[mou] Backyard Great Gray Owl

2004-12-24 Thread Laura Erickson
A Great Gray Owl has been in my backyard all afternoon today. It appears in rather bad shape--its eyes look small and its feathers seem out of sorts on one shoulder, but it's flying fine. When it perched in a nearby tree, I couldn't help myself--I ran in and defrosted one of the frozen mice I

[mou] Black Dog- Glaucous Gull, siskins, pelicans

2004-12-24 Thread jellisb...@aol.com
Hey Minnesota Birders- John Ellis and I birded Black Dog and the Bloomington areas of the Minnesota Valley NWR this morning, with some success. We totalled 33 species in a few hours of birding. Black Dog Lake: 1st-year Glaucous Gull at the west end of Black Dog Lake 2 American White Pelicans.

[mou] Carolina Wren in Edina

2004-12-24 Thread Bill and Ruth Stauffer
Just saw a Carolina Wren while I was working on the computer. It was just outside my fence, by the southwest corner of my house[just south of the house]. I live at 4600 Meadow Rd., close to 47th and France. I lost sight the wren when I went to get my wife, and have not refound it. The yard

[mou] MOU RBA 23 December 2004

2004-12-24 Thread Anthony X. Hertzel
--_-1108241334==_ma Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 23rd. The irruption of northern owls continues in northeastern Minnesota, with GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS being fairl

[mou] Cedar Creek CBC

2004-12-24 Thread
Some more information and details on the Cedar Creek CBC which is centered on the Cedar Creek Natural History Area which is located approximately two miles east of Highway 65 and about a mile south of the Anoka - Isanti border. The Red-headed Woodpeckers are north of Anoka County Road 26 in the