[mou-net] Bullock's Oriole/Brown County

2019-05-10 Thread Brian and Risa Smith
A possible Bullock's Oriole first showed up at my feeder around 6:00 p.m. I got some mediocre pictures of it with my cell phone at the time. It reappeared at 7:35 p.m. and I was ready for it this time. Mike Oetken came over and was able to get some good pictures of it with his Canon camera. I l

[mou-net] correction... ROSE-BREASTED Grosbeaks... Ortonville

2019-05-10 Thread Jason Frank
E-Gad!... Grosbeaks, evening sighting reports... I meant Rose-Breasted! -- Jason M. Frank Ortonville Public Library Founder & Vice President Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) Big Stone County, Minnesota Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http:/

[mou-net] Do You Have Hair? Do You Brush It? Donate It To The Birds!

2019-05-10 Thread Jason Frank
My Mother has this thing that she does: she saves the head-hair which she (gradually) loses as she brushes it, and hangs it out on limbs around the feeders for nesting birds to glean. Last year, she had a Chipping Sparrow construct a nest entirely out of her own hair. Today, she hung a clump of i

[mou-net] Hennepin County - FOY Great Crested Flycatcher

2019-05-10 Thread Thomas Burns
Hello all, First of year Great Crested Flycatcher made its first of year appearance - making the rounds with other birds near our feeders. Also in the group: Rose Breasted Grossbeaks (3), Baltimore Orioles (3) and Ruby Throated Hummingbirds (2). Tom and Kathy Burns Minnetonka Joi