[mou-net] Clark's Nutcracker in Lac qui Parle.

2011-03-11 Thread Bill Unzen
Nutcracker in NE Lac qui Parle County at 4:30pm this afternoon. It was in a stand of spruce on the south side of 330th St about a quarter-mile east of Hwy119. I will post a photo on recently seen page of the MOU site. Also of note today was a Townsend's Solitaire that has overwintered at Hantho Be

[mou-net] Ross's Geese/Brown Co.

2011-03-11 Thread Brian & Risa Smith
Hi, This afternoon there were several hundred geese on Sleepy Eye lake around the aerator hole. There must have been a push to migrate with the strong southerly winds. I was surprised to see 5 Ross's Geese, 8 Greater White-fronted Geese, Cackling and Canada. When I was there there were few d

[mou-net] Report on my Rice County Bald Eagle nests

2011-03-11 Thread Forest Strnad
Sickness has prevented me from checking my five Bald Eagle Greetings: Sickness has prevented me from checking my five Bald Eagle nests in Rice County until this week. 03/09 east of Faribault on Hwy. 80,  south of Hwy. 60. no B.E. near the nest. 03/10, south of Walmart on Hwy, 93 to Hwy. 39, one

[mou-net] Mystery hawk at Sherburne NWR

2011-03-11 Thread Betsy Beneke
One of our maintenance guys reported a possible Swainson's hawk at Sherburne today, saying it had been around since Tuesday.  Our biologist saw it and thought that's what it was too - but she doesn't have a lot of experience with this species.  I went looking early in the afternoon and couldn't

[mou-net] Sandhill Cranes - Sherburne County

2011-03-11 Thread Betsy Beneke
A Sherburne Refuge volunteer heard two sandhill cranes calling near her home outside Princeton on Monday of this week.  Our biologist saw a single crane flying along the river near our headquarters on Tuesday of this week. A crow visited my bird feeder at the headquarters this morning...thought

[mou-net] Peregrine falcon in Coon Rapids

2011-03-11 Thread Thomas P. Malone
A Peregrine falcon chased a Pigeon into a window at my office building this morning. The falcon then spent an hour sitting on a light pole in the parking lot while the pigeon sat stunned and gasping on the ground. The falcon ultimately flew to the southeast.

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 11 March 2011

2011-03-11 Thread Anthony Hertzel
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 11, 2011 *MNST1103.11 -Birds mentioned White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Gray Partridge Spruce Grouse Northern Harrier Merlin Sandhill Crane Ring-billed Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Varied Thrush Song Sparrow -Transcr