Re: [mou-net] Winter Question

2010-11-11 Thread Rita Goranson
Add to this: Searching for owls in fir standsnot hunted in Searching through ducks and geese for the unusual until they do leave.. Trying to outsmart the smart squirrels who think that I put out the seed for them. -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists

Re: [mou-net] Winter Question

2010-11-11 Thread MARK OTNES
Al, I do very little birding in December (other than the Christmas Count) and focus on Christmas, shopping, and family in that month. Come January new year lists start (ND, SD, and MN) and that freshens things up. I try to make one trip to boreal Minnesota and one to Pierre South Dakota. The la

[mou-net] Winter Question Summary

2010-11-11 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
Asked this question on Tuesday: For most of us, bird numbers have greatly dwindled, plumages have diminished, songs are occasional or fragmented. How do you find satisfaction in your birding hobby (or passion, or obsession) during the December to February timeframe? Here's a summary of the

[mou-net] January Newsletter deadline

2010-11-11 Thread B W
Hi Folks, The deadline for materials to be considered for the January/February 2011 issue of Minnesota Birding is November 20th.  Written materials may be sent to newslet...@moumn.org, and photographs to desig...@moumn.org.  Thanks, Ben Wieland Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.um

[mou-net] South Dakota Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush survey

2010-11-11 Thread
I am forwarding this for Nancy Drilling: Did you travel to the Black Hills in South Dakota to see the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (OBNT) this summer? If so, we are seeking your input to help assess the economic importance of birds and birding in the area. >From July 17 to August 19, 201

[mou-net] Red-Breasted Nuthatch

2010-11-11 Thread john c. nelson
We had a brief visit from a Red-Breasted Nuthatch yesterday morning. This afternoon an extended appearance at a feeder next to our bay window on a peanut feeder. Unfortunately we had no yet removed the screen from that window so was unable to get a photo. John Nelson Good Thunder MN

[mou-net] Two Harbors Birding

2010-11-11 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Hello: I relocated the Summer Tanager on 4th Ave & 3rd Street. Also seen at this corner were some White-winged Crossbills. I added a photo to the Recently Seen section in the MOU website. Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://www.mikehendricksonbirding.com Blog: http://co

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 11, 2010

2010-11-11 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *November 11, 2010 *MNDL1011.11 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Cackling Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser American White Pelican Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane Bonaparte's Gull Northern Hawk Owl Re

[mou-net] Rice Creek birds

2010-11-11 Thread Keith Carlson
Today late afternoon/early evening while kayaking on Rice Creel between Hodgson Road and Co. Road I. 2 Sandhill Cranes 1 very cooperative Great Horned Owl (never moved as I drifted right below the tree in which it was roosting) Coot Mallards Mourning Dove and a 10 point buck, lots of musk rats