[mou-net] Atypical Suet Eaters

2019-05-08 Thread Bob Bystrom
Species that have never visited our suet feeder before have been doing that the last two weeks. This includes song sparrows, brown thrashers, catbirds, orioles and female red-winged blackbirds. Robins, juncos, white-throated sparrows and Lincoln’s sparrows haven’t actually clung to the suet ch

[mou-net] Hok Si La Warbler Bird Hike this Saturday

2019-05-08 Thread Steve Weston
This Saturday (5/11) MRVAC will be sponsoring the annual spring warbler bird hike at Hok Si La park just north of Lake City. For more than 40 years we have been hiking these beautiful trails to find what migrating birds are passing through. The hiking is easy and migration is peaking! We will be me

[mou-net] Does Anyone Live Close to North Ottawa?

2019-05-08 Thread Erickson, Joshua
Hello birders, I'm a graduate student at NDSU, and part of my thesis involves birding observations at North Ottawa in Grant County. The objective being to understand more about birding at this site and assess North Ottawa's importance in the region as it relates to birding. I would love to spe

[mou-net] Crosby Farm Park, Ramsey C., 5/7

2019-05-08 Thread linda whyte
Eleven intrepid hikers birded the flooded west end of the the park yesterday morning, despite its official "closed" status; all managed to find parking on the side of the hill leading down to the marina. Collectively, we had a respectable list of species, thanks to everyone's eyes, ears, and verbal

[mou-net] FOY Oriole and hummingbird Pine Co

2019-05-08 Thread Lost Creek
FOY - 1 Oriole and 1 hummingbird showed up this morning at the same time in Cloverdale, Pine Co. 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] Westwood Bird Walk

2019-05-08 Thread Vic Lewis
Hi birders 45 birders found 69 species including 14 species of Warblers! Pied billed Grebe Trumpeter Swan Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Gadwall Blue-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Red-tailed Hawk Wild Turkey Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Rock Dove Chimney Swift Red-bellied Woodpecker Downey