[mou] Cattle Egrets in Northcentral Chippewa County, MN

2003-04-16 Thread Ron Erpelding
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_004D_01C30467.1DECB2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Observed 3 Cattle Egrets from Chippewa County Park #1 in Northcentral = Chippewa County, MN. Directions: Ta

[mou] Lake Byllesby-Tuesday night

2003-04-16 Thread jim mattsson
At 5:30pm last night (15th) at Lake Byllesby just before the rain: -Purple Martin (1) -Snow Goose (40) -Franklin's Gull (1) -Bonaparte's Gull (6) -Greater Yellowlegs (1) - Pectoral Sps. (20) - Lapland Longspur (150) - A. White Pelican (300) - assorted waterfowl Jim Mattsson Eagan

[mou] Eurasian Col.dove - Kandiyohi co.

2003-04-16 Thread fredericks...@willmar.k12.mn.us
Got excellent looks yesterday (4/15) of an Eurasian collared dove in Willmar, Kandiyohi county. The bird was seen in the backyard of MOU member Joel Halbritter. It had not been seen prior to yesterday, and if it is seen subsequently, directions will be posted. The neighborhood looks promising, w

[mou] Banding training?

2003-04-16 Thread Jon Grinnell
I'm looking for a way to get training in trapping, banding, handling passerines to facilitate a research project on local sparrows here in southern Minnesota. I'm a new faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College and have taken part in banding studies but not enough to feel confident in my abilities,

[mou] West Nile Virus and bird banders

2003-04-16 Thread Jim Williams
forward from BIRDNET at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/WNV.html as sent by Ellen Paul Executive Director The Ornithological Council "Providing Scientific Information about Birds" Jim Williams --- =20 West Nile Virus: what ornithologists and bird banders should know Introduction West Nile Viru

[mou] Surf Scoter

2003-04-16 Thread Michael Hendrickson
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0027_01C3044C.1D4395E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A Surf Scoter in alternate plumage was seen with a small raft of = Greater Scaup off 38th Street along Park

[mou] Red Lake Co. Birds

2003-04-16 Thread Shelley Steva
On the way to work today I saw 5 Rusty blackbirds and 40 Lapland Longspurs. they were just over the border south of Pennington Co. The longspurs were in a CRP field. Hoping that the snow will stay away Shelley Steva Pennington Co. __ Do you Yahoo!?

[mou] Upper Gunflint Trail Update - Cook County

2003-04-16 Thread Gunflint Naturalist
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003C_01C30460.9FF41190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There have been several returning species of birds in the last week on the upper Gunflint Trail. Ring-billed gulls, Amer

[mou] Wild Turkey

2003-04-16 Thread Bob Messersmith
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000D_01C30465.9A1B6340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On my way to work this morning I saw a female wild turkey at Ericon = Avenue and Brookview Drive, a few block