Re: [mou-net] Boreals Still Around?

2013-02-13 Thread Chris West
My understanding is that the TOS tour found two birds today. They also saw the Barrow's Goldeneye, 3 Great Grays, two Hawk-owls and a few Snowies. I have not heard where any of these birds were though. --Chris W Madison, WI On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Matt Paulson wrote: > Hello Duluth Bir

[mou-net] Boreals Still Around?

2013-02-13 Thread Matt Paulson
Hello Duluth Birders, I missed out on last weekend's Boreal Owl madness, but would be able to make the trip this Friday. There haven't been very many reports the last few days; have the owls moved on or have birders stopped looking for them? To be optimistic, I haven't seen any reports of peopl

[mou-net] Boreal Chickadee

2013-02-13 Thread
Erika and I also photographed a Boreal Chickadee at the Admiral Feeder in the Bog. I have posted two photos on my blog http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com these photos are OK, although I had to work with low light and a nervous bird. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota daner

[mou-net] Pine grosbeak distribution question answered

2013-02-13 Thread Betsy Beneke
I posed my question to the "experts" at the Cornell Lab of Orn Hi All, I posed my question to the "experts" at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and here are three responses I received back from them.  And they all make good sense! 1) Assume that Pine Grosbeaks are producing two viable young/

[mou-net] Floridians in MN

2013-02-13 Thread Paul Trunk
10 brave Floridians birded the Great White North the 7-11th of Feb. We had a great trip. We got all 4 owls. We finally got the Great Gray on late Saturday along Homestead Rd. outside of Duluth. We had great looks at Boreal, Snowy and Hawk-Owl. We had a Snowy each night on the flagpole at Canal P