[mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

Greetings All: You know, I can't remember the last time I wrote something to post on mou-net. A sign of the times perhaps or a sign of changes in me, but what hasn't changed is my love for birds, birders, and birding. In 2014, my childhood friend of rural Spring Valley, Darin Ness, sent me a

[mou-net] Lapland longspurs and Bonaparte gulls

(Posted by Chet A. Meyers via moumn.org) Fred Smith and I birded lake Byllesby and the area around 180th St. marsh. Byllesby was pretty much all water, very little shore and one greater yellowlegs. But there were a couple of small flocks of Bonaparte's gulls out in the middle of the lake. The

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Last week we had good birds feeding in the yard on the seed I scattered out: about 20 Juncos, 2 Fox Sparrows, 2 Tree Sparrows, and a Song Sparrow. Yesterday I had a Swamp Sparrow and today we had a Hermit Thrush. Checked 3 of the 4 wood duck houses. 1) 18 eggs including 1 Hooded Merganser 2) 9 eg