[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, February 16, 2012

-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *February 16, 2012 *MNDL1202.16 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Spruce Grouse Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Horned Lark Brown Creeper American Robin Snow Bunting Easte

[mou-net] Pope County birds

A bit late but here it is: My wife and I took the alternate route to Pope County last Sunday on I-94 to look for the snowy in Stearns county. It was at the same location reported by Betsy Beneke and others off 390th and CR 26. It must have been within 100 yards of the location reported. It d

[mou-net] Field trips

These two May field trips still have openings: > > * MOU Sherburne Refuge Tour, Tuesday, May 15th. 7:30 AM, meet at Sherburne > Refuge's Mahnomen trail. Trip limited to 20 registrants. Field trip leader, > Al Schirmacher. We will cover three trails (two hiking, one auto tour), > emphasizin

[mou-net] (Fwd): Alert to glaucous gull watchers at WLSSD treatment plant, Duluth

--- Forwarded message follows --- From: Susan DarleyHill To: "'jsl...@frontiernet.net'" Subject:FW: Alert to glaucous gull watchers at WLSSD treatment plant Date sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:06:15 + From: Susan DarleyHi

[mou-net] Hermit Thrush - Hennepin County

Saw a solitary hermit thrush this morning near Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. Bird flew across path just after where the road ends near Hidden Beach on the NE side of the lake. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.

[mou-net] Masters of the Sky programs at Carpenter Nature Center March 3 & 4

This is just a quick notice about the upcoming "Masters of the Sky" programs hosted at Carpenter Nature Center on March 3rd & 4th. The World Bird Sanctuary will be in town with 5-7 trained birds of prey from around the world, including an Egyptian Vulture and a Eurasian Eagle Owl. The one-hour p

[mou-net] Carver County

Highlights this morning at Rapids Lake MVNWR were some repeats and a few recent arrivals. The male Northern Harrier soared over Rapids Lake. The Swamp Sparrow continued in his winter home(area has had flowing water all winter with water continuously seeping out of the bluff). 3 Yellow-rumpe

[mou-net] Bird Photos Found - MN State Parks Project

Birding Photos Found A huge thank you to everyone that submitted photos for the MN Park and Trails Avian Adventure Geocaching Challenge cards! With your help, we have gathered all the species images we needed. It was a true pleasure and privilege to go through the beautiful photos that were sub

[mou-net] Kestrels and Horned Larks

The last two afternoons on the way home from work, I've observed a few horned larks in Sherburne, Benton and Mille Lacs counties.  Last Saturday I saw 3 horned larks in two places in Stearns County.   Yesterday afternoon there were two American Kestrels along Hwy. 95 between the refuge turn-0ff