[mou-net] Blue Grosbeak, Brown County

Hey, birders: Late this afternoon there was a male Blue Grosbeak perched on a utility wire along a gravel mine a few miles southeast of Sleepy Eye. This gravel mine is along the Cottonwood river and is a location where I've been searching for Blue Grosbeak at for years but haven't found one un

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, August 8, 2013

-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *August 8, 2013 *MNDL1308.08 -Birds mentioned Green Heron Bald Eagle Spotted Sandpiper Belted Kingfisher Field Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: August 8, 2013 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes

[mou-net] Fw: [NEBirds] South Polar Skua in OKC

Just in case anyone is interested. Sid Stivland Plymouth, MN From: kwagoner21 Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:07 PM To: nebi...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NEBirds] South Polar Skua in OKC Seen at Lake Overholser in Oklahoma City. My sister is on her way to see it. Wish I could go. Thought

[mou-net] Goldfinches and mink

While watching a female goldfinch tear cotton off the "nesting ball" I hung on my front deck, I observed a mink trundle across my driveway from the pond in front. I loved Texas during my recent trip, but "only in Minnesota".

[mou-net] Loggerhead Shrike, Great Western Industrial Park, Dakota Cty

I saw a Loggerhead Shrike today, perched near the large rocks to the south of the pond, on the road to your left as you enter the park. I saw one Horned Lark and some Mallards and Pied-billed Grebes on the south and north pond, but it was very quiet, and I didn't hear any meadowlarks, Western

[mou-net] Shorebirds, Jirik Sod Farms, Alta Avenue, Dakota Cty

On 8/6, I found 1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper in the second to last wet, plowed field at the south end of Jirik Sod Farms, on the west side of Blaine Avenue, among many Killdeer. It disappeared quickly, and I didn't relocate it in the grass or the field. Also on 8/6, In a flooded field on the wes