[mou-net] Birds and Beers - Duluth!

My good friend Curt Rawn and I decided to get a Birds and Beers going in Duluth this upcoming week. It's short notice, but on Tuesday, June 19th we'll meet at 6pm at Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake. Sir Benedict's (known as Sir Ben's) has the 3rd-largest selection of on-tap beers in Duluth, and h

[mou-net] Dickcissels in St. Louis and Itasca counties

Hans de Grys reported five Dickcissels at the Sax-Zim Bog on June 16th on the west side of CR 29, just south of the Watsula Road (CR 747). He saw three singing males and two females. Shawn Conrad reported a singing Dickcissel in Bovey, Itasca County, on the 15th near the ball fields and tennis

[mou-net] High Bridge Peregrines-St.Paul

About 9am saw two young peregrines on concrete support structure that is under bridge in the water. Hope they learn to fly before they have to learn to swim. Joe Conley Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.htm

[mou-net] Itasca County White-winged Dove returned

The White-winged Dove just returned--I think it's a morning/late afternoon visitor. I posted a photo on "Recently Seen". Shawn Conrad 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] Sax-Zim weekly happenings... Great Grays, boreal warblers galore & more. Pictures from the past week too!

This past week has been a busy one for me, and I'm really excited to share the fun sightings and photos from my travels. First off, the Birds and Beers in the cities two nights ago was a blast! It's always fun to enjoy good company and have a nice dinner & brewskies with fellow bird nerds. While I

[mou-net] White-winged Dove - Itasca County

This morning, a White-winged Dove briefly visited my feeders near Grand Rapids. I was able to snap a documentation photo of the bird, but unfortunately it was a film camera because my digital was out in the car and I couldn't get it without flushing the dove. I suspect this bird may have been aro

[mou-net] Goodhue County Birding

Today (Saturday) about a dozen of us went on the MRVAC sponsored the Cannon River Bottoms field trip. The trip represented a leap in faith, as we were not sure what we would find when we ventured into the wake of the recent flooding along the Cannon. The trail was not wet, but we only got half wa