[mou] S. MN birds

2006-10-16 Thread jellisb...@aol.com
While duck hunting with my brother saw 3 Short Eared Owls at a large state WMA off the NW corner of Middle Lake in Nicollet County on Friday AM. On Saturday saw a flock of 12 white phase Snow Geese over a State WMA south of Lura Lake in Faribault County. There were two Cackling Canada

[mou] Harlequin - Scenic Hwy 61 near Stoney Pt

2006-10-16 Thread Deb Buria-Falkowski
--=__Part14306F76.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sunday, between 4:30-5:30 PM, Steven and I observed an adult male = Harlequin Duck from scenic outlook # 5174 on Hwy 61 (across from the big blue house - as = we call it). =20 This is

[mou] Cass County Little Gull

2006-10-16 Thread B W
--0-1992420151-1161005076=:28060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An adult Little Gull was observed near the Richard's Townsite boat launch = on Lake Winnibigoshish=0Ayesterday (10/15). Take a right off of West Winni= e Rd. .2 miles north of US

[mou] Pennington Counties

2006-10-16 Thread Jeanie Joppru
As of late yesterday, Thief River Falls Wastewater Treatment Ponds were hosting four Surf Scoters. The birds were actively feeding in the southernmost cell. Other species seen included Snow Goose, Canada Goose, and Cackling goose and most of the common species of ducks. Jeanie Joppru Pennington

[mou] Surf Scoter and Ross's Goose, Stearns Co.

2006-10-16 Thread Chu, Philip
Yesterday, for the second weekend in a row, there was a Surf Scoter in Stearns Co. - this time at the Paynesville sewage ponds, and, specifically, at the north-most pond in the sewage-pond complex. The scoter was a first-fall bird. Also at the Paynesville sewage ponds were a first-fall Ross's

[mou] Townsend Solitaire

2006-10-16 Thread Mike Hendrickson
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C6F12A.CB78CD50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Discovered a Townsend Solitaire on the western edge of Brighton Beach at = 10:45am, which is also called

[mou] Suggestions on viewing the Jaeger in Blue Earth County

2006-10-16 Thread rdun...@gac.edu
When I arrived around 11:00 to look for the jaeger at the south side =20 of Eagle Lake, the bird was not present. However, around 11:30 the =20 bird came into view and began chasing Ring-billed Gulls, as it did for =20 much of yesterday. I was able to note the field marks that Peder =20 posted

[mou] Suggestions on viewing the Jaeger in Blue Earth County

2006-10-16 Thread Dennis/Barbara Martin
Bobs directions to the parking lot for the Sakatah Trail were right on. I would like to add that the bird is considerably closer taking this about one mile walk out to the area between the two Eagle Lakes. The walk is easy as it is a asphalt trail that is suitable for bicycles. I was able to

[mou] Tundra Swans at LaCrosse,Wis.

2006-10-16 Thread fred lesher
This afternoon, 45 Tundra Swans flew over our home on French Island at the NW end of LaCrosse. Technically they were in Wisconsin, flying south over Pool 7 into Pool 8, where they would likely land to feed mid-river, mostly in Wisconsin. Fred Lesher, LaCrosse, Wis.

[mou] Immature Eagle

2006-10-16 Thread Buzz and Mary Graves
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000D_01C6F154.D33C2940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Birding up and down the river from Hastings to Red Wing and back we saw = 4 Eagles in Hastings (easy to see

[mou] Update from Aitkin County

2006-10-16 Thread Warren Nelson
This past weekend Steve and Jo Blanich and I birded around Aitkin County and found a few interesting things. At the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge we found 12 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 24 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a GOLDEN PLOVER, 9 SNIPE, 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a KILLDEER, 24 GREATER