[mou-net] Park Point & Hawk Ridge today (with photos)

I started my day-off today by relaxing along Park Point, taking a nice walk, and doing a little birdwatching. During the 1 1/2 hours I spent at Park Point, I observed 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks and 3 American Kestrels (one Shin decided to stoop on a Northern Flicker)! Blue-winged Teal 1 Common Mergans

[mou-net] Park Point today

Went to Park Point today not expecting much in the gusty NW winds.  When I arrived at the bath house there were several groups of Sanderlings foraging along the beach with some Baird's and Semi-palmated Sandpipers mixed in.  I estimated I saw about 50 Sanderlings, 1 Baird's, 5 Semi-palmated Sand

[mou-net] American Golden Plover, Dakota Cty

About 11 am today, Tanya Beyer and I viewed 8 American Golden Plover in the stubble field close to the junction of Alta and 302nd St, where a variety of shorebirds were reported recently by Steve Weston on August 29th. We observed them on the west side of Alta, where they had landed near a smal

[mou-net] Deadlines & Invitations

Here is a reminder for prospective contributors of articles and photographs to the November/December 2011 issue of Minnesota Birding newsletter. The upcoming deadline: September 20, 2011 Please send articles for consideration to: newslet...@moumn.org Keep sending those wonderful photographs to:

[mou-net] warblers in Rice Co.

Hi All-- Yesterday's cold front went through Rice Co. around noon. At 5 PM a large warbler flock briefly visited my banding station. I banded three Bay-breasted Warblers--photos on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com As well as two Chestnut-sided Warblers, one Wilson's Warbler, on