[mou-net] Red-winged Blackbirds

2009-02-21 Thread Andrew Longtin
I had 17 Red-winged Blackbirds check out my feeders this morning. -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email: birder...@comcast.net Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Supporter http://www.hawkridge.org Minnesota Ornithologists

[mou-net] Cedar Waxwings

2009-02-21 Thread edwardsonfam...@juno.com
We had a group of at least 10 Cedar Waxwings in a tree in our yard today, 31 E. Arrowhead Road in Duluth. This is unusual for us in winter. Monday there were 10 Robins together in our neighbor's yard...perhaps they have overwintered here. Cindy Edwardson

[mou-net] purple finch

2009-02-21 Thread Larry Sirvio
Today we had one female purple finch at the feeder. Last spring we had some purple finches for the first time at our feeder (Cottage Grove) in late April and early May. Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] More WW Crossbills, LeSueur County

2009-02-21 Thread Dave Bartkey
Hi everyone, This afternoon, John Hockema and I were able to find White-winged Crossbills in the town of Montgomery, in LeSueur County. They were about 4 blocks north of the grain elevator in town. There were a few (very) Common Redpolls also present. Good birding! Dave Bartkey

[mou-net] Gray Partridges - Dakota County

2009-02-21 Thread Scott Loss
With the fresh snow, I decided to try my luck at finding Gray Partridges this evening.  Sure enough, the covey (8 birds) at the corner of 180th St. and Joan Ave. in Dakota County (Soutwest of Hastings) ventured into the open field on the NW corner of the intersection at around 5:15 pm and

[mou-net] Hoary Redpolls--- Dakota County

2009-02-21 Thread drewbec
Early on Thursday the 19th, I noticed an unusual redpoll among the multitudes coming in to my feeders. Not a classic adult male Hoary (dang-it!), but a bird I have determined to be an immature female, similar to the bird photographed by Bob Dunlap awhile ago in Nicollet County. This decision

[mou-net] RED Poll reduction program

2009-02-21 Thread john c. nelson
On Thursday I did not fill sacks or feeders and watched theemptied to within inches of empty, it became quite chaotic late in the day. Friday I removed all but three sacks and two feeders which I filled. Numbers were greatly reduced during the day with the highest count 81. Also four Pine