Re: [mou-net] Cowbird

I had one nosy cowbird in my yard last Thursday I wasn’t not to happy It was rather bold On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 6:53 PM Howard Markus wrote: > A male cowbird has been at my Joe’s Mix bird feeder in Woodbury all day. > Are they common now? I don’t remember seeing them around here before. > T

Re: [mou-net] Cowbird

Thanks Steve, That so interesting to consider, cowbirds following the bison herds. I’ve always wondered why the cowbirds would lay their eggs in other birds nests. On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:11 PM Steve Weston wrote: > Cowbirds are quite common. Habitat is forest edges, also farm yards. > Orig

Re: [mou-net] Cowbirds & bison

This discussion has be so enlightening and fun! As we feel some relief from Covid-19 I appreciate all who have contributed. I learned a lot and am a little bit less hostile as I see the brown heads Myth or truth? Yellow warblers have figured out the difference of the BHC eggs and don’t have

Re: [mou-net] Curt Rawn (memorial poem)

will celebrate beauty and kindness > > With fellowship and joy, in your memory > > (Linda Whyte) > > > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pan

Re: [mou-net] spring arrivals, Lilydale, Dakota C

Awesome Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 1:01 PM linda whyte < 004e7b0e779a-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > There were some FOYs to brighten the exercise walk this morning: > Ruby-crowned Kinglet heard in full song, Golden-crowned Kinglet both heard > and seen, and a floc

Re: [mou-net] unsubscribe

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Re: [mou-net] Inquiry

> regional specialties/one day wonders (eg, Whimbrel) also of interest. > > Thanks! > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > > Rejoicing in a county Ruddy Turnstone in Sherburne today > > Sent from my iPhone > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/c

[mou-net] Friday May 18 - Cedar Creek Natural History Center, East Bethel, MN

Catbird European Starling (Car) American Redstart (female) Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Field Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Song Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak (heard) Eastern Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Brown Thrasher Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole -- Halle O'F

[mou-net] Cedar Creek Natural History Center, East Bethel MN

We went to see the red-heads. We saw lots of wildflowers, remnants of pussytoes, dragonflies emerging from the water (there were hundreds of them flying around when we arrived), fox scat, baby bullheads at the shoreline, lupines in the prairie, and they have an port-a-potty next to the shelter and

Re: [mou-net] Peregrine

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Re: [mou-net] Xcel prairie restoration: good news in 3s (Dickcissels, Bell's Vireos, N.. Mockingbird)(long)

the road that skirts the prairie, and there were at least 6 to > 8 Dickcissels singing on territory. We spotted the female of the pair that > is closest to the entry of the dog-park parking lot. > > Good birding, and Happy Solstice---Linda Whyte > > Good birding and > > -

Re: [mou-net] recent posts to MOU-NET

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[mou-net] Indigo Buntings

I see a pair of Indigo Buntings every time I get Randolph and Shepard Road, just at the beginning of the decent of the path and just before Island Station. So blue next to the green leaves. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/a

[mou-net] great blue herons

tornado, has anyone followed their recovery on the river? Halle -- Halle O'Falvey 416 Arbor Street St. Paul MN 55102 www.halleofalvey.com 651-206-5054 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] Great Blue Herons on the Mississippi

I was on the Mississippi River between the Camden Bridge and the new Lowry Ave Bridge in Minneapolis on Sunday. I saw the newly established GBH rookery. There was even a camper on the island. From the east river bed without binoculars I could see at least eight nests. I know the herons lost the

[mou-net] Loons and gulls

I was Up North a bit on the White Fish Chain of Lakes. And from a long distance I saw a huge number of fish and bird in the distance all clustered together. I thought they might be terns by the way there were flying but there was dark in the water and the terns were flying very close by. As w

[mou-net] looking for winter birds north of Stillwater

on the map for possibilities but I do not know the terrain? Halle O'Falvey 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] spotted towhee

Spotted towhee spotted at an organic farm off Norell Ave in Stillwater. Baltimore Oriole on feeder eating an orange this morning. The farmers have a wonderful flux of birds. They saved a lot of Robins and Bluebirds and a few warblers this year. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.ed

[mou-net] twilight serenade

I came out to have my dinner around 8:30pm, I was grateful the menacing house sparrows had gone to bed. When I thought I hear the nighthawk. And sure enough I did, along with the cardinal, the robin, the chipping sparrow, and then in the background I heard the chimney swift. It was a sweet l

Re: [mou-net] Lake Byllesby shorebirds, Dakota Cty

o a viewing area. If you continue west on this > path instead, it connects with the northwest end entrance. > > Laura Coble > Cannon Falls > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >

Re: [mou-net] Birding at the Hastings Festival on Saturday

Yellow-rumped > Phoebe - only flycatcher > > Steve Weston > On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN > swest...@comcast.net > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Halle O'Fa

[mou-net] Old Cedar Bridge

I went down to the Old Cedar Bridge and saw a multitude of warblers and the usual suspects but there were many Yellow's Bay Breasted Black and White Common Yellow Throats and many I did not identify Phoebes and the Scarlet Tanager, male and female, that my friends had told me was there, was righ

[mou-net] Night Hawk

I heard the night hawk as I went to bed last night, in St Paul, on the West End, near Randolph Ave. I'm hoping to share residency again this year. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] belated: Bobolink, Dickcissel, Acadian Flycatcher, Cerulean Warbler

, but it was late in the > afternoon by then. Viewing the birds will require another visit. > > Linda Whyte > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Halle O'F

Re: [mou-net] Robins

html > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Halle O'Falvey M.Ed. 416 Arbor Street St. Paul MN 55102 www.halleofalvey.com 651-206-5054 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

Sounds like a tribute to me. I met him for the first time at Carpenter Nature Center, March 29, 2019. He changed the way I’m looking at navigating my retirement with his stories. To contribute, to teach, to learn and get a few chuckles. Halle On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 7:11 AM Doris Rubenstein wro