[mou-net] Not a Canada Warber

2015-06-11 Thread Bob Bystrom
Thanks to David Greening, the Gateway Trail warbler has been properly identified as a hooded warbler. Bob Bystrom Test Your Nature Knowledge: nature puzzles http://robertbystrom.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] [mou-rba] White Winged Dove - Eagles Nest Township (Ely, Mn)

2015-06-11 Thread Carolyn Quick
I have had a white winged dove in my yard for several days now. What a wonderful visitor! 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] Chestnut-Collared Longspur, Clay Co.

2015-06-11 Thread Tony Lau
Curt Rawn and I refound the Chestnut-Collared Longspur at Felton Prairie. It's about 2 1/2 miles north of 26 straight east of a large puddle in the road Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Chestnut-Collared Longspur, Clay Co.

2015-06-11 Thread Kim R Eckert
Another reference point is a large rock pile by the fence along the W side of the road. Use care when walking though this area, however, since yesterday I chanced upon a female Chestnut-collared on a nest with 4 eggs hidden in the grass. This could be the only nest of this species in MN this

[mou-net] Red-headed woodpecker open house

2015-06-11 Thread MOU admin
(Posted by Chet A. Meyers chetmey...@visi.com via moumn.org) Red-headed Woodpecker Recovery and the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CCESR) are offering RHWO and other prairie bird tours Saturday, June 20th from 9:a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at CCESR, near East Bethel, MN. This is an area normally

[mou-net] Red-Headed Woodpecker open house

2015-06-11 Thread MOU admin
(Posted by Chet A. Meyers chetmey...@visi.com via moumn.org) Red-headed Woodpecker Recovery and the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CCESR) are offering tours of red-headed woodpeckers and other prairie birds on Saturday, June 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at CCESR near East Bethel, MN.

[mou-net] ABC Bird of the Week: Blackpoll Warbler

2015-06-11 Thread Gordon Andersson
The Blackpoll has elliptical migration routes. It can fly 80 hours non-stop for 2000 miles to reach S America. It and COWA are the only N American warblers to winter in the Amazon basin. It is double brooded which should slow its population decline. Learn more and listen to song..

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, June 11, 2015

2015-06-11 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *June 11, 2015 *MNDL1506.11 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Turkey Vulture Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Black-backed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Philadelphia Vireo

[mou-net] Anoka county

2015-06-11 Thread Bob Holtz
The Wago Nature Center staff and Coon Rapids Dam naturalist are conducting an Anoka County Birding Big Year. It is going quite well, but we have failed to locate any Dickcissels and Bobolinlks. If anyone can provide clues as where these species can be seen this year in Anoka County we would be