[mou-net] FW:2

2012-09-19 Thread J. Schmidt
hi, you saw something similar? http://tekenburo-welling.nl/gogotorxlink.html?ushowtopic=y9v6 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] Henslow's Sp.

2012-07-05 Thread J. Schmidt
Yesterday, July 4, I heard what I thought was a Henslow's Sparrow just southeast of New London in Kandiyohi County.  I did not see the bird, so this morning, July 5, I returned with Ron Erpelding and the bird was singing again.   We were able to find and observe the sparrow for about 20-25

Re: [mou-net] Sprague's Pipit Refound @ 8:15 a.m. today

2012-06-09 Thread J. Schmidt
Just an added note that Ron, Randy and I also found a male Chestnut-collared Longspur about 1/2 mile north of the location of the Sprague's Pipit.  It was foraging on the ground about 40-50 feet on the east side of the gravel road that runs through the prairie. Joel Schmidt

[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Willmar

2011-12-24 Thread J. Schmidt
This afternoon around 2:40 on the campus of Ridgewater College, Willmar, I found a small group of White-winged Crossbills feeding on a spruce tree.  Ron Erpedling joined me and we could count up to 5 individuals, though there may have been a few more.  The birds were in a tree across the street

Re: [mou-net] Alert: Juvenile Purple Sandpiper in Swift County

2011-10-15 Thread J. Schmidt
I was able to reach the location about 2:00 and found the Purple Sandpiper at about 2:20.  I did not relocate the Sanderling however.  The sandpiper was sitting in the rocks on the east side of the road very near the north end of the road that crosses a large slough in the WPA.  I watched the

[mou-net] White-winged Scoters, Chippewa Co.

2011-04-15 Thread J. Schmidt
This afternoon at about 4:45 Joel Halbritter and I refound 2 White-winged Scoters on Shakopee Lake in Chippewa Co.  We first looked from the south end of the lake where Ron Erpelding had spotted one of the Scoters yesterday.  Without luck there, we moved to the county park on the east side of

[mou-net] N. Saw-whet Owl

2010-03-24 Thread J. Schmidt
Ron Erpelding and I heard a N. Saw-whet Owl calling this evening, 8:19 p.m., in Swift County about 2 miles east of Benson on 40th Ave. E., a little less than 1/2 mile north of US Hwy 12 right next to a homestead's large grove.  We had been looking for a Ross's Goose in western Swift Co. with no

[mou-net] snowy owl, swift county

2010-02-06 Thread J. Schmidt
At 5:45 p.m. on Friday evening, Ron Erpelding and I found a Snowy Owl in Swift County.  The bird was teed-up on a post in a grassland on the west side of County Road 31, about 0.3 mile south of the intersection with MN highway 9.  We had been in the area searching for the Short-eared Owl that