[mou-net] Long-eared Owl in downtown Duluth

2011-10-24 Thread Jim Lind
My recent post prompted a message from Tanya Beyer, regarding a Long- eared Owl she saw in downtown Duluth today (10/24/2011): "This owl crossed my path just after I had headed up from the lakewalk at about 8:30 a.m. Monday. I had reached the plaza above Michigan Street and was just past the mon

[mou-net] Great Gray Owl in Two Harbors

2011-10-24 Thread Jim Lind
This evening I saw a Great Gray Owl at the east end of the Fairgrounds Road, 1 mile north of MN Highway 61 in Two Harbors. The Fairgrounds Road runs east of CR 2 for a half mile and dead ends in a small dirt road to a large grassy field (the old Two Harbors dump site). Jim Lind Two Harbors -

[mou-net] Sax-Zim Bog Website - Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival

2011-10-24 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Sax-Zim Bog has a new website and I am very proud to launch Hello all: Sax-Zim Bog has a new website and I am very proud to launch here on the MOU listserv and hopefully the word will spread to other birders outside of Minnesota.  The new Sax-Zim Bog website can be viewed at http://sax-zimbog.co

[mou-net] Purple Sandpiper

2011-10-24 Thread Matt S
The bird is still present as of 10:30 this morning. Thanks all for the tips This make #659 for my big year and is much more exciting than getting it on the east coast as a gimmie. Next stop TX. Cheers, Matt Stenger Hamilton Ohio www.716birds.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi

[mou-net] Bass Ponds

2011-10-24 Thread Bruce Baer
Besides three dowitchers in the beaver pond this morning were a Wilson’s Snipe and an American Woodcock. On the way over and back other denizens were W-c Sparrow, Winter Wren and a Northern Shrike. Bruce Baer Bloomington, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mo