[mou-net] Bluebirds

Planned to remove our nestcam Tuesday, but discovered new nesting material in the bluebird box. Today checked on camera and found a completed nest and one egg. She has fledged 11 in two nestings already, we have never recorded three. Fingers crossed. Also for the first time two pair of Orchar

[mou-net] Gleuck BBS route results

Run on 8 June. This "corn-desert" route runs north through the farmlands of Chippewa and Swift Counties. A windy day limited birds to 514 birds of 47 species, a bit below average. Chipping Sparrows were in low numbers (maybe hurt by the cold of late Apr-early May?) and Sedge Wrens absent as no

[mou-net] Appleton BBS route results

Run 9 June. This route runs westward through Swift County SW of Benson, then north to the Pomme de Terre River bridge N of US 12. This is a very enjoyable route made better this year by all the flooded fields. This year it's easy to tell where many of the drained wetlands once were. Six speci

[mou-net] Warbler migration locations

16 locations were noted for 20+ warbler days: Hillside Trail, MN Valley NWR Murphy-Hanrehan Hok-Si-La Park Richardson Nature Center French Park Rice Lake State Park, Steele County Gunflint Trail (end of May) Sucker Lake, Vadnais Heights Tamarac NWR Red Lake WMA Itasca State Park Sherbur

[mou-net] Glenwood BBS results (long)

And then there was Glenwood. I look forward to this count more than any other due to the high species diversity or maybe the spectacular view from my motel on Highway 28 of Lake Minnewaska spreading out far below you on the Pope County landscape, one of the finest viewpoints on the entire Great