[mou-net] Grant County Harris Sparrows

2013-10-31 Thread Jim & Charlene Nelson
5 at my feeders along with one House Finch Charlene Nelson Elbow Lake 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] Douglas County?/Lake Christina Trumpeter Swans

2013-10-31 Thread Jim & Charlene Nelson
yesterday my Mom took pics of 16 Trumpeter Swans amongst many other water birds right across from Seven Sisters. Charlene Nelson Elbow Lake 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] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 31, 2013

2013-10-31 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 31, 2013 *MNDL1310.31 -Birds mentioned Canada Goose Tundra Swan Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Sharp-tailed Grouse Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Franklin's Gull R

[mou-net] Cass County Birds

2013-10-31 Thread B W
Activity on Lake Winnibigoshish has begun to pick up at bit.  Tundra Swans have moved in, and there are hundreds of loons, most beyond ID range (all the closer birds today were Common Loons).  This afternoon there was a Black Scoter (Richard's Townsite Access) and two White-winged Scoters (Paint

[mou-net] Tundra Swans on the Mississippi south of Brownsville

2013-10-31 Thread Madeleine Linck
I am not sure if others posted this information. However, I stopped at the Fish and Wildlife overview on Hwy 26 south of Brownsville (Houston County) last Sunday (27th October) and there were the first Tundra Swans there of the season. I believe the USFWS biologist said there were about 500 swans

[mou-net] Rough-legged Hawk & Shrike at Elm Creek Park, Hennepin Cnty.

2013-10-31 Thread Refsnider
At about 11:20 this morning Maureen and I spotted our first northern shrike and first rough-legged hawk of the season in the southern end of Elm Creek Park Reserve, near Osseo. The shrike was perched high in a dead tree just across the paved trail that is immediately north of the parking lot a

Re: [mou-net] Mute swan at Baker Park, Maple Plain (Three Rivers Park District)

2013-10-31 Thread Uwe Kausch
Just curious...Why is the Mute Swan not being aggressively controlled in Minnesota? Their aggressive behavior towards native waterfowl could become a real problem for our native waterfowl, already under severe stress due to diminishing habitat. Uwe Kausch Duluth -Original Message---

[mou-net] Mute swan at Baker Park, Maple Plain (Three Rivers Park District)

2013-10-31 Thread deanne.endri...@juno.com
Staff at Baker Park Reserve have seen a mute swan cavorting with two trumpeters on a pond next to the road to the Near Wilderness Settlement. I have seen confirming photos. I'm not sure if it is there today. Deanne Endrizzi Do THIS

[mou-net] Red-throated Loon(s) in Duluth

2013-10-31 Thread K R E
On L Superior now at 12th St on Park Point swimming towards Canal Park. Two other small loons farther out on lake at 31st St probably Red-throateds but too distant and too foggy for positive ID. Might have been Pacific Loons. Kim Eckert Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://li