[mou-net] Snowy Owl Delavan

2012-01-01 Thread john c. nelson
After arriving for New Years dinner at in-laws today brotherinlaw showed me photos he had taken of a young Snowy Owl near Delavan last Friday. He had been informed of the owl by a Schwan's driver who had seen it twice on the same power pole several hours before. Dwayne drove down and it was s

[mou-net] Wabasha county snowy owl not refound

2012-01-01 Thread Scott Mehus
In case anybody is interested, I took sometime this morning to try and relocate the snowy owl that Dave Bartkey had reported south west of Lake City along county road 15, but was unable to find it. It may have been hunkered down trying to avoid the 40mph gusts! THANK YOU, Scott A. Mehus Educati

[mou-net] Great gray owl

2012-01-01 Thread marshall or janet howe/mcmillen
On December 29th, while driving north for the Beltrami Island CBC, I observed a great gray owl perched close to the road in a conifer. The location was on MN 72, 11 miles south of Waskish, Beltrami County. Marshall Howe Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net A

[mou-net] Iceland Gull Dakota/Hennepin

2012-01-01 Thread Doug Kieser
1st-winter Iceland Gull currently present at west Black Dog outlet. Thanks to Steve Carlson for alerting me to its presence. Doug Kieser Minneapolis Sent from my Windows Phone This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless

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2012-01-01 Thread Chet Cochon
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[mou-net] Barred Owl, visible, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co

2012-01-01 Thread George B Skinner
A Barred Owl is visible in the Norway Spruce off our rear deck. It can only be seen from inside the house. You may call to see if it still here before stopping by. It is watching the ground for rodents at this time. Perhaps hunting was poor last night due to the snow storm. George Skinner and Anne

[mou-net] Barrow's Goldeneye, Winona/Wabasha Counties

2012-01-01 Thread Dedrick Benz
Last night I noticed a report using the "Query Sightings Database" feature on the MOU website, and noticed that Paul Jantscher had a Barrow's Goldeneye in Winona County yesterday, 12/31 along the Mississippi River 1 mile s. of Minneiska.I relocated the bird this morning from Minneiska proper (50

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2012-01-01 Thread
Hi All-- I hope this cold and windy New Years Day finds you well. I have posted a review of my 2011 banding results on my blog. If you are interested, click on the 2008-2011 banding tab above today's post. http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com/ I recently had a banding return on a White-brea

[mou-net] Some notes from 2011 birding in Carver County

2012-01-01 Thread John Cyrus
April 30 was the date with the most FOY species(19) followed by March 17 and May 10(10) Personal best 21 shorebird species for the year Very few Bonaparte's Gull seen in the fall Very few terns seen in the fall and 0 Black Terns seen all year 0 Yellow-billed Cuckoo seen/heard all year and Black-b