[mou-net] Video of 2 Great Gray Owls/Sax-Zim

2010-01-06 Thread sparky stensaas
Just a short video of last evenings Great Gray Owls in Sax-Zim As posted last night: one 2.7 mi N of Sax Rd on McDavitt one 3.4 mi N of Sax Rd on McDavitt Shot with Canon 7D and 400mm f5.6 http://www.vimeo.com/8568813 Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797

[mou-net] Sax-Zim / Two Great Gray Owls

2010-01-05 Thread sparky stensaas
back into the woods. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.sparkyphotos.com www.stoneridgepress.com www.kollathstensaas.com

[mou-net] SAX-ZIM CBC/BOREAL OWL etc.

2009-12-22 Thread sparky stensaas
Benson, Fud Evans, Anthony Hertzel, John Hyde, Sandy Rogenkamp, Sparky Stensaas, Alex Watson, Larry Weber, Joshua Yokel. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.sparkyphotos.com www.stoneridgepress.com www.kollathstensaas.com

[mou-net] more Slaty-backed Gull photos

2009-11-30 Thread sparky stensaas
More photos of the Slaty-backed Gull at Canal Park in DuluthNovember 30, 200912:15 pm http://gallery.me.com/sparkystensaas#100490&view=mosaic&sel=0 Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.sparkyphotos.com www.stoneridgep

[mou-net] Lesser Black-backed Gull/Canal Park Duluth

2009-11-20 Thread sparky stensaas
_bqG=56&_bqH=eJwriHLxMjFyrzRyrSjxNSwtL84zCi6vyE9Jdo60MjW3MjQwsLJyj_d0sXU3AAITY79kA_.UQg9fR7UAkGgASDQkNUov1DPVxcilXM3dM97d0cfHNSgSmyYAGqIfzA--&I_ID=ImpWhr93bk.I Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.spar

[mou-net] No shirt...No shoes...Plenty of Jaegers (WI Point)/Better chase photos

2009-09-24 Thread sparky stensaas
as able to grab the coughed up food in mid airhttp://pa.photoshelter.com/c/sparkyphotos/gallery/Jaegers/GI8WpHuwQhNY/P0000TeZ.UIeD2Dw Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.stoneridgepress.com www.kollathstensaas.com www.s

[mou-net] Parasitic Jaeger chase photos

2009-09-22 Thread sparky stensaas
suing Ringbills right in front of us in beautiful afternoon light (sometimes less than 50 yards offshore!). Like with most predators, few chases resulted in success. Here are a few photos: http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/sparkyphotos/gallery/Jaegers/GI8WpHuwQhNY/PTeZ.UIeD2Dw Sparky Ste

[mou-net] corrected Park Point plover/spring birds gallery

2009-06-01 Thread sparky stensaas
http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Newsletter35.htm Sparky Stensaas _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi

[mou-net] Park Point Pluvialis plovers & photo gallery

2009-06-01 Thread sparky stensaas
anted nothing to do with me...staying 50 yards beyond. But curiosity got the better of him and he eventually approached me! Here are some of the photos (and other spring birds..TX, SD, ND too) Sorry the header is screwed up.http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Newsletter35.htmEnjoy! Sparky Stensaas

[mou-net] Duluth: 40th Ave W/Erie Pier: Swainson's Hawk, Hudsonian Godwit etc.

2009-05-21 Thread sparky stensaas
Thursday May 21 9amDuluth, MN 40th Ave. W./Erie Pier 1 juvenile light morph Swainson's Hawk (fly over)1 Hudsonian Godwit (outside impoundment on north side...estuary) also...49 Dunlin 3 Semipalmated Plover3 Least Sandpipers1 Lesser Yellowlegs1 N. Pintail Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus

[mou-net] Piping Plover WI Point

2009-05-18 Thread sparky stensaas
Sunday May 17 Lone Piping Plover (unbanded) half way down on the lake side. Also: Dunlin, Ruddy Turnstones, Sanderlings, Bonaparte's Gulls Sparky Stensaas _ Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your fri

[mou-net] DNR Request for Boreal Owl carcasses/info

2009-01-26 Thread sparky stensaas
I am forwarding this request from DNR biologist Steve Wilson:"This is turning out to be another boreal owl irruption year. As with most such events, a small proportion of the birds become hungry enough they're forced to hunt in the daytime, and unfortunately, in some cases perish. Once again I'm

[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Downtown Duluth

2009-01-23 Thread sparky stensaas
A flock of cooperative White-winged Crossbills has been feeding in the spruces along the Lakewalk behind the 100 block of East Superior Street.They have been essentially in the same place for the last three days. Fairly low so great opportunities for watching/photography. Sparky Stensaas 2515

[mou-net] Another Duluth Boreal Owl

2009-01-20 Thread sparky stensaas
I was talking today to Jeff Frey, owner of CPL (Custom Photo Lab) in Duluth. Last night (Monday night) after dark, he found a Boreal Owl on a snowbank in the alley behind CPL. It was clutching a small bird carcass. He was able to approach within a few feet before it fluttered off with its prize.

[mou-net] Unethical Photographer? My two-cents [Formatted] more...

2009-01-19 Thread Sparky Stensaas
hers cool birds for the first time...We teach kids about birdsWe donate photos for interpretive signs...We feed the birds themselves (whether it is suet, sunflower seeds, a deer carcass or Petco mice)...We write educational articles...We join conservation clubs...We volunteer at a natu

[mou-net] Unethical Photographer? My two-cents

2009-01-19 Thread sparky stensaas
t, sunflower seeds, a deer carcass or Petco mice)...We write educational articles...We join conservation clubs...We volunteer at a nature center. These are the important things.Let the debate begin!Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.co

[mou-net] Snowy Owl (Duluth) Sax-Zim (Minus 41 and 4 owls)

2009-01-16 Thread sparky stensaas
orses feeder on Blue Spruce. Also 1 N Shrike, many Pine Grosbeaks, 10 Gray Jays, 2 Bald Eagles. It eventually got up to 9 degrees...above! A 50 degree temperature swing. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparky

[mou-net] Sax-Zim

2009-01-07 Thread sparky stensaas
les E of CR7 and midday)N Hawk OwlCR7 half mile south of 28 (Sax Rd.) on east sideBoreal ChickadeesAt least THREE at one time at deer carcass/sunflower seed feeding station on Admiral Rd. (couple miles N of CR28 Sax Rd)Snow BuntingsAbout 30 along CR7 a half mile to mile south of CR28 (Sax Rd)S

[mou-net] Record breaking SAX-ZIM CBC/ 6 Great Grays & 4 N Hawk Owls, etc.

2008-12-23 Thread sparky stensaas
Monday, December 22, 2008Sax-Zim CBC (center at intersection of CR 7 and CR52) The thermometer bottomed out at minus-24 degrees at sunrise...And rose to minus-1 degree!18 to 22 inches of snow on the ground.Thirteen hardy souls braved the cold to scour the bog and turn up a record 35 species (Spa

[mou-net] Sax-Zim: N Hawk Owl/Great Gray/Black-backed Woodpecker

2008-12-18 Thread sparky stensaas
gles, heard one flock Pine Grosbeaks Beautiful day in the bog! Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.comwww.stoneridgepress.comwww.kollathstensaas.comwww.sparkyphotos.com _ Se

[mou] further Long-billed Murrelet notes/Link to Ithaca, NY photos Dec 2001

2008-11-06 Thread sparky stensaas
Here is an interesting web page with many photos of a Long-billed Murrelet that visited Ithaca, New York in December 2001.Especially note that the white broken eye ring so evident in Sibley is difficult to see in the field/photos. I did not notice it on the Park Point bird.Also, the photos ill

[mou] working link to Long-billed Murrelet photos

2008-11-05 Thread sparky stensaas
Sorry, the last link didn't work. Hope this one does! http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Murrelet.htm ...and a big thanks to Peder and all the other birders who are out there birding and reporting birds for us to chase! Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350

[mou] Photos/Probable Long-billed Murrelet/Park Point

2008-11-04 Thread sparky stensaas
Photos can be found at:http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Murrelet.htmAlso on Recently Seen on MOU websitePeder Swingen found a probable Long-billed Murrelet this afternoon on the Lake Superior side of Park Point. I rushed down to the Point and found Lars and Pam Benson who had relocated the bird.

[mou] WW Crossbills singing/Carlton, Itasca, Cook, St. Louis

2008-07-22 Thread sparky stensaas
ks Rd) July 4, 2008--St. Louis County (Sax-Zim, McDavitt, Blue Spruce, etc.) July 5, 2008--Carlton County (Fond du Lac State Forest, Ditchbanks Rd) July 6, 2008--Carlton County (Fond du Lac State Forest, Ditchbanks Rd) July 17, 2008--Cook County (Grand Marais city limits and Pine Mountain Road)S

[mou] Black-backed Woodpecker Nest--Carlton County

2008-06-21 Thread sparky stensaas
Friday June 20th Fond du Lac S.F. Carlton County While doing my Breeding Bird Survey Route in Carlton County I found a Black-backed Woodpecker nest with very active young. Both the male and female were feeding the vocal young. The nest is 1.25 miles west of Mission Road (CR25) on the Ditchba

[mou] 8 Red-thr Loons/W. Grebe--Park Pt Duluth

2008-06-08 Thread sparky stensaas
in one frame! The flock of seven then flew out further in the Lake. A lone bird was closer to Duluth. I first spotted a bigger flock from about two miles away and dismissed them as cormorants...there may have been 15-20 Red-thr Loons)Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797

[mou] Another Sax-Zim GGOW, Duluth Whimbrels

2008-05-28 Thread sparky stensaas
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5am-1pm Sax-Zim Out with Mike and Ryan Wiese of Alaska and Tacoma. 1 GREAT GRAY OWL--At 12:15pm! This bird was right on CR52 (Arkola Rd) 0.4 miles east of Owl Avenue. A Great Gray hunting in the middle of a sunny day most likely means it has hungry mouths to feed at the

[mou] Red Knot, Gr White-fr Goose, Black Bear /40th Ave W Duluth

2008-05-24 Thread sparky stensaas
back to the car. Got a few shots of him until he saw me, climbed a little ways up a tree and then thought better of it and ran off. You got to love Duluth! Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas at

[mou] 2 Great Gray Owls, Conn. Warblers, Moose, etc/Sax-Zim

2008-05-24 Thread sparky stensaas
ellow-bellied Flycatchers, Alder Flycatchers or Mourning Warblers (though other groups had the MOWA today) Half of the cars on the gravel roads slowed down for us so as not to 'dust' us...An improvement! Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sp

[mou] Sax-Zim BBWO BOCH

2008-05-20 Thread sparky stensaas
Monday May 19, 2008 Sax-Zim Out with four great folks from Texas and Ohio on a COLD May day. Black-backed Woodpecker male: McDavitt Rd 2.1-2.3 miles north of Sax Rd. Boreal Chickadees (2): same place as woodpecker above. Rough-legged Hawk (late): along CR 7 north of 52 Sandhill Cranes, Upland

[mou] Duluth Brant still present/BRANT PHOTOS

2008-05-20 Thread sparky stensaas
grass. Beautiful bird...a bird I'd just searched for along the southern California coast with my wife a few months ago...and missed! Here is a link to some photos: http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Brant.htm Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkyste

[mou] Got Birdathon?

2008-05-15 Thread sparky stensaas
Hi bird friends, This is the last few days to get out and support one of Minnesota's great birding spots..HAWK RIDGE. You don't even have to come to Duluth to participate...You can do a birdathon in YOUR OWN HOME COUNTY! But you have to do it by midnight Saturday May 17th. You don't even have

[mou] Piping Plover/Park Point Duluth

2008-05-12 Thread sparky stensaas
Monday May12th 2pm Park Point, Duluth, MN 300 yards SE of main airport building on lake-side (towards Wisconsin) One PIPING PLOVER (unbanded) buffeted by 35mph wind gusts and enduring the 33 degree wind chill. I laid on the dune to get some photos and was literally sandblasted...I'm still digg

[mou] Trumpeter Swan identities discovered

2008-03-27 Thread sparky stensaas
I received this interesting e-mail from Patricia Manthey of the WI DNR about the two neck-banded Trumpeters I saw at the Fond du Lac Bridge in Duluth this week. P38. This trumpeter, sex unknown, was hatched in 2001 at Lower Ox Lake near Solon Springs in Douglas County Wisconsin. Interesting

[mou] Trumpeter Swans/Duluth (Yellow Neck Bands)

2008-03-26 Thread sparky stensaas
Tuesday March 25, 2008 Today there were two pairs of Trumpeter Swans on the St.Louis River at the Fond du lac bridge (MN23). There was some open water on the river...Mostly frozen. (Andrew Webster noted swans here on Sunday 3/23). One bird had a yellow neck band reading P38. His mate had no n

[mou] Bohemian Waxwings/Duluth

2008-03-14 Thread sparky stensaas
Thursday March 13, 2008 8 am 40 Bohemian Waxwings at the Fond du Lac/St.Louis River bridge in Duluth (MN23).Sparky Stensaas2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas at hotmail.comwww.kollathstensaas.comwww.stoneridgepress.comwww.sparkyphotos.com _

[mou] Dancing Sharp-tailed Grouse, etc. Sax-Zim

2008-03-12 Thread sparky stensaas
Sax-Zim Tuesday March 11, 2008 8 Sharp-tailed Grouse dancing (half-heartedly) at 9:30 am on the lek on E side of CR29 just south of Wurtala Rd. (?) 1 male Am. Three-toed Woodpecker on Admiral Rd. 1.1 mi N of Zim Rd. 2 Red Crossbills at same spot as Three-toed 1 Boreal Chickadee at deer carcas

[mou] Unusually plumaged Great Horned Owl, Bloomington, Hennepin County

2008-01-28 Thread sparky stensaas
I'm jealous! Sounds like a beautiful bird. Dave Benson in his recent Owls of the North book describes these 'Arctic' or 'Taiga' forms of the Great Horned Owl as 'seen mainly well to the North, but some winters they may show up as far south as the northern tier of states...They are not albinos,

[mou] Sax-Zim/Aitkin Co/Carlton Co

2008-01-28 Thread sparky stensaas
Out this weekend with a fun group of guys from Texas and Iowa. Here were some of the highlights: Carlton County Sunday 1/27/08 Two flocks of RED CROSSBILLS at U of MN Cloquet Forestry Center (one along CR5 and one at visitor parking area) Note: Red Crossbills are very regular here all winter b

[mou] Hedbom Road/Sax-Zim/Duluth

2008-01-21 Thread sparky stensaas
Birding this weekend with Barret Pierce from Amarillo, TX and Mary from Reno, NV. AITKIN CO 1/18Hedbom Road (nicely plowed with turnouts) Female AM 3-TOED WOODPECKER in usual spot (area of heavily worked Spruces on E. end)[Beware of crossing the "frozen" ditch on N. side...Cross where the heav

[mou] Hooded Merganser/Duluth WLSSD

2008-01-08 Thread sparky stensaas
Tuesday January 8, 2008 Male Hooded Merganser in the open water behind the Western Lake Superior Sanitation District at 27th Ave W and I-35...Happily diving and flashing his crest. Brief half hour search for the Ivory Gull but no luck.Sparky Stensaas2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.3

[mou] Ivory Gull photos

2008-01-08 Thread sparky stensaas
get better images. http://www.stoneridgepress.com/IvoryGull.htm Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas at hotmail.com _ Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows

[mou] Snowy Owl Duluth (Hermantown) and a warning

2007-12-23 Thread sparky stensaas
other "sensitive targets." I was told to go shoot owls elsewhere as "there are owls all over the place." Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas at hotmail.com _ The b

[mou] Sax-Zim CBC

2007-12-18 Thread sparky stensaas
erman, Molly and Dave Evans, Sparky Stensaas Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas at hotmail.com _ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowsliv

[mou] New owl book by MOU member

2007-11-27 Thread sparky stensaas
Paper Session this weekend. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas at hotmail.comwww.stoneridgepress.comwww.kollathstensaas.comwww.sparkyphotos.com _ Put your friends on the big screen

[mou] Inca Dove Photos

2007-10-31 Thread sparky stensaas
Dave and Lars Benson and I arrived at 304 2nd Ave in Two Harbors at 7:30 am and the Inca Dove appeared at 8:07 am, just in time to snap a few shots before we had to head back to Duluth. Here is a link to several photos of the bird: http://www.stoneridgepress.com/IncaDove.htm Sparky

[mou] SNOWY EGRET, WHIMBREL: Duluth 40th Ave W

2007-05-28 Thread sparky stensaas
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[mou] Park Point: Red-thr Loon, Black Terns etc.

2007-05-25 Thread sparky stensaas
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[mou] Painted Bunting not home

2007-05-24 Thread sparky stensaas
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[mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.

2007-03-09 Thread sparky stensaas
As Mike Hendrickson had warned, Owl Avenue has been logged. Essentially ruined for birding. A 100 foot swath of mature black spruce has been clearcut on the west side of the road and in some places, on both sides of the road. This will certainly NOT be the place to look for Boreal Chickadees. [

[mou] Sharp-tailed Grouse/other NE MN birds

2007-03-09 Thread sparky stensaas
On Wednesday and Thursday this week I was guiding Joanne from Salt Lake City. We had a great time.HIGHLIGHTS:SHARP-TAILED GROUSE: [8 dancing (!) on top of two feet of snow at the lek on Aitkin CR6 just 1/2 mile south of MN210 (Tamarack) BOREAL CHICKADEES: In Sax-Zim 2 were along CR52 (Arkola) 0

[mou] Sparky/Photos: Harlequins, Hawk-Owl and more.

2007-01-29 Thread sparky stensaas
Here is a link to recent winter birds photographed in Duluth.The Harlequin Duck and Northern Hawk-Owl were photographed last week.Enjoy!http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Newsletter11.htm";>http://www.stoneridgepress.com/Newsletter11.htmSparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.384.9

[mou] Sax-Zim Highlights

2006-12-31 Thread sparky stensaas
long CR29 North of CR133.BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS-Small flock south of Cloquet Forestry Station along CR5RED-TAILED HAWK-Jay Cooke State ParkRUFFED GROUSE-A tip for out-of-state birders: Look in the upper branches of aspens at dawn and dusk.Happy New Year!Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wren

[mou] Sparky/Sax-Zim CBC

2006-12-20 Thread sparky stensaas
The Sax-Zim CBC was held Monday the 18th. Ten hardy souls braved bright sunshine, decent temperatures and modest expectations to tally 32 species...The third best total ever in the 24 year history of the count.Highlights:1 Great Gray Owl (quarter to half mile north of CR52 on Stickney-west side

[mou] Sparky/Photos 3 Gr-cr Rosy-Finches

2006-11-30 Thread sparky stensaas
erior" subspecies as they have brown cheeks (less gray on face) than "Coastal" subspecies. Photos from this morning at below link. If it does not work, copy the address and paste it into your address bar. http://www.stoneridgepress.com/GraycrownedRosyFinches.htm Sparky Stensa

[mou] Sparky/Owl photos needed!

2006-08-17 Thread sparky stensaas
-Owl (Surnia ulula) Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Barred Owl (Strix varia) Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) THANK YOU! Sparky Stensaas Stone Ridge Press 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell www.stoneridgepress.com sparkys

[mou] Say's Phoebe details

2005-05-22 Thread sparky stensaas
l post if the bird is refound (again!). >From the town of Felton in Clay County go 2 miles S to CR108. At the E terminus go left (N) a short ways to a drive on the right that drops down into a gravel pit with 2 piles of large rocks (piles #6006 & 6002). Sparky Stensaas Wrenshall, MN

[mou] 625 Bohemian Waxwings/Moose Lake, MN

2005-02-07 Thread sparky stensaas
to be heading south into a wooded area but could not be relocated.   Sparky Stensaas

[mou] Jan 29 birds-Sax-Zim/TwoHarbors

2005-01-30 Thread sparky stensaas
  2 Harlequin Ducks--Seen by several groups near the outer breakwall. Very dangerous & icy walk.   Happy Birding!Sparky Stensaas

[mou] Townsend's Solitaire-In Duluth since Nov.

2005-01-26 Thread sparky stensaas
t the cedar at the NE corner house. The owner of the NE corner house came out and asked what kind of bird it was. He said it has been there for two months! It roosts in his garage eave. Sounds like it may stay around the rest of the winter.   Sparky Stensaas

[mou] 40 GGOW Sax-Zim, SNOWY OWL StebnerRd.

2005-01-23 Thread sparky stensaas
hern Hawk-Owl on Rice Lake Road just north of Arrowhead Road just south of Snowflake X-C ski center (Duluth).   Sparky Stensaas mailto:mnb...@lists.mnbird.net";> 

[mou] ROCK WRENS NESTING IN CLAY CO

2004-07-01 Thread sparky stensaas
site with another caterpillar and goes inside, emerging ten seconds later without the caterpillar. He again perches, sings and flies off.   The nest site is NOT on rock pile #6006. I think it would be best if the nest location is not given here.   Sparky Stensaas http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2737??PS

[mou] 5 Great Gray Owls & Sax-Zim CBC

2003-12-16 Thread sparky stensaas
Sax-Zim CBC Monday 12/15/03   Great Gray Owls 1) 1.6 mi W of 53 on 133 1) 2.0 mi W of 7 on 133 1) 2.7 mi N of 207 on 788 1) 2.6 mi N of 207 on 788 1) 3.6 mi N of Sax Rd on Stickney   Also recorded... Boreal Chickadees Black-backed Woodpeckers   Sparky Stensaas   http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2752??PS

[mou] Glaucous Gulls-Duluth/Superior

2003-12-09 Thread sparky stensaas
http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2737??PS=";>Shop online for kids’ toys by age group, price range, and toy category at MSN Shopping. No waiting for a clerk to help you!

[mou] Great Gray Owl/BbWoodpecker/Boreal Chick-Sax-Zim

2003-11-15 Thread sparky stensaas
Woodpecker (on Co Rd 213 3.5 miles south of Co Rd 27)   1 Black-billed Magpie (intersection of Co Rd 229 and Spruce Road or Co Rd 155)(1 mile north of the Jehovah Witness church)   4+ White-winged Crossbills (on Owl Avenue)   Also several flocks of Common Redpolls and 1 lone Pine Grosbeak   Sparky

[mou] Sage Thrasher/Harlequin Ducks/GM

2003-10-29 Thread sparky stensaas
swells. Also at Paradise... 3 Long-tailed Ducks 3 Buffleheads 2 C. Goldeneyes Sparky Stensaas _ Add MSN 8 Internet Software to your current Internet access and enjoy patented spam control and more. Get two months FREE! http

[mou] Sharp-tailed Grouse/BbWp-STLOUIS Co

2003-10-27 Thread sparky stensaas
Rough-legged Hawks 5 Bald Eagles (no owls...and few finches (Am Goldfinch))   Hawk Ridge Pine Plantation 1 Black-backed Woodpecker (2pm today...Where blue trail meets Skyline Drive)   Sparky Stensaas http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2755??PS=";>Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Ge

[mou] 2 Short-eared Owls, etc-Duluth

2003-10-16 Thread sparky stensaas
s 20-plus White-crowned Sparrows 30-plus Savannah Sparrows 80-plus Juncos 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Song Sparrows 2 Fox Sparrows 1 Swamp Sparrow 100-plus American Tree Sparrows 150-plus Lapland Longspurs 2 American Pipits 1 Gadwall 2 Northern Pintails 20-plus Green-winged Teal

[mou] RFI--date for northern CBCs

2003-10-14 Thread sparky stensaas
Sax-Zim CBC will be Monday December 15th Sparky Stensaas >From: Laura Erickson >To: "Mou-net" ,"mnbird" >Subject: [mou] RFI--date for northern CBCs >Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:36:30 -0500 > >Can anyone tell me when the Duluth, Isabella, Two Harbors, Grand Ma

[mou] Black-backed Wp/etc.-Duluth

2003-10-14 Thread sparky stensaas
a on UMD campus) (Sparky) 10/13-Northern Shrike-Hawk Ridge (found by ??) And to add to Jim Lind's North Shore Vesper Sparrows, I had one on Park Point by the runway fence on 10/7 Sparky Stensaas _ Page a contact’s mobile p

[mou] Red Knot/Red-thr Loon/Duluth

2003-06-01 Thread sparky stensaas
Sunday 6/1/03 Duluth Park Point 11a.m. 1 Red-throated Loon (quite a ways out on Lake Superior across from airport buildings) Probably the same one Mike Hendrickson found yesterday. Wisconsin Point 9a.m. 2 Red Knots (on the lake side near the breakwater at the end of the point. Sparky Stensaas

[mou] Eared Grebe/NE MN

2003-05-29 Thread sparky stensaas
depot in harbor) Sparky Stensaas _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

[mou] Piping Plover, etc.

2003-05-27 Thread sparky stensaas
Point 2 Am White Pelicans 1 Trumpeter Swan 1 Tundra Swan Sparky Stensaas _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

[mou] Duluth/23 Whimbrels

2003-05-19 Thread sparky stensaas
Duluth Monday May 19, 7:30am Hearding Island-Bayside (19th Street on Park Point) 23 Whimbrels (loafing on backside of Hearding Island sand spit) 1 Willet 1 Am. Golden Plover 10 Ruddy Turnstones 20 Bonaparte's Gulls 75 Common Terns (scope required) Sparky Ste

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