[mou-net] Harlequin Duck in Grand Marais

2014-12-18 Thread Jim Lind
Here is an addition to today's Duluth RBA. Alexander Egan reports: "A female Harlequin Duck seen outside the mouth of Grand Marais harbor on both Monday the 15th and Wednesday the 17th. It was smaller than the goldeneyes that it was foraging with and had a distinct white circle behind the eye.

[mou-net] Snowy Owl - Meeker County

2014-12-18 Thread Josh Wallestad
Fellow teacher and Snowy Owl magnet, Mike McNab, found a Snowy Owl a few miles north of Grove City on a pole along county road 25 about 4:30 this afternoon. I also saw it and watched it fly to a pole on 310th St. just 1/10 mile west of 25, and then it flew off to the west where I lost track

[mou-net] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, December 18, 2014

2014-12-18 Thread Jeanie Joppru
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 18, 2014 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. We have gone back into the cold this week, but it hasn't hampered the birding -

[mou-net] crossbills Cass co

2014-12-18 Thread Beau Shroyer
I saw a flock of unidentified crossbills flying across/down the road on CR 65 on the north end of Vermillion Lake in Cass Co. on 12-16-14. Unfortunately, they wouldn't land where I could get glass on them. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.

[mou-net] A Flock of White-winged Crossbills in Meadowlands, St. Louis County

2014-12-18 Thread Tanya Beyer
An aborted attempt to leave the house by car--had to rush back inside for the binoculars as I was hearing that electric sort of sound that suggests a flock of crossbills . There must have been 30 to 40 birds in all the color combinations, drab and bright. I don't know if red crossbills ever consort