[mou-net] Windy in northern Washington county

Northern harrier and american kestrel were a treat to see in the stiff wind yesterday. And this morning at 530 I got within 10 feet of a peenting woodcock! Elizabeth Closmore Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

Re: [mou-net] the buffer bill and bird habitat

So much depends on how the buffer is executed. I haven't read the bill, so I don't know how it is specified. I planted my own buffer with native prairie grasses and flowers, with the hopes that the deep roots would prevent bank erosion. My two neighbors also have buffers, one by leaving the

Re: [mou-net] Warren Nelson Memorial Bog Location Revealed! $5,000 2:1 Match ends soon

New to MOU-NET: I'm a Minneapolis fiction writer (see www.donnatrump.org for publications and credentials). A character in my new novel manuscript has just informed me she wants to be a birder, perhaps even lead birding excursions at her resort property in northern MN. Can anyone direct me to

[mou-net] Concerning replacment copies of the Sibley Guide.

Hi, A while back there was a lot of conflicting information about the availability of replacement copies of the Sibley Guide. Well, Penguin Random House really does have such a policy. You can call their customer service department at 1-800-793-2665 (Random House Customer Support). You'll

[mou-net] McLeod Lesser Black-backed Gull

One adult breeding plumage Lesser Black-backed Gull mingling with 100+ Ring-billed Gulls and a handful of Herring Gulls on Otter Lake (Crow River) along MN Hwy. 7 just west of Hutchinson, seen this evening (03/30/15) between about 4:45 and 5:45 pm., preening and loafing on the (quickly receding)

[mou-net] Pine City blue heron colony

On Saturday, 3/28/15, I drove by the blue heron colony that can be seen from Interstate 35 while passing through Pine City, Pine County. There was one heron atop a nest and one flying around the colony. Today, Monday, 3/30, when I drove by, 98% of the nests had a heron on it, with many more

[mou-net] Eurasian Wigeon

Hi MOU, Was the Eurasian Wigeon near Heron Lake seen today? Does anyone know? Thanks much. I'd like to take a friend from Sioux Falls up there if so; it would be a life bird for him. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD douglas chapman rhameprai...@sio.midco.net Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Wright County Mute Swan Relocated

From MN Birding on Facebook: Jeff Grotte relocated the MUTE SWAN in Wright county, at County Road 37 and Halsey, on Pelican Lake. Peter Nichols Cottage Grove Washington County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Coon Rapids Dam Update The Great Blue Herons are coming back to the Rookery

Hi I was back at the Dam this morning and again this evening. I saw a muskrat in the pond behind the visitors center then I met a fellow birder We went looking for the Long tailed duck. We went all the way north past the ravine and no sign of it was found. We did see two hooded mergansers,

[mou-net] Woodcock peenting

Started the day and loon yodeling ended it! 4 miles east of Hugo , Washington county. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Todd County Eurasian Collared-Doves

Connie Jo and I saw two Eurasian Collared-doves in Long Prairie at about 6:30 pm today. They were located on the west side of 4th Street South just north of 2nd Avenue South. One was sitting on an electrical wire above the sidewalk near the large pine tree next to the blue house. We were