[mou] N.Goshawk

2004-01-06 Thread jellisb...@aol.com
My son Jesse Ellis and I saw a Northern Goshawk while returning from the Isabella CBC on late Saturday afternoon, flying over Lake County 2, 14.3 miles North of its intersection with MN 61 in Two Harbors. Sorry about the late post-I sent this earlier to a mis-typed address. John Ellis, St.

[mou] Sax Zim Jan 4 great grey et al

2004-01-06 Thread Pamela Marie Deerwood
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --000407040501000603090202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear fellow birders and nature observers, During our New Year's trip to the northshore of Lake Superior and northern Minne

[mou] Merlin and Redpolls, Richfield, Hennepin Co.

2004-01-06 Thread Chris Mansfield
I was walking from the bus stop at 2:55 PM today when a small falcon flew in and perched in a tall tree in a yard next to me, 73rd St between 1st Ave S and Stevens Ave in Richfield. Didn't look right for a kestrel. When I got my binoculars on it I saw a columbarius/"Taiga" Merlin. A very nice su

[mou] Snow Bunting, Carver County

2004-01-06 Thread Bob Dunlap
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0037_01C3D44B.29E2C8F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For a brief period this morning, a single Snow Bunting was visiting my = backyard area in Chaska, Carver Coun

[mou] Location of Boreal Chickadee and White-winged Crossbills seen during Rice Lake NWR CBC

2004-01-06 Thread michelle_mcdow...@fws.gov
They were found in a conifer stand along a gravel road just east of the refuge. Directions from the Rice Lake NWR Headquarters on Hwy 65 are: travel north along Hwy 65 for 3/4 mi, turn east and travel 1/2 mi. The conifer stand is on the north side of the road. I did not see either species there

[mou] Part II: A Partial Critique of County Listing (behaviors of a minority)

2004-01-06 Thread Houghton, Timothy D.
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3D41B.4C5777E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Mou Birders, [this continues from Part I] ...(2) If you are on a birding trip and overhear one of the "s

[mou] Part I: A Partial Critique of County Listing (behaviors of a minority)

2004-01-06 Thread Houghton, Timothy D.
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3D41A.72D026C6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear MOU Birders, [whoops--I tired sending the whole note but it was too long, so I'll try = 2 or 3 parts--sor