[mou-net] Killdeer pics and theory wanted

I am looking for a pic or two of a killdeer I might submit with my weekly Nature Nut column. I decided to write on them the morning following the last big snowstorm we had in March, about 10 inches. Before all roads had been cleared, I traveled from Rochester to the Weaver backwaters and was onc

[mou-net] FOY

Great Blue Heron flying over 494 near the airport Looking up Kathy Brown 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] Yard Bird Minnetonka

We just saw a Copper’s Hawk siting on our boulder wall watching the bird feeders hoping for dinner, probably a female by size. I have had numerous sightings of Sharp-shinned Hawk in our neighborhood but this is the first Cooper’s this spring. Ken Larson Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.u

[mou-net] Big Willow Park, Minnetonka

Good birding this evening with 15 species at Big Willow Park along the Minnehaha Creek in Minnetonka despite the wind. 2 Canada Goose 1 Wood Duck 6 Mallard 1 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe FOY 1 American Crow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Go

[mou-net] Abandon hope all ye who enter here!

(Posted by Chet A. Meyers via moumn.org) The path out to the new Cedar Ave. boardwalk is like Texas "gumbo" ... i.e. you risk losing your boots walking to the boardwalk. Keith Olstad and I saw only the expected ducks. Not worth the walk. Does anyone know when the gravel path will be installed? -

[mou-net] Trumpeter Pair on Long Lake, Stearns Co., MN

A pair of trumpeter swans flew into Long Lake 7 mi north of Cold Spring on Wednesday, trumpeting all the way, and are still here. This may be the first time trumpeters have been seen on Long Lake in years. Maybe they'll stay? The eagles on same lake are keeping quiet and close to the nest. --