[mou-net] Swans

I found 12 swans on Perch L. this morning. A scope would be needed to id species. A flock of 50+ were present yesterday. There were 2-5 birds on three different small patches of open water. At one spot there were two adults and two juveniles. The north sewage pond at Mapleton is frozen over

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 23 November 2010

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 23, 2010 *MNST1011.23 -Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Black-legged Kittiwake Eurasian Collared-Dove White-eyed Vireo Varied Thrush Summer Tanager Eurasian Tree Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: November 23, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesot

[mou-net] Carpenter Nature center - Belize trip

I'll add some comments to Jim Fitzpatrick's post. Yolli and I were at this resort in 2002. It is located in the interior of Belize. I seem to remember about a 2 hour ride from the Belize City airport. The resort is on the Mopan river across from the town of Benque. When we arrived in Benque we w

[mou-net] Snow Buntings

Hi All-- I found hundreds of Snow Buntings along MN Hwy 246 both north and south of the county road that proceeds to Big Woods State Park. I also saw them there last week. The traffic on the highway flushed the flocks every time a car passed, which made photography difficult. The 18 degree F te

[mou-net] WW Scoters, L. Vadnais, Ramsey Co.

The two WW Scoters reported earlier were still present in the SE section of L. Vadnais in mid-afternoon, among a large flock of predominantly Ring-necked Ducks. They were reasonably close, as viewed from the parking area on the south side of Vadnais Blvd., so it was possible to pick out the distinc

[mou-net] Tufted Flycatcher in Texas

I tried to post this to texbirds and it did not post.  Someone on Birdforum.net posted images of what appears to be a 4th-5th North American Record Tufted Flycatcher.  The posted two images here: http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=186296 I notified a few people in Texas, but have yet to see

[mou-net] Great Gray Owl in Aitkin County

This afternoon I drove up to Aitkin County Road 18 and found a GREAT GRAY OWL about 4/10 of a mile to the west of Pietz's Road (320th Lane) at about 4 o'clock. I also found 22 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (most of these were along C.R. 5 north of Palisade), 2 flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS, a GRAY JAY on C.R. !