[mou] Help - SW MN tips

2004-04-19 Thread teamvagr...@aol.com
--part1_1e8.1e36ab32.2db5db56_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This year I am taking my dad and another friend out to SW MN for our annual bird trip. I plan on leaving on Wed night or Thurs. morn. before Memorial weekend. This will be our th

[mou] Hudsonian Godwits - Lake Byllesby

2004-04-19 Thread Chad Aakre
O.k. I know this is totally crazy but the short story is this: Hudsonian Godwit - One breeding plumage bird Location: I parked about 1/2 mile east of Randolf on County Road 88. I then walked over the tracks and down to the shore. It was prime viewing of extensive mudflats. Hundreds yell

[mou] Steel Co - Am Avocet, B-c Night-Heron, Snowy Egret

2004-04-19 Thread Bob Ekblad
I got a call from Jeff Stephenson this afternoon to let me know that he and Chuck Krulas had found an American Avocet at the small wetland just west of the entrance to Rice Lake State Park. I made a run over this evening to see it. The first bird I spotted as I drove up was a Black-crowned Ni

[mou] MN Birding Newsletter assembling

2004-04-19 Thread Tom & Phyllis Mahan
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0003_01C42633.C4BBB500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We could still use a couple more people to help. Volunteers are needed to help assemble the next issue of MN Birding on:

[mou] White-faced Ibis/Otter Tail Co.

2004-04-19 Thread Dan & Sandy Thimgan
A White-faced Ibis is being seen near Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County. We observed it today (Monday) from about 2:00 - 2:30. >From Fergus Falls, travel west out of town on County Road 15. Follow this meandering road about 3 or 4 miles until you see an old school house on the right side of the

[mou] Snow Bunting in Dakota Cnty

2004-04-19 Thread Warren Woessner
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C4263B.7AC3312D Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On the 18th I found two Lapland Longspurs in breeding plumage at the same location! It must be a stopover on the Ar

[mou] Orange-crowned Warbler, Hennepin Co.

2004-04-19 Thread Conny Brunell
This morning at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County Leslie and I felt like we were standing in the middle of marching troops. I've been seeing the Yellow-rumped Warblers since April 8th, and they have increased gradually since then, but this morning they were everywhere. At s

[mou] yellow rumps and the storm

2004-04-19 Thread eckma001
Greetings Tim, I saw a pair at our cabin in Pine County (Ogema Township) this weekend. This location is 100 miles north of St. Paul, and about 30 miles north of Crex Meadows. Not very near your part of Minnesota, but we\'re happy to see them anyways. Karlyn Eckman On 19 Apr 2004, Houghton, Timot

[mou] Whooping Cranes

2004-04-19 Thread Anthony X. Hertzel
Based on banding information sent to me by personnel at Aransas NWR in Texas, we now know that the two Whooping Cranes seen in Meeker County over the weekend were birds from the Wisconsin introduction program. -- Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhert...@sihope.com

[mou] Re: Pelican that is brown

2004-04-19 Thread Anthony X. Hertzel
--_-1129737126==_ma Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is an American White Pelican that for some reason or another apparently has had its feathers oiled or stained. I did some "back-or-the-envelope" calculations about this b

[mou] yellow rumps and the storm

2004-04-19 Thread Houghton, Timothy D.
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C42616.6AD661F6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A big storm blew through the Palmer/Briggs Lake area here near Clearwater and I saw my first yellow rumps in the ba

[mou] Osprey at Pet Trails, Murphy-Hanrehan, Scott County

2004-04-19 Thread sharrie
I just came back from Cleary to check on the opsrey, must of been mom sitting on the nest and dad had just arrived, he was chasing off some smaller birds, i was worried about them and the nest after the storms last nights.. but all looks good..they are just the coolest birds... can you guys tell i