that this is an important conversation and that = self-reflection on our impact to the natural world is critical to its = continuation. However, I'm glad these folks are out there with cameras = and not ATV's, rifles, or in the case of wetland and prairie = environments, government funded tiling equipment. In the end it is not = the photographers that will undo the bird populations of our world. In = the same time it takes to write a short essay about photographers, we = can write a short essay to the people who represent us in our government = to stop the loss of habitat, inhibit widespread ATV use in our forests = and amend the policies that degrade not just the environment of every = bird we stop to look at and take a picture of, but our own. I'll let you = now when I have my essay to my legislators done. Janet Timmerman=20 --_=_NextPart_001_01C5258C.C71A2758 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1491 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVSPAN class=3D140094116-10032005FONT face=3DArial size=3D2I = realize that this=20 is an important conversation and that self-reflection on our impact to = the=20 natural world is critical to its continuation. However, I'm glad these = folks are=20 out there with cameras and not ATV's, rifles, or in the case of wetland = and=20 prairie environments, government funded tiling equipment. In the end it = is not=20 the photographers that will undo the bird populations of our world. In = the same=20 time it takes to write a short essay about photographers, we can write a = short=20 essay to the people who represent us in our government to stop the loss = of=20 habitat, inhibitnbsp; widespread ATV use in our forests and amend the = policies=20 that degrade not just the environment of every bird we stop to look at = and take=20 a picture of, but our own. I'll let you now when I have my essay to my=20 legislators done./FONT/SPAN/DIV DIVSPAN class=3D140094116-10032005FONT face=3DArial size=3D2Janet=20 Timmerman/FONTnbsp;/SPAN/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C5258C.C71A2758--
[mou] Snowy still at Lyon/ Murray border/early Blackbirds
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C50938.B9649998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning Ron Erpelding re-found the Snowy near where Sue found it = yesterday. Last night there was a flcok of twenty or so Redwing = Blackbirds in the marsh right on the Murray/Lyon County border (Murray = side) Was great to hear them chucking and singing, spring can't be too = far behind them. I'd bet on the blackbirds before the groundhog anyday! =20 Janet Timmerman --_=_NextPart_001_01C50938.B9649998 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3DISO-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1479 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVSPAN class=3D918194315-02022005FONT face=3DArial size=3D2This = morning Ron=20 Erpelding re-found the Snowy near where Sue found it yesterday. Last = night there=20 was a flcok of twenty or so Redwing Blackbirds in the marsh right on the = Murray/Lyon County border (Murray side) Was great to hear them chucking = and=20 singing, spring can't be too far behind them. I'd bet on the blackbirds = before=20 the groundhog anyday!/FONT/SPAN/DIV DIVSPAN class=3D918194315-02022005FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2/FONT/SPANnbsp;/DIV DIVSPAN class=3D918194315-02022005FONT face=3DArial size=3D2Janet=20 Timmerman/FONT/SPAN/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C50938.B9649998--
[mou] Owls....again
Last summer I went to fill a platform feeder six foot up in one of my = pine trees and found the remains of a rabbit in it. I wondered if either = a hawk or owl hadn't had lunch there. It may have been a cat too. I = found no owl pellets anywhere around the yard. Janet -Original Message- From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu]on Behalf Of sharo...@mn.rr.com Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:38 AM To: Sharil Cc: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: Re: [mou] Owlsagain As I recall the thinking was that owls were attacking the birds at = night, but I don't know of feeder birds that would eat at a bird feeder = at night. Although it is possible for owls to eat other birds, I have a = photo of a great-horned with a robin and a photo of an eastern screech = owl with a blue jay it's unusual for owls to go after songbirds since = they are kind of the Sunday drivers of the raptor world. =20 Just out of curiosity, are there bones in the pellets? =20 Sharon Stiteler Uptown, Minneapolis - Original Message - From: Sharil slafl...@mchsi.com Date: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:20 am Subject: [mou] Owlsagain I was out doing some gardening last night...and found 2 owls=20 pellets under my pine trees...it was pretty cool... seeings i sent my son to=20 camp north of duluth to find basically the same thing.. (smile). So is it not possible that the night attacks i first wrote about were owls ... =20 ___ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net =20 ___ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
[mou] Willets and Dunlins in Murray County
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C43114.7E0EE765 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday there were a pair of Willets and a pair of Dunlins casually = feeding at the northwest end of Lake Wilson. The Avocet had moved on. = It's exciting to see people birding SW Minn.! The more the merrier. Janet T. --_=_NextPart_001_01C43114.7E0EE765 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=3DContent-Type CONTENT=3Dtext/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1 META content=3DMSHTML 6.00.2800.1400 name=3DGENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN class=3D789320614-03052004On = Saturday there=20 were a pair of Willets and a pair of Dunlins casually feeding at the = northwest=20 end of Lake Wilson. The Avocet had moved on. It's exciting to see people = birding=20 SW Minn.! The more the merrier./SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2SPAN class=3D789320614-03052004Janet=20 T./SPAN/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C43114.7E0EE765--
[mou] Spring has sprung
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3FFAA.228F822F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Went to Pipestone on Saturday to see if the reported Towsend's Solitaire was still hanging out. No sight of it, but 8 robins were there, lots of Field and Tree sparrows, and every imaginable shade of Junco. At Current Lake, in north west Murray County the aerators have opened a nice large patch of water near the road along the north side. Lots of Canada geese and Mallards but also a pair of Hooded Mergansers, a small group of Shovelers and Common Goldeneye. Janet Janet Timmerman Information Officer/Community Educator Center for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A Southwest Minnesota State University 1501 State Street Marshall, MN 56258 507-537-6288 --_=_NextPart_001_01C3FFAA.228F822F Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=Content-Type CONTENT=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 META content=MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106 name=GENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=Arial size=2SPAN class=679223916-01032004Went to Pipestone on Saturday to see if the reported Towsend's Solitaire was still hanging out. No sight of it, but 8 robins were there, lots of Field and Tree sparrows, and every imaginable shade of Junco. At Current Lake, in north west Murray County the aerators have opened a nice large patch of water near the road along the north side.nbsp;Lots of Canada geese and Mallards but also a pair of Hooded Mergansers, a small group of Shovelers and Common Goldeneye./SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=Arial size=2SPAN class=679223916-01032004Janet/SPAN/FONT/DIV PFONT face=TahomaJanet Timmerman/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaInformation Officer/Community Educator/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaCenter for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaSouthwest Minnesota State University/FONT BRFONT face=Tahoma1501 State Street/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaMarshall, MN 56258/FONT BRFONT face=Tahoma507-537-6288/FONT /P DIVnbsp;/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C3FFAA.228F822F--
[mou] feeder birds and hawks in Murray County
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3F0C3.F3B065FE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 -Original Message- From: Timmerman, Janet Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:37 AM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: feeder birds and hawks in Murray County Redpolls were being seen in Murray County last week-end. A friend had four or five of them at his feeders. He also has 10 tree sparrows that come regularly to his ground feeder. On Monday near Current Lake in the north part of the county, there was a Rough Legged Hawk in a cottonwood there. He was patient enough for me to scramble out of my car and dive into the back to find my binoculars. Janet Timmerman Information Officer/Community Educator Center for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A Southwest Minnesota State University 1501 State Street Marshall, MN 56258 507-537-6288 --_=_NextPart_001_01C3F0C3.F3B065FE Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=Content-Type CONTENT=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 META content=MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106 name=GENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVnbsp;/DIV DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=leftFONT face=Tahoma size=2-Original Message-BRBFrom:/B Timmerman, Janet BRBSent:/B Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:37 AMBRBTo:/B mou-...@cbs.umn.eduBRBSubject:/B feeder birds and hawks in Murray CountyBRBR/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=Arial size=2SPAN class=279523117-11022004Redpollsnbsp;were being seen in Murray Countynbsp;last week-end. A friend had four or five of themnbsp;at his feeders. He also has 10 tree sparrows that come regularly to his ground feeder.nbsp;/SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=Arial size=2SPAN class=279523117-11022004On Monday near Current Lake in the north part of the county, there was a Rough Legged Hawk in a cottonwood there. He was patient enough for me to scramble out of my car and dive into the back to find my binoculars./SPAN/FONT/DIV PFONT face=TahomaJanet Timmerman/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaInformation Officer/Community Educator/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaCenter for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaSouthwest Minnesota State University/FONT BRFONT face=Tahoma1501 State Street/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaMarshall, MN 56258/FONT BRFONT face=Tahoma507-537-6288/FONT /P DIVnbsp;/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C3F0C3.F3B065FE--
[mou] Long spurs and yellowlegs
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3A220.793D0CB5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 With the snowfall this morning came dozens of lapland longspurs to the roadside in Murray and Lyon Counties. Besides avoiding skidding vehicles I had to slow for them, too. Over the week-end a pair of Greater Yellowlegs fed in the shallows of Lake Wilson in western Murray County. Harris sparrows still thick around my low platform feeder in Lake Wilson as well. Janet Timmerman Information Officer/Community Educator Center for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A Southwest Minnesota State University 1501 State Street Marshall, MN 56258 507-537-6288 --_=_NextPart_001_01C3A220.793D0CB5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META HTTP-EQUIV=Content-Type CONTENT=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 META content=MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106 name=GENERATOR/HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=TahomaSPAN class=162384115-03112003With the snowfall this morning came dozens of lapland longspurs to the roadside in Murraynbsp; and Lyon Counties. Besides avoiding skidding vehicles I had to slow for them, too. Over the week-end a pair of Greater Yellowlegs fed in the shallows of Lake Wilson in western Murray County. Harris sparrows still thick around my low platform feeder in Lake Wilson as well./SPAN/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVJanet Timmerman BRFONT face=TahomaInformation Officer/Community Educator/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaCenter for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaSouthwest Minnesota State University/FONT BRFONT face=Tahoma1501 State Street/FONT BRFONT face=TahomaMarshall, MN 56258/FONT BRFONT face=Tahoma507-537-6288/FONT /DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV/BODY/HTML --_=_NextPart_001_01C3A220.793D0CB5--
[mou] Sparrows in Murray County
We have been seeing many Harris and White-throated Sparrows in the yard this week and Red-tails, Swainsons, and Harriers in the fields hunting. Seems to be a good crop of Franklin gulls this year following the tractors again. Lovely golden autumn. Camden State Park was quiet with birds last night but bright with maples. Janet Timmerman Information Officer/Community Educator Center for Rural and Regional Studies, ST 201A Southwest Minnesota State University 1501 State Street Marshall, MN 56258 507-537-6288
