[mou-net] LeSueuer County Snowy Owl

>From LeCenter, go 3 miles south on County Road 11. 11 curves east. Between >this curve and the next curve where County Road 11 curves south again there is >a farm building/shed on the north side of the road. It is the only building >there. It is yellow with big white doors and 4 plastic sky l

[mou-net] American kestrel

Got a good look at a very handsome male kestrel in the back yard for a few minutes late this afternoon. A yard bird first for me, not something I would have expected to see in this habitat with so many trees around. At first I thought an accipiter must be around, since our feeder birds froze in pla

[mou-net] Ooops -- wrong sibley date

The interview with David Sibley will appear in the MARCH 26 edition of the StarTribune. Sorry for the error. Jim Williams birding blog at http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/Wingnut.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http:

Re: [mou-net] sibley likes us

Hello: I bought the Sibley 2nd edition and in hind sight after looking at the bird plates and also reading the reviews of many knowledgeable birders on the Internet, I should of held off on buying this first printing of David Sibleys book. I heard there will be some changes in the bird plates and

[mou-net] sibley likes us

An interesting aside from a conversation today with David Sibley about his new book and his April 2 speaking engagement at the Bell Museum: He said he believes he sold more of the first edition of his Sibley Guide to the Birds in the Twin Cities than anywhere else. “There a lot of birders there,

[mou-net] Yard bird

I live in a Roseville Townhouse, so it is more difficult to develop a yard list than it was in my previous yard. However, I got yard bird #93 this morning. It was a Northern Shrike which I observed chasing an American Goldfinch. After both birds did about six aerial loops the shrike caught the fin

Re: [mou-net] Mergansers at Cannon/Wells Lake/Rice Co.

Of course, yesterday, when I saw the two mergansers, was 18 MARCH, not 18 February. (With all the snow, it just looks like February). dan On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:21 AM, dan&erika wrote: > Hi All-- > > Yesterday, 18 February, I drove over the the Cannon/Wells Lake causeway > just west of Far

[mou-net] Mergansers at Cannon/Wells Lake/Rice Co.

Hi All-- Yesterday, 18 February, I drove over the the Cannon/Wells Lake causeway just west of Faribault, Rice Co. In the spot of open water under the bridge, a drake Common and a drake Hooded Merganser swam among the Mallards and Canada Geese. I interrupted my blogging about Erika's and my month-