[mou] Pre-birding Duluth before Birdathon

In an effort to do some pre-Birdathon scouting, I turned up the following: 14 May: Red-throated Grebe at new Grassy Point Park (a neat boardwalk with several platforms for viewing in the St. Louis River marsh behind the Enso Stora papermill in West Duluth). Spotted Sandpiper at the boat landing

[mou] MRVAC meeting May 22nd

The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) will hold its May meeting Thursday the 22th. Join us in experiencing Life on the Edge of Fire. This program, presented by MRVAC members Tom Ramsay and Nancy Goetzinger and illustrated with their award-winning photography, is a fascinating

[mou] Pre-birding Duluth before Birdathon

The direction to this neat birding spot and a place that might get a lot of attention in the coming years. Grassy Point Park like Dave mentions has a boardwalk out to the St. Louis River and once you get to the river there are two over looks to view the cattail marshes and the river. I was there

[mou] Conservation...RE: SF850/HF1077 Conference Committee

Hello all, I thought I would post an alternative view to the OHV Bill email that urged you all to support this manner. If you are not interested in politics please delete this message. In regards to the OHV bill, I read in the paper, that it would limit off road travel by all vehicles

[mou] OHV Bill - conservation/politics

Thanks Andrew for offering your perspective on this issue. Just so everyone knows. I suggested Andrew share his concerns via the net after he shared them with me. I appreciate his willingness to do so. I stand by my original assertion that this is a good bill and it has my support. Randy

[mou] Hooded Warblers, Murphy-Hanrehan, Scott Co.

This morning Leslie Marcus, Susan Schumacher, and I went out to Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve in Scott Co to try and find a Hooded Warbler. We more than met our expectations when we we driving in on Scott 75 Murphy Lake Road, just .5 farther from the Park Entrance. We heard several Indigo

[mou] Rice Co. Orchard Oriole

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0001_01C31BC8.DB701230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Today I saw a male Orchard Oriole on 260th Street south of Sprague Lake in the southwestern part of the county. It was to

[mou] Prodigal son returns

After a few years absence (except for funerals) we're finally getting back to Minnesota for some BIRDING. Would love some tips on hotspots or sought after birds. We have a copy of Kim Eckerts book. (If I can find it) Is there a new issue? LIFERS: Yellow Rail White-rumped Sandpiper

[mou] Northern Mockingbird

--===17012727=== Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-75B24F19; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Northern Mockingbird was seen this morning in the back yard of the second house to the west from the intersection of 21st St NE and 12th Ave NE. It is