[mou-net] Loons on Vermilion in northern St Louis County

2009-12-04 Thread Dee Kuder
There were close to 100 Loons on the west end of Lake Vermilion yesterday, Thursday. The fishing must have been good along the edge of the ice in the bay. The smaller lakes in the area froze over last night. Dee Kuder Crane Lake, MN 55725 Join or Leave

[mou-net] White winged crossbills, Pine County

2009-12-04 Thread Deb Sewell
I just observed a flock of about 20 white winged crossbills in a spruce tree in my yard. I had heard flocks of what I suspected to be crossbills flying around in the last couple of weeks, but this was the first time I was able to locate them with the binoculars. I hope they stay around for the

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 4 December 2009

2009-12-04 Thread Anthony Hertzel
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 4, 2009 *MNST0912.04 -Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Slaty-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Great Gray Owl Carolina Wren Townsend's Solitaire -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date:

Re: [mou-net] MOU Board Meeting 12/4/09, annual business meeting 12/5/09

2009-12-04 Thread MOU Secretary
I checked and was informed that the parking garage directly next to the Bell Museum is open tomorrow morning. Rich -Original Message- From: Forest Strnad [mailto:prairie...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:20 PM To: mousecret...@comcast.net Cc: Forest or Kirsten

Re: [mou-net] MOU Board Meeting 12/4/09, annual business meeting 12/5/09

2009-12-04 Thread MOU Secretary
The MOU paper session is well worth going to and is our annual meeting as well. see: http://moumn.org/paper.html Hope to see you there. Rich Peet -Original Message- From: Valerie Slocum [mailto:rapt...@eagle-bluff.org] Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 2:22 PM To:

[mou-net] Slaty-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Canal Park, Duluth

2009-12-04 Thread Peder Svingen
Early this afternoon the third-cycle Slaty-backed Gull was seen again at Canal Park, Duluth. Also present were one adult and one second- cycle Thayer's Gull, a second-cycle Great Black-backed Gull, 300 Herring Gulls, and 29 Ring-billed Gulls. Another 300+ Herring Gulls were tallied near the