[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, April 16, 2009

-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *April 16, 2009 *MNDL0904.16 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Ross's Goose Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Wood Duck Hooded Merganser Greater Prairie-Chicken Common Loon American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 4/16/09

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 16, 2009 *MNDU0904.16 -Birds mentioned Cackling Goose Gadwall Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Long-tailed Duck Sharp-tailed Grouse Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Red-shouldered Hawk

[mou-net] sandpipers at last

Four Pectoral Sandpipers finally joined several Killdeer and Comm. Snipe in a marshy-muddy field in Hutchinson, McLeod Cty. today. Pete Hoeger 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] Sage Thrasher not seen

I looked for the sage thrasher at the canoe storage on Lake Harriet. It was not seen between 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Curt Rawn 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] [mou-rba] Great-tailed Grackle - Jackson County

4 Great-tailed Grackle were observed East of the town of Heron Lake on County Road 24 (910th St) in a flooded field about 1 mile east of the Heron Lake Bio Fuels plant, or about 1 mile West of the intersection with 410th Ave. There is a farm home on the North side of CR 24 in which the birds were a

[mou-net] Yellow-rumped Warbler in Sparks park (Jackson Co.)

Another FOY...decked out in his courtin' duds :). Lots of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and good numbers of Hermit Thrushes present as well.   Eric Harrold Lakefield, MN 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] Frist Chipping Sparrow in the yard

First Chipping Sparrow of the season showed up in my yard this morning.. I'm looking for a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email: birder...@comcast.net Hawk Ridge

[mou-net] Jackson Co. birds

Hey folks,   Finally saw the first Field Sparrow of the year yesterday. Still have Brown Creepers hanging around in the woodlots along with the singing Fox Sparrows. Lots of Wood Ducks looking for nest cavities in the woodlots, seemingly willing to take opportunities farther from water than I've

[mou-net] Owl route and sharp-tail grouse in northern St Louis County

Got up in the wee hours of the morning to run my Owl survey route for Hawk Ridge. Several Saw-whet Owls and Barred Owls were calling. I also believe that I might have heard a Great Gray Owl calling, although I hesitate to report it. The Owl was calling along the Nett Lake Road (CR 23) south

[mou-net] MRVAC Trumpeter Newsletter

The May/June issue of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) "Trumpeter Newsletter" is available on-line now at: http://home.comcast.net/~mrvac/May2009.pdf Next Thursday, April 23rd, Dr. Dan Hernandez of Hamline University will present a program "Is Too Much Nitrogen a Bad Thing?"