Natural historians,
The current issue Feb 2012 of Natural History magazine has a good article
about snowy owls and irruptions. The link to the website is below. Click
on messengers from the north and a picture of a SNOW (w/brood patch) will
appear. If you click on this image, you can read
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es300781f
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This morning Matt Dufort and I found a Greater Yellowlegs along the north
shore of the Cannon River as it feeds into Lake Byllesby on its western end
(just north of the border with Goodhue County). In querying the MOU
seasonal reports database it appears that there are two other reports of
Greater
Tons of ducks and other water foul at Bass Ponds today.
Lesser Scaups - 10
Pied-Billed Grebe - 1
American Coots - 3
Trumpeter Swan - 6
Ring-Necked Duck - 36
Hooded Mergansers - dozens
Common Mergansers - 2
Common Goldeneye - 2
Wood Ducks - dozens
Northern Shovelers - 24
Northern Harrier - 1
Bald
I finally posted a photo on my blog of the Great Blue Herons on the Well's
Lake Ice (Rice Co.).
http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com
dan
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Dan or Erika Tallman
Northfield, Minnesota
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http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com
Gloria and Kenny Trom across the road had four bluebirds show up this past
Wednesday, about 8 miles north of Austin
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