[mou-net] barn swallow rides 4 wheeler

While putting down some granular fertilizer the other day using a four wheeler, barn swallows spun around me snatching up winged insects dislodged from their solitude. As many of you have no doubt encountered, the swallows are opportunistic around machinery that stirs up bugs and often fly toward

[mou-net] Photos/Lis ts of Sax- Zim Bog Bi oBlitz—ove r 400 spec ies!

Hi All, Friends of Sax-Zim Bog's third annual Bog BioBlitz was held Saturday June 27th. 50 participants and 10 leaders turned up over 400 species of birds, mammals, butterflies, dragonflies, spiders, orchids, sedges, wildflowers, amphibians, fish and more. Highlights included over 1300 Showy L

[mou-net] Common Moorhen

(Posted by Michael Oetken via moumn.org) This morning (7/10/15) I spotted an adult Common Moorhen with 4 chicks in tow in the boat access at Nicollet Bay Unit of Swan Lake (2 miles west of Nicollet on Hwy 14). They were out about 50 yards on the left side moving in and out of the reeds.