[mou-net] Happy Birthday Mike Mulligan

2016-11-07 Thread Jim Williams
For those of you who know Mike Mulligan, he turned 85 yesterday. Mike was an active and fine Minnesota birder until he and his wife moved to Calgary about 15 years ago. If he was here you would meet him at the scene of almost any recently discovered bird worth chasing. Upon arrival in Canada he

[mou-net] Silver Bay Northern Mockingbird still present 11/7

2016-11-07 Thread Doug Kieser
The Northern Mockingbird previously found by the MBW group at Bayside Park in Silver Bay is still present this morning, feeding on Mountain Ash near the beach/picnic area. Also had a low Peregrine fly-by. Howard Towle Scott Meyer Doug Kieser Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bi

[mou-net] Paper Session Book Sales

2016-11-07 Thread Roy Zimmerman
Just a reminder that the Paper Session is only a month away (December 3, registration form on the website). I have already received quite a few donated books for the book sale that day. If you have not contacted me yet and you do have books to donate please do so within the next couple of weeks.

[mou-net] GWF Geese in Mille Lacs County

2016-11-07 Thread Herb Dingmann
At about 1:30 today I discovered a flock of 79 Greater White-fronted Geese on Ogechi Lake in Mille Lacs County. Ogechi Lake is west of Mille Lacs Lake and is a part of Kathio State Park. The geese were seen from Vineland Road about 1/2 mile west of Hwy 169. Herb Dingmann Sent from my iPhone --

[mou-net] Greater white-fronted geese, Hubbard County

2016-11-07 Thread marshall or janet howe/mcmillen
Perhaps the flock that Herb Dingman reported is the same flock that flew low over Dorset about 12:30 today. I had estimated the flock size at 75. They were heading SSW and flying low, maybe 300 feet. They were giving their squealy calls continuously. Marshall Howe Join or Leave mou-net: ht

[mou-net] White fronted geese, Todd county

2016-11-07 Thread Randy Frederickson
While deer hunting today near Bertha in Todd county, I saw 4 large flocks (125-250/flock) of migrating white fronted geese shorty after the cool front passed and wind shifted. Never seen this species in Todd county in the fall before and other than individual birds, I almost never encounter this s