[mou-net] Point Douglas

2014-01-10 Thread Rick Gibson
To those of you living in the Prescott/Hastings area: Is there open water near Point Douglas right now? And, any birds of note hanging about? Feel free to respond directly. Thanks - rick Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Minnesota Snowy Owl Report Map

2014-01-10 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Spent the day tabulating Snowy Owl reports and adding them to the Snowy Owl Map. Minnesota has 149 Snowy Owls reported on the MOU listserv and eBird. Thanks everyone for sending me thank you emails me and they are much appreciated. Thanks also to all those who send me personal emails to me

[mou-net] Snowy Owl Map Link

2014-01-10 Thread Michael Hendrickson
Ooops forgot to add the map link https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215779442560997336854.0004ee2b1fd714d205220msa=0ll=46.634351,-93.999023spn=9.808303,22.631836 -- *Mike Hendrickson* *Mike Hendrickson Guiding http://mikehendricksonguiding.com* *Sax-Zim Bog http://www.sax-zimbog.com*

[mou-net] snowy owls in Becker county

2014-01-10 Thread Beau Shroyer
This morning I took my 3 oldest children (6, 5, 2 years old) to hunt for snowy owls. We found 2! The first was on Becker Co 13, 1/4 mile south of Becker Co 14. It was perched on a power pole. All three kids saw it through the window mounted spotting scope. It only took 25 minutes to find.

[mou-net] Robin in Edina

2014-01-10 Thread Erica Forman
I spotted an American Robin in southwestern Edina yesterday afternoon. I know they aren't entirely rare to spot in the dead of winter, but I was relieved to see it survived the arctic blast of the past few days. Erica Forman Hopkins Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Snowy Owl report in Scott County

2014-01-10 Thread Bob Dunlap
A coworker just told me about a Snowy Owl he saw two days ago about 4 miles west of New Prague along Hwy. 19, just on the Scott County side of the Scott/Le Sueur border. He mentioned that he didn't see it passing by the same location yesterday but might still be worth a more extensive search. He

[mou-net] Morrison, Stearns, Benton area.

2014-01-10 Thread Frank Gosiak
When Milt Blomberg and I first started reporting Snowy Owls in the Morrison, Benton, and Stearns area there were only a few scattered reports around the State. Then everything broke loose and reports started coming in from everywhere so my new reports don't seem to have the same clout as the

[mou-net] Northern Hawk Owl in McLeod County

2014-01-10 Thread Kristine Leuze
I was told my find today may be of interest to this group. Today while looking for a snowy, I was driving just north of Hutchinson (McLeod County) towards Meeker County on Tagus Avenue and noticed what I thought was a small hawk on a utility line. I slowed down when it appeared to be something

[mou-net] Harlequin Duck from yesterday and today's Brrrrdathon sightings

2014-01-10 Thread Erik Bruhnke
I birded Sax-Zim Bog today to lead a birding trip and to participate in the Bdathon fundraiser for Friends of Sax-Zim Bog. Had some great times hiking through the bog trails, and birding throughout the lightly falling snow. Saw a Great Gray Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Gray Jays, a Boreal