[mou-net] Cattle Egret, Spotted Towhee, and Nelson's Sparrow

So far this weekend, October 8-9, the Minn Birding Weekends group saw a few birds of note in Lyon and Lincoln Co's: - A Cattle Egret was at Sham Lake in Cottonwood, Lyon Co. in the late afternoon of Oct 8; unfortunately, it was not relocated later that day or the next morning. - A male Sp

[mou-net] camera suggestion request

I am getting close to buying my next digital camera. Love my old Canon A520, a longer zoom lens would be great. Don't want an SLR, much too big. I am looking at a Canon PowerShot SX210IS (old model 200) or Canon PowerShot SX130IS (old model 120). Have you used either of those? Recommen

[mou-net] Red-bellied Woodpecker-Itasca County

Yesterday we had a male Red-bellied Woodpecker visiting our peanut feeder. This is still a pretty uncommon species here in Itasca County and a new yard bird for us. Earl Orf www.earlorfphotos.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBE