Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website

2014-09-12 Thread Matthew Boisen
Here is a postcard I have of the Passenger Pigeon that was in the Science Museum and Planetarium at the Minneapolis Public Library back in the '60s. I think this is the same bird collected in 1895. It appears to be a male, and note the nest and egg. The Science Museum/Planetarium was closed an

Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website

2014-09-12 Thread Matthew Boisen
Sorry all. MOU-net won't let me send attachments of any sort. > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:37:30 -0500 > From: gpanders...@msn.com > Subject: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > This organization has

[mou-net] Raptor and Owl publications

2014-09-12 Thread
Hi All— These free pamphlets are from the South Dakota GFP and may be relevant to Minnesotans as well. DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY Posted by: "Dowd Stukel, Eileen" eileen.dowdstu...@state.sd.us e.stukel Date: Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:16 am ((PDT)) Please encourage people to request this new guide by

Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website

2014-09-12 Thread Matthew Boisen
Hi allHaving quite a time getting around the restrictions and uploading errors on MOU, but I think I finally found a way to post to the MOU Gallery the image of the postcard from the Science Museum and Planetarium from the old Minneapolis Library. This is of a male Passenger Pigeon, nest and eg

Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website

2014-09-12 Thread Mark Johnson
In the Biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts that came out last year, " A Love Affair with Birds", there is a description of a mounted Passenger Pigeon that was stolen from the Bell museum. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Matthew Boisen wrote: > Hi allHaving quite a time getting around the restric

Re: [mou-net] Passenger Pigeon Project historical records website

2014-09-12 Thread Mary McGrath
Was it ever found? On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:29 PM, Mark Johnson wrote: > In the Biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts that came out last year, " A Love > Affair with Birds", there is a description of a mounted Passenger Pigeon > that was stolen from the Bell museum. > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:28 P