[mou-net] Duluth Red -throated Loon, Less er Black-b acked Gull —No Sabine 's

Hi all Monday afternnon. While searching, scanning for Karl Bardon's juvenile Sabine's Gull (not refound) from the south pier of Duluth's Canal Park, a Red-throated Loon flew in for a brief fishing foray. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull joined the hundreds of Herring and Ring-billed

[mou-net] Sax-Zim si ghtings—Mo nday

The first snow of the winter blanketed the Sax-Zim Bog on Monday...and the birds were very active. 12 Sharp-tailed Grouse feeding in 2 large aspens about 1.5 mi N of CR52/Arkola on CR7 (9am) 126 Snow Buntings in 8 different flocks scattered about. 1 Northern Goshawk hunting (perched) along

Re: [mou-net] Lackluster fall migration?

I had a pretty good weekend at my house on the North Shore this weekend. On Saturday, I picked up a road killed deer (small...about 90 pounds) and placed it in my field. I partially gutted it. Within about 10 minutes, about 40 crows appeared (a migrating flock) and they started in on the

[mou-net] Ross's Geese, Nobles Co.

At 11:45 a.m. there are 3 Ross's Geese along Centennial beach on Lake Okabena, Worthington. Brian Smith Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone

[mou-net] N. Goshawk, Sherburne Co.

Hi Birders, Had a large hawk chasing a crow through the woods in our back yard a few minutes ago. It must have missed the crow but it circled back and perched in a tree in the back yard. Turned out to be an adult Northern Goshawk. It sat there for about five minutes--long enough to get the

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Goose - Hopkins

Ross's goose not re-found this morning to early afternoon. I looked on the hill described in the earlier post and in several areas around it where other geese were seen. Many Canada geese, crow, and turkey vultures were seen there. I will try again later today. Curt Rawn On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at

[mou-net] Fwd: RE: [mou-net] Ross's Goose - Hopkins

Forwarded for Chris Kurtz. -- Forwarded message -- From: Chris Kurtz chris.ku...@comcast.net Date: Oct 22, 2013 3:06 PM Subject: RE: [mou-net] Ross's Goose - Hopkins To: Curt Rawn catda...@gmail.com Cc: Curt, I was just there 15 minutes ago and it looks like the Ross's was back,

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Goose - Hopkins

Ross's goose just went south across the street behind the Storage Mart. On Oct 21, 2013 4:21 PM, Ben Harste mnbir...@brainlaser.com wrote: The Ross's Goose is currently feeding with a loose group of about 7 Canada Geese. I am currently watching it from 7th St S west of 11th Ave S on a grassy

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Goose - Hopkins

As of 545pm it was back at the ball fields by the hockey rink as reported earlier. the bird was outside the ball field towards the swing set.  It was being harassed a little bit by a couple of the canada's nearby. Dan Ahlman, New Hope, Mn   - Original Message - From: Curt Rawn

Re: [mou-net] [mnbird] Lackluster fall migration?

This has been my worst fall migration banding ever here in Northfield, Rice Co. On my good days, I Band 6 Birds when I used to band 50. Often I have caught nothing this year. dan tallman On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Douglas Stratton stratton.doug...@gmail.com wrote: I live in La Crosse

[mou-net] Odd Tree Sparrow with no Red Crown

This evening within a mile of my new home outside of Meadowlands, MN (St. Louis County) I observed a pair of tree sparrows at a corner where the gravel roads run in three directions. Tree sparrows are numerous along all the local roads and fencerows but these two kept to themselves, picking up