[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

On Wednesday we had 5 Great Egrets on the lake and a couple of Pine Siskins in the tree top at Quigley Lake. Friday; The usual flock of ducks, Woodies, Hoodies, Mallards, and honkers (Canada Geese) are congregating along out shore. Wood Ducks in our trees make it difficult to approach our back w

[mou-net] Warbler Wave and More in Minnetonka

Around 6 PM today I had a nice warbler wave in our neighborhood south of 394 and west of County Rd 73. Along the shore of two small ponds I found 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Wp16 Wood Duck 7 Mallard Ken

[mou-net] Solitary sandpiper and snipe

The Saffle pond has been reduced to a wetland by the lack of rain, though there was a bit more water in it this morning, enough to attract a Solitary Sandpiper and a pair of Wilson's Snipe. Jeffrey Saffle, Lake Elmo Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Arch

[mou-net] UN bird-of-paradise stamps & hummingbirds and climate change

You can click on the stamps to enlarge and then put on two pairs of reading glasses to read the species names in the right margins.. http://www.audubon.org/news/bird-paradise-stamps-sale-now RTHU is not discussed, but the comments from the W Coast at the bottom are interesting. https://www.au

[mou-net] Login problems

(Posted by anonymous <> via moumn.org) Hello, I can't seem to log into my account. My user name is herlin518, e-mail is herlin...@comcast.net. When I try to log in with the password your folks send me it does not work. And I can't create a new account because my e-mail already has an acco

[mou-net] Carver County - Rapids Lake Unit MVNWR - 4/19/2015

April 19, 2015 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Rapids Lake Unit Trails near the visitor center While leading a walk at the Rapids Lake unit this morning, we observed some of the following species: Osprey Sandhill Crane Eastern Phoebe Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Orange-crowne

[mou-net] Lac Qui Parle & Grant County

I just received a call from Al Loken. He reported the following species that he and Kimberle observed in Lac Qui Parle and Grant counties. Lac Qui Parle County Salt Lake American Avocet - 3 He also noted that there were lots of Ducks and some Horned Grebes at the lake. Grant County North Otta

[mou-net] Foy White-crowned Sparrow Meeker Cty

We had our foy WC sparrow in the yard now, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher & Yello-bellied Sapsucker. Have also had 2 Purple Martins a couple of days ago. Paul & Koni Fank Dassel Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

[mou-net] Cinnamon Teal at Albany WTP

Kevin Smith and I just found a Cinnamon Teal among the Blue-winged Teals at Albany WTP. No signs of being a hybrid. It flew off to one of the back ponds not visible from the road while we were watching it. Did not see the Hudsonian Godwit reported earlier. Gerry Hoekstra Join or Leave mou-ne