[mou-net] Birding Documentation (bit long)

(If someone wishes to forward this to Birdchat, would be appreciated. For some reason my email address change hasn't taken.) I am a birder, delighting in color song. I am also an occasional writer/poet, tending to write about externals that compare contrast with internals. On surface

[mou-net] Carver County-Past week's shorebirds

Last weeks rain really helped provide shorebird habitat with several fields with flooded sections(not good news for farmers). Fields were significantly drier today vs. Tuesday, so unless we get more rain, shorebirds will likely be harder to come by.Like last summer, Chaska Lake and

Re: [mou-net] Appleton BBS route results

Hi Bob, I found few ducklings in surveying for the atlas out in Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, and Lincoln along the Dakota border. I also had an unsolicited comment that ducklings were scarce from a farmer/birder from that area, who said he had heard that from others. Canada Geese

[mou-net] Lake Vadnais

Pelican numbers have really been increasing, today there were 30 to 40 in several areas on the west (smaller) lake. There have been a lot of wood ducks on both lakes and the usual numbers of great blue herons, egrets, and cormorants. There don't seem to be as many mallards as other years and the

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, July 21, 2011

-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *July 21, 2011 *MNDL1107.21 -Birds mentioned Mallard Canvasback American White Pelican Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sandhill Crane Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Savannah Sparrow Bobolink Western Meadowlark