[mou-net] directions

2010-07-06 Thread Steve Weston
UMore Park is mostly south of Rosemount in Empire Township. Biscayne Avenue and 190th St. are easy to find and so is the parking lot. Station Trail is well signed, but is not ID'd on all maps. If you do not have access to to a computer or good maps, I suggest exploring the area. There is

[mou-net] McLeod County Moorhen

2010-07-06 Thread bgraves
We watched the Moorhen and 4 juveniles walking and swimming around for about an hour. For a good look binocs or scope is needed. Also 2 Black Terns posing on grass clumps. Several Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds were active... Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Mille Lacs Sherburne

2010-07-06 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
Birded Kathio State Park, short portion of the western Mille Lacs lakefront, and Kunkel WMA yesterday; today stopped at Blue Hill Trail in Sherburne NWR briefly. A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was the highlight yesterday, front edge of Touch the Earth trail in Kathio (near the Interpretive

[mou-net] Cattle Egret, shorebirds, Dakota Co.

2010-07-06 Thread Jim Mattsson
10:30a.m. 7/6/10 Jirik Sod Farm Located 1/2 mile south of 200th and Blaine on Blaine. Adult Cattle Egret at edge of large sod field and tall grass on west side. See photo posted to Recently Seen http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl Shorebirds present on east side: Least Sp. - 50 Solitary Sp. -

[mou-net] Birds of Norway guide

2010-07-06 Thread Roger Schroeder
My young birding friend Nolan (age 9) is going to Norway for 2 weeks with his family. I have not been able to find a field guide for his trip. Any suggestions? Thanks! Roger Schroeder Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

Re: [mou-net] Birds of Norway guide

2010-07-06 Thread Julian Sellers
Birds of Europe: Second Edition (Princeton Field Guides) by Svensson, Zetterström, and Mullarney is excellent. Well, I assume it's excellent, because the first edition (which I have) is. I've seen it being used in the field by European and Scandinavian experts. Julian

Re: [mou-net] Birds of Norway guide

2010-07-06 Thread Dennis and Barbara Martin
I would use Birds of Europe (1999), Mullarney, Svensson, Zetterstrom, and Grant. It is about the size of the National Geographic guide. The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Pelearctic (1999), Beaman and Madge, is probably so heavy to travel with. Bigger and heavier