[mou-net] Boreal Insanity continued.

2013-02-03 Thread Christopher Wood
Oops -- hit send too early given great excitement over the Boreal extravaganza! Here is the complete message. Today easily ranks as on of the best days of birding I've had anywhere in the world. We left Duluth this morning and spent much of the day between Duluth and Two Harbors. We saw a total of

[mou-net] Boreal Insanity + kittiwake

2013-02-03 Thread Christopher Wood
Today easily ranks as on of the best days of birding I've had anywhere in the world. My WINGS group and I left Duluth this morning and spent much of the day between Duluth and Two Harbors. We saw a total of SEVEN Boreal Owls -- equal to the total number of Boreal Owls I've seen during daylight hour

[mou-net] Northern Saw-whet Owl

2013-02-03 Thread Linda Schumann
As I looked out my Lodge window this morning I was very surprised to see a small owl roosting on a tree limb. I believe it to be a Northern Saw-whet. The owl roosted from 8:10 am until 2:40 pm changing once to another tree giving us an even better view. Lucky day. It roosted very close to one o

[mou-net] Stearns & Benton Counties

2013-02-03 Thread Betsy Beneke
Following a tip from Lars Benson, Doug Stucki and I drove out to St. John's University campus this morning to look for Bohemian waxwings, but we were unsuccessful.  Admittedly, it was two days after Lars saw them, but - you never know! On the way back through St. Cloud we checked the VA campus

[mou-net] Carolina wren Ramsey Co.

2013-02-03 Thread Clay Christensen
Present at bird bath at 1 p.m. Chirping vociferously. Front yard. Visible from the street. Clay Christensen 1933 Malvern St Lauderdale Ramsey Co 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] Carolina Wrens - Dakota County

2013-02-03 Thread Mike Majeski
This morning my dad saw the pair of Carolina wrens at his suet feeder, this time one wren was actually feeding the other pieces of suet. This pair has been showing up at my parent's house almost daily since I first reported them back in early November. They seem to frequent the feeders between 10:

[mou-net] Boreal Owls

2013-02-03 Thread linda whyte
Thanks to Ben Yokel of Cotton, we were able to see two different Boreal Owls, both hunting in the Duluth area, near the old and the new highways 61. Earlier reports had led us to the the first prospective site, and when that was not successful we explored a nearby area, checking both conifers and s

[mou-net] Boreal owls in Duluth

2013-02-03 Thread Brian Kontio
Two boreal owls this morning in Duluth.  One was sighted from the upper driveway of the EPA lab near 61st avenue east and Congdon Boulevard.  The second was perched in a roadside alder just a few hundred feet from the intersection of East Superior Street and the Expressway (Hwy 61).  Found both

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Sunday am Duluth

2013-02-03 Thread David Benson
At 7:30 east end of Duluth Hwy 61 near merging of Scenic and Expressway north side of road near Lane Ends Merge Right sign. Dave Benson Duluth Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html