I use Sibley all the time because of its vocalizations. The illustrations
I really only use to show somebody else a bird. If I am going to need an
illustration, I will go to one or two field guides. It has been well worth
its cost. My only criticism of Sibley is that periodically it checks to
The spring season (3/1 - 5/31) has ended. If you will be submitting a
seasonal report of bird observations for inclusion in the spring summary to
be published in The Loon, please do so now. We encourage submissions using
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It may, as you say, belong to someone because people can own pigeons for
racing, etc. However, it may simply be a bird that was banded in a bird
banding program. At Springbrook we band anything we catch that we are
entitled to band, which is anything besides a hummingbird or waterfowl. I
know it
Aug 2014 vik208 yellow band rt leg. Plain green band in left leg
Morris Stevens County
Charlene Nelson
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2 upland sandpipers this morning east of Elkton in a bean field in the midst
of a lot of big wind turbines. Across from driveway 70020 210th St., which
is a turbine access road. 210th St. goes east from CR7 at the south end of
the big town of Elkton.
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The USGS does NOT allow banding of Rock Pigeons, which are not only not
native birds but are feral or owned, rather than genuinely naturalized. And
the Bird Banding Lab does not keep records of ownership of pigeons.
To track down owners of pigeons, this website may help.
Potluck Supper Birding Thursday
June 4 at Hyland Park
The MRVAC potluck picnic will be held this Thursday (June 4th) at
Richardson Nature Center (8737 East Bush Lake Road, Bloomington) in the
Aspen and Bluestem rooms (we’ll have room for 50 people). Everyone is
enthusiastically invited to join
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