[mou-net] Freeborn County

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Re: [mou-net] Snow Storm Migrants and Fallout - Minneapolis

This morning there was approx. 200 cormorants at Lake Rebecca in Hastings- I Have never seen so many before on that small lake swimming and fishing. There was also several hundred am. White pelicans and various other lesser scaups and n. Shovelers. Tonight- I saw the large flock of cormorants hea

[mou-net] Snow Storm Migrants and Fallout - Minneapolis

Hello, Thought it was interesting to see and hear a group of 20 Tundra Swans flying north along the Mississippi river over the UMN campus against the wind and snow. Tough to spot but I heard other groups calling. Has anyone else seen swans migrate in snow storms? Meanwhile the storm forced down m

Re: [mou-net] Changes to Amendment

Hello: This is all I found on the 1918 Migratory Bird Act that is aimed at game birds. P.L. 105-312, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998, amended the law to make it unlawful to take migratory game birds by the aid of bait if the person knows or reasonably should know that the area is baited.

[mou-net] Eastern Phoebe Dassel meeker cty

Paul was looking out the window and saw an Eastern Phoebe. It is hanging around the feeding area. Paul & Koni Fank Dassel Meeker cty Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

[mou-net] FW: Kestrels Nesting

From: Uwe Kausch [mailto:u...@builtritehandlers.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:57 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Kestrels Nesting I saw a pair of Kestrels copulating on a telephone pole in my field this past weekend. It looks like they have taken up residence in one of the wood du

[mou-net] Fox sparrows Dassel meeker cty

I am looking out our kitchen window and I counted 34 Fox sparrows foraging on the ground below our cedar trees. Paul noticed Fox Sparrows on the south side of our house also. This snow really brought the birds out in our yard. The brown creepers are also foraging around. Paul and Koni Fank Dass

[mou-net] Snowy Owl - Meeker County

I just got an email from one of our bus drivers that she found a Snowy Owl early this morning in Meeker County. She has reported Snowy Owls to me before. Here are her words: "This morning at about 6:35 am I saw the most beautiful sighting of a snow owl. As I was driving down the road I saw a

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 4/16/14

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 16, 2014 *MNDU1404.16 -Birds mentioned Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Turkey Vulture American Coot Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs American Woodco