Re: [mou-net] Jaeger photos from Wisconsin Point, October 2010

The last Long-tailed Jaeger photo in the gallery is simply nuts! Erik On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Erik Bruhnke wrote: > Wow! Beautiful and impressive photos Peder. It seems like the jaegers this > year (and last year) were well-documented, due to both continuous viewing > opportunities, a

Re: [mou-net] Jaeger photos from Wisconsin Point, October 2010

Wow! Beautiful and impressive photos Peder. It seems like the jaegers this year (and last year) were well-documented, due to both continuous viewing opportunities, and close-viewing opportunities. Hopefully these occurrences will continue for years to come. Thanks again for the great shots! Erik

[mou-net] Secret Value of the Christmas Bird Count

Everyone knows how fun a Christmas Bird Count can be. Counting birds on a crisp winter day. Breathing in the fresh clean Canadian air beneath a sky so blue it blinds you yet you can't take your eyes off of it. Spending the day with family and friends or making new acquaintances. The thrill of the c

[mou-net] Snow Buntings

A flock of 50+ Snow Buntings observed today on 100th Street South in Cottage Grove between Kimbro Avenue S. and Lehigh Road. First reported by Larry Sirvio. Tom Bell Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Rd. S. St. Paul Park, MN 55071 651 459-4150 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cg

[mou-net] Summer Tanager in Roseau County

Ron Erpelding found a Summer Tanager in Greenbush this afternoon. Directions: turn left off MN11 at CR 4 then take an immediate right. The bird was at the first house on the left( across from a new building), in a crabapple tree. Jeanie Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN Join or L

[mou-net] Tundra Swan Flyovers

At 5:25 this evening, I heard two flocks of Tundra Swans flying over the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood of St. Paul (flying southeast). Couldn't see them. When my wife first heard this sound many years ago, she thought our neighbor was squeegeeing her windows. Julian Join or Leave mo

[mou-net] Carver County

Carver Park count Canada Geese Trumpeter Swan 2 Mallard 52 American Wigeon 42 Canvasback 54 Redhead 25 Ring-necked Duck 520 Bufflehead 28 Hooded Merganser 49 Bald Eagle 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (pretty sure I heard the chip of another from the same clump of cedar) Lake

[mou-net] Vadnais Lakes Solitaire 11/19

The Townsend's Solitaire first reported by Gail Wieberdink was still present today, Friday Nov 19, at about 3:00 PM. Cheri Steinmueller found the bird today. It was feeding on junipers (on the west side of the road that splits the two lakes) in the company of about a dozen Cedar Waxwings. To f

Re: [mou-net] Cackling Goose

dan&erika wrote: >Irecently posted photos on my blog. Google dan tallmans bird blog. Dan >On Nov 19, 2010 10:32 AM, "Jim and Charlene Nelson" >wrote: >> i would also like the answer to this one. thx. >> Charlene Nelson >> On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Forest Strnad wrote: >> >>> Greetings: >>

[mou-net] Help on identifying a dead scoter

Hello,   My boss believes he shot a scoter this past weekend near the town of Avon, South Dakota, which is in the southeast part of the state.  He's been hunting ducks for four decades, and, although he's never taken a scoter, he is fairly confident about this.  I have a couple of pictures of th

Re: [mou-net] Cackling Goose

Irecently posted photos on my blog. Google dan tallmans bird blog. Dan On Nov 19, 2010 10:32 AM, "Jim and Charlene Nelson" wrote: > i would also like the answer to this one. thx. > Charlene Nelson > On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Forest Strnad wrote: > >> Greetings: >> >> Is there any bird book on

Re: [mou-net] Cackling Goose

i would also like the answer to this one. thx. Charlene Nelson On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Forest Strnad wrote: Greetings: Is there any bird book on bird identification that has information about the Cackling Goose, with identification and picture(s)? Rev. Forest V. Strnad Join or

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 19 November 2010

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 19, 2010 *MNST1011.19 -Birds mentioned Barrow's Goldeneye Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull California Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Townsend's Solitaire

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 11/19/10

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 19, 2010 *MNDU1011.19 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Black Scoter Barrow's Goldeneye California Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Great Gray Owl Black-backed Woodpecker -Transcript Hotline: M