Re: [mou-net] Salt Lake Viewing Platform

Thanks Jason, Just an FYI. There are plans (and $$) for the DNR to redo the observation platform which should occur this summer. John Schladweiler On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 8:16 AM Jason Frank wrote: > For those many, many birders who will be visiting Salt Lake this weekend: > >

[mou] A whirligig of phalaropes

Yesterday I found about 200 red phalaropes on the sewage ponds just southeast of the town of Heron Lake. The only other shorebirds present were a 20 or so killdeer. There were 40-50 Franklin's gulls and a smattering of mallards and wood ducks. John Schladweiler MN Dept. of Natural Reso

[mou] Phalarope correction

In my dreams! They were red-necked phalaropes. John Schladweiler New Ulm > Yesterday I found about 200 red phalaropes on the sewage ponds just > southeast of the town of Heron Lake. The only other shorebirds present > were a 20 or so killdeer. There were 40-50 Franklin'

[mou] Ruff

on the site. Still a call would be nice. John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN

[mou] Bad shorebird breeding year (long)

Received this from a list serve today. John Schladweiler New Ulm >>>Very few southbound juvenile shorebirds from the arctic are currently migrating through southern Ontario indicating a failed nesting season for many northern species. For example, at Townsend Sewage Lagoons near Lake

[mou] Chippewa County Hawk Owl

ember 22. John Schladweiler New Ulm

[mnbird] FW: [mou] FW: Diver feeding behavior - more feedback

Kipp State Park in Winona Co) #7 - LaCrosse #8 - Reno MN John Schladweiler New Ulm >>> "Alt, Mark" Tuesday, December 07, 2004 >>> [Mark Alt Comments] I have received emails asking for directions to pool 8. I believe pool 8 is the pool above the #8 lock and dam on the M

[mou] RE: [mnbird] Pool #s, Upper Mississippi NWR

from just above Shakopee to Ft. Snelling and the St. Croix River from just above Stillwater to the Mississippi. They are at about a 1" to the mile. John Schladweiler New Ulm >>> "Alt, Mark" Tuesday, December 07, 2004 >>> I just called the refuge number given, th

[mou] Possible Whooping Crane

The attached message was forwarded to me by our office in Hutchinson. It has not been confirmed. Hopefully someone can visit the site and confirm the siting. The location is North of the town of Sunburg approximately 4 miles on County Road 36, north side of the road. John Schladweiler DNR New

[mou] Re: [mnbird] Fwd: More Ivory-billed News, plus an exclusive

know. I would like to think that it was. John Schladweiler New Ulm

[mou] How the Ivory-billed dodged the bullet

s in 1979. In 1980 the USF&WS announced plans for a thirty-five-thousand-acre Cache River Wildlife Refuge, which has since been established. Only seven-plus miles of the Cache River near Clarendon ever were "ditched." Moral of the story: Taking a stand for the environment does pay

[mou] Big Stone-Lac qui Parle sharptails

Our field staff at Lac qui Parle WMA have had a number of sightings of = sharptailed grouse this winter. The latest is a flock of 20 that has been = observed the last few days on the Big Stone NWR. There have also been = 10-12 on the Lac qui Parle WMA just east of Highway 75, birds present at = C

[mou] Pelicans

rs of white pelicans should include numbers of birds, locations (state, county, township, etc.) as detailed as possible and any known moralities. John Schladweiler MN Dept. of Natural Resources Asst. Regional Wildlife Manager 261 Hwy 15 S New Ulm, MN 56073 john.schladwei...@dnr.state.mn.u

[mou] Wood stork

finding a needle in a haystack. = However, I am posting this so that if anybody has the time to look they = have all of the information that I have. John Schladweiler MN Dept. of Natural Resources Asst. Regional Wildlife Manager 261 Hwy 15 S New Ulm, MN 56073 john.schladwei...@dnr.state.mn.us 507

[mou] Re: Mallard feeding behavior

for = food on a wetland in Lac qui Parle County. An article about this was = published in The Loon. There was also another observation of teal diving = published in The Loon the same year. John Schladweiler New Ulm >>> "Ronus J" Wednesday, August 10, 2005 >>> At

[mou-net] Jackson County Lark Bunting

bonus, there was an upland sandpiper about a mile to the East. John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN -- John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN 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] Jackson County Lark Bunting

bonus, there was an upland sandpiper about a mile to the East. John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN -- John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN 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] Forest Strnad

I hate to reveal my age but I first met Forest in 1966 when the Inland Bird Banding Association held its annual meeting at the Bell Museum. I was fresh out of college and had just obtained my master permit. He has been a dear friend ever since and I too will miss him. Join or Leave mou-

[mou-net] Busy feeders

After a very slow winter at the feeders, things really picked up today with even the robins and grackles shouldering their way to the trough. Have had a red-breasted nuthatch in the yard for the last 10 days and today had a swamp sparrow show up under the feeders. John Schladweiler New Ulm

[mou-net] Franklin's gulls

While driving through the snow storm on the edge of New Ulm this afternoon, all of a sudden a loose flock of about 20 Franklin's gulls appeared for a few moments and then disappeared again into the whiteness - very eery to see them in these conditions. -- John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN

[mou-net] Poof and they were gone

Yesterday, I counted 8 fox sparrows and 30-40 juncos feeding actively under and on the sunflower and thistle feeders. Today I was only able to see 3 juncos at most and most times I looked out, it was totally empty under the feeders. Amazing what a sunny 70 degree day will do. -- John

Re: [mou-net] Black-bellied Plover (Duluth) and birding in Sax-Zim Bog

identify them because they were back lit by the sun. John Schladweiler New Ulm On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Erik Bruhnke wrote: > This morning I found one BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on the lake-side of Park > Point (Duluth, MN). This bird was seen about a one mile walk east of the > Sky Harbo

[mou] [mnbird] (no subject)

While not common, mallard (and in some parts of the country, Canada goose) nests in trees are not exceptionally rare either. John John Schladweiler MN Dept. of Natural Resources Regional Ecological Resources Manager 261 Hwy 15 S New Ulm, MN 56073 john.schladweiler at dnr.state.mn.us 507-359

Re: [mou-net] mou net problems

The North Dakota Birds listserve had similar problems about a month ago. Here is what they explained. https://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1404&L=ND-BIRDS&F=&S=&P=16193 John Schladweiler New Ulm On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Jim Met wrote: > thanks for the

[mou-net] LQP Snowy owl

During the Lac qui Parle CBC Monday, there was no indication of a Snowy owl at the LQP Valley High School as reported earlier, in spite of a thorough search. However one was seen about 3 miles to the SE of the school at the corner of 280th St and 321st Ave. Same bird -- John Schladweiler

Re: [mou-net] Brown County Snowy Owl

The Hanska Snowy Owl has been seen most of this morning but a little farther North than previously posted. It has been sitting 2.6 miles N of the last house as you go North from Hanska. It is on the ground on the West side of CR13 and about 150 yards off the road. John Schladweiler New Ulm On

[mou-net] New Ulm Tufted Titmouse

The titmouse reported by Brian Smith on Wednesday is still being seen. -- John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN 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] Spring is in the air

Heard my first of the year calling Eurasian collared dove this morning. -- John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN 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] Juvenile plumage Loon in Rochester

I also have seen basic plumage loons in summer. http://moumn.org/loon/view_frame.php?block=178&year=1985 John Schladweiler On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Tom Bell wrote: > I have records of Common Loon in juvenile plumage staying on a pond in > Lower Grey Cloud Island, Washing

[mou-net] Lac qui Parle County

. Thank you for your help and good birding! -- John Schladweiler New Ulm, MN 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] ABA now sells Duck Stamps

They are also sold at any US Post Office. On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 2:56 PM Alyssa DeRubeis wrote: > On the topic of wildlife conservation (i.e. Bob Dunlap's post on Recovering > America's Wildlife Act), the American Birding Association (ABA) is now > selling federal Duck Stamps in an effort to qu