[mou-net] Frequent Flyers: Ruddy Turnstones (no sighting)

The next time you see a Ruddy Turnstone, try to imagine how many free travel miles he/she has probably accumulated. These tiny geolocators are certain to advance our knowledge of bird migration a whoe bunch in the coming years.

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 9 April 2010

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 9, 2010 *MNST1004.09 -Birds mentioned Mute Swan Surf Scoter Great Egret American Golden-Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Black-and-white Warbler

[mou-net] Carver County

New arrivals this morning were Field and Swamp Sparrows at Carver Park and a Vesper Sparrow at Rapids Lake MVNWR. There were 9 Ruby-crowned and 5 Golden-crowned Kinglets at Carver Park and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets at Rapids Lake MVNWR. I did not climb down the bluff to check better habitat for

[mou-net] Black-capped Chickadee nest

Hi All-- For the second year, Black-capped Chickadees are nesting in our backyard. I took a series of photographs of the birds cleaning out the nest cavity: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com A question: For the Breeding Bird Survey, should this nest be reported even though I reported it

[mou-net] Smith's Longspurs, Nicollet County

Around 4:00 this afternoon Chad Gustafson and I found 4 Smith's Longspurs at the WMA one mile north of the town of Nicollet on the east side of Hwy. 111 in Nicollet County. The birds were frequenting the grassy area between the first wetland and the farm fields east of the parking lot.