[mou-net] Eastern Whip-poor-will Washington Co

2018-05-17 Thread Larry Sirvio
One Eastern Whip-poor-will heard at 9PM. Location Gray Cloud Dunes SNA – West side close the the pond near the rr track. Probably on the golf course property. Larry S Cottage Grove Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives

[mou-net] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 17, 2018

2018-05-17 Thread Jeanie Joppru
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 17, 2018 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also see this report on the Chamber of Commerce website: https://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/birding-repo

[mou-net] Pine County EDIT

2018-05-17 Thread Kris Moulton
There was a miscommunication in the text. The BTBW was correct ( and I believe 3rd county record) ,but Blackpoll and Mourning were his 44th and 50th bird of the day. I thought the counts were high also,but we had a big push last night and I thought it vaguely possibly. Sorry. Thank you, Kris

[mou-net] Chat, Washington County

2018-05-17 Thread Rick Gibson
I stopped by Afton State Park this morning (6:30) to look for the Chat which has been recently mentioned on ebird but not yet on MOU. He was present, singing loudly and flopping about. Same area as last year: enter from the north, take the first main path to the right/west, follow the curve around

Re: [mou-net] N. Mockingbird in Fridley

2018-05-17 Thread Jim Ryan
Correction: Mark Junghans and I refound the NOMO in the Fridley HS track - Bob O'Neill field in the oak tree On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Erik Collins wrote: > The mockingbird is still present, now in the row of deciduous trees > between the high school parking lot and West Moore Lake Drive.

[mou-net] Westwood Birdwalk

2018-05-17 Thread Vic Lewis
Hi Birders, 30+ Birders saw 73 amazing birds today at Westwood Hills Nature preserve on a beautiful sunny day! Seen and heard by the group were; Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Coopers Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Bald Eagle Wild Turkey Spotted Sandpiper Ring-

Re: [mou-net] N. Mockingbird in Fridley

2018-05-17 Thread Erik Collins
The mockingbird is still present, now in the row of deciduous trees between the high school parking lot and West Moore Lake Drive. Erik > On May 17, 2018, at 2:36 PM, Cole Foster wrote: > > At the top of a tall spruce tree in front of Fridley Middle School. This is > just west of the interse

[mou-net] Savaloja Project

2018-05-17 Thread MOU
(Posted by Steve G. Wilson via moumn.org) There's a nice story about one of this year's Savaloja grants and Steve Blanich Memorial project at: http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/20180510/grant-funded-binoculars-make- bird-watching-even-better-for-7th-graders. Steve Wilson Join or Leave

[mou-net] N. Mockingbird in Fridley

2018-05-17 Thread Cole Foster
At the top of a tall spruce tree in front of Fridley Middle School. This is just west of the intersection of 61st Ave. and W. Moore Lake Dr, and across the street from Fridley High School. The bird was very cooperative and stayed the 10 minutes I was there. This was around 1:00 p.m. Cole Fos

[mou-net] Pine County - Black-throated Blue Warbler (BTBW)

2018-05-17 Thread Kris Moulton
BTBW reported by friend and ornithologist in southern Pine County this morning at a private residence. The bird was not re-found as of 1pm. He also counted at least 44 Blackpoll Warblers and 50 Mourning Warblers as of 10am on his big yard day. Kris Moulton Join or Leave mou-net: http://list

[mou-net] Black-bellied Plovers

2018-05-17 Thread Steve Midthune
For those of you coming up for the Detroit Lakes Festival of birds, you might want to check out the plovers on Height of Land Lake which is just east of Tamarac NWR. The birds (I counted 7) were on the west side of the lake close to the outlet to the Ottertail River. They were on a sandbar about f