Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 24 May 2011 to 25 May 2011 (#2011-145)

Thanks for your email. I am on vacation and will not be checking email until Tuesday May 31st. Please contact Will Pettitt (wpett...@itascacg.com) if you require immediate assistance. Cheers, Matt Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://list

[mou-net] Dunlins and willet

Went with Tom Bell to look for the whooping cranes today but they were gone. As a consolation prize we went to Randolph Industrial Park and found 2 dunlins and a willet - all very nervous at our approaching car. This place is a few miles north of Lake Billsby on Highway 56 (west side) Larry S

[mou-net] another summer tanager

I recall seeing a few reports of summer tanagers over the last couple weeks. I found images of a SUTA male on my camera from Sherburne NWR on May 15, 2011. I had forgotten taking the pictures and I assumed it was a SCTA (between better photos of CSWA and LEFL), but a few days later at Miss Blvd in

[mou-net] Marbled Godwit at Park Point, (Duluth).

This evening there was a marbled godwit at the park point recreation area and adjacent beach areas on the bay side. This is the third marbled godwit that I've observed at park point this spring. Shorebirds are beginning to show up in the Duluth area. This morning a large flock, 50+, of sander

[mou-net] barn owl flying and domestic cat attacking -- playmates

This is a delightful piece of video that a friend sent me. A barn owl and cat are friends who do a lot of roughhouse. It is remarkable. The owl not only tolerates, but seems to bait the cat into leaps to catch him/her as he flies over. And the cat makes contact repeatedly. (declawed?) They als

[mou-net] free talk by Pres of Thoreau Society on "Thoreau and the Birds" on June 12

"The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions." ---Henry David Thoreau, from "Walking in Winter" (1843) To commemorate the 150th anny of Thoreau's trip to Minnesota (1861), there ar

Re: [mou-net] Duluth area birding

I'm coming up on Tuesday of next week and was going to ask the same thing! I'm planning on going to Park Point first and then over to Sax Zim, but I'm not really sure where to go in Sax Zim - I've been there twice with a guide, but this will probably be on my own. One could also head up to some

[mou-net] Parasitic Jaeger in Duluth

Matti Hakkila saw a light morph Parasitic Jaeger on Lake Superior this evening (5/25), just west of the Lester River in Duluth. The bird was seen chasing and stealing food from Ring-billed Gulls. It eventually flew towards Park Point. Jim Lind Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu

[mou-net] Duluth area birding

I will be in duluth on Thursday and am looking for someone to bird with or some ideas on where to go. I am familiar with park point and will be spending some time there. Anywhere else to check? Thanks Andy Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http:/

[mou-net] Biwabik

Will be in Biwabik Friday & Saturday performing a wedding. May have time for an hour or two of birding Saturday morning, any recommendations on good spots in the area? Thanks for any assistance. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties Join or Leave mou-net: http://lis

[mou-net] Glacier National Park

traveling by train/Amtrak Sat to St Mary's Lodge on East side of Glacier. Any ideas for hot birding areas? Charlene Nelson 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] Hooded warbler

A few Hooded Warblers this morning at Murphy Hanrehan along trail 15. Calling only intermittently. Kurt 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] Sherburne Summer Bird Tour June 4

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge is offering a Sum Dear Friends: Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge is offering a Summer Bird Tour on Saturday, June 4, from 7am to 12pm.  Meet at the Blue Hill Trail, which is on Sherburne Co. Rd. 9, six miles west of Hwy. 169.  Signs are prominent.  The songs

[mou-net] Birding western Minnesota

Want to go birding this weekend in western Minnesota? This weekend I am heading out to western Minnesota for three days of birding along the south Dakota border. We will be surveying for the Breeding Bird Atlas and birding in Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, and Lincoln counties. We will be st