[mou-net] W-W Crossbills, Sherburne NWR

Curt Rawn and I explored the Blue Hill hiking trails this morning. At one point I briefly heard a couple of White-winged Crossbills fly over the spruce stand, but we never heard them again (and we never saw them). The only other things of note in the area were one or two Golden-crowned Kinglets and

[mou-net] Red-breasted Merganser, Lake Harriet

Today at Lake Harriet, at 2 pm on the south side of the lake, male Red- breasted Merganser swimming and diving with what I think was a female Red-breasted Merganser. Nearby were 5 swimming Horned Grebes. Discussed these sightings with man who had a 2 foot long telephoto camera. He showed me clo

[mou-net] Miedd Lake waterfowl, Yellow Medicine Co

Thanks to a tip from Garrett Wee with his eBird report from last weekend, the Minn Birding Weekends group saw a nice concentration of 1000s of waterfowl at Miedd L this morning. These included an estimated 2800 Gr White-fronted Geese, at least 10 Ross's Geese mixed in with 100 or so Snows, 240 T

[mou-net] Sherburne Wildlife Drive status

All, The Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive at Sherburne NWR opened this week. It WILL be closed today and tomorrow - Friday & Saturday - for a prescribed burn, but will re-open again on Sunday. This is 3-4 weeks earlier than usual. Betsy Beneke St. Cloud, Benton Co., MN Join or Leave mou-net: