[mou-net] Surf Scoter, Lake Waconia, Carver County 12/3

One immature/female Surf Scoter, observed from Lake Waconia Regional Park. Also 80 Ruddy Ducks. Doug Kieser Paul Budde Hennepin County Sent from my Windows Phone This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the in

Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl

According to the latest eBird update, there's some speculation that the irruption may be due to a population boom rather than a crash in food supply. It's not clear how solid the evidence for this theory is, however: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/got-snowies "Since Snowy Owls are appearing

[mou-net] Lesser Black-backed Gull

Adult, Pulaski Lake, Wright County, seen from park on west side of lake. Doug Kieser Paul Budde Paul Paul Budde | Aon Benfield Aon Benfield Analytics t: +1 952.886.8119 m: +1 612.810.3172 e: paul.bu...@aonbenfield.com (Sent from BlackBerry) Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-b

[mou-net] Mille Lacs Lake

Covered Mille Lacs Lake from the southwestern corner to Wealthwood - hundreds of goldeneyes & mergansers, but no sign of last week's scoters or long-tailed. One loon left. Lake was smooth as glass, outstanding views. Also checked Aitkin CR 1/380th (and beyond) for snowies without success. 0 f

[mou-net] Osprey and Snowy Owl

This morning, as I left home for work at Pet Expo, I noticed a large bird cross over the road (CTY 10 mile west of Beauford). I assumed an eagle, as they are becoming almost common around that area, and as I caught up to it guessed it was an immature eagle. However, as I passed it and took

[mou-net] ABA Code of Ethics

Today's panel discussion of birding ethics at the MOU Paper Session sent me to the ABA website to view the statement of ethics. (http://aba.org/about/ethics.html) The Code is short, sensible and useful as a guide for new and experienced birders. I suggest it be included on the MOU website and tha