[mou] Re: A great birding blog

2005-03-10 Thread Jim Williams
I have to second Val's endorsement. I visited the site today. Laura, in her usual fashion, is providing interesting and useful information, and entertaining information, in a very accessible format. This is worth a look. Laura is one of Minnesota's best birding resources. Jim Williams Wayzata

[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 11, 2005

2005-03-10 Thread Jeanie Joppru
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000D_01C525B2.3F825680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 11, 2005 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Region

[mou] MOU RBA 10 March 2005

2005-03-10 Thread Anthony X. Hertzel
--_-1101619260==_ma Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 10th. As of March 9th, the gray-morph GYRFALCON was still in Dakota County perched atop a stand of evergreens a half mile south of 1

[mou] A great birding blog

2005-03-10 Thread Val/Roger
Hi, Bird Fans: With all the focus about the blogosphere lately, I thought I'd share the address of one of the most fascinating and fun blogs I've ever tuned in to: www.birderblog.com This is Laura Erickson's blog and it's jam-packed with information about birds, great photos of birds (check out th

[mou] Duluth RBA 3/10/05

2005-03-10 Thread David Benson
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 10, 2005, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. GREAT GRAY OWLS continue to be abundant in Aitkin Cty, especially along Cty Rd 1 north of the town of Aitkin, and along Cty Rd 5 south of Hwy 210. There are also still a few NORTHER

[mou] 3/9 Aitkin Co -- interesting owl behavior -- 2nd try

2005-03-10 Thread Ron Green
Hi Elijah, If you head to my site under "New Images" you will see I captured some of the fighting. My wife and I had observed at least 4 separate instances. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery - Original Message - From: "Elijah Parker" To: "MOU Net" Sent: Thursday, March

[mou] Trumpeter Swan, Sandhill Cranes, etc Pool 8, Houston Co.

2005-03-10 Thread fred lesher
Trumpeter Swan---3---Wildcat Creek delta south of Brownsville: Neck collars 06A on yellow, 01A on yellow, 40E on dark (black?). One trumpeter trumpeting, or was it a presidential sax? Killdeer---1---Wildcat Creek delta. No instrumentation or vocal. Sandhill Crane---4---Crooked Creek delta south o

[mou] Birding/Photographing Ethics

2005-03-10 Thread jacob...@aol.com
--MailBlocks_8C6F3C2DB48056C_CB4_44B9_mblk-r17.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm a birder from Iowa and I've been up to view and photograph (but I'm not one of THEM) birds twice this winter and am returning one more time this weekend. I'm almost afraid to b

[mou] 3/9 Aitkin Co -- interesting owl behavior -- 2nd try

2005-03-10 Thread Elijah Parker
I have no idea why the first came through empty -- but here it is again... I took my first trip to Aitkin Co yesterday. It was very fulfilling -- while I missed all the good Great Gray photos I was hoping for, I found the Boreal Owl where previously mentioned -- the north side of 210 in the jac

[mou] 3/9 Aitkin Co

2005-03-10 Thread Elijah Parker
I took my first trip to Aitkin Co yesterday. It was very fulfilling -- while I missed all the good Great Gray photos I was hoping for, I found the Boreal Owl where previously mentioned -- the north side of 210 in the jack pines just west of 62. I found it actively hunting at 2:30 and continued

[mou] Blackbirds

2005-03-10 Thread Kimerly J Wilcox
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --040408060209060600080103 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My husband called me this morning to tell me that we had a RWBB in the backyard this morning! We are in Otsego, MN (near E

[mou] Photo ethics & Winona GGO

2005-03-10 Thread Greiner, Carl W.
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_001_01C5258E.7A1CCCFE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Very well said. The great gray was at the same place described b

[mou] Photo ethics

2005-03-10 Thread Timmerman, Janet
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C5258C.C71A2758 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I realize that this is an important conversation and that = self-reflection on our impact to the natural world is

[mou] Blackbirds

2005-03-10 Thread J Ferguson
We saw at least two on Sunday at Old Cedar Avenue Bridge while looking for the Carolina Wren. Jonathan Ferguson >From: bobholtz1...@aol.com >To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu >Subject: [mou] Blackbirds >Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:42:34 EST > >Red-winged Blackbirds have reached Roseville. I observed two male

[mou] Birding Ethics

2005-03-10 Thread Jim Williams
This is a forward from the Wisconsin Birding Network, where ethics of birders and bird photographers (re. owls) also is under discussion. Bettie Harriman below makes reference to comments from the web site of the North American Nature Photographers Association. I would like to add one comment:

[mou] Living Green Expo

2005-03-10 Thread tnejb...@comcast.net
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18236_1110422605_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit As the MEP representative for MOU I am sending this out to you and encourage you to seriously consider it. Looking for simple ways to move toward a more environmentally friendly lifestyle?

[mou] GHO on nest Hennepin co

2005-03-10 Thread
Today (Wed) I spotted a Great Horned Owl in a tree next to a Red-tailed Hawk Nest. In the nest at least one owlet was visible. The nest is on the south side of Hwy 55 in Plymouth east of CR 24. Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan swest...@comcast.net

[mou] BOREAL OWL and Bohemian Waxwings in POLK COUNTY

2005-03-10 Thread Bernard P. Friel
Instead of all this commentary from "experienced" photographers and bird watchers it might be really helpful to hear from an "experienced and knowledgeable" biologist. on 3/9/05 11:00 PM, SeEtta Moss at see...@msn.com wrote: > The recent post copied in part below is one of the reasons why