[mou-net] Itasca County Varied Thrush

After being away visiting family for the holidays, I returned to find that the female Varied Thrush is still a regular visitor to our yard near Grand Rapids. It arrived on 11/29, so tomorrow will mark at least 1 month that it has been here. I'm not sure exactly which feed it's eating, but I've

[mou-net] Pope County

Quick trip to Pope County after Christmas. The bird activity was pretty subdued; too much Christmas celebration, perhaps. The Common Redpolls were out in force – one larger flock on Thursday between Lowry and Starbuck contained 75+ birds attacking seed pods along the road. Two smaller flocks

[mou-net] WW Crossbills

Approximately 30 WW Crossbills, Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne NWR (conifer section). Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Sent from my iPhone 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] Harriet Screech Owl Update

Ive had a lot of responses to my first email about the Lake Harriet Screech owl. The location of this owl is known but I guess in the interest of not stressing out the little guy it is being withheld. Sorry to those who asked for directions. Brian Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android Join

[mou-net] Varied Thrush - Duluth

Varied Thrush was spotted again today about 5 or 6 houses west of 47th and Oakley. I believe it to be same individual spotted by Janet Riegle Laura Erickson on 12/15 and Don Kienholz on 12/19. I spotted it at 2:00 PM today, 12/28. Tony Mitchell Duluth, MN Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Red Crossbill (Hennepin Co.)

My boyfriend and I explored Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park this afternoon. We heard what we believe to be Red Crossbills. A bird or two flew over the pine forest at 1:00pm, and then one returned around 1:20pm and started singing. It was a neat song, although I haven't found any

[mou-net] Aitkin County update

Today Butch Ukura and I birded around Aitkin County. We drove up to Aitkin County Road 18 and found 3 GREAT GRAY OWLS. The first 2 were sitting on telephone poles ( on 2 of 3 consecutive poles). The first 2 owls were three and two-tenths miles east of highway 169 and the third one was about a

[mou-net] Aitkin County this afternoon

Around noon today found a Great Gray Owl north of County Road 18 on 320th Place just south of the snowmobile crossing. The bird flew up from the ditch onto a telephone pole. Also, saw a Black-billed Magpie fly across Cty.18 near 282nd Place. Peter JohnsonSt. Cloud

[mou-net] looking for winter birds north of Stillwater

Hi, I am looking to go out birding with a few friends on Jan 3, most do not even own binoculars. I am a novice, myself, but I do know a few birds. We are going to stop at someone's home at Cty Rd Hwy 15 Hwy 4 to begin with to see the birds at the feeders. We will be touring in the cars.

[mou-net] Sax-Zim Bog / Canal Park / Superior, WI

I was out guiding a birder from Rochester, MN and we saw a lot Hello: I was out guiding a birder from Rochester, MN and we saw a lot of good birds and here are the highlights of today's birding. Sax-Zim Bog -Great Gray Owl - Along the McDavitt Rd. -Boreal Chickadee Admiral Rd Feeders.