[mou] need id help

2007-01-23 Thread linda
Thanks to Bruce Baers' post I headed to Old Cedar/Bass Ponds this afternoon. Some of the water fowl on the large open pond took off as I approached from the west on the middle dike, but I did see the coot, the ring-neck, and the redhead (great looks on those) among the mallards. However, as I w

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2007-01-23 Thread joan schnabel/jeff falk
Hi Thanks to everyone who participated in the golden eagle count. We will be posting results soon, but if there's anybody out there that has not turned in their sightings whether on an "official" route or just a bird you saw while out and about, please get them to me or Scott soon so w

[mou] Slaty-backed Gull - Black Dog Lake, Dakota County

2007-01-23 Thread Doug Kieser
The Slaty-backed Gull was on the ice of the west pool of Black Dog Lake when I arrived at the observation deck at 4:40 this afternoon. All of it's usual companions were present as well: Adult and first-winter Glaucous, Adult Thayer's, the leucistic gull, and 42 Herring Gulls. Doug Kieser Minneapo

[mou] Mtn. Bluebird, Gyrfalcon, & Barrow's Goldeneye

2007-01-23 Thread Judith Sparrow
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002B_01C73F1F.E8049920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello All, Just as Jim Otto reported earlier, I saw the Barrow's Goldeneye on the MN side of the Mississippi River from t

[mou] Gyrfalcon update-Dakota Co.

2007-01-23 Thread James Mattsson
--=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Seeing no reports of the gyr for a couple of days I stopped by between 4:30-5:10 P.M. today. Ken Flicek pointed out the bird perched on a power pole on 180th, only 500 ft. away! The bird eventually made a power

[mou] Dakota County; observations; RFI

2007-01-23 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
Mark Junghans, Nathan Schirmacher and I enjoyed the Slaty-backed Gull & Mountain Bluebird in Dakota County on Saturday - however, missed the Gyrfalcon by 1/2 hour. Noted a flock of 65 turkeys at lunch time today in Isanti County (corner of CR 7 - also known as Feldspar - and 317th) - second lar

[mou] Greater Scaup

2007-01-23 Thread Bruce Baer
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C73EED.5CC0A9D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There is a Greater Scaup (female) at Hogback Pond. This is the long pond just west of the Bass Ponds. Also present wit

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2007-01-23 Thread Lars Benson
there was a surf scooter in the Duluth shipping channel.

[mou] Barrow's Goldeneye Dakota County refound

2007-01-23 Thread james otto
Today refound  Barrow's Goldeneye at Freedom Park in Prescott Wisconsin at 10:15 am.       Jim Otto http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2737??PS=47575"; target="_top">Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series.  Who will win?

[mou] MOU Sherburne Refuge Field Trip, May 19th

2007-01-23 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
Thanks to all who have registered for the MOU Sherburne Trip on 5/19. I have registered everyone who has written to me, and the trip is currently full (25 people) - but I will keep an alternate list in case of cancellation (we usually have a few each year). If there is enough interest, perhaps

[mou] Woodpeckers, GGOwl, Horned Grebes. others

2007-01-23 Thread jellisb...@aol.com
Did a weekend North- had a 3-toed on Blue Spruce .4 mile N of 133 and another with a Black-Backed .4 miles N of 133 again on Blue Spruce. Had another 3-Toed in the NE quadrant of the intersection where Overton meets Owl avenue from the west. Those were on Saturday PM. On Sunday, coming back

[mou] Dave Cahlander at MRVAC Thursday

2007-01-23 Thread Steve Weston
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION On Thursday January 25, 2007 enjoy an armchair birding trip to the land Down Under in the comfort of our temporary new home - the Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) member Dave Cahlander has traveled to man