[mou-net] urban birding festival draft

This is an opportunity for birders to spread the word about MOU publications, programs and web-site at the Urban Birding Festival Information Fair. The information fair will be held at Spring Brook Nature Center on Saturday, May 15 from 9:00-3:00. We would set up two shifts for two volunteers

[mou-net] Carver County

There were many more ducks along 150th St. this morning vs. yesterday, mainly more Canvasback, Redhead, and Lesser Scaup. The Greater White-fronted Geese were still there as well. At Carver Park, 2 Eastern Meadowlarks were back singing from their usual spots.A Golden-crowned Kinglet was

[mou-net] Loon, Red-breasted Mergansers on Como

Saturday 3/27, 11am, I found 1 Loon, 3 male Red-breasted Mergansers on Como Lake, which is almost ice-free. Mallards, Canadas, Red-wing blackbirds abundant. Came home ( 2 blocks from lake) to find a tom turkey at my feeder. Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Carver County

Just returned from 150th St location in Carver county.  As was just posted many waterfowl are still there.  Also saw Horned Lark, American Kestrel, Killdeer and heard song sparrow and pheasant. Dan Ahlman New Hope, Mn Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Swamp Sparrow (Hennepin Co.)

I had my First of the Year (FOY) Swamp Sparrow at one of the ponds off of Laurel Avenue in Golden Valley this afternoon. Surprisingly, there were no other sparrows except for a few juncos. And apparently another Swamp Sparrow was seen elsewhere in Hennepin County today as well. I've been checking

[mou-net] Lake Byllesby Greater White-fronted Geese

Today, while at Lake Byllesby a small group of us, Laura Coble, Melissa Poulus , Dave Harbot and myself, observed 12 Greater White-fronted Geese land on the lake. Ducks present were Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Ring-necked, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead and Northern Shoveler. Also, FOY Song

[mou-net] Bluebirds

Bluebirds have arrived in Hastings J Linda and Kevin Krueger www.FlightOfNature.com 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] female Barrow's Goldeneye, Duluth

The female Barrow's Goldeneye first found by Karl Bardon 3/23 was refound this morning (3/27) at the Duluth Rowing Club on Park Point. -- Chet CochonDuluth MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

Re: [mou-net] Swamp Sparrow (Hennepin Co.)

hi alyssa-are you referring to the ponds off of laurel and louisiana? I'll have to head back there again-I live just a few blocks from there. I started going there last year because of all the egrets that end up there at nighttime-took some night photos with 33 egrets sleeping in the

[mou-net] Sandhill crane issue

Subject: [mnbird] Sandhill crane issue Minnesota Outdoor News is encouraging readers to vote on the topic Should the state hold a sandhill crane hunt in northwestern Minnesota? This is an opinion poll only and currently the yays far outweigh the nays. Birding friends, please go to this website

[mou-net] Divers, Dakota Co.

3/27 Nice concentrations of divers were present this morning at Lake Byllesby and Spring Lake RP. At Byllesby, I counted 1,500 divers, mostly Lesser Scaup, but also Canvasback, Redhead, all three mergansers, Ruddy, Bufflehead, Ring-necked. Spring Lake had all the same species and similar