[mou-net] really interesting article

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[mou-net] a little something to consider

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[mou-net] Becker Co.

2011-04-26 Thread Steve Midthune
Swamp and vesper sparrows at Hamden slough. Yellow-headed blackbird at LaBelle Lake north of Lake Park. 250 to 300 white pelicans on Duck Lake (north edge of Lake Park) Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.h

Re: [mou-net] Good news about Roberts Bird Sanctuary

2011-04-26 Thread Susan Tertell
Kit, you have done magnificent work on this. Congratulations. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Kit Healy wrote: > Good news about Roberts Bird Sanctuary: At its April 25 meeting, the CAC > voted to remove the two sites next to the Sanctuary from consideration as a > potential off-leash dog par

Re: [mou-net] Google logo

2011-04-26 Thread Bill Kahn
To be fair, Audubon killed most or all of his bird models, I believe, so he did see them in the wild. His paintings were far more realistic than any available at the time, and I'm pretty sure his eye compares way more favorably to my "modern eye," although I'm sure Mr. Nelson's is far super

[mou-net] Google logo

2011-04-26 Thread john c. nelson
The birds on theG oogle logo are John James Audubon paintings and yes they do look strange to our modern eye. Not having a camera his paintings were done with "birds in hand" (dead) for models. They were done150-200 years ago. John Nelson Good Thunder MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://

[mou-net] Google home page honors Audubon

2011-04-26 Thread Karen Kraco
Check out the bird-filled Google logo on their homepage- the scale's a bit weird, but nonetheless it's pretty cool. Karen Kraco Minneapolis, MN 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] Lapland Longspurs, Dakota Cty

2011-04-26 Thread Laura Coble
Today around 9:30 am at the Randolph Industrial Park, west of Hwy 56, between hwys 88 and 86, I saw several small flocks of Lapland Longspurs, circling through the drizzle and wind, and landing for very brief periods. Also present were singing Western and Eastern Meadowlarks and Savannah Sparro

[mou-net] Willets

2011-04-26 Thread john c. nelson
Yesterday afternoon I came across 4 Willets at Lake Ida NE of Amboy. Also a nice Green Heron. John Nelson Good Thunder MN 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] Good news about Roberts Bird Sanctuary

2011-04-26 Thread Kit Healy
Good news about Roberts Bird Sanctuary: At its April 25 meeting, the CAC voted to remove the two sites next to the Sanctuary from consideration as a potential off-leash dog park site. Thank you to everyone who spoke out on behalf of the Sanctuary: CAC members said they hear the opposition to the

[mou-net] Birding about the metro

2011-04-26 Thread Steve Weston
Sunday: We had a visitor at the house: an immature Broad-winged Hawk sat on top of one of the wood duck houses posing for my wife's camara. I also went down to 180th Street marsh where the habitat is quite inviting. I found Roger Everhart keeping company with a very engaging Sora. On the way

[mou-net] Stearns County Wanderings 04-25-11

2011-04-26 Thread Betsy Beneke
I've never birded Stearns County much, but decided since I'm living here for a while, I should.  Wow - it's a big county!  I had a great time, and discovered several WMA's and WPA's that I'll definitely visit again in the coming weeks. The most interesting birds were at my first stop - the Alban

[mou-net] American Avocets (Hennepin County)

2011-04-26 Thread Caleb Ashling
Last evening around 7:00pm, I counted 32 or 33 AMERICAN AVOCETS at Bass Ponds in Bloomington (sorry about the late post, no internet at home). They were standing at the end of the long peninsula in the middle of the pond at the far southwest part of the park, the one that borders highway 77.