Re: [mou-net] [mnbird] Whooping Crane Ethics

2011-09-15 Thread linda whyte
Dan, Assuming he had no permission from the land-owner to be there, and he was too close to the birds to be summoned away by your calling out, would you consider leaving a note on his car, to inform him of the ethics involved, or to request that he call you to discuss the birds? When I went to view

Re: [mou-net] Use of Radios

2011-09-15 Thread Chris West
Here in WI, the WSO uses Channel 11, sub-channel/code 22. (11/22) I've seen other birding clubs in other states use that channel as well. --Chris On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Rick Hoyme wrote: > The channel 6 sub-channel 6 was selected by Kim Eckert for the Minnesota > Birding Weekends. A

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 9/15/11

2011-09-15 Thread Jim Lind
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 15, 2011 *MNDU1109.15 -Birds mentioned Cackling Goose American White Pelican Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Lapland Longspur Rusty Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/N

Re: [mou-net] Use of Radios

2011-09-15 Thread Rick Hoyme
The channel 6 sub-channel 6 was selected by Kim Eckert for the Minnesota Birding Weekends. As a result the birders that go on his trips have their radios set that way and others have followed. I think it was pretty much a random selection. Rick Hoyme rho...@comcast.net LinkedIn Profile http://www

[mou-net] killer baby honeyguides and early bird or late dinosaur feathers in amber

2011-09-15 Thread G Andersson
This brief article does not i.d. the honeyguide species. You can enlarge the image in both articles. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/334336/title/News_in_Brief_Life late Cretaceous amber from Canada http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/334380/title/Dinosaur-era_feather

[mou-net] Movie, etc.

2011-09-15 Thread M z
Folks, the latest issue of Audubon Magazine has an interesting article on the first non-documentary birding movie "The Big Year", starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. It is based on the book "Big Year", by Mark Obmascik. The movie comes out next month. Also, those of you who keep tra

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 15, 2011

2011-09-15 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 15, 2011 *MNDL1109.15 -Birds mentioned Bald Eagle Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Yellow-throated Vireo Eastern Towhee White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Baltimore Oriole -Transcript Hotline: M

[mou-net] Use of Radios

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Watson
Greetings, Is there a MOU advocated radio frequency that birders are encouraged to use while out and about? I have heard Channel 6 sub channel 6 is good to use but don't know the origin of that information. Alex Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archive

[mou-net] Purgatory Creek - Hennepin County

2011-09-15 Thread Ben Harste
I have been visiting Purgatory Creek a couple times a week for the last month or so now and activity has definitely picked up in the last week or two as the water levels continue to drop. The birding on the lake definitely seems better in the evening approaching dusk as more birds fly in. There a

[mou-net] Migrants over Lac La Croix (St. Louis Cty - Goshawk, L Longspurs, Snow Geese, etc)

2011-09-15 Thread Shawn Conrad
A coworker and I camped on Snow Bay on Lac La Croix on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, returning via Crane Lake this morning. Those strong north winds have started pushing in more migrants. I didn't have much of a chance to bird, and didn't get to sort through the warblers much (though I could tell

[mou-net] Whooping Crane Ethics

2011-09-15 Thread
I am glad so many of you were able to see the Northfield Whooping Cranes. Today, however, I photographed a man taking photos from far into the field next to the cranes. I also photographed his license plates (they are Minnesota plates). What part of Please do not trespass into the field or wetlan

[mou-net] Anoka County - Martin's Meadows

2011-09-15 Thread Peter J. Makousky
Hello - it may not be new to some, but I discovered a new trail in Anoka County. It's in Andover and it is called Martin's Meadows. While on the trail I ran into the gentleman who sold the property to the city of Andover. His name is Jeff Luedtke and his grandfather Martin bought the land years

[ia-bird] move etc.

2011-09-15 Thread Mick Zerr
Folks, the latest issue of Audubon Magazine has an interesting article on the first non-documentary birding movie "The Big Year", starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. It is based on the book "Big Year", by Mark Obmascik. The movie comes out next month. Also, those of you who keep