[mou-net] Birding Strehler Road, Hennepin County

Strehler and Bechtold roads have become a popular place for being one of the better places in Hennepin County to see Eurasian Collared-Doves,Kestrels, Ravens and various grassland birds particularly Bobolinks, Horned Larks, Dickcissels and several species of sparrows. Recently a few bird watcher

Re: [mou-net] Birding Primer

Me too pls Charlene Nelson Grant County > On Mar 5, 2023, at 7:13 AM, MOU wrote: > > (Posted by Kathryn A. Rivers via moumn.org) > > Would you please send me the email again on the MOU Spring Birding Primer, > birding tips,spring migration identifying etc. on Zoom to sign-up by the end > of

[mou-net] Birding Primer

(Posted by Kathryn A. Rivers via moumn.org) Would you please send me the email again on the MOU Spring Birding Primer, birding tips,spring migration identifying etc. on Zoom to sign-up by the end of March.I can’t find the email. Thanks Kathryn Rivers General information and guidelines

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

A short walk this afternoon in a park in my neighborhood turned out to be quite birdy. 2 flycatchers: Great Crested & Least 6 or 7 warblers: yellow-rumps, Ovenbird, Black & White, Orange-crowned, Nashville, American Redstart, and probably a singing Cerulean. It is a pretty distinctive song. I can't

[mou-net] Birding Dodge nature Center

Anyone want to meet up and bird dodge in west Saint Paul tonight? Max Seeger Special Education Teacher Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practi

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Spring is here and a lot is happening. Flowers have bloomed and faded in the yard and new ones are bursting out. The Saturday before last I beat the sun and was out before first light to listen to the cranes waking for the Annual Midwest Crane Count. I count at the marshes south of Whitetail Woods

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Didn't realize that I was looking at a 2018 post. Sorry. Still would like water feature ideas. L & J From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Jan Uden Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 6:37 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding about

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

great. I had no warblers this year. Did have a yellow-bellied sapsucker last week. Larry & Jan Uden From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Bernard P. Friel Sent: Monday, May 7, 2018 9:52 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding about the M

[mou-net] Birding experiment

Anticipating a good morning of birding after a little rain last night, I wanted to test two things: 1) How good is birding from home (relative to driving somewhere); and 2) Is it really worth it to get up super early? I'll give a caveat for my first point, which is that I live in a patch of woods,

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Sunday birds in the yard: Northern Waterthrush and a pair of Blue-winged Teal. Perhaps the teal will stay around and nest. Besides the two Wood Ducks incubating, we have a Hooded Merganser on eggs in a third box that was empty a week earlier. I could hear it rattling the eggs around in the box, bef

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Birding in the last week took me to Pelican Lake in Wright County, 140th Street wetland in Dakota County and Lake Byllesby (Goodhue Co. side). The birds (mostly waterfowl, shorebirds, and blackbirds) were varied and interesting, but not out of the ordinary with the exception of Avocets and a Marble

[mou-net] birding in Mankato, Bethany Hawk Watch, Chad Heins, MOU Record Clubs

https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/birding-can-be-active-compe titive-and-is-built-for-social-distancing/articl

[mou-net] Birding Roberts Sanctuary - September 7

A group of birders led by a volunteer from Friends of Roberts BS spent a few hours in the sanctuary on last Saturday morning. There were several "waves" of migrants in the area. Among the birds seen, and or heard were: Magnolia, Tennessee, Nashville, chestnut-sided warblers Northern parula, ruby-

[mou-net] Birding free day?

I have a surprise open 3-day stretch starting now through Saturday. I've been bereft of birding adventures this summer and am eager to get out. I'm in northern Washington County. Don't want to drive more than an hour or so. I've been watching eBird; am not familiar with places that are run of the m

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Here in Plymouth, a similar bad year for waterfowl. Yesterday, I checked our three Wood Duck nest boxes. It appears that all three failed. One box was unused - no sign of activity. The other two boxes contained 8 and 9 unhatched eggs. No sign of broken eggs. The nests contained down feathers

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

I cleaned out 3 of our 4 Wood Duck boxes on Sunday. 1) 19 eggs, at least 2 of them were Hooded Mergansers. The nest had significant down feathers indicating that a hen had been incubating the eggs. Several of the eggs were broken and the box smelled of rotten eggs. I have no idea if the broken eggs

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Thursday: Spent the day birding the Minnesota River Valley Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington with Craig Mandel and Martyn Kenefick. Martyn was visiting the Twin Cities from Trinidad and Tobago and is the author of the field guide for those islands. In the morning we birded the trail to the west of Old

[mou-net] Birding report: Roberts Bird Sanctuary

This morning my son Tim (10) and I went to Roberts Bird Sanctuary in south Minneapolis. We missed the group tour by 10-15 minutes, so we birded by ourselves for 2+ hours. LOTS OF WARBLERS! We didn’t see a blackburnian, but we heard reports that blackburnian warblers were present. Nonetheless, lo

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Yard is dripping with migrants: 8 species of warblers, new ones include Yellow, Redstart, Orange Crown, Nashville, No. Waterthrush Chimney Swifts Lots of Kinglets singing Towhee Canada Geese came into the yard to show off their 4 new goslings. Yesterday I saw the first goslings in the industrial a

Re: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

irds from THIS side of the heavenly divide. > > > Doris Rubenstein > > > > > > From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of John > Hockema > > < > > > jhock...@hotmail.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:40 PM &

Re: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

THIS side of the heavenly divide. > > Doris Rubenstein > > > > From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of John Hockema > < > > jhock...@hotmail.com> > > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:40 PM > > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Subject: [mou-net

Re: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

ock...@hotmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:40 PM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen > > Greetings All: > > You know, I can't remember the last time I wrote something to post on > mou-net. A sign of the times perhaps or a s

Re: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

U-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen Greetings All: You know, I can't remember the last time I wrote something to post on mou-net. A sign of the times perhaps or a sign of changes in me, but what hasn't changed is my love for birds, birders, and birdin

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Many of our nesting birds are synchronous hatchers. The birds all hatch at the same time and thus are ready to leave the nest at the same time. Generally (perhaps always) a hen lays only one egg at a time, usually once a day with the ducks. Sometimes, it is once a week, with some birds, like owls a

[mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen

Greetings All: You know, I can't remember the last time I wrote something to post on mou-net. A sign of the times perhaps or a sign of changes in me, but what hasn't changed is my love for birds, birders, and birding. In 2014, my childhood friend of rural Spring Valley, Darin Ness, sent me a

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Last week we had good birds feeding in the yard on the seed I scattered out: about 20 Juncos, 2 Fox Sparrows, 2 Tree Sparrows, and a Song Sparrow. Yesterday I had a Swamp Sparrow and today we had a Hermit Thrush. Checked 3 of the 4 wood duck houses. 1) 18 eggs including 1 Hooded Merganser 2) 9 eg

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

We just arrived back in Minnesota from our winter exile in the south, where I saw some good birds, but didn't get out nearly as much as I would have wanted. Back home, the snow is melting in the yard and the ice is retreating from the edges of the lake. Our lake is higher than I have ever seen it.

Re: [mou-net] birding festivals and other events

or https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_3/Sherburne_complex/Sherburne/Sections/Visit/Event_Schedule/2019_Events_Calendar_Handout.pdf -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds On Behalf Of James Williams Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2019 4:37 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-ne

[mou-net] birding festivals and other events

For the StarTribune I a writing about upcoming birding festivals, hikes, classes, anything offered to the public during the coming spring migration window to enhance the fun. I've built a list using Google. There must be events I’ve missed. Any help in completing my list will be much appreciated

[mou-net] Birding Guide Books for Cuba?

Hi all, I'm going to Cuba in November and was wondering if there are any birding field guide books that you would recommend? Feel free to back-channel me. Thanks, Molly Miller Dakota Co Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.

[mou-net] Birding opportunity on private property

(Posted by Hannah Bernhardt via moumn.org) Hello, My name is Hannah and I run a grass fed, rotationally-grazed livestock farm outside of Finlayson in Northeastern Minnesota called Medicine Creek Farm (about 10 miles from the Audubon Center of the North Woods). We currently raise a small numbe

[mou-net] birding MN in late October

All, I am an out-of-state birder and will be presenting at a conference in Minneapolis Oct 30-Nov 1. I have planned my flights to allow me to bird for a couple of days before the conference and plan to go up to the Duluth area. Although there are no "must get" birds for me, a quick look at ebird

[mou-net] Birding SW Hennepin County

Great morning of birding at Flying Cloud Fields ,Purgatory Creek , and points in between included, Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Bald Eagle Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Rock Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hum

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

On Saturday I participated in the Bioblitz at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County. Best birds included a calling Common Loon on the St. Croix and Red-breasted Nuthatch. I haven't finished ID'ing all the neat plants and insects I found, but the neatest plant so far was a colony of walking f

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Hi Mary (and anyone else who may be interested), I offer guided birding tours and am based out of the east metro, not too far from you. Feel free to check out my website and facebook page (links below) if you're interested! -Kyle Te Poel kyletepoel.crevado.com facebook.com/NexBendBirding On Fr

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Looking for a guided bird outing tomorrow -Saturday- in East Metro. Any suggestions? Guide? Mary Westra 2355 5th Street White Bear Lake MN 55110 H - 651-426-3325 C - 612-868-1509 > On May 11, 2018, at 3:19 AM, Steve Weston wrote: > > Birds out my window impeded my arrival at work this morning

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Birds out my window impeded my arrival at work this morning. I had 13 species of warblers, mostly only ones and twos compared to the 40+ Yellow-rumps. Also, Swainson's Thrush, a couple of sapsuckers drumming, 2 to 4 Willow Flycatchers, ID'd by "whit" call, and one of our resident Barred Owls that f

[mou-net] Birding today

I will be at Crosby Farm closest to highway 5 entrance at 3:15 today if anyone wants to join! Max 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

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Photographed yesterday at my home in Mendota Hts.: hooded warbler, Tennessee warbler, yellow-rump, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, blackpoll warbler, ruby-throated hummingbird, cedar waxwing; seen not photographed, wood ducks, great-crested flycatcher...nothing better than a water feature to attract

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Birded 140th Street Marsh and 180th Street Marsh in Dakota Co. At 140th Street we found the Cattle Egret and the Dunlin both in full breeding plumage. Both were also reported by others on the south side of the road. As we left the egret flew to the other shore and was no longer visible. Soras were

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Latest addition to the yard list: Common Loon (yesterday) on our small lake which is only only four or five feet deep at the most. Today's (Monday) sightings: Great Crested Flycatcher and a green darner dragon fly. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave

[mou-net] Birding About

On Monday I found a Turkey Vulture in western Hennepin Co. and a group of 5 cranes in Nowthen in Anoka Co. Today (Tuesday) I had a low flying flock of about 30 Tundra Swans flying over my house and a Great Blue Heron not far away. Around the Pine Bend I saw tens of thousands of gulls both around t

[mou-net] Birding in Cuba

Any recommendations for a bird guide (person, not book) in Havana or Zapata wetland? Will be there in February. You can contact me direct at eric09n...@gmail.com Thank You. Eric Nelson, Winona County -- Eric Nelson 507/474-2422 cell 507/450-3800 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.u

[mou-net] Birding Field Guide Books for Cambodia, Vietnam?

Does anyone have a recommendation on a field guide for birds in Cambodia and Vietnam? Thank you for the backchannel responses! Molly Miller Inver Grove Hts, Dakota Co Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.h

[mou-net] Birding and Citizen Science Survey

Hello, My name is Paul Waters and I am currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State. As part of my studies I am doing research on the motivations of birders and their participation in citizen science projects. I would appreciate if you could assist

[mou-net] Birding in Glenwood MN & Alexandria

Does anyone have any favorite suggestions of birding hikes near Glenwood MN or Alexandria? Thank you! Susan Susan Gilmore sgph...@mninter.net 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] Birding trip to Koester Prairie, Rice County

Hi Gene, Thanks for the email reminder. I see that you did send a notice out on the MOU-NET also. I checked back on our emails and did not see anything about me posting an ad for the outing. So, glad you were able to do it. I think that a bridge is closed on my normal route to the prairie. (south

[mou-net] Birding trip to Koester Prairie, Rice County

The Friends of Prairie Creek WMA is pleased that Kevin Smith and Gerry Hoekstra will lead a birding walk at Koester Prairie this Saturday, June 10, 2017. The location is one mile west of Dennison, MN on Rice County 31 and one mile south on Lamb Avenue. The prairie is on the east side of the road,

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

I stopped at the Wedge Coop this evening at Franklin and Lyndale not far south of downtown Minneapolis and counted at least 18 swifts overhead. One bird caught my attention as it seemed stubbier and lighter colored, but when I grabbed my binoculars I could not find any bird that varied from normal,

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

After I posted this message, I headed off to work, pausing briefly outside and adding a Canada Warbler, 2 Palm Warblers high in the tree, a singing Blue-winged Warbler and a Chestnut-sided. An Ovenbird answered my pishing and came to check me out. I stopped pishing when I saw both a Sharp-shinned a

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Stepped outside this morning and had to rush back in. I heard a Tennessee Warbler and Red-eyed Vireo calling. I was able to quickly add a Redstart, a couple of Black & Whites, White-throated Sparrow, a Sapsucker, a singing Ovenbird, a probable Orange, and a probable female Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Yesterday I led a MRVAC bird trip to Hok-si-lah and Sand Point in the Lake City/Frontenac area in Goodhue County (slightly out of the Metro...). We had about 15 to 20 participants, down from recent years. The weather was beautiful, but the birds were sparse, much less than last weekend out west at

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Seconding Steve, I also saw Yellow-Rumps gleaning bugs off the water the other day for the first time. Was wondering if I'd just missed a regular feeding behavior. Not a lot of new bird action today (for me anyway)--though on a trip to Lanesboro I did get my FOY Gnatcatchers and Black-and-white Wa

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

FOY: Broad-winged Hawk, seen Lino Lakes Some of our wood duck houses see double duty with squirrels early in the spring and Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers later. I watched as squirrel loitered on a wood duck house that I had seen mergansers exiting a few days earlier. When the squirrel looked in

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

We had at least four Tufted Titmouses (Titmice?) at our feeders briefly this morning. I am not sure if they are rare or regular visitors as I don't watch the feeders much. My wife wasn't much help, "I still don't know what they look like." Saw a Broad-winged Hawk hunting just north of the zoo in A

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

I've been seeing lots of flycatchers, or more properly, hearing lots of flycatchers, mostly Great Creasted Flycatchers, Wood Pewees, Willows, but also a few Alders and E. Phoebes. The best birds I have seen were have been several pairs of Sand Hill Cranes, including a pair without young just south

[mou-net] Birding

Last night I wnet down to Eggert Lake near New Prague and was able to locate the pair of BB Whistling Ducks in the farm pond south west of the lake in late dusk as the light was fading. I did not pay much attention to the waterfowl and other birds at the lake but did note Ring-neck Ducks and even m

[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

On Friday I found a FOY Eastern Kingbird in northern Anoka County. Today (Sunday) we birded Dakota County. FOY birds included Bobolink (Blaine Avenue in Castle Rock Twshp), Ruby-throated Hummingbird at home, Marsh Wrens at 180th, and Grasshopper and Savanah Sparrows at the Great Northern Industria

[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

Today (Tuesday) I stopped by 140th Street Marsh (a block east of Hwy 52) in Dakota County. I was surprised. The marsh looks the best I have seen in the last 10 years, wet! It doesn't have the deep water marsh of before the construction sucked it dry. There are lots of Sora and I saw a couple of pa

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

I just returned from Florida to a beautiful spring. Flowers are blooming and the yard is alive with birds. One of my three wood duck houses was down and had to be repaired and remounted in the tree. Another had be righted before the post fell over. I had hoped that it was unoccupied, but I chase

[mou-net] Fwd: Fw: [mou-net] Birding Oaxaca Mexico

We birded in Oaxaca with Eric Antonio Martinez. He was a very good guide and got us the key endemics pretty easily. It is a spectacular area to bird (and to eat! Best food in Mexico, which is saying a lot!) His site: http://mexico-birding.com/guides.html -Michael Hurben Bloomington > Does any

[mou-net] Birding Oaxaca Mexico

Does anyone know a birding guide for the area around the city of Oaxaca Mexico? My partner Debi and I will be there in March and will have only a day for birding, but would like to get some local help. Thanks very much for the contact information. Eric Nelson Winona MN -- Eric Nelson 507/474-2422

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

They need no bird bathmy cayenne flavored suet and compressed seed cylinder (in St. Paul) were devoured by one very well fed grey squirrel - quite the size of a gopher! Sharon > On Jan 9, 2016, at 1:31 AM, Steve Weston wrote: > > Today for the first time in about a month, we had a visit f

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Today for the first time in about a month, we had a visit from our local pair of Tufted Titmice. I can't be sure that they are not visiting my feeders on a regular basis, because I only observe the feeders for a few minutes in the morning on most days. I observed a Raven flying overhead south of

[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

Birds in the last week that I have seen in the back yard include Flicker, white-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and Hermit Thrush. Tufted Titmouse are coming to my neighbor, but I haven't seen them in my yard. Last week I took a day off to work on my deck. While I was pounding in nails, a Hermit

[mou-net] Birding about the metro

About a week ago my neighbors were eating lunch at W A Frost in St. Paul, when they noticed a bird flying in the restuarant. It settled down on a large picture frame on the wall and they realized they were looking at a Saw Whet Owl. They convinced the managers to call wildlife rescue people, who

[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

I reported earlier the results of the field trip on Sunday, but I have a few more observations. We did not find any Brewer's Blackbirds, at the couple of places we checked. Brewer's have excellent site fidelity, but were not at a couple of locations where I have found them for years. I am going

Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones

emy > > -Original Message- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Steven & > Cynthia Broste > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 9:25 AM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones > > I read the article

Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones

thia Broste Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 9:25 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones I read the article about the apps and want to clarify one thing. I have iBird Pro7.2. The vocalizations now on the app include lots of variations from different parts of

Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones

I read the article about the apps and want to clarify one thing. I have iBird Pro7.2. The vocalizations now on the app include lots of variations from different parts of the country. One thing I like about the I Bird Pro is that they update all the time with new photos and vocalizations. The

Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones

in bird songs. Jeremy Powers -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of kbo...@frontiernet.net Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:32 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones I was just wondering if anyone

[mou-net] Birding apps for android phones

I was just wondering if anyone knew a good app to my phone to use when I'm in the field. I'm looking for something that has pictures and sounds please. Mike Lehrke Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists

[mou-net] Birding about

Saturday: After not seeing them for a week or more, the pair of Titmice stopped by my feeder briefly today. Three of my four wood duck houses occupied, as is a neighbor's by Wood Duck hens. Went out to eat in St. Paul in the Mexican area south of downtown. We had Nighthawks calling in the earl

[mou-net] Birding the Carleton Arb

Prairie birds are returning to the Carleton Lower Arb (Northfield). Today I had Eastern Kingbirds, Sedge Wrens, Eastern Meadowlarks, Common Yellowthroats, and lots of Clay-colored, Song, and Field Sparrows. I haven't seen the resident Henslow's Sparrows yet, but strong winds today made it hard to h

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Today (Wednesday): Travelling across Rice Count from I-35 to Montgomery I found Sandhill Cranes just east of Montgomery and south of Lonsdale near CR1 and CR33, as well as a Northern Harrier. I am finding waterfowl babies everywhere. I found two broods of Canada Geese by a stormwater pool perhaps

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Yesterday (Monday) I saw FOY Canada Geese with babies (2) on a pond by Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul. When I see such a clutch of small numbers early in the season, I figure it is a young pair of birds. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave mou-n

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

FOY birds: No. Rough-winged Swallow heard and seen on Wednesday in St. Louis Park today: House Wren Palm Warbler Also, I heard (for the first time) and saw our Tufted Titmouse. I hadn't seen it for over a week (not unexpected since I have not been around much). If people want to try and observe

[mou-net] Birding in Chengwatana St. Forest

Spent time in the Chengwatana today with my sister. Did not see but heard the onk-a-chonk of the American Bittern, the grunt call of at least 3 Virginia Rail, and whinny calls of Sora Rails. Out in the open water were a few Ring-necked Ducks, Mallards, a pair each of Canada Geese and Trumpet

[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

On Wednesday we had 5 Great Egrets on the lake and a couple of Pine Siskins in the tree top at Quigley Lake. Friday; The usual flock of ducks, Woodies, Hoodies, Mallards, and honkers (Canada Geese) are congregating along out shore. Wood Ducks in our trees make it difficult to approach our back w

[mou-net] Birding Olmsted and Fillmore Counties

Birding the morning with Jim Peterson. Notable sightings; following up on a call from John Hokema from the previous day we relocated the 2 Ross's Geese and a large flock of White-fronted Geese at the Kalmar Reservoir west of Rochester. Soon they were harassed out of the water by a Bald Eagle, they

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Two Sandhill Cranes were heard and seen flying ENE over Fairview Lakes Hospital south of Wyoming. I assume they were local birds as they were just a pair and not with a flock. I found 14 species of waterfowl at 180th Street Marsh in Dakota Co including Ruddy Ducks and puttering, courting Hooded M

Re: [mou-net] Birding Trail Duluth

There was a request for information on the birding trail maintained in the rural Duluth area. I am the person who maintains some feeders on public land north of Duluth on Old Vermilion Trail. The trail is actually a well maintained and plowed dirt road. In addition, the feeders are only a fe

[mou-net] Birding trail duluth?

Someone posted about a birding trail he has started. I've lost the email. Does anyone remember where this is? In duluth this weekend. Thanks Amy 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 Report (Duluth to Sand River, north of Two Harbors)

Had an excellent time this morning. The Spruce Grouse were out on hwy #2 between Greenwood Lake and Sand River (distance of about 7 miles). In addition, along this stretch I saw lots of redpolls, and a good number of pine grosbeaks and grey jays. I did not find the last 4+ miles from just pas

[mou-net] Birding movie

The movie "A Birder's Guide to Everything" is on Starz tonight at 7:00 p.m. Gail Wieberdink 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 Camera Review

Given the camera I use for bird photography is not an expensive DSLR camera with a long reach lens, I thought folks might be interested in a review of the Canon SX60 (my camera). While I recognize that a DSLR and high quality long reach lens provides the best photos possible, that option is a

[mou-net] Birding up north Wednesday—Thursday

Kevin Smith and I got back from two days of birding up north last night. For those who may not have seen it yet, the Golden-crowned Sparrow at 44th Ave. and Regent St. in Duluth is still present, at least as of Wednesday morning. The homeowner was very welcoming, and even came out on the porch to p

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Yesterday in Mendota Heights I found several Lincoln Sparrows and a White-Crowned Sparrow. Today in the yard we had Yellow-rumped Warblers working the water lilies and a Swainson's Thrush in the bushes. I checked around for other thrushes and found none. My wife reported that she observed a Hood

Re: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro

nesday, September 17, 2014 2:28:34 AM Subject: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro Tonight we had both Great Horned Owls and Barred Owls calling, although not at the same time or from the same direction. Driving onto Highway 280 in the metro, I noticed that one of the sumac berry clusters right al

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Tonight we had both Great Horned Owls and Barred Owls calling, although not at the same time or from the same direction. Driving onto Highway 280 in the metro, I noticed that one of the sumac berry clusters right along the side of road was brighter red than the others and then realized that it was

[mou-net] Birding magazine and The Loon

Sets from about 1984 - present. Free to good home. Already boxed - you just come and pick them up. (Bonus gift - 1988-present Western Field Ornithologists journals) Warren Woessner Minneapolis, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.

[mou-net] Birding About the Metro

Last week as I was driving along I-694 in Brooklyn Park, I watched as a Coopers Hawk flew across the highway at about 10 feet above the road through the traffic. After she crossed my side, she hesitated and flew higher to cross above the speeding trucks going the other way. I marveled at her ski

[mou-net] Birding About

Baby birds are happening all over. I have been watching babies chasing parents and begging, including Downies and Chickadees. I have heard the nasal begging call of young Crows. I did see a new brood of Wood Ducks and there is another late small brood of Wood Ducks on my lake. I did survey my l

[mou-net] Birding About

A week ago on Friday evening I visited 180th Street marsh in the evening before sunset and heard in the SW corner of the marsh a monotone cooing that I decided was a Black-billed Cuckoo. It was calling from the cattail edge of the marsh which was backed by a fringe of willow thicket no more than a

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

Bird broods observed on our lake: Hooded Mergansers: I refound the brood that launched from our boxes or that of one of our neighbors. I found 15 ducklings. They are half grown and true to form, they were on their own. There have been at least four hens in our part of the lake, but these guys a

[mou-net] Birding in Savage - Hooded Warblers and Tufted Titmouse

Like Alyssa DeRubeis, I also birded Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve this morning. I was able to find and see all three Hooded Warblers that have been previously posted by others. All were found by sound and were seen mid-canopy (15-20 feet up). Here are the locations: 1) Heard midway between tr

[mou-net] Birding at Darwin S. Myers WMA

I stopped at the Darwin S. Myers Wildlife Management Area, Embarrass, MN, St. Louis County just to check the access on Sunday and then returned with a group on Monday. On Monday we spent from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the area from the main entrance to the bridge and then east along the north side of t

Re: [mou-net] Birding at the Hastings Festival on Saturday

Peg this is where the yellow heads live. I missed them last year. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Steve Weston wrote: > Saturday was a beautiful spring day for birding. The birds were out and we > say many. While the 89 species found were down from last year's 100, it > was still birdy. A

[mou-net] Birding at the Hastings Festival on Saturday

Saturday was a beautiful spring day for birding. The birds were out and we say many. While the 89 species found were down from last year's 100, it was still birdy. And, Jen Vieth, Kevin Smith and the rest of the Carpenter Nature Center volunteers put on an excellent program, which included field

Re: [mou-net] Birding . . .

re are > passionate voices on both sides. > > Janet Brown > > - Original Message - > From: "Debbie Engelmann" > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 4:33:26 PM > Subject: [mou-net] Birding . . . > > This site provides an enjoyable place

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