Re: [mou-net] Pine Siskins

2009-05-08 Thread hettig
Pine siskins at feeder this morning. Chris and Steve Hettig, Birch Coulee Creek Farm, Renville County - Original Message - From: Roger Schroeder b...@rohair.com To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: [mou-net] Pine Siskins Anyone else in southern MN

[mou-net] Pine Siskin - Corcoran

2009-05-08 Thread Andrew Longtin
I had one show up this morning so they are still around here.. I'm in need of a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin Thank you.. -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email: birder...@comcast.net Hawk

[mou-net] Pine Siskins Hennepin County

2009-05-08 Thread Madeleine Linck
I, too, still have at least 4 Pine Siskins (2 males with yellow wing-bars and 2 plain looking likely females) coming to my feeders in Medina, Hennepin County in the western metro. Madeleine Linck Medina, Hennepin Co Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Double 12's at Sherburne

2009-05-08 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
* 12 warblers (including single Golden-winged, Cape May and Black-throated Green) * 12 sparrows (including Harris' and Lark) on Blue Hill Mahnomen Trails, Sherburne Refuge, this morning. Be aware that Blue Hill was recently burned - not aesthetically pleasing at the moment - but if you want

[mou-net] Live From Freebonr County

2009-05-08 Thread Al Batt
Summer Tanager visiting backyard feeder in Albert Lea. If anyone would like to see it, please let me know and I will pass along the homeowner's phone number. May happiness be your shadow, Al Al Batt _http://albatt.net/_ (http://albatt.net/) No kind act is ever wasted.

[mou-net] Pine Siskin in Eden Prairie, too

2009-05-08 Thread Don Darnell
We had an exceedingly 'tame' Pine Siskin going back and forth from thistle feeder to birdbath directly in front of us on the patio last night. Although, I know it can't be true -- with a tuff of fuzz coming out of one shoulder and its indistinct streaks -- the bird came across like an immature

[mou-net] Western Grebe ~ Hennepin County

2009-05-08 Thread Conny Brunell
There was a Western Grebe on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, Hennepin County this morning. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Co. 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] Question about yellow-rumped warblers

2009-05-08 Thread Forest Kirsten Strnad
Greetings: Kirsten and I birded at River Bend Nature Center yesterday afternoon.  On he waqy in, on the road by the upper pond, we saw, counted, 40 Yellow-Rumped Warbers.  SLl had the usual lue and yellow in places.   On our way out, at the same area we, saw at least 12 warblers. This time we

[mou-net] Live From Freeborn COunty

2009-05-08 Thread Al Batt
A Eurasian Collared-dove in a backyard near the Lutheran Church in Emmons and one in my yard in rural Hartland today. They are expanding from our grain elevators to our yards. Al Batt _http://albatt.net/_ (http://albatt.net/) No kind act is ever wasted. **Remember Mom this

[mou-net] Juvenile Pine Siskins-Hennepin Cty

2009-05-08 Thread Dennis and Barbara Martin
We had two juvenile Pine Siskins come out of the nest on Wednesday. We had presumed that the siskins were nesting in a spruce tree not far from the feeders by their activity. For the past 10 days of so one or two siskins have been eating at the feeder and then flying into the same spot on the

[mou-net] Sparrow ID Help

2009-05-08 Thread Derek Bakken
Hello, This morning I saw a mystery sparrow along with some Savanah and Grasshopper Sparrows. I think it is a LeConte's but I don't have much experience with them so I thought I would seek some second opinions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobak/3513972380/

[mou-net] Kilen Woods State Park migrants

2009-05-08 Thread Eric Harrold
I had 3 lifers today at Kilen Woods!!! They were Gray-cheeked Thrush, Philadelphia Vireo, and Nashville Warbler.   Other birds of note were:   Palm Warbler BW Warbler Ovenbird Tennessee Warbler Northern Waterthrush Swainson's Thrush Peregrine Falcon Osprey EasternXSpotted Towhee? (limited

[mou-net] Indigo Bunting - Corcoran

2009-05-08 Thread Andrew Longtin
I had an Indigo Bunting show up on the feeders for about 3 minutes this after noon.. I'm in need of a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin Thank you.. -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email:

[mou-net] Ross's and Gr White-fronted geese, Watonwan Co

2009-05-08 Thread Kim R Eckert
Late this afternoon, May 8, there was still a flock of ~130 Snow Geese at the Butterfield sewage ponds in Watonwan Co., and among them were 8 Ross's Geese and 3 Greater White-fronteds. Also present were 2 Willets. (At this same location on May 1, there were 2 Ross's, 4 Gr White-fronteds,

Re: [mou-net] Bird walk in Bloomington, Sat 8am

2009-05-08 Thread Elijah Parker
Hello again! There's still room to join us tomorrow at 8am at Moir Park in Bloomington for a bird walk along Nine-mile Creek. Thanks! Elijah Parker On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Elijah Parker m...@elijahparker.comwrote: Hello birders! I don't know if this is appropriate for this list or