[mou-net] Lapland Longspurs Dakota County

A nice flock of 20 Lapland Longspurs, with the males in breeding plumage, was south of Hastings off 220th St east of Goodwin Rd. around 3 p.m. Jen Vieth 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] Lapland Longspur Help

I saw what appeared to be a flock of 20 Lapland Longspurs at North Mississippi Regional Park in North Minneapolis. Everything fits except that these guys have mostly black napes, not the rufous most often seen in pics and field guides. Anyone seen this variation before? I did manage to find

[mou-net] Crane Meadows

Crane Meadows (East of Little Falls 5 miles) had a guided bird outing on Saturday. On the preserve, and next to it, 95 species were found. Birds of note: Harris, White Crown, and White Throat Sparrows, Gold Winged Warblers, Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Red headed Woodpecker. Warblers are still

[mou-net] 15 warblers, Sherburne NWR

15 warblers on Blue Hill Mahnomen Trails, including FOY Blackburnian. 21 warblers total have moved in through. Never have been impressed by Catbird's mimic ability, but one did a credible OS Flycatcher four times this morning. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Sent from my iPhone Join or

[mou-net] Springbrook Nature Ctr, Fridley, Anoka Co

Despite the dreary weather, we had a great birdbanding session with Siah St. Clair, Ron Refsnider, and the volunteer crew at Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley, Anoka County, on Sunday morning -- a total of 80 birds representing 29 species: American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Nashville,

[mou-net] Lapland Lo ngspur Hel p‏ UPDATED

Thanks to Matt Dufort I now know that these were indeed Harris Sparrows, not Laplands. Can't believe I missed that one in my Sibley. Brian Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Albany sewage ponds - Stearns County

Finally got over to the Albany treatment ponds to look for shorebirds on Saturday. There weren't very many birds, either in variety or number.   greater yellowlegs lesser yellowlegs solitary sandpiper spotted sandpiper pectoral sandpiper semipalmated sandpiper a pair of Wilson's phalaropes   The

[mou-net] Orchard Oriole

Early this morning an FOY Orchard Oriole. Regrettably for our weekend visitors, this morning we are surrounded by singing Harris's Sparrows many in plain sight under our feeders. John Nelson Good Thunder MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Freeport Greater White-fronted Geese

Lars Benson found three Greater White-fronted Geese at the Freeport sewage ponds in Stearns County Sunday morning 5/6. Dave Benson Duluth PS Sewage ponds are east of town on frontage road on north side of I-94. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Polk County mudflats

There was a Minn Birding Weekend (MBW) on May 5-6 in Polk County, mostly in the Glacial Ridge area SE of Crookston. Our list included a good variety of species (129 total), although we found nothing of particular out of the ordinary, and many migrant passerines had not yet arrived (e.g.,

[mou-net] White-winged and Surf Scoter, Greater Scaup, and Willet; Park Point (Superior Bay side), Duluth

Scott Meyer and I are having a grand water bird day at Park Point (Superior Bay). Among the butt loads o' scaup are: White-winged Scoter (8, including at least 6 ad male) Surf Scoter (1 ad male) Willet (1): on mudflat in little cove Greater Scaup: a few that we are sure of Other cool birds are

[mou-net] Jackson County Lazuli Bunting or Lazuli Bunting X Indigo Bunting

The Lazuli Bunting or Lazuli/Indigo Bunting hybrid was seen again early this morning at previous described location. There is some differing opinion's concerning whether this is a hybrid or not (see picture on recently seen). Carl Greiner 1616 Hill St. S.W. Chatfield, MN. 55923

[mou-net] Crane Meadows

Kelly Applegate reminded me of something. There is also a well developed Purple Martin colony at Crane Meadows. I have passed a lot of time just watching them interact. Crane Meadows is a nice place to visit if you like to walk. They have one 3 1/2 mile loop that starts at an observation deck

[mou-net] Query database changes

A couple of changes have been made to the Query Database function. a.. Allow start date and end date with the year ignored. b.. sort of dayofyear that uses MONTH,DAY as the sort instead of julian date c.. allow multiple species selection with individual species or a range of species

[mou-net] Scott County Eurasian Collared-Dove (refound)

Thanks to Jim Ryan's posting on Sat, May 5th, I was able to re-locate two Eurasian Collared-Doves in downtown New Market (SE Scott County) around 5pm on Monday, May 7th. The birds were cuddling (and softly calling) on a power line and on a power pole that was on the north side of the main E-W