[mou-net] Major warbler wave in Melrude (St Louis)

2009-05-23 Thread Byokel
A huge wave of warblers was present all day long in our spruces...hundreds of individuals of 22 different species. Much of our yard is an overgrown x-mas tree plantation, and these spruces always act as a migrant trap in the spring. We have had fairly good numbers of warblers all week

[mou-net] Red Headed WP question

2009-04-29 Thread byokel
We will be driving to Mankato this weekend (from our home in Cotton) and I would love to show my younger son a Red Headed Woodpecker, a bird he has never seen. I would welcome any advice about reliable areas to search between here and there, or any other great birding areas near St

[mou-net] Hawk Owl (St Louis)

2009-02-28 Thread byokel
Present this morning on Melrude Rd just S of Berg Lake Rd. This area is worth checking if you fail to see owls in the bog proper, as up to three individual birds have been present in the last few days. Ben Yokel Cotton Sent via BlackBerry by ATT Join or Leave

[mou-net] Owls in Melrude (St Louis)

2009-01-25 Thread byokel
David Alexander and Joshua and Peter Yokel found the followinf owls in Melrude today Northern Hawk Owl: west melrude rd (59), three miles east of Hwy 53 Great Gray Owl: Stone Road, one mile east of Lee Rd (which in turn is located just south of the melrude town hall and pub) Ilana Yokel found