[mou-net] Mute Swan at Black Dog

2010-12-17 Thread Jim Mattsson
Last evening (16th) there was an unmarked adult Mute Swan at the power plant causeway. Among the 100's of Canada Geese and 1,000+ Mallards, I found only one Green-winged Teal, a few C. Mergs. and one pelican. No other water birds. Once again, about 600-700 gulls circled high overhead and did

[mou-net] GHOW, b. waxwings

2010-12-17 Thread Beau Shroyer
Last night 12-16-10, while outside playing with the kids, we heard a GHOW calling in downtown Detroit Lakes. It was pretty cool for the kids. They love owls and always want to go owling with dad. This morning, 12-17-10 at 0810 hours, a flock of approximately 50 b. waxwings flew over the High

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 17 December 2010

2010-12-17 Thread Anthony Hertzel
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 17, 2010 *MNST1012.17 -Birds mentioned Iceland Gull Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Acorn Woodpecker -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: December 17, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890

[mou-net] CBC

2010-12-17 Thread Frank Gosiak
Little Falls CBC is this Sunday (Dec. 19th). We will meet at the Perkins Restaurant at 6:45 a.m. If interested call Frank at 320-616-7001 or 320-267-1667. fgos...@gmail.com Could use some help. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] rescheduled Golden eagle field trip

2010-12-17 Thread joan schnabel/jeff falk
Just to let everyone know, last week's cancelled Golden Eagle class/field trip has been rescheduled (this was an historic first, Scott Mehus NOT going birding due to the weather) The rescheduled class/field trip will start at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha Tuesday

[mou-net] Gyrfalcon-Lac Qui Parle Cty

2010-12-17 Thread Dennis and Barbara Martin
Hard to believe as we consider this sighting to be very unusual. We saw a raptor coming toward us some distance away and as we were driving in snow very slowly we were able to stop and get out to observe this bird as it flew by some 50 yards away at its closest point, not much higher than