[mou-net] the hummingbird show on "Nature" from Sunday night (available online)

2010-01-11 Thread gordon andersson
I missed most of the show last night, but what I saw was amazing. .the first film of a displaying male splendid spatula tail. . also black-chinned nesting colony around an active Cooper's hawk nest. A coworker said the whole show was great. Unfortunately, "Nature" does not repeat anymore on

[mou-net] Whitney H. Eastman Archives open house - Feb. 13

2010-01-11 Thread Paul Schlick
Eastman Nature Center will hold an open house at 1:00 on Saturday, February 13, to introduce the public to the Whitney H. Eastman Archives. Whitney Eastman (1888-1979) was a local businessman, philanthropist, and conservationist. He was also an amateur ornithologist of some renown who served as

Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread Warren Woessner
Or try any time from mid-May to mid-June Warren -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathon Jongsma Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:30 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +

[mou-net] Northern Shrike

2010-01-11 Thread Kathy Confer
Had what I believe to be a First Winter Northern Shrike land in my yard today (Monday) around 9:30 a.m. This is my first shrike and, needless to say, seeing it about 10 feet away from our living room window was quite a wonderful surprise! It flew in from a high tree branch in a neighbor's yard to a

[mou-net] Black-headed Grosbeak may still be present

2010-01-11 Thread Jim Lind
Pat Thomas reports that the Black-headed Grosbeak at 6219 E. Superior Street in Duluth was reported in her backyard sightings log by a couple of birders yesterday (Jan 10) at 10:55 am. This is apparently the only sighting since the 7th. Perhaps the warming temperatures are causing it to visit

Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread jmmet
WOW-just visited that site--great info--thanks jonathon ... jim - Original Message - From: "Jonathon Jongsma" To: Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +, DAVID PATTI BLASER wrote: My husband and I just s

Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread Jonathon Jongsma
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +, DAVID PATTI BLASER wrote: > My husband and I just started this hobby last summer. I have to put my > vacation requests for the year in now and am wondering what is the best time > to birdwatch in the spring in SE MN? Thanks! > Patti Blaser It depends what you w

[mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread DAVID PATTI BLASER
My husband and I just started this hobby last summer. I have to put my vacation requests for the year in now and am wondering what is the best time to birdwatch in the spring in SE MN? Thanks! Patti Blaser

[mou-net] Fwd: black-headed grosbeak

2010-01-11 Thread Kim R Eckert
Now that the Black-headed Grosbeak is now apparently gone from Pat Thomas' feeder in Duluth, she wanted me to post the following e-mail to MOU-net. By the way, note that the bird was actually last seen on January 7, a day after Pat personally saw it (see second photo at http://moumn.org/cgi-b