[mou-net] FW: Eared Grebe at Lake Harriet

Around 1:15 yesterday I found an Eared Grebe on the SW side of Lake Harriet. After submitting through MN Birding on Facebook and EBird I was encouraged to submit to MOU. Several others have also seen this bird and was refound this morning by Greg Severson. Jamie McBride Naturalist Programs Co

Re: [mou-net] using a camera instead of binoculars

What an interesting question to MOU, a place full of opinions of all things birds. Defining a birder according to an insiders preferred style of viewing is too limiting. We're all birding! If someone is out viewing and/or learning about birds then they are birders in that moment. Of the group m

Re: [mou-net] Long-tailed duck at Calhoun not refound this morning

I went out to find the Long-tailed duck this morning with Bill Tefft but we were unsuccessful. Instead we did see Common Merganser Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Jamie McBride Interim Environmental Education Coordinator Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 612-313-7725(desk) or 612-49

[mou-net] Soras and Virginia Railing Loring Park

With Great Egret and Green Herons. Loring Park Sent from my iPhone 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] Birding in Minneapolis

On my quick rounds this morning here are some highlights. Lake Hiawatha White Pelicans (4 present, also seen last night) Common Loons (8 to 10 remain - down from a high count of 67 on Friday, 4/26 before ice out on other big lakes) Diamond Lake Great Blue Heron Yellow-rumped Warblers (dozens) Cl

[mou-net] Eared Grebes lake Harriet

After a quick spin on the Lake Harriet Path adjacent to the Roberts Bird Sanctuary I saw... Eared Grebe (between boat landing and floating dock). Horned Grebes White-Throated Sparrows (near boat landing) Blue-Winged Teal (in the sanctuary) Rusty Blackbirds (in the sanctuary) Red-winged Blackbirds

[mou] RE: mou-net digest, Vol 1 #1333 - 7 msgs

In response to the person asking about Snowies being seen at the airport... I saw on large female on Saturday around 1pm. -Original Message- From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of mou-net-requ...@cbs.umn.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:0

[mou] Lists

All this talk about lists had me start a new one.=20 Birds seen at work within the Minneapolis Parks system. Maybe over = several years I will begin to get a real sense of the bird patterns in = the city. I guess it was brought on by the Red Bellied Woodpecker I saw on King = Highway yesterday. I

[mou] Owl

I found an eastern bluebird and american goldfinch in the same wood = burning stove pipe a few years ago in Maryland... They were both covered = in soot... but seemed to make it after they got outside. -Original Message- From: Steve and Sue Morton [mailto:smor...@mvtvwireless.com] Sent: Th

[mou] Lists

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3BF5F.B4E4D0DE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have lots of lists, =20 books and articles I've read,=20 movies I've seen checks I've written cars I've owned e

[mou] Lake of the Isles

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_=_NextPart_001_01C3A3D8.47CBC35D Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In an afternoon walk around lake of the isles I saw several species. I = did not have my binoculars with me and c

[mou] Dunlin/Snow Buntings, Lake Calhoun-Hennepin Co.

As I drove to lunch around 1215 I went north around harriet and saw the = white shapes of the swans across the lake. On my return trip to that end = of the lake I was disappointed to find no tundra swans. I drove around = both lakes with no luck. -Original Message- From: Conny Brunell [mai

[mou] whooper swan records

Would it be possible to keep this a place to post birds sightings and = not worry about what the records committee will or won't accept. As a = naturalist and avid birder I appreciate reports of bird sightings and = often use the info for my job. I get these messages at work and have = recently bec

[mou] mixed flock waterfowl at Calhoun

On the Southwest side of Lake Calhoun I spotted a mixed flock of = waterfowl including=20 Redheads Ringed Neck Ducks (I was pretty sure of this though it could have been = Scaups or Tufted Ducks) Pied Billed Grebes Red Breasted Mergansers Buffleheads Common Loon American Coot Mallard Wood Duck Cana