[mou] Lyon County - potential Shorebird spot

2005-04-09 Thread Roger Schroeder
Not much to report yet, but Black Rush Lake is shaping up to be a better shorebird spot than in recent years due to a lowered water level. The North-South gravel road the cuts through the basin is passable in dry conditions - allowing for viewing along the old drainage ditch that runs East-West

[mou] Birding at Lake Byllesby

2005-04-09 Thread leo...@aol.com
--part1_1a6.3588f481.2f89612b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My dad and I went birding at Lake Byllesby on Thursday and saw a variety of ducks and small birds. We spotted an American Kestrel on the way to the lake. In the fields leading to

[mou] Fwd: [wisb] Re: Nexrad tonight

2005-04-09 Thread Jim Williams
Begin forwarded message: From: John Idzikowski idzi...@uwm.edu Date: April 9, 2005 10:26:20 AM CDT To: Wisconsin Birding Network wisbi...@lawrence.edu Subject: [wisb] Re: Nexrad tonight It's nice to see that someone is using the Nexrad site, understanding what they are seeing AND losing sleep

[mou] Marbled Godwits, Wilkin County...

2005-04-09 Thread Conny Brunell
Spring migration in the metro this last week was like a shot of adrenaline for me filled with new arrivals that kindled enough energy to illuminate a stadium. Leslie Marcus and I headed up to Rothsay in Wilkin County today in search of the eagerly anticipated appearance of the prairie birds,

[mou] MN Valley birds

2005-04-09 Thread jellisb...@aol.com
Went south along the MN river today. Lots of Field Sparrows at Louisville Swamp and points south of there and three Chipping Sparrows seen and singing between Jordan and the Lawrence Unit SP Campground. Lots of Turkey Vultures a few BEagles and Redtails. Saw two pair of Coopers and a pair

[mou] Dakota Co.

2005-04-09 Thread swest...@comcast.net (Steve Weston)
Checked out Lake Bylessby. Habitat is great and there was a flock of Pectoral-sized shorebirds too far away for ID. On the way in I cross paths with a birder who had ID'd Pectorals and reported two other possible species. New birds for the season today: American White Pelican Brewers

[mou] Bird identification

2005-04-09 Thread Linda Krueger
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0006_01C53D42.007B65B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've updated my web site which includes bird photos. I have a new folder that is labeled Unknown Birds with two photos in

[mou] photo web site

2005-04-09 Thread Linda Krueger
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0010_01C53D4D.824D5750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Whoops! I forgot to give my photo web site in an earlier post asking if anyone could identify two bird photos in the folder