Re: [mou-net] Prothonotaries

They do nest in Hastings, Dakota County at Lake Rebecca and Gores Pool WMA. On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, 8:18 AM Al Schirmacher wrote: > Are prothonotaries nesting anywhere in the Twin Cities area? > > My thanks. > > Al Schirmacher > Champlin MN > > Sent from my iPhone > > > General information

[mou-net] California Gull - Lyon County

Gerry Hoekstra and I observed a first cycle California Gull at the Cottonwood WTP on 8/28/19. The bird was with Ring-billed Gulls, a single Forster's Tern and many Franklin's Gulls. Also seen at these ponds were six Red-necked Phalaropes. We made a second visit to this location later on that same

[mou-net] MOU Youth Mentorship Program Volunteer Reports

If you are a volunteer for the YMP please send in any program or field trip reports for 2017 that have not already been passed along. Send to: ksmith9...@gmail.com. -- KEVIN D. SMITH ​Youth Mentorship Coordinator ​ Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Great-tailed Grackle - Jackson County

Four Great-tailed Grackles were observed by Gerry Hoekstra and I on Thursday evening in a traditional location at a farm pasture along Hwy 86 about 1 mile north of the jct. with Hwy 4. Two males were in molt but had the complete long tails for easy identification. -- KEVIN D. SMITH

[mou-net] Lark Bunting - Nobles County

At about 4:00 PM Thursday we found a Lark Bunting perched on a powerline along 100th Street about 2 miles east of Lake Bella State WMA in eastern Nobles County. This is the state line and the bird was 1st observed while perched on the Iowa side of the road and then it flew into the corn field on

[mou-net] Koester Prairie, Rice Co. birding hike - report

About 15 participants joined the field trip at the Prairie Creek, Koester Prairie unit WMA this morning. Highlights included Bobolinks, Sedge Wren, Dickcissel, many Clay-colored Sparrows and excellent scope views of a Henslow Sparrow. -- KEVIN D. SMITH

Re: [mou-net] Birding trip to Koester Prairie, Rice County

_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Gene Bauer <genedba...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Friends of Prairie Creek WMA is pleased that Kevin Smith and Gerry > Hoekstra will lead a birding walk at Koester Prairie

[mou-net] American Bitterns at 140th Street Marsh - Dakota County

At 7:55 PM this evening I watched 2 American Bitterns at 140th Street Marsh in Dakota County. -- KEVIN D. SMITH Hastings, ​Dakota County​ Virus-free. www.avg.com

[mou-net] Youth Mentorship reports - 2016

This is a reminder to MOU Youth Mentors. If you have any reports that you have not submitted please take the time to do this ASAP. I will submit a summary to the MOU Board later this week. Email reports to: ksmith9...@gmail.com -- KEVIN D. SMITH ​MOU YMP Coordinator​ Join or Leave

[mou-net] Blue Grosbeak at 140th Street Marsh - Dakota County

The Blue Grosbeak that I believe was originally found by Josh Watson July 4th was seen again on Thursday evening in the same location as posted by Liz Harper and Brad Abendroth. -- KEVIN D. SMITH Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Hasting Birding Festival

With permission from the MOU I would like to invite you to celebrate the arrival of spring by participating in the forth annual *HASTINGS AREA BIRDING Festival *Saturday, APRIL 23, 2016. The Hastings Environmental Protectors have teamed up with the City of Hastings & CNC to host the Birding

[mou-net] Koester Prairie Field Trip, June 6 - Rice County

MOU members are invited to participate in the following free field trip: The Friends of Prairie Creek WMA is pleased that Kevin Smith will lead a trip to Koester Prairie on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The location is one mile west of Dennison, MN on Rice County 31 and one mile south on Lamb Avenue

[mou-net] Hastings Area Birding Day

With permission from the MOU I would like to invite you to celebrate the arrival of spring by participating in the third annual *HASTINGS AREA BIRDING DAY *ON APRIL 18, 2015. The Hastings Environmental Protectors have teamed up with the City of Hastings CNC to host the Birding Festival. Some of

[mou-net] MOU Youth Mentor Program

I would like to remind all MOU Youth Mentors to send in reports of contacts they made during 2014. Many of you have already sent these reports and I thank you for that. Please let me know what Kit # you used, type of event (classroom or field trip), how many youth and adults and date. We keep

[mou-net] MOU Youth Mentorship Program

As the coordinator of the MOU Youth Mentorship Program I would like to report how many contacts have been reported to me so far this year. I think that the folks volunteering at the State Fair may like this information. It is a great time to let the state know more about the YMP and how our super

[mou-net] MOU Youth Mentor Workshop

As the coordinator of the the Minnesota Ornithologist Union Youth Mentor Program I would like to invite members interested in becoming a Youth Mentor to a workshop. Our objective is to learn from each other and a few new experts. We also want to train new volunteers to the program. We have room

[mou-net] MOU field trip to Cannon River Wilderness - Rice County

On Saturday 4 people made it to the Cannon River Wilderness Rice Co. Park. Because of rain and lightning we did the 1st part of the outing at a Northfield coffee shop. Then, when the storm past and it was safe on the trail, we went out to hike the very wet western section of the park. Here is a

[mou-net] MOU Birding Field Trip Cannon River Wilderness

Gerry Hoekstra and I scouted the Cannon River Wilderness Park in Rice County on Tuesday Morning. We found some good birds but almost all of them were identified by sound only. The most interesting birds detected on our outing were Yellow Black-billed Cuckoo, Acadian Flycatcher, Veery and several

[mou-net] American Avocet - Lake Byllesby, Dakota County

This morning I was able to see 2 American Avocets from the West End Access at Lake Byllesby. They were across the lake on a sandy point. Also seen were Caspian and Forster's Terns. -- KEVIN D. SMITH Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Short-billed Dowitcher Dunlin/ Great Western Industrial Park, Dakota County

This morning, while it was raining lightly, a Short-billed Dowitcher 3 Dunlin were feeding in the north pond at the Randolph Industrial Park. Dan Versaw had alerted me to their presence and the increased number of shorebirds at the location so I made the drive to check it out. -- KEVIN D. SMITH

[mou-net] Miesville Ravine MOU field trip - Dakota County

We had 14 participate in the MOU field trip this morning. The rain only lasted the first part of the walk. Some of the birders had first of the year birds like Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Golden-crowned Kinglet. A few of the group were able to see

[mou-net] Hastings Area Birding Day

With permission from the MOU we make the following announcement: Celebrate the arrival of spring by participating in the *HASTINGS AREA BIRDING DAY *ON APRIL 19, 2014. The Hastings Environmental Protectors have teamed up with the City of Hastings CNC to host the Birding Festival for a second

[mou-net] Fox Sparrows, Dakota County

I was fortunate to find 4 Fox Sparrows this afternoon at Miesville Ravine County Park. These birds were found along Orlando Ave. as it comes down into the Ravine and Dakota County Park. They were easy to pick out as they scratched in the plowed roadside. Next to the Juncos these were big sparrows.

[mou-net] Yellow-rumped Warbler / Miesville Ravine County Park

I found four Yellow-rumped Warblers along the Cannon River at Miesville Ravine County Park this afternoon. I was able to see the thin warbler bills, yellow rump patches and other characteristics with binoculars to confirm identity of these out of season birds. They were found along the river

[mou-net] Bay-breasted Warbler - Dakota County

A good wave of warblers was found at Schaar's Bluff near Hastings, MN this afternoon. The species seen included: Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Nashville, Cape May, Yellow, Palm, American Redstart very many Yellow-rumps. In addition, a few Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore

[mou-net] MOU Miesville Ravine Field Trip Report

4 participants started the MOU field trip today at Miesville Ravine. Our tracks were the first made in the snow as we walked the trails along the Cannon River, an upland prairie which overlooks the river and the trail going up on Trout Brook. Highlight birds included 2 American Woodcock, several

[mou-net] Greater White-fronted Goose - Lake Byllesby, Dakota County

It was a cold wind coming off the open water on the west end of Lake Byllesby this afternoon. With a scope I was able to find many waterfowl, three Tree Swallows and one Lesser Yellowlegs. I counted 38 Greater White-fronted Geese on a sand bar. -- KEVIN D. SMITH Dakota County Join or Leave

[mou-net] Miesville Ravine Dakota Co. Pk. Update

I had some first of the year birds on a hike along Trout Brook in the Miesville Ravine Co. Park this afternoon. 21 species including the following were seen: Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 32 Mallard 2 Hooded Merganser 9 Ruffed Grouse 1 Great Blue Heron 5 Bald Eagle 4 American Woodcock 1 Belted

[mou-net] Eastern Towhee - Mower County

This afternoon I found an Eastern Towhee staying with a pair of Cardinals. The birds were seen at 2:45 pm south of 655th St. along Mower County Road 5. They flew across the road twice while I watched and at all times the Towhee followed the cardinals. The farmstead did have a feeder out so I

[mou] Cinnamon Teal, Nobles Co.

--Apple-Mail-2-835373390 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Friday, May 26th I found an adult male Cinnamon Teal at the =20 Worthington waste water treatment plant, which is about one mile