[mou] MOU Trips 2003

Michael Hendrickson smithville4@charter.net
Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:25:07 -0600


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Hello

Its almost the end of the 2003 MOU field trips. I had a lot of fun and =
met a lot of new people. I don't have exact numbers but there were at =
least 125 particapants and of them 30 were new to the MOU organization. =
We saw approximately 230 species for 2003 season.=20

Here's some of the highlights of what we saw:

Red-throated Loon  October trip
Thayer's Gulls        Febuary trip
Iceland Gull           Febuary trip
Glaucous Gull        Febuary trip
Great Grey Owl      Febuary trip
Saw Whet Owl       Febuary trip
Black-backed Woodpecker (7)!! Febuary trip
Boreal Chickadee   Febuary trip
Sage Thrasher        October trip=20
Kentucky Warbler   May trip in the Twin Cities
Hooded Warbler      May trip in the Twin Cities
Summer Tanager    May trip in the Twin Cities
Great-tailed Grackle  April trip=20

I like to Thank my co leader on most of the MOU trips Kim Risen.  Kim =
helped me tremendously with keeping the group together, spotting birds =
and explaining the identification of the many birds we spotted. Thank =
you Kim!

Others who co led trips with me were Mark Ochs & Deanne Endrizzi on the =
May trip around the Twin Cities. If it wasn' t for Mark's cell phone we =
would of missed the KY Warbler and the Summer Tanager. Thank You both!  =
I also want to thank Chet Meyer who went out and scouted New Germany =
area and places in Dakota Co. looking for shorebirds for the MOU August =
trip. Thank you Chet!

Others like Bob Dunlop who kept me inform on New Germany area as well, =
Kim Eckert and Jim Lind who found a ton of strays and a Mn lifer for me =
prior to our trip and shared locations to find each species! Also a HUGE =
thanks goes to Bill Lane for letting us invade his yard and witness a =
very busy night of Saw Whets moving thru his yard. I think those who =
attended that night are still giggly about what they experience watching =
owls getting banded and holding a owl and letting it fly out of thier =
hands in the night sky. Thanks Bill!

Anyway Thanks to you for attending the MOU Field Trips and making them a =
success! I had a ton of fun and a lot of good times. See you in 2004!

Mike Hendrickson
MOU Field Trip Chairman
smithville4@charter.net


        
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Its almost the end of the 2003 MOU =
field trips. I=20
had a lot of fun and met a lot of new people. I don't have exact numbers =
but=20
there were at least 125 particapants and of them 30 were new to the MOU=20
organization. We saw approximately 230 species for 2003 season. =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here's some of the highlights of what =
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saw:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Red-throated Loon&nbsp; October =
trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thayer's=20
Gulls&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Febuary =
trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Iceland=20
Gull&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Feb=
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trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Glaucous Gull</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT =
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size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Febuary&nbsp;trip</FON=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Great Grey =
Owl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
Febuary trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Saw Whet =
Owl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
Febuary trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Black-backed Woodpecker (7)!! Febuary=20
trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Boreal =
Chickadee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Febuary=20
trip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sage=20
Thrasher&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; October=20
trip&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kentucky Warbler&nbsp;&nbsp; =
May&nbsp;trip in the=20
Twin Cities</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hooded=20
Warbler&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May trip in the Twin=20
Cities</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Summer =
Tanager&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May=20
trip&nbsp;in the Twin Cities</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Great-tailed Grackle&nbsp; April=20
trip&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I like to Thank my co leader on most =
of&nbsp;the=20
MOU trips Kim Risen.&nbsp; Kim helped me&nbsp;tremendously with keeping =
the=20
group together, spotting birds and explaining the identification of the =
many=20
birds we spotted. Thank you Kim!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Others who&nbsp;co led trips with me =
were Mark Ochs=20
&amp; Deanne Endrizzi on the May&nbsp;trip around the Twin Cities. If it =

wasn'&nbsp;t for Mark's cell phone we would of missed the =
KY&nbsp;Warbler and=20
the Summer Tanager. Thank You both!&nbsp; I also want&nbsp;to thank Chet =
Meyer=20
who went out and&nbsp;scouted New Germany area and places in Dakota Co. =
looking=20
for shorebirds for the MOU August trip. =
Thank&nbsp;you&nbsp;Chet!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Others like Bob Dunlop who kept me =
inform on New=20
Germany area as well, Kim Eckert and Jim Lind who found a ton of strays =
and a Mn=20
lifer for me prior to our trip and shared locations&nbsp;to find each =
species!=20
Also a HUGE thanks goes to Bill Lane for letting us invade his yard and =
witness=20
a&nbsp;very busy night of Saw Whets moving thru his yard. I think those =
who=20
attended that night are still giggly about what they =
experience&nbsp;watching=20
owls getting banded and holding a owl and letting it fly out of thier =
hands in=20
the night sky. Thanks&nbsp;Bill!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anyway Thanks to you for attending the =
MOU Field=20
Trips and making them a success! I had a ton of fun and a lot of good =
times. See=20
you in 2004!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Hendrickson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MOU Field Trip Chairman</FONT></DIV>
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