[mou-net] Crane Count this Saturday

The annual Midwest Crane Count is this Saturday (April 8th). Are your cranes going to be counted? The count runs from first light to 7:30 am, so it won't interrupt your plans for the day, unless you were planning on sleeping in. And, if you are one of the lucky ones with cranes calling in your back

[mou-net] Chanhassen Raptors

On Saturday, while walking through the nature area behind our house, I heard a cacophony coming from a very large willow tree. Perched on top of the tree were two Red-shouldered hawks (they nest in the vicinity every year) and one Cooper's Hawk, all protesting loudly at the Great Horned Owl perc

[mou-net] volunteer request

Here is an opportunity to assist with research on bird mortality from collisions with buildings. A biologist from Fordham University is focusing on collisions with bridges, and it turns out that the Washington Avenue bridge on the University of MN Minneapolis campus offers a unique opportunity: it

[mou-net] Raptor 'Run', Randolph Ave., St. Paul

Along the dead-end stretch of Randolph, from Shepard Rd to the High Bridge, we spotted 4 raptor species this afternoon. There was first a flyover by a Red-tailed Hawk, above the old power station island. When we checked the Osprey nesting platform on the island, an Osprey was perched there--along w

[mou-net] Loon

I spotted a Common Loon on Gervais Lake in Ramsey County this morning. Bob Holtz Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html