[mou-net] Audubon Camp in Maine birding programs

2012-01-09 Thread Carl Greiner
Register now for Audubon Camp in Maine birding programs! For over 75 years the National Audubon Society has offered residential birding programs for adults, teens and families at the historic Audubon Camp in Maine on Hog Island. Pete Dunne, Scott Weidensaul, Steve Kress, Lang Elliott, Don Kroodsma,

[mou-net] Twin Cities Sightings 1-9

2012-01-09 Thread Jason Caddy
I started the day looking for the Long-tailed Duck at Point Douglas Beach off Hwy 10 before the bridge to Prescott, WI. Ran into a birder named Kevin Smith who showed me the bird out among a flock of Common Mergansers. It is a very nice looking adult female bird that can be seen with binoculars

[mou-net] Gulls

2012-01-09 Thread Bruce Baer
The Iceland, Ring-billed and Franklin’s gulls were visible from the observation deck at the Old Cedar Ave bridge a 3:00 this afternoon. Bruce Baer Bloomington, MN 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] Gulls at Black Dog Lake - MN River

2012-01-09 Thread Warren Woessner
Saturday at about 3PM, there was a first winter Thayer's gull at the western flowage off Black Dog Road. Saturday and Sunday there was a first winter Glaucous Gull visible from the boardwalk platform west of the Old Cedar Ave Bridge at about 1245PM. At about 2 PM the first winter Iceland Gull

Re: [mou-net] MSP Airport - Cargo Road

2012-01-09 Thread linda whyte
I should add that I've never left my car when checking the fields from the UPS or FedEx lots, though I have parked briefly in the corner behind the de-icing facility---that was the one time Security came to chat with me, a few years ago. Linda On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Paul Budde wrote: > W

[mou-net] MSP Airport - Cargo Road

2012-01-09 Thread Paul Budde
Whether or not Cargo Road is open for business, it is marked "No Parking" throughout its length. For years, the UPS security have not allowed birders to look for the owls from their parking lot. I suspect their diligence in chasing people out of the lot varies over time, and perhaps they now r

[mou-net] Snow Owls in Blue Earth County

2012-01-09 Thread Chad Heins
Sorry for the late post, but I typically don't do any ema Hey birders, Sorry for the late post, but I typically don't do any email on weekends. Friday evening around 4:45pm my family and I found two Snowy Owls about a mile north of Mapleton in Blue Earth County.  One bird was located on CR164 ab

[mou-net] 2012 BRRRRDathon/Photothon results

2012-01-09 Thread sparky stensaas
Hi all, The World's Coldest Birdathon, the BDathon did not live up to its name with temps in the 30s. But, all had a great time! An amazing 73 species were found by 19 folks in 7 teams. Highlights included: Greater and Lesser Scaup in Washburn, WI Spruce Grouse (Lake Co, MN Hwy2, 2 mi N