Two screech owls (one of each coloration) have been hanging out day times in
a small tree about 100 feet west of the Tower Hill Park on Seymor Ave. Find
the droppings on a driveway exit and spend a few minutes looking straight
up. They don't appear to be skittish, and hunting must be good for
We checked out Lakes Harriet and Hiawatha in Minneapolis this morning.
Lake Harriet had a lot of ice on it yet. There were quite a few
Red-breasted Mergansers around in the open water by the shore all
around the lake.
Lake Hiawatha was completely open and had a lot going on! We saw at
least a
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Word at The Raptor Center was that two females were duking it out
over territory yesterday and it got a little bloody. One female was
Hi
The Minneapolis Christmas Bird Count will be December
17, 2005. We will meet at Springbrook Nature Center
in Fridley at 7:30AM.
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=mapq=100+85th+Ave+Nw,+Fridley,+MN
Our count circle is centered at the Coon Rapids Dam.
Follow the link below to see the circle:
There were large numbers of Nighthawks this weekend (August 13-15) on Lake
Superior from Bayfield to Ashland (late afternoon and evening). They were
feeding right on the water's edge, flying slowly in very tight short
circles. They seemed compltely unafraid of people and were flying within a
few
The other morning while out for my early morning walk I heard a loon calling
as it took off from water some where by my house, I figured they would all
be farther up north by now. I'm pretty sure it took off from Medina Lake and
flew up CR 116 right by my house, I could hear it calling as the
Thanks to everyone for your encouragement!
I do have binocs, and have been using National Geographic's Field Guide to
the Birds of North America (3rd Ed), as well as Roger Tory Peterson's
Multimedia Guide to the Birds of North America--though I will definitely
get a copy of the book by Eckert
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