[mou] about wildlife funding in Minnesota

2007-10-03 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
Richard Wood said: It seems to me that there are more birders than hunters and it is time for us to ante up. That statement didn't sound right to me, so I checked (google search: mn fishing licenses sold/ mn hunting licenses sold). From the MN DNR website, in the year 2002, I looked at

[mou] Released Game bird frequency

2007-08-15 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
With the recent discussion about released and escaped birds, I felt I should contribute. I always see people saying that they are unaware of a game farm nearby. Well there doesn't need to be a game farm nearby. Let me explain. While I am a birder, I am also an upland game hunter and I run my

[mou] Prarie Falcon; Rock County

2007-01-22 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000A_01C73E0D.CAF0E3B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry for the delayed posting as I didn't have access to a computer before now. I was in Souix Falls this weekend, and

[mou] Western Kingbird-Anoka cty

2005-05-27 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000A_01C562A1.747D42B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought some might be interested in this since they can be hard to find around the metro area...Found a Western Kingbird

[mou] Wilson's Snipe? RQD?

2005-04-06 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000__01C53A90.23824A10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was just entering data in the new online field trip report entry form, and I couldn't find the listing for wilson's snipe.

[mou] Sherburne County 3-26

2005-03-28 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
Bob Holtz, Matt Hanan and myself birded Sherburne county on Saturday. Found 48 species, and just missed our goal of topping the temperature with species found (it was 50F by our vehicle thermometer). Highlights included: Western Meadowlark (hard to find in this county anytime of the year, let

[mou] Greater White-fronted/Canada Goose hybrid

2004-02-07 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
I was birding with Bob Holtz in Wright county today, and we found what appears to be a hybrid greater white-fronted x canada goose on the mississippi river at the montisippi park, 2 miles north of Monticello. It has the white front at the base of the bill, orangish legs, and its general

[mou] Conservation...RE: SF850/HF1077 Conference Committee

2003-05-16 Thread Andrew D. Bicek
Hello all, I thought I would post an alternative view to the OHV Bill email that urged you all to support this manner. If you are not interested in politics please delete this message. In regards to the OHV bill, I read in the paper, that it would limit off road travel by all vehicles