[mou-net] Snowy Owl at MSP airport, gulls at Black Dog

Heavily marked young Snowy Owl at MSP airport at 5:10 pm today, January 5th. It sat on a short pole a little over 100 meters past the (southeast) end of the UPS parking lot on Cargo road for 12 minutes. Then flew off to the southwest, low to the ground, and I lost track of it in the dark. First ye

[mou-net] 3rd annual Audubon magazine photo contest

The Jan-Feb 2012 issue of Audubon includes selected photos of the latest contest. (not as big or as longterm as the NWF contest) 1700 people submitted. In two different places in the magazine it says that you can see more of their favorite photos (of 1000's) by going to audubonmagazine.org. Well

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 1/5/12

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 5, 2012 *MNDU1201.05 -Birds mentioned Spruce Grouse Red-necked Grebe Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Eurasian Collared-Dove Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Black-billed Magpie Bor

[mou-net] Snowy Owl/Otter Tail Co.

The owl posted by the Thimgans was still present at 3:oo this afternoon. Was on top of power pole just so. of intersection of 78 and 54, east side of 78. Steve Midthune Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] WI Barrows Goldeneye, White-winged Scoter, and Long-tailed Duck 1-5-12

On 1-1-12 Dedrick Benz posted a sighting of a Barrow's Goldeneye and a White-winged Scoter on the Mississippi River near Minneiska Minnesota and observed that the flocks of mergansers and goldeneyes that these birds were mingling with at times would fly over into WI waters. I wanted to let ever

[mou-net] possible red-headed WP, Dakota County

Has anyone reported any Red-headed Woodpeckers around Rosemount? Today we were on County Road 42 heading south, just after we crossed Highway 3 at the light and by the RR tracks a woodpecker flew across the road right in front of us. It had very obvious large white panels in the wings but I did n

Re: [mou-net] Best Approach to Aitkin

I would also be interested in those directions. thanks. jim - Original Message - From: "Fr. Paul Kammen" To: Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: [mou-net] Best Approach to Aitkin Hi all, I'm heading to Aitkin County for the first time on Monday for a day-trip. I'm

[mou-net] Recent photos/sightings from Isabella CBC, Sax-Zim and Canal Park

Since this past weekend, I have done lots of birdwatching with friends and have also participated in the Isabella Christmas bird count! The weather was blustery on New Year's Day (during the CBC), but the snow falling and snow already on the ground was absolutely breathtaking. I ended up hiking 9 m

[mou-net] Best Approach to Aitkin

Hi all, I'm heading to Aitkin County for the first time on Monday for a day-trip. I'm curious what the best approach is. I do have "The Birder's Guide to Minnesota," but my plan was to simply go north on 169 and look for County Road 18, and go along that most of the day and perhaps check out th

[mou-net] Snowy Owl/Otter Tail Co

We were able to relocate a Snowy Owl first seen by Jeff Schultz earlier in the week (Tuesday). We saw the bird today (Thursday) at 10:30. Thanks, Jeff! Location: from the town of Ottertail go north on Hwy 78 for about 1.5 miles. Three large potato barns will be on the west side of the hig

[mou-net] Touch of Spring in Mille Lacs County

Touch of spring in Mille Lacs County the last two days: * Nate (my son) had a Yellow-rumped Warbler on private property in Princeton yesterday * Flock of 26 robins flew over at Kunkel Wildlife this morning * Strangely enough, may have had a snipe or woodcock at Kunkel as well. Fly away look w

[mou-net] Ross's Goose in Benton County

Yesterday a co-worker had some pictures of a presumed Ross's Goose on the water with a big group of swans near Royalton. Didn't appear to be a snow goose, but I am unsure of how you would differentiate if it was a hybrid, but it sticks out pretty good in the pictures. Bart Bly Join or Le

[mou-net] Calendar

The March - April 2012 MOU Newsletter is nearing completion. If any of you have a birding event scheduled -- birdathon, field trips, festival, bird ID class -- now is the time to get that information in. Please send it directly to me by the end of next week. Thanks. Anthony Hertzel axhert...@g

[mou-net] Snowy Owl

Aitkin County. Found Snowy Owl in same location as Warren did. Jct of Cty Rds 22 & 1. Perched on telephone pole next to metal shed. Butch Ukura Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html