[mou] Clark's Grebe/Douglas County

2005-07-09 Thread Dan & Sandy Thimgan
We tried UNsuccessfully to refind the Clark's Grebe(s) spotted by Jesse and Alex Ellis on Lake Osakis in Douglas county today (Saturday). We watched for a total of about two hours (both before and after lunch). There were Western Grebes to be seen diving near and far, but we couldn't ever get the

[mou] Morrison County Birds

2005-07-09 Thread Herb Dingmann
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0021_01C58482.17BF8710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I went to Morrison County this morning and found a few birds of interest: At the McDougal Nature Conservancy (west from R

[mou] Urban peregrine publicity

2005-07-09 Thread Laura Erickson
Every day I watch the downtown baby peregrines, I worry about them getting into trouble and not being found by someone with a clue how to help, and the crowd in downtown Duluth that gathered around the one grounded fledgling on Sunday makes me realize how very many well-meaning people really wa

[mou] shorebird report

2005-07-09 Thread
Shorebird migration has reached the Twin Cities. 7/7 Mud Lake on Ravena Trail se edge of Hastings Good habitat, 6 species of shorebirds: Killdeer 15 L Yellowlegs 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper 27 SB Dowitcher 1 7/8 Purgatory Creek behind Flagship in Eden