[mou] the migration in general

--=_NextPart_001__01C31D97.74D020D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could it be the heavy southern winds we have been having. Sometimes it se= ems the birds go high up and take advantage of the southerly breezes and = pass overhead

[mou] Lewiston Red-necked Phalaropes, Dunlins

Today I saw the two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 12 DUNLINS, RUDDY DUCKS, and BLACK TERNS in the north-west pond. Also at the ponds were Wood Ducks, Mallards, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, Scaup, Ring-necked Pheasant, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpi

[mou] Cottonwood County Sightings

Sunday afternoon our Cottonwood County Bird Club observed a bird that neither I (a birder with modest experience) nor Ed Duerksen (a birder with much experience) could readily identify. I will describe what we saw and the bird I think it most closely resembles and am requesting other interpreta

[mou] Acadian flycatcher

Sunday afternoon there was a strong-singing ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Beaver Creek Valley SP in Houston County. I heard it at the start of the Steep Rock Trail, which begins on the right side of the road that leads back to the group camp. It was singing PEET-sa about every 15-20 seconds. I saw one Lo

[mou] A few more lifers for me

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000F_01C31D84.8C1AEFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I birded down to Freeborn and Mower counties and back this weekend, on Saturday morning I found my first lifer in Rice C

[mou] Little Gull in Duluth

Or, Birdathon: the day after. Ben and I drove the Pedalpish route from yesterday's birdathon to count the miles (33 driving, so add on a few more miles for all the extra adventuring we did on the bikes). Of course, today there were Caspian terns at Hearding... And then my bird of the day: Little

[mou] Duluth RBA 5/18/03 (Hawk Ridge Birdathon)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Sunday, May 18, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The report is being updated today to report on yesterday's Hawk Ridge Birdathon. East winds off the lake, poorly-timed fog, and cool temperatures made for tough birding on Saturday, but pa

[mou] Lake Byllesby-Update

The water level has dropped enough now that some mud flats/ bars are starting to develop once again. At 3:30pm today (Sunday) I saw the following species of interest: Ruddy Turnstone (5) Dunlin (25) Black-bellied Plover (1) - still in prealternate molt Baird's Sp. (several) White-rumped Sp. (few)

[mou] Yellow-billed Cuckoo's, Anoka County

This morning Leslie Marcus and I decided to bird at Rice Creek West Regional Trail in Fridley, Anoka Co. From the bridge we saw 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo's in the trees overhanging the creek. They did not vocalize but were very actively feeding in and out of the branches giving us good looks at t

[mou] Duluth Birds/Birdathon

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0036_01C31D38.F1170E60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello: Here is the list of some interesting finds since Friday -Saturday in = Duluth. Piping Plover -Herdin

[mou] Ruff not seen

--=_NextPart_001__01C31D37.2F395880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The ruff was no longer at the Bunker Hills County park this noon. Someone= said that it had not been seen at all today, with someone checking for i= t early this

[mou] the migration in general

People have been sharing their enjoyable sightings on MN-Bird, but it might be valuable for this "online community" to pool observations of the 2003 migration in general (and of course any objective measures). My own impression around Minneapolis is that it is disastrous, by the far the worst in m

[mou] Bunker Hills update- Ruff NO, Hooded Warbler YES

I tried for the Ruff at the Horse Stables in Bunker Hills park today, Sunday, from 5:15 AM to 7:00 AM with no success. Looks like the bird moved on last night unfortunately. However, just .25 miles or so down the road from the Horse Stables I first heard and then saw a HOODED WARBLER. The bird w

[mou] Birding Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

--0-1636256458-1053274189=:96502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Greetings, Birders! Yesterday (Sat.), Jerry Wozniak and I spent the day birding one of our favorite spots - Rice Lake NWR. It was a productive outing, indeed! Highlights included: our first Scarlet Tanager of the