[mou-net] February Lake Co. Loon

2009-02-28 Thread Jason Caddy
I just recieved an email inquiring more information about the loon I saw in Two Harbors on February 22nd to confirm species identification. When I saw the loon I was absolutely thrilled because I was thinking it could be a Yellow-billed. I took time (30 minutes) to follow it and observe it from

[mou-net] Common Loon- a second look

2009-02-28 Thread Jason Caddy
The information from my last email about the Common Loon was going off the Sibley Guide to Birds, which was all I had with me at the time of observation. After viewing several other sources and images on the internet I am not quite as sure of my initial ID, though it is still the most likely. I

[mou-net] Hawk Owl (St Louis)

2009-02-28 Thread byokel
Present this morning on Melrude Rd just S of Berg Lake Rd. This area is worth checking if you fail to see owls in the bog proper, as up to three individual birds have been present in the last few days. Ben Yokel Cotton Sent via BlackBerry by ATT Join or Leave

[mou-net] present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co.

2009-02-28 Thread George B Skinner
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 at 10 am, I noted the owl is sleeping in the wood duck box visible from the street. Look through the pines at the southwest corner of the house to see the larger pole mounted box at the northwest corner of the house. Last Sunday it was sitting in the hole from 1 PM until

[mou-net] Itasca County field trip results!

2009-02-28 Thread shawn conrad
This is sort of a tongue-in-cheek subject line as nary a birder showed up for today's Itasca County field trip! I expected a few individuals, but I sat there in the parking lot of the Civic Center and nobody showed! (Must have been the cold--preregistration will be required for next year's

[mou-net] Gray Partridge

2009-02-28 Thread roy zimmerman
Seven gray partridges tonight digging in the snow one-quarter mile north of 180th and Joan in Dakota County, on Joan just north of the line of evergreens, at dusk. Roy Zimmerman Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net