[mou] Dakota County

2006-03-29 Thread Steve Weston
Quiggley Lake still completely frozen, but our nesting waterfowl has started to return. Canada Geese have been staking out territories for about a week. Yesterday we had a Mallard pair and a single drake. The pair at least are still here. I also scared up a female Wood Duck when I went out th

[mou] Fwd: [wisb] Nexrad tonight

2006-03-29 Thread Jim Williams
Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin Kearns" Date: March 29, 2006 8:07:31 PM CST To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" Subject: [wisb] Nexrad tonight First real good migration of the year is occuring tonight. The strong southerly flow is pushing the migrants up throughout the region from the Louisi

[mou] Spring Birds in Red Lake Co.

2006-03-29 Thread Shelley Steva
3/29/06-I saw a killdeer near Plummer and 2 grackles in Oklee. After seeing all these sightings for weeks and weeks in Southern Minnesota they are now happening up here. Of course- it did get to 51 degrees today. BOY- was that nice! Shelley Steva Thief River Falls Pennington Co.

[mou] Sightings on Rum River

2006-03-29 Thread Al Ferber
--_83147045-6687-4c60-bfb9-20eb0b042061_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello. =20 We have spotted the following on the Rum River just south of the Anoka dam = over the last 24 hours: =20 Wood duck pair Goldeneye pair Hooded Merganzer pai

[mou] Great Minnesota Birdathon!

2006-03-29 Thread Debbie Waters
Minnesota Birders-- We at Hawk Ridge are VERY excited to announce the expansion of the Hawk Ridge Birdathon / St. Louis Co. Big Day into a STATEWIDE birding event: The Great Minnesota Birdathon! We invite you all to participate in this FUN event--grab your birding buddies--you can choose your own

[mou] Hummingbirds...When will they return ?

2006-03-29 Thread Stan Merrill
Hello, all ye "Hummers!" To check the northward migration of hummingbirds, check not only the website listed below, but also... http://journeynorth.org/ http://journeynorth.org/ and also post your sightings, too! http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html When they return depends upon your location.

[mou] Cooper's hawk

2006-03-29 Thread Don Starkweather
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000F_01C6532E.8EC42CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today we had another good view of a cooper's hawk in the back yard but = this one was up close, actually 25 f

[mou] OT - The New Medicine

2006-03-29 Thread Stan Merrill
Greetings, EveryBIRDie! I recognize that this is OT [Off Topic] regarding birds/birding; however, it's very much OT [On Topic] for health care of BIRDERS, so which way do I "fly?" There's a program on PBS this [Wednesday] evening and early Thursday morning about "The New Medicine." Check your TV

[mou] Listing addition to the MOU web page

2006-03-29 Thread Alt, Mark
We are in fact doing this, we have been in many talks with Cornell about how to do it, but it is in our plan. We have also offered this technology platform to adjacent states and provinces. We have also offered it to some Wildlife refuges to beta test for their own use, talked with the MN DNR about

[mou] Listing additon to the MOU web page

2006-03-29 Thread Laura Erickson
Is there a reason MOU isn't working with eBird to share electronic data? Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature

[mou] Listing additon to the MOU web page

2006-03-29 Thread David A. Cahlander
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C6530C.8DB43BB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Personal County Lists" are now available on the MOU web page http://www.moumn.org/ Click on Checklist

[mou] More from Traverse, Big Stone, and Lac Qui Parle

2006-03-29 Thread B W
My apologies. The previous message was accidently sent before completion. In addition to the Snow Geese in Traverse and Lac Qui Parle we had large flocks to the east of state hwy 7 south of Beardsley in Big Stone County, and several smaller groups throughout the area. Traverse CR 9 was the onl

[mou] Traverse, Big Stone, Lac Qui Parle 3/28

2006-03-29 Thread B W
Dale Yerger and I birded the west a bit yesterday. 58 species for the trip. Highlights below. Snow Goose - several thousand birds. biggest flocks located in Traverse County on east side of CR 9 1.5 miles south of CR 10, and in Lac Qui Parle on the west side of CR 7 a few miles south of CR 40.

[mou] Red-billed 'Blue-bill' Scaup

2006-03-29 Thread hags...@aol.com
--part1_26c.8a6900f.315bb7ab_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As part of Kim Eckert's group this past Sunday, March 26, I spotted (and Kim confirmed I was not hallucinating) a Lesser Scaup drake with a bright red bill along Prairie Island in W

[mou] Goshawk & other metro sightings

2006-03-29 Thread Steve Weston
A few days ago I kept track of raptor sightings during my wanderings working the metro area and only found Red-tailed Hawks plus a Bald Eagle. The last two days have been quite the oposite. The best sighting today was a Goshawk over I-35E and I-94 by downtown St. Paul. also seen were a Red-sh