Re: [mou-net] Winter finches

2013-03-10 Thread Holly Peirson
- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Frederickson Randy Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:53 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Winter finches Currently have about 220 redpolls feeding in my back yard. Numbers had dropped off these past two weeks, and

[mou-net] Winter finches

2013-03-10 Thread Frederickson Randy
Currently have about 220 redpolls feeding in my back yard. Numbers had dropped off these past two weeks, and reading other reports from southern MN, I thought the large flock I'd been feeding all winter was gone. I always have goldfinches in the winter, but the redpolls seemed to have displace

[mou-net] Winter finches, owls and more (Arrowhead region of MN) - with pictures

2013-01-25 Thread Erik Bruhnke
This past week I was leading a five-day trip for Partnership for International Birding. They are a relatively new birding tour organization that offers birding trips world-wide. Over the course of the week we visited hotspots around Duluth, into Superior, WI, Sax-Zim Bog, and even had a day of visi

[mou-net] Winter Finches

2013-01-17 Thread Al Schirmacher
Strange occurrence - sitting here in central MN - adding Red Crossbills to my year list today means I have all the " hard" finches (grosbeaks, redpolls, crossbills) but not House - Purple - or Pine Siskins on my year list yet. Of course, no rosy finches Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Sent fr

[mou-net] Winter Finches, Sherburne

2012-11-19 Thread Al Schirmacher
Red & WW Crossbills, Ann Lake/Sand Dunes parking lot, both in air at same time. C. Redpolls, Pine Siskins on Mahnomen Trail, Sherburne NWR. Cranes still present. No sign of Townsend's Solitaire or Bohemian Waxwings at Ann Lake. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Sent from my iPhone Join or Lea

[mou-net] winter finches have found the Gunflint Trail, cook co. MN

2011-01-24 Thread Kate Kelnberger
About 20 pine grosbeaks and 15 redpolls are tying on their bibs and freeloading on sunflower seed. No "frosty" redpolls, despite the cold weather! -- Boreal Access Web Mailer Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-n