[mou-net] Grackles

2010-12-28 Thread Stefanie Moss
My brother reported a number of grackles at his feeders this winter in Avon also. This fall while driving north on I94 early one morning I witnessed a flight of blackbirds of some ilk crossing in front of me. They flew probably 30 abreast in a ribbon that snaked as far as the eye could see. I¹ve

[mou-net] E Screech Owl, not present, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co

2010-12-28 Thread George B Skinner
At 8:00 am I checked our video camera and the owl was not in the box. George Skinner and Anne Hanley 15330 Lynn Terrace Minnetonka, MN 952-936-0811 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] North America Lite update

2010-12-28 Thread danerika
Hi All-- Thanks to Karen Sowizral, I have added two species to my free North American bird checklist at my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com Golden Eagle should follow Rough-legged Hawk Manx Shearwater should follow Short-tailed Shearwater The down-loadable version has been revised

[mou-net] Golden Eagle, Kanabec County

2010-12-28 Thread Me
Around 12:30 pm today Bob Williams and I found an adult Golden Eagle 3/4 of a mile north of CR 83 on the west side of CR 5 in northeast Kanabec County. The bird was initially spotted feeding on an animal carcass in the field but then was observed flying into the treeline to the west where it

[mou-net] Golden Eagle observer

2010-12-28 Thread Bob Dunlap
My apologies for not including my name with my recent post about the Golden Eagle in Kanabec County via my cell phone. It was I who observed the bird with Bob Williams. Bob Dunlap Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Sax-Zim Bog today + Canal Park yesterday

2010-12-28 Thread Chris West
Hi everyone, A couple of my friends and I spent the day in the bog today. We arrived right around sunrise and left shortly after sunset. Winter finches are almost nonexistent. Our entire tally was 10 C Redpolls along Highway 16 north of the bog proper. Pine Grosbeaks were fairly common with