[mou-net] White Pelicans

2024-02-02 Thread ronald huber
Open water just south of Blackdog Power Plant had small flock of White Pelicans at 10:30 this morning. General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to

[mou-net] Limpkin at 10:11AM

2023-06-06 Thread ronald huber
My wife and I decided to give it a try.  We left Bloomington at 6:30AM and reached the wetlands south of Madelia at 8:28AM. We just kept roaming back and forth between the westernmost pond and the easternmost roadside ditch (both on the North side of 330th Street). At 10:11AM the Limpkin flew

Re: [mou-net] Washington County this morning

2023-03-04 Thread ronald huber
Brian, Many thanks for the picture of the Shrike and its lunch !  Looks like the Common Meadow Vole, /Microtus pennsylvanicus/ and probably heavier than the shrike ? Regards Ron Huber On 3/4/2023 4:08 PM, Brian Tennessen wrote: Kyle, Tami, Thank you for the reports, nice to read.. Two

Re: [mou-net] eBird report: Least Tern (St. Louis Co.)

2018-10-02 Thread ronald huber
"...one central site where notable species are reported.." isn't that what this MOU site is supposed to be? Something seems to be happening - like a strange undercurrent ? Ron Huber (white-haired old knuckle-dragger) Bloomington, MN On 10/2/2018 5:44 PM, Jeanie Joppru wrote: AMEN! Jeanie

[mou-net] Western Tanager in Bloomington

2017-06-27 Thread ronald huber
On Sunday (25th) we had an adult male Western Tanager at our hanging thistle feeder for a few minutes. We have been watching hopefully, but it has not returned. Ron Huber Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Least Terns Rock County

2014-08-13 Thread ronald huber
Both terns observed 7:05 to 7:25PM Wednesday evening - very hyperactive - seemed to hit the water every minute or so. Ron Cathy Huber 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] FW: [mou-net] Golden Eagles harmed by wind turbines

2011-06-15 Thread ronald huber
Some folks refer to them as scientostitutes (root words obvious). - Original Message - From: Laura Erickson chickadee.erick...@gmail.com To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [mou-net] FW: [mou-net] Golden Eagles harmed by wind turbines Sadly,

[mou-net] Brown Pelican still there

2009-06-30 Thread ronald huber
The Brown Pelican was seen from 2:10PM until 2:30PM by the Huber brothers at the exact spot posted earlier by Chad Heins. Someone had thoughtfully scraped a large arrow in the dirt road so we set up out 'scope there. The pelican was asleep on the rock with the red and white buoy nearby. We

[mou-net] Sage Thrasher

2009-04-13 Thread ronald huber
The Sage Thrasher was photographed at 1:05PM by Mark Younghans and then seen repeatedly by numerous observers until after 2PM. Scott Myers took many good close-up photos also. The bird was secretive, but when it popped up it was very tame - mostly intent on eating those berries. Join or

[mou] non-bird sightings

2008-08-20 Thread ronald huber
Steve, We now have vouchers of the Giant Swallowtail for 13 MN counties, all in the southernmost third of the state. Many years ago it was considered a stray from further south. Now we have May records for the SE corner of the state, suggesting that it can overwinter and may now be a breeding