Re: [mou-net] How do birds care for their feet especially during these cold winter months?

Its all in the "rete mirabile" - the vascular system in the legs and feet of birds.. https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/why-birds-feet-dont-freeze#:~:text=Rete%20mirabile%20%E2%80%94%20Latin%20for%20%22wonderful,don't%20lose%20much%20heat. [https://www.birdnote.org/sites/default/files/Nort

[mou-net] Gull-billed Tern - no show

I departed the viewing platform on the MN side of Salt Lake a little after 9:00 PM without having seen the gull-billed tern reported yesterday. As I posted earlier, I had attempted earlier from the west side with no observation either. In the late afternoon, I drove west and scouted the chain

Re: [mou-net] Gull-billed Tern update?

I was there from 1:30 - 3:30 today - no terns. Since 3:30 I've been searching a string of larger water bodies (that might hold terns) about 10-15 mi W of Salt Lake. Reports indicated that the terns headed west when they departed Salt Lake - so I thought this was worth a try. KC Jensen SDOU

Re: [mou-net] Sibley Confusion

They also did for my wife, Sandy. K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of Natural Resource Management SPB 138D, Box 2140B South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 (605)688-4781 (office) (605)690-6104 (cell) (605)688-4515 (FAX) wfs.sdstate.edu/wfsdept/faculty/kcjensen.htm 100% of the shots

[mou-net] Prairie Chciken brood near Pipestone

My student who alerted me to the presence of the booming male Greater Prairie Chicken 4 mi N and 1 mi W of Pipestone last March, just informed me that he recently saw a hen prairie chicken with a brood in the same vicinity!It might be worth spending a few mornings listening for boomers in t

[mou-net] Greater Prairie Chicken - Lincoln Co.

I observed (yesterday) a male Greater Prairie Chicken in Lincoln County, 4 mi North and 1 mile West of Pipestone about 100 yds south of the intersection of 60th Ave and 151st St. The bird was booming in the middle of the road. I saw no others in the vicinity. K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of

[mou-net] Purple Sandpiper on Monday

I observed the purple sandpiper at the reported location from about 4:15 - 5:00 PM this afternoon (Monday, 17 Oct 2011). I took several photos, including a flight photo with a nice look at the dark tail and rump. I posted several on the SDOU Facebook page. Ken Schumacher and company from Minn

Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations

I have 2 recent favorite encounters - white-winged junco in the parking lot at Stockade Lake in the Black Hills - very interested in its reflection in the chrome on the vehicle. The 2nd is a cardinal in the parking lot at the Boat Ramp at Oakwood Lakes State Park - it always ends up fighting its