From corax6330@yahoo.com Wed Mar 1 03:37:15 2006 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:37:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Upper Misssissippi Refuge Fish & Wildlife Refuge birding, Pools 8 & 9 Message-ID: <20060301033715.20518.qmail@web30904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Viewed Feb.28 from Minn.& Iowa (LaCrescent, Minn. to Harper's Ferry, Iowa): Greater White-fronted Goose---38---Pool Slough, New Albin, IA Snow Goose---1---Pool Slough, New Albin Canvasback---1---Heytman's Station, Allamakee Co. IA Canada Goose Ring-n. Duck---Heytman's Station C. Goldeneye C. Merganser Bald Eagle---numerous and pair at nest No. Harrier---1 Cooper's Hawk---1---Allamakee Co. Peregrine Falcon---1---Dam 7 south of Dresbach, Minn, perched on a crane boom at the east side of the main channel roller dam. Viewed from L&D 7 lock observation platform. Strictly speaking,in Wisconsin 100 yards or less, and about 1/3 mile SE of the falcon nest box visible with difficulty from I90 on Spirit Bluff (south of Dresbach) in Minnesota. The box is visible from the observation platform. Peregrine Falcon---1---Perched on the nestbox on the bluff a few hundred yards SE of the Lansing, IA power plant smoke stack. Very dark "helmet" and heavy lower lateral belly streaks. Sandhill Crane---1---Pool Slough at New Albin, IA, north of Army Rd. and about 200 yards south of the IA/MN border, as best as I could tell. gull, sp.---1 only Belted Kingfisher---1,F Horned Lark---1 only Cedar Waxwing---2---perched among & blending with American Beech tree leaves in our yard (in Wisconsin). Absolutely motionless and well camouflaged as dusk approached. We have observed roosting waxwings in this tree previous winters. Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From clay.christensen@comcast.net Wed Mar 1 14:29:49 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:29:49 +0000 Subject: [mou] Eagle St. Paul U campus Message-ID: <030120061429.27681.4405AFDD000BA15600006C212206424613020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_27681_1141223389_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reported Tuesday, 2/28, by another observer: adult BALD EAGLE in the "Grove" area near the U of M St. Paul campus, Ramsey County. Bird was in the trees southwest of Larpenteur and Cleveland Aves. Being harassed by a flock of crows. Clay Christensen Lauderdale, MN --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_27681_1141223389_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Reported Tuesday, 2/28, by another observer: adult BALD EAGLE in the "Grove" area near the U of M St. Paul campus, Ramsey County. Bird was in the trees southwest of Larpenteur and Cleveland Aves. Being harassed by a flock of crows.
 
Clay Christensen
Lauderdale, MN
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_27681_1141223389_0-- From gus@marier.us Wed Mar 1 15:05:19 2006 From: gus@marier.us (Gus) Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:05:19 -0600 Subject: [mou] wildturkey in Roseville Message-ID: <4405B82F.4000609@marier.us> Wild turkey seen negotiating auto traffic at Fairview & MN36 near Rosedale in Roseville, MN on 28 Feb 06 and 2 days earlier. see pix: http://home.comcast.net/~vmarier/WildTurkey.jpg Vince Marier gus at marier.us From Dennis Donath" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C63D12.4E3AA650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Several of us who live on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River = from the WI side have been observing an eagle nest. The nest is on the = Minnesota side about 75 yards south of the river bank at mile 807, on = the Goodhue/Dakota County border, about three miles downriver from = Prescott, WI. Two adults have been working on or sitting next to the = nest at various times during the last three weeks. On Feb. 28th, one of = the birds spent most of the day in the nest. The other eagle visited = periodically and may have brought some food at least once. The location = has been reported to the MN DNR. We will do whatever we can to keep = ATV's out of the immedite area. Dennis Donath Prescott, WI ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C63D12.4E3AA650 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Several of us who live on the bluff = overlooking the=20 Mississippi River from the WI side have been observing an eagle = nest. The=20 nest is on the Minnesota side about 75 yards south of the river bank at = mile=20 807, on the Goodhue/Dakota County border, about three miles downriver = from=20 Prescott, WI. Two adults have been working on or sitting next to the = nest at=20 various times during the last three weeks. On Feb. 28th, one of the = birds spent=20 most of the day in the nest. The other eagle visited periodically and = may have=20 brought some food at least once. The location has been reported to the = MN DNR.=20 We will do whatever we can to keep ATV's out of the immedite = area.
 
Dennis Donath
Prescott, WI
------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C63D12.4E3AA650-- From donnelleburlingame@hotmail.com Wed Mar 1 15:32:43 2006 From: donnelleburlingame@hotmail.com (Donnelle Burlingame) Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:32:43 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bald Eagles Roseville/Falcon Heights Message-ID: To my surprise I observed a pair of Bald eagles male and female, I presume due to size difference, perched in a tree behind fast food row ,specifically Burger King, 1 block west of Snelling Ave. and Cty Rd B across from Har Mar Mall in Roseville! One flew over my car tree top level and lead me to the tree where I observed the second. They vocalized quite a bit and preened. They seemed quite content unlike the crows which were of course mobbing and growing in numbers as time went on.COuld this be the pair that nested in the highly visable nest off of Hwy. 36 and Hwy 61? In the early am's, I quite frequently observe a single adult eagle fly from the same direction South West to North East directly over the Job Corp parking lot where I work on Snelling Ave. directly across from the state Fair Grounds a stones through from the St. Paul Campus. I assume same bird/s. Driving into work this am heading east on 694 crossing over the Mississippi I saw an immature eagle on the ice tearing into something I assume a fish. Like most of us, I have observed an increase of inner city and urban Eagle activity over the past couple years that I have lived in North Minneapolis including the very block I live on. Its always a pleasure and puts a smile on my face and in my heart. I do question, is their population saturated in the twin city area? It is well known all forms of wildlife are increasingly co- habitating with us. What does that mean for such a large bird with the needs of a large territory? They don't seem to be bothered by all our human activity. From MMARTELL@audubon.org Wed Mar 1 15:41:01 2006 From: MMARTELL@audubon.org (MARTELL, Mark) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 10:41:01 -0500 Subject: [mou] Bald Eagles Roseville/Falcon Heights Message-ID: The Hwy 36 (Keller Lake) pr. have been very loyally and regularly = sitting at their nest every morning for the past few weeks. My guess is = that you are seeing different birds.=20 Time to look for a new nest in that area. Mark Martell Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Minnesota 2357 Ventura Drive #106 St. Paul, MN 55125 651-739-9332 651-731-1330 (FAX) -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu]On Behalf Of Donnelle Burlingame Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:33 AM To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mou] Bald Eagles Roseville/Falcon Heights To my surprise I observed a pair of Bald eagles male and female, I = presume=20 due to size difference, perched in a tree behind fast food row = ,specifically=20 Burger King, 1 block west of Snelling Ave. and Cty Rd B across from Har = Mar=20 Mall in Roseville! One flew over my car tree top level and lead me to = the=20 tree where I observed the second. They vocalized quite a bit and = preened.=20 They seemed quite content unlike the crows which were of course mobbing = and=20 growing in numbers as time went on.COuld this be the pair that nested in = the=20 highly visable nest off of Hwy. 36 and Hwy 61? In the early am's, I quite frequently observe a single adult eagle fly = from=20 the same direction South West to North East directly over the Job Corp=20 parking lot where I work on Snelling Ave. directly across from the state = Fair Grounds a stones through from the St. Paul Campus. I assume same=20 bird/s. Driving into work this am heading east on 694 crossing over the = Mississippi=20 I saw an immature eagle on the ice tearing into something I assume a = fish. Like most of us, I have observed an increase of inner city and urban = Eagle=20 activity over the past couple years that I have lived in North = Minneapolis=20 including the very block I live on. Its always a pleasure and puts a = smile=20 on my face and in my heart. I do question, is their population saturated = in=20 the twin city area? It is well known all forms of wildlife are = increasingly=20 co- habitating with us. What does that mean for such a large bird with = the=20 needs of a large territory? They don't seem to be bothered by all our = human=20 activity. _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Wed Mar 1 20:01:05 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:01:05 -0600 Subject: [mou] Miss. River Sightings In-Reply-To: <001f01c63d44$9b64c1e0$2f01a8c0@S0028308456> Message-ID: In the drive down HWY 61, between Winona, MN and La Crosse, WI, one can easily see no less than 4 bald eagle nests from the road. There is also another nest in Trempeleua NWR visible from the "Wildlife Drive". Throughout the winter, along the same Winona - LaCrosse drive, one could reliably see bald eagles perched in the trees along the Mississippi River shoreline. Matt Baumann Winona, MN >From: "Dennis Donath" >Reply-To: "Dennis Donath" >To: "MOU net" >Subject: [mou] Miss. River Sightings >Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:27:05 -0600 > >Several of us who live on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River from >the WI side have been observing an eagle nest. The nest is on the Minnesota >side about 75 yards south of the river bank at mile 807, on the >Goodhue/Dakota County border, about three miles downriver from Prescott, >WI. Two adults have been working on or sitting next to the nest at various >times during the last three weeks. On Feb. 28th, one of the birds spent >most of the day in the nest. The other eagle visited periodically and may >have brought some food at least once. The location has been reported to the >MN DNR. We will do whatever we can to keep ATV's out of the immedite area. > >Dennis Donath >Prescott, WI From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Wed Mar 1 20:49:39 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:49:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] Red-shouldered Message-ID: <010401c63d71$a94618e0$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Two Red-shouldered Hawks, one calling directly overhead, one riding a thermal, over Pioneer Park/Rum River valley area a few moments ago. Two "summered" in the same area last year, one has been sighted nearby this winter - possible breeders? 10 Trumpeter Swans in Sherburne Refuge this morning, otherwise normal fare in both areas. Good (spring) birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From reforest@wiktel.com Thu Mar 2 01:11:37 2006 From: reforest@wiktel.com (Tom Crumpton) Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:11:37 -0600 Subject: Borderland grosbeaks and eagle observations Re: [mou] Miss. River Sightings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <44064649.5070402@wiktel.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040902010706060501010200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In good habitat (Rainy River) there can be 1 active eagle nest per river mile. In talking with a wildlife biologist last summer he said they can be closer than 1 mile in very good habitat (certain parts of Rainy Lake). I did pick up sticks under one nest (it is over a trail at a historical site, cleaning trail) this winter so nest building is an on going thing right through most of the winter, some places. Many eagles nests are visible from state highway 11 between Loman and Border ( a 32 mile stretch) 7 visible from vehicle and at least 3 additional ones from water. One newer one (last 5 years) is about 120 yards I would guess from a house and 60 yards from a state highway. Feeder report Canadian border No. Koochiching County 50-60 evening grosbeaks and about 10 pine grosbeaks lots of pine siskins and about a half dozen nuthatches. A friends feeder about 30 miles west has lots of red poles for some reason they skipped here pretty much this year?? Tom Crumpton Matt Baumann wrote: > In the drive down HWY 61, between Winona, MN and La Crosse, WI, one > can easily see no less than 4 bald eagle nests from the road. There is > also another nest in Trempeleua NWR visible from the "Wildlife Drive". > Throughout the winter, along the same Winona - LaCrosse drive, one > could reliably see bald eagles perched in the trees along the > Mississippi River shoreline. > > Matt Baumann > Winona, MN > >> From: "Dennis Donath" >> Reply-To: "Dennis Donath" >> To: "MOU net" >> Subject: [mou] Miss. River Sightings >> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:27:05 -0600 >> >> Several of us who live on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River >> from the WI side have been observing an eagle nest. The nest is on >> the Minnesota side about 75 yards south of the river bank at mile >> 807, on the Goodhue/Dakota County border, about three miles downriver >> from Prescott, WI. Two adults have been working on or sitting next to >> the nest at various times during the last three weeks. On Feb. 28th, >> one of the birds spent most of the day in the nest. The other eagle >> visited periodically and may have brought some food at least once. >> The location has been reported to the MN DNR. We will do whatever we >> can to keep ATV's out of the immedite area. >> >> Dennis Donath >> Prescott, WI > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > --------------040902010706060501010200 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In good habitat (Rainy River) there can be 1 active eagle nest per river mile.  In talking with a wildlife biologist last summer he said they can be closer than 1 mile in very good habitat (certain parts of Rainy Lake).  I did pick up sticks under one nest (it is over a trail at a historical site, cleaning trail) this winter so nest building is an on going thing right through most of the winter, some places.  Many eagles nests are visible from state highway 11 between Loman and Border ( a 32 mile stretch)  7 visible from vehicle and at least  3 additional ones from water.  One newer one (last 5 years) is about 120 yards I would guess from a house and 60 yards from a state highway.
Feeder report  Canadian border No. Koochiching County
    50-60 evening grosbeaks and about 10 pine grosbeaks
    lots of pine siskins and about a half dozen nuthatches.
A friends feeder about 30 miles west has lots of red poles for some reason they skipped here pretty much this year??
Tom Crumpton

Matt Baumann wrote:
In the drive down HWY 61, between Winona, MN and La Crosse, WI, one can easily see no less than 4 bald eagle nests from the road. There is also another nest in Trempeleua NWR visible from the "Wildlife Drive". Throughout the winter, along the same Winona - LaCrosse drive, one could reliably see bald eagles perched in the trees along the Mississippi River shoreline.

Matt Baumann
Winona, MN

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To: "MOU net" <mou-net@cbs.umn.edu>
Subject: [mou] Miss. River Sightings
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:27:05 -0600

Several of us who live on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River from the WI side have been observing an eagle nest. The nest is on the Minnesota side about 75 yards south of the river bank at mile 807, on the Goodhue/Dakota County border, about three miles downriver from Prescott, WI. Two adults have been working on or sitting next to the nest at various times during the last three weeks. On Feb. 28th, one of the birds spent most of the day in the nest. The other eagle visited periodically and may have brought some food at least once. The location has been reported to the MN DNR. We will do whatever we can to keep ATV's out of the immedite area.

Dennis Donath
Prescott, WI

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--------------040902010706060501010200-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Mar 3 01:04:56 2006 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:04:56 -0600 Subject: [mou] (no subject) Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1--168060388 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 2nd. On the 25th, James Ryan reported a gray morph GYRFALCON in Dakota County on U.S. Highway 52 near its junction with state highway 55 just south of the Gas refinery. Patrick Beauzay found a first county record GREAT GRAY OWL in northern Norman County on the 26th. The location was along 365th Street a mile and a half southwest of the town of Gary. He also reported that on the 25th a SNOWY OWL was in the Felton Prairie area of Clay County near the Bicentennial Prairie, which is along Clay County Road 108. The Snowy Owl mentioned on previous RBAs was still present on the 26th along Goodhue County Road 1, just south of Goodhue County Road 9. Mark Ladwig found a Snowy Owl at the junction of U.S. Highway 52 and Dakota County Road 46. Also, not far from here, were two SHORT-EARED OWLS in Wabasha County. From Bellchester in southeastern Goodhue County go east on County Road 16 about four miles. Just past 300th Avenue look for t hay field on the south side of the road. On the 24th, Jay Hamernick refound the previously reported NORTHERN HAWK OWL on Aitkin County Road 56 about two miles east of U.S. Highway 169. Ed Gaughan, who lives on the west side of General Shields Lake in Rice County, heard SANDHILL CRANES flying on the 2nd. Other birds reported lately include TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and FOX SPARROW. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 9th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-1--168060388 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March = 2nd.=A0


On the 25th, James Ryan = reported a gray morph GYRFALCON in Dakota County on U.S. = Highway 52 near its junction with state highway 55 just south of the Gas = refinery.=A0


Patrick Beauzay found a first county record = GREAT GRAY OWL in northern Norman County = on the 26th.=A0= The location = was along 365th Street a mile and a half southwest of the town of Gary. = He also reported that on the 25th a SNOWY = OWL = was in the Felton Prairie area of Clay County near the = Bicentennial Prairie, which is along Clay County Road 108. The = Snowy Owl mentioned on previous RBAs was still present on the = 26th along Goodhue County Road 1, just south of Goodhue County Road 9. = Mark Ladwig found a Snowy Owl at the junction of U.S. = Highway 52 and Dakota County Road 46. Also, not far from here, were two = SHORT-EARED OWLS in Wabasha = County.=A0 = =46rom = Bellchester in southeastern Goodhue County go east on County Road 16 = about four miles. Just past 300th Avenue look for t hay field on the = south side of the road.=A0

On the 24th, Jay Hamernick refound the previously = reported NORTHERN HAWK OWL on Aitkin County Road 56 = about two miles east of U.S. Highway 169.


Ed Gaughan, who lives on the west side of General = Shields Lake in Rice County, heard SANDHILL CRANES flying on the 2nd. Other = birds reported lately include TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER = WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and FOX = SPARROW.


The next scheduled update = of this tape is Thursday, March 9th.


- - = -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-1--168060388-- From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Mar 3 03:42:02 2006 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:42:02 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 3/2/2006 Message-ID: <440766AA.24775.FD5F347@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The SPOTTED TOWHEE at the Roivanen's feeders near Cook, in northern St. Louis County was seen by several observers over the weekend. Two different HOARY REDPOLLS were also seen at their feeders on the 26th. Visitors interested in seeing these birds should be sure to call the Roivanens ahead of time at 218-666-5318. Several observers reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL this weekend west of Cook on the Wein Road (CR 500), at the junction of the Carpenter Road (CR 481). Sue McDonnell reported a Hawk Owl in Cook County on the 1st, along CR 7 just west of CR 6. Warren Nelson reported a Hawk Owl over the weekend along Aitkin County Road 56, 2 miles east of US Highway 169, and another Hawk Owl on CR 5, 0.5 mile south of Palisade. Ben Wieland and Molly Malacek found one on the 26th in northern St. Louis County on MN Highway 1 at Range Line Road (CR 139), and another in Koochiching County on MN Highway 65 at CR 66. Ben and Molly also relocated the GREAT GRAY OWL in Koochiching County on the 26th along CR 30, about 6 miles west of Bigfork. Charlotte and Jerry Jacobson found a Great Gray Owl on the 25th about 8 miles north of Cook on Black Creek, about half way between Lake Vermilion and Black Lake. Karen Sussman found a Great Gray southwest of Cook on the 24th on CR 25, just south of CR 22. Warren Nelson reported four SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County over the weekend, including one on CR 1, just past the junction of CR 22, another on CR 1 just north of the diversion channel, and two south of Palisade along 310th Avenue off 450th Street. A Snowy was seen today at the Duluth airport on the building next to FedEx on Airport Approach Road. Mike Hendrickson saw two female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the 28th in the Sax-Zim bog along the McDavitt Road, two HOARY REDPOLLS in Lake County at the Moose Cafe feeders in Isabella, and BOREAL CHICKADEES at several spots along the Spruce Road. Later in the day he found a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL in Duluth at 54th Ave East and Norwood Road. Another Saw-whet has been seen along West 8th Street in Duluth since the 24th. Jan Green relocated three GLAUCOUS GULLS at Canal Park in Duluth on the 27th, and Mike Hendrickson saw the second-winter THAYER'S GULL on the 28th. Jason Cody relocated the LONG-TAILED DUCK among the large flock of COMMON GOLDENEYES at Canal Park on the 25th. Bruce Stahly reported a major movement of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS into Grand Marais on the 24th. Several flocks were also seen in Duluth in the past few days in the Lakeside neighborhood and around the UMD campus. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 9th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Fri Mar 3 16:22:54 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 10:22:54 -0600 Subject: [mou] Redwings in PA Message-ID: SW Pennsylvania, my home territory, is just today experiencing an = influx of Red-winged Blackbirds, which is early for them. They are 6=B0 = Latitude south of the Twin Cities, roughly, so are they being seen in = Iowa and Missouri now? When will they get here? My guess is March = 10th. From jpomplun@cpinternet.com Fri Mar 3 18:09:33 2006 From: jpomplun@cpinternet.com (James Pomplun) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:09:33 -0600 Subject: [mou] Carolina Wrenn--Henn. Cty. Message-ID: <000501c63eed$a20efba0$3dd33d40@mmm.com> This morning between 9:30 and 9:45 I heard a Carolina Wren singing and calling from the bluff trail at Old Cedar Bridge. This was at and beyond the third bridge (walkway?) from the parking lot if you count the newly reconstructed bridge as number one. I spent some trying to see the bird without success. It seems like these wrens are becoming too common to mention. Jim From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Mar 3 02:22:07 2006 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:22:07 -0600 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 3, 2006 Message-ID: <001201c63e69$45afdfc0$79b391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C63E36.FB156FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 3, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. February and March have produced more snow this winter than December and January, and now the whole area is nicely blanketed with white. The latest snowfall was greatest to the north with some areas getting as much as a foot of it. Wind was mostly lacking so roads should soon be in good shape, except of course for minimum maintenance roads. Some spring migrants are starting to show up, including Horned Larks throughout most of the northwest, and increased numbers of Snow Buntings. This week I have a number of reports of Snowy Owls, and even one Great Gray Owl. First the latter- Patrick Beauzay found a first county record GREAT GRAY OWL in Norman County on February 26. The owl was located one mile west of the intersection of CR 151 with MN 32. A SNOWY OWL was seen by Rick Gjervold in a farm field immediately west of Lawndale in Wilkin County on February 28. The same day Larry Wilebski saw a SNOWY OWL four miles west of Lancaster in Kittson County along CR 56. On the 27th, Matt Mecklenburg saw a SNOWY OWL in Clay County along MN 9 at 57th Ave; this is 4 miles N of the intersection of US 10 and MN 9. Another was found in Clay County on February 25 by Pat Beauzay along CR 108 near the Bicentennial Prairie; this was an adult male. Gretchen Mehmel reported two SNOWY OWL sightings lately- one in Roseau County north of Hayes Lake along CR 9, but south of MN 11; another was in Lake of the Woods County at the intersection of MN 11 and CR 1. One of the SNOWY OWLS reported earlier by Lisa Newton was relocated a half mile north of Marshall CR 2 along MN 219 on February 25. A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was reported by Martin Kehoe in Beltrami Island State Forest in Lake of the Woods County on February 22. In Clay County on February 27, Matt Mecklenburg found a GOLDEN EAGLE south of CR 108 south of the Felton Prairie complex, and 150- 200 SNOW BUNTINGS. Pat Beauzay on February 25 observed 8 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS three miles east and two miles south of Felton, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK along CR 34 two miles east of Felton, about 200 HORNED LARKS, and more than 100 SNOW BUNTINGS. On the 26th, he saw 4 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS southeast of the Blazing Star SNA, 40 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS in the Felton Prairie area, and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES all in Clay County. Linda Gregg reported two BALD EAGLES along US 75 1.5 miles north of Moorhead on February 24. While in Norman County on February 26, Pat Beauzay saw 20 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, an adult BALD EAGLE, an immature GOLDEN EAGLE one mile west of Gary, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE. In Polk County, Pat Beauzay found 12 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS two miles west of Fertile On February 26. On the 25th, Shelley Steva and I observed SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, SNOW BUNTINGS, and 15 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in the Glacial Ridge NWR region. Pennington County sightings on February 25 by Shelley Steva and I included four GRAY PARTRIDGE along CR 10 just south of its intersection with MN 1. SNOW BUNTINGS were also present in the county. In Marshall County on the 26th, we saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK near the west entrance to Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, a GREAT HORNED OWL, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL west of the Maintenance Center, COMMON RAVENS, and SNOW BUNTINGS. Marlene Jorgenson reports that she has had 8-10 BLUE JAYS coming to her feeder all winter. Pat Rice reported yet another owl species in her yard in Beltrami County on February 21 through February 23, this one a BARRED OWL, which came to hunt under the feeders. Larry Wilebski, in Kittson County, reported seeing three GRAY PARTRIDGE on his property northwest of Lancaster on February 28. Lake of the Woods County sightings by Martin Kehoe included up to three SPRUCE GROUSE, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, and BOREAL CHICKADEES near his cabin in the Beltrami Island State Forest, in addition to the owl mentioned above. Thanks to Rick Gjervold, Pat Beauzay, Larry Wilebski, Matt Mecklenburg, Martin Kehoe, Gretchen Mehmel, Linda Gregg, Pat Rice, and Marlene Jorgenson for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. 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smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:46:29 -0600 Subject: [mou] Lake Superior Boat Trips Update Message-ID: <000501c63ef2$c9073ba0$6400a8c0@FAMILYCOMPUTER> Hello: The Lake Superior Birding Pelagics are filling up fast and I thought I give an update on the spaces available for each trip. June 3rd pelagic = 7 spaces left September 9th pelagic = 10 spaces left September 23 pelagic = 10 spaces left October 7th pelagic = 8 spaces left These Lake Superior Birding Pelagic trips are a one of a kind birding trip that is not offered on any of the Great Lakes except here on the western tip of Lake Superior. There is a potential to open up some clues to see if some of the artic species such as Red-throated Loons, Pacific Loons, Red Phalaropes, Little Gulls, Sabine Gulls, Artic Terns, Parasitic Jaegers, Pomarine Jaegers, Long-tailed Jaegers can be found more easily 3-5 miles out in Lake Superior during migration periods. Last year we had Sabine's Gulls 3.5 miles out from Park Point! We also had a Red Phalarope also found 3.0 miles out from Park Point. If you are seeing 10-20 Red-throated Loons in late May or early June from the beaches of Park Point how many more are to be found 3-5 miles out from Park Point? Are Pacific Loons a regular spring migrant on Lake Superior? Are Red Phalaropes using Lake Superior as a staging area during spring or fall migration? Since its impossible to view birds a mile out from Park Point during migration what birds are to be found out there during migration? Nobody knows for sure. That is why these boat trips are so exciting. Its like birding the northshore in October in November, you never know what to expect to find! So if you want to be part of an exciting, discovery filled birding trip than these trip will hopefully fill that void. Plus they can be very scenic as well. Sometimes our vessel will cruise by a 500 or a 1000 foot ship that is docked out in Lake Superior. * The September 23 trip will be a perfect trip for those that are planning to come on this boat trip because the trip will end around 1 pm and that will give you plenty of time to head up to Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory ( Hawk Ridge) to view the raptor migration. * So if you are interested please reply to this email posting and if you want to see what the LL Smith looks like go to my website and click "Lake Superior Birding". Thank you. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://WebPages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ From connellyka@earthlink.net Fri Mar 3 21:14:13 2006 From: connellyka@earthlink.net (Kathleen Connelly) Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:14:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bassett Creek & Theo Wirth Message-ID: I am still working on the Audubon Important Bird Area nomination for Theo Wirth Park, and we are looking for reporters for the Bassett Creek (pools) area, the back 40, and Theo Wirth golf course. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible. We've just expanded the scope of our nomination to included these areas. THANK YOU. A lot of people are working hard on a lot of fronts to improve the quality of the avian habitat in Theo Wirth Park - this nomination is a part of that effort. A big thank you to those who have already responded. Your data have been incorporated into the nomination form and you have been credited as a source. 156 species so far! Not bad for an urban park on the edge of downtown Minneapolis! Kathy Connelly Golden Valley From chetmeyers@visi.com Fri Mar 3 21:25:59 2006 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (chetmeyers@visi.com) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:25:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] MPR Birding Feature Message-ID: <1141421159.4408b467b861e@my.visi.com> Chet Meyers writes: Friends, I don't think this is as self-serving as it may first appear. For the past 9 months I have been working with Minnesota Public Radio, trying to get them to expand their nature programming. I found a friend in reporter Mike Edgerly. Our first attempt aired this morning on wintering bald eagles. You can view it by Googling Minnesota Public Radio or go to mpr.org. Go to their home page and click on "News and Features" and then go to the wintering eagle piece. Mike and I hope to do one of these a month, but nothing much will happen if listeners don't respond. If you would like to help our efforts to have more nature, and specifically birding stuff, on Public Radio, view the website article and call the listener services number (651) 290-1212 and tell them you'd like to see more stuff like this. Or just e-mail Mike at and he will pass comments on to the powers that be. Thanks so much Chet Meyers From Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov Fri Mar 3 22:40:13 2006 From: Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov (Michelle_McDowell@fws.gov) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:40:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Trumpeter swans, Rice Lake NWR, Aitkin Co. Message-ID: This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 007C83EA86257126_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Four trumpeter swans flew over the Wildlife Drive in Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge yesterday at about 5 p.m. Cheers, Michelle McDowell Wildlife Biologist Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge McGregor, MN 218-768-2402 --=_alternative 007C83EA86257126_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Four trumpeter swans flew over the Wildlife Drive in Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge yesterday at about 5 p.m.

Cheers,

Michelle McDowell
Wildlife Biologist
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
McGregor, MN
218-768-2402 --=_alternative 007C83EA86257126_=-- From screechowl@charter.net Fri Mar 3 22:54:58 2006 From: screechowl@charter.net (Dave Bartkey) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:54:58 -0600 Subject: [mou] More waterfowl surprises Message-ID: <000a01c63f15$7f078460$e699be44@roc.mn.charter.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63EE3.345C4B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, There were 14 species of waterfowl present today on Wells Lake. Among = the many mallards and Canada geese were: 2 common goldeneye 5 common mergansers 25-30 lesser scaup 12 redheads 4 canvasbacks 27 American coots 14 ring-necked ducks 3 gadwall 4 hooded mergansers 1 (cooperatively close) greater scaup and two real surprises- (at least for me) 2 male wood ducks and 1 cold looking pied-billed grebe! No pintail or snow goose present as there was on Wednesday. Good birding all! Dave Bartkey screechowl@charter.net Faribault,MN ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63EE3.345C4B80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone,
  There were 14 species of = waterfowl present=20 today on Wells Lake. Among the many mallards and Canada geese = were:
2 common goldeneye
5 common mergansers
25-30 lesser scaup
12 redheads
4 canvasbacks
27 American coots
14 ring-necked ducks
3 gadwall
4 hooded mergansers
1 (cooperatively close) greater = scaup
and two real surprises- (at least for=20 me)
2 male wood ducks
and 1 cold looking pied-billed = grebe!
 
  No pintail or snow goose present = as there=20 was on Wednesday.
 
Good birding all!
 
Dave Bartkey
screechowl@charter.net<= /DIV>
Faribault,MN
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63EE3.345C4B80-- From brsmith@sleepyeyetel.net Sat Mar 4 00:18:31 2006 From: brsmith@sleepyeyetel.net (Brian Smith) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:18:31 -0600 Subject: [mou] Ross's Goose/Brown County Message-ID: <00d301c63f21$2b93b950$c88b2c42@S0026080567> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C63EEE.E067DEC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I spent half a day birding Brown county for early spring migrants and = found: Ross's Goose - two birds in a larger flock of Canada Geese on Clear = Lake, 4 miles SW of New Ulm. Surprisingly, one of the birds had a neck = band (leg, too) on it. If I hear anything back from the USGS about this = individual, I'll report back about when and where it was banded. =20 American Black Duck - two birds on the western end of Lake Hanska. This = species is rare out this way and its a new one for my Brown county list. = About 60 Great White-fronted Geese were also at this location, along = with many Canada Geese. Also seen were Hooded Mergansers and Lesser = Scaup. Great Blue Heron - found on the spillway below the dam on the south end = of Lake Hanska. Good Birding, Brian Smith Sleepy Eye ------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C63EEE.E067DEC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
 
I spent half a day birding Brown county = for early=20 spring migrants and found:
 
Ross's Goose - two = birds in a=20 larger flock of Canada Geese on Clear Lake, 4 miles SW of New=20 Ulm.  Surprisingly, one of the birds had a neck band (leg,=20 too) on it.  If I hear anything back from the USGS about this=20 individual, I'll report back about when and where it was banded. =20
 
American Black Duck - = two birds on=20 the western end of Lake Hanska.  This species is rare out this way=20 and its a new one for my Brown county list.  About 60=20 Great White-fronted Geese were also at this location, = along=20 with many Canada Geese.  Also seen were Hooded Mergansers and = Lesser=20 Scaup.
 
Great Blue Heron - = found on the=20 spillway below the dam on the south end of Lake Hanska.
 
Good Birding,
 
Brian Smith
Sleepy Eye
------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C63EEE.E067DEC0-- From Jbaines317@aol.com Sat Mar 4 14:06:17 2006 From: Jbaines317@aol.com (Jbaines317@aol.com) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:06:17 EST Subject: [mou] Peregrines and Short eared Owl Dakota County Message-ID: <1da.4dd7848d.313af8d9@aol.com> -------------------------------1141481177 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I apologize for the late post but my husband just told me he saw a short eared owl hunting in the Hwy52 / CR 42 cloverleaf at daybreak Tuesday morning. A more timely post is that the Peregrine Pair at the Flint Hills Refinery are back. They showed up yesterday and he saw them off and on throughout the day. Jen Vieth -------------------------------1141481177 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I apologize for the late post but my husband just told me he saw a shor= t=20 eared owl hunting in the Hwy52 / CR 42 cloverleaf at daybreak Tuesday=20 morning.
 
A more timely post is that the Peregrine Pair at the Flint Hills Refine= ry=20 are back. They showed up yesterday and he saw them off and on throughout the= =20 day.
 
Jen Vieth
 -------------------------------1141481177-- From benzdedrick@hotmail.com Sat Mar 4 18:51:33 2006 From: benzdedrick@hotmail.com (Dedrick Benz) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:51:33 +0000 Subject: [mou] Carolina Wren, Houston County Message-ID: Awesome early Spring day today (Saturday), topped off by a Carolina Wren in Reno, MN. >From Hwy 26, take Hillside Road in Reno. On your left, look for fire marker # 16878. There are feeders on the north side of this residence which were hopping. I never saw the wren come to the feeder, but I presume it does. It hung out in a brush pile near the feeders, and foraged at the base of a tree nearby. Also in the yard and at the feeders were: Tufted Titmouse (at least two) Red-breasted Nuthatch (one) Purple Finch (numerous) I did not speak to the homeowner, but the feeders and awesome backyard habitat were easily visible from the road. This location is probably only about a mile from where Fred Lesher posted Carolina Wren observations last summer/fall. Also in Houston County today: Eastern Bluebird (several flocks) Red-winged Blackbird (several around Brownsville) Green-winged Teal (Wildcat Landing south of Brownsville) Wood Duck (Wildcat Landing) Song Sparrow (Wildcat Landing) Winter Wren (Beaver Creek S.P.) - 1st stream crossing (not including swinging bridge) I did not see any snipe or Killdeer at Wildcat Landing, nor any Golden Eagles along CR 10. Winona County additions: Peregrine Falcon (Queen's Bluff) - I drive this every day for my commute, and today was the first day there has been a falcon here since last fall. Mile Marker 13 along Hwy 61. Redhead (Lake Winona) - an impressive 15 birds. Dedrick Benz Winona, MN From tpulles@aol.com Sat Mar 4 19:09:59 2006 From: tpulles@aol.com (tpulles@aol.com) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:09:59 -0500 Subject: [mou] eurasian collared-dove, wright county Message-ID: <8C80DD65DFFC52F-1148-A078@MBLK-M02.sysops.aol.com> ----------MailBlocks_8C80DD65DF89E2A_1148_9AFF_MBLK-M02.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I was home sick today with a fever of 101. Ten minutes ago, I was watching The Andy Griffith Show while laying on my couch and I spotted through the window a Eurasian Collared-Dove feeding below my backyard feeders. I got some great photos of the dove. I think it is the second or third Wright County record of this species. I feel very sick now and I need to go lay down again, but what a great surprise! If I hadn't been sick, I would not have been here at home, and I wouldn't have seen the dove. The fever is well worth it! Good birding everyone, Keith Pulles, Wright County ----------MailBlocks_8C80DD65DF89E2A_1148_9AFF_MBLK-M02.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
I was home sick today with a fever of 101.  Ten minutes ago, I was watching The Andy Griffith Show while laying on my couch and I spotted through the window a Eurasian Collared-Dove feeding below my backyard feeders.  I got some great photos of the dove.  I think it is the second or third Wright County record of this species.
 
I feel very sick now and I need to go lay down again, but what a great surprise!  If I hadn't been sick, I would not have been here at home, and I wouldn't have seen the dove.  The fever is well worth it!
 
Good birding everyone,
   Keith Pulles, Wright County
----------MailBlocks_8C80DD65DF89E2A_1148_9AFF_MBLK-M02.sysops.aol.com-- From wieber64@comcast.net Sat Mar 4 19:24:58 2006 From: wieber64@comcast.net (Gail Wieberdink) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:24:58 -0600 Subject: [mou] Eurasian Collared dove Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C63F8F.08D221E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Seeing the post from Keith Pulles reminded me that a while back someone posted about seeing these doves "at the usual location in Farmington." Can someone tell me exactly where in Farmington that is? As I recall, I sent a private post at the time the sighting was reported but received no response. We get down to Farmington on a pretty regular basis so would love to know where to look for the Eurasian Collared Dove. Thanks! Gail wieber64@comcast.net ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C63F8F.08D221E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Seeing = the post from=20 Keith Pulles reminded me that a while back someone posted about seeing = these=20 doves "at the usual location in Farmington."  Can someone tell me = exactly=20 where in Farmington that is?  As I recall, I sent a private post at = the=20 time the sighting was reported but received no response.  We get = down to=20 Farmington on a pretty regular basis so would love to know where to look = for=20 the Eurasian Collared Dove.
 
Thanks!
Gail
 
wieber64@comcast.net=
 
 =20
------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C63F8F.08D221E0-- From connybrunell@earthlink.net Sat Mar 4 19:59:44 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:59:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] Brighton Beach Road ~ St. Louis County Message-ID: <380-22006364195944323@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_86241146144195944323 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This morning birding was good on Brighton Beach Road in St. Louis County. There were 4-5 dozen Bohemian Waxwings feeding in the trees. The pair of White-winged Scoters were close to the shoreline, Red-breasted Mergansers, Pine Siskens, and Red-breasted Nuthatchs. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. ------=_NextPart_86241146144195944323 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
This morning birding was good on Brighton Beach Road in St. Louis County.  There were 4-5 dozen Bohemian Waxwings feeding in the trees. The pair of White-winged Scoters were close to the shoreline, Red-breasted Mergansers, Pine Siskens, and Red-breasted Nuthatchs.
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
------=_NextPart_86241146144195944323-- From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Sat Mar 4 20:13:46 2006 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 14:13:46 -0600 Subject: [mou] BroadWing Hawk Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C63F95.DA127EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just moments ago, a Broad-winged Hawk came coursing through my woodlot, = posted up, looked around for a minute, then cruised away. In St. Augusta = (Stearns), a yard first sighting. Yesterday(3/3), birded upward = counties from here and then to Sax-Zim for the first time. Of note: =20 2-Northern Shrike (1 on CR11 1mi E of Hwy 169 n of Milaca; 1 on CR23 = n of Wright in Carelton. 6-Rough-legged Hawks (3 rafting high along Hwy 169 S of Onamia = (Mille Lac) (2 were dark) and 3 in Aitkin-2 Hwy 65 milepost 98, 1 onCR27 = northbound, all light morph. =20 2-flocks of Snow Buntings CR16 northbound ~100 birds. Did not find the elusive?...Northern Hawk Owl, please keep posting your = sightings, thanks. Bit wondering why I did not run into woodpeckers, = grouse, crossbills, redpolls flying across the road/ditch corridors. = Really a good day coursing the country. mjb ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C63F95.DA127EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Just moments ago, a Broad-winged Hawk came coursing through my = woodlot,=20 posted up, looked around for a minute, then cruised away. In St. Augusta = (Stearns), a yard first sighting.  Yesterday(3/3), birded upward = counties=20 from here and then to Sax-Zim for the first time.  Of note:  =
    2-Northern Shrike (1 on CR11 1mi E of Hwy = 169 n of=20 Milaca; 1 on CR23 n of Wright in Carelton.
    6-Rough-legged Hawks (3 rafting high along = Hwy 169=20 S of Onamia (Mille Lac) (2 were dark) and 3 in Aitkin-2 Hwy 65 milepost = 98, 1=20 onCR27 northbound, all light morph. 
    2-flocks of Snow Buntings CR16 northbound = ~100=20 birds.
Did not find the elusive?...Northern Hawk Owl, please keep posting = your=20 sightings, thanks.  Bit wondering why I did not run into = woodpeckers,=20 grouse, crossbills, redpolls flying across the road/ditch corridors. = Really a=20 good day coursing the country. mjb 
------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C63F95.DA127EC0-- From dingermcduff@hotmail.com Sat Mar 4 20:24:42 2006 From: dingermcduff@hotmail.com (shawn conrad) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:24:42 -0600 Subject: [mou] Itasca County Bohemian Waxwings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: About 30 Bohemian Waxwings in the crabapple trees across from the post office in Bovey today. I've never seen BHs feeding so frantically before, every one was in constant motion plucking crabapples as fast as they could. Also saw a Northern Shrike on CR 61 about a mile west of Coleraine. Shawn Conrad Bovey From deut0039@umn.edu Sat Mar 4 21:41:10 2006 From: deut0039@umn.edu (Dan Deutsch) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:41:10 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gyrfalcon, Dakota Cnty Message-ID: <440A0976.6040905@umn.edu> I couldn't get this out early, but on my way out of Hastings today I say a Gray Gyrfalcon on County Rd 47 just after it cuts off from County Rd 46. This was about 915 this morning and it was on the the 7 or 8th pole on the right hand side has you head south. Dan Deutsch From screechowl@charter.net Sun Mar 5 00:15:33 2006 From: screechowl@charter.net (Dave Bartkey) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:15:33 -0600 Subject: [mou] Ross' Goose & other waterfowl Message-ID: <000a01c63fe9$eba49700$e699be44@roc.mn.charter.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63FB7.A0F95E20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone! Waterfowl migration continues to boom here in Rice County. Brian Smith = of Sleepy Eye fame joined me for a day of birding, and the following = species were present on Wells Lake today either at 9 am, 3:30 pm, or = both: pied-billed grebe greater white-fronted geese Canada geese gadwall American wigeon mallard Northern pintail canvasback redhead ring-necked duck lesser scaup common goldeneye hooded merganser common merganser & American coot. We had a fly-over of 2 ring-billed gulls, and were also buzzed by a = Cooper's hawk. Then, on my way home, and after Brian took off for points west, I = decided to stop by Alexander Park to check out whether the river was = open or not. It was, and present were hundreds and hundreds of Canada = geese and mallards. Along with those were a few scaup and coots, and = best of all, 11 trumpeter swans, 1 tundra swan, and 1 immature Ross' = goose! (Sorry Brian!!!!!) Other highlights for the day included rough-legged hawk, red-headed = woodpecker, and a great horned owl on the nest. A fun day spent with a good friend, good birds, and great chinese = buffet! It doesn't get any better than that! Good birding! Dave Bartkey screechowl@charter.net Faribault,MN ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63FB7.A0F95E20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone!
  Waterfowl migration continues to = boom here=20 in Rice County. Brian Smith of Sleepy Eye fame joined me for a day of = birding,=20 and the following species were present on Wells Lake today either = at 9 am,=20 3:30 pm, or both:
pied-billed grebe
greater white-fronted = geese
Canada geese
gadwall
American wigeon
mallard
Northern pintail
canvasback
redhead
ring-necked duck
lesser scaup
common goldeneye
hooded merganser
common merganser
& American coot.
 
We had a fly-over of 2 ring-billed = gulls, and were=20 also buzzed by a Cooper's hawk.
 
Then, on my way home, and after Brian = took off for=20 points west, I decided to stop by Alexander Park to check out = whether the=20 river was open or not. It was, and present were hundreds and hundreds of = Canada=20 geese and mallards. Along with those were a few scaup and coots, and = best of=20 all, 11 trumpeter swans, 1 tundra swan, and 1 immature Ross' goose! = (Sorry=20 Brian!!!!!)
 
Other highlights for the day included = rough-legged=20 hawk, red-headed woodpecker, and a great horned owl on the = nest.
 
A fun day spent with a good friend, = good birds, and=20 great chinese buffet! It doesn't get any better than that!
 
Good birding!
 
Dave Bartkey
screechowl@charter.net<= /DIV>
Faribault,MN
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63FB7.A0F95E20-- From fivekuders@yahoo.com Sun Mar 5 01:31:45 2006 From: fivekuders@yahoo.com (Sandy Kuder) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:31:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Shrikes, Hawks and my first No. Hawk Owl Message-ID: <20060305013145.50887.qmail@web37010.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1267300718-1141522305=:49978 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Seen today, Saturday, in Aitkin County: 2 Northern Shrikes on Cty Rd. 18 between 169 & Cty Rd 5 2 Rough-Legged Hawks on Cty Rd. 5 between Cty Rds.18 and 3 1 Northern Hawk Owl, just south of Hwy 232 on Cty Rd. 5. This is the one I was hoping to see. YIPEE! In Kanebec County: A Red-Tailed and Broad-winged Hawk on Keystone road on the west side of Knife Lake. Sandy Kuder Coon Rapids --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. --0-1267300718-1141522305=:49978 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Seen today, Saturday,  in Aitkin County:
2 Northern Shrikes on Cty Rd. 18 between 169 & Cty Rd 5
2 Rough-Legged Hawks on Cty Rd. 5 between Cty Rds.18 and 3
1 Northern Hawk Owl, just south of Hwy 232 on Cty Rd. 5.  This is the one I was hoping to see.  YIPEE!
 
In Kanebec County:
A Red-Tailed and Broad-winged Hawk on Keystone road on the west side of Knife Lake.
 
Sandy Kuder
Coon Rapids

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New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. --0-1267300718-1141522305=:49978-- From bluebill@surfbest.net Sat Mar 4 19:06:00 2006 From: bluebill@surfbest.net (bluebill@surfbest.net) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:06:00 -0000 Subject: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders Message-ID: <380-22006364196068@surfbest.net> This summer, on the arctic breeding areas where Asian species mingle with American birds, more American birds will certainly become infected with, and spread, the avian flu that is has made its way to much of the other hemisphere, and has already been noted here=2E While much of the information in the media focuses on the flu and its anticipated mutation making it highly infectuous to humans, I have been wondering about its effects on birds and birders=2E In any population of wild birds, what percent will be infected, and what percent of these will die=3F Will we be seeing (or are we already seeing) decreases in the populations of birds because of this flu=2E Is the magnitude known or been the subject of learned speculation=3F Will some infected birds recover without obvious ill effects=3F Is it like West Nile in that some species seem to be more susceptible than others (if this is really true for West Nile)=3F Will eagles, hawks, gulls and vultures that consume dead and dying birds experience significant population drops because of this virus=3F It is said to be transmissible in humans by the consumption of dead birds=2E On the other hand, I have read that cooking the meat kills the virus=2E Do the federal or state agencies have any plans in place to remove obvious concentrations of infected birds=3F What should lay people do who observe dead and dying birds, whether in large concentrations of small groups=3F Will waterfowl and upland game hunters and researchers be infected by handling and eating infected birds=3F Is there any way to tell if a bird is infectuous, or do the birds die rapidly after the virus is active (it seems apparent that this is not true, based on the global spread of the organism by migrating and wondering birds=2E) Are birds that consume other birds the most likely to get this virus, or does it spread from bird to bird through the air, and through fecal contamination=2E=20 Birders-- are we at increased risk because we are exposed to fecal matter by proximity to concentrated birds at our feeders=3F Are we at increased risk by the fecal dust that is in the nest material we remove from houses on our bluebird trails and in our yards=3F It is clear that there is much to learn about this virus, at least for me, to know about what steps to take to prevent its spread and human infection=2E=20 Sorry for the length of this=2E But I think many are interested and we need to learn more about what's coming and what to do about it=2E Don Grussing Minnetonka, Minn=2E bluebill@surfbest=2Enet From dbmartin@skypoint.com Sun Mar 5 04:12:00 2006 From: dbmartin@skypoint.com (Dennis/Barbara Martin) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:12:00 -0600 Subject: [mou] Long-eared Owls Message-ID: <000701c6400a$f746c9e0$852e56c7@oemcomputer> Brown County - Mulligan WMA, southwest corner of 300th Ave and 110th St, in the conifers and decideous brush Redwood County - Neudecker WMA, just west of Clements on Cty Rd 16 Dennis and Barbara Martin dbmartin@skypoint.com From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Sun Mar 5 05:07:30 2006 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 00:07:30 EST Subject: [mou] Rothsay Snowy, Grey Part., N.Harriers and OTHERS Message-ID: <260.7ec942d.313bcc12@aol.com> Birded Rothsay, part of Douglas and others today. Found a SNOWY OWL NW of the intersection of 280th Avenue and 170th St. (This is where Wilkin 15 curves E after going 4 miles N from Wilkin 26.) It was a long ways out, up in the top of a small tree. This is 3 miles southwest of Lawndale so may well be the same bird reported earlier this week. Saw over 100 PRAIRIE CHICKENS in groups of 21, 9, 3, 23, 19, 15, 1, 1, 10 and 6, about half S of Wilkin 26 and half North. Saw only 2 Light-Phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, but had four sightings of Male NORTHERN HARRIERS, at least three distinct birds. Stayed until evening and saw NO SEOwls yet. Turned up 10 GREY PARTRIDGE picking seeds or grit in company with a hen and cock pheasant in a field edge (dirt road) just west of the Town Hall namesake for TNC Town Hall Prairie. (Just N. of T intersection of 250th St and 310th Ave.) There were lots of Horned Larks but I saw only 8 Snow Buntings. Forty-fifty whitetail deer scattered around. There were 53 TRUMPETER GEESE in Fergus Falls (Otter Tail County-1:30 PM) with Canadas and Mallards and Greylag (Domestic) Geese. Didn't see any other waterfowl there. There were 8 TRUMPETERS on the NE corner of Pelican Lake in Grant County where the outflow from Lake Christina has opened the ice. There were 4 Bald Eagles soaring in this area, mostly in Grant. Douglas had a Dark ROUGHLEG and a flock of 20 Turkeys but not much else (a Cardinal) that I saw. Larks everywhere, no snow buntings, no longspurs. A few pairs of Canadas and small flocks around. No waterfowl. Snow cover is solid NW of Sauk Center or so. John Ellis-St. Paul From sweston2@comcast.net Sun Mar 5 06:27:32 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 00:27:32 -0600 Subject: [mou] Owl Prowl Message-ID: <001101c6401d$e58425f0$f0afb445@Weston72505> The MRVAC Owl Prowl today had ten participants plus myself in each of the two parts. Starting at 4:30pm we headed down to Goodhue Co. where we found the Snowy Owl just south of CR9 and CR1 on a pole by the road. The bird flew out into a field where it sat allowing everyone a great view. From there we went east through Bellchester to look for the Short-eared Owls Arriving at the "Owl Fields" just after 6pm and looked for the owls. As the dusk deepened we finally found two dancing like moths in the fields to the north of where we were standing (CR16 and about 338th) at the top of the hill just east of where the Martins saw them. With their late flight, not everyone was able to beat the poor lighting and spot the birds.. The second part of the prowl was after dark, calling owls at a couple of spots in Dakota County. The owls were not cooperative, a no satisfactory ID's were made. One Long-eared Owl was possibly calling, but the call was too brief. Other birds seen earlier in the day included a couple of Coots and a Redhead at 140th St. marsh. Given that I had to turn away several who wanted to join the group to keep the size managible, I decided to book another owl prowl next Saturday. Again, I will limit participation to ten.If you want to join us for owl experience on March 11th, drop me an e-mail. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From eyeofnature@charter.net Sun Mar 5 12:24:56 2006 From: eyeofnature@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 06:24:56 -0600 Subject: [mou] Canada Goose, Merganser, GHO, Bald Eagles, Ducks Message-ID: <003701c6404f$d0654690$6901a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C6401D.8579A950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable New images loaded to my site from recent trips to Alma to Winona on 3/4 = and from Silver Lake on 3/3. I apologize, but I cannot release the = location of the GHO. It is on private property and at the request of the = owners. I must respect their wishes. Enjoy. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C6401D.8579A950 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
New images loaded to my site from = recent trips to=20 Alma to Winona on 3/4 and from Silver Lake on 3/3. I apologize, = but I=20 cannot release the location of the GHO. It is on private property and at = the=20 request of the owners. I must respect their wishes. Enjoy.
Ron Green
http://w= ww.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage
 
= ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C6401D.8579A950-- From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Sun Mar 5 14:50:09 2006 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:50:09 -0600 Subject: [mou] ?Broad-Winged Hawk Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C64031.CF0AE250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday, I reported a BroadWingedHawk, however, it was reported to me = that their arrival is not for several weeks yet...mid-April....and I = suspect reports of them will show up in the states south of us before = now which I do not resource. Most likely, it was a Red-shouldered or a = big Cooper's (my first impressions), but I deduced it in favor of the = BroadWing because of prominent black wingtips, terminal dark band on = tail (unrounded), stocky profile on perch, white somewhat streaked front = (non-horizontal barring-which I see some field guides show for the = BroadWinged). Also, our woodlot of 3acres is full of squirrels and = rabbits this year and it seemed to be searching along the groundcover = for rodents, not the chickadees & etc. I'm sorry for the report, yet I = have more questions, certainly about variation in plumage, immatures, or = females... and haven't fully ruled out BroadWing, but I trust the data = record more than my observation. So, here is hoping, I get another = chance at this bird if it remains to hang around. Lastly, a pr of = Mourning Doves showed up at the feeders here for the first time this = year. mjb ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C64031.CF0AE250 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yesterday, I reported a BroadWingedHawk, however, it was reported = to me=20 that their arrival is not for several weeks yet...mid-April....and I = suspect=20 reports of them will show up in the states south of us before now which = I do not=20 resource. Most likely, it was a Red-shouldered or a big Cooper's (my = first=20 impressions), but I deduced it in favor of the BroadWing because of = prominent=20 black wingtips, terminal dark band on tail (unrounded), stocky profile = on perch,=20 white somewhat streaked front (non-horizontal barring-which I see some = field=20 guides show for the BroadWinged). Also, our woodlot of 3acres is full of = squirrels and rabbits this year and it seemed to be searching along = the=20 groundcover for rodents, not the chickadees & etc.  I'm = sorry for=20 the report, yet I have more questions, certainly about variation in = plumage,=20 immatures, or females... and haven't fully ruled out BroadWing, but = I trust=20 the data record more than my observation.  So, here is hoping, = I get=20 another chance at this bird if it remains to hang around.   = Lastly, a=20 pr of Mourning Doves showed up at the feeders here for the first time = this year.=20 mjb
------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C64031.CF0AE250-- From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Sun Mar 5 16:00:36 2006 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 11:00:36 EST Subject: [mou] Trumpeter SWANS (not geese) Message-ID: <1de.4d565b55.313c6524@aol.com> As Forest Strnad gently pointed out, I certainly DID mean Trumpeter Swans (not geese.) However Forest was wrong about my fingers slipping on the keys...I think my brain slipped in to a fog of some kind (like my Rough-shouldered Hawks of yesteryear.) I thought it might be too late to be at the computer. The incorrigible (but correctible) John Ellis-St. Paul From clay.christensen@comcast.net Sun Mar 5 18:40:08 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:40:08 +0000 Subject: [mou] Short-eared owl Fillmore Co. Message-ID: <030520061840.6014.440B3088000CDBA90000177E2206998499020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_6014_1141584008_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Spent yesterday afternooon (3/4) in southern Minnesota. Stopped at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, Lanesboro, and saw a pair of tufted titmice, purple finches, red-bellied woodpeckers. They were coming to the feeder at the administrator's house. Also saw bald eagles and red-tailed hawks. On Fillmore County 26, saw a horned lark. Also saw a couple probable ones in flight. Short-eared owls made their appearance as crepuscular turned to really dark, in the field south of Spring Valley, Fillmore Co. I don't have directions, but I think the location has been posted before. It was a good day. Clay Christensen, with Jeff Dains, Olivia Dains and Bill Bronn. --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_6014_1141584008_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Spent yesterday afternooon (3/4) in southern Minnesota.
 
Stopped at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, Lanesboro, and saw a pair of tufted titmice, purple finches, red-bellied woodpeckers. They were coming to the feeder at the administrator's house. Also saw bald eagles and red-tailed hawks.
 
On Fillmore County 26, saw a horned lark. Also saw a couple probable ones in flight.
 
Short-eared owls made their appearance as crepuscular turned to really dark, in the field south of Spring Valley, Fillmore Co. I don't have directions, but I think the location has been posted before.
 
It was a good day.
 
Clay Christensen, with Jeff Dains, Olivia Dains and Bill Bronn.
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_6014_1141584008_0-- From clay.christensen@comcast.net Sun Mar 5 18:41:44 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:41:44 +0000 Subject: [mou] Fillmore County also Message-ID: <030520061841.8302.440B30E7000E78D80000206E2206998499020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_8302_1141584104_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Also, at owl field, saw hundreds of red-winged blackbirds coming in to roost in the trees just at dusk. Spring moves north... --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_8302_1141584104_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Also, at owl field, saw hundreds of red-winged blackbirds coming in to roost in the trees just at dusk.
 
Spring moves north...
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_8302_1141584104_0-- From psvingen@d.umn.edu Sun Mar 5 20:21:21 2006 From: psvingen@d.umn.edu (Peder Svingen) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:21:21 -0600 Subject: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders Message-ID: <9C78A81C-AC85-11DA-885C-000D93521292@d.umn.edu> --Apple-Mail-1-74124491 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed The Ornithological Societies of North America home page provides a Fact Sheet and links to sites with information on Avian Influenza at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/avianinfluenza.html -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN Begin forwarded message: > From: bluebill@surfbest.net > Date: March 4, 2006 1:06:00 PM CST > To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu, mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > Cc: jharincar@hotmail.com, ccerhart@hotmail.com, posel1967@comcast.net > Subject: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders > > This summer, on the arctic breeding areas where Asian species mingle > with American birds, more American birds will certainly become > infected with, and spread, the avian flu that is has made its way to > much of the other hemisphere, and has already been noted here. > > While much of the information in the media focuses on the flu and its > anticipated mutation making it highly infectuous to humans, I have > been wondering about its effects on birds and birders. > > In any population of wild birds, what percent will be infected, and > what percent of these will die? Will we be seeing (or are we already > seeing) decreases in the populations of birds because of this flu. Is > the magnitude known or been the subject of learned speculation? Will > some infected birds recover without obvious ill effects? > > Is it like West Nile in that some species seem to be more susceptible > than others (if this is really true for West Nile)? > > Will eagles, hawks, gulls and vultures that consume dead and dying > birds experience significant population drops because of this virus? > It is said to be transmissible in humans by the consumption of dead > birds. On the other hand, I have read that cooking the meat kills the > virus. > > Do the federal or state agencies have any plans in place to remove > obvious concentrations of infected birds? What should lay people do > who observe dead and dying birds, whether in large concentrations of > small groups? > > Will waterfowl and upland game hunters and researchers be infected by > handling and eating infected birds? Is there any way to tell if a > bird is infectuous, or do the birds die rapidly after the virus is > active (it seems apparent that this is not true, based on the global > spread of the organism by migrating and wondering birds.) > > Are birds that consume other birds the most likely to get this virus, > or does it spread from bird to bird through the air, and through > fecal contamination. > > Birders-- are we at increased risk because we are exposed to fecal > matter by proximity to concentrated birds at our feeders? Are we at > increased risk by the fecal dust that is in the nest material we > remove from houses on our bluebird trails and in our yards? > > It is clear that there is much to learn about this virus, at least > for me, to know about what steps to take to prevent its spread and > human infection. > > Sorry for the length of this. But I think many are interested and we > need to learn more about what's coming and what to do about it. > > Don Grussing > Minnetonka, Minn. > bluebill@surfbest.net > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net --Apple-Mail-1-74124491 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII The Ornithological Societies of North America home page provides a Fact Sheet and links to sites with information on Avian Influenza at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/avianinfluenza.html -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN Begin forwarded message: 0000,0000,0000From: bluebill@surfbest.net 0000,0000,0000Date: March 4, 2006 1:06:00 PM CST 0000,0000,0000To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu, mnbird@lists.mnbird.net 0000,0000,0000Cc: jharincar@hotmail.com, ccerhart@hotmail.com, posel1967@comcast.net 0000,0000,0000Subject: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders This summer, on the arctic breeding areas where Asian species mingle with American birds, more American birds will certainly become infected with, and spread, the avian flu that is has made its way to much of the other hemisphere, and has already been noted here. While much of the information in the media focuses on the flu and its anticipated mutation making it highly infectuous to humans, I have been wondering about its effects on birds and birders. In any population of wild birds, what percent will be infected, and what percent of these will die? Will we be seeing (or are we already seeing) decreases in the populations of birds because of this flu. Is the magnitude known or been the subject of learned speculation? Will some infected birds recover without obvious ill effects? Is it like West Nile in that some species seem to be more susceptible than others (if this is really true for West Nile)? Will eagles, hawks, gulls and vultures that consume dead and dying birds experience significant population drops because of this virus? It is said to be transmissible in humans by the consumption of dead birds. On the other hand, I have read that cooking the meat kills the virus. Do the federal or state agencies have any plans in place to remove obvious concentrations of infected birds? What should lay people do who observe dead and dying birds, whether in large concentrations of small groups? Will waterfowl and upland game hunters and researchers be infected by handling and eating infected birds? Is there any way to tell if a bird is infectuous, or do the birds die rapidly after the virus is active (it seems apparent that this is not true, based on the global spread of the organism by migrating and wondering birds.) Are birds that consume other birds the most likely to get this virus, or does it spread from bird to bird through the air, and through fecal contamination. Birders-- are we at increased risk because we are exposed to fecal matter by proximity to concentrated birds at our feeders? Are we at increased risk by the fecal dust that is in the nest material we remove from houses on our bluebird trails and in our yards? It is clear that there is much to learn about this virus, at least for me, to know about what steps to take to prevent its spread and human infection. Sorry for the length of this. But I think many are interested and we need to learn more about what's coming and what to do about it. Don Grussing Minnetonka, Minn. bluebill@surfbest.net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net --Apple-Mail-1-74124491-- From DKieser@CLYNCH.COM Sun Mar 5 23:55:20 2006 From: DKieser@CLYNCH.COM (Doug Kieser) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:55:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] Koochiching County Three-Toed Woodpecker, Great Gray Owl Message-ID: <54D59E4D62B8914BA64E080EF0CCD51D6EA6C7@bems1.clynch.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C640B0.42C78619 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday (March 4), Jim Otto and I observed a female Three-Toed Woodpecker on Koochiching County Highway 13, 1.3 miles south of CR 77, or 10.8 miles north of Hwy 71. The Great Gray Owl on CR 30, 6 miles west of Big Falls, was actively hunting the ditches at 4:30 pm. Doug Kieser Minneapolis ------_=_NextPart_001_01C640B0.42C78619 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yesterday (March 4),=20 Jim Otto and I observed a female Three-Toed Woodpecker on Koochiching = County=20 Highway 13, 1.3 miles south of CR 77, or 10.8 miles north of Hwy=20 71.
The = Great Gray Owl=20 on CR 30, 6 miles west of Big Falls, was actively hunting the ditches at = 4:30=20 pm.
Doug=20 Kieser
Minneapolis
------_=_NextPart_001_01C640B0.42C78619-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Mon Mar 6 04:44:24 2006 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:44:24 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gyrfalcon, Dakota Co. Message-ID: <410-2200631644424875@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Mar. 5, 2006 4:45pm - 5:10 Hi 55 and CR 42 Dakota Co. Adult gray morph Gyrfalcon perched on power pole near mile marker 216. It flew north to Inga Ave. and 132nd St (CR 42) where I watched it perch and hunt for about 20 mins. Also present at 140th St. wetland - Redhead, Pintail, Wood Duck, Black Duck. Jim Eagan ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

Mar. 5, 2006
4:45pm - 5:10
Hi 55 and CR 42
Dakota Co.
 
Adult gray morph Gyrfalcon perched on power pole near mile marker 216. It flew north to Inga Ave. and 132nd St (CR 42) where I watched it perch and hunt for about 20 mins.
 
Also present at 140th St. wetland - Redhead, Pintail, Wood Duck, Black Duck.
 
Jim
Eagan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From CAWenger@landolakes.com Mon Mar 6 14:19:39 2006 From: CAWenger@landolakes.com (Wenger, Char) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:19:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] Shrike at Coon Rapids Dam Message-ID: <251D063A6C726644865CB5739EF32C80145F8D7B@EXCHANGE093.ent.lolcentral.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C64129.00D478A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saturday (3-4-06), I observed a Shrike at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park (Hennepin County/Brooklyn Park side). I was unable to determine if it was a Northern or Loggerhead. The Shrike was located on the path along the river below the park building and was near the large beaver house located along the western side of the park. =20 Charlotte Wenger cawenger@landolakes.com 651-481-2828 651-481-2832 (fax) =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C64129.00D478A4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Saturday (3-4-06), I=20 observed a Shrike at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park (Hennepin = County/Brooklyn=20 Park side).  I was unable to determine if it was a Northern or=20 Loggerhead.  The Shrike was located on the path along the river = below the=20 park building and was near the large beaver house located along the = western side=20 of the park.
 
Charlotte=20 Wenger
cawenger@landolakes.com
651-481-2828
651-481-2832 = (fax)
 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C64129.00D478A4-- From lisa.gelvin-innvaer@dnr.state.mn.us Mon Mar 6 18:19:09 2006 From: lisa.gelvin-innvaer@dnr.state.mn.us (Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer) Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:19:09 -0600 Subject: [mou] WANTED: Reports of Long-billed Curlews (LBCU) Message-ID: NOTE: I am forwarding this on behalf of the research in hopes that some of = our MN birders who are inclined to travel and see LBCUs will report their = observations to aid in the study & conservation of this species. Please do = not reply directly to this email message. Please reply instead to Daniel = Ackerman (see below) Thanks! LG: The Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large (length 23 inches) = and conspicuous shorebird with a long, decurved bill being its most = distinctive feature. The curlews' preferred habitat is dry,native = shortgrass prairie on gently rolling terrain (mainly found in the southwestern portion of North = Dakota). This species has become quite rare, and little information is available concerning its abundance = and distribution in North Dakota. =20 For a full-color version of the LONG-BILLED CURLEW REPORTING FORM &/or to = submit reports, please contact: Daniel S. Ackerman, University of North Dakota, Department of Biology, = P.O. Box 9019, Grand Forks,ND, 58202-9019 or email: daniel_ackerman@und.nodak.edu, 701-777-9437.) Otherwise, the information request includes: -Date:=20 -Observer: =20 -Observer Telephone Number: (email address also = would be very helpful) -County: -Number Observed: Adult:______ Young:_______ -Location: Distance and direction from nearest town, GPS coordinates,or = legal description -Brief Description of Habitat: -Comments: From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Mon Mar 6 19:20:11 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:20:11 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sherburne NWR area (no rarities) Message-ID: <004f01c64152$fd7206b0$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Two Rough-legged Hawks, single Red-shouldered Hawk, flock of Pine Siskins (unusual in refuge this winter, migrating?), eleven Wild Turkeys, single Belted Kingfisher among other more common winter birds today. No sign of the Townsend's at Ann Lake, nor any early RW Blackbirds/Sandhill Cranes yet in the area. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From wieber64@comcast.net Mon Mar 6 19:30:48 2006 From: wieber64@comcast.net (Gail Wieberdink) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:30:48 -0600 Subject: [mou] Eurasian-collared doves in Farmington Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64122.2E054A70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wow! I'd really like to thank all the people who took the time to give me very good directions on how to find the doves in Farmington. We drove down there this morning and had a successful trip! We saw just a single dove in the tree by the alley at the house on Oak and Division. We were then driving up 2nd St. toward the Fairgrounds and the rest of the flock flew in front of us and into a tree. I believe there were 7 in that group! They were still in the tree when we left. There were many starlings near the grain elevators and we saw a group of at least 6 blue jays. The rest of the trip was not terribly productive. There were many Canada Geese, Mallards and a single Red Head in the pond on 140th St. We saw a coyote along Pine Bend Trail just past the abandoned facility where the old bus is parked. Schaar's Bluff was pretty quiet, a few horned larks and a cooperative Red Tail, no bluebirds this time and we didn't see a single woodpecker today. Thanks again for all the help in finding the Eurasian-Collared Doves. That is a life-lister for me;-) Gail ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64122.2E054A70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Wow!  I'd=20 really like to thank all the people who took the time to give me very = good=20 directions on how to find the doves in Farmington.  We drove down = there=20 this morning and had a successful trip!  We saw just a single dove = in the=20 tree by the alley at the house on Oak and Division.  We were then = driving=20 up 2nd St. toward the Fairgrounds and the rest of the flock flew in = front of us=20 and into a tree.  I believe there were 7 in that group!  They = were=20 still in the tree when we left.  There were many starlings near the = grain=20 elevators and we saw a group of at least 6 blue jays.  The rest of = the trip=20 was not terribly productive.  There were many Canada Geese, = Mallards =20 and a single Red Head in the pond on 140th St.  We saw a = coyote along=20 Pine Bend Trail just past the abandoned facility where the old bus = is=20 parked.  Schaar's Bluff was pretty quiet, a few horned larks and a=20 cooperative Red Tail, no bluebirds this time and we didn't see a single=20 woodpecker today.
 
Thanks again=20 for all the help in finding the Eurasian-Collared Doves.  That is a = life-lister for me;-)
 
Gail  =
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64122.2E054A70-- From b.pomeroy@mchsi.com Sun Mar 5 11:16:23 2006 From: b.pomeroy@mchsi.com (b.pomeroy) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 05:16:23 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth Owl Symposium Message-ID: <004401c64046$3e008e30$2142d60c@wildthing> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C64013.F2432200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please join us in Duluth for a weekend of owls, owls, owls! We have = registrants from across the US and Canada, as well as presentations and = posters from those leading the research on northern owl species in the = US, Canada and Europe. There is still room for you to attend. It'll be = a 'hoot'!=20 Call or visit our website today for more details! Julie OConnor 218-348-2291 Symposium Coordinator www.hawkridge.org Email: OwlsOnTheMove@aol.com Owls on the Move: When, Where, Why? A Symposium on Northern Owls =20 Held on the campus of the=20 University of Minnesota Duluth=20 March 17-19, 2006 =20 Exploring the natural history, and what we have learned about the = thousands of Great Gray, Hawk, Boreal and Snowy owls that move south in = the winter. =20 This symposium is an opportunity for researchers, educators, birders and = owl enthusiasts to exchange information and learn more about these = mysterious creatures. =20 Weekend Schedule: Friday 6pm-9pm: Northern Owl Fair (public event, no pre-registration = necessary)=20 Live owls, speakers, stories, art, music, photography and owl fun for = the family! =20 Saturday 8am-4pm: The Science Behind the Phenomenon=20 Researchers, historians and naturalists explore the 'Where, When and = Why' of northern owl irruptions. Banquet and slide show Saturday evening ($20) =20 Sunday 9am-12pm: Workshops and Discussion Panels=20 Topics include: ecotourism, owls in education, the future research of = owls, wildlife rehabilitation and rescue, wildlife photography and owl = banding =20 Symposium Cost: Entire Weekend: $60 after February 20, 2006 Friday Only: $2 per person, $6 maximum per family=20 (Friday admission included in weekend registration) Saturday Evening: $20 per person (Banquet ticket not included in registration fee) =20 Details and registration forms available at: www.hawkridge.org or from Julie O'Connor OwlsOnTheMove@aol.com 218-348-2291 =20 Symposium organized by: Audubon Minnesota , Department of Biology, University of Minnesota = Duluth , Duluth Audubon Society, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Minnesota = Ornithologists' Union, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, = Nongame Wildlife Program, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth =20 Bruce www.arrowheadadventuresmn.com "I care to live, only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness." -- John Muir ------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C64013.F2432200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Please join us in Duluth for a weekend of = owls, owls,=20 owls!  We have registrants from across the US and Canada, as well=20 as presentations and posters from those leading the research on = northern=20 owl species in the US, Canada and Europe.  There is still room for = you to=20 attend.  It'll be a 'hoot'!=20
 
Call or visit = our website today for more=20 details!
 
Julie OConnor
218-348-2291
Symposium=20 Coordinator
www.hawkridge.org
Email:=20 OwlsOnTheMove@aol.com

 

Owls=20 on the Move: When, Where, Why?

A=20 Symposium on Northern Owls

 

Held on the campus of the=20

University=20 of Minnesota=20 Duluth=20

March=20 17-19, 2006

 

Exploring the natural history, and what we have = learned=20 about the thousands of Great Gray, Hawk, Boreal and Snowy owls that move = south=20 in the winter. =20

This symposium is an opportunity for = researchers,=20 educators, birders and owl enthusiasts to exchange information and learn = more=20 about these mysterious creatures.

 

Weekend = Schedule:

Friday=20 6pm-9pm:=20 Northern Owl Fair (public event, no = pre-registration necessary)

Live owls, speakers, stories, art, music, = photography and=20 owl fun for the family!

 

Saturday=20 8am-4pm:=20 The Science Behind the Phenomenon

Researchers, historians and naturalists explore = the=20 =91Where, When and Why=92 of northern owl=20 irruptions.

Banquet and slide show Saturday evening=20 ($20)

 

Sunday=20 9am-12pm:=20 Workshops and Discussion Panels

Topics include: ecotourism, owls in = education, the=20 future research of owls, wildlife rehabilitation and rescue, wildlife=20 photography and owl banding

 

Symposium = Cost:

Entire=20 Weekend:      $60 after = February 20,=20 2006

Friday Only:           &nbs= p; =20 $2 per person, $6 maximum per family =

           =20 (Friday admission included in weekend=20 registration)

Saturday Evening:   $20 per=20 person

           =20 (Banquet ticket not included in registration=20 fee)

 

Details and registration forms available = at:

www.hawkridge.org

or from

 Julie = O=92Connor

OwlsOnTheMove@aol.com

218-348-2291

 

Symposium organized = by:

Audubon Minnesota , Department of Biology, = University of=20 Minnesota Duluth , Duluth Audubon Society, Hawk Ridge Bird = Observatory,  Minnesota Ornithologists=92 = Union,=20 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Wildlife=20 Program,

Natural Resources = Research=20 Institute, University of=20 Minnesota=20 Duluth

 

Bruce
www.arrowheadadventuresmn.c= om
 
"I care to live, only to entice people = to
 look at=20 Nature's loveliness."
-- John = Muir
------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C64013.F2432200-- From cbmswenger@msn.com Sun Mar 5 14:42:17 2006 From: cbmswenger@msn.com (ROBERT J WENGER) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:42:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] Shrike at Coon Rapids Dam Park Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C64030.B5D857A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday (3-4-06), I observed a Shrike at the Coon Rapids Dam Park on = the Hennepin County (Brooklyn Park) side. I was not able to get a good = enough look at it to determine if it was a Loggerhead or Northern = Shrike. The Shrike was located down the path (below the park building) = on the path that goes near the pond on the western edge of the park near = the beaver house. Char Wenger cawenger@landolakes.com 763-757-7888 ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C64030.B5D857A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yesterday (3-4-06), I observed a Shrike at the Coon Rapids Dam Park = on the=20 Hennepin County (Brooklyn Park) side.  I was not able to get a good = enough=20 look at it to determine if it was a Loggerhead or Northern Shrike.  = The=20 Shrike was located down the path (below the park building) on the = path that=20 goes near the pond on the western edge of the park near the beaver = house.
 
 
Char Wenger
=
763-757-7888
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C64030.B5D857A0-- From tnejbell@comcast.net Sun Mar 5 17:30:18 2006 From: tnejbell@comcast.net (Tom Bell) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 11:30:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] Environment Day at Capitol Message-ID: <003401c6407a$79515940$6501a8c0@laptop8200> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C64048.2E14DCE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those who want to be a port of the collective voice to our = legislators. Attend the 5th Annual Protect Our Water Citizens' Day at = the Capitol! It is a "feel good" event. A wonderful collection of kindred souls. Date: Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 Location: Lakes and Plains Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners = Union Hall 700 Olive St, St. Paul (Directions to the Carpenter's Hall: See below = or call 651-646-7207) Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. Welcome (700 Olive St, St. Paul) 8:30 a.m. Issue and Lobby Training=20 11:15 a.m. Board Shuttle Bus to Capitol 12:00 p.m. Rally in the Rotunda (State Capitol, St. Paul) 12:30 p.m. Legislative meetings (Capitol and State Office Building) 3:00 p.m. Check out and Evaluation (State Office Building, room to be = determined) REGISTER TODAY! Register online at www.ProtectOurWater.info Clean water is a core Minnesota value that we should pass on to future = generations. But Minnesota's waters are not as healthy as they should = be, so we all need to do our part to get the facts and find solutions to = protect our water. That's why hundreds of citizens from across = Minnesota are coming to Saint Paul. They will rally in the Capitol = rotunda and meet with their Legislators to ask them to live up to their = responsibility and pass "Protect Our Water." This is a set of practical = solutions and smart investments to protect the clean water that is = critical to our health, our economy and our way of life. For more information, contact Patience Caso at (612) 623-3666, or email = pcaso@cleanwater.org Tom Bell , MOU representative to the Minnesota Environmental = Partnership ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C64048.2E14DCE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For=20 those who want to be a port of the collective voice to our = legislators. =20 Attend=20 the 5th Annual Protect Our Water Citizens' Day at the=20 Capitol!

It is a=20 "feel good" event.  A wonderful collection of kindred = souls.

 Date:  Tuesday,=20 March 14th, 2006

 Location:  Lakes=20 and Plains Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners Union Hall

700 Olive=20 St, = St. Paul  (Directions = to the=20 Carpenter=92s Hall:  See = below or call=20 651-646-7207)

 Time:  8:00=20 a.m.  =96 4:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.   Welcome=20 (700 Olive St, St. Paul)

8:30 a.m.   Issue and = Lobby=20 Training

11:15 a.m. Board Shuttle = Bus to=20 Capitol

12:00 p.m. Rally in the = Rotunda=20 (State = Capitol,=20 St.=20 Paul)

12:30 p.m. Legislative=20 meetings (Capitol and = State = Office Building)

3:00 p.m.   Check out and=20 Evaluation (State = Office Building, room to be=20 determined)

 REGISTER=20 TODAY!  Register online at www.ProtectOurWater.info

Clean=20 water is a core Minnesota value that we should pass = on=20 to future generations.  But Minnesota's waters are not = as healthy as=20 they should be, so we all need to do our part to get the facts and = find=20 solutions to protect our water. =20 That=92s why hundreds=20 of citizens from across Minnesota are = coming to=20 Saint = Paul.  They will rally in the Capitol = rotunda=20 and meet with their Legislators to = ask them to = live up to=20 their responsibility and pass "Protect Our Water.=94  This is a set of practical = solutions and=20 smart investments to protect the clean water that is critical to our = health, our=20 economy and our way of=20 life.

For=20 more information, contact Patience Caso at (612) 623-3666, or email pcaso@cleanwater.org<= /SPAN>

Tom=20 Bell , MOU  representative to the Minnesota Environmental=20 Partnership

------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C64048.2E14DCE0-- From JulianSellers@msn.com Mon Mar 6 05:09:06 2006 From: JulianSellers@msn.com (Julian Sellers) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:09:06 -0600 Subject: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders References: <9C78A81C-AC85-11DA-885C-000D93521292@d.umn.edu> Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C640A9.CD6273F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The assumption that migratory birds are spreading the H5N1 virus is the = conventional wisdom, but far from proven. Other mechanisms are more = likely, including: =20 - Regional and international trade in live poultry - Export of fertilizer and feed containing poultry manure and = body parts - Trade in caged birds =20 International trade in live poultry (mature birds, day-old hatchlings, = and hatching eggs) is mind-boggling in its magnitude. And the poultry = industry has solved its manure problem by selling it for fertilizer, = which is distributed internationally and spread on agricultural fields = and fish farms and ponds. Manure and body parts are even mixed into = poultry feed (reminds one of mad cow disease). =20 I first learned of this stuff a couple of days ago from a German = ornithologists' e-mail list that I monitor. One German ornithologist, = recently returned from consultations with Asian ornithologists, is = convinced that the virus is not being spread by wild birds. He points = out that countries that have strict poultry import regulations, such as = South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Australia, have had no outbreaks of = bird flu even though large numbers of birds migrate there from countries = with outbreaks. For example, more than a million waterfowl from China = and Siberia overwinter in South Korea. Furthermore, with the exception = of one outbreak in China, the pattern of outbreaks does not correspond = to patterns of bird migration. =20 It is thought that a highly pathogenic virus is much better suited for = survival in mass poultry factories than among wild birds. In the wild, = it is likely that the infected birds die quickly without traveling great = distances, and the virus then dies out also. =20 The statement of Bird Life International at = http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/avian_flu/index.html = makes these same points, although it begins by stating that migratory = birds can transport the virus over long distances. Be sure to read all = the way to the end, however, where four possible scenarios for = transmission of H5N1 by migratory birds are described. The conclusion = is that most of the observed outbreaks have other causes. =20 Julian Sellers ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Peder Svingen=20 To: MOU-net=20 Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders The Ornithological Societies of North America home page provides a = Fact Sheet and links to sites with information on Avian Influenza at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/avianinfluenza.html -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN Begin forwarded message: From: bluebill@surfbest.net Date: March 4, 2006 1:06:00 PM CST To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu, mnbird@lists.mnbird.net Cc: jharincar@hotmail.com, ccerhart@hotmail.com, = posel1967@comcast.net Subject: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders This summer, on the arctic breeding areas where Asian species mingle with American birds, more American birds will certainly become infected with, and spread, the avian flu that is has made its way to much of the other hemisphere, and has already been noted here. While much of the information in the media focuses on the flu and = its anticipated mutation making it highly infectuous to humans, I have been wondering about its effects on birds and birders. In any population of wild birds, what percent will be infected, and what percent of these will die? Will we be seeing (or are we already seeing) decreases in the populations of birds because of this flu. = Is the magnitude known or been the subject of learned speculation? Will some infected birds recover without obvious ill effects? Is it like West Nile in that some species seem to be more = susceptible than others (if this is really true for West Nile)? Will eagles, hawks, gulls and vultures that consume dead and dying birds experience significant population drops because of this virus? It is said to be transmissible in humans by the consumption of dead birds. On the other hand, I have read that cooking the meat kills = the virus. Do the federal or state agencies have any plans in place to remove obvious concentrations of infected birds? What should lay people do who observe dead and dying birds, whether in large concentrations of small groups? Will waterfowl and upland game hunters and researchers be infected = by handling and eating infected birds? Is there any way to tell if a bird is infectuous, or do the birds die rapidly after the virus is active (it seems apparent that this is not true, based on the global spread of the organism by migrating and wondering birds.) Are birds that consume other birds the most likely to get this = virus, or does it spread from bird to bird through the air, and through fecal contamination.=20 Birders-- are we at increased risk because we are exposed to fecal matter by proximity to concentrated birds at our feeders? Are we at increased risk by the fecal dust that is in the nest material we remove from houses on our bluebird trails and in our yards? It is clear that there is much to learn about this virus, at least for me, to know about what steps to take to prevent its spread and human infection.=20 Sorry for the length of this. But I think many are interested and we need to learn more about what's coming and what to do about it. Don Grussing Minnetonka, Minn. bluebill@surfbest.net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C640A9.CD6273F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The assumption = that=20 migratory birds are spreading the H5N1 virus is the conventional wisdom, = but far=20 from proven.  Other=20 mechanisms are more likely, including:

 

-        =20 Regional and international trade in live poultry

-        =20 Export of fertilizer and feed containing poultry manure = and body=20 parts

-        =20 Trade in caged birds

 

International trade = in live=20 poultry (mature birds, day-old hatchlings, and hatching eggs) is = mind-boggling=20 in its magnitude.  And the = poultry=20 industry has solved its manure problem by selling it for fertilizer, = which is=20 distributed internationally and spread on agricultural fields and fish = farms and=20 ponds.  Manure and body = parts are=20 even mixed into poultry feed (reminds one of mad cow disease).

 

I first learned of = this stuff a=20 couple of days ago from a German ornithologists' e-mail list that I=20 monitor.  One German = ornithologist,=20 recently returned from consultations with Asian ornithologists, is = convinced=20 that the virus is not being spread by wild birds.  He points out that countries = that have=20 strict poultry import regulations, such as South = Korea,=20 Japan,=20 Malaysia,= and=20 Australia= , have=20 had no outbreaks of bird flu even though large numbers of birds migrate = there=20 from countries with outbreaks.  = For=20 example, more than a million waterfowl from=20 China = and=20 Siberia overwinter in=20 South=20 Korea. =20 Furthermore, with the exception of one outbreak in=20 China, = the=20 pattern of outbreaks does not correspond to patterns of bird = migration.

 

It is thought that a = highly=20 pathogenic virus is much better suited for survival in mass poultry = factories=20 than among wild birds.  In = the wild,=20 it is likely that the infected birds die quickly without traveling great = distances, and the virus then dies out also.

 

The statement of Bird = Life=20 International at http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/avian_flu/index.html=20 makes these same points, although it begins by stating that migratory = birds can=20 transport the virus over long distances. =20 Be sure to read all the way to the end, however, where four = possible=20 scenarios for transmission of H5N1 by migratory birds are = described.  The conclusion is that most of = the=20 observed outbreaks have other causes.

 

Julian=20 Sellers

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Peder = Svingen=20
To: MOU-net
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 = 2:21=20 PM
Subject: Re: [mou] bird flu, = birds and=20 birders

The Ornithological Societies of North America home page = provides a Fact Sheet and links to sites with information on Avian = Influenza=20 at

http://www= nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/avianinfluenza.html

--
Peder=20 H. Svingen
Duluth, MN

Begin forwarded message:

From: bluebill@surfbest.net
Date:=20 March 4, 2006 1:06:00 PM CST
To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu,=20 mnbird@lists.mnbird.net
Cc:=20 jharincar@hotmail.com, ccerhart@hotmail.com,=20 posel1967@comcast.net
Subject: = [mou] bird flu, birds and birders

This summer, on = the=20 arctic breeding areas where Asian species mingle
with American = birds,=20 more American birds will certainly become
infected with, and = spread, the=20 avian flu that is has made its way to
much of the other = hemisphere, and=20 has already been noted here.

While much of the information in = the=20 media focuses on the flu and its
anticipated mutation making it = highly=20 infectuous to humans, I have
been wondering about its effects on = birds=20 and birders.

In any population of wild birds, what percent = will be=20 infected, and
what percent of these will die? Will we be seeing = (or are=20 we already
seeing) decreases in the populations of birds because = of this=20 flu. Is
the magnitude known or been the subject of learned = speculation?=20 Will
some infected birds recover without obvious ill = effects?

Is=20 it like West Nile in that some species seem to be more = susceptible
than=20 others (if this is really true for West Nile)?

Will eagles, = hawks,=20 gulls and vultures that consume dead and dying
birds experience=20 significant population drops because of this virus?
It is said to = be=20 transmissible in humans by the consumption of dead
birds. On the = other=20 hand, I have read that cooking the meat kills = the
virus.

Do the=20 federal or state agencies have any plans in place to = remove
obvious=20 concentrations of infected birds? What should lay people do
who = observe=20 dead and dying birds, whether in large concentrations of
small=20 groups?

Will waterfowl and upland game hunters and = researchers be=20 infected by
handling and eating infected birds? Is there any way = to tell=20 if a
bird is infectuous, or do the birds die rapidly after the = virus=20 is
active (it seems apparent that this is not true, based on the=20 global
spread of the organism by migrating and wondering=20 birds.)

Are birds that consume other birds the most likely to = get=20 this virus,
or does it spread from bird to bird through the air, = and=20 through
fecal contamination.

Birders-- are we at = increased risk=20 because we are exposed to fecal
matter by proximity to = concentrated birds=20 at our feeders? Are we at
increased risk by the fecal dust that = is in the=20 nest material we
remove from houses on our bluebird trails and in = our=20 yards?

It is clear that there is much to learn about this = virus, at=20 least
for me, to know about what steps to take to prevent its = spread=20 and
human infection.

Sorry for the length of this. But I = think=20 many are interested and we
need to learn more about what's coming = and=20 what to do about it.

Don Grussing
Minnetonka,=20 = Minn.
bluebill@surfbest.net

___________________________________= ____________
mou-net=20 mailing=20 = list
mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-ne= t
------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C640A9.CD6273F0-- From fivekuders@yahoo.com Mon Mar 6 23:34:31 2006 From: fivekuders@yahoo.com (Sandy Kuder) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:34:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] hawk id help Message-ID: <20060306233431.38038.qmail@web37009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-1169567679-1141688071=:37149 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Saturday I reported seeing a Broad-winged Hawk in Kanebec County. Now...I'm sure I was totally wrong. All day I've been thinking it was bigger than that. Totally white underneath. Dark on top. It seemed big. Approx. Osprey sized and the position while perched, reminded me of one also. But wing shape was wrong. My very first thought was of Ferruginous. But come on....in Kanebec County? But then, I think I've seen a very similar hawk on the ground,during the summer months, a year or two ago. AAAggghhhh! It can drive a person crazy! So....Maybe a Krider's RT ? Do we see alot of those in MN? Sandy Kuder Coon Rapids --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. --0-1169567679-1141688071=:37149 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Saturday I reported seeing a Broad-winged Hawk in Kanebec County.
Now...I'm sure I was totally wrong.
 
All day I've been thinking it was bigger than that.
Totally white underneath.  Dark on top. 
It seemed big.  Approx. Osprey sized and the position while perched, reminded me of one also.  But wing shape was wrong. 
My very first thought was of Ferruginous.  But come on....in Kanebec County?    But then, I think I've seen a very similar hawk on the ground,during the summer months, a year or two ago.
 
AAAggghhhh! It can drive a person crazy!
 
So....Maybe a Krider's RT ?    Do we see alot of those in MN? 
 
Sandy Kuder
Coon Rapids    

Yahoo! Mail
Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. --0-1169567679-1141688071=:37149-- From scott@vividpix.com Tue Mar 7 01:53:17 2006 From: scott@vividpix.com (Scott Allen) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 19:53:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] Owls Message-ID: <20060307015519.CB44632C02B@smtpauth01.csee.siteprotect.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007F_01C64157.9CDD8040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello.. I'm hoping to do some birding on my way from Des Moines to Ely on Thursday. The plan is to checkout the Sax / Zim area and drive hwy 16 east to hwy 2 north. We're hoping for Northern Owls (GGO, NHO and Snowy Owls) and Sharp tail or Spruce Grouse. If anyone has any info that would help us on our trek it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance Scott Allen ------=_NextPart_000_007F_01C64157.9CDD8040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello….

 

I’m hoping to do some birding on my way from = Des Moines to = Ely on Thursday. The plan is to checkout the Sax / Zim area and drive hwy 16 = east to hwy 2 north. We’re hoping for Northern Owls (GGO, NHO and Snowy = Owls) and Sharp tail or Spruce Grouse. If anyone has any info that would help us = on our trek it would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Scott = Allen

 

 

------=_NextPart_000_007F_01C64157.9CDD8040-- From northernflights@charter.net Tue Mar 7 02:58:04 2006 From: northernflights@charter.net (Larson Kelly) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:58:04 -0600 Subject: [mou] Owlless in Beltrami Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-4-184327793 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I was on the road most of today completing the final Winter Owl Survey of season. No owls, no owls, and again no owls. Last weekend I finally drove north of Waskish to see the owls on Jeanie's route just to prove to myself that owls do exist. (I found 1 NH and 1 GG!) Today... American Crow - 31, Clearwater & Beltrami Common Raven - 13, Clearwater & Beltrami, several were performing courtship rolls in flight Black-billed Magpie - 3, Clearwater Blue Jay - dozens, some were holding conventions Bald Eagle - 7, one in Clearwater & six in Beltrami, (six adults, one juvenile) Pine Grosbeak - 4, Beltrami Sharp-tailed Grouse -1, Beltrami Northern Shrike - 1, Beltrami I'm officially logging my first sign of Spring today. Blooming Willow in wetland areas (sorry I don't know my Pussy species) This is an indication of just how desperate we are in the North Woods for any sign of Spring... I had to cross a ditch crotch deep in snow to get a little Pussy Willow! Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! --Apple-Mail-4-184327793 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I was on the road most of today = completing the final Winter Owl Survey of season. No owls, no owls, and = again no owls. Last weekend I finally drove north of Waskish to see the = owls on Jeanie's route just to prove to myself that owls do exist. (I = found 1 NH and 1 GG!)

Today...
American Crow = - 31, Clearwater & Beltrami
Common Raven - 13, Clearwater = & Beltrami,=A0several were performing courtship rolls in = flight
Black-billed Magpie - 3, Clearwater
Blue Jay = - dozens, some were holding conventions
Bald Eagle - 7, one = in=A0Clearwater & six in Beltrami, (six adults, one = juvenile)
Pine Grosbeak - 4, Beltrami
Sharp-tailed = Grouse -1, Beltrami
Northern Shrike - 1, = Beltrami

I'm=A0officially logging my = first sign of Spring today.
Blooming Willow in wetland areas = (sorry I don't know my Pussy species)
This is an indication of just how desperate = we are in the North Woods for any sign of = Spring...
I had to cross a ditch crotch deep in snow to = get a little Pussy Willow!

Kelly = Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0www.northern-flights.com

Eschew = Obfuscation!
The = middle of Nowhere Somewhere!



=

= --Apple-Mail-4-184327793-- From eyeofnature@charter.net Tue Mar 7 03:53:14 2006 From: eyeofnature@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:53:14 -0600 Subject: [mou] Owls: Screech, Barn, Barred, Great Horn, Saw Whet Message-ID: <001901c6419a$a99bb200$6901a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C64168.5EA90FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Posted images taken at the photo shoot at the Festival of Owls in = Houston sponsored by the Houston Nature Center. karla and team did an = excellent job in coordinating the event and getting it set up. All the = photographers that I talked with after had nothing but kudos for the = Karla and all involved. (Please note, the images are of owls that are in = captivity and taken under controlled conditions. Nonetheless, they are = alive, wild, and great to be able to photograph!) Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage/ ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C64168.5EA90FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Posted images taken at the photo shoot = at=20 the Festival of Owls in Houston sponsored by the Houston Nature = Center.=20 karla and team did an excellent job in coordinating the event and = getting it set=20 up. All the photographers that I talked with after had nothing but kudos = for the=20 Karla and all involved. (Please note, the images are of owls that are in = captivity and taken under controlled conditions. Nonetheless, they are = alive,=20 wild, and great to be able to photograph!)
Ron Green
http://= www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery/spotlightimage/
=
------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C64168.5EA90FE0-- From alexander.watson@mnsu.edu Tue Mar 7 19:51:48 2006 From: alexander.watson@mnsu.edu (Watson, Alexander Robert) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:51:48 -0600 Subject: [mou] Posting Bird Sitings on a Google Map Message-ID: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.edu> Google has recently announced the release of their mapping technology to = the public. It would now be possible to post your sighting using a map = interface, like Google Maps. Think something like this, only birds: =20 http://www.mywikimap.com/?tag=3Dregular&zip=3D56001&radius=3D10 = =20 =20 Sightings could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered, each = sighting would be represented by a red marker, visible to anyone. = Sightings could be filtered by species and/or genera, as well as zip = code. This is a very powerful tool that could quickly allow anyone to = find the exact location of a sighting anywhere in the state at a single = glance. This would be free to put together and implement on the mou = site. If anyone thinks this might be a useful tool, let us know. =20 =20 Alex Watson Tom Rogers From patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu Tue Mar 7 20:29:47 2006 From: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu (patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:29:47 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Posting Bird Sitings on a Google Map In-Reply-To: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.edu> References: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.edu> Message-ID: <2249.134.129.73.105.1141763387.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hello all, I think this is a good idea. I would really like to see something like this added to the MOU online seasonal reporting maps, if it's feasible. I realize this would be quite an endeavor, but I think it would be worthwhile. Exact dates and locations provide good information for people wishing to see a particular bird, or to know what's been seen in a particular area. Also, the scientific value of accurate mapping is important, not only in keeping accurate records, but in determining bird distribution patterns within a county or state. Something to consider is the type of map that could be used to plot the data (if this is possible). I'm currently compiling North Dakota tiger beetle records and plotting them on a county outline map overlayed on a physical geographic map of North Dakota that I generated in Adobe Photoshop. It's useful to visually depict where collection records come from in terms of an area's geography. Distributional patterns that are not immediately evident from reading LATLON coordinates or township-range data become clear when they are precisely plotted on a map. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm > Google has recently announced the release of their mapping technology to > the public. It would now be possible to post your sighting using a map > interface, like Google Maps. Think something like this, only birds: > > http://www.mywikimap.com/?tag=regular&zip=56001&radius=10 > > > Sightings could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered, each > sighting would be represented by a red marker, visible to anyone. > Sightings could be filtered by species and/or genera, as well as zip code. > This is a very powerful tool that could quickly allow anyone to find the > exact location of a sighting anywhere in the state at a single glance. > This would be free to put together and implement on the mou site. If > anyone thinks this might be a useful tool, let us know. > > > Alex Watson > Tom Rogers > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > From wbruins@earthlink.net Tue Mar 7 20:40:10 2006 From: wbruins@earthlink.net (Bill Bruins) Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:40:10 -0600 Subject: [mou] Posting Bird Sitings on a Google Map In-Reply-To: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.e du> References: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.edu> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060307143755.0269edc8@earthlink.net> --=====================_11294984==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Why duplicate the efforts of eBIRD? eBIRD already has these capabilities. Go to:http://www.ebird.org/content/ You can do the same thing on eBIRD and contribute to citizen science. Bill At 01:51 PM 3/7/2006, Watson, Alexander Robert wrote: >Google has recently announced the release of their mapping >technology to the public. It would now be possible to post your >sighting using a map interface, like Google Maps. Think something >like this, only birds: > >http://www.mywikimap.com/?tag=regular&zip=56001&radius=10 > > >Sightings could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered, >each sighting would be represented by a red marker, visible to >anyone. Sightings could be filtered by species and/or genera, as >well as zip code. This is a very powerful tool that could quickly >allow anyone to find the exact location of a sighting anywhere in >the state at a single glance. This would be free to put together >and implement on the mou site. If anyone thinks this might be a >useful tool, let us know. > > >Alex Watson >Tom Rogers > >_______________________________________________ >mou-net mailing list >mou-net@cbs.umn.edu >http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net O. William Bruins 1538 11th Avenue NE Rochester, MN 55906-4213 wbruins@earthlink.net 507-281-1607 - home 507-261-6837 - cell (not always turned on) --=====================_11294984==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Why duplicate the efforts of eBIRD? eBIRD already has these capabilities. Go to: http://www.ebird.org/content/

You can do the same thing on eBIRD and contribute to citizen science.

Bill


At 01:51 PM 3/7/2006, Watson, Alexander Robert wrote:
Google has recently announced the release of their mapping technology to the public.  It would now be possible to post your sighting using a map interface, like Google Maps. Think something like this, only birds:
 
http://www.mywikimap.com/?tag=regular&zip=56001&radius=10 < http://www.mywikimap.com/>
 
Sightings could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered, each sighting would be represented by a red marker, visible to anyone. Sightings could be filtered by species and/or genera, as well as zip code.  This is a very powerful tool that could quickly allow anyone to find the exact location of a sighting anywhere in the state at a single glance.  This would be free to put together and implement on the mou site.  If anyone thinks this might be a useful tool, let us know.
 
 
Alex Watson
Tom Rogers

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--=====================_11294984==.ALT-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Tue Mar 7 23:57:58 2006 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 17:57:58 -0600 Subject: [mou] Posting Bird Sitings on a Google Map In-Reply-To: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.edu> References: <62AA55DF51BCB0448FC075C88A7443B797A0A2@MAIL2.Campus.mnsu.edu> Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-22-259921498 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed The MOU web site already has something similar available. It can found on the home page under "Other Online Resources" or by simply going to http://moumn.org/maps/lat-lon.html This is a page that lets you scroll around the state (or country) and determine your longitude and latitude coordinates. On Mar 7, 2006, at 1:51 P.M., Watson, Alexander Robert wrote: > Google has recently announced the release of their mapping > technology to the public. It would now be possible to post your > sighting using a map interface, like Google Maps. Think something > like this, only birds: > > http://www.mywikimap.com/?tag=regular&zip=56001&radius=10 www.mywikimap.com/> > > Sightings could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered, > each sighting would be represented by a red marker, visible to > anyone. Sightings could be filtered by species and/or genera, as > well as zip code. This is a very powerful tool that could quickly > allow anyone to find the exact location of a sighting anywhere in > the state at a single glance. This would be free to put together > and implement on the mou site. If anyone thinks this might be a > useful tool, let us know. > > > Alex Watson > Tom Rogers - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-22-259921498 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 The MOU web site already has = something similar available. It can found on the home page under "Other = Online Resources" or by simply going to



This is a page that = lets you scroll around the state (or country) and determine your = longitude and latitude coordinates.

On Mar 7, 2006, at = 1:51 P.M., Watson, Alexander Robert wrote:

Google has recently announced the release of their = mapping technology to the public.=A0= It would now be possible to post your sighting using a map = interface, like Google Maps. Think something like this, only = birds:

http://www.mywikimap.com/>=A0

Sightings = could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered, each sighting = would be represented by a red marker, visible to anyone. Sightings could = be filtered by species and/or genera, as well as zip code.=A0 This is a very powerful tool = that could quickly allow anyone to find the exact location of a sighting = anywhere in the state at a single glance.=A0 This would be free to put = together and implement on the mou site.=A0 If anyone thinks this might = be a useful tool, let us know.


Alex Watson
Tom = Rogers

- - = -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

 =

= --Apple-Mail-22-259921498-- From lkrueger@umn.edu Wed Mar 8 04:34:21 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:34:21 -0600 Subject: [mou] Photo website update Message-ID: <000001c64269$957ec3f0$32f86580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64237.4AE453F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those interested, I have updated my website with some new photos of Eagles, a Rough-legged Hawk in-flight, a Mute Swan, a Cordon Bleu Finch, a Zebra Finch, and a pair of Diamond Doves nesting. The exotic finches and Diamond Doves were taken in the Sun Room of a Nursing Home (enclosed in a glass case with a screened top). You can view these photos under the "New Photos" tab. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64237.4AE453F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For those interested, I have updated my website with = some new photos of Eagles, a Rough-legged Hawk in-flight, a Mute Swan, a = Cordon Bleu Finch, a Zebra Finch, and a pair of Diamond Doves nesting.  The = exotic finches and Diamond Doves were taken in the Sun Room of a Nursing Home (enclosed = in a glass case with a screened top).  You can view these photos under = the “New Photos” tab.

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64237.4AE453F0-- From jpomplun@cpinternet.com Wed Mar 8 18:45:01 2006 From: jpomplun@cpinternet.com (James Pomplun) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:45:01 -0600 Subject: [mou] C. Wren seen--Henn. Cty. Message-ID: <001201c642e0$6a2bca00$f6d03d40@mmm.com> This morning at 9:25 I saw a Carolina Wren singing the long version of its full-throated "tea kettle" type song several times thirty feet from the bluff trail just beyond the third bridge from the parking lot at Old Cedar Bridge. I reported hearing one in the same area last Friday (3/3), but wasn't able to see or hear one Saturday, Monday, or Tuesday while checking the area at about the same time. Today the bird was on the lake side of the path, but later it was singing a slightly shorter version of its song up on the bluff side (9:48-9:56+). Yesterday at 11:10am from the parking lot at Old Cedar I saw a very early Turkey Vulture. I'm basing my identification on the bird's size, long wings, head shape, solid black to solid white on the underside of the wings, and the broad V-wing hovering it made. It didn't rock back and forth much while hovering, but I don't think there was much wind then. I wonder if this year's migration will be earlier than usual. Jim From connybrunell@earthlink.net Wed Mar 8 23:00:35 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:00:35 -0600 Subject: [mou] Wilkie Unit ~ Scott County Message-ID: <380-2200633823035828@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_115101182431223035828 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This afternoon at the MVNWR Wilkie Unit in Shakopee, Scott County a wave of Spring Fever burst within me like a over ripened tomato was squeezed to tight! The trails along the River were easy walking, and the honking of hundreds of Canada Geese could be heard long before reaching the River, as well as the rattle of a Belted Kingfisher. Seen on the walk were: Cackling Geese - 7 standing up on the ice shelf barely larger than a Mallard Green-winged Teal - 5 males Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Greater Scaup - nice side by side comparison Lesser Scaup Wood Duck - many Gadwall - many American Black Duck - 2 pair Ring-necked Duck American Wigeon Hooded Merganser Common Merganser American Coots - many Wilson's Snipe - 2 As 46 Red-winged Blackbirds flew in and alighted in the trees the Marsh music completely felt as if Spring had arrived! Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_115101182431223035828 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
This afternoon at the MVNWR Wilkie Unit in Shakopee, Scott County a wave of Spring Fever burst within me like a over ripened
tomato was squeezed to tight!  The trails along the River were easy walking, and the honking of hundreds of Canada Geese could be heard long before reaching the River, as well as the rattle of a Belted Kingfisher.  Seen on the walk were:
 
Cackling Geese - 7 standing up on the ice shelf barely larger than a Mallard
Green-winged Teal - 5 males
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Greater Scaup - nice side by side comparison
Lesser Scaup
Wood Duck - many
Gadwall - many
American Black Duck - 2 pair
Ring-necked Duck
American Wigeon
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
American Coots - many
Wilson's Snipe - 2
As 46 Red-winged Blackbirds flew in and alighted in the trees the Marsh music completely felt as if Spring had arrived!
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
 
 
 
------=_NextPart_115101182431223035828-- From lkrueger@umn.edu Thu Mar 9 03:26:16 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 21:26:16 -0600 Subject: [mou] Photo Website Update Message-ID: <000301c64329$3e06f000$37fe6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C642F6.F36C8000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I hope I=92m not coming across as a pest by posting yet another photo = website update after having posted one last night. However, today I was able to photograph a Gyrfalcon =96 a life bird for me =96 I=92m EXCITED!! =20 =20 I have four photos of the Gyrfalcon on my website with three of them = being in-flight photos. This bird was not at mile marker 216 in Hastings! He = was in Hastings on Hwy 47, =BC mile South of Hwy 46 so he was quite a ways = from the usual sightings. Perhaps it was not the same Gyrfalcon - ?=20 =20 I also went to Lakeville and got an in-flight photo of the Great Horned = Owl reported previously as nesting along Dodd Blvd. I saw both the female = and the male owls. Neither one was sitting on the nest but both were = definitely defending the nest. Crows were attacking them a lot and twice I saw the female Owl take after a crow with vengeance. =20 =20 Lastly, I posted a Star Finch which was photographed in a Nursing Home = in Chilton, WI this past weekend. All these new photos can be viewed under = the =93New Photos=94 tab of my website. I still have on the photos that = were just added yesterday with the six new photos from today taking up the last = row.=20 =20 I almost didn=92t go photographing today because of the white sky and = fog. I am so glad I did =96 a life bird!!! =20 Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C642F6.F36C8000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I hope I’m not coming across as a pest by = posting yet another photo website update after having posted one last night.=A0 = However, today I was able to photograph a Gyrfalcon – a life bird for me = – I’m EXCITED!!=A0

 

I have four photos of the Gyrfalcon on my website = with three of them being in-flight photos.=A0 This bird was not at mile marker 216 = in Hastings!=A0 = He was in Hastings on = Hwy 47, =BC mile South of Hwy 46 so he was quite a ways from the usual sightings.=A0 = Perhaps it was not the same Gyrfalcon - ?

 

I also went to Lakeville and got an in-flight photo = of the Great Horned Owl reported previously as nesting along Dodd Blvd.=A0 I saw both the = female and the male owls.=A0 Neither one was sitting on the nest but both were = definitely defending the nest.=A0 Crows were attacking them a lot and twice I saw = the female Owl take after a crow with vengeance.=A0

 

Lastly, I posted a Star Finch which was photographed = in a Nursing Home in Chilton, WI this past weekend.=A0 All these = new photos can be viewed under the “New Photos” tab of my website.=A0 I = still have on the photos that were just added yesterday with the six new = photos from today taking up the last row.

 

I almost didn’t go photographing today because = of the white sky and fog.=A0 I am so glad I did – a life = bird!!!

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C642F6.F36C8000-- From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Thu Mar 9 04:00:59 2006 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:00:59 EST Subject: [mou] Black-Legged Kittiwake/Thurs AM Message-ID: <19f.46d99951.3141027b@aol.com> The Kittiwake was present this AM at the same location as described by Jim Mattson yesterday...over the channel at the east outlet from Black Dog Lake and also on the ice south of the channel with many other gulls. Also present was the Glaucous (also flying over the river at the outlet and probably the GBBGull. (Thanks to Jim M.) John Ellis-St. Paul From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Thu Mar 9 04:01:01 2006 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:01:01 EST Subject: [mou] Public Comment on Conservation Reserve Program Message-ID: <2e8.2be99b0.3141027d@aol.com> The public has until Dec. 8 to comment on the future of CRP (Conservation Reserve Program.) The notice seeking public comment on CRP was published in the Federal Register on August 10, 2004. It is available online at: (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html). Submit comments in writing by Dec. 8, 2004. The preferred manner to submit comments is via the Internet at (http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/). Comments may also be submitted by email to (crprule.crprule@wdc.usda.gov), or by mail to Director, Conservation and Environmental Programs Division, Farm Service Agency, Room 4714-S, Stop 0513, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0513. John Ellis, St. Paul (651) 695-1087. From dingermcduff@hotmail.com Thu Mar 9 04:14:28 2006 From: dingermcduff@hotmail.com (shawn conrad) Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:14:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] Lots of Red Crossbills - Itasca County In-Reply-To: <2e8.2be99b0.3141027d@aol.com> Message-ID: Over the past two weeks I have been in the area where Itasca CR 49 turns to gravel north of CR 50 and there have been many Red Crossbills in the area. Today there were all kinds of them moving around the red pine plantations off of the Sand Lake Rd. There are numerous forest roads up there, but I can provide better directions should someone be birding in Itasca County, though I think any of the plantations near 49 would be good right now. Still no White-winged Crossbills. Shawn Conrad Bovey From BobHoltz1933@aol.com Thu Mar 9 13:12:35 2006 From: BobHoltz1933@aol.com (BobHoltz1933@aol.com) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:12:35 EST Subject: [mou] Redwings Message-ID: <300.1cee5d.314183c3@aol.com> -------------------------------1141909955 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yesterday, around 12:30, I spotted five Red-winged Blackbirds in a tree near a small marsh along County Rd, F in Ramsey County. The location is about 0.2 mile east of McMenemy. Bob Holtz If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. -------------------------------1141909955 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yesterday, around 12:30, I spotted five Red-winged Blackbirds in a tree= near a small marsh along County Rd, F in Ramsey County. The location is abo= ut 0.2 mile east of McMenemy.
 
Bob Holtz
 
 
If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy.
-------------------------------1141909955-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Thu Mar 9 15:40:39 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:40:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] Early Eastern Meadowlark Message-ID: <003301c6438f$d257edc0$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Heard an Eastern Meadowlark calling repeatedly this morning on Mille Lacs CR 12 (not "spring of the year", but "zttttttt") - however, could not physically locate it in the grasses. Aware this is quite an early northern MN migration date - have heard Starlings do portions of the song, but never the call...? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From lightfang@hotmail.com Thu Mar 9 16:43:39 2006 From: lightfang@hotmail.com (George Reindl) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:43:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] BBRP Annual Conference Message-ID: The BBRP is having its Annual Conference in Medford, Mn this year on April 22nd. It is a wonderful get together for anyone interested in helping birds. There will be many great speakers, demonstrations, exhibits, and a silent auction. Everyone is welcome. Follow this link to learn more: http://www.bbrp.org/conference.htm Hope to see you all there. George Reindl Faribault, Rice County, Mn From writers2@comcast.net Thu Mar 9 17:31:17 2006 From: writers2@comcast.net (Val/Roger) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:31:17 -0500 Subject: [mou] Short-eared owls in Fillmore County Message-ID: Hello, fellow birders: Yesterday (March 8) Kim Gordon and I set out to find those short-eared owls, traveling down Hwy. 52 to Rochester, then Hwy. 63 southward through Spring Valley. We followed Craig Mandel's excellent directions to find Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area: "To reach this location from Hwy. 63, go 1.9 miles West on CR 26, then approx. 3/4 of a mile South and look for a group of small Coniferous trees on the East side of the road with a parking lot." [the reason Craig doesn't name the road that you go 3/4 mile south on is because there are no signs indicating its name. Keep an eye on the odometer here.] It was raining and we worried that this would reduce our chances to see the owls. But the the minute we pulled into the small parking lot near the coniferous trees, seven (7!) short-eared owls shot into the air, then perched on fence posts and began hunting over the fields on either side of the road. The rain stopped and we were able to watch the owls, and a female northern harrier, hunting over the fields for a good hour, until night fell. It was a spectacular sight; the short-ears sometimes look like gulls when they're high in the air, with those long wings. When perched on posts, their bodies resembled hawk owls'. And those great faces with the white facial disks and the black shadowing around their big, yellow eyes--this is a great owl! Hope everyone gets to see them this late winter. And for those that count by county, I believe the WMA is in Fillmore County. The sights were also enjoyed by Kim's dog, Finn the Red Menace, a great birding dog, maybe in the league with Laura Erickson's Photon. Regards, Val Cunningham St. Paul, Minn. From Leodwm@aol.com Thu Mar 9 19:13:37 2006 From: Leodwm@aol.com (Leodwm@aol.com) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:13:37 EST Subject: [mou] Peregrine Falcon Message-ID: <303.26f4de.3141d861@aol.com> -------------------------------1141931617 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At Black Dog Lake today, on top of the smoke stack, there was Peregrine falcon from about 11:00 til when we left at around 11:30. It was perched on the middle sized tower nearest to the river on the river side edge. Also, along the river there was a small flock of Common Goldeneye mixed with Common Mergansers. A few mallards, coots and geese floated by as well. Good birding, LWM -------------------------------1141931617 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
At Black Dog Lake today, on top of the smoke stack, there was Peregrine= =20 falcon from about 11:00 til when we left at around 11:30. It was perched on=20= the=20 middle sized tower nearest to the river on the river side edge.
Also, along the river there was a small flock of Common Goldeneye mixed= =20 with Common Mergansers. A few mallards, coots and geese floated by as=20 well.
 
Good birding,
LWM
 -------------------------------1141931617-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Thu Mar 9 19:24:13 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:24:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Peregrine Falcon Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C643AF.0C4B7B16 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday of this week around 3:30 PM I saw a Peregrine atop the Colonnade Building in Golden Valley, it was eating something. I know the adult male died from this location, so I was glad to see another bird in the area. Perhaps a female? =20 ________________________________ From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Leodwm@aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:14 PM To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mou] Peregrine Falcon =20 At Black Dog Lake today, on top of the smoke stack, there was Peregrine falcon from about 11:00 til when we left at around 11:30. It was perched on the middle sized tower nearest to the river on the river side edge. Also, along the river there was a small flock of Common Goldeneye mixed with Common Mergansers. A few mallards, coots and geese floated by as well. =20 Good birding, LWM ------_=_NextPart_001_01C643AF.0C4B7B16 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wednesday of this week around = 3:30 PM I saw a Peregrine atop the Colonnade Building in Golden Valley, it was eating something. I know the = adult male died from this location, so I was glad to see another bird in the area. = Perhaps a female?

 

From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Leodwm@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, March 09, = 2006 1:14 PM
To: = mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
Subject: [mou] Peregrine = Falcon

 

At Black Dog Lake today, on top of the smoke = stack, there was Peregrine falcon from about 11:00 til when we left at around = 11:30. It was perched on the middle sized tower nearest to the river on the = river side edge.

Also, along the river there was a = small flock of Common Goldeneye mixed with Common Mergansers. A few mallards, = coots and geese floated by as well.

 

=

Good = birding,

LWM

------_=_NextPart_001_01C643AF.0C4B7B16-- From tiger150@comcast.net Thu Mar 9 22:59:54 2006 From: tiger150@comcast.net (alyssa) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:59:54 -0600 Subject: [mou] Birds (and their songs) Message-ID: <009201c643cd$2e8d32c0$6401a8c0@A2400T2482> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_008F_01C6439A.E371FA00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I went on a walk today (Golden Valley, Hennipin County) by the pond near = the intersection of Laurel and Lousiana Ave. Some song highlights = include: @ Am. Robin (but they were very quiet, I think they were practicing!) @ N. Cardinal @ BC Chickadee @ Mourning Dove Then, at a more local pond on the corner of Western and New Hampshire, I = found a single Red-winged Blackbird singing! That was quite exciting. = Good *spring* birding! alyssa ------=_NextPart_000_008F_01C6439A.E371FA00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I went on a walk today (Golden Valley, = Hennipin=20 County) by the pond near the intersection of Laurel and Lousiana Ave. = Some song=20 highlights include:
 
@ Am. Robin (but they were very quiet, = I think they=20 were practicing!)
@ N. Cardinal
@ BC Chickadee
@ Mourning Dove
 
Then, at a more local pond on the = corner of Western=20 and New Hampshire, I found a single Red-winged Blackbird singing! That = was quite=20 exciting. Good *spring* birding!
 
alyssa
------=_NextPart_000_008F_01C6439A.E371FA00-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Fri Mar 10 00:54:45 2006 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:54:45 -0600 Subject: [mou] Eurasian Collared-Doves, Brown County Message-ID: <20060309185445.uk7h9krji5w80oww@webmail-1.gac.edu> This afternoon Chad Heins and I found four Eurasian Collared-Doves in the town of Hanska in Brown County. They were hanging around the feed mill on the southeast side of town. These birds were very active and were displaying courtship behavior, including head-bobbing and vocalizing. We may have even seen an attempt at copulation. Bob Dunlap, Nicolett County From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Fri Mar 10 02:07:20 2006 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:07:20 EST Subject: [mou] Old Messages wrongly re-sent Message-ID: <2ff.2fa227.31423958@aol.com> My computer and I wrongly re-sent two old reports to MOU...one on CRP and one on a Black Legged Kittiwake sighting. Please ignore them. Sorry for any confusion. John Ellis, St. Paul From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Mar 10 02:34:13 2006 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:34:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 3/9/06 Message-ID: <44109145.7649.D5C24A@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 9th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. With the recent warm weather, the first spring migrants have begun to appear in the Duluth area. Don Kienholz reported a mixed flock of COMMON GRACKLES and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on the 8th in Gary New Duluth. Peder Svingen found at least 30 RING-BILLED GULLS at Interstate Island today. Kim Eckert had a DARK-EYED JUNCO in his yard near UMD on the 8th, where none had been seen since December. Two HORNED GREBES were also seen on the 8th on Lake Superior just east of Brighton Beach, although these may be overwintering birds. Dave Carman reports flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS during the past week heading north past the West Skyline Hawk Count at Thompson Hill and Enger Tower. Dave has also counted 68 migrating BALD EAGLES since March 1st. Peder Svingen reports that at least four GREATER SCAUP were still present today in the Duluth harbor, establishing the first overwintering record for this species in northern Minnesota and one of the few in the entire state. Conny Brunell relocated the two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Brighton Beach on the 4th. A flock of eight LONG-TAILED DUCKS was seen east of Brighton Beach at 92nd Avenue East today. Four TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Michelle McDowell on the 3rd in Aitkin County at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Uwe Kausch found a BOREAL OWL on the 6th in his yard at the west end of the Wildwood Road, a mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42). This is about a mile north of where one had been reported along the North Shore Road (CR 290) about three weeks ago. Doug Kieser and Jim Otto found a female THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 4th along Koochiching County Road 13, 1.3 miles south of CR 77, or 10.8 miles north of US Highway 71. They also relocated the GREAT GRAY OWL on CR 30, 6 miles west of Big Falls. Bill Kass found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 4th along the Stone Lake Road in the Sax-Zim bog. Sandy Kuder found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 4th along Aitkin County Road 5, just south of MN Highway 232. Ron Erpelding found a Hawk Owl on the 6th along Lake County Road 3, two miles west of the Silver Bay airport. Ron also relocated a HOARY REDPOLL at the Moose Cafe in Isabella and a NORTHERN CARDINAL along Slater Drive south of Highway 61 in Beaver Bay. The SPOTTED TOWHEE at the Roivanen's feeders near Cook, in northern St. Louis County was seen as recently as the 7th, along with at least one HOARY REDPOLL. Visitors interested in seeing these birds should be sure to call the Roivanens ahead of time at 218-666-5318. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 16th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From lkrueger@umn.edu Fri Mar 10 05:28:28 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:28:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gyrfalcon Message-ID: <003701c64403$8603bb60$c1fd6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C643D1.3B694B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Gyrfalcon I reported yesterday on Hwy 47 in Hastings (1/4 mile South of Hwy 46) was spotted again today by my Husband at 4:30PM. It is a much better location than where a Gyrfalcon has been reported so many times previously (mile marker 216 on Hwy 55 in Hastings) as there is a good shoulder on this road and the bird is on a pole right up to the road. You can get a VERY good look at the bird here :-) Yesterday there were geese in the field but, today, my Husband said there were no geese. So, we're wondering if he'll return there again - hope so! Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C643D1.3B694B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The Gyrfalcon I reported yesterday on Hwy 47 in = Hastings (1/4 = mile South of Hwy 46) was spotted again today by my Husband at 4:30PM.  It is = a much better location than where a Gyrfalcon has been reported so many times previously (mile marker 216 on Hwy 55 in Hastings) as there is a good shoulder on this road and the bird is on a pole right = up to the road.  You can get a VERY good look at the bird here = J  Yesterday there were geese in the field but, today, my Husband said there were no = geese.  So, we’re wondering if he’ll return there again – hope = so!

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C643D1.3B694B60-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Mar 10 01:27:05 2006 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:27:05 -0600 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 9 March 2006 Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-45-438067947 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 9th. On the 25th, Dan Deutsch reported a GYRFALCON near Hastings at the junction of Dakota County Roads 47 and 46, and on the 5th Jim Mattsson found it perched on power pole near mile marker 216 of state highway 55. It flew north to Inga Avenue and 132nd Street. A SHORT- EARED OWL was seen near here on the 4th. On March 8th Kim Gordon and Val Cunningham found as many as seven SHORT-EARED OWLS in Fillmore County. To reach this location from U.S. Highway 63, go two miles west on Fillmore County Road 26, then about three-quarters of a mile south and look for a group of small coniferous trees on the east side of the road with a parking lot. On March 4, Jim Otto and Doug Kieser found a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on Koochiching County Road 13, 1.3 miles south of county road 77. They also found a GREAT GRAY OWL on county road 30, six miles west of Big Falls. Also on the 4th, Sandy Kuder found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL, just south of highway 232 on Aitkin County Road 5. On the 9th, Chad Heins and Bob Dunlap found four EURASIAN COLLARED- DOVES in the town of Hanska in Brown County. They were found near the feed mill on the southeast side of town. On the 3rd, Jim Pomplun found a CAROLINA WREN singing from the bluff trail at the Old Cedar Bridge in Bloomington. This was at the third bridge west from the parking lot. I also have recent spring reports of ROSS'S GOOSE, GREAT BLUE HERON, RING-BILLED GULL, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 16th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-45-438067947 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March = 9th.=A0


On the 25th, Dan Deutsch = reported a GYRFALCON near Hastings at the = junction of Dakota County Roads 47 and 46, and on the 5th Jim Mattsson = found it perched on power pole near mile marker 216 of state highway 55. = It flew north to Inga Avenue and 132nd Street.=A0A SHORT-EARED = OWL = was seen near here on the 4th.


On March 8th Kim Gordon = and Val Cunningham found as many as seven SHORT-EARED = OWLS= in Fillmore County. To reach this location from U.S. Highway 63, go two = miles west on Fillmore County Road 26, then about three-quarters of a = mile south and look for a group of small coniferous trees on the east = side of the road with a parking lot.


On March 4, Jim Otto and = Doug Kieser found a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on Koochiching County = Road 13, 1.3 miles south of county road 77. They also found a = GREAT GRAY = OWL = on county road 30, six miles west of Big Falls.


Also on the 4th, Sandy = Kuder found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL, just south of highway = 232 on Aitkin County Road 5. =A0


On the 9th, Chad Heins and = Bob Dunlap found four EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in the town of Hanska in = Brown County. They were found near the feed mill on the southeast side = of town.


On the 3rd, Jim Pomplun found a CAROLINA = WREN= singing from the bluff trail at the Old Cedar Bridge in Bloomington. = This was at the third bridge west from the parking lot.=A0


I also have recent spring = reports of ROSS'S GOOSE, GREAT BLUE HERON, RING-BILLED GULL, = EASTERN BLUEBIRD, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and EASTERN = MEADOWLARK.


The next scheduled update = of this tape is Thursday, March 16th.


- - -

Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-45-438067947-- From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Mar 10 03:32:10 2006 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:32:10 -0600 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 10, 2006 Message-ID: <000601c643f3$3f2a79a0$a5d5aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C643C0.F49009A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 10, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. Spring is slowly working its way north, and the last week has featured warm temperatures, melting snow, heavy wet snow, rain, sleet, and other spring weather events. The result has been often slippery roads, but as of this writing, roads are clear and dry. Most sightings this week have featured Gray Partridge, Sharp-tailed Grouse, and Greater Prairie-Chickens which seem to be coming "out of the woodwork" in the northwest this week. GRAY PARTRIDGE were reported this week from Kittson, Pennington, Marshall, Clay, and Wilkin counties. In Kittson County, Larry Wilebski found some at his place near Lancaster, while Gary Tischer reported a covey of 5 along CR 12 five miles north of Thief River Falls, and 4 more along the same road, Pennington CR 20 three - four miles north of Thief River Falls. Ben Fritchman found 5 GRAY PARTRIDGE in Clay County on March 5 near the intersection of MN 9 and 57th Ave four miles north of US 10. John Ellis reported 10 of them just north of the intersection of 250th St and 310 Ave. southwest of Rothsay on March 4. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen in Beltrami, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, and Wilkin counties. Shelley Steva and Zeann Linder sent in separate reports of SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along US 59 in Pennington County near the Red Lake County line south of Thief River Falls this week. One GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN was among them. Shelley reported SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along Red Lake County Road 5 on March 8. Zeann Linder was in Polk County in and around the Glacial Ridge NWR on March 4 where she reported many SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS easily visible along the roadsides and fields nearby. Ben Fritchman found GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS in Wilkin County on March 5 near Rothsay, and many near Gary in Norman County. In short, if you wish to see any of these species, this is the time to look in almost any of the prairie areas or CRP fields of the northwest. Several NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen in Lake of the Woods County on March 4, along CR 77 and MN 72 near the Beltrami County line.=20 Katie Haws reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN 72 in Beltrami County this week. Kelly Larson found six BALD EAGLES, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and PINE GROSBEAKS in Beltrami County on March 6. Gretchen Mehmel reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL just south of the Red Lake WMA boundary along Dick's Parkway north of Fourtown. In Clearwater County on March 6, Kelly Larson found BALD EAGLE, BLUE JAY, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, AMERICAN CROW, and COMMON RAVEN.=20 In Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported a dark immature SNOWY OWL on March 6, a quarter mile west of the Thief River bridge along CR 7. This is immediately west of the entrance to Agassiz NWR. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL that has over wintered at Agassiz NWR was seen at the intersection of CR 7 and the Airport Road within Agassiz on March 6. Gary Huschle reported that the first BALD EAGLE of the year at Agassiz NWR appeared on March 2. Shelley Steva reported a BALD EAGLE in Red Lake County on March 1. Anita Vettleson saw a CANADA GOOSE flying near US 59 in Brooks on March 9. Polk County sightings reported by Donna and Leon Thoreson included a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK along CR 44, and a GYRFALCON 2.5 miles west of MN 32 along CR 45. The Thoreson's are still feeding about 25 SNOW BUNTINGS at their home near Climax. In Norman County on March 5, Ben Fritchman found BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES, and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS , 5 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS in Twin Valley. Donna and Leon Thoreson relocated the GREAT GRAY OWL one mile west of MN 32 along CR 151 on March 9. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was also see in the county. Susan Wiste had a visit from a BROWN CREEPER in Douglas County near Alexandria on March 4. John Ellis saw twenty WILD TURKEYS, a dark ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and a NORTHERN CARDINAL in that county on March 4. Katie Haws reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN 64 south of the Badoura Nursery in Hubbard County this week. Shar Legenhausen in Becker County saw 3 TRUMPETER SWANS on the Buffalo River on March 7. Other species seen in the county included a BALD EAGLE and two AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS. In Wilkin County, Ben Fritchman saw lots of GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS and a lone LESSER SCAUP in flight. John Ellis reported a SNOWY OWL 3 miles SW of Lawndale northwest of the intersection of 280th Ave. and 170th St. where CR 15 curves to the east. He also reported four NORTHERN HARRIERS, and two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in the county. In Otter Tail County, John Ellis reported many TRUMPETER SWANS in Fergus Falls on March 4. Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel, Susan Wiste, Larry Wilebski, Shelley Steva, Ben Fritchman, John Ellis, Zeann Linder, Kelly Larson, Gary Tischer, Shar Legenhausen, Katie Haws, and Anita Vettleson for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, March 17, 2006. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C643C0.F49009A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 10, = 2006

This is the Northwest Minnesota = Birding Report for Friday, March 10, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes = Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling = (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

Spring is slowly working its way = north, and the last week has featured warm temperatures, melting snow, = heavy wet snow, rain, sleet, and other spring weather events. The result = has been often slippery roads, but as of this writing, roads are clear = and dry. Most sightings this week  have featured Gray Partridge, = Sharp-tailed Grouse, and Greater Prairie-Chickens which seem to  be = coming "out of the woodwork" in the northwest this = week.

GRAY = PARTRIDGE were reported this = week from Kittson, Pennington, Marshall, Clay, and Wilkin counties. In = Kittson County, Larry Wilebski found some at his place near Lancaster, = while Gary Tischer reported a covey of 5 along CR 12 five miles north of = Thief River Falls, and 4 more along the same road, Pennington CR 20 = three - four miles north of Thief River Falls. Ben Fritchman found 5 = GRAY = PARTRIDGE in Clay County on = March 5 near the intersection of MN 9 and 57th Ave  four miles = north of US 10. John Ellis reported 10 of them just north of the = intersection of 250th St and 310 Ave. southwest of Rothsay on March = 4.

SHARP-TAILED = GROUSE were seen in Beltrami, = Pennington, Red Lake, Polk,  and Wilkin counties. Shelley Steva and = Zeann Linder sent in separate reports of SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along US 59 in Pennington County near the = Red Lake County line south of Thief River Falls this week. One = GREATER = PRAIRIE-CHICKEN was among = them. Shelley  reported SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along Red Lake County Road 5 on March 8. = Zeann Linder was in Polk County in and around the Glacial Ridge NWR on = March 4 where she reported many SHARP-TAILED GROUSE  and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS easily visible along the roadsides and = fields nearby. Ben Fritchman found GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS in Wilkin County on March 5 near Rothsay, = and many near Gary in Norman County. In short, if you wish to see any of = these species, this is the time to look in almost any of the prairie = areas or CRP fields of the northwest.

Several NORTHERN HAWK = OWLS were seen in Lake of the = Woods County on March 4, along CR 77 and MN 72 near the Beltrami County = line.

Katie Haws reported a = NORTHERN = HAWK OWL along MN 72 in = Beltrami County this week. Kelly Larson found six BALD EAGLES, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and PINE GROSBEAKS in Beltrami County on March 6. Gretchen = Mehmel reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL just = south of the Red Lake WMA boundary along Dick's Parkway north of = Fourtown.

In Clearwater County on March 6, = Kelly Larson found BALD EAGLE, BLUE JAY, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, AMERICAN = CROW, and COMMON RAVEN.

In Marshall County, Gary Tischer = reported a dark immature SNOWY OWL on = March 6, a quarter mile west of the Thief River bridge along CR 7. This = is immediately west of the entrance to Agassiz NWR. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL = that has over wintered at Agassiz = NWR was seen at the intersection of CR 7 and the Airport Road within = Agassiz on March 6. Gary Huschle reported that the first BALD EAGLE of the year at Agassiz NWR appeared on = March 2.

Shelley Steva reported a = BALD = EAGLE in Red Lake County on = March 1. Anita Vettleson saw a CANADA GOOSE flying near US 59 in Brooks on March 9.

Polk County sightings reported by = Donna and Leon Thoreson included a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK along CR 44, and a GYRFALCON 2.5 miles west of MN 32 along CR 45. The = Thoreson's are still feeding about 25 SNOW BUNTINGS at their home near Climax.

In Norman County on March 5, Ben = Fritchman found BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES, = and 15 AMERICAN ROBINS , 5 = BOHEMIAN = WAXWINGS, and 100 = CEDAR = WAXWINGS in Twin Valley. = Donna and Leon Thoreson relocated the GREAT GRAY OWL one mile west of MN 32 along CR 151 on = March 9. A NORTHERN SHRIKE  was also see in the county.

Susan Wiste had a visit from a = BROWN = CREEPER in Douglas County = near Alexandria on March 4. John Ellis saw twenty WILD TURKEYS, a dark ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and a NORTHERN CARDINAL in that county on March 4.

Katie Haws reported a = NORTHERN = HAWK OWL along MN 64 south of = the Badoura Nursery in Hubbard County this week.

Shar Legenhausen  in Becker = County saw 3 TRUMPETER SWANS on the = Buffalo River on March 7. Other species seen in the county included a = BALD = EAGLE and two AMERICAN TREE = SPARROWS.

In Wilkin County, Ben Fritchman = saw lots of GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS and a lone LESSER SCAUP in = flight. John Ellis reported a SNOWY OWL 3 miles SW of Lawndale northwest of the intersection of 280th = Ave. and 170th St. where CR 15 curves to the east. He also reported four = NORTHERN = HARRIERS, and two = ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in = the county.

In Otter Tail County, John Ellis = reported many TRUMPETER SWANS  in Fergus Falls on March 4.

Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel, Susan = Wiste, Larry Wilebski, Shelley Steva, Ben Fritchman, John Ellis, Zeann = Linder, Kelly Larson, Gary Tischer, Shar Legenhausen, Katie Haws, and = Anita Vettleson for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to = Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at = ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free = number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. = Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting = by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of = your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, March = 17, 2006.



------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C643C0.F49009A0-- From fberdan3@yahoo.com Fri Mar 10 14:20:06 2006 From: fberdan3@yahoo.com (Frank Berdan) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:20:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] DC Cormorants -- Chisago Co Message-ID: <20060310142006.25418.qmail@web51907.mail.yahoo.com> A pair of DC Cormorants were observed from I-35 just north of Forest Lake yesterday morning at 8:45, flying NW (with hope in their eyes?). Frank Berdan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From lightfang@hotmail.com Fri Mar 10 15:17:21 2006 From: lightfang@hotmail.com (George Reindl) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:17:21 -0600 Subject: [mou] Re: BBRP Conference In-Reply-To: <1d4.4f2c527e.31423de2@aol.com> Message-ID: >and who is the BBRP? RPR I am sorry about the confusion. The BBRP is The Bluebird Recovery Program of Minnesota. A program of the Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis www.bbrp.org George Reindl Faribault, Rice county, MN From matt@moses-images.com Fri Mar 10 15:38:55 2006 From: matt@moses-images.com (Matthew E. Moses) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:38:55 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Re: [mnbird] Eden Prairie Eagles In-Reply-To: <10194717.42251141832747060.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <10194717.42251141832747060.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: For those curious to check the urban eagles out, the side street off of Anderson Parkwaywith a direct view is Chestnut Drive. A walking path entry point for Purgatory Creek is right there and you'd actually end up walking right under the tree their nest is in. They seem to tolerate the joggers, cyclists and walkers who pass by pretty well. They are easily viewable with just a pair of basic binoculars. This morning both eagles were sitting guard above the nest. Its a pair of good sized mature eagles. Talking to a local resident they are apparently active in the morning hunting around the lake there and disappear during the afternoons. He said last year they got to enjoy them and their eaglets learning to hunt during the spring. Thanks to Phyllis Bofferding for sharing that they are there! Regards, Matt On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, arthur bofferding wrote: > There is an eagle nest on the west side of Purgatory Creek Wetland with > an adult standing guard over it. Can't see if another bird is on the > nest. The nest is easily visible from Anderson Lakes Pky. south of Hwy. > 212. Take either side streets marked with Pinebrook or Parkway > Apartments. Or walk the trail around the wetland. Urban eagles! Phyllis > Bofferding Eden Prairie, Hennepin County > _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird _______________________________________________________________________ Matthew E. Moses http://www.moses-images.com H: 952.443.2059 matt@moses-images.com W: 952.212.2059 From a_molson@unidial.com Fri Mar 10 16:20:05 2006 From: a_molson@unidial.com (Ann and Manley Olson) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:20:05 -0600 Subject: [mou] Posting sugestioms (no birds ) Message-ID: <4411A735.9040906@unidial.com> With migration picking up and the increase in postings,there are a few courtesies we can follow that will save time and frustration. Remember, there are beginning birders on the list. 1.Bird name and locality(county) in subject line 2.The first time you use initials or an abbreviation in a message,spell it out.We all don't know the initials of every organization or Wildlife Management Area 3.Don't use the four letter banding codes. While some are easy to decipher,others are confusing. 4.While many on the list know where Pietz's Road is (Aitkin County) or could even give directions to the Paton's feeder (Patagonia,Arizona) please remember the beginning birders and those who do not know Minnesota geography very well. Manley Olson Falcon Heights,Ramsey County From cbird@nsatel.net Fri Mar 10 17:07:41 2006 From: cbird@nsatel.net (Craig) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:07:41 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bohemian Waxwings Message-ID: <002601c64465$2497ed80$6701a8c0@debcraig> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C64432.D9CB7100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Bohemians must of showed up over night here in Mora because this = morning they are flying all over town. In one tree I counted over 200 = before they all flew and on the other side of town counted over 150 = before they all started flying around. I would guess that there are = easily over 500 waxwings flying around town right now. Cool looking bird ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C64432.D9CB7100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The Bohemians must of showed up over = night here in=20 Mora because this morning they are flying all over town.  In one = tree I=20 counted over 200 before they all flew and on the other side of town = counted over=20 150 before they all started flying around.  I would guess that = there=20 are easily over 500 waxwings flying around town right now.  Cool = looking=20 bird
------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C64432.D9CB7100-- From bgraves@usfamily.net Fri Mar 10 18:44:50 2006 From: bgraves@usfamily.net (Farrel Graves) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:44:50 -0600 Subject: [mou] Our first eagle in the nest Message-ID: <005701c64472$b70b4f10$30378340@homea20u6bnikw> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01C64440.6BCED2B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My wife (Mary) and I left Apple Valley yesterday morning and drove to = Treasure Island Casino. Saw several eagles at the creek around the = intersection, but no eagle in the nest. Went to Covill Park in Redwing = and was the usual, lot of eagles, mallards and geese but no eagles in = the nests. Drove to Winona. On the way saw many eagles, red tails etc. = along with empty eagle nests.. Found something different. 3 pure white = ducks in with a small flock of mallards near Reads Landing on 61 south. = They appear to be albino mallards. Mary took a good picture of two of = them if anybody would be interested in helping us identify them for = sure.=20 Crossed into WI. Headed north on 35. Again lots of eagles and empty = nests. Saw a blue bird in Buffalo near the river on county rd O. There = is a historical marker a few miles south of Bay City. It's for Lake = Pepin. Two tenths of a mile south of the marker is an eagles nest. Very = hard to see going south. An eagle was in the nest. One mile south of the = marker is the best site. These are both on the river side of the road. = Be careful, not a good place to stop due to traffic! Mary got a good = picture of the nest and watching eyes of the parent if anyone is = interested. Also a horned lark just east of Farmington. --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01C64440.6BCED2B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My wife (Mary) and I left Apple Valley = yesterday=20 morning and drove to Treasure Island Casino. Saw several eagles at the = creek=20 around the intersection, but no eagle in the nest. Went to Covill Park = in=20 Redwing and was the usual, lot of eagles, mallards and geese but no = eagles in=20 the nests. Drove to Winona. On the way saw many eagles, red tails etc. = along=20 with empty eagle nests.. Found something different. 3 pure white ducks = in with a=20 small flock of mallards near Reads Landing on 61 south. They appear to = be albino=20 mallards. Mary took a good picture of two of them if anybody would be = interested=20 in helping us identify them for sure.
 
Crossed into WI. Headed north on 35. = Again lots of=20 eagles and empty nests. Saw a blue bird in Buffalo near the river on = county rd=20 O. There is a historical marker = a few miles=20 south of Bay City. It's for Lake Pepin. Two tenths of a mile south of = the marker=20 is an eagles nest. Very hard to see going south. An eagle was in the=20 nest. One mile south of the marker is the best site. These are both = on the=20 river side of the road. Be careful, not a good place to stop due to = traffic!=20 Mary got a good picture of the nest and watching eyes of the parent if = anyone is=20 interested.
 
Also a horned lark just east of=20 Farmington.
 
 


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------=_NextPart_000_0054_01C64440.6BCED2B0-- From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Fri Mar 10 19:03:17 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:03:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] Spring Arrives in Winona Message-ID: This morning (3-10-06) saw a lone male eastern bluebird checking the nest box in my backyard in Winona. House sparrows were interested as well. Also spotted a male robin and the calls of several others was evident when I took my dog out. Matt Baumann Winona, MN From connybrunell@earthlink.net Fri Mar 10 21:42:07 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:42:07 -0600 Subject: [mou] Greater White-fronted Geese ~ LeSueur Co. Message-ID: <380-220063510214270@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_29778111030934214270 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII It was a sunny, warm, balmy day and the birding was really good for new arrivals. At the St. Peter Waste Water Treatment Plant in LeSueur County there were: Greater White-fronted Geese ~ 34 Snow Geese ~ 3 Cackling Geese ~ 12 Northern Pintails ~ 12 males Killdeer ~ several flying back and forth calling Canada Geese easily up in the thousand range they were knee deep out there everywhere. Also of note in southern Brown County the Blackbirds have returned in full force with large mixed flocks. I saw and heard several Rusty Blackbirds vocalize, many, many Common Grackles, Yes, the dreaded Brown-headed Cowbirds were with them in the open fields, as well as many Killdeer calling. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_29778111030934214270 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
It was a sunny, warm, balmy day and the birding was really good for new arrivals. 
At the St. Peter Waste Water Treatment Plant in LeSueur County there were:
 
Greater White-fronted Geese ~ 34
Snow Geese ~ 3
Cackling Geese ~ 12
Northern Pintails ~ 12 males
Killdeer ~ several flying back and forth calling
Canada Geese easily up in the thousand range they were knee deep out there everywhere.
 
Also of note in southern Brown County the Blackbirds have returned in full force with large
mixed flocks.  I saw and heard several Rusty Blackbirds vocalize, many, many Common
Grackles, Yes, the dreaded Brown-headed Cowbirds were with them in the open fields,
as well as many Killdeer calling.
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
 
------=_NextPart_29778111030934214270-- From tiger150@comcast.net Fri Mar 10 23:37:59 2006 From: tiger150@comcast.net (alyssa) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:37:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] More Red-winged's (Hennipin County) Message-ID: <002401c6449b$aa74aa70$6401a8c0@A2400T2482> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C64469.5F8B7E30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Another (male) Red-winged blackbird joined the other one I posted = yesterday. They were calling to each other, but not singing much. Very = beautiful day for birds to be singing, which there were. Alyssa DeRubeis Golden Valley ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C64469.5F8B7E30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Another (male) Red-winged = blackbird joined the=20 other one I posted yesterday. They were calling to each other, but not = singing=20 much. Very beautiful day for birds to be singing, which there = were.
 
Alyssa DeRubeis
Golden = Valley 
------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C64469.5F8B7E30-- From clay.christensen@comcast.net Sat Mar 11 03:02:49 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:02:49 +0000 Subject: [mou] Robins Ramsey Co. Message-ID: <031120060302.17738.44123DD90002363F0000454A2206999735020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_17738_1142046169_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The morning chorus (7 a.m.) on Friday, 3/10, featured many robins singing in Lauderdale, Ramsey Co. Saw only one, but heard many. Clay Christensen Lauderdale, MN --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_17738_1142046169_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
The morning chorus (7 a.m.) on Friday, 3/10, featured many robins singing in Lauderdale, Ramsey Co. Saw only one, but heard many.
 
Clay Christensen
Lauderdale, MN
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_17738_1142046169_0-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Sat Mar 11 04:22:44 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:22:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fillmore County Beaver Creek WMA Message-ID: Went to Beaver Creek WMA in Fillmore County tonight, 3 miles from Iowa. = I counted 43 separate flocks of Blackbirds that flew over us tonight, = and I am guessing there were an average of 30 birds per flock. 80% of = the birds I could ID were Red-winged Blackbirds, the others I could ID = were Common Grackles. I saw some birds that were mixed in that could = have been Rusty Blackbirds but I cannot tell by call alone and they were = all on the move. So, in 2 hours from 1 spot, I saw over 1200 Blackbirds, = migration is booming. When we got to the field at 4:00 PM, there were no = Red-wings in sight, none singing or displaying. By 6:00 PM, they were = everywhere singing. Rich Peet recorded at least 12 different call notes = and songs for Red-winged Blackbirds alone. A flock of 15 Robins moved = through, 3 flocks of Horned Larks flew over, their two note musical call = notes throwing me off at first. Lapland Longspurs rattled overhead. 3 = Killdeers were seen, along with a Rough-legged Hawk (light morph), an = American Kestrel (male) and a 1st year Bald Eagle. We recorded an = overhead call note that had a Blue bird quality to it, but was not the = Eastern call I am familiar with. After listening to Bill Evans' night = call note CD, it may have been a group of Mountain Bluebirds. Single = note calls, slightly less musical than Eastern calls. Not definitive = enough to warrant a seasonal report listing, but I can at least call out = the maybes here in this forum. Get a copy of his recordings, it is worth = the cost many times over. Good Birding. From corax6330@yahoo.com Sat Mar 11 04:42:52 2006 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:42:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Miss. R., Pool 8,LaCrosse/LaCrescent---Genoa, Wi/Reno,MN Message-ID: <20060311044252.40037.qmail@web30913.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Pool 8 is still ice-covered west of the main channel. >From Minnesota, the following species were seen from Hwy 26 & Hillside Rd.: Great Blue Heron--flying east into Wis. Canada Goose Wood Duck---Hwy 26 deck & Wildcat Creek delta Mallard No. Shoveler----Wildcat Creek delta, Brownsville, MN Green-w. Teal--- " Bufflehead --- Dike 8, Reno Com. Merganser---Hwy 26 deck Hooded Merg.--------" Bald Eagles Ring-b. Gulls---Black River, south of I90 Herring " " Tufted Titmouse--- Hillside Rd., Reno, Houston Co. MN Horned Lark------- " Brown Creeper----- " E. Bluebird------- " 2 Am. Robin--------- " 2 On the north edge of LaCrosse on the Black River, Richmond Bay, & French Slough from French Island south of I90 and north of Clinton St., 15-20 Bald Eagles are hanging out on the ice. Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From tpulles@aol.com Sat Mar 11 14:23:19 2006 From: tpulles@aol.com (tpulles@aol.com) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:23:19 -0500 Subject: [mou] short-eared owls? Message-ID: <8C8132E7AAA1F80-11F0-116D1@FWM-R02.sysops.aol.com> ----------MailBlocks_8C8132E7AAA1F80_11F0_11364_FWM-R02.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Has anyone seen the short-eared owls at Beaver Creek WMA within the last few days? My family and I are going down there tomorrow. Thanks Keith Pulles, Wright County ----------MailBlocks_8C8132E7AAA1F80_11F0_11364_FWM-R02.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Has anyone seen the short-eared owls at Beaver Creek WMA within the last few days?  My family and I are going down there tomorrow.
 
Thanks
 
Keith Pulles, Wright County
----------MailBlocks_8C8132E7AAA1F80_11F0_11364_FWM-R02.sysops.aol.com-- From mntallboy@earthlink.net Sat Mar 11 15:54:46 2006 From: mntallboy@earthlink.net (William Marengo) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:54:46 -0600 Subject: [mou] N. Saw Whet Owl - Sibley County Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C644F1.D9B60670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Last night I spent some time owling along the Minnesota River Valley in parts of Carver, Scott and Sibley counties. I managed to turn up one very vocal Northern Saw-whet Owl in the High Island Creek County Park in Sibley County. To get to this nifty little park, from the intersection of Sibley County roads 6 and 12, go west 2 miles. Turn left (south) on a gravel road and follow the signs to the park. Regards. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C644F1.D9B60670 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable N. Saw Whet Owl - Sibley County

Last = night I spent some time owling along the Minnesota River Valley in parts of = Carver, Scott and Sibley counties. I managed to turn up one very = vocal Northern Saw-whet Owl in the High Island Creek County Park in Sibley County.

To = get to this nifty little park, from the intersection of Sibley County roads 6 and 12, go west 2 miles. Turn = left (south) on a gravel road and follow the signs to the = park.

Regards…

------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C644F1.D9B60670-- From dingermcduff@hotmail.com Sat Mar 11 16:15:35 2006 From: dingermcduff@hotmail.com (shawn conrad) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:15:35 -0600 Subject: [mou] Varied Thrush - Itasca County In-Reply-To: <8C8132E7AAA1F80-11F0-116D1@FWM-R02.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: Earl Orf and I just returned from viewing a Varied Thrush on private property a few miles north of Grand Rapids this morning. The landowners have agreed to let people see the bird from their home, but have asked that birders contact me so I can call the landowners, rather than giving out their contact information on the listserve. If you're interested in trying to see this bird, please email me. Shawn Conrad Bovey From clay.christensen@comcast.net Sat Mar 11 18:11:53 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:11:53 +0000 Subject: [mou] Grackles Ramsey Co. Message-ID: <031120061811.2773.441312E8000F0D2E00000AD52207000953020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_2773_1142100713_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit First grackles of the year for us here in Lauderdale, Ramsey Co. Clay Christensen --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_2773_1142100713_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
First grackles of the year for us here in Lauderdale, Ramsey Co.
 
Clay Christensen
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_2773_1142100713_0-- From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Sat Mar 11 18:24:02 2006 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:24:02 -0600 Subject: [mou] SE Stearns Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64506.AE84FFF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning birded Hwy 75 roadside (parallels I94) and backside gravel = roads along Mississippi River between Clearwater and St. Augusta. First = arrivals and new signs to report. Many RedWinged Blackbirds already = posting on sloughs. Great Blue Heron at the Plum Creek bridge. Many = Robins. Mallards pairing(3) in the creek. Male Eastern Bluebird in corn = stubble-E of St.Cloud water treatment, 2 killdeers calling, horned larks = tweeting, a Bald Eagle perched there to boot. Flyover groups of = Trumpeter Swans(5 & 7), Canda Geese, Common Merganser. First sightings = American Goldfinch and Pine Siskins at my feeder. A large batch of = Juncos. My, my, its coming on. mjb ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64506.AE84FFF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This morning birded Hwy 75 roadside (parallels I94) and = backside=20 gravel roads along Mississippi River between Clearwater and St. Augusta. = First=20 arrivals and new signs to report.  Many RedWinged Blackbirds = already=20 posting on sloughs. Great Blue Heron at the Plum Creek bridge. Many=20 Robins. Mallards pairing(3) in the creek.  Male Eastern = Bluebird in=20 corn stubble-E of St.Cloud water treatment, 2 killdeers calling, horned = larks=20 tweeting, a Bald Eagle perched there to boot.  Flyover groups of = Trumpeter=20 Swans(5 & 7), Canda Geese, Common Merganser. First sightings = American=20 Goldfinch and Pine Siskins at my feeder.  A large batch of = Juncos. =20 My, my, its coming on.  mjb
------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64506.AE84FFF0-- From DKieser@CLYNCH.COM Sat Mar 11 21:33:34 2006 From: DKieser@CLYNCH.COM (Doug Kieser) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:33:34 -0600 Subject: [mou] 400+ Greater White-Fronted Geese, 3 Ross's Geese - Lake Byllesby, Dakota/Goodhue Message-ID: <54D59E4D62B8914BA64E080EF0CCD51D6EA6D4@bems1.clynch.com> Waterfowl migration was very evident today at Lake Byllesby. When I arrived at 11:00 am, there were 2 Greater White-Fronted Geese on the mudflats, with another 120 overhead. Flocks continued to arrive over the next 2 hours, when I left at 1:15 there were nearly 400 on the mudflats. Shortly after leaving Jim Otto called to tell me 3 Ross's Geese had just flown in, so I returned. 6 Snow Geese were also present for comparison, the Ross's stubby bluish-based bill lacking a grinning patch was easily observed. In this short time another 100 Greater-White Fronted Geese arrived, pushing their total to well over 400. Also present were 25 Cackling Geese, and several hundred Canada Geese. 3 flocks of Snow Geese totalling 300 birds flew over without joining the party. Ducks present included Greater and Lesser Scaup, Ring-Necked Duck, Redhead, Canvasback, Mallard, American Black Duck, Green-Winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead. Other new arrivals included Killdeer, Song Sparrow. Doug Kieser Minneapolis=20 From herbdingmann@astound.net Sat Mar 11 21:57:35 2006 From: herbdingmann@astound.net (Herb Dingmann) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:57:35 -0600 Subject: [mou] Greater White-fronted Geese - Stearns Message-ID: <01b901c64556$d13d5740$6401a8c0@D452T311> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BA_01C64524.86A53130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I spent some time in western Stearns County this morning. Lots of geese moving around, and several flocks of Lapland Longspurs were seen. A half-dozen Greater White-fronted Geese were found at a pasture pond east of the =93intersection=94 of 360th St. and 395th Ave. Take Hwy 71 south from Sauk Centre about 5 miles, turn left onto CR190, follow it east 1 mile, south 1 mile, and then east =BC mile. =20 Herb Dingmann St. Cloud =20 ------=_NextPart_000_01BA_01C64524.86A53130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I spent some time in western = Stearns = County this morning. =A0Lots of geese moving = around, and several flocks of Lapland Longspurs = were seen.=A0 A = half-dozen Greater White-fronted Geese were found at a pasture pond east of the = “intersection” of 360th = St. and = 395th Ave. =A0Take Hwy 71 south from Sauk Centre = about 5 miles, turn left onto CR190, follow it east 1 mile, south 1 mile, and then east = =BC mile.

 

Herb = Dingmann

St. = Cloud

=A0 =

------=_NextPart_000_01BA_01C64524.86A53130-- From jlotto1@msn.com Sat Mar 11 23:31:20 2006 From: jlotto1@msn.com (james otto) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:31:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] Lake Byllesby Message-ID:
After Doug Kieser left , I was waiting for Leslie Marcus to show , all the geese left before her arrival. However White-Fronted Geese , Snow geese and a total of 5 Ross geese landed  while Leslie and I were looking at ducks. So I saw a minimum of 5 or perhaps 8 Ross Geese today.
 
                               Jim Otto.

Find just what you're after with the new, more precise MSN Search - try it now! From alongtin@worldnet.att.net Sat Mar 11 23:33:30 2006 From: alongtin@worldnet.att.net (Andrew Longtin) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:33:30 -0600 Subject: [mou] Greater White-fronted Goose (Corcoran Hennepin Co.) Message-ID: <20060311233323.B0B74115FF@biosci.cbs.umn.edu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C64531.EAA34340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, I just had 16 Greater White-fronted Geese fly over my yard and make a loop back south, last seen heading straight south towards Hwy 55 paralleling Co. Rd. 116.. Andrew --- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota Minnesota Ornithologists Union Member http://moumn.org/ Cornell Lab Member (PFW) http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Supporter http://www.hawkridge.org/ ALongtin@worldnet.att.net See My WEB pages at: http://home.att.net/~alongtin/Index.htm NO SPAM NEEDED HERE PLEASE!!!!! ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C64531.EAA34340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
All,
    I just had 16 Greater = White-fronted=20 Geese fly over my yard and make a loop back south, last seen heading = straight=20 south towards Hwy 55 paralleling Co. Rd. 116..
 
Andrew
 
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------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C64531.EAA34340-- From connybrunell@earthlink.net Sat Mar 11 23:56:18 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:56:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] Western Meadowlarks + American Woodcock ~ Dakota Co. Message-ID: <380-220063611235618859@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_2462611114141235618859 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Today friends Molly, Dale, and Ben from Deep Portage and I birded around Dakota County and enjoyed several new arrivals. We did witness several large flocks of Greater White-fronted Geese fly overhead from Byllesby Regional Park. We also had an American Woodcock flush up from the path there. While coming down into the 180th St Marsh we saw 3 Western Meadowlarks roadside and they were singing. A great day to be out birding! Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_2462611114141235618859 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
Today friends Molly, Dale, and Ben from Deep Portage and I birded around Dakota County
and enjoyed several new arrivals.  We did witness several large flocks of Greater White-fronted
Geese fly overhead from Byllesby Regional Park.  We also had an American Woodcock flush
up from the path there.  While coming down into the 180th St Marsh we saw 3 Western
Meadowlarks roadside and they were singing.  A great day to be out birding!
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
 
------=_NextPart_2462611114141235618859-- From bafall@UMN.EDU Sun Mar 12 01:21:19 2006 From: bafall@UMN.EDU (Bruce Fall) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:21:19 -0600 Subject: [mou] Carolina Wren, Wood Lake Message-ID: <63434DA2-21A5-4B90-9404-596EE145B835@UMN.EDU> This morning (11 March, 11 a.m.), there was a singing Carolina Wren near the south fence at Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield (Hennepin Co.), near the south junction of the Prairie and Perimeter trails. The wren sang for about 5 min. from 20 feet up in a tree. Bruce A. Fall, Minneapolis From dbmartin@skypoint.com Sun Mar 12 01:21:55 2006 From: dbmartin@skypoint.com (Dennis/Barbara Martin) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:21:55 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bohemian Waxwings-Mille Lacs Cty Message-ID: <003d01c64573$5d6cba00$3d2f56c7@oemcomputer> Found a few Bohemian Waxwings in the town of Milaca this PM. They were in the southwest part of town mixed with a large robin flock and some Cedar Waxwings, feeding on crab apples. At least some of the Bohemians were still in Mora (Kanabec Cty) near the courthouse on the west side of town. There was a significant movement of raptors north earlier today. Late morning I spent about a hour sitting on 421st Ave NW, astride the Isanti/Kanabec County line, west of county road 27. This is on the north side of the very large Dalbo WMA. In that time I had 25 Bald Eagles, one adult Golden Eagle, a half dozen Northern Harriers, 3 rough-legs, and an uncounted number of Red-tailed Hawks move through. All were moving north rather rapidly. At the same time through my scope I watched two hunters about three/quarters mile away hunting pheasants. Which by the way there is no hunting season on at this time. When I left my spot they saw me and moved back to their truck rather quickly. After I drove past them on my way out of the area they got in their truck and left quickly by the other way out. Dennis Martin dbmartin@skypoint.com From MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM Sun Mar 12 03:23:13 2006 From: MJBFLWRMT@MSN.COM (Milton Blomberg) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:23:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] SE Stearns, furthermore-GWTeal Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C64552.011DC1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A lone male Green-winged Teal near Pearl Lake (Marty,MN), CR146/190th (W = of Hwy 15, E side of Pearl Lk), in spring fieldwater of cropland. Other = notables incl. a dip into NE Meeker County--Northern Harriers, 2 pr = RedTail Hawks. mjb ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C64552.011DC1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A lone male Green-winged Teal near Pearl Lake (Marty,MN), = CR146/190th=20 (W of Hwy 15, E side of Pearl Lk), in spring fieldwater of cropland. = Other=20 notables incl. a dip into NE Meeker County--Northern Harriers, 2 pr = RedTail=20 Hawks. mjb
------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C64552.011DC1C0-- From Drewbec@aol.com Sun Mar 12 03:44:27 2006 From: Drewbec@aol.com (Drewbec@aol.com) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:44:27 EST Subject: [mou] 400+ Greater White-Fronted Geese, 3 Ross's Geese - Lake Byllesby, D... Message-ID: <294.70b9ef0.3144f31b@aol.com> -------------------------------1142135067 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The birds continued to get better throughout the day at Byllesby. By 4:30, Linda Sparling and I had an estimated 1500 Greater White-fronted Geese. Far outnumbering the Canadas present. Flocks were coming in, flying over, leaving--- it was quite a sight! I attempted to count other groups of birds, but it was extremely difficult. There were easily over 2000 birds present at the peak moment. We had 8 Ross's, 4 Snows, at least 75 Cackling, over 200 Ring-necked Ducks, all 3 Mergs, and the other species previously mentioned. By about 5:00pm, most of the geese were taking off, whether just to feed or continue migrating is unknown. An impressive day at Byllesby. Drew Smith Eagan, Dakota County -------------------------------1142135067 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable AOL Email
The birds continued to get better throughout the day=20 at Byllesby. By 4:30, Linda Sparling and I had an estimated 1500=20 Greater White-fronted Geese. Far outnumbering the Canadas present. Flo= cks=20 were coming in, flying over, leaving--- it was quite a sight! I attemp= ted=20 to count other groups of birds, but it was extremely difficult. There=20= were=20 easily over 2000 birds present at the peak moment. We had 8 Ross's, 4=20 Snows, at least 75 Cackling, over 200 Ring-necked Ducks, all 3 Mergs,=20= and=20 the other species previously mentioned. By about 5:00pm, most of the=20 geese were taking off, whether just to feed or continue=20 migrating is unknown. An impressive day at Byllesby.
 
Drew Smith
Eagan, Dakota=20 County
-------------------------------1142135067-- From stan_1ch@yahoo.com Sun Mar 12 03:56:02 2006 From: stan_1ch@yahoo.com (Stan Merrill) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:56:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Keith Radel - April 1 - Burnsville, MN Message-ID: <20060312035602.70379.qmail@web38202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello EveryBIRDie! Mark your calendars for 11 a.m., April 1, to hear Keith Radel's program on Bluebirds, at Wild Birds Unlimited, north of Outback Steak House, Co. Rds. 42 & 5, Burnsville, MN. Keith is an active member of Minnesota's Bluebird Recovery Program, member of MBRP Board of Directors. In 2005, 296 bluebirds fledged from his 66-paired nest boxes. Admission is free. Reservations are not required, however, a phone call [952-435-0491] would be appreciated so WBU will know how many to set up for. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From connybrunell@earthlink.net Sun Mar 12 15:05:53 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:05:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sunrise at Lake Byllesby ~ Dakota County Message-ID: <380-22006301215553234@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_1641911122756815553234 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This morning there was a glorious sunrise at Lake Byllesby in Dakota County with a backdrop that would make any canvas enviable. From 6:30 am - 7:00 there was a conservative estimate of still 300+ Greater White-fronted Geese at rest scattered over the mudflats on the west end. There were still 2 Ross's Geese mixed in with the GWFG, Cackling Geese, and a flock of about 35 Snow Geese that took off while I was there. Amazingly enough still more Greater White-fronted Geese continued to funnel in and out the whole time as did the Ducks. Taking the gravel roads back I did see a large flock of Lapland Longspurs swirling low over the roly ag fields, and hear a Eastern Meadowlark singing. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_1641911122756815553234 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 

This morning there was a glorious sunrise at Lake Byllesby in Dakota County with a backdrop that would make any canvas
enviable.  From 6:30 am - 7:00 there was a conservative estimate of still 300+ Greater White-fronted Geese at rest scattered
over the mudflats on the west end.  There were still 2 Ross's Geese mixed in with the GWFG, Cackling Geese, and
a flock of about 35 Snow Geese that took off while I was there.  Amazingly enough still more Greater White-fronted Geese
continued to funnel in and out the whole time as did the Ducks. 
Taking the gravel roads back I did see a large flock of Lapland Longspurs swirling low over the roly ag fields, and hear
a Eastern Meadowlark singing. 
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------=_NextPart_1641911122756815553234-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Sun Mar 12 16:21:31 2006 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:21:31 -0600 Subject: [mou] 21 waterfowl species at L. Byllesby, Dakota Co. Message-ID: <410-220063012162131281@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This morning (Mar. 12) from 8-9 am. I found 21 species of waterfowl at the west end of the lake including a flock of 700 Greater White-fronted Geese that were departing as I arrived. I saw no Snow or Ross's Geese. Total species included singles of Black Duck, Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, and Cackling Goose. A prairie race Merlin was at 180th and Emery watching over a nervous flock of Lapland Longspurs. I'm not putting my shovel away just yet. Jim Eagan, Dakota County ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

This morning (Mar. 12) from 8-9 am. I found 21 species of waterfowl at the west end of the lake including a flock of 700 Greater White-fronted Geese that were departing as I arrived. I saw no Snow or Ross's Geese. Total species included singles of Black Duck, Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, and Cackling Goose.
 
A prairie race Merlin was at 180th and Emery watching over a nervous flock of Lapland Longspurs.
 
I'm not putting my shovel away just yet.

Jim
Eagan, Dakota County
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From cfagyal@avianphotos.org Sun Mar 12 17:11:28 2006 From: cfagyal@avianphotos.org (Chris Fagyal) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:11:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] New arrivals at my house in far NE Wright County... Message-ID: <44145640.107@avianphotos.org> Haven't been out birding much at all this year, but in the last few days I've had the following show up at my home in Otsego: Red-winged Blackbirds (several more to join the one that overwintered in my yard) Song Sparrows (2 weeks earlier than they showed up in my yard last year. This year: 3/12, last year: 3/30) House Finches (They don't seem to winter in my yard...but they arrived yesterday, paired up) Mourning Dove (1 flew by this morning) American Tree Sparrows (They disappeared for a while, but returned in numbers yesterday) No flyovers of Greater White-fronted Geese yet, but hundreds of Canada Geese flew over yesterday... Chris Fagyal Otsego Wright County. From clay.christensen@comcast.net Sun Mar 12 17:20:23 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:20:23 +0000 Subject: [mou] Red-winged blkbds Ramsey Co. Message-ID: <031220061720.18531.44145857000B41DC000048632207300033020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18531_1142184023_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I saw the first red-winged blackbirds of the season here in Lauderdale, Ramsey Co., yesterday, 3/11. --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18531_1142184023_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I saw the first red-winged blackbirds of the season here in Lauderdale, Ramsey Co., yesterday, 3/11.
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18531_1142184023_0-- From everhart@blackhole.com Sat Mar 11 22:17:40 2006 From: everhart@blackhole.com (Roger Everhart) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:17:40 -0600 Subject: [mou] Killdeer make it to Apple Valley Message-ID: <380-220063611221740706@blackhole.com> Hey everybody, The warm weather has really started moving things south of here so on Friday it was good to hear the first Killdeer of the spring=2E It was a flyover of my house which is just south of the Minnesota Zoo=2E Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN Dakota County From tiger150@comcast.net Sun Mar 12 21:27:22 2006 From: tiger150@comcast.net (alyssa) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:27:22 -0600 Subject: [mou] Lake Byllesby Waterfowl Question Message-ID: <003b01c6461b$bfeab850$6401a8c0@A2400T2482> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C645E9.75170FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable How long are these waterfowl going to keep flying in to Lake Byllesby? = I'm asking becuase our family is considering a day trip there two = weekends from now. Thanks~ Alyssa DeRubeis Hennipin County ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C645E9.75170FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
How long are these waterfowl going to = keep flying=20 in to Lake Byllesby? I'm asking becuase our family is considering a day = trip=20 there two weekends from now. Thanks~
 
Alyssa DeRubeis
Hennipin = County
------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C645E9.75170FE0-- From tdunlapsr@chaska.net Sun Mar 12 23:28:46 2006 From: tdunlapsr@chaska.net (tdunlapsr) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:28:46 -0600 Subject: [mou] First spring bird... Message-ID: <20060312232750.M60513@chaska.net> We had our first red wing blackbird of the year at our sunflower feeder all afternoon! ----------------------- WebMail from Chaska.net From beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com Mon Mar 13 01:00:59 2006 From: beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com (Beau Shroyer) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] Wilken County birds Message-ID:

On a lead from Ben Fritchman, I birded Wilken County today.  I counted 80 Greater Prairie Chickens, 11 Gray Partridge, a W. Meadowlark, more horned larks than I could count, several N. Harriers, and saw a rough-legged hawk in pretty much every tree.  The best locations were between Lawndale and Rothsay.  I also saw a short eared owl on I-94 at mile 62 East of Fergus Falls.  Had a nice morning.  Thanks Ben.

From jwallner@hutman.net Mon Mar 13 01:22:59 2006 From: jwallner@hutman.net (John Wallner) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:22:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] Pine city - Sandhill Crane Message-ID: <4414C973.3070703@hutman.net> Single bird flying over the 35w overpass. First for me this year From karl_bardon@yahoo.com Mon Mar 13 01:56:01 2006 From: karl_bardon@yahoo.com (Karl Bardon) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:56:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] 1213 Bald Eagles at Lake Pepin Message-ID: <20060313015601.66881.qmail@web31111.mail.mud.yahoo.com> There were very impressive numbers of birds on Lake Pepin today. I counted 1,213 Bald Eagles between Read’s Landing and Wacouta, which represents the highest reported count for the state. Also present were 2499 Common Mergansers (although tens of thousands gather here in fall, this is a new high count for spring), 59 Hooded Mergansers, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, approximately 500 Common Goldeneyes, and several hundred mixed Aythya divers. Gulling was excellent in Goodhue County at the north end of Lake Pepin and at Colvill Park, including 1200 Ring-billeds, 368 Herring, 3 adult Thayer’s, a second-cycle Glaucous, a first-cycle Iceland, and two Lesser Black-backeds: a third-cycle and an adult. Both the Iceland and the third-cycle Lesser Black-backed were seen from the rest area at the north end of the lake near Hansen’s Harbor, while the Glaucous and the adult Lesser Black-backed were at Colvill Park. The first-cycle Iceland is a different individual than the one present in the Twin Cities last January. Karl Bardon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From lkrueger@umn.edu Mon Mar 13 04:33:39 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:33:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] Photo website update Message-ID: <000301c64657$503cd1a0$09fc6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C64625.05A261A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have updated my photo website with two more photos of the Gyrfalcon from Hwy 47 in Hastings and photos taken today of Ring-billed Gulls from Colvill Park in Hastings. The Gull photos are the first ones I've ever taken of the gulls fishing and so I'm excited about that. There were hundreds there today and enough fish, it seemed, for everyone. There were Bald Eagles there still (I didn't take time to count how may but could readily see five perched in trees when I arrived there late in the afternoon). And, there are two Bald Eagle nests there both having an Eagle sitting on the nest. I did revisit the Great Horned Owl nest in Lakeville yesterday (on Dodd Boulevard) and the female owl was sitting on the nest and the male was perched across the field. I wouldn't have known the female owl was in the nest if it hadn't stretched its wings upward shortly after I arrived. After that, she sunk down far enough into the nest that she was no longer visible at all. Crows were not pestering the owls this time as they were previously. I want to thank those that have emailed me in private giving me directions to great photo ops! I could not be getting the photos I'm getting without the help of all of you out there :-) Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C64625.05A261A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have updated my photo website with two more photos = of the Gyrfalcon from Hwy 47 in Hastings and photos taken today of Ring-billed = Gulls from Colvill Park in Hastings.  The Gull photos are the first ones = I’ve ever taken of the gulls fishing and so I’m excited about = that.  There were hundreds there today and enough fish, it seemed, for = everyone.  There were Bald Eagles there still (I didn’t take time to count how may = but could readily see five perched in trees when I arrived there late in the afternoon).  And, there are two Bald Eagle nests there both having = an Eagle sitting on the nest. 

 

I did revisit the Great Horned Owl nest in Lakeville yesterday (on Dodd = Boulevard) and the female owl was sitting on the nest and the male was perched = across the field. I wouldn’t have known the female owl was in the nest if it = hadn’t stretched its wings upward shortly after I arrived.  After that, = she sunk down far enough into the nest that she was no longer visible at = all.  Crows were not pestering the owls this time as they were previously. =

 

I want to thank those that have emailed me in private = giving me directions to great photo ops!  I could not be getting the = photos I’m getting without the help of all of you out there J

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C64625.05A261A0-- From wenelson@mlecmn.net Mon Mar 13 04:48:59 2006 From: wenelson@mlecmn.net (Warren Nelson) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:48:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] Update from Aitkin County Message-ID: <4414F9BB.6020506@mlecmn.net> I looked around Aitkin County this past weekend and came up with a few interesting things. 2 SNOWY OWLS ( one along C.R.1 north of Aitkin and the other along 310th Ave. just south of Palisade--I received a message that a third snowy was found dead along C.R.1, apparently electrocuted) 4 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES along C.R.1 Several COMMON REDPOLLS, EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE GROSBEAKS,SNOW BUNTINGS and a flock of about 60 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the south edge of Aitkin. A few new spring migrants: flocks of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, a dozen KESTRELS, several NORTHERN HARRIERS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, dozens of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS ( 16 in one field along C.R.1 just north of the diversion channel), CANADA GEESE Warren Nelson From sweston2@comcast.net Mon Mar 13 05:15:23 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:15:23 -0600 Subject: [mou] L. Bylessby & Dakota Co. Message-ID: <003601c6465f$01257fb0$f0afb445@Weston72505> Birded Dakota Co. late Saturday afternoon, ending up at Lake Bylessby. It was pretty birdy with large flocks of Blackbirds flying. Lake Bylessby was quiet. Thirteen species of waterfowl were counted there with a three more added at 140th Street. the most common specie was probably the Common Merganser, although large swirls of ducks were seen to the south and assumed to be Mallards over the farm fields. None of the large goose flocks were around when I arrived at about 4pm. however two flocks of about 50 Snow Geese each and a third flock of over 200 White Fronted Geese with about 20 Snow Geese flew over between 5pm and 5:30. Other birds of interest seen: Northern (?) Shrike seen at the same location where I found one two weeks ago: south of Hastings at Hwy316 and Nicolai rd (CR91). Great Blue Heron looking out of place on the ice at 180th. Cedar Waxwings Eastern Bluebirds - 2 males at 140th. Killdeer heard at L. Bylessby. Sharp-shinned Hawk Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From a_molson@unidial.com Mon Mar 13 15:26:20 2006 From: a_molson@unidial.com (Ann and Manley Olson) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:26:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] [Fwd: [wisb] Passing of a legend ART HAWKINS] Message-ID: <44158F1C.3070409@unidial.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090107030400000009040307 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This tribute to Art Hawkins,long-time birder and conservationist,is from the Wisconsin bird website. The was also an article and picture in the Star Tribune yesterday.There will be a private,family service. Manley Olson --------------090107030400000009040307 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="[wisb] Passing of a legend ART HAWKINS" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="[wisb] Passing of a legend ART HAWKINS" X-Account-Key: account1 Received: from lawrence.edu ([143.44.0.14]) by mx-1.vancouver.ipapp.com ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:21:38 -0800 X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,HTML_MESSAGE, J_CHICKENPOX_44,NO_RECEIVED,NO_RELAYS,RATWARE_MS_HASH, RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no version=3.1.0 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter: Scanned X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.0.6 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Sender: "Wisconsin Birding Network" To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" X-Original-Message-ID: <01f301c64517$10aa7a10$28267640@InsigniaPC> From: "Jeff Bahls" Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:20:45 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01F0_01C644E4.B2243F30" Subject: [wisb] Passing of a legend ART HAWKINS X-Rcpt-To: X-Country: US X-Received-Missing: US Return-Path: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01F0_01C644E4.B2243F30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, we lost a great one on Thursday. Art Hawkins passed away at the = age of 92. Art was a pioneer in the world of waterfowl research and = ecology.Art with Frank Belrose invented the wood duck box. Art also came = up with the waterfowl transect, a method of determining waterfowl = populations of which many other bird surveys were spun off of. Hawkins, studied under the great Aldo Leopold and has done work at = Faville grove in Jefferson county.=20 Art Hawkins was one of the founders of the Wood Duck Society. Started = in 1984 Wood Duck Society works to promote sound management of wood = duck populations and associated habitats required for their reproduction = and survival. It was through the Wood Duck Society that I knew Art. = Art was a fixture there. His walking stick in hand waving, smiling and = shaking hands with old friends and new "wood duckers".I attended the = meeting just about every year. Just last Saturday I attended the annual = meeting.I spoke with Art about Horicon marsh ( he wanted to know how = things were going there) I mentioned I had seen a picture of him back in = his days of working with Aldo Leopold saving some lady slippers from a = spot that was to be plowed. The photo showed Art carrying the plants on = a old door. "yup I put them in the Northwest corner, you can't see them from the = road you might have to across the ditch to see them"said Hawkins, nearly = 70 years later and he knew where he put those plants.We talked about old = co- workers of his and to say Hi to them. Needless to say Art was as = sharp as a tack until his dying day. Found with rubber boots on and = field glasses around his neck by his ponds in Hugo MN. He had been = watching the ducks and geese return. The ducks and geese that he had = helped for so many years and still was his passion. The man lived a full = life and had done something for the world. We ALL should be so lucky. = Art left behind a wife of 64 years and a daughter who is working with = the Aldo Leopold foundation. =20 The family asked that memorials go to the Leopold Foundation in Baraboo, = WI or to the Madison Audubon Society, Faville Prairie restoration. It = was only fitting that I was working on some wood duck photos when I = learned the news of Art's passing. One of my cherished possessions is a = copy of "Ecology and Management Of the Wood Duck" a book written by = Frank Belrose dedicated to Art Hawkins. Art signed the book for me.=20 Respectfully submitted=20 Jeff Bahls Lowell Wi Dodge County ------=_NextPart_000_01F0_01C644E4.B2243F30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Folks, we lost a great one on Thursday. = Art Hawkins=20 passed away at the age of 92. Art was a pioneer in the world of = waterfowl=20 research and ecology.Art with Frank Belrose invented the wood duck box. = Art also=20 came up with the waterfowl transect, a method of determining waterfowl=20 populations of which many other bird surveys were spun off = of.
Hawkins, studied under the great = Aldo Leopold=20 and has done work at Faville grove in Jefferson = county. 
 Art Hawkins was one of the  = founders of=20 the Wood Duck Society. Started in 1984  Wood Duck Society = works to=20 promote sound management of wood duck populations and associated = habitats=20 required for their reproduction and survival.  It was through = the Wood=20 Duck  Society that I knew Art.  Art was a fixture there. His = walking=20 stick in hand  waving, smiling and shaking hands with old friends = and new=20 "wood duckers".I attended the meeting just about every year. Just last = Saturday=20 I attended the annual meeting.I spoke with Art about Horicon marsh ( he = wanted=20 to know how things were going there) I mentioned I had seen a picture of = him=20 back in his days of working with Aldo Leopold saving some lady slippers = from a=20 spot that was to be plowed. The photo showed Art carrying the plants on = a old=20 door.
 "yup I put them in the Northwest = corner, you=20 can't see them from the road you might have to across the ditch to = see=20 them"said Hawkins, nearly 70 years later and he knew where he = put=20 those plants.We talked about old co- workers of his and to say Hi = to them.=20 Needless to say Art was as sharp as a tack until his dying day. Found = with=20 rubber boots on and field glasses around his neck by his = ponds in=20 Hugo MN. He had been watching the ducks and geese return. The ducks and = geese=20 that he had helped for so many years and still was his passion. The man = lived a=20 full life and had done something for the world. We ALL should be so = lucky.=20 Art left behind a wife of 64 years and a daughter who is working with = the Aldo=20 Leopold foundation.     

The family asked that memorials go to the = Leopold=20 Foundation in Baraboo, WI or to the Madison Audubon Society, Faville=20 Prairie restoration. It was only fitting that I was working on some = wood=20 duck photos when I learned the news of Art's passing. One of my = cherished=20 possessions is a copy of "Ecology and Management Of the Wood Duck" a = book=20 written by Frank Belrose dedicated to Art Hawkins. Art signed the book = for=20 me. 

Respectfully submitted 

Jeff Bahls
Lowell Wi
Dodge = County

 

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------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C64684.47A79430-- From northernflights@charter.net Mon Mar 13 18:12:49 2006 From: northernflights@charter.net (Larson Kelly) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:12:49 -0600 Subject: [mou] Beltrami Birds Message-ID: <66B8B694-7729-4EB4-A5FE-24B695595255@charter.net> --Apple-Mail-5-757612709 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Carl & I took a drive on Sunday looking for early signs of Spring. Few were to be found. In southern Beltrami county, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks were hunting a power-line opening along Cty 2, one mile west of MN 71. The first Red-tails I've seen this year. In Itasca State Park, Pileated Woodpeckers were drumming and a Snowshoe Hare was looking a little scruffy. Feeder birds at the Brower Visitor Center included, hoards of Chickadee, Pine Siskin and both Nuthatch. We saw many pairs of Crows & Ravens throughout the trip Last Friday I saw my first Horned Larks, a flock of 9 along Cty 26, two miles west of Puposky. Later, a small group of Snow Buntings on Cty 32 near Nebish. I counted 9 Bald Eagles during a one hour drive north of Bemidji. All were paired but one group of three. The last pair were standing on a nest at the intersection of MN 71 and Cty 15. Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! --Apple-Mail-5-757612709 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Carl & I took a drive = on Sunday looking for early signs of Spring. Few were to be = found.

In = southern Beltrami county, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks were hunting = a=A0power-line opening along Cty 2, one mile west of MN 71. The=A0first = Red-tails I've seen this year. In Itasca State Park, Pileated = Woodpeckers were drumming and a Snowshoe Hare was looking a little = scruffy. Feeder birds at the Brower=A0Visitor Center included, hoards of = Chickadee, Pine Siskin and=A0both Nuthatch.=A0=A0We saw many pairs of = Crows & Ravens throughout the trip

Last Friday I saw my first = Horned Larks, a flock of 9 along Cty 26, two miles west of Puposky. = Later, a small group of Snow Buntings on Cty 32 near Nebish. I counted 9 = Bald Eagles=A0during a one hour drive north of Bemidji. All were paired = but one group of three. The last pair were standing on a nest at the = intersection of MN 71 and Cty 15.

Kelly = Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0www.northern-flights.com

Eschew = Obfuscation!
The = middle of Nowhere Somewhere!



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= --Apple-Mail-5-757612709-- From CAWenger@landolakes.com Mon Mar 13 19:13:28 2006 From: CAWenger@landolakes.com (Wenger, Char) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:13:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bluebirds in Coon Rapids Message-ID: <251D063A6C726644865CB5739EF32C80145F8DDA@EXCHANGE093.ent.lolcentral.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C646D2.357D3185 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A pair of Eastern Bluebirds were seen at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park yesterday (3/12). They were near the Picnic/Concert Pavilion on the north end of the lake. =20 =20 =20 Charlotte Wenger Administrative Legal Assistant Land O'Lakes, Inc. cawenger@landolakes.com 651-481-2828 651-481-2832 (fax) =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C646D2.357D3185 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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------_=_NextPart_001_01C646D2.357D3185-- From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Mon Mar 13 02:34:01 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:34:01 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gyrfalcon in Dakota County Message-ID: Hello all, The Gyrfalcon that has been previously spotted in Dakota County was back in his usual spot today - perched on the poles right near mile mark 216 on Highway 55 a few miles west of Hastings. I got some good photos. It appears to be quite brown in color. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobak/111692648/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobak/111692643/ Thanks to everyone who posted the sightings on this bird. This is the best sighting I have had since I started birding. Derek Bakken St. Paul, MN From Westerberg.Barb@mayo.edu Mon Mar 13 18:09:13 2006 From: Westerberg.Barb@mayo.edu (Westerberg, Barb) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] RE: [mnbird] Eden Prairie Eagles Message-ID: <07DBC64BDFE11C4F891D87972ED376E6031752F8@LMMAILVS1.ad.lmmhs.org> Please inform on how to unsubscribe. thank you=20 -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Matthew E. Moses Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:39 AM To: mnbird@lists.MnBird.net Cc: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu Subject: Re: [mnbird] Eden Prairie Eagles For those curious to check the urban eagles out, the side street off of Anderson Parkwaywith a direct view is Chestnut Drive. A walking path entry point for Purgatory Creek is right there and you'd actually end up walking right under the tree their nest is in. They seem to tolerate the joggers, cyclists and walkers who pass by pretty well. They are easily viewable with just a pair of basic binoculars. This morning both eagles were sitting guard above the nest. Its a pair of good sized mature eagles. Talking to a local resident they are apparently active in the morning hunting around the lake there and disappear during the afternoons. He said last year they got to enjoy them and their eaglets learning to hunt during the spring. Thanks to Phyllis Bofferding for sharing that they are there! Regards, Matt On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, arthur bofferding wrote: > There is an eagle nest on the west side of Purgatory Creek Wetland=20 > with an adult standing guard over it. Can't see if another bird is on > the nest. The nest is easily visible from Anderson Lakes Pky. south of Hwy. > 212. Take either side streets marked with Pinebrook or Parkway=20 > Apartments. Or walk the trail around the wetland. Urban eagles!=20 > Phyllis Bofferding Eden Prairie, Hennepin County=20 > _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list=20 > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net=20 > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird _______________________________________________________________________ Matthew E. Moses http://www.moses-images.com H: 952.443.2059 matt@moses-images.com W: 952.212.2059 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird@lists.mnbird.net http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird ********************Confidentiality Notice******************** This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to= whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, co= nfidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthori= zed review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email message, includ= ing any attachment, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient,= please advise the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the or= iginal message. Thank you. From pam.coy@dnr.state.mn.us Mon Mar 13 18:22:46 2006 From: pam.coy@dnr.state.mn.us (Pam Coy) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:46 -0600 Subject: [mou] Varied Thrush seen Message-ID: A saw a Varied Thrush in NE Grand Rapids at 7:38 AM on March 12th. It fed = on the ground below a feeder for a few minutes before a gray squirrel = appeared & scared it away. I don't know if this is the same bird I saw = in December. From cmcrust@charter.net Tue Mar 14 02:15:08 2006 From: cmcrust@charter.net (Carol Crust) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:15:08 -0600 Subject: [mou] FW: Birding Cass County Message-ID: <003c01c6470d$1df7e4d0$6600a8c0@carolt64m1hz8e> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C646DA.D35D74D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Subject: Birding Cass County =20 Spent Sunday afternoon birding in Cass County. Started at the Gull = River Dam and checked for the Trumpeter Swans. Spent the rest of the afternoon = on backloads in the lower part of the County. It was a great day. =20 Trumpeter Swans Canada Geese Mallard Ducks Common Mergansers Hooded Mergansers Northern Shrike(2) Blue Jay Kestrel Rough legged Hawk Red Tailed Hawk Northern Harrier Golden = Eagle (2) Bald Eagles (5) Wild Turkeys (5) Great = Horned Owl =20 At our feeder Saturday morning in South Brainerd our first Mourning = Dove. Saw many Horned Larks and a Kestrel on St. Mathias Road. =20 On Sunday morning on the way home from Church a pair of Bald Eagles in Baxter. At our back yard feeder a Northern Cardinal, White and Red = Breasted Nuthatches, Hairy, Downy and Pileated Woodpeckers, American Gold = Finches, Dark Eyed Juncos, a lone Pine Siskin, first Red Winged Blackbird, the = first House Finch, Blue Jays, Chickadees and a few pesky House Sparrows. =20 >From our kitchen window we watched a pair of Bald Eagles and a small = flock of Canada Geese fly by. =20 A close neighbor had a Robin in her yard on Friday. =20 SPRING IS HERE! =20 Carol and Don Crust =20 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. 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Spent Sunday afternoon birding in Cass County.    Started at the Gull River Dam and checked for the Trumpeter Swans. Spent = the rest of the afternoon on backloads in the lower part of the = County.  It was a great day.

 

Trumpeter Swans         = Canada Geese      Mallard Ducks       Common Mergansers       Hooded Mergansers      Northern Shrike(2)     Blue Jay     = Kestrel

Rough legged Hawk       = Red Tailed Hawk   Northern Harrier     Golden = Eagle (2)              Bald Eagles  (5)            Wild Turkeys (5)   = Great Horned Owl

 

At our feeder Saturday morning in South Brainerd our first Mourning Dove.  Saw many Horned Larks = and a Kestrel on St. Mathias Road.

 

On Sunday morning on the way home from Church a pair = of Bald Eagles in Baxter.  At our back yard feeder a Northern Cardinal, = White and Red Breasted Nuthatches, Hairy, Downy and Pileated Woodpeckers, =  American Gold Finches, Dark Eyed Juncos, a lone Pine Siskin, first Red Winged = Blackbird, the first House Finch, Blue Jays, Chickadees and a few pesky House = Sparrows.

 

From our kitchen window we watched a pair of Bald = Eagles and a small flock of Canada Geese fly by.

 

A  close neighbor had a Robin in her yard on = Friday.

 

SPRING IS HERE!

 

Carol and Don Crust

 

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------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C646DA.D35D74D0-- From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Tue Mar 14 05:41:04 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:41:04 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth this weekend Message-ID: <20AA4F0C-B31D-11DA-A9DE-000A2791D90E@gmail.com> Hello all, I am going to be in Duluth this weekend for the Owl Symposium and plan on birding every moment that I am not at the event. The one place I really want to go birding is Sax-Zim but I have never been there and am worried that I will spend too much time just trying to find the right place(s) and not enough time looking at birds (most of which I've probably never seen - my northern/boreal bird list is quite small) So, I am wondering if anyone would like to form an informal field trip for either Friday (3/17) or Monday (3/19). I could possibly go Sunday also, but I am going to attend the Symposium workshops that morning and was thinking about spending the rest of the day around the harbor and canal park. I won't be able to lead the trip (unless driving in circles and listening to me swear sounds like fun to you), but am willing to gather names / phone numbers and get something planned. Send me an email (spottedtowhee@gmail.com) if interested in leading or joining. If you have a trip planned already and would be willing to have another participant, I would be interested in that also. Thanks, Derek Bakken St. Paul, MN From a_molson@unidial.com Tue Mar 14 14:39:24 2006 From: a_molson@unidial.com (Ann and Manley Olson) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:39:24 -0600 Subject: [mou] "Oregon" Junco Ramsey County Message-ID: <4416D59C.3000704@unidial.com> Late yesterday we had an Oregon race of Dark-eyed Junco at a feeder two feet from a window. It fed for about two minutes and we got great looks at the black hood contrasting with the brown back and saw the tan sides Manley Olson From SnoEowl@aol.com Tue Mar 14 17:02:22 2006 From: SnoEowl@aol.com (SnoEowl@aol.com) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:02:22 EST Subject: [mou] Live From Freeborn County Message-ID: <79.5747470f.3148511e@aol.com> -------------------------------1142355742 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Peregrine Falcon along Fountain Lake. Carolina Wrens at 3 locations--Lincoln, Rosehill and Oakwood Drive--all in Albert Lea. Bluebirds, robins and killdeer, oh, my. Grackles, blackbirds and song sparrows, oh, sigh. The snow can go. Al Batt -------------------------------1142355742 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Peregrine Falcon along Fountain Lake.
 
Carolina Wrens at 3 locations--Lincoln, Rosehill and Oakwood Drive--all= in=20 Albert Lea.
 
Bluebirds, robins and killdeer, oh, my.
 
Grackles, blackbirds and song sparrows, oh, sigh.
 
The snow can go.
 
Al Batt
 
 
 -------------------------------1142355742-- From Robert_Russell@fws.gov Tue Mar 14 18:05:24 2006 From: Robert_Russell@fws.gov (Robert_Russell@fws.gov) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:05:24 -0600 Subject: [mou] Canada Warbler report Message-ID: --0__=09BBFBA2DFF13A0D8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBA2DFF13A0D Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII A report on Canada Warbler, a bird of conservation concern for the U.S.= Fish and Wildlife Service, is available online from the Vermont Institu= te of Natural Science, at http://www.vinsweb.org/ and click on conservatio= n biology first and publications and reports secondly. Bob Russell, USFW= S= --0__=09BBFBA2DFF13A0D8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBA2DFF13A0D Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline

A report on Canada Warbler, a bird of conservation concern for the U= .S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is available online from the Vermont Ins= titute of Natural Science, at http:= //www.vinsweb.org/ and click on conservation biology first and publ= ications and reports secondly. Bob Russell, USFWS= --0__=09BBFBA2DFF13A0D8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBA2DFF13A0D-- From corax6330@yahoo.com Tue Mar 14 23:28:15 2006 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:28:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Peregrine Falcons, LaCrosse,Wis.: Nesting B. Eagle,Sandh. Cranes etc in Minn. Message-ID: <20060314232815.40455.qmail@web30903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Today March 14 one Peregrine Falcon (PEFA) was in the USBank nestbox at 10:30 AM and another on the Cathedral spire lower balcony three blocks east of the bank at the same time. At 11:30 AM a lone PEFA was seen flying west over Main St. between the Cathedral & the bank. Minnesota birds: Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR)-----1----Lawrence Lake (Miss. R. backwater north of Brownsville) Bald Eagle (BAEA)-----adult on nest east side of Lawrence L., viewed from Hwy. 26 Bald Eagles-----35+ along I90 over Miss R.& Black R. No. Harrier (NOHA)---1M---Houston Co. MN, jct. Hwys. 16 & 26 Sandhill Crane (SACR)----2----Houston Co. MN, Hwy 26 & Crooked Creek wetlands south of Reno Killdeer (KILL)----2----Wildcat Crk. delta at Brownsville No. Flicker (YSFL)----6----Houston Co. American Robin (AMRO)---flocks!----Houston Co. Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From JPMCOCON@aol.com Wed Mar 15 04:15:15 2006 From: JPMCOCON@aol.com (JPMCOCON@aol.com) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:15:15 EST Subject: [mou] Request for information Message-ID: <1a9.49214feb.3148eed3@aol.com> -------------------------------1142396115 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings all, Does anyone have any birding friends/contacts in the London (England) area? I'll be traveling to London/High Wycombe/Horsley's Green, and would like some tips on birding in that area from a 'local'. Please respond privately. Thank you, Julie O'Connor Duluth -------------------------------1142396115 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Does anyone have any birding friends/contacts in the London (England)=20 area?  I'll be traveling to London/High Wycombe/Horsley's Green, and wo= uld=20 like some tips on birding in that area from a 'local'.
 
Please respond privately.
Thank you,
Julie O'Connor
Duluth
 -------------------------------1142396115-- From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Wed Mar 15 04:29:12 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:29:12 -0600 Subject: [mou] Waterfowl ID help Message-ID: <40BAC48D-B3DC-11DA-B018-000A2791D90E@gmail.com> Hello all, I was a Black Dog Lake in Dakota County this morning. I didn't see anything noteworthy, except for a single Horned Grebe in its transition molt. However, I saw two birds that I could not approach, due to the deep snow, in order to ID with my binoculars (I need a spotting scope soon). I took a long digital photo and enlarged it on on computer. I still am not sure what I am looking at. They are smaller than Mallards, have yellowish bills with apparent markings, and appear to have dark heads with whitish faces and throats. They were the only two odd birds I saw and I don't think Black Dog Lake would be a place to see some weird farm hybrid ducks. They were swimming with a group of Canada Geese, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, and a few American Coots. Anyway, I've driven myself mad trying to ID them and any help or ideas would be appreciated. At the moment I am leaning towards calling them some sort of hybrid. Thanks, Derek Bakken St. Paul, MN From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Wed Mar 15 04:53:53 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:53:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] Waterfowl ID, Part II Message-ID: I forgot to include the link to the photo of the birds http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobak/112719998/ Above the photo is a little button to get "all sizes" so you can enlarge it a bit. Also, I have no idea why I said that Black Dog doesn't seem like the type of lake to have hybrids. I have been informed that since it doesn't completely freeze during winter it collects many hybrids from all over the Twin Cities. Anyway, thanks for any help you can offer. Derek From muchmoredoc@gmail.com Wed Mar 15 12:23:07 2006 From: muchmoredoc@gmail.com (Jim Ryan) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:23:07 -0600 Subject: [mou] Canada Warbler report In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------=_Part_943_29282209.1142425387417 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Thanks for the info Bob, I found the link you mentioned under (2nd) *Wildlife Research and Recovery*. There is and interesting article on the Bobolink's wintering grounds troubles too. On 3/14/06, Robert_Russell@fws.gov wrote: > > A report on Canada Warbler, a bird of conservation concern for the U.S. > Fish and Wildlife Service, is available online from the Vermont Institute= of > Natural Science, at http://www.vinsweb.org/ and click on conservation > biology first and publications and reports secondly. Bob Russell, USFWS > -- Sincerely, James F. Ryan, D.C., IAB Associate Check out the opportunity! http://www.iabhome.net A 20-minute presentation on a proven income system offering affordable Health-Care Benefits and More! http://business.iabhome.com (a win/win answer for small business owners!) muchmoredoc@gmail.com 877-694-2226 ext. 754 651-308-0234 cell http://www.iabnew.com/bigdog (become an associate today!) http://www.iabweb.com/bigdog (become a member today!) ------=_Part_943_29282209.1142425387417 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Thanks for the info Bob,

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------=_Part_5744_16312015.1142453195226-- From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Thu Mar 16 02:58:30 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:58:30 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gibertson (PVC) Bluebird House Message-ID: Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using the Gilbertson (PVC) bluebird house. I live in an area of Winona where bluebirds are common as are house sparrows. Thanks in advance. Matt Baumann Winona, MN From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Thu Mar 16 03:06:12 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:06:12 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gibertson (PVC) Bluebird House In-Reply-To: Message-ID: George, A couple of things: 1) Do house sparrows truly shun them ? 2) What is the best way to mount them (type of pole, etc) ? Thanks >From: "George Reindl" >To: baumann_matt@hotmail.com >Subject: RE: [mou] Gibertson (PVC) Bluebird House >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:03:34 -0600 > > > >What info are you looking for. > >  > >personally I think the PVC boxes are great. > >George Reindl > >Faribault, MN > > > > > > >From:  "Matt Baumann" >To:  mou-net@cbs.umn.edu >Subject:  [mou] Gibertson (PVC) Bluebird House >Date:  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:58:30 -0600 > >Hello All, > > > >I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using the > >Gilbertson (PVC) bluebird house. I live in an area of Winona where > >bluebirds are common as are house sparrows. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Matt Baumann > >Winona, MN > > > >_______________________________________________ > >mou-net mailing list > >mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > >http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > From two-jays@att.net Thu Mar 16 17:19:05 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:19:05 -0600 Subject: [mou] why birders should buy duck stamps Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-58-1013588710 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed For the past seven years I have been fortunate enough to write about birds on a regular basis for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the daily newspaper here. A page each week, found in the Home and Garden section, is devoted to birds and birders. For my March column subject I chose duck stamps. I am sending the column simply because I believe the message is important and should be read by as many birders as possible. Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota How can you help preserve habitat? Hunters have long helped protect habitat. 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That very specific habitat is increasingly scarce. Three wrens found in Minnesota, all small, brown and feisty -- ready to scold should you encroach on their territory -- have a lot in common. But they may not share the same future. House wrens use a wide variety of semi-open habitats, none of which are in short supply. This is a common species of wren that can be found in orchards, brushy areas and back yards. The other two wrens -- marsh and sedge wrens -- are dependent on very specific habitat, which is becoming increasingly scarce. As their names suggest, sedge wrens need wet meadows, places where sedge often grows. Marsh wrens rely on cattail marshes. Unfortunately, many marshes and wet meadows are being drained, plowed and planted. And, if you take away a species' habitat, its numbers will undoubtedly shrink. But marsh wrens and sedge wrens are being helped by an unlikely group of people: hunters. In fact, wrens should count duck hunters and pheasant hunters among their best friends, even though the relationship is not intentional. You probably have heard of the duck stamp and of the hunting organizations Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. Their aim is to protect and restore habitat for ducks and pheasants, but they also help wrens and blackbirds and herons and warblers. Here's how: All waterfowl hunters are required to buy a duck stamp (officially called the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp). Money from the sale of this stamp -- an amazing 98 percent of the stamp's price -- goes to support the work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The service operates 540 national wildlife refuges nationwide (12 in Minnesota) and purchases or leases what are called waterfowl production areas (WPA). Minnesota has 263,505 acres of WPA land. Waterfowl production areas usually contain wet, marshy land surrounded by low, grassy meadows, all of which are duck-friendly. Where might one go to look for marsh or sedge wrens, red-winged blackbirds or common yellowthroats, one of our prettiest warblers? You would head for wet, marshy land surrounded by low grassy meadows. Such land can be found around Pelican Lake in Wright County, on the edge of the metro area. Here draining, plowing and building have taken their toll on wetlands and grasslands. Several months ago, 300 acres adjacent to the lake came on the market. Developers wanted it. The county got it, then resold the land to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for use as a waterfowl production area. Important players in this acquisition were Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, the National Turkey Hunters Association, the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association and several local sportsmen's groups. These hunters pledged money to cover the county's investment, should that be necessary. Today, the Pelican Lake waterfowl production area includes an additional 300 acres that ducks -- and dozens of non-game bird species -- can use. For years, hunters have carried the weight of land acquisition and restoration effort. As the saying goes, hunters show up (at meetings), speak up (in support of birds and their habitat) and pay up (they buy the duck stamp, for one thing). Birdwatchers seem to lack whatever it is that galvanizes hunters. I'm certain that birders care, but we seem unable to express ourselves in such an organized fashion. Birdwatchers don't have to buy either a license or a stamp, but we, too, should work to preserve and create habitat. So how should we do it? Well, you don't have to be a hunter to buy a duck stamp. You just need $15 -- about the price you'd pay for 50 pounds of black oil sunflower seed. The 2006-2007 stamp goes on sale June 30 at your local post office. So go out and buy the stamp. If birdwatchers wait for someone else to start Wrens Unlimited or Phoebes Forever, we'll be too late. end --Apple-Mail-58-1013588710-- From jimrataczak@msn.com Thu Mar 16 02:31:17 2006 From: jimrataczak@msn.com (JAMES RATACZAK) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:31:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] Not that rare, but worth reporting Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00DC_01C6486F.69BC5DC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a pair of Black Ducks on March 1 in Rice Creek in Circle Pines, = Anoka Co. They were in with a group of about 75 Mallards in the Rice = Creek Chain of Lakes County Preserve South of Hillcrest Lane in Circle = Pines. Jim Rataczak 763-784-5581 ------=_NextPart_000_00DC_01C6486F.69BC5DC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I had a pair of Black Ducks on March 1 in Rice Creek in Circle = Pines, Anoka=20 Co.  They were in with a group of about 75 Mallards in the Rice = Creek Chain=20 of Lakes County Preserve South of Hillcrest Lane in Circle Pines.
 
Jim Rataczak
763-784-5581
------=_NextPart_000_00DC_01C6486F.69BC5DC0-- From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Mar 17 00:10:45 2006 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:10:45 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 3/16/06 Message-ID: <4419AA25.10713.1B54063D@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 16th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Spring migrants continued to trickle into the Duluth area in small numbers over the past week. Jan Green found a REDHEAD on the 12th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors, and a HOODED MERGANSER was found by Steve and Cindy Broste on the 11th near the Blatnick Bridge in the Duluth harbor. A GREAT BLUE HERON and four SWANS were reported on the 15th at No Name Creek near 50th Avenue West in Duluth. Flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS continue to be seen at several locations throughout Duluth, including the UMD campus and the east Lakeside neighborhood. Several people have reported hearing NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS in and around the Duluth area in the past week. Warren Nelson relocated two SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County over the weekend, including one along CR 1 north of Aitkin and one along 310th Avenue, just south of Palisade. Warren also noted some new spring arrivals including AMERICAN KESTRELS, NORTHERN HARRIERS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and COMMON GRACKLES. Steve and Cindy Broste reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 9th at the Best Western Cliffdweller motel northeast of Tofte, Cook County. They also found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL at the Lutsen ski area. Jordon Masieniec and Chuck Neil found a Hawk Owl on the 11th north of Virginia along St. Louis County Road 21, about one mile east of US Highway 169. Deb Buria-Falkowski reported that the AMERICAN COOT at Silver Lake, Virginia successfully overwintered, as did a BELTED KINGFISHER near Lake Manganika. I have not heard any reports of the Spotted Towhee at the Roivanen's feeders near Cook, in northern St. Louis County, but birders interested in looking for the bird should be sure to call the Roivanens ahead of time at 218-666-5318. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 23rd. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From two-jays@att.net Fri Mar 17 01:06:18 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:06:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] what do duck stamps do? this is what they do Message-ID: <3DAC3FED-B552-11DA-9FA8-000D934C33C2@att.net> Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin Kearns" Date: March 16, 2006 6:37:57 PM CST Wetlands Projects, Additions to National Wildlife Refuges The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission recently approved additions to the National Wildlife Refuge System as well as 35 conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund to help conserve migratory bird populations and habitats. At its March 8, 2006 meeting, the Commission approved more than $3 million to acquire 2,169 acres of wetlands and associated upland habitats for the National Wildlife Refuge System in Vermont, New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas, and California. Funding for these acquisitions comes primarily from the purchase of Federal Duck Stamps by hunters and other conservationists. The Commission also approved more than $18.5 million from the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund for 35 conservation projects in 18 U.S. states and Mexico. U.S. partners in 19 of the projects will match that amount with nearly $65 million, enabling partners to restore more than 105,000 acres of wetlands, while partners in Mexico will add more than $3.8 million to conserve nearly 36,000 acres of habitat in that country. The Commission also approved nearly $370,000 to complete two previously approved projects that suffered hurricane damage. More than 2,400 partners have been involved in nearly 1,500 wetlands conservation projects throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1990. Projects in all three countries focus on long-term protection, restoration, or enhancement of important wetland habitats. In Mexico, partners may also develop training, management, and environmental education programs and conduct studies on sustainable use. To date, more than $700 million in Act grants have been invested in the three countries, and partner contributions have topped $2 billion. Nearly 23 million acres of wetlands and associated uplands have in some way been enhanced through this program. The Commission funds grants to states and other partners through provisions of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). The grants are financed by congressional appropriation; fines, penalties and forfeitures under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; interest accrued to the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act; and excise taxes paid on small engine fuels through the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Fund. Refuge land acquisitions are funded by Duck Stamp sales and from import duties collected on arms and ammunition, right-of-way payments to the refuge system and receipts from National Wildlife Refuge entrance fees. Since its inception in 1934, the Federal duck stamp program has generated more than $700 million. That has been used to acquire more than 5.2 million acres for the refuge system. New National Wildlife Refuge System acquisitions, all previously approved by the respective states, include: California: Purchase of easements on of 316 acres in the North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area across 11 counties to protect, restore and maintain wetlands for waterfowl and other migratory bird populations. Texas: Acquisition of 1,802 acres to provide habitat for waterfowl at the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. New Jersey: Acquisition of 31 acres at the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge for migratory bird resting habitat. New Jersey: Acquisition of 19.69 acres to protect wintering and nesting waterfowl habitat, especially black ducks, at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Vermont: Acquisition of 10.1 acres for Missisquoi National Wildlife refuge to provide resting and feeding habitat for several waterfowl species as well as marsh birds and many species of songbirds. ############################## This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to A retired hunter who still buys duck stamps. Duck stamps fund habitat for non-game birds, too. The 2006-07 stamp will be available at your post office on June 30. From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Mar 17 01:59:09 2006 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:59:09 -0600 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 17, 2006 Message-ID: <001001c64966$686c55e0$24b391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C64934.1DD1E5E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 17, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. This week, the brakes have been put on the arrival of spring as cold temperatures have returned. The sun , however, is strong and gives hope that warmer weather is just around the corner. Meanwhile, a few migrants are showing up as the scouts are working their way north. Sandy and Dan Thimgan in Otter Tail County reported RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on March 10, and also an AMERICAN KESTREL near Underwood. They also mentioned that there are many RING-NECKED PHEASANTS being seen in Glendalough State Park. A NORTHERN SHRIKE has been visiting their yard in recent days. Beau Shroyer reported a SHORT-EARED OWL along I-94 east of Fergus Falls near milepost 64. Janet Timmerman found four BALD EAGLES at Maplewood State Park, and a BARRED OWL was seen along CR 24 south of Dent on March 11. In Wilkin County on March 12, Beau Shroyer reported 11 GRAY PARTRIDGE, many GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, HORNED LARKS, and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK. >From Douglas County, Susan Wiste reported that KILLDEER, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS are returning. Wayne Conley in Detroit Lakes, Becker County, saw a MOURNING DOVE on March 16. In Clay County on March 15, Matt Mecklenburg observed 25 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS , 22 of which were on a mile and a half stretch of CR 12 going east from MN 9. Of these , six were dark morphs. Terry Brokke relocated the GREAT GRAY OWL in Norman County on March 12. The location is one mile west of MN 32 along CR 151. Please be advised that CR 151 is deteriorating, and there is no good turn around place past the half mile point. Consider current conditions when deciding to go there.=20 Russ Reisz reported that a few CANADA GEESE, and NORTHERN HARRIERS have returned to Polk County. Shelley Steva in Red Lake County on March 14 observed four SHARP-TAILED GROUSE , many HORNED LARKS, and 6 SNOW BUNTINGS along CR 5. Shelley also saw a WESTERN MEADOWLARK in Pennington County on March 10. On the 16th, she saw up to 75 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in three different leks. The route she traveled included CR 22 south from MN 1, CR 3, and CR 23. The largest group which was along CR 22 was displaying on the road itself. HORNED LARKS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS were also seen. On March 14, Diane Gonsorowski saw a SNOWY OWL in the city of Thief River Falls along N. Crocker Ave not very far from the bridge on US 59. Becky Carlson reported that a few CANADA GEESE have returned to Agassiz NWR. At least two BALD EAGLES, and many AMERICAN CROWS have also come back. Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reports that SHARP-TAILED GROUSE have started dancing there, and HORNED LARKS have returned to the county. A SNOWY OWL was found along CR 16 on March 13. Another was found along MN 11 three miles west of Donaldson on March 8. On the 14th, a GREAT HORNED OWL was seen two miles south of Lancaster. Randy Prachar, reporting from Roseau County , mentioned that CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, SANDHILL CRANES, AMERICAN CROWS, and HORNED LARKS have returned. On March 16, several dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen at Pool 2 of the Roseau River WMA. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found by Frank Nicoletti near the north end of MN 310 north of Roseau on March 10. In Lake of the Woods County on March 10, Frank observed an adult GOLDEN EAGLE along MN 72, a BARRED OWL along MN 11, and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS along CR 82 near MN 72. Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL was reported by Frank Nicoletti north of Kelliher along MN 72 in Beltrami County on March 10. Kelly Larson reported 9 BALD EAGLES in Beltrami County on March 10, and a RED-TAILED HAWK on March 12. Thanks to all the many folks who sent in reports this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, March 24,2006. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C64934.1DD1E5E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 17, = 2006

This is the Northwest Minnesota = Birding Report for Friday, March 17, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes = Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling = (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

This week, the brakes have been = put on the arrival of spring as cold temperatures have returned. The sun = , however, is strong  and gives hope that warmer weather is just = around the corner. Meanwhile, a few migrants are showing up as the = scouts are working their way north.

Sandy and Dan Thimgan in Otter = Tail County reported RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on March 10, and also an AMERICAN KESTREL near Underwood. They also mentioned that = there are many RING-NECKED PHEASANTS being seen in Glendalough State Park. A NORTHERN SHRIKE = has been visiting their yard in = recent days. Beau Shroyer reported a SHORT-EARED OWL along I-94 east of Fergus Falls near = milepost 64. Janet Timmerman found four BALD EAGLES at Maplewood State Park, and a BARRED OWL was seen along CR 24 south of Dent on = March 11.

In Wilkin County on March 12, = Beau Shroyer reported 11 GRAY PARTRIDGE, = many GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, = HORNED LARKS, and a = WESTERN = MEADOWLARK.

From Douglas County, Susan Wiste = reported that KILLDEER, and = RED-WINGED = BLACKBIRDS are = returning.

Wayne Conley in Detroit Lakes, = Becker County, saw a MOURNING DOVE on = March 16.

In Clay County on March 15, Matt = Mecklenburg observed 25 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS , 22 of which were on a mile and a half stretch of CR 12 going = east from MN 9. Of these , six were dark morphs.

Terry Brokke relocated the = GREAT GRAY = OWL in Norman County on March = 12. The location is one mile west of MN 32 along CR 151. Please be = advised that CR 151 is deteriorating, and there is no good turn around = place past the half mile point. Consider current conditions when = deciding to go there.

Russ Reisz reported that a few = CANADA = GEESE, and NORTHERN HARRIERS = have returned to Polk County.

Shelley Steva in Red Lake County = on March 14 observed four SHARP-TAILED GROUSE , many HORNED LARKS, and 6 SNOW BUNTINGS along CR 5.

Shelley also saw a WESTERN = MEADOWLARK in Pennington = County on March 10. On the 16th, she saw up to 75 SHARP-TAILED = GROUSE in three different = leks. The route she traveled included CR 22 south from MN 1, CR 3, and = CR 23. The largest group which was along CR 22 was displaying on the = road itself. HORNED LARKS and = LAPLAND = LONGSPURS were also seen. On = March 14, Diane Gonsorowski saw a SNOWY OWL in the city of Thief River Falls along N. Crocker Ave = not  very far from the bridge on US 59.

Becky Carlson reported that a few = CANADA = GEESE have returned to = Agassiz NWR. At least two BALD EAGLES, and many AMERICAN CROWS have also come back.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County = reports that SHARP-TAILED GROUSE have started dancing there, and HORNED LARKS have returned to the county. A SNOWY OWL was found along CR 16 on March 13. Another = was found along MN 11 three miles west of Donaldson on March 8. On the = 14th, a GREAT HORNED OWL was = seen two miles south of Lancaster.

Randy Prachar, reporting from = Roseau County , mentioned that CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, SANDHILL CRANES, = AMERICAN CROWS, and = HORNED = LARKS have returned. On March = 16, several dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen at Pool 2 of the Roseau River WMA. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL = was found by Frank Nicoletti near = the north end of MN 310 north of Roseau on March 10.

In Lake of the Woods County on = March 10, Frank observed an adult GOLDEN EAGLE along MN 72, a BARRED OWL along MN 11, and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS along CR 82 near MN 72.

Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL = was  reported by Frank = Nicoletti north of Kelliher along MN 72 in Beltrami County on March 10. = Kelly Larson reported 9 BALD EAGLES in = Beltrami County on March 10, and a RED-TAILED HAWK on March 12.

Thanks to all the many folks who = sent in reports this week.

Please report bird sightings to = Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at = ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR = call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. = Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the = county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird = Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled = update of this report is Friday, March 24,2006.


------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C64934.1DD1E5E0-- From Leodwm@aol.com Fri Mar 17 03:52:22 2006 From: Leodwm@aol.com (Leodwm@aol.com) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:52:22 EST Subject: [mou] Dilemma Message-ID: <193.52bba139.314b8c76@aol.com> -------------------------------1142567542 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello birdwatchers, I'm writing because we have a bird dilemma. We showed up at our door two days ago at around 6:30 pm and found a pigeon with a broken wing on our stoop. It crouched up in the corner and stayed as we walked past it to open the door. We felt bad and brought it some birdseed to eat. A while later, almost all the seed was gone. It curls up in the corner of our stoop when we're not there. Last night during the big snow storm, we figured it was a goner, but today I looked out the porch and saw it just outside our door, looking fine. As of right now, 9:48 pm, he's still sitting there. So, our dilemma is what to do. Should we try to catch it and bring it somewhere? Should we let it be and feel bad? Is there some place that could help us out with it? Or is a pigeon not important enough for the attention of a bone mender. So, that's it. We're trying to decide what to do with him. I just figured someone here might have some ideas. I'll tell you something surprising though, a pigeon looks alot cuter and sweeter when it's curled up on your porch then when it's scarfing down birdseed at the bird feeder. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks! -Leo WM -------------------------------1142567542 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello birdwatchers,
I'm writing because we have a bird dilemma. We showed up at our door tw= o=20 days ago at around 6:30 pm and found a pigeon with a broken wing on our stoo= p.=20 It crouched up in the corner and stayed as we walked past it to open the doo= r.=20 We felt bad and brought it some birdseed to eat. A while later, almost all t= he=20 seed was gone. It curls up in the corner of our stoop when we're not th= ere.=20 Last night during the big snow storm, we figured it was a goner, but today I= =20 looked out the porch and saw it just outside our door, looking fine.
As of right now, 9:48 pm, he's still sitting there. So, our dilemma is=20= what=20 to do. Should we try to catch it and bring it somewhere? Should we let it be= and=20 feel bad? Is there some place that could help us out with it? Or is a pigeon= not=20 important enough for the attention of a bone mender.
 
So, that's it. We're trying to decide what to do with him. I just figur= ed=20 someone here might have some ideas. I'll tell you something surprising thoug= h, a=20 pigeon looks alot cuter and sweeter when it's curled up on your porch then w= hen=20 it's scarfing down birdseed at the bird feeder.
Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!
 
-Leo WM
 -------------------------------1142567542-- From JulianSellers@msn.com Fri Mar 17 04:25:12 2006 From: JulianSellers@msn.com (Julian Sellers) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:25:12 -0600 Subject: [mou] Dilemma References: <193.52bba139.314b8c76@aol.com> Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C64948.7E061A80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Roseville, http://www.wrcmn.org/ ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Leodwm@aol.com=20 To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu=20 Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:52 PM Subject: [mou] Dilemma Hello birdwatchers, I'm writing because we have a bird dilemma. We showed up at our door = two days ago at around 6:30 pm and found a pigeon with a broken wing on = our stoop. It crouched up in the corner and stayed as we walked past it = to open the door. We felt bad and brought it some birdseed to eat. A = while later, almost all the seed was gone. It curls up in the corner of = our stoop when we're not there. Last night during the big snow storm, we = figured it was a goner, but today I looked out the porch and saw it just = outside our door, looking fine. As of right now, 9:48 pm, he's still sitting there. So, our dilemma is = what to do. Should we try to catch it and bring it somewhere? Should we = let it be and feel bad? Is there some place that could help us out with = it? Or is a pigeon not important enough for the attention of a bone = mender. So, that's it. We're trying to decide what to do with him. I just = figured someone here might have some ideas. I'll tell you something = surprising though, a pigeon looks alot cuter and sweeter when it's = curled up on your porch then when it's scarfing down birdseed at the = bird feeder. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks! -Leo WM ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C64948.7E061A80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Wildlife Rehabilitation = Center,=20 Roseville, http://www.wrcmn.org/
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Leodwm@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 = 9:52=20 PM
Subject: [mou] Dilemma

Hello birdwatchers,
I'm writing because we have a bird dilemma. We showed up at our = door two=20 days ago at around 6:30 pm and found a pigeon with a broken wing on = our stoop.=20 It crouched up in the corner and stayed as we walked past it to open = the door.=20 We felt bad and brought it some birdseed to eat. A while later, almost = all the=20 seed was gone. It curls up in the corner of our stoop when = we're not=20 there. Last night during the big snow storm, we figured it was a = goner, but=20 today I looked out the porch and saw it just outside our door, looking = fine.
As of right now, 9:48 pm, he's still sitting there. So, our = dilemma is=20 what to do. Should we try to catch it and bring it somewhere? Should = we let it=20 be and feel bad? Is there some place that could help us out with it? = Or is a=20 pigeon not important enough for the attention of a bone mender.
 
So, that's it. We're trying to decide what to do with him. I just = figured=20 someone here might have some ideas. I'll tell you something surprising = though,=20 a pigeon looks alot cuter and sweeter when it's curled up on your = porch then=20 when it's scarfing down birdseed at the bird feeder.
Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!
 
-Leo WM
 ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C64948.7E061A80-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Mar 17 13:44:14 2006 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:44:14 -0600 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 17 March 2006 Message-ID: <41503B44-825E-4DEB-ACD3-1855EB6DEAA9@sihope.com> --Apple-Mail-21--1060386479 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 16th. On the 12th, the GYRFALCON was seen again near Hastings perched on power pole near mile marker 216 of state highway 55. Terry Brokke reported a GREAT GRAY OWL the 12th, one mile west of state highway 32 along Norman County Road 151. On March 14th, Diane Gonsorowski found a SNOWY OWL in Thief River Falls along North Crocker Avenue near the bridge on U.S. 59. Warren Nelson relocated two SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County last weekend. One is along County Road 1 north of Aitkin and the other is along 310th Avenue, just south of Palisade. On the 11th, Bruce Fal reported a singing CAROLINA WREN near the south fence at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County. Check near the south junction of the Prairie and Perimeter trails. Steve and Cindy Broste reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 9th at the Best Western Cliff Dweller motel northeast of Tofte in Cook County. They also found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL at the Lutsen ski area. Jordon Masieniec and Chuck Neil found a Northern Hawk Owl on the 11th north of Virginia along St. Louis County Road 21, about one mile east of U.S. Highway 169. Another Northern Hawk Owl was reported by Frank Nicoletti north of Kelliher along state highway 72 in Beltrami County on March 10th. Pam Coy saw a VARIED THRUSH at her home in Grand Rapids in Itasca County on March 12th. This bird may have been around since December. Other recent reports include PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, DOUBLE- CRESTED CORMORANT, AMERICAN COOT, SANDHILL CRANE, KILLDEER, TREE SWALLOW, YELLOW-RUMPD WARBLER, SWAMP SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 23rd. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-21--1060386479 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, March 16th.=A0


On the = 12th, the GYRFALCON was seen again near Hastings = perched on power pole near mile marker 216 of state highway 55.=A0


Terry Brokke reported a GREAT GRAY OWL = the 12th, one mile west of state highway 32 along Norman County Road = 151.


On March 14th, Diane Gonsorowski found a SNOWY OWL in = Thief River Falls along North Crocker Avenue near the bridge on U.S. 59. = Warren Nelson relocated two SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County last weekend. = One is along County Road 1 north of Aitkin and the other is along 310th = Avenue, just south of Palisade. =A0


On the 11th, Bruce Fal reported = a singing CAROLINA = WREN near the south fence at Wood Lake Nature Center in = Richfield, Hennepin County. Check near the south junction of the Prairie = and Perimeter trails.=A0


Steve and Cindy Broste reported a TOWNSEND'S = SOLITAIRE on the 9th at the Best Western Cliff Dweller motel = northeast of Tofte in Cook County.=A0 They also found a NORTHERN HAWK = OWL at the Lutsen ski area. Jordon Masieniec and Chuck Neil = found a Northern = Hawk Owl on the 11th north of Virginia along St. Louis County = Road 21, about one mile east of U.S. Highway 169. Another Northern Hawk = Owl was reported by Frank Nicoletti north of Kelliher along = state highway 72 in Beltrami County on March 10th.


Pam Coy saw a VARIED THRUSH at her home in Grand Rapids = in Itasca County on March 12th.=A0 This bird may have been around since = December.


Other recent reports include PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED = GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, AMERICAN COOT, SANDHILL CRANE, = KILLDEER, TREE SWALLOW, YELLOW-RUMPD WARBLER, SWAMP SPARROW, RED-WINGED = BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.


The = next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March = 23rd.


- - -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com


= --Apple-Mail-21--1060386479-- From dlpwaters@charter.net Fri Mar 17 15:09:38 2006 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:09:38 -0600 Subject: [mou] FW: [wisb] Snowy Owls - Ashland, Wisconsin Message-ID: Hi folks, For those of you heading to Duluth this weekend for the "Owls on the Move" northern owl symposium, I have re-posted information from Ryan Brady about the Snowy Owls in Ashland, Wisconsin. Ryan Brady has been watching & photographing the Snowy Owls in Ashland all winter (and there have been a LOT). Ashland is 90 miles east of Duluth. More information is below. See you at the symposium! Debbie p.s. Ryan's website is chock full of bird photos, including gyrs, snowies, and shrikes in the Ashland area. __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org "Owls on the Move" Symposium: March 17-19, 2006 http://www.hawkridge.org/events/owl.html "In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught." --Baba Dioum REPOSTED WITH PERMISSION: -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Brady [mailto:ryanbrady10@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:45 AM To: dwaters@hawkridge.org Subject: RE: [wisb] Snowy Owls Here's the necessary details for those wanting to see Snowy Owls near Ashland: Snowy #1 = immature female along Ashland lakefront (roosts on ice by day) Snowy #2 = adult female along Ashland-Bayfield Rd on west side of Ashland's JFK Airport Snowy #3 = immature female along Sanborn Avenue (Hwy 112) between Wakefield and Klaus Roads Snowy #4 = immature male along Beaser Avenue near Butterworth and Weister Roads Best time to find all birds is the last hour of daylight, but #1 can be seen on ice during day with scope and inland birds occasionally seen on ground or haybales during day. If unsuccessful at above locations, check surrounding field areas. Ryan Brady Ashland, WI http://www.pbase.com/rbrady > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Wisconsin Birding Network [mailto:wisbirdn@lawrence.edu]On Behalf >Of Ryan Brady >Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:17 AM >To: Wisconsin Birding Network >Subject: [wisb] Snowy Owls > > >Made a quick pass through Ashland's south fields from 6 - 6:30 pm Thursday. >Found the Airport Snowy Owl along Cty Line Rd on the west side of the >airport. Also had the immature female Snowy on a fencepost on the west >side >of Sanborn between Klaus and Wakefield Rds. Couldn't find the >Beaser/Weister Rd. bird but that doesn't mean much. So, still at least 3 >and potentially 4 Snowy Owls in the Ashland area. > >Ryan Brady >Ashland, WI >http://www.pbase.com/rbrady > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.4/282 - Release Date: 3/15/2006 From Leodwm@aol.com Fri Mar 17 18:27:53 2006 From: Leodwm@aol.com (Leodwm@aol.com) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:27:53 EST Subject: [mou] Dilemma solved Message-ID: <25b.8dbcac9.314c59a9@aol.com> -------------------------------1142620073 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone, I just wanted to email and thank you all for your advice on what to do. We decided to bring it to the shelter; so we went out and caught it in a sheet and put it in a box to bring it there. And thank you Beth for the detailed account of what we should do. It helped. The bird was okay all the way to the center and we gave it to them. They said if we email them back in a couple of days they'll tell us how the bird is. The center was a very nice place, we were impressed. So, thanks again for all the help, it was great, we really appreciated it! -Leo WM -------------------------------1142620073 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to email and thank you all for your advice on what to do.= We=20 decided to bring it to the shelter; so we went out and caught it in a sheet=20= and=20 put it in a box to bring it there. And thank you Beth for the detailed accou= nt=20 of what we should do. It helped. The bird was okay all the way to the center= and=20 we gave it to them. They said if we email them back in a couple of days they= 'll=20 tell us how the bird is. The center was a very nice place, we were= =20 impressed.
So, thanks again for all the help, it was great, we really appreciated=20 it!
 
-Leo WM
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I saw a horned lark near fergus falls on January 27 of this year.  I assumed that that was normal for them, but now that I read everybody's post about horned larks showing up I'm wondering if that wasn't perhaps early.  Does anybody know if that is uncommon? 
 
I also saw three ring-necked ducks on Lake Winona in Alexandria Wednesday the 15th.  Two males and one female.
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From cegelhoff@gmail.com Fri Mar 17 22:13:45 2006 From: cegelhoff@gmail.com (Claudia Egelhoff) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:13:45 -0600 Subject: [mou] Counters sought - April 22 Sandhill crane count Message-ID: This is the 31st year for the Midwest Annual Crane Count, used to monitor the general population trends of sandhill cranes and to promote awareness of wetland conservation. The count takes place on April 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 in the morning. This is the only day and time for this count. Hennepin County has not been included since 2002 in this count and we would like to revive our participation. We have over 100 good sandhill crane viewing spots in the county. New birders are welcome to join in this effort. Counters will select one or more sites from the list of 100+ sites (or can nominate a new site) for the two hours of April 22. All sites are one square mile and counters can either stand in one spot or move around to survey it from multiple perspectives. Counters record both the total number of individual cranes seen or heard and also the number of cranes in "unison call", a sign of a pair bond. A short orientation session will be held in April for counters who want training. Information on crane calls is also available at http://www.savingcranes.org/species/sandhill.cfm Please contact me off-list if you are interested. You can also call me at 612-377-3241. Claudia Egelhoff Minneapolis From screechowl@charter.net Fri Mar 17 23:04:25 2006 From: screechowl@charter.net (Dave Bartkey) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:04:25 -0600 Subject: [mou] Golden Eagle, Turkey Vulture Message-ID: <008101c64a17$22ccfb00$5a98be44@roc.mn.charter.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007E_01C649E4.D81A2100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, After checking out the lakes this morning, I ended up at River Bend = Nature Center. After a walk through the snowy woods which produced = nothing more unusual than a couple of hundred robins, I started scanning = the skies for possible migrating raptors. Before too long, Tom Boevers = joined me on this impulsive raptor watch. Things started out slowly in = the late morning, with a handful of birds flying to keep our interest. = After a short break for lunch, we ended up right back at River Bend's = parking lot where things picked up nicely. Topping the day was a nice, = low golden eagle. As it was flying towards us, I stated that we may have = another turkey vulture, which we had seen a short while earlier. What = threw me was the dihedral shape in which the wings were held. After long = looks, (and me thinking that's a bald eagle, but it's all WRONG!) we = perused Tom's Peterson field guide, and confirmed our suspicions. To = further solidify my doubting mind, I ran into the gift shop there and = checked their Sibley guide! (I had all my guides at home...) It ended up = a personal first county record for me. Other notables today included - 1 turkey vulture (maybe 2 if they were diff. birds) 2 or 3 red-shouldered hawks (#3 was very pale, so we're still not = sure...) 2 rough-legged hawks several Cooper's hawks 1 sharp-shinned hawk 18 double-crested cormorants (they're baaackkk!) song sparrow common grackles everywhere a few ring-billed gulls and lots of waterfowl including pied-billed grebe, trumpeter swans and = wood ducks. I even ended up sunburning my face! Weird with all the snow around! Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN screechowl@charter.net=20 ------=_NextPart_000_007E_01C649E4.D81A2100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone,
  After checking out the lakes = this morning, I=20 ended up at River Bend Nature Center. After a walk through the snowy = woods which=20 produced nothing more unusual than a couple of hundred robins, I started = scanning the skies for possible migrating raptors. Before too long, = Tom=20 Boevers joined me on this impulsive raptor watch. Things started out = slowly in=20 the late morning, with a handful of birds flying to keep our interest. = After a=20 short break for lunch, we ended up right back at River Bend's parking = lot where=20 things picked up nicely. Topping the day was a nice, low golden=20 eagle. As it was flying towards us, I stated that we may have = another=20 turkey vulture, which we had seen a = short=20 while earlier. What threw me was the dihedral shape in which the wings = were=20 held. After long looks, (and me thinking that's a bald eagle, but it's=20 all WRONG!) we perused Tom's Peterson field guide, and confirmed = our=20 suspicions. To further solidify my doubting mind, I ran into the gift = shop there=20 and checked their Sibley guide! (I had all my guides at home...) It = ended up a=20 personal first county record for me.
 
  Other notables today included = -
1 turkey vulture (maybe 2 if they were = diff.=20 birds)
2 or 3 red-shouldered hawks (#3 was = very pale, so=20 we're still not sure...)
2 rough-legged hawks
several Cooper's hawks
1 sharp-shinned hawk
18 double-crested cormorants (they're=20 baaackkk!)
song sparrow
common grackles everywhere
a few ring-billed gulls
and lots of waterfowl including = pied-billed grebe,=20 trumpeter swans and wood ducks.
 
I even ended up sunburning my face! = Weird with all=20 the snow around!
 
Good birding!
 
Dave Bartkey
Faribault,MN
screechowl@charter.net =
 
------=_NextPart_000_007E_01C649E4.D81A2100-- From karl_bardon@yahoo.com Sat Mar 18 02:57:09 2006 From: karl_bardon@yahoo.com (Karl Bardon) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:57:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Colvill Park Message-ID: <20060318025709.22297.qmail@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Both a first-cycle and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull were present today at Colvill Park, Red Wing, Goodhue County. Since first-cycle birds are seldom seen in Minnesota, this is a great opportunity for close study of this plumage! Also present was one adult Thayer's Gull. Lake Pepin is now entirely open to Lake City, so the ridiculous concentration of eagles that were present here last Sunday were mostly gone (most of the eagles on Sunday were sitting out on the ice, apparently grounded by the fog). There were even more mergansers today, however (3,450 Commons and 29 Red-breasteds). Karl Bardon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From lkrueger@umn.edu Sat Mar 18 04:40:44 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:40:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] Colvill Park Message-ID: <001801c64a46$2b268a30$11fc6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64A13.E08C1A30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I spent from 10AM until 7PM at Colvill Park today photographing! It's definitely worth going there tomorrow, if you're interested. I counted 43 Eagles with binoculars and that didn't include the dozen flying over the bluff and all the ones along the river edge. I'm guessing there were at least 70 Eagles there. I also saw two Double-Crested Cormorants, one Great Blue Heron, hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, and a Gull that I can't identify. I will notify the group as soon as I post the unidentified Gull on my website and then I'll ask your help! Stay tuned! Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64A13.E08C1A30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I spent from 10AM until 7PM at Colvill Park today photographing!  It’s definitely worth going there = tomorrow, if you’re interested.  I counted 43 Eagles with binoculars and that = didn’t include the dozen flying over the bluff and all the ones along the river = edge.  I’m guessing there were at least 70 Eagles there.  I also saw two = Double-Crested Cormorants, one Great Blue Heron, hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, and a = Gull that I can’t identify.  I will notify the group as soon as I post = the unidentified Gull on my website and then I’ll ask your help!  = Stay tuned!

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C64A13.E08C1A30-- From david@cahlander.com Sat Mar 18 06:04:22 2006 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:04:22 -0600 Subject: [mou] Short-eared Owl on Recently Seen Message-ID: <000801c64a51$d0608270$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C64A1F.827C65B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C64A1F.827C65B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C64A1F.827C65B0-- From dkuder@citlink.net Sat Mar 18 13:41:11 2006 From: dkuder@citlink.net (Dee Kuder) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:41:11 -0600 Subject: [mou] Great Gray Owl Message-ID: <20060318134113.EE74012808A@relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C64A5F.5468F130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Last night as I was scoping out the route that was to be surveyed for the Owl Survey for Dave Grosshuesch of Hawk Ridge, I came upon a Great Gray Owl sitting on the power lines. The location was just south of Orr in northern St Louis County about 1 mile west of Hwy 53 on Co. Rd. 23. This was about 6:20 pm right before the sun set. As I have reported earlier, every morning as I leave Crane Lake (in far northern St Louis County) for work, I have seen Red Crossbills on the road shoulders eating sand and salt. I wonder, how much salt and sand can a small bird eat? There must be a very good cone crop this year. Dee Kuder Bear Island Crane Lake, MN ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C64A5F.5468F130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Last night as I was scoping out the route that was to = be surveyed for the Owl Survey for Dave Grosshuesch of Hawk Ridge, I came = upon a Great Gray Owl sitting on the power lines. The location was just south = of Orr in northern St Louis County about 1 mile west of Hwy 53 on Co. Rd. 23. = This was about 6:20 pm right before the sun set.

 

As I have reported earlier, every morning as I leave = Crane Lake (in far northern St = Louis County) for = work, I have seen Red Crossbills on the road shoulders eating sand and salt. I = wonder, how much salt and sand can a small bird eat? There must be a very good cone = crop this year.

 

Dee Kuder

Bear Island

Crane = Lake, MN

 

 

 

 

------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C64A5F.5468F130-- From tiger150@comcast.net Sat Mar 18 16:53:58 2006 From: tiger150@comcast.net (alyssa) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:53:58 -0600 Subject: [mou] MSP Airport? Message-ID: <002001c64aac$8d1c24a0$6401a8c0@A2400T2482> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C64A7A.420A88D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there anything there (at the MSP Airport)? I think someone posted a = while that there were some H. Larks and L. Longspurs. But the Snowy Owls = aren't there anymore, right? I think that I'm going there tommarrow = (Sun) morning. Thanks in advance~ Alyssa DeRubeis Hennipin County ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C64A7A.420A88D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Is there anything there (at the MSP = Airport)? I=20 think someone posted a while that there were some H. Larks and L. = Longspurs. But=20 the Snowy Owls aren't there anymore, right? I think that I'm going there = tommarrow (Sun) morning. Thanks in advance~
 
Alyssa DeRubeis
Hennipin = County
------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C64A7A.420A88D0-- From northernflights@charter.net Sat Mar 18 17:35:52 2006 From: northernflights@charter.net (Larson Kelly) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:35:52 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fwd: [wisb] Attention Banders: Samples from Golden-winged Warblers Needed References: Message-ID: <2A362C05-9856-4C0F-88F2-F0CE06BFA529@charter.net> --Apple-Mail-1--960088516 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Looking for Banders to assist in study. Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! Begin forwarded message: > From: "Amber Roth & Dan Haskell" <2wildbio@baysat.net> > Date: March 17, 2006 8:31:45 PM CST > To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" > Subject: [wisb] Attention Banders: Samples from Golden-winged > Warblers Needed > > > Subject: Attention Banders: Samples from Golden-winged Warblers Needed > > > Golden-winged Warbler Feather and Nail Clipping Samples Needed > > Kevin Fraser at Queens University is examining stable isotopes in > golden-winged warblers on the wintering and breeding grounds. He > hopes to > be able to connect the locations used by an individual bird on the > breeding > grounds to locations on the wintering grounds based on stable isotope > analysis. This type of analysis has been success for other species > and is > the first time this has been attempted for golden-wings. In order > to do > this, Kevin is collecting a feather and toe nail/claw clipping > sample from > golden-wings captured by banders. He has adequate samples from > Central > America and the Northeast US and Canada but he is lacking samples > from the > Upper Midwest. Samples are needed from both migratory birds and > individuals > on breeding territories. The sampling protocol is fairly simple so > Kevin > can explain what is required via email or over the phone. The more > samples > we can collect in Wisconsin, the more we can learn about where our > golden-winged warblers migrate in the winter. > > If you are interested in participating in this important research > effort, > please email Kevin at fraserk@biology.queensu.ca > > Also to learn more about stable isotope research, check out the > following > websites: > > http://www.fort.usgs.gov/resources/spotlight/shorebird_isotopes/ > isotopes_home.asp http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ > MigratoryBirds/Research/btbw_isotope/Amber RothHigh Bridge, WI > > ############################## > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to request@lawrence.edu> --Apple-Mail-1--960088516 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Looking for Banders to = assist in study.

Kelly = Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0www.northern-flights.com

Eschew = Obfuscation!
The = middle of Nowhere Somewhere!



=

Begin forwarded message:

From: = "Amber Roth & Dan Haskell" <2wildbio@baysat.net>
Date: = March 17, 2006 8:31:45 PM CST
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@lawrence.edu>=
Subject: [wisb] Attention Banders: Samples = from Golden-winged Warblers Needed


Subject: = Attention Banders: Samples from Golden-winged Warblers Needed


Golden-winged = Warbler Feather and Nail Clipping Samples Needed

Kevin = Fraser at Queens University is examining stable isotopes in
golden-winged warblers on the wintering and breeding = grounds.=A0 He hopes = to
be able to connect the locations used by an = individual bird on the breeding
grounds to = locations on the wintering grounds based on stable isotope
analysis.=A0 = This type of analysis has been success for other species and = is
the first time this has been attempted for = golden-wings.=A0 In order = to do
this, Kevin is collecting a = feather and toe nail/claw clipping sample from
golden-wings captured by banders.=A0 He has adequate samples from = Central
America and the Northeast US and = Canada but he is lacking samples from the
Upper = Midwest.=A0 Samples are = needed from both migratory birds and individuals
on breeding territories.=A0 The sampling protocol is = fairly simple so Kevin
can explain what is = required via email or over the phone.=A0 The more samples
we can collect in Wisconsin, the more we can learn = about where our
golden-winged warblers migrate = in the winter.

If you are interested in participating in this = important research effort,
please email = Kevin at fraserk@biology.queensu.ca<= /DIV>

Also to learn more about stable isotope research, = check out the following


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= --Apple-Mail-1--960088516-- From writers2@comcast.net Sat Mar 18 21:40:35 2006 From: writers2@comcast.net (Val/Roger) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:40:35 -0500 Subject: [mou] Can this announcement be posted? Message-ID: Hello, MOU list monitor: I'm an MOU member and a Sierra Club volunteer. We are having a training seminar this coming weekend that some MOU members might be interested in. Here is an announcement of that event that we are hoping you will give the ok to post. Thanks for your consideration, Val Cunningham St. Paul, Minn. Minnesotans are losing much of our remaining quiet forest to logging, motorized vehicles and development. Sierra Club=B9s Special Places Campaign teams are trying to do something about that. You can be involved too: Come to our Special Places workshop on March 25, from 9 to noon. Learn how to visit forests and conduct surveys, recommend areas that should be protected and sign up for a field trip to get started protecting the Best of What's Left in our state forests. What: Special Places Workshop When: 9 AM-Noon, Saturday, March 25, 2006 Where: Como Park Pavilion, St. Paul, Lower Level. To get there take Lexington Avenue north from Interstate 94 or south from Hwy 36. The Como Park Pavilion is on the east side of Lexington along the shores of Lake Como. For more information contact Joshua Davis at the Sierra Club Northstar Chapter at (612) 659-9124 or at Joshua.davis@sierraclub.org.=20 From bstahly@boreal.org Sat Mar 18 21:54:38 2006 From: bstahly@boreal.org (Bruce W. Stahly) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:54:38 -0600 Subject: [mou] Red-bellied Woodpecker, Cook County Message-ID: <441C819E.3030808@boreal.org> What I first took for the first Flicker of the season turned out on closer inspection to be a female Red-Bellied Woodpecker, in the woods near my house, three miles west of Grand Marais. Bruce Stahly From screechowl@charter.net Sat Mar 18 22:54:35 2006 From: screechowl@charter.net (Dave Bartkey) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:54:35 -0600 Subject: [mou] Another Rice Co. Golden Eagle Message-ID: <009101c64ade$ed8a5960$5a98be44@roc.mn.charter.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_008E_01C64AAC.A2D77F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, Today we held our March field trip for the bird club, and we spent the = early afternoon watching hawk migration from the parking lot of River = Bend Nature Center. We were very surprised to see another golden eagle = fly through. This one was a younger bird than yesterday's as it had = hints of the white patches that juveniles may have out toward the end of = the wings, while yesterday's golden did not. We also saw a peregrine = falcon and two sandhill cranes today. Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN screechowl@charter.net ------=_NextPart_000_008E_01C64AAC.A2D77F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone,
  Today we held our March field = trip for the=20 bird club, and we spent the early afternoon watching hawk migration from = the=20 parking lot of River Bend Nature Center. We were very surprised to see = another=20 golden eagle fly through. This one was a younger bird than yesterday's = as it had=20 hints of the white patches that juveniles may have out toward the end of = the=20 wings, while yesterday's golden did not. We also saw a peregrine falcon = and two=20 sandhill cranes today.
 
Good birding!
 
Dave Bartkey
Faribault,MN
screechowl@charter.net=20
------=_NextPart_000_008E_01C64AAC.A2D77F60-- From benzdedrick@hotmail.com Sun Mar 19 01:46:51 2006 From: benzdedrick@hotmail.com (Dedrick Benz) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 01:46:51 +0000 Subject: [mou] Colville Park Sat. Message-ID: Several of us enjoyed looks at both the 1st cycle and adult Lesser Black-backed Gull today at Colville Park, just down Hwy 61 from Red Wing this afternoon. While there were still numerous gulls present we were unable to relocate any of the other species recently reported by Karl Bardon. Dedrick Benz Winona, MN From jotcat@boreal.org Sun Mar 19 03:52:11 2006 From: jotcat@boreal.org (Jim & Carol Tveekrem) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:52:11 -0600 Subject: [mou] killdeer in Cook Co. Message-ID: <007101c64b08$9d18af20$d60f46d8@jotcat> While walking home from Town Hall this afternoon, a loud shorebird call got my attention - Killdeer, flying rapidly with the wind down the Cross River toward the Lake. Good grassy patch and gravel beach near the river mouth, more open water and less snow every day. Carol Tveekrem From patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu Sun Mar 19 04:27:32 2006 From: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu (patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:27:32 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Hubbard Co Trumpeter Swans Message-ID: <1978.206.188.233.48.1142742452.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hello all, I found a total of 27 trumpeter swans at various points along the Crow Wing River in southern Hubbard Co. today. This is my highest count ever for trumpeter swans in the state. Hopefully the trend will continue! A few rough-legged hawks and red-tailed hawks in the area. I did count 18 RL hawks in the drive around Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County earlier today. Eight western meadowlarks and a few red-winged blackbirds there also. Many robins and Canada geese in Wilkin and 3 cackling geese in Otter Tail County. Also 3 trumpeter swans at Hanah Park in Fergus Falls, and about a dozen common goldeneye there as well. Spring is finally coming to the north country! Good birding, Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm From JELLISBIRD@aol.com Sun Mar 19 05:10:58 2006 From: JELLISBIRD@aol.com (JELLISBIRD@aol.com) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:10:58 EST Subject: [mou] Rothsay SEOwls & Others, Upper MN Valley Waterfowl (LONG) Message-ID: <1fa.1bfd140c.314e41e2@aol.com> Saturday PM, March 18 There was too much snow to service my Wood Duck houses so went birding. Rothsay on Friday (4-7 PM) was productive. Saw Short Eared Owls at two locations; one near the farmstead just south of where Wilkin 176 reaches its eastern end near the traditional lek, and five on either side of Wilkin 165 (270th Ave) in the grassy fields just south of Wilkin 30 (150th St.) I also saw a Great Horned and a Barred Owl in the evening. There were upwards of 75-85 Rough Legged Hawks in the area (that was only North of Wilkin 26.) At one location I scanned the compass and came up with 35 Rough Legs either in trees, fenceposts or flying. There were RLegs on the ground, on snow mounds, as many as 6 in one tree at a time. I also saw 11 N. Harriers, 3F and 8M. One Bald Eagle, one Red-Tailed Hawk and two Kestrals rounded out the Raptors. Western Meadowlarks were singing on Saturday AM. Went down to the Upper MN Valley on Sat. AM. Lac Qui Parle County (below the HGH 75 dam-spillway is open) had the following: 350 White-Fronted Geese, a couple thousands of Canada Geese and many Cackling Canadas, many duck species (no BW Teal, no Buffleheads). Saw a MERLIN flying low over some fields, north to south. There were 25 AM. WHITE PELICANS soaring between the dam and Lewisberg as were thousands of waterfowl going out to feed. Swift County (at the MN 119 bridge) also had GWFGeese, Cackling Canadas and also 10-11 Trumpeter Geese. One lone RUDDY DUCK was asleep (but present.) The MN 40 bridge also had GWF Geese, a few waterfowl, and Canadas but no Cackling Geese. The Chippewa 32 overlook at the head of Lac Qui Parle Lake had thousands of Canadas, some Cackling Canadas and waterfowl. I saw NO WHITE GEESE the whole trip. John Ellis- St. Paul From mikecary23@hotmail.com Sun Mar 19 16:28:38 2006 From: mikecary23@hotmail.com (Mike Cary) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:28:38 -0600 Subject: [mou] RE: [mnbird] Waterfowl ID, Part II Message-ID: Derek, If I had to take a guess. I would say that they are male Mallard-Black Duck hybrids. If you have access to a copy of National Geographic's "Field Guide to the Birds of North America" you can see an artist's rendition of this hybrid. I have had the opportunity to see and photograph a few of these hybrids up close usually with groups of mallards on Lake Superior. The streaking patterns on the head vary dramatically by individual leading to some pretty unusaul looking ducks. Michael Cary Superior North Shore Images www.superiornorthshoreimages.com From alongtin@worldnet.att.net Sun Mar 19 18:38:44 2006 From: alongtin@worldnet.att.net (Andrew Longtin) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:38:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] Gibertson (PVC) Bluebird House In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060319183835.4F7E711641@biosci.cbs.umn.edu> Yes, I have a pair in my yard, I have had a few BB fledge out of them but those damn sparrows are still a hassle.. I do like them for looking in the nest, I think by unhooking them at the top and peeking in there is less of a chance for the babies to jump out on you.. -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Baumann Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:59 PM To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mou] Gibertson (PVC) Bluebird House Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using the Gilbertson (PVC) bluebird house. I live in an area of Winona where bluebirds are common as are house sparrows. Thanks in advance. Matt Baumann Winona, MN _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From corax6330@yahoo.com Sun Mar 19 19:16:31 2006 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:16:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] "Official" Tally of Birds Seen on the "Lansing, IA Loop Mar. 18, 2006 Message-ID: <20060319191631.28500.qmail@web30909.mail.mud.yahoo.com> There were 59 species tallied on this Tri-state effort. Not everyone saw each species. My apologies for losing the route and losing several of 17 cars-briefly-and the DeSoto, WI trailer court speed bumps! Approximately 40 participants. Temperature started at 20 degrees and climbed to 39 degrees. Breezy. Clear & dry. About 6 hours birding. This excellent route extends both sides of the Mississippi R. between LaCrosse, and Lansing, IA, and includes locations in Wis., Ia., & Minn. This includes Pools 8 & 9 of the River. Some highlight species were: Pied-b. Grebe Great Blue Heron Greater White-fronted Goose-north of Ferryville, WI from Hwy 35 on Pool 9 Tundra Swan-200+ Pool 9 Total of 21 species of waterfowl. Largest numbers of Canvasbacks on Pool 9 at Ferryville, WI/Wexford, IA Bald Eagle-including adults at/on nest, Lawrence L. Brownsville, MN Peregrine Falcon-pair perched on Genoa, Wis, power plant smokestack nestbox Noncountable Wild Turkeys, gobbling up a storm within a pen! Sandhill Crane-Poole Slough IA/MN, & Rush Crk., WI Killdeer-Vernon Co., WI Lesser Black-backed Gull-near Ferryville, WI Tufted Titmouse E. Bluebird Rusty Blkbd.-Poole Slough, IA Brewer's Blkbd.- " , IA Absent or not seen included Double-crstd. Cormorant, valid Wild Turkey, nesting Great Horned Owl, any warblers, Tree Swallow, Fox Sparrow., White-thrtd. Sparrow. Fred Lesher, Trip "leader!" for Wisconsin Society of Ornithology & Coulee Region Audubon Society __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu Sun Mar 19 21:52:53 2006 From: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu (patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:52:53 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Wilkin Co Prairie Falcon Message-ID: <1125.209.243.15.196.1142805173.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Greetings, This afternoon at Rothsay WMA, I had an adult prairie falcon soaring overhead. It put on quite a display of aerial acrobatics, climbing perhaps fifty feet and then tucking and rolling, pulling out of the dive and then climbing again. I watched the falcon do this for about five minutes, until it decided to end the show and fly off to the north. The exact location: 1/2 mile north of the junction of Wilkin CR 176 (190th) and Wilkin CR 15 (208th). Other highlights for the day: Rough-legged hawk -- 57 counted around Rothsay WMA. I saw a RL chasing an American kestrel, but the kestrel easily evaded the pursuit and the hawk gave up after about 30 seconds. Adult golden eagle -- Clay Co. about 3E and 1N of Buffalo River SP. Northern shrike -- Ottertail Co. 1N of Pelican Rapids on US59. Many horned larks, a very few lapland longspurs, and one small flock of snow buntings in Clay Co. near Felton. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Mon Mar 20 01:14:34 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:14:34 -0600 Subject: [mou] Lake County Road 2 Message-ID: Steve Wilson and a group of Massachusetts birders and I headed north = from the owl symposium Saturday night and were treated to a grand = display of Northern Lights, which then dimmed and faded, outshown by a = waxing 3/4 moon of canary yellow. A near windless night gave us = excellent chances for hearing owls, but we had only one vocalization, a = Boreal Owl female contact call. We did not see her, so we are not = certain, so list it as you see fit, I will list it as "probable". The = highlight of the evening was a Lynx seen alongside the road. This cat = leaped and twisted improbably fast and high to clear the roadside snow = and disappear immediately into the thick boreal forest. As we perused = the huge tracks it made bounding away, we considered ourselves very = fortunate indeed. 3 of our party of 5 saw the cat very well from 75 feet = in the car headlights. As we then decompressed under the Aurora = Borealis, soaking a bright star-spangled sky only Carl Sagan could = enumerate, we heard the cat vocalizing from about 100 feet away. Then = two cats, one very distant and beyond the first cat. This vocalization = is unlike anything I have heard in the wild. It sounds like an agonistic = female human scream. The duration of each "wail" lasted a second or = two, starting high and shrill then dropping in tone and volume to a = gargling guttural growl. The next phrase was immediately started. It = sounded like the Lynx ran out of air with each phrase, as it tailed off = and turned into a gargling growl. Phonetically, it is something like = "Eeowwrr......Eeowwrrr....Oahhrrr...etc. I heard the phrases in groups = of three to ten. It called constantly for between 15 and 20 minutes. The = longest it was silent in this period of time was about 30 seconds. The = other cat was heard for about 5 seconds, from a distance, how far I am = not sure. It did not appear to be an echo, it was not syncopated to the = other cat's calls. The calls as they proceeded in a group of phrases = would grow more drawn out and end more gutturally. They would seem to be = reduced in volume as well as they progressed in the group of phrases. = Steve Lock, a biologist working with these cats in this region, was = thrilled to hear the event described, and supposes we heard the extended = bark call that is given for the 2-3 week period each year they are = breeding. He was not sure if it was female or male, but was going to = attempt to track the animal and determine if it is a collared cat and if = so, add more details to the story. Steve has never heard this call live = but has read about it. Those of you that wish to hear this, directions = to the site are simple. Drive north on Hwy 2 from Two Harbors till a = Lynx jumps in front of you. Stop and listen there. Good Luck. Good = Birding. From lkrueger@umn.edu Mon Mar 20 04:10:13 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:10:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Photo website update Message-ID: <000001c64bd4$32747240$2ff96580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64BA1.E7DA0240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those interested, I updated my website tonight with some new photos of Ring-billed Gulls (action shots), a Herring Gull (thank you to Karl Bardon for identifying this Gull for me), and an in-flight Bald Eagle shot. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64BA1.E7DA0240 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For those interested, I updated my website tonight = with some new photos of Ring-billed Gulls (action shots), a Herring Gull (thank = you to Karl Bardon for identifying this Gull for me), and an in-flight Bald = Eagle shot.

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64BA1.E7DA0240-- From cegelhoff@gmail.com Mon Mar 20 14:39:30 2006 From: cegelhoff@gmail.com (Claudia Egelhoff) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:39:30 -0600 Subject: [mou] Longspurs - Dakota Co. Message-ID: On Sunday, Bonnie Sample and I found a few Lapland Longspurs on 180th Ave (also CR48) about a mile west of CR47 (also Jorgen Ave). They were feeding on the side of the road with a flock of Horned Larks. We didn't find the Gyr but did see two angry Kestrels chase a RT Hawk from a productive-looking farmyard also on 180th Ave. Claudia Egelhoff Minneapolis From sweston2@comcast.net Mon Mar 20 15:13:03 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:13:03 -0600 Subject: [mou] MRVAC meeting this Thursday Message-ID: <000d01c64c30$fc541d70$f0afb445@Weston72505> Thursday March 23, 2006 meeting of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Marie Digatono, an eco-tour leader and former parrot breeder, will present a program on the neo-tropical birds of Northeast Mexico including three critically endangered amazon parrot species as well as Green parakeets. She will discuss efforts to combat the serious threats that they face in the wild and the significance of eco-tourism in conservation. She will also talk about her twenty-five years experience of keeping Yellow-headed Amazons, and why she no longer breeds or promotes keeping large parrots as pets in captivity. The meeting is free and open to the public. We encourage you to come for the social period with coffee and cookies beginning at 7:00 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and the featured speaker at 7:30 p.m. The meeting concludes at 9:00 p.m. DIRECTIONS: The Visitor Center is located at 3815 American Blvd. East in Bloomington, across from the Airport Hilton Hotel. From I-494, exit on 34th Ave. and drive south. Turn left on American Blvd. East and drive 1/4 mile to the entrance on the right. Or just follow the signs from I-494. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: The Visitor Center is about a 12-minute walk from the Bloomington Central light rail stop. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Mon Mar 20 21:05:28 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:05:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] FW: Lars Jonsson Message-ID: This is a great talk from one of the great bird artists and birders in = the world. Lars is the David Sibley of Europe, and his fine art = paintings truly set him apart. I expect he will talk about birds and = birding, please come and encourage young birders to come. This can be a = spark for all, plus it is free! He will speak at 2:30 pm this Saturday, = 3/25/06, at the American Swedish Institute. Show up early so you get a = seat! Mark Alt ------------------------------------- The American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407 www.americanswedishinst.org Contact: Jan McElfish (612) 871-4907 or (612) 870-3342 janmc@americanswedishinst.org RENOWNED BIRD ARTIST LARS JONSSON TO PRESENT ILLUSTRATED TALK Saturday March 25, 2006 - 2:30 p.m. It=B9s the outdoor life for Swedish artist Lars Jonsson. Noted for his = ability to convey the effects of light on his wildlife subjects in their natural habitat, Jonsson relies heavily on field sketches as studies for his paintings. And he is one of the world=B9s finest birders. Meet Lars = Jonsson on Saturday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m. at the American Swedish Institute when = he gives an illustrated presentation of his work and travel. The program is included with museum admission ($5, $4 ages 62+, $3 ages 6-18, free for Institute members). Lars Jonsson=B9s programis meant to complement the American Swedish Institute=B9s ongoing "Swedish Wildlife Artistry" = exhibit, which features works by Jonsson and several other Swedish wildlife = artists. The American Swedish Institute is at 2600 Park Ave. in Minneapolis. For information call 612-871-4907. Lars Jonsson first achieved prominence as a teenager when he published = the first of five books on field identification of European birds. He had = his first exhibition at Stockholm=B9s Natural History Museum in 1968. Today = he is recognized both as an artist and an illustrator, able to work equally = well with watercolor, oil, lithography and pencil. Jonsson=B9s home, studio = and gallery are on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Observing, = sketching and painting from his minivan outfitted as a mobile studio, Lars Jonsson = has traveled extensively throughout Europe, North America, India and = Southeast Asia.=20 -- Founded in 1929 by Swedish immigrant newspaper publisher Swan J. = Turnblad, the American Swedish Institute is a historic house, museum and cultural center offering a variety of programs designed to celebrate Swedish = culture. The Institute is housed in the former Turnblad mansion, which was built between 1904 and 1908 and is on the National Register of Historic = Places. Hours: Tues., Thur.-Sat. 12-4 p.m., Wed. 12-8 p.m. and Sun. 1-5 p.m. = (closed Mondays and holidays). Admission: $5, $4 ages 62+, $3 ages 6-18.. Free admission for all the first Wednesday of each month. ### From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Mon Mar 20 21:54:37 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:54:37 -0600 Subject: [mou] Peregrines in Richfield Message-ID: Sitting at work and a dark blue blur comes through my vision while I am on the phone, an adult Peregrine Falcon zooms by at eye level 20 feet away, doing maybe 60 mph in level flight. It soon reappears above one of the Best Buy towers, soaring to gain height. I spot another one high above, soaring in circles, tail fanned wide and wings pointed out like daggers. Maybe they are nesting at Best Buy this year? I have seen them 3 years in a row nesting on the nearby Wells Fargo building in Bloomington, but one can hope. It is a good day. Good Birding. From two-jays@att.net Mon Mar 20 23:12:15 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:12:15 -0600 Subject: [mou] birdconservation (new yahoo group listserv) Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: From: Florida Birds [mailto:FLORIDABIRDS-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU]On Behalf Of Stahl,Justyn Todd Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:03 PM To: FLORIDABIRDS-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: [FLBIRDS] birdconservation (new yahoo group listserv) The threats facing the world's populations of bird species are at an unparalleled and increasing level. Bird Life International reports that 1 out of every 8 bird species are currently faced with extinction risk, roughly 1,200 species! The purpose of this new group is to discuss the problems and solutions facing the world's birds, and to spread the word about current threats and recent victories. There is currently no listserv listed on http://birdingonthe.net/birdmail.html that addresses conservation-oriented problems. There may be on-line forums already addressing these issues, but I feel that the listserv based discussions that has proved so useful in identifying mystery species, reporting rare species, and reviewing new field guides could prove to be a great aid in saving threatened species and habitats. If nothing else, this listserv should at least shed light on little-known conservation problems around the world. If you would like to join, please send an email to: birdconservation-subscribe@yahoogroups.com If you would like to help spread the word on this new, and hopefully growing international group, please cross-post this message on your regional listserv. Thanks in advance. Justyn Stahl Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida ----- forward by Jim Williams From corax6330@yahoo.com Mon Mar 20 23:24:11 2006 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:24:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Houston Co.: Bald Eagles, Sandhill Cranes, Fox Sparrows, Mar. 20 Message-ID: <20060320232411.71570.qmail@web30903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sandhill Cranes (SACR) Houston Co. Rd. 21 & Lorenz Rd near Hokah-----2 Fox Sparrow (FOSP) Abandoned RR right of way from Houston Co. Rd 21 along Root River near Mound Prairie ---------------2 Numerous Bald Eagles (BAEA) along causeway between LaCrescent & LaCrosse Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From northernflights@charter.net Tue Mar 21 03:20:29 2006 From: northernflights@charter.net (Larson Kelly) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:20:29 -0600 Subject: [mou] One Snowy and a Few Other Good NW Birds Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1--752211475 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Sunday I got out for a little birding in early celebration of the Vernal Equinox. Many more Pussy Mittens poking out, ready for Spring! Beltrami County Mississippi River Inlet, Lake Bemidji The 9 over wintering Canada Geese have multiplied to 87! The same 6 pairs of Mallard, 1 pair Common Goldeneye, and 1 Common Merganser Down river from the Mississippi River Outlet on Lake Bemidji 8 Canada Geese 20 Common Goldeneye 1 Piedbilled Grebe Later in the afternoon while scoping out my route for the Breeding Owl Survey 2 Black-billed Magpie, Clearwater 1 American Kestrel, Clearwater, hunting from a wire 2 Bald Eagle, Polk, cty 27 North of Gully sitting on hay bales 2 Northern Harrier, Polk, cty 27 North of Gully, a male and female hunting sedge and marsh 4 Bald Eagle, Pennington, cty 27 North of Gully, roosting in trees near a fresh road kill deer Flocks of Horned Lark were common, most with 8-24 birds, one flock of over 50. Snowy Owl in Pennington county, 1.5 miles east of cty 27 (300th Ave) on cty 125th Street. This was at 8:30 pm at the end of my owl survey route. In Non Birding News... Saturday marked the birthday of a big, beautiful Cecropia moth, two days shy of the official start of Spring. I picked up the cocoon last Fall while I was Grouse hunting in the Paul Bunyan State Forest. It had been sitting behind the counter at the shop, then a week ago I started hearing it! Wriggling! We had a busy day at the bird store so many people had the opportunity to witness the event and learn about silkworm moths! Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! --Apple-Mail-1--752211475 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sunday I got out for a little = birding in early=A0celebration of the Vernal Equinox. Many more Pussy = Mittens poking out, ready for Spring!

Beltrami = County
Mississippi River Inlet, Lake Bemidji
The 9 = over wintering Canada Geese have multiplied to 87!
The same 6 = pairs of Mallard, 1 pair Common Goldeneye, and 1 Common = Merganser

Down = river from the Mississippi River Outlet on Lake Bemidji
8 = Canada Geese
20 Common Goldeneye
1 Piedbilled = Grebe

Later = in the afternoon while scoping out my route for the Breeding Owl = Survey
2 Black-billed Magpie, Clearwater
1 American = Kestrel, Clearwater, hunting from a wire
2 Bald Eagle, Polk, = cty 27 North of Gully sitting on hay bales
2 Northern Harrier, = Polk, cty 27 North of Gully, a male and female hunting sedge and = marsh
4 Bald Eagle, Pennington, cty 27 North of Gully, = roosting in trees near a fresh road kill deer

Flocks of Horned Lark were = common, most with 8-24 birds, one flock of over 50.

Snowy Owl in Pennington = county, 1.5 miles east of cty 27 (300th Ave) on cty 125th Street. This = was at 8:30 pm at the end of my owl survey route.

In Non Birding = News...
Saturday marked the birthday of a big, beautiful = Cecropia moth, two days shy of the official start of Spring. I picked up = the=A0 cocoon last Fall while I was Grouse hunting in the Paul Bunyan = State Forest. It had been sitting behind the counter at the shop, = then=A0a=A0week ago I started hearing it! Wriggling! We had a busy day = at the bird store so many people had the opportunity to witness the = event and learn about silkworm moths!=A0

Kelly = Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0www.northern-flights.com

Eschew = Obfuscation!
The = middle of Nowhere Somewhere!



=

= --Apple-Mail-1--752211475-- From eyeofnature@charter.net Tue Mar 21 03:35:13 2006 From: eyeofnature@charter.net (Ron Green) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:35:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bald Eagles, Bald Eagle Nest, Merganser, Gulls, Canada Geese, Great Horned Owl, Red-Winged Blackbird, Ring-Necked Pheasant Message-ID: <001301c64c98$76baee60$6501a8c0@ron> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C64C66.2BCA9630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Newest image postings for those that are interested. They are located in = the folder "Newest Images taken in March". Enjoy. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C64C66.2BCA9630 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Newest image postings for those that = are=20 interested. They are located in the folder "Newest Images taken in March". Enjoy.
Ron Green
http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery
------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C64C66.2BCA9630-- From BobHoltz1933@aol.com Tue Mar 21 03:54:02 2006 From: BobHoltz1933@aol.com (BobHoltz1933@aol.com) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:54:02 EST Subject: [mou] Another Youth Mentorship Program Message-ID: <2c5.5c2f4a2.3150d2da@aol.com> -------------------------------1142913242 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you have read the March-April issue, you should have read about a new Youth Birding Club. Let me remind everyone and make a double request. We are starting a Youth Birding Club for youth ages 12-16. The emphasis will be on field trips and helping youth develop their birding skills. Please encourage any 12-16 year olds to join us for our first session on April 15th from 9:00-11:00 at the Wood Lake Nature Center at 735 Lake Shore Drive in Richfield. Would you kindly have interested youth let me know they will be attending the first session or you do so for them. Thanks. To reach the center, take I-35W to the 66th Street exit. Go east to the second stop light and turn right onto Lake Shore Drive. The center's parking lot is only one block farther. Mark Alt, my son Mike and I will lead the first session. If you, as an MOU member, are willing to assist with future field trips, please contact me Bob Holtz, Coordinator Youth Mentorship Program If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. -------------------------------1142913242 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If you have read the March-April issue, you should have read about a ne= w Youth Birding Club. Let me remind everyone and make a double request.
 
We are starting a Youth Birding Club for youth ages 12-16. The emphasis= will be on field trips and helping youth develop their birding skills. Plea= se encourage any 12-16 year olds to join us for our first session on April 1= 5th from 9:00-11:00 at the Wood Lake Nature Center at 735 Lake Shore Drive i= n Richfield.
 
Would you kindly have interested youth let me know they will be attendi= ng the first session or you do so for them. Thanks.
 
To reach the center, take I-35W to the 66th Street exit. Go east to the= second stop light and turn right onto Lake Shore Drive. The center's parkin= g lot is only one block farther.
 
Mark Alt, my son Mike and I will lead the first session. If you, as an=20= MOU member, are willing to assist with future field trips, please conta= ct me 
 
Bob Holtz, Coordinator
Youth Mentorship Program
 
 
 
If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy.
-------------------------------1142913242-- From jbolish5565@comcast.net Tue Mar 21 00:55:26 2006 From: jbolish5565@comcast.net (Jason Bolish) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:55:26 -0600 Subject: [mou] Hastings 3-18-06 Message-ID: <001e01c64c82$24c70500$6401a8c0@JBPrimary> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C64C4F.D9EEA1A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I also spent a lot of time in Hastings this weekend (9-2 Saturday) & did = not see the Gyrfalcon. I really hope this bird comes back next year. = There were many active Red Tailed Hawks & American Kestrels in the area. = Saw many Horned Larks, mostly on the manure along Jacob Ave. Also saw = a Male Red-Necked Pheasant on 150th street, possibly flushed out by a = Red Tailed Hawk that had just gone a couple rounds with a some Crows. I need help identifying some Sparrows I saw on Jacob Ave just north of = 160th Street. One male looks like a typical rusty-capped Sparrow (e.g. = a Chipping Sparrow) but the other one I have no idea. It has a bib, but = I believe too small to be a Harris Sparrow. Maybe it isn't even a = sparrow. I have posted a picture, the 2 males are circled in blue. The = one I need help identifying is above the other one in the picture. I = appreciate any help I can get, please reply to my email. = http://home.comcast.net/~jbolish5565/sparrows.temp.jpg Jason Bolish jbolish5565@comcast.net ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C64C4F.D9EEA1A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I also spent a lot of time in Hastings = this weekend=20 (9-2 Saturday) & did not see the Gyrfalcon.  I really hope this = bird=20 comes back next year.  There were many active Red Tailed Hawks = &=20 American Kestrels in the area.  Saw many Horned Larks, mostly on = the manure=20 along Jacob Ave.  Also saw a Male Red-Necked Pheasant on 150th = street,=20 possibly flushed out by a Red Tailed Hawk that had just gone a couple = rounds=20 with a some Crows.
 
I need help identifying some = Sparrows I saw on=20 Jacob Ave just north of 160th Street.  One male looks like a = typical=20 rusty-capped Sparrow (e.g. a Chipping Sparrow) but the other one I have = no=20 idea.  It has a bib, but I believe too small to be a Harris = Sparrow. =20 Maybe it isn't even a sparrow.  I have posted a picture, the 2 = males are=20 circled in blue. The one I need help identifying is above the other one = in the=20 picture.  I appreciate any help I can get, please reply to my = email.=20 http://ho= me.comcast.net/~jbolish5565/sparrows.temp.jpg
 
Jason Bolish
jbolish5565@comcast.net
------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C64C4F.D9EEA1A0-- From jamiestrickland@comcast.net Tue Mar 21 15:55:24 2006 From: jamiestrickland@comcast.net (jamiestrickland@comcast.net) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:55:24 +0000 Subject: [mou] Northern Harrier Hawk? Message-ID: <032120061555.12865.442021EB000C756D0000324122070009530B020E04050C079D9B9C0A07030E06@comcast.net> Birding this past weekend at Beaver Creek WMA, we came across an unexpected bird. Our field books indicated a Northern Harrier Hawk, but we aren't 100% positive. He stayed a pretty far distance from us the many times we saw him throughout our time in the area. Here are some pictures for helping identify this bird. I apologize the first few are slightly out of focus, but we were pretty far away. Shooting at full 400mm with a Canon 20D/100-400mmL IS @ f/5.6. http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1646.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1650.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1683.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1685.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1686.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1687.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1689.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1691.jpg http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1692.jpg -- Jamie Strickland jamiestrickland@comcast.net http://www.freethestricklands.com From northernflights@charter.net Tue Mar 21 17:39:09 2006 From: northernflights@charter.net (Larson Kelly) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:39:09 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fwd: [wisb] USFWS national survey (NEWS) References: Message-ID: <93A6B85E-4577-479D-A82B-5C2E986FB96D@charter.net> --Apple-Mail-3--700691011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! Begin forwarded message: > From: Kevin and Tammy Naze > Date: March 21, 2006 10:47:07 AM CST > To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" > Subject: [wisb] USFWS national survey (NEWS) > > Anyone here ever lucky enough to be called to participate in one of =20= > these? Too bad we can't volunteer! > > USFWS release today: > > The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking hunters, anglers and =20 > other > wildlife enthusiasts for their participation, beginning late March, =20= > in the > 11th National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated > Recreation. > > "We appreciate the anglers, hunters, birdwatchers and others =20 > throughout the > United States who voluntarily participate in this survey," said =20 > Service > Director H. Dale Hall. "Results from this survey help wildlife =20 > managers > quantify how much Americans value =13 in both participation and =20 > expenditures > -- our wildlife resources." > > The survey is undertaken every five years and is funded by the =20 > multistate > conservation grant program authorized by the Wildlife and Sport Fish > Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2001. It provides the only > comprehensive statistical data available on participation and =20 > expenditures > for hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching in all 50 states. The =20 > survey is > considered a critical resource for Federal and state wildlife =20 > agencies, > journalists, outdoor and tourist industries, local governments, =20 > planners, > conservation groups and others with an interest in wildlife and =20 > outdoor > recreation. > > Information for the survey is collected by the Census Bureau, =20 > primarily > through telephone interviews to be conducted in late March to May and > September to October in 2006 and January to February in 2007. =20 > Individuals > will be asked about their participation and expenditures in several > categories of wildlife-associated recreation. Results are published =20= > in a > national report and in 50 individual state reports. The survey has =20 > been > conducted every five years since 1955. > > Participation is voluntary and all responses are confidential. Data > collected will be used for statistical purposes only and no =20 > participant can > be identified from information contained in the reports. > > Interviewing begins March 27 with a screening of 85,000 households. > Representative samples will be chosen to include 31,500 anglers and =20= > hunters > and 24,300 wildlife watchers (wildlife photographers, feeders, and > observers). > > Preliminary survey findings will be available in the spring of =20 > 2007. Final > reports will be issued beginning in the fall of 2007. The reports, =20 > when > completed, will be posted at http://federalaid.fws.gov/surveys/=20 > surveys.html. > > The 2001 survey revealed 82 million Americans enjoyed some form of > wildlife-related recreation and spent more than $108 billion =20 > pursuing their > activities. > > > Kevin Naze > Algoma > > > > > > ############################## > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to request@lawrence.edu> --Apple-Mail-3--700691011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Kelly = Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0www.northern-flights.com

Eschew = Obfuscation!
The = middle of Nowhere Somewhere!



=

Begin forwarded message:

From: = Kevin and Tammy Naze <kevntam@itol.com>
Date: = March 21, 2006 10:47:07 AM CST
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@lawrence.edu>=
Subject: [wisb] USFWS national survey = (NEWS)

=
Anyone here ever lucky enough to be called to = participate in one of these? Too bad we can't volunteer!

USFWS = release today:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking = hunters, anglers and other
wildlife = enthusiasts for their participation, beginning late March, in = the
11th National Survey of Fishing, = Hunting and Wildlife-Associated

"We appreciate the anglers, hunters, birdwatchers = and others throughout the
United States = who voluntarily participate in this survey," said Service
Director H. Dale Hall.=A0 "Results from this survey = help wildlife managers
quantify how much Americans = value =13 in both participation and expenditures
-- our wildlife resources."

The = survey is undertaken every five years and is funded by the = multistate
conservation grant program = authorized by the Wildlife and Sport Fish
comprehensive statistical data = available on participation and expenditures
for = hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching in all 50 states. The survey = is
considered a critical resource for Federal and = state wildlife agencies,
journalists, = outdoor and tourist industries, local governments, planners,
conservation groups and others with an interest in = wildlife and outdoor
recreation.

through telephone interviews to = be conducted in late March to May and
will be asked about their = participation and expenditures in several
national report and in 50 individual state = reports. The survey has been
conducted = every five years since 1955.

Participation is voluntary and = all responses are confidential.=A0 = Data
collected will be used for = statistical purposes only and no participant can
be identified from information contained in the = reports.

Interviewing begins March 27 with a screening of = 85,000 households.
Representative samples will = be chosen to include 31,500 anglers and hunters
and 24,300 wildlife watchers (wildlife = photographers, feeders, and

Preliminary survey findings will be available in the = spring of 2007.=A0 = Final
reports will be issued beginning = in the fall of 2007. The reports, when
http://federalaid.= fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html.

The 2001 survey revealed 82 = million Americans enjoyed some form of
activities.


Kevin = Naze
Algoma





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= --Apple-Mail-3--700691011-- From esteb02@frontiernet.net Tue Mar 21 18:35:27 2006 From: esteb02@frontiernet.net (esteb02@frontiernet.net) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:35:27 +0000 Subject: [mou] Northern Harrier Hawk? In-Reply-To: <032120061555.12865.442021EB000C756D0000324122070009530B020E04050C079D9B9C0A07030E06@comcast.net> References: <032120061555.12865.442021EB000C756D0000324122070009530B020E04050C079D9B9C0A07030E06@comcast.net> Message-ID: <20060321183527.vhec9r1zg4mcwwwc@webmail01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net> Yes, that is a male Northern harrier. Steve Estebo From confer@umn.edu Tue Mar 21 18:49:17 2006 From: confer@umn.edu (Kathy Confer) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:49:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sandhill Cranes, Sun. 3/19/06 Message-ID: <44204AAD.8010100@umn.edu> Hi, sorry for the late posting...This is my first submission and didn't know if it was worth sending...? Heard and then saw 12 wonderful rattling sandhill cranes flying low in two Vs on Sunday, March 19, about 4:30 p.m. Location was in Anoka County-->Rum River North County Park, next to St. Francis High School, off of Rum River Blvd. Kathy Confer From hpeirson@pclink.com Tue Mar 21 21:27:30 2006 From: hpeirson@pclink.com (Holly Peirson) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:27:30 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sandhills are back In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As I was having lunch in my 4-season porch today, I heard the distinctive call of the Sandhill Crane overhead!!! They're back! That's one of my favorite spring sounds.... On a birding outing with friends yesterday, we saw 32 species in Dakota Co, on several stops. We had some very nice views of a Northern Shrike along the paved walking trail just north of Lock and Dam #2 near Hastings. Large numbers of Horned Larks, and a few small and one large flock of Robins, eight species of duck, and 1 great blue heron. Also at the Lock & Dam were a few Ea. Bluebirds. It was especially nice to be birding just as spring came in! Holly Peirson Forest Lake area, Anoka Co. From birdnird@yahoo.com Wed Mar 22 00:42:10 2006 From: birdnird@yahoo.com (Terence Brashear) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:42:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Snowy Owl Images Message-ID: <20060322004211.78884.qmail@web53202.mail.yahoo.com> Before the nature photography workshop for the "Owls on the Move" symposium Steve Roman and I were out looking for Snowy Owls. We got a few images and I thought I might share two that I processed: http://www.naturepixels.com/images/snowy_owl_sitting.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/images/snowy_owl_flight.jpg If you like my images, please contact me prior to using them or hotlinking to my site. Enjoy! Terry Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From crossbill7200@yahoo.com Wed Mar 22 01:54:56 2006 From: crossbill7200@yahoo.com (Shelley Steva) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:54:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Is it spring or is it winter? Message-ID: <20060322015456.44856.qmail@web31004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> My drive home from work today shows that here in NW MN we are not quite in spring nor yet totally out of winter. Winter Sightings- 20 snow buntings in Pennington Co. 2 miles south of the intersection of Pennington Co. 3 and Pennington Co. 23. 10 Common Ravens 4 miles north of Oklee Spring sightings- hundreds of horned larks in both Red Lake and Pennington Co. One male northern harrier- seven miles north of Oklee One bald eagle- in Pennington Co. next to the Red Lake River. Shelley Steva Pennington Co. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From earlorf@uslink.net Wed Mar 22 02:52:28 2006 From: earlorf@uslink.net (Earl Orf) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:52:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] Snowy Owl-MSP Airport Message-ID: <000001c64d5b$aacecc80$f926ad42@TOSHIBAEARL> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64D29.60345C80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At about 10:00 this morning I saw a Snowy Owl near the airport. I was driving south on Cedar Ave. and saw it shortly after I turned off the Crosstown (Hwy 62). It was flying on the east side of Cedar and looked = like it was heading for one of the buildings. =20 Later this afternoon, about 4:00, I saw two Turkey Vultures sitting in a tree along 694 right near the Snelling Ave exit. =20 Earl Orf web site www.earlorfphotos.com =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64D29.60345C80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

At about 10:00 this = morning I saw a Snowy Owl near the airport.  I was driving south on = Cedar = Ave. and saw it shortly after I turned off the Crosstown (Hwy 62).  It was flying = on the east side of Cedar and looked like it was heading for one of the = buildings.

 

Later this afternoon, about 4:00, I saw two Turkey Vultures sitting in a tree along 694 right near the = Snelling Ave exit.

 

Earl Orf

web site www.earlorfphotos.com

 

 

 

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David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C64D30.423A3E00-- From sweston2@comcast.net Wed Mar 22 06:34:30 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:34:30 -0600 Subject: [mou] MRVAC's April Trumpeter newsleter Message-ID: <000a01c64d7a$bac8d2b0$f0afb445@Weston72505> The April issue of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter's Trumpeter Newsleter is now available as a MS Word document at: http://home.comcast.net/~mrvac/Apr2006.doc Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Wed Mar 22 07:25:39 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:25:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] Owl Symposium, Sax-Zim, and spring along the river Message-ID: <10061B16-B975-11DA-A57E-000A2791D90E@gmail.com> Hello All, I went up to Duluth over the past weekend for the Owl Symposium and had a great time. I want to congratulate everyone who helped with the Owl Symposium. I learned more about northern owls and the irruption than I needed to know but I enjoyed every minute of it. I have a new respect for Snowy Owls. Of course, my weekend would not be complete without some time spent birding. I birded Sax-Zim, Aitkin County, and the north shore up to Two Harbors. I saw a lot of birds and quite a few "lifers" but I did not see any owls. Zero. Oh well, I can save the thrill of my first northern owl for next year. Some hightlights: - The weather - mid 30's and lots of sun - Northern Shrike (3/19) Just north of Duluth on Old North Shore Road - Northern Harrier (3/20) Beautiful female Harrier hunting the fields along county road 7, just south of Stone Lake Road in the Sax-Zim bog area. - Rough-legged Hawks (everyday) They were a lot of fun to watch hunting the fields - Black-billed Magpies (4) (3/17) Flew over my car while I was driving on county road 52 (Arkola Road) just east of county road 7 (exactly where Mike Hendrickson's map says they should be) - Ravens everywhere - Common Redpolls - Large flocks located along county road 29, just north of county road 133 (3/17) and along Stone Lake Road (3/20) I got back Monday night, went to sleep, and woke up early to go birding today ----Black Dog Lake (Dakota Cty)---- No Gyrfalcon today Great Blue Heron (1) - Along the water near the bridge just east of 35W Red-winged Blackbirds - singing their hearts out Peregrine Falcon - sitting on the railing near the nest box Bald Eagles (2) Immatures practicing fishing http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobak/116195587/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobak/116195588 -----Lake Byllesby (everything seen on western side of lake - by the bridge and in the fields)------ Greater White-fronted Geese (4) mixed in with hundreds of Canada Geese Sandhill Cranes (11) Red-winged Blackbirds (100+) Lesser Scaup (1) Eastern Bluebird (2) Robins (30+) Cedar Waxwing (1) Horned Larks (150+ but only in groups of 1-3) Common Grackle (3) Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawks Mergansers and Goldeneyes -----Along the Mississippi River------ Bald Eagles (21 at Colvill Park, 19 in Wabasha County) Sandhill Cranes (2) Houston County, just south of Reno along hwy 26 Robins (50+) About 30 in a field and trees just north of Reno Red-winged Blackbirds (800+) 2 flocks with at least 300-400 birds each seen near Reno. Mallards, Megansers and Goldeneyes everywhere Lots of swans, but they were too far away to ID with binoculars Spring has sprung, Derek Bakken St. Paul, MN From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Wed Mar 22 12:29:27 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:29:27 -0600 Subject: [mou] Bluebirds are Back in SE Minnesota Message-ID: This morning I awoke to see male and female eastern bluebird inspecting bluebird house in my backyard in Winona. Matt Baumann Winona, MN From rob_daves@yahoo.com Wed Mar 22 17:03:21 2006 From: rob_daves@yahoo.com (Rob Daves) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:03:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Eagle watching last weekend Message-ID: <20060322170321.33839.qmail@web60615.mail.yahoo.com> --0-841548150-1143047001=:31753 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I'd hesitated about posting this, but the recent post about a Northern Harrier convinced me that at least one other birder might be interested. My wife and I drove down Saturday afternoon to Red Wing from Minneapolis. We saw the gyrfalcon on the utility pole along side U.S. 61 in Dakota County. We watched it fly leisurely across the field toward the east and perch on the large irrigation machine. Just south of the gryfalcon's utility poll we saw an American Kestrel sitting on a fence on the west side of the highway. But a bigger thrill than the kestrel was the sighting of a Northern Harrier coursing northbound over a field. Sunday we spent hopping from site to site: Colvill Park in Red Wing; several pullouts beside Lake Pepin, and the eagle platform in Wabasha. We saw nearly 2 dozen eagles at Colvill Park in Red Wing, along with scores of ring-billed gulls and a few herring gulls, including what was described as a first-year herring gull. It was pretty cool to see the gulls catch the smaller shad, and to see the eagles pull out the larger ones. Some of the volunteers had scopes trained on the nest across from the park. Farther downstream at one of the pullouts on Lake Pepin, we counted more than 300 scaups. At Wabasha, there were lots of volunteers with scopes and binoculars, some of which were trained on an occupied next across the river. We headed for home via the Wisconsin side of the river and spotted another occupied nest. Eagle total for the day? 200+ What a great weekend! Rob Daves, Minneapolis --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. --0-841548150-1143047001=:31753 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I'd hesitated about posting this, but the recent post about a Northern Harrier convinced me that at least one other birder might be interested.
 
My wife and I drove down Saturday afternoon to Red Wing from Minneapolis.  We saw the gyrfalcon on the utility pole along side U.S. 61 in Dakota County.  We watched it fly leisurely across the field toward the east and perch on the large irrigation machine.  Just south of the gryfalcon's utility poll we saw an American Kestrel sitting on a fence on the west side of the highway.  But a bigger thrill than the kestrel was the sighting of a Northern Harrier coursing northbound over a field. 
 
Sunday we spent hopping from site to site:  Colvill Park in Red Wing; several pullouts beside Lake Pepin, and the eagle platform in Wabasha.  We saw nearly 2 dozen eagles at Colvill Park in Red Wing, along with scores of ring-billed gulls a nd a few herring gulls, including what was described as a first-year herring gull.  It was pretty cool to see the gulls catch the smaller shad, and to see the eagles pull out the larger ones.   Some of the volunteers had scopes trained on the nest across from the park.
 
Farther downstream at one of the pullouts on Lake Pepin, we counted more than 300 scaups.
 
At Wabasha, there were lots of volunteers with scopes and binoculars, some of which were trained on an occupied next across the river.  We headed for home via the Wisconsin side of the river and spotted another occupied nest.  Eagle total for the day?  200+
 
What a great weekend! 
 
Rob Daves, Minneapolis 
 
 

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PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. --0-841548150-1143047001=:31753-- From b.pomeroy@mchsi.com Wed Mar 22 18:36:49 2006 From: b.pomeroy@mchsi.com (b.pomeroy) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:36:49 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth Owl Symposium Wrap-up Report Message-ID: <000c01c64ddf$95e7ccc0$2142d60c@wildthing> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C64DAD.4A44C660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been asked to post this by Julie O'Connor, Symposium Coordinator: Owls on the Move Symposium Wrap-up Report =20 Our symposium started off on Friday evening with an owl fair organized = by the Duluth Audubon Society and Audubon Minnesota geared toward kids = and families. We were thrilled to have over 350 people attend the = festivities!! Close to 100 of the weekend participants came on Friday = evening, and over 250 members of the public came for the fun. Live owls = from Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, the Lake Superior Zoo, = the Wildlife Science Center and The Raptor Center were the stars of the = show, and the evening ended with the release of 2 rehabilitated Barred = Owls from the Raptor Education Group in Antigo, WI. =20 =20 Over 200 people from across the US and Canada attended the Saturday and = Sunday sessions. Saturday was organized by the Hawk Ridge Research = Committee, and was devoted to fascinating presentations by researchers = from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Canada and Finland. = Presenters brought their expertise about northern owl species and kept = the audience glued to their seats throughout the day. Our sincere = gratitude is extended to these speakers, not only for their = presentations, but also for the long, thankless hours of study and = research they've put in to understanding these elusive owl species!! =20 One of our goals for this symposium was to make the science accessible = to the general public. We accomplished that with dynamic speakers and a = fun atmosphere. Bob Nero graced us with his joy and humor, formally, by = reading his poetry to open the Symposium, and informally, by simply = being present! Our volunteers were there to serve symposium = participants, and went out of their way to make sure everyone had = everything they needed. =20 =20 Not only was the weather GORGEOUS in Duluth, but we made sure to have = some spring migrants on hand for participants to enjoy. Lyle Bradley, = of Andover, MN, was treated to a photo session with a pigeon-loving = Northern Goshawk during the lunch break on Saturday, and several people = reported migrating Bald Eagles overhead. =20 Our poster session gave an opportunity to learn more about ongoing owl = research, and was a good time to visit and socialize with friends, old = and new. After dinner, we were fortunate to honor the Minnesota = Conservation Officers who were involved in arresting poachers who'd shot = several Great Gray Owls last winter and Karla Kinstler presented an = award to Bob Nero for his life's work in owl conservation and education. = I even got a center stage serenade by our Keynote Speaker, Pertti = Saurola from Helsinki, Finland!! He can SING! Michael Furtman then = presented a beautiful slide show to end the evening. =20 Sunday was a great opportunity for people to dialogue with the = researchers, experts and professionals working with and around owls in = our workshop and discussion forums organized by the MOU Education = Committee. From photography to volunteering to future research = opportunities, participants had the opportunity to question and converse = with the leading professionals in the field. We didn't know how many to = expect to stay for Sunday's workshops, so we were pleasantly surprised = to see 120 people there!! =20 All in all it was a great weekend. New friendships and networks were = created, old friends were reunited, and we learned a great deal about = northern owls from some of the leading experts in the field! To those = that attended, thanks for coming!! To those that didn't, we wish you'd = been there! Happy Spring Migration! Julie Bruce Pomeroy 7 Hillside Road Esko, MN "I care to live, only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness." -- John Muir ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C64DAD.4A44C660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have been=20 asked to post this by Julie = O'Connor,=20 Symposium Coordinator:
 
Owls on the Move Symposium = Wrap-up=20 Report

 

Our symposium started off on Friday evening = with an owl=20 fair organized by the Duluth Audubon Society and Audubon Minnesota = geared toward=20 kids and families.  We = were thrilled=20 to have over 350 people attend the festivities!!  Close to 100 of the weekend = participants=20 came on Friday evening, and over 250 members of the public came for the=20 fun.  Live owls from Wolf = Ridge=20 Environmental Learning Center, the Lake Superior Zoo, the Wildlife = Science=20 Center and The Raptor Center were the stars of the show, and the evening = ended=20 with the release of 2 rehabilitated Barred Owls from the Raptor = Education Group=20 in Antigo, WI.  =

 

Over 200 people from across the US and Canada attended the = Saturday and=20 Sunday sessions.  Saturday = was=20 organized by the Hawk Ridge Research Committee, and was devoted to = fascinating=20 presentations by researchers from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, = Canada=20 and Finland.  Presenters = brought=20 their expertise about northern owl species and kept the audience glued = to their=20 seats throughout the day.  = Our=20 sincere gratitude is extended to these speakers, not only for their=20 presentations, but also for the long, thankless hours of study and = research=20 they=92ve put in to understanding these elusive owl species!!

 

One of our goals for this symposium was to make = the=20 science accessible to the general public. =20 We accomplished that with dynamic speakers and a fun = atmosphere.  Bob Nero graced us with his = joy and=20 humor, formally, by reading his poetry to open the Symposium, and = informally, by=20 simply being present!  Our = volunteers were there to serve symposium participants, and went out of = their way=20 to make sure everyone had everything they needed. 

 

Not only was the weather GORGEOUS in Duluth, but we made sure = to have=20 some spring migrants on hand for participants to enjoy.  Lyle Bradley, of Andover, MN, = was=20 treated to a photo session with a pigeon-loving Northern Goshawk during = the=20 lunch break on Saturday, and several people reported migrating Bald = Eagles=20 overhead.

 

Our poster session gave an opportunity to learn more about = ongoing owl=20 research, and was a good time to visit and socialize with friends, old = and=20 new.  After dinner, we = were=20 fortunate to honor the Minnesota Conservation Officers who were involved = in=20 arresting poachers who=92d shot several Great Gray Owls last winter and = Karla=20 Kinstler presented an award to Bob Nero for his life=92s work in owl = conservation=20 and education.  I even got = a center=20 stage serenade by our Keynote Speaker, Pertti Saurola from Helsinki,=20 Finland!!  He can = SING!  Michael Furtman then presented = a=20 beautiful slide show to end the evening.

 

Sunday was a great opportunity for people to dialogue with the=20 researchers, experts and professionals working with and around owls in = our=20 workshop and discussion forums organized by the MOU Education = Committee.  From photography to = volunteering to=20 future research opportunities, participants had the opportunity to = question and=20 converse with the leading professionals in the field.  We didn=92t know how many to = expect to=20 stay for Sunday=92s workshops, so we were pleasantly surprised to see = 120 people=20 there!!

 

All=20 in all it was a great weekend.  = New=20 friendships and networks were created, old friends were reunited, and we = learned=20 a great deal about northern owls from some of the leading experts in the = field!  To those that = attended,=20 thanks for coming!!  To = those that=20 didn=92t, we wish you=92d been there!
 
Happy=20 Spring Migration!
Julie
 
Bruce Pomeroy
7 Hillside Road
Esko, MN
 
"I care to live, only to entice people = to
 look at=20 Nature's loveliness."
-- John Muir
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C64DAD.4A44C660-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Wed Mar 22 19:01:44 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:01:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] Agenda for 3-27-06 MOU board meeting Message-ID: Agenda for MOU Board Meeting March 27th at the Best Buy Corporate Headquarters, located 7601 Penn Avenue, South. If non-board members are planning to attend, they must advise Mark Alt by Friday. 3/24/06 so their names may be put on the visitor's list. Please arrive early, as this meeting is to start at 6:30 PM sharp, to be done by 9:00 PM. 6:30 PM Words of Welcome Mark Alt 6:35 PM December Meeting Minutes Shirley Alt 6:40 PM New Board Members Proposed Mark Alt * Conservation Chair - Don Mitchell * Education Chair - Chris Benson 6:45 PM Treasurer's Report Erika Sitz 6:55 PM Membership Secretary Elizabeth Bell 7:05 PM Finance Committee Paul Voigt 7:10 PM Grant awards Ann Kessen 7:25 PM Publications Committee Tony Hertzel 7:30 PM Avian Records Committee Ann Kessen 7:35 PM Electronics Committee Dave Cahlander 7:40 PM Conservation Committee Don Mitchell 7:45 PM Education Committee Chris Benson Recruitment Roger Schroeder 7:50 PM Field Trip Organization Kim Eckert 8:05 PM Field Trip Chair status Mark Alt 8:10 PM MOURC Jim Mattson 8:15 PM Resources Committee Bob Janssen 8:20 PM Former President Jerry Bonkoski 8:25 PM New Business=20 * Slide Collection Mark Alt 8:45 PM Adjourn Meeting Mark Alt From danielejackson@earthlink.net Wed Mar 22 20:38:53 2006 From: danielejackson@earthlink.net (Dan Jackson) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:38:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] Unusual Gulls in LaCrosse (Glaucous-Winged, Lesser Black-Backed, etc.) Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C64DBE.57D43D90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > For those nearby, we have been having a great week of Gull watching in > LaCrosse. > > In the past week, we have seen the following: > > 1st year Iceland Gull (seen 3/14 and 3/16) > Adult Glaucous Gull (seen 3/15 and 3/17) > Adult and 2nd Year Lesser Black-Backed Gulls (seen 3/15-3/20) > Thayer's Gull (seen 3/16, 3/17 and 3/22) > And most recently, a 3rd year Glaucous-Winged Gull (seen yesterday and > today) > > All of these birds have been seen in the flock that has been frequenting > Richmond Bay in north LaCrosse, but there are also gull flocks on the > Black River north of the Clinton Street bridge that bear watching. An > adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull was also seen just south of Stoddard (12 > miles south of LaCrosse) > > Richmond Bay is located just north of Clinton Street about 1/2 mile west > of the intersection of Clinton and Rose Streets (Hwy 53). If you are > coming from Minnesota on I-90, get off at the 2nd exit and head south on > Hwy 53. Turn right on Clinton Street (4 light?) and cross the bridge over > the Black River. After crossing the bridge, go about 1/4 mile and you > will cross a dike over Richmond Bay. The gulls are usually seen to the > north. You can park in Bob's Bait and Tackle lot. > > If you continue to the stop sign (Bainbridge) and take a right (north) and > look for Goddard St. Turn right on Goddard (dead end) and follow it down > to a boat landing. Currently, the gulls are using the area right in front > of that landing and are also feeding about 200 yards north. > > Pictures of all of the gulls seen except the Thayer's are located in the > "Rare Birds" album within the webshots site below. > > Good Birding, > > Dan Jackson > Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA > (Near LaCrosse, WI) > > ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C64DBE.57D43D90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unusual Gulls in LaCrosse (Glaucous-Winged, Lesser Black-Backed, = etc.)

For those nearby, we have been having a = great week of Gull watching in LaCrosse.

In the past week, we have seen the = following:

1st year Iceland Gull (seen 3/14 and = 3/16)
Adult Glaucous Gull (seen 3/15 and = 3/17)
Adult and 2nd Year Lesser Black-Backed = Gulls (seen 3/15-3/20)
Thayer's Gull (seen 3/16, 3/17 and = 3/22)
And most recently, a 3rd year = Glaucous-Winged Gull (seen yesterday and today)

All of these birds have been seen in = the flock that has been frequenting Richmond Bay in north LaCrosse, but = there are also gull flocks on the Black River north of the Clinton = Street bridge that bear watching.  An adult Lesser Black-Backed = Gull was also seen just south of Stoddard (12 miles south of = LaCrosse)

Richmond Bay is located just north of = Clinton Street about 1/2 mile west of the intersection of Clinton and = Rose Streets (Hwy 53).  If you are coming from Minnesota on I-90, = get off at the 2nd exit and head south on Hwy 53.  Turn right on = Clinton Street (4 light?) and cross the bridge over the Black = River.  After crossing the bridge, go about 1/4 mile and you will = cross a dike over Richmond Bay.  The gulls are usually seen to the = north.  You can park in Bob's Bait and Tackle lot.

If you continue to the stop sign = (Bainbridge) and take a right (north) and look for Goddard St.  = Turn right on Goddard (dead end) and follow it down to a boat = landing.  Currently, the gulls are using the area right in front of = that landing and are also feeding about 200 yards north.

Pictures of all of the gulls seen = except the Thayer's are located in the "Rare Birds" album = within the webshots site below.

Good Birding,

Dan Jackson
Chaseburg, Vernon County, = Wisconsin, USA
(Near LaCrosse, WI)
<http://community.webshots.com/user/danielejackson>=20

------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C64DBE.57D43D90-- From rdunlap@gac.edu Wed Mar 22 23:19:41 2006 From: rdunlap@gac.edu (rdunlap@gac.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:19:41 -0600 Subject: [mou] Tundra Swans, Nicolett County Message-ID: <20060322171941.2yjlv605vra8k0ow@webmail-1.gac.edu> I just observed a flock of about 50 Tundra Swans flying over campus here at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. A beautiful sight to behold and a welcome sign of spring! Bob Dunlap, Nicolett County From thimgan@digitaljam.com Thu Mar 23 02:04:12 2006 From: thimgan@digitaljam.com (Dan & Sandy Thimgan) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:04:12 -0600 Subject: [mou] Wednesday in Wilkin Message-ID: Spent about 4 hours birding Wilkin county today and it was a delight. Especially awesome was the plethora of Rough Legged Hawks, as noted in Patrick Beauzay's and John Ellis' posts earlier. We saw: 45+ Rough Legged Hawks: We saw all manner of phases/morphs, a great way to study them. We were seeing one per minute in the first half hour, so we were getting quite an education on them. Some beautiful, long looks at a great raptor. Snow Buntings: At the corner of 290th Ave and 170th St. we saw a flock of snow buntings in excess of 300, we estimate, landing and circling in the field at that corner. There were some mixed birds in the flock as well, bu= t most of the flock were buntings. Golden Eagle, adult: We were lucky to see this just as we were deciding to head home, near Foxhome -- flew low to the ground and landed in a tree, we were able to drive fairly close to the landing tree. Magnificent bird! Kestrel: 3 Meadowlarks: 3, we guess Western, but did not hear them call Bald Eagle: 1 adult Harriers: 5 Red Tailed Hawks: 4 Ring Necked Pheasant: 1 Horned larks, everywhere White Tailed Deer: 34, the biggest group was 15, fun to see them loping across those big open fields! All in all a lovely day on the prairie. Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County Battle Lake MN --=20 Thimgans =20 =B3The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.=B2 Ralph Waldo Emerson From david@cahlander.com Thu Mar 23 05:00:41 2006 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:00:41 -0600 Subject: [mou] MOU web page is down Message-ID: <000f01c64e36$bf228970$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C64E04.714809A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Any part of the MOU web page that accesses the database is currently = down. I'm trying to get this fixed as soon as possible. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C64E04.714809A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Any part of the MOU web page = that=20 accesses the database is currently down.  I'm trying to get this = fixed as=20 soon as possible.
---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C64E04.714809A0-- From sweston2@comcast.net Thu Mar 23 08:59:46 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:59:46 -0600 Subject: [mou] Around Metro Message-ID: <003b01c64e58$308af720$f0afb445@Weston72505> Sunday 3/19 Dakota Co. 13 species of waterfowl on and around Lake Byllesby. no significant numbers. Lapland Longspur with Horned Larks pair of Meadowlarks tuesday 4/21 Roseville Red-tailed Hawk in nest apparantly rebuilding it wednesday 4/22 Inver Grove Heights first bug splattered on windshield Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From SnoEowl@aol.com Thu Mar 23 12:42:42 2006 From: SnoEowl@aol.com (SnoEowl@aol.com) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:42:42 EST Subject: [mou] Live From Freeborn County Message-ID: <2d4.56af082.3153f1c2@aol.com> -------------------------------1143117762 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Turkey Vulture seen on March 22 near Fountain Lake in Albert Lea, miles from the nearest lutefisk feed. Al Batt -------------------------------1143117762 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Turkey Vulture seen on March 22 near Fountain Lake in Albert Le= a,=20 miles from the nearest lutefisk feed.
 
Al Batt
 -------------------------------1143117762-- From david@cahlander.com Thu Mar 23 15:09:17 2006 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:09:17 -0600 Subject: [mou] MOU web page is back up References: <000f01c64e36$bf228970$0400a8c0@flash> Message-ID: <000901c64e8b$c4999ce0$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64E59.76AE5430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The MOU web page is back up. I'm not sure exactly what went down, and = hope that it caused no problems to the users. Thanks. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David A. Cahlander=20 To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: [mou] MOU web page is down Any part of the MOU web page that accesses the database is currently = down. I'm trying to get this fixed as soon as possible. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64E59.76AE5430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The MOU web page is back = up.  I'm=20 not sure exactly what went down, and hope that it caused no problems to = the=20 users.
 
Thanks.
---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David A.=20 Cahlander
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 = 11:00=20 PM
Subject: [mou] MOU web page is = down

Any part of the MOU web = page that=20 accesses the database is currently down.  I'm trying to get this = fixed as=20 soon as possible.
---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com = Burnsville, MN=20 952-894-5910
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64E59.76AE5430-- From smithville4@charter.net Wed Mar 22 15:48:28 2006 From: smithville4@charter.net (Mike Hendrickson) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:48:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] Update on Lake Superior Pelagic Trips Message-ID: <002b01c64dc8$104cbba0$6400a8c0@FAMILYCOMPUTER> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C64D95.C53182E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I updated all the Lake Superior Pelagic Trips as far as how many seats = are open on each trip as of today. There is also a photo of the LL = Smith ( taken by Laura Erickson ) with birders on it from the 2005 field = trip organized by Tom Auer. The photo of the LL Smith will show you the = size of the vessel we will be birding on. There is also some tables of = jaegers/terns/gulls to look at. These tables will give you an idea what = I feel is the best time to look for some of casuals and accidentals on = Lake Superior. Just click on "Lake Superior Birding" link on my home page. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C64D95.C53182E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I updated all the Lake = Superior Pelagic=20 Trips as far as how many seats are open on each trip as of=20 today.  There is also a photo of the LL Smith ( taken by Laura = Erickson=20 ) with birders on it from the 2005 field trip organized by Tom = Auer.=20 The photo of the LL Smith will show you the size of=20 the vessel we will be birding on.  There is also some tables = of=20 jaegers/terns/gulls to look at. These tables will give you an idea what = I feel=20 is the best time to look for some of casuals and accidentals on Lake=20 Superior.
 
Just click on "Lake Superior = Birding"=20 link on my home page.
 
Michael = Hendrickson
Duluth,=20 Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/
------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C64D95.C53182E0-- From DanJackson@LBWhite.com Wed Mar 22 20:24:44 2006 From: DanJackson@LBWhite.com (Dan Jackson) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:24:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] Unusual Gulls in LaCrosse (Glaucous-Winged, Lesser Black-Backed, etc.) Message-ID: <851BA04EE7D2934F89BA4B14031F0CCC0226775E@lbwmail.lb-white2.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C64DEE.A818E098 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those nearby, we have been having a great week of Gull watching in LaCrosse. In the past week, we have seen the following: 1st year Iceland Gull (seen 3/14 and 3/16) Adult Glaucous Gull (seen 3/15 and 3/17) Adult and 2nd Year Lesser Black-Backed Gulls (seen 3/15-3/20) Thayer's Gull (seen 3/16, 3/17 and 3/22) And most recently, a 3rd year Glaucous-Winged Gull (seen yesterday and today) All of these birds have been seen in the flock that has been frequenting Richmond Bay in north LaCrosse, but there are also gull flocks on the Black River north of the Clinton Street bridge that bear watching. An adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull was also seen just south of Stoddard (12 miles south of LaCrosse) Richmond Bay is located just north of Clinton Street about 1/2 mile west of the intersection of Clinton and Rose Streets (Hwy 53). If you are coming from Minnesota on I-90, get off at the 2nd exit and head south on Hwy 53. Turn right on Clinton Street (4 light?) and cross the bridge over the Black River. After crossing the bridge, go about 1/4 mile and you will cross a dike over Richmond Bay. The gulls are usually seen to the north. You can park in Bob's Bait and Tackle lot. If you continue to the stop sign (Bainbridge) and take a right (north) and look for Goddard St. Turn right on Goddard (dead end) and follow it down to a boat landing. Currently, the gulls are using the area right in front of that landing and are also feeding about 200 yards north. Pictures of all of the gulls seen except the Thayer's are located in the "Rare Birds" album within the webshots site below. Good Birding, Dan Jackson=20 Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA=20 (Near LaCrosse, WI)=20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C64DEE.A818E098 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unusual Gulls in LaCrosse (Glaucous-Winged, Lesser Black-Backed, = etc.)

For those nearby, we have been having a = great week of Gull watching in LaCrosse.

In the past week, we have seen the = following:

1st year Iceland Gull (seen 3/14 and = 3/16)
Adult Glaucous Gull (seen 3/15 and = 3/17)
Adult and 2nd Year Lesser Black-Backed = Gulls (seen 3/15-3/20)
Thayer's Gull (seen 3/16, 3/17 and = 3/22)
And most recently, a 3rd year = Glaucous-Winged Gull (seen yesterday and today)

All of these birds have been seen in = the flock that has been frequenting Richmond Bay in north LaCrosse, but = there are also gull flocks on the Black River north of the Clinton = Street bridge that bear watching.  An adult Lesser Black-Backed = Gull was also seen just south of Stoddard (12 miles south of = LaCrosse)

Richmond Bay is located just north of = Clinton Street about 1/2 mile west of the intersection of Clinton and = Rose Streets (Hwy 53).  If you are coming from Minnesota on I-90, = get off at the 2nd exit and head south on Hwy 53.  Turn right on = Clinton Street (4 light?) and cross the bridge over the Black = River.  After crossing the bridge, go about 1/4 mile and you will = cross a dike over Richmond Bay.  The gulls are usually seen to the = north.  You can park in Bob's Bait and Tackle lot.

If you continue to the stop sign = (Bainbridge) and take a right (north) and look for Goddard St.  = Turn right on Goddard (dead end) and follow it down to a boat = landing.  Currently, the gulls are using the area right in front of = that landing and are also feeding about 200 yards north.

Pictures of all of the gulls seen = except the Thayer's are located in the "Rare Birds" album = within the webshots site below.

Good Birding,

Dan Jackson
Chaseburg, Vernon County, = Wisconsin, USA
(Near LaCrosse, WI)
<http://community.webshots.com/user/danielejackson>=20

------_=_NextPart_001_01C64DEE.A818E098-- From patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu Thu Mar 23 18:28:20 2006 From: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu (patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:28:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] fargo falcon website Message-ID: <1557.134.129.73.105.1143138500.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hello all, I've had a couple of requests from Minnesota birders for info on Fargo's nesting peregrine falcons. Here is a link to webpages on Fargo's peregrine falcons. These pages are part of the riverwatch website which focusus on education, current issues, history, conservation, etc. along the Red River watershed in MN, ND, and Manitoba. http://www.riverwatchonline.org/project_falcon/index.html Good birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm From danielejackson@earthlink.net Thu Mar 23 20:14:39 2006 From: danielejackson@earthlink.net (Dan Jackson) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:14:39 -0600 Subject: [mou] LaCrosse Glaucous-Winged Gull still here Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C64E84.1FE3CBF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Glaucous-Winged Gull was seen at Richmond Bay over the lunch hour and was still present when I left at about 1:00. According to the keeper of the Wisconsin Records, this bird will be the 5th state record for Wisconsin and the 18th recorded in the mid continent area (15 states and 3 provinces). An adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull and a Thayer's Gull were also seen on the bay today. Good Birding, Dan Jackson Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA (Near LaCrosse, WI) ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C64E84.1FE3CBF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable LaCrosse Glaucous-Winged Gull still here

The Glaucous-Winged Gull was seen at = Richmond Bay over the lunch hour and was still present when I left at = about 1:00.

According to the keeper of the = Wisconsin Records, this bird will be the 5th state record for Wisconsin = and the 18th recorded in the mid continent area (15 states and 3 = provinces).

An adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull and a = Thayer's Gull were also seen on the bay today.

Good Birding,
Dan Jackson
Chaseburg, Vernon County, = Wisconsin, USA
(Near LaCrosse, WI)
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------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C64E84.1FE3CBF0-- From drbenson@cpinternet.com Thu Mar 23 22:14:58 2006 From: drbenson@cpinternet.com (drbenson@cpinternet.com) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:14:58 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA March 23, 2006 Message-ID: <44231de2.205.4.20572@cpinternet.com> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 23rd, 2006, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Carol Tveekrem saw a KILLDEER at the Cross River on the north Shore on the 18th. Jim Caddy found a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the McDavitt Rd, four miles south of the Zim Rd, and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK on the McDavitt Rd, one mile south of the Zim Rd, both on the 16th. Derek Bakken saw flocks of COMMON REDPOLLS still in the area last weekend. Dave Carman has counted 453 raptors so far this month at the West Skyline Hawk Count in West Duluth, including flights of 110 on the 21st and 107 on the 22nd. He saw 3 GOLDEN EAGLES on each of those days. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 30th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us at mou@cbs.umn.edu or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org From two-jays@att.net Thu Mar 23 23:18:50 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:18:50 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Message-ID: <62F60728-BAC3-11DA-A29A-000D934C33C2@att.net> Hooray for Colorado. Other states should follow suit. Everyone,=20 including birders, who uses state wildlife land should contribute=20 directly to its purchase and maintenance. Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota Begin forwarded message: From: foodrev@aol.com Date: March 23, 2006 8:47:57 AM CST To: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com, SF-BC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [sd-birds] Colorado New Wildlife Habitat Stamp South Dakota birders, For those who may be going to Colorado this year I thought I'd give a heads-up. I am leading a trip April 7-14 for Lesser Prairie Chicken=20 Gunnison Sage Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan (more of course, but these are the=20 targets) and got a kind post from a birder Re: the new Habitat Stamp required on=20 Colorado State Wildlife Areas. I had heard of it, but was not too worried. I then got a post forwarded by Bill Schmoker from COBIRDS that detailed=20= the requirements for the new Wildlife Stamp. And the wardens are checking. So I waited a lot on CO state telephone lines (no 800 numbers there) and heard recordings about how much killing birds and bears cost=20 innumerable times, but did finally get someone who could answer a few simple questions=20 (she was great). YES. Each *person* needs a license--not just each car. At first I had been told the licenses had to be purchased in CO at Div.=20= Of Wildlife Offices or places like Wal-mart where hunting licenses are=20 sold. BUT=85 they are available on line. I just purchased mine for $10.25. = Go=20 on line to the following address and follow the easy steps (MasterCard or=20= Visa in hand) to get a license. <<>> is the official site. You can see if <<>> works=20 directly. That is the page where licenses are sold. BTW, I heartily approve. We should pay too. I have bought Duck Stamps=20 for years (as have many of us) but our contribution (admittedly probably=20 tiny--but NOT ZERO) shows up counted towards hunters' funding. This controversy=20 Re: buying duck stamps can be easily altered by this simple approach. Bravo,=20 Colorado! Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD From patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu Fri Mar 24 00:54:57 2006 From: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu (patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:54:57 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Wilkin Co Northern Goshawk Message-ID: <1196.64.21.235.100.1143161697.squirrel@webmail.ndsu.nodak.edu> Hello all, I dashed down to Rothsay WMA for some late afternoon birding and was rewarded with an adult northern goshawk. This was in the exact same location that I saw the prairie falcon last Sunday (1/2 mile north of the junction of CR15 and CR176). The goshawk flew low in front of me and I followed it until it perched in a cottonwood tree to the west of me. The light was bad and I wasn't positive of my ID until I drove around to the south of the bird and was able to view it through my scope in better light. The white superciliary lines were visible even from about 1/4 mile distance. Other birds seen today at Rothsay WMA: Snow bunting, including one perched on a powerline 27 red-winged blackbirds 4 rusty blackbirds More northern harriers today than last weekend and still plenty of rough-legged hawks. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Mar 24 01:07:10 2006 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:07:10 -0600 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 23 March 2006 Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-53--501010664 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 23rd. At least one SNOWY OWL can still be seen at the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport. Check especially along Cargo Road on the western edge of the airport. A BOREAL OWL was seen by Anthony Hertzel on the 17th along Lake County Road 2, 17 miles north of Two Harbors. Don Wansura reports that the CAROLINA WREN is still singing near Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County. He found it on the 18th near the corner 75th Street South and Dupont Avenue. I also have a few reports of TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN HARRIER, GOLDEN EAGLE, FOX SPARROW, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 30th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-53--501010664 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = Thursday, March 23rd.=A0


At = least one SNOWY = OWL can still be seen at the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport. = Check especially along Cargo Road on the western edge of the = airport.


A = BOREAL = OWL was seen by Anthony Hertzel on the 17th along Lake County = Road 2, 17 miles north of Two Harbors.


Don = Wansura reports that the CAROLINA WREN is still singing near Wood = Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County. He found it on the = 18th near the corner 75th Street South and Dupont Avenue.


I also have a few reports of TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN = HARRIER, GOLDEN EAGLE, FOX SPARROW, and RUSTY = BLACKBIRD.


The = next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March = 30th.


- - = -

Anthony = Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-53--501010664-- From wampy@att.net Fri Mar 24 02:39:23 2006 From: wampy@att.net (wampy@att.net) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:39:23 +0000 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Message-ID: <032420060239.3842.44235BDA0005D12900000F022160375964979F030E99@att.net> Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, and wouldn't this just be another fee so that the "no new taxes pledge" can be kept ? -- Bernard P. Friel -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jim Williams > Hooray for Colorado. Other states should follow suit. Everyone, > including birders, who uses state wildlife land should contribute > directly to its purchase and maintenance. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: foodrev@aol.com > Date: March 23, 2006 8:47:57 AM CST > To: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com, SF-BC@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [sd-birds] Colorado New Wildlife Habitat Stamp > > South Dakota birders, > > For those who may be going to Colorado this year I thought I'd give a > heads-up. I am leading a trip April 7-14 for Lesser Prairie Chicken > Gunnison Sage > Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan (more of course, but these are the > targets) and > got a kind post from a birder Re: the new Habitat Stamp required on > Colorado > State Wildlife Areas. I had heard of it, but was not too worried. > > I then got a post forwarded by Bill Schmoker from COBIRDS that detailed > the > requirements for the new Wildlife Stamp. And the wardens are checking. > > So I waited a lot on CO state telephone lines (no 800 numbers there) and > heard recordings about how much killing birds and bears cost > innumerable times, > but did finally get someone who could answer a few simple questions > (she was > great). > > YES. Each *person* needs a license--not just each car. > > At first I had been told the licenses had to be purchased in CO at Div. > Of > Wildlife Offices or places like Wal-mart where hunting licenses are > sold. > > BUT… they are available on line. I just purchased mine for $10.25. Go > on > line to the following address and follow the easy steps (MasterCard or > Visa in > hand) to get a license. > > <<>> is the official site. > > You can see if <<>> works > directly. > That is the page where licenses are sold. > > BTW, I heartily approve. We should pay too. I have bought Duck Stamps > for > years (as have many of us) but our contribution (admittedly probably > tiny--but > NOT ZERO) shows up counted towards hunters' funding. This controversy > Re: buying > duck stamps can be easily altered by this simple approach. Bravo, > Colorado! > > Doug Chapman > Sioux Falls, SD > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Mar 24 02:41:27 2006 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:41:27 -0600 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 24, 2006 Message-ID: <001601c64eec$874e1e90$25d5aec6@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C64EBA.3CB3AE90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 24, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. It has been a calm pleasant winter week in the northwest, with no weather events other than clear skies , light winds, and spring sunshine. A little melting has gone on, but not enough to create any problems so far. Reports continue to come in of migrating birds, with increasing numbers of reports of waterfowl from the southern part of the area, raptors and horned larks from the north. Larry Wilebski reported from Kittson County sightings of dancing SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, also BALD EAGLES, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and PURPLE FINCH. In Lake of the Woods County this week, Jeff Birchem saw 9 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along the Roosevelt Forest Road . A SNOWY OWL was found along CR 19 less than a mile east of MN 72 on March 18.=20 >From Beltrami County, Kelly Larson reported that the number of CANADA GEESE found at the Mississippi River inlet in Bemidji has increased tenfold. Gretchen Mehmel heard a GREAT GRAY OWL at Gate's Corner along Dick's Parkway on March 16. Other species reported from Beltrami County included COMMON GOLDENEYE and PINE GROSBEAK. Kelly Larson observed an AMERICAN KESTREL in Clearwater County on March 20. Maggie Anderson reported that three pairs of BALD EAGLES have returned to Agassiz NWR, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS are being seen there. The GREAT HORNED OWL is being seen near the headquarters of Agassiz NWR where it nested last year. Other species seen in Marshall County this week included GRAY PARTRIDGE, AMERICAN KESTREL, and HORNED LARKS along CR 12. John Thorstad saw the first of the season COMMON GOLDENEYE in Thief River Falls, Pennington County, on March 20. Kelly Larson found 4 BALD EAGLES in the eastern part of the county on March 20, and Anita Vettleson saw one fly over the Digi-key parking lot in Thief River Falls on March 22. A SNOWY OWL was found by Kelly Larson 1.5 miles east of CR 27 on 125th St. SE in the far eastern part of the county on March 20. Shelley Steva reported seeing HORNED LARKS, and 20 SNOW BUNTINGS in Pennington County on March 21. Gary Tischer reported that the MERLINS returned to Thief River Falls last week. In Red Lake County on March 21, Shelley saw HORNED LARKS, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and , near Oklee, ten COMMON RAVENS. On the 23rd, she found a RED-TAILED HAWK along CR 1 three miles east of US 59. Mike Christopherson reported that the MERLINS have returned to Crookston in Polk County. Kelly Larson found BALD EAGLE, and NORTHERN HARRIER in the eastern part of the county on March 20. Mel and Elaine Bennefeld, birding in Norman County on March 21 found a BALD EAGLE, and two GREAT HORNED OWLS , and in Twin Valley there were 30-40 AMERICAN ROBINS and 40-50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. Clay County sightings on March 21 by Mel and Elaine Bennefeld included BALD EAGLE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and a mature GOLDEN EAGLE two miles east of Felton. Another, or maybe the same, was seen by Patrick Beauzay on March 19 3 miles east and one mile north of Buffalo River State Park. Patrick Beauzay counted 27 TRUMPETER SWANS along the Crow Wing River in southern Hubbard County on March 18. In Otter Tail County on March 19, Patrick found CANADA GEESE, three CACKLING GEESE, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE. Dan and Sandy Thimgan saw an EASTERN BLUEBIRD there on March 18. Bob and Joan Burke saw a KILLDEER earlier in the week at Pelican Rapids. On March 23, Dan and Sandy Thimgan were called to a neighbor's home where they identified a red phase EASTERN SCREECH-OWL. Alma Ronningen reported some spring migrants in Otter Tail County including AMERICAN KESTREL, AMERICAN ROBIN, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and four AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS. On March 21, three COMMON REDPOLLS visited their yard. A PRAIRIE FALCON was discovered by Patrick Beauzay in Wilkin County on March 19 a half mile north of the intersection of CR 176 and CR 15. On March 23, he saw a NORTHERN GOSHAWK at the same location. On March 19, he also saw AMERICAN ROBIN, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and 8 WESTERN MEADOWLARKS. John Ellis found BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, and AMERICAN KESTREL in Wilkin County on March 18. 75 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen north of CR 26, also GREAT HORNED OWL , and a BARRED OWL; five SHORT-EARED OWLS were found on either side of CR 165 south of CR 30. Dan and Sandy Thimgan found an adult GOLDEN EAGLE near Foxhome on March 22, and more than 300 SNOW BUNTINGS at the corner of 290th Ave and 170th St. Beau Shroyer discovered a HOODED MERGANSER at Little Sauk Lake in Todd County, and reported that a pair of SANDHILL CRANES have returned there. Susan Wiste saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and AMERICAN KESTREL in Douglas County on March 18. Thanks to all the folks, too numerous to mention individually, who sent in their sightings this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, March 31, 2006. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C64EBA.3CB3AE90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, March 24, = 2006

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding = Report for Friday, March 24, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes = Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling = (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

It has been a calm pleasant winter week = in the northwest, with no weather events other than clear skies , light = winds, and spring sunshine. A little melting has gone on, but not enough = to create any problems so far. Reports continue to come in of migrating = birds, with increasing numbers of reports of waterfowl from the southern = part of the area, raptors and horned larks from the north.

Larry Wilebski reported from Kittson = County sightings of dancing SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, = also BALD = EAGLES, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and PURPLE FINCH.

In Lake of the Woods County this week, = Jeff Birchem saw 9 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along the Roosevelt Forest Road . A SNOWY OWL was found along CR 19 less than a mile east of = MN 72 on March 18.

From Beltrami County, Kelly Larson = reported that the number of CANADA GEESE found = at the Mississippi River inlet in Bemidji has increased tenfold. = Gretchen Mehmel heard a GREAT GRAY OWL at = Gate's Corner along Dick's Parkway on March 16. Other species reported = from Beltrami County included COMMON GOLDENEYE and = PINE GROSBEAK.

Kelly Larson observed an AMERICAN KESTREL in Clearwater County on March 20.

Maggie Anderson reported that three = pairs of BALD = EAGLES have returned to Agassiz = NWR, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS are being seen there. The GREAT HORNED OWL is being seen near the headquarters of Agassiz NWR where = it nested last year. Other species seen in Marshall County this week = included GRAY = PARTRIDGE, AMERICAN KESTREL, and = HORNED = LARKS along CR 12.

John Thorstad saw the first of the = season COMMON = GOLDENEYE in Thief River Falls, = Pennington County, on March 20. Kelly Larson found 4 BALD EAGLES in the eastern part of the county on March 20, = and Anita Vettleson saw one fly over the Digi-key parking lot in Thief = River Falls on March 22.  A SNOWY OWL was found = by Kelly Larson 1.5 miles east of CR 27 on 125th St. SE in the far = eastern part of the county on March 20. Shelley Steva reported seeing = HORNED = LARKS, and 20 SNOW BUNTINGS in Pennington County on March 21. Gary Tischer = reported that the MERLINS returned to = Thief River Falls last week.

In Red Lake County on March 21, Shelley = saw HORNED = LARKS, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and , near Oklee, ten COMMON RAVENS. On the 23rd, she found a RED-TAILED HAWK along CR 1  three miles east of US = 59.

Mike Christopherson reported that the = MERLINS = have returned to Crookston in Polk County. = Kelly Larson found BALD EAGLE, and NORTHERN HARRIER in = the eastern part of the county on March 20.

Mel and Elaine Bennefeld, birding in = Norman County on March 21 found a BALD EAGLE, = and two GREAT = HORNED OWLS , and in Twin Valley = there were 30-40 AMERICAN ROBINS and = 40-50 BOHEMIAN = WAXWINGS.

Clay County sightings on March 21  = by Mel and Elaine Bennefeld included BALD EAGLE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and a mature GOLDEN EAGLE two miles east of Felton. Another, or maybe the = same,  was seen by Patrick Beauzay on March 19  3 miles east = and one mile north of Buffalo River State Park.

Patrick Beauzay counted 27 TRUMPETER SWANS along the Crow Wing River in southern Hubbard = County on March 18.

In Otter Tail County  on March 19, = Patrick found CANADA GEESE, three = CACKLING = GEESE, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE. Dan and Sandy Thimgan saw an EASTERN BLUEBIRD  = there on March 18. Bob and Joan Burke saw = a KILLDEER earlier in = the week at Pelican Rapids. On March 23, Dan and Sandy Thimgan were = called to a neighbor's home where they identified a red phase = EASTERN = SCREECH-OWL. Alma Ronningen = reported some spring migrants in Otter Tail County including = AMERICAN KESTREL, = AMERICAN ROBIN, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and four AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS. On March 21, three COMMON REDPOLLS visited their yard.

A PRAIRIE FALCON was discovered by Patrick Beauzay in Wilkin County on = March 19 a half mile north of the intersection of CR 176 and CR 15. On = March 23, he saw a NORTHERN GOSHAWK at = the same location. On March 19, he also saw AMERICAN ROBIN, RED-WINGED = BLACKBIRDS, and 8 WESTERN = MEADOWLARKS. John Ellis found  = BALD EAGLE, = NORTHERN HARRIER, and AMERICAN KESTREL in Wilkin County on March 18. 75 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen north of CR 26, also GREAT HORNED OWL = , and a BARRED = OWL;  five SHORT-EARED OWLS were found on either side of CR 165 south of CR = 30. Dan and Sandy Thimgan found an adult GOLDEN EAGLE near Foxhome on March 22, and more than 300 SNOW BUNTINGS at the corner of 290th Ave and 170th = St.

Beau Shroyer discovered a HOODED MERGANSER at Little Sauk Lake in Todd County, and reported = that a pair of SANDHILL CRANES have = returned there.

Susan Wiste saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK = and AMERICAN KESTREL in Douglas County on March 18.

Thanks to all the folks, too numerous = to mention individually, who sent in their sightings this week.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie = Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at = ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free = number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. = Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting = by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of = your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, March = 31, 2006.

------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C64EBA.3CB3AE90-- From cnorheim@msn.com Fri Mar 24 03:11:34 2006 From: cnorheim@msn.com (connie norheim) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:11:34 -0600 Subject: [mou] Wilkin Cty Rothsay Thursday Message-ID: <001501c64ef0$a8293bf0$eed40143@conniebfyea7yc> Becky Oberlander and I birded the Rothsay area of Wilkin Cty today from 10:30 to 1:30. An area along #52 south of Barnesville had open water along the road (almost looked like a spring) with 25 Canada Geese swimming in it. Total count of Rough-legged Hawks for us was about 20, with both light and dark morphed seen. One meadowlark, not singing. At least one adult Bald Eagle seen, and either a second one was seen, or the same one was seen a second time. We did observe a male Northern Harrier repeatedly flying in aerial loops like an acrobat over a field - he'd swoop and fly way up and around, and then down almost to the ground, and skim just above the ground a few feet and then back up again, over and over and over, until he finally went down in some grass and we never saw him come up again. Has anyone else observed this behavior before? Connie Norheim Fargo, ND cnorheim@msn.com From two-jays@att.net Fri Mar 24 03:14:33 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:14:33 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <032420060239.3842.44235BDA0005D12900000F022160375964979F030E99@att.net> References: <032420060239.3842.44235BDA0005D12900000F022160375964979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: <511A297D-BAE4-11DA-A29A-000D934C33C2@att.net> On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Bernard P. Friel (wampy@att.net) wrote: Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, and wouldn't this just be another fee so that the "no new taxes pledge" can be kept ? Well, taxes obviously do not do the job. Politicians do not do the job. That does not mean the need should be ignored. Hunters have been paying the bills via duck stamps, various state hunting stamps, licenses, and taxes on guns and ammunition for years. Birders enjoy the land secured by that money. What gives us the right to stand back and say, not me? A duck stamp costs $15. The Colorado land-use fee is $10. The pleasure we get from birding: not worth the cost of a bag or two of bird seed? We can pay hundreds of dollars for optics and $25 for a bird ID book but we can't contribute to fund habitat? Jim Williams Wayzata From wampy@att.net Fri Mar 24 03:35:26 2006 From: wampy@att.net (wampy@att.net) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:35:26 +0000 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Message-ID: <032420060335.5380.442368FE00011745000015042160375964979F030E99@att.net> It's not that I object to paying. I object to fees which are imposed as a substitute for taxes which is the case here because they impose a regressive burden on the citizens. This kind of fee is to be distinguished from fees like Park entrance fees which are designed to cover (at least theoretically) the costs attributable to the use by the fee payer. Fees used to purchase land and for its general maintenance have little to no relationship to use. -- Bernard P. Friel www.wampy.com -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jim Williams > On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Bernard P. Friel (wampy@att.net) wrote: > Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, and wouldn't this > just be another fee so that the "no new taxes pledge" can be kept ? > > > Well, taxes obviously do not do the job. Politicians do not do the job. > That does not mean the need should be ignored. > > Hunters have been paying the bills via duck stamps, various state > hunting stamps, licenses, and taxes on guns and ammunition for years. > Birders enjoy the land secured by that money. What gives us the right > to stand back and say, not me? A duck stamp costs $15. The Colorado > land-use fee is $10. The pleasure we get from birding: not worth the > cost of a bag or two of bird seed? We can pay hundreds of dollars for > optics and $25 for a bird ID book but we can't contribute to fund > habitat? > > Jim Williams > Wayzata > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From clay.christensen@comcast.net Fri Mar 24 15:02:32 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:02:32 +0000 Subject: [mou] Hairy and Downy "Haircuts" Message-ID: <032420061502.5079.44240A0800049FD8000013D72200760180020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_5079_1143212552_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I've noticed a difference in the red patch on the back of the head of male downy and hairy woodpeckers. The male hairy has a narrow black line that separates the red patch down the middle (in the back) so there's an equal amount of red on each side. The male downy has no such black "median" line in the red patch. I have a suet feeder that's two feet from my window, so I get some good looks. Anybody else notice this? Or do I have an aberrant male hairy? Thanks, Clay Christensen Lauderdale --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_5079_1143212552_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I've noticed a difference in the red patch on the back of the head of male downy and hairy woodpeckers.
 
The male hairy has a narrow black line that separates the red patch down the middle (in the back) so there's an equal amount of red on each side.
 
The male downy has no such black "median" line in the red patch.
 
I have a suet feeder that's two feet from my window, so I get some good looks.
 
Anybody else notice this? Or do I have an aberrant male hairy?
 
Thanks,
 
Clay Christensen
Lauderdale
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_5079_1143212552_0-- From wbruins@earthlink.net Fri Mar 24 15:19:37 2006 From: wbruins@earthlink.net (Bill Bruins) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:19:37 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <032420060239.3842.44235BDA0005D12900000F022160375964979F03 0E99@att.net> References: <032420060239.3842.44235BDA0005D12900000F022160375964979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060324091917.026b0a60@earthlink.net> What's wrong with user fees? At 08:39 PM 3/23/2006, wampy@att.net wrote: >Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, and wouldn't this >just be another fee so that the "no new taxes pledge" can be kept ? O. William Bruins 1538 11th Avenue NE Rochester, MN 55906-4213 wbruins@earthlink.net 507-281-1607 - home 507-261-6837 - cell (not always turned on) From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Mar 24 17:36:59 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:36:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] Migration question Message-ID: <00ef01c64f69$900ed790$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Spring migration is proceeding a little slowly in the Sherburne/Mille Lacs County areas (first Sandhills in last couple of days, first Sherburne Eastern Meadowlark, virtually no open bodies of water to view waterfowl). Are there any areas in central or south central MN that waterfowl are congregating currently - or other significant spring migrants? Thanks! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Fri Mar 24 13:38:14 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:38:14 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sandhill Cranes Message-ID: Heard calls of sandhill cranes coming from the Mississippi River area Winona (a half mile from my location) as I walked from car into work this morning. Matt Baumann Winona, MN From fholbrook@cableone.net Fri Mar 24 16:53:26 2006 From: fholbrook@cableone.net (Rick) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:53:26 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <511A297D-BAE4-11DA-A29A-000D934C33C2@att.net> References: <032420060239.3842.44235BDA0005D12900000F022160375964979F030E99@att.net> <511A297D-BAE4-11DA-A29A-000D934C33C2@att.net> Message-ID: <44242406.2080101@cableone.net> Jim Williams wrote: > On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Bernard P. Friel (wampy@att.net) wrote: > Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, and wouldn't this > just be another fee so that the "no new taxes pledge" can be kept ? > > > Well, taxes obviously do not do the job. Politicians do not do the > job. That does not mean the need should be ignored. > > Hunters have been paying the bills via duck stamps, various state > hunting stamps, licenses, and taxes on guns and ammunition for years. > Birders enjoy the land secured by that money. What gives us the right > to stand back and say, not me? A duck stamp costs $15. The Colorado > land-use fee is $10. The pleasure we get from birding: not worth the > cost of a bag or two of bird seed? We can pay hundreds of dollars for > optics and $25 for a bird ID book but we can't contribute to fund > habitat? > > Jim Williams > Wayzata > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > You Make a very good point Mr. Williams. I for one plan on buying two duck Stamps--one of me and one for my wife. -- Rick Fargo, ND ---------------------- Chaos reigns within. Reflect, Repeat and re-boot. Order shall return. From CAWenger@landolakes.com Fri Mar 24 17:08:02 2006 From: CAWenger@landolakes.com (Wenger, Char) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:08:02 -0600 Subject: [mou] Great Blue Herons -Anoka/Hennepin Cty Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C64F65.8275C7FF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Great Blue Herons arrived this week back at their rookery located south of the Coon Rapids Dam on an island on the river. Rookery can be seen from the Anoka County side of the park. =20 =20 =20 Charlotte Wenger Administrative Legal Assistant Land O'Lakes, Inc. cawenger@landolakes.com 651-481-2828 651-481-2832 (fax) =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C64F65.8275C7FF Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
 
Great = Blue Herons=20 arrived this week back at their rookery located south of the Coon Rapids = Dam on=20 an island on the river.  Rookery can be seen from the Anoka County = side of=20 the park.
 
 
 
Charlotte=20 Wenger
Administrative Legal=20 Assistant
Land O'Lakes, = Inc.
cawenger@landolakes.com
651-481-2828
651-481-2832 = (fax)
 
 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C64F65.8275C7FF-- From cbird@nsatel.net Fri Mar 24 13:34:07 2006 From: cbird@nsatel.net (Craig) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:34:07 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land References: <62F60728-BAC3-11DA-A29A-000D934C33C2@att.net> Message-ID: <001b01c64f47$a0b64550$6401a8c0@DebCraig> How are state and public lands being paid for already?? Last time I checked I still pay taxes plus I'm an avid bowhunter, snowmobiler and my wife and I do a lot of camping in the state parks so I think I pay more than my fair share in fees to use such areas. I thought this was a free country? There aren't many things that you can do for free anymore but, birdwatching is one of them and that's what I love about birdwatching. It's getting to the point where we won't even be able to look through our binoculars without having a permit first. Ridiculous. Just because you feel guilty for not paying or feel that you need to contribute more doesn't mean the rest of have to too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Williams" To: "MOU net" ; "Paul J.Baicich" Cc: "WisBirdNet Network" Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:18 PM Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Hooray for Colorado. Other states should follow suit. Everyone, including birders, who uses state wildlife land should contribute directly to its purchase and maintenance. Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota Begin forwarded message: From: foodrev@aol.com Date: March 23, 2006 8:47:57 AM CST To: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com, SF-BC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [sd-birds] Colorado New Wildlife Habitat Stamp South Dakota birders, For those who may be going to Colorado this year I thought I'd give a heads-up. I am leading a trip April 7-14 for Lesser Prairie Chicken Gunnison Sage Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan (more of course, but these are the targets) and got a kind post from a birder Re: the new Habitat Stamp required on Colorado State Wildlife Areas. I had heard of it, but was not too worried. I then got a post forwarded by Bill Schmoker from COBIRDS that detailed the requirements for the new Wildlife Stamp. And the wardens are checking. So I waited a lot on CO state telephone lines (no 800 numbers there) and heard recordings about how much killing birds and bears cost innumerable times, but did finally get someone who could answer a few simple questions (she was great). YES. Each *person* needs a license--not just each car. At first I had been told the licenses had to be purchased in CO at Div. Of Wildlife Offices or places like Wal-mart where hunting licenses are sold. BUT… they are available on line. I just purchased mine for $10.25. Go on line to the following address and follow the easy steps (MasterCard or Visa in hand) to get a license. <<>> is the official site. You can see if <<>> works directly. That is the page where licenses are sold. BTW, I heartily approve. We should pay too. I have bought Duck Stamps for years (as have many of us) but our contribution (admittedly probably tiny--but NOT ZERO) shows up counted towards hunters' funding. This controversy Re: buying duck stamps can be easily altered by this simple approach. Bravo, Colorado! Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Fri Mar 24 19:57:53 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:57:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] Important MOU board meeting date change! References: Message-ID: The next MOU meeting is changing dates, Best Buy no longer allows = nonprofits to use their space. They had confirmed yes, then notified me = - no. I checked with the MN river valley refuge and they changed their = policy as well. Wood Lake is the plan now, yet to be confirmed. I am = planning the meeting fro April 10, 2006, to start at 6:00 pm and end at = 9:00 pm. The agenda remains the same.=20 9:00 PM. 6:30 PM Words of Welcome Mark Alt 6:35 PM December Meeting Minutes Shirley Alt 6:40 PM New Board Members Proposed Mark Alt * Conservation Chair - Don Mitchell * Education Chair - Chris Benson 6:45 PM Treasurer's Report Erika Sitz 6:55 PM Membership Secretary Elizabeth Bell 7:05 PM Finance Committee Paul Voigt 7:10 PM Grant awards Ann Kessen 7:25 PM Publications Committee Tony Hertzel 7:30 PM Avian Records Committee Ann Kessen 7:35 PM Electronics Committee Dave Cahlander 7:40 PM Conservation Committee Don Mitchell 7:45 PM Education Committee Chris Benson Recruitment Roger Schroeder 7:50 PM Field Trip Organization Kim Eckert 8:05 PM Field Trip Chair status Mark Alt 8:10 PM MOURC Jim Mattson 8:15 PM Resources Committee Bob Janssen 8:20 PM Former President Jerry Bonkoski 8:25 PM New Business * Slide Collection Mark Alt 8:45 PM Adjourn Meeting Mark Alt _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From danielejackson@earthlink.net Fri Mar 24 20:27:44 2006 From: danielejackson@earthlink.net (Dan Jackson) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:27:44 -0600 Subject: [mou] LaCrosse - Glaucous-Winged Gull Still Here 3/34/06 12:15 pm Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64F4F.1E75DFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was able to refind the Glaucous-Winged Gull on Richmond Bay on the North Side of LaCrosse over the noon hour today. The gull flock was close to the landing at the end Goddard Place. I spotted the bird along a stretch of open water on the far shore about 150 yards northeast of the landing. This is among this bird's favorite hangouts. I have seen the bird in that general area more often then anywhere else. There is a blue barrel on that shoreline as a point of reference. Bill and Anita Doering and I also found an adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull and an adult Thayer's Gull on the Black River behind the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Hwy 53 (Rose Street) around 12:45. This is located about 1 mile south of I-90 and north of Clinton Street. The best place to scope gulls in this area is from the back side of the Midway Best Western Hotel just south of the Kentucky Fried chicken. If you turn into the hotel's parking lot, you can go around the building on the north side and then park next to a dumpster at the back of the hotel and view the river. The Lesser Black-Backed Gull was seen from this spot yesterday as well. Another loafing spot is on the Black River Beach. This is located south of the Kentucky Fried Chicken location and just north of the intersection of Rose (Hwy 53) and Clinton Streets. We haven't found any specialties there yet this year, but have in past years. I noticed that gulls are also resting on the ice above I-90. The best place to view these birds is from Fisherman's road on the east side of the LaCrosse airport. From I-90, turn off at the airport exit and head north toward the airport. Instead of turning left on Fanta Reed to reach the terminal, go straight toward the private hangers and control tower. Turn right on Fisherman's road and follow it until it turns north (near a beach). Gulls often hang out on the beach or on the water and ice opposite the beach. If you follow this road farther north, you will also see the dike and spillway at the lower end of Lake Onalaska. Gulls are starting to use the ice above the spillway as another loafing spot. A flock of gulls has also been found on the other side of French island above the dike at the end of Spillway Drive. This can be reached by going past the airport on Fanta Reed and then turning north at the stop sign (Lakeshore Drive). Turn left on Spillway Drive (2nd intersection) and follow it out to the boat landing at the base of the dike. This is also a great spot to check out diver ducks. Good Birding, Dan Jackson Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA (Near LaCrosse, WI) ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64F4F.1E75DFD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable LaCrosse - Glaucous-Winged Gull Still Here 3/34/06 12:15 = pm

I was able to refind the = Glaucous-Winged Gull on Richmond Bay on the North Side of LaCrosse over = the noon hour today.  The gull flock was close to the landing at = the end Goddard Place.  I spotted the bird along a stretch of open = water on the far shore about 150 yards northeast of the landing.  = This is among this bird's favorite hangouts.  I have seen the bird = in that general area more often then anywhere else.  There is a = blue barrel on that shoreline as a point of reference.

Bill and Anita Doering and I also found = an adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull and an adult Thayer's Gull on the = Black River behind the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Hwy 53 (Rose = Street) around 12:45.  This is located about 1 mile south of I-90 = and north of Clinton Street.  The best place to scope gulls in this = area is from the back side of the Midway Best Western Hotel just south = of the Kentucky Fried chicken.  If you turn into the hotel's = parking lot, you can go around the building on the north side and then = park next to a dumpster at the back of the hotel and view the = river.  The Lesser Black-Backed Gull was seen from this spot = yesterday as well.

Another loafing spot is on the Black = River Beach.  This is located south of the Kentucky Fried Chicken = location and just north of the intersection of Rose (Hwy 53) and Clinton = Streets.  We haven't found any specialties there yet this year, but = have in past years.

I noticed that gulls are also resting = on the ice above I-90.  The best place to view these birds is from = Fisherman's road on the east side of the LaCrosse airport.  From = I-90, turn off at the airport exit and head north toward the = airport.  Instead of turning left on Fanta Reed to reach the = terminal, go straight toward the private hangers and control = tower.  Turn right on Fisherman's road and follow it until it turns = north (near a beach).  Gulls often hang out on the beach or on the = water and ice opposite the beach.  If you follow this road farther = north, you will also see the dike and spillway at the lower end of Lake = Onalaska.  Gulls are starting to use the ice above the spillway as = another loafing spot.

A flock of gulls has also been found on = the other side of French island above the dike at the end of Spillway = Drive.  This can be reached by going past the airport on Fanta Reed = and then turning north at the stop sign (Lakeshore Drive).  Turn = left on Spillway Drive (2nd intersection) and follow it out to the boat = landing at the base of the dike.  This is also a great spot to = check out diver ducks.

Good Birding,
Dan Jackson
Chaseburg, Vernon County, = Wisconsin, USA
(Near LaCrosse, WI)
<http://community.webshots.com/user/danielejackson>=20


------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C64F4F.1E75DFD0-- From markotnes@msn.com Fri Mar 24 21:57:03 2006 From: markotnes@msn.com (Mark Otnes) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:57:03 -0600 Subject: [mou] Mud Lake Birds Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C64F5B.9EBFB560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I birded my way around Mud Lake early this afternoon (3/24). At Reservation Dam between Lake Traverse and Mud Lake there was plenty of open water and many thousands of Canada geese and at least 60 greater white-fronted geese. The open water above the dam on Lake Traverse held the following: Tundra swan - 1 Mallard - 60 Gadwall - 8 Redhead - 2 Ring-necked duck - 12 Lesser scaup - 20 Common goldeneye - 10 Hooded merganser - 3 Common merganser - 6 Herring gull - 1 American coot - 3 Moving north along the east side of Mud Lake I got a red-bellied woodpecker, 2 American kestrels, 4 bald eagles, and 1 red-winged blackbird. The middle of Mud Lake had open water and again there were thousands of Canada geese surrounding the open water. I could also hear the calls of greater white-fronted geese coming from within the mass of Canada geese. There were also large rafts of canvasbacks on the lake, plus good numbers of mallards and common mergansers. The Bois de Sioux River was open below White Rock Dam and it was covered with Canada geese as far as the eye could see to the north. There were also common mergansers, hooded mergansers, and mallards present. Oddly, I didn't see any white geese, nor did I see them in Roberts, Day, or Marshall Counties in South Dakota. They were however common at Tewaukon Refuge in Sargent County, North Dakota. Mark Otnes Fargo ND 701-241-4194 markotnes@msn.com ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C64F5B.9EBFB560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I birded my way around Mud Lake early this afternoon (3/24).  At Reservation Dam between = Lake Traverse and Mud Lake there was plenty of open = water and many thousands of Canada geese and at least 60 greater white-fronted geese.  The open water = above the dam on Lake Traverse held the = following:

 

Tundra swan – 1

Mallard - 60

Gadwall - 8

Redhead - 2

Ring-necked duck - 12

Lesser scaup - 20

Common goldeneye - 10

Hooded merganser - 3

Common merganser - 6

Herring gull – 1

American coot – 3

 

Moving north along the east side of Mud Lake I got a red-bellied woodpecker, 2 American kestrels, 4 bald eagles, and 1 = red-winged blackbird.

 

The middle of Mud Lake had open water and again there were = thousands of Canada geese surrounding the open water.  I could also hear the calls of = greater white-fronted geese coming from within the mass of Canada geese.  There = were also large rafts of canvasbacks on the lake, plus good numbers of mallards = and common mergansers.

 

The Bois de Sioux River was open below White Rock Dam = and it was covered with Canada geese as far as the eye could see to the north.  There were also = common mergansers, hooded mergansers, and mallards = present.

 

Oddly, I didn’t see any white geese, nor did I = see them in Roberts, Day, or Marshall Counties in South Dakota.  They were however common at = Tewaukon Refuge in Sargent County, North Dakota.

 

Mark Otnes

Fargo ND

701-241-4194

 

markotnes@msn.com=

 

 

 

------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C64F5B.9EBFB560-- From cmcrust@charter.net Fri Mar 24 22:02:42 2006 From: cmcrust@charter.net (Carol Crust) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:02:42 -0600 Subject: [mou] Crow Wing County Message-ID: <001401c64f8e$ae9860d0$6900a8c0@carolt64m1hz8e> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C64F5C.63FDF0D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sandhill Cranes have been in SE Crow Wing County for over two weeks. You can hear them in certain wetlands just SE of Brainerd around 6:30 each morning. A friend told me her Eastern Bluebirds arrived two days ago. They were sitting on top of their Bluebird Box. Common Merganser on the Mississippi River in Brainerd yesterday along with a few pairs of geese. Coopers Hawk flew over the yard in South Brainerd yesterday. Carol Crust -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.0/290 - Release Date: 3/23/2006 ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C64F5C.63FDF0D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Sandhill Cranes have been in SE Crow Wing County for = over two weeks.  You can hear them in certain wetlands just SE of = Brainerd around 6:30 each = morning.

A friend told me her Eastern Bluebirds arrived two = days ago.  They were sitting on top of their Bluebird Box.  Common Merganser = on the Mississippi River in Brainerd yesterday along with a few pairs of = geese.  Coopers Hawk flew over the yard in South = Brainerd yesterday.  Carol Crust

 


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------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C64F5C.63FDF0D0-- From odunamis@yahoo.com Fri Mar 24 22:24:27 2006 From: odunamis@yahoo.com (Chad Heins) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:24:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fwd: Re: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Message-ID: <20060324222427.99173.qmail@web50903.mail.yahoo.com> Fellow birders, I think that there are enough opportunities for birders to be involved with land acquisition and conservation for birds. I'm sure many of the subscribers of this list are members of the Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, Audubon Society, etc... Some of these organizations buy and manage land for wildlife including birds. Others are more focused on education and legislation. Many of us probably buy duck stamps annually (heck, some of us may even shoot birds). It is one thing to say "Everyone should support conservation efforts for birds." It is quite another to say "Everyone must support conservation efforts for birds..or will be fined." I, for one, would prefer to remain free to make that decision for myself. I will continue to promote bird conservation through my membership in conservation-minded organizations, regular use of state and national parks, and through private donations. I hope the rest of you find some means to supporting bird conservation in your own little way. Chad Heins Mankato P.S. Politics seems like a dangerous topic for this listserv. --- Jim Williams wrote: > CC: MOU net , > Paul J.Baicich > From: Jim Williams > Subject: Re: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land > To: wampy@att.net > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:14:33 -0600 > > On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Bernard P. Friel > (wampy@att.net) wrote: > Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, > and wouldn't this > just be another fee so that the "no new taxes > pledge" can be kept ? > > > Well, taxes obviously do not do the job. Politicians > do not do the job. > That does not mean the need should be ignored. > > Hunters have been paying the bills via duck stamps, > various state > hunting stamps, licenses, and taxes on guns and > ammunition for years. > Birders enjoy the land secured by that money. What > gives us the right > to stand back and say, not me? A duck stamp costs > $15. The Colorado > land-use fee is $10. The pleasure we get from > birding: not worth the > cost of a bag or two of bird seed? We can pay > hundreds of dollars for > optics and $25 for a bird ID book but we can't > contribute to fund > habitat? > > Jim Williams > Wayzata > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From connybrunell@earthlink.net Sat Mar 25 00:23:52 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:23:52 -0600 Subject: [mou] Koochiching County birding Message-ID: <380-2200636250235246@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_150511125169760235246 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Koochiching County 3.23.06 On Thursday 3.23.06 Jim Otto and I had an enjoyable day of birding in Koochiching County in the Big Falls area. Birds seen were on Koochiching CR 13, North of US Hwy 71 and CR 30 West of Big Falls. 2 White-winged Crossbills ~ on CR 13, 4.6m North of US Hwy 71. The pair was very cooperative, feeding low and at close range for 15 minutes at 11 am. Black-backed Woodpecker (male) on CR 13, 8 miles North of US Hwy 71. Black-backed Woodpecker (female) on CR 13, 9.2 miles North of US Hwy 71. Black-backed Woodpecker (male) on CR 13, 10.8 miles North of US Hwy 71. Three-toed Woodpecker (female) on CR 13, 10.8 miles North of Us Hwy 71. 3 Great Gray Owls were seen on CR 30, 9 to 12 miles West of Big Falls perched close to the road and hunting between 4:30-5:00 pm. The weather was mild, and clear and these roads were in good driving condition. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_150511125169760235246 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
Koochiching County   3.23.06
 
On Thursday 3.23.06 Jim Otto and I had an enjoyable day of birding in Koochiching County in the Big Falls area.
Birds seen were on Koochiching CR 13, North of US Hwy 71 and CR 30 West of Big Falls.
 
2 White-winged Crossbills ~ on CR 13,  4.6m North of US Hwy 71.  The pair was very cooperative, feeding low and
at close range for 15 minutes at 11 am.
 
Black-backed Woodpecker (male) on CR 13,  8 miles North of US Hwy 71.
Black-backed Woodpecker (female) on CR 13,  9.2 miles North of US Hwy 71.
Black-backed Woodpecker (male) on CR 13,  10.8 miles North of US Hwy 71.
Three-toed Woodpecker (female) on CR 13,  10.8 miles North of Us Hwy 71.
 
3 Great Gray Owls were seen on CR 30, 9 to 12 miles West of Big Falls perched close to the road and hunting between
4:30-5:00 pm.  The weather was mild, and clear and these roads were in good driving condition.
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
 
 
 
------=_NextPart_150511125169760235246-- From northernflights@charter.net Sat Mar 25 00:42:25 2006 From: northernflights@charter.net (Larson Kelly) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:42:25 -0600 Subject: [mou] RE: (mou) Pay to Play Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-6--416095323 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed As I understand it, the Nongame Wildlife division of the MN DNR gets only 20% of its funding from the State. The other 80% of this department is funded by the Loon Checkoff, voluntary donations made on our MN tax forms. Birds and other nongame wildlife need to buy a voice and a place at the table. What has Value? One has only to look at the logging in Sax-Zim in St. Louis county that has recently upset birders. Or the secretive exploitation of Beltrami county's Big Bog in Pine Island State Forest were 840 acres of peat land are set to be strip-mined right in the middle of three SNA's. (rights sold to a Canadian company) The bog is the largest and most pristine bog in the lower 48 states, but its just a bog. You can't easily fish it, walk though it or hunt it. The state spends money to acquire and manage land to use for parks, forest, trails, and waterways for many different users. Users are greatly varied and include day trippers, hikers, bikers and campers and also groups like hunters and the timber industry. The DNR is managing our natural resources and spending capital with these users in mind. I don't think Nongame wildlife has much of a place at the table, politically. When Lands are managed, they benefit limited types of habitat, with harvestable trees, and target species (game). Management practices that benefit these traditional, economically valuable, resources are not always in the best interest of nongame species or diversity. Many birds, animals and plants do thrive under current forestry and game management plans. But are the full spectrum of our natural resources being equally represented and protected? Are our current management goals focused on the economics of natural resources to the detriment of diversity. Should all potential users have equal access regardless of how their use impacts the resource? Who pays to clean up and restore when Lands are damaged? What if they pay to play? Is it O.K. to let some public land be destroyed if someone pays for the right to do so? If we only manage lands for economic impact (private industry or public recreation) we will lose the legacy. Sometimes I smell the Golden Goose being cooked. If the state is unwilling or unable to sufficiently fund a fully functioning division of nongame resources, then yes, we need a user fee for non-consumptive users, or a tax on birding/wildlife watching goods & equipment, or both! Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! --Apple-Mail-6--416095323 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
As I = understand it, the Nongame Wildlife division of the MN DNR gets only 20% = of its funding from the State. The other 80% of this department is = funded by the Loon Checkoff,=A0 voluntary donations made on our MN tax = forms. Birds and other nongame wildlife need to buy a voice and a place = at the table.=A0

What has Value?
One has only = to look at the logging in Sax-Zim in St. Louis county that has recently = upset birders. Or the secretive=A0exploitation of Beltrami county's Big = Bog in Pine Island State Forest were 840 acres of peat land are set to = be strip-mined right in the middle of three SNA's. (rights sold to a = Canadian company) The bog is the largest and most pristine bog in the = lower 48 states, but its just a bog. You can't=A0easily fish it, walk = though it or hunt it.=A0

The state spends money to=A0acquire and manage land = to use for parks, forest, trails, and waterways for many different = users.
Users are greatly varied and = include day trippers, hikers, bikers and campers and also groups like = hunters and the timber industry.=A0The DNR is managing our natural = resources and spending=A0capital with these users in mind.

I don't think = Nongame wildlife has much of a place at the table, politically. When = Lands are managed, they benefit limited types of habitat, with = harvestable trees, and target species (game). Management=A0practices = that benefit these traditional, economically valuable, resources are not = always in the best interest of nongame species or diversity.

Many birds, = animals and plants do thrive under current forestry and game=A0management = plans. But are the full spectrum of our natural resources being equally = represented and protected? Are our current=A0management goals focused on = the economics of natural resources to the detriment of diversity. Should = all potential users have equal access regardless of how their use = impacts the resource? Who pays to clean up and restore when Lands are = damaged?=A0What if they pay to play? Is it O.K. to let some public land = be destroyed if someone pays for the right to do so?
If we only manage lands for economic impact (private = industry or public recreation) we will lose the legacy.

Sometimes I = smell the Golden Goose being cooked.

If the state is unwilling or unable to sufficiently = fund a fully functioning division of nongame resources, then yes, we = need a user fee for non-consumptive users, or a tax on birding/wildlife = watching goods & equipment, or both!

Kelly = Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0www.northern-flights.com

Eschew = Obfuscation!
The = middle of Nowhere Somewhere!



=

= --Apple-Mail-6--416095323-- From chetmeyers@visi.com Sat Mar 25 03:18:41 2006 From: chetmeyers@visi.com (chetmeyers@visi.com) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:18:41 -0600 Subject: [mou] Greater Prairie Chickens Message-ID: <1143256721.4424b691a89d2@my.visi.com> Chet Meyers writes; Miriam and I just returned from a lovely overcast day in Wilkin County, mostly at Rothsay WMA. Smaller number of rough-legged hawks than reported by those birding earlier last week, but still at least 30 birds. Greater prairie chickens are dancing on traditional leks, but are VERY SPOOKY. We saw over 100 (many on snow-covered fields). Stay well back from them, at least half a mile. These birds have been hunted the past two years and don't take kindly to human intrusion. Other birds of interest an early meadowlark (sp.) and small flock of rusty blackbirds, and one far-north ring-necked pheasant. Sadly no short-eared owls the evening we were out. Chet Meyers From lkrueger@umn.edu Sat Mar 25 04:29:32 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:29:32 -0600 Subject: [mou] Photo website update - Need ID help! Message-ID: <000001c64fc4$ba3b7180$77fe6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64F92.6FA10180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have updated my photo website for those that are interested. I have an in-flight photo of what I am assuming is a Dove or Pigeon but I am not familiar with this bird at all. I would appreciate help identifying it. It was really beautiful in flight. This bird was photographed in Hastings, North of the Hwy 61 bridge in a neighborhood of new homes (west of Hwy 61). I also have photos of a Bald Eagle eating a small mammal, two Bald Eagle in-flight photos, some Ring-billed Gulls action shots, and a couple photos of my friend's White-faced Cockatiel. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64F92.6FA10180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have updated my photo website for those that are interested.

 

I have an in-flight photo of what I am assuming is a = Dove or Pigeon but I am not familiar with this bird at all.  I would = appreciate help identifying it.  It was really beautiful in flight.  This = bird was photographed in Hastings, North of the Hwy 61 bridge in a = neighborhood of new homes (west of Hwy 61).

 

I also have photos of a Bald Eagle eating a small = mammal, two Bald Eagle in-flight photos, some Ring-billed Gulls action shots, = and a couple photos of my friend’s White-faced = Cockatiel.

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C64F92.6FA10180-- From lkrueger@umn.edu Sat Mar 25 04:55:28 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:55:28 -0600 Subject: [mou] Thank you Message-ID: <000f01c64fc8$586c3da0$77fe6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C64F96.0DD1CDA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you to the three people who replied to my email requesting identification of the Pigeon on my photo website update. It is a Rock Pigeon. As I explained to one of the people responding, this is a common bird but the variation I photographed today is not in my field books and is not one I have seen before. I appreciate getting help from more experienced birders when I need it. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C64F96.0DD1CDA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thank you to the three people who replied to my email requesting identification of the Pigeon on my photo website = update.  It is a Rock Pigeon.  As I explained to one of the people responding, this = is a common bird but the variation I photographed today is not in my field books and = is not one I have seen before.  I appreciate getting help from more = experienced birders when I need it. 

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

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A couple years ago my husband watched a White = Breasted Nuthatch knock another White Breasted Nuthatch to the ground and proceed = to hammer it to death with it=92s bill.=A0 The incident happened right = outside our living room window so Don was able to watch the whole strange = episode.=A0 C Crust


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------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C64F98.D09CAD30-- From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Sat Mar 25 06:05:34 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:05:34 -0600 Subject: [mou] RE: Hairy and Downy "Haircuts" Message-ID: <5F98E0AE-BBC5-11DA-8C96-000A2791D90E@gmail.com> Hey Clay, Awhile back, Sharon Stiteler had a post on her blog about this very thing: http://www.birdchick.com/2006/01/morning-at-hyland-park.html Since then, I've noticed it also. I'm not sure if this is common knowledge, but none of the bird ID guides I have mention this obvious marking. Derek Bakken St. Paul, MN From sweston2@comcast.net Sat Mar 25 06:20:04 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:20:04 -0600 Subject: [mou] Metro birding Message-ID: <003301c64fd4$730498e0$f0afb445@Weston72505> On Thursday I decided to keep track of the raptors that I saw as I drove through the Metro area. I counted 22 Red-tailed Hawks in 15 different cities in the Metro area. All but two were along the highway. Almost every major intersection had a pair. I missed several pairs that I have been seeing regularly, but were unable to located zipping through at highway speed, in traffic, and concentrating on my job. All but one were perched. In addition I found a Bald Eagle on a tree on the shore of the Mississippi. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From wampy@att.net Sat Mar 25 16:05:16 2006 From: wampy@att.net (wampy@att.net) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:16 +0000 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Message-ID: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> The fees paid for duck stamps and other licenses to hunt are intended to be used for the support and maintenance of the birds and animals harvested, and as a regulatory mechanism. Furthermore, the stamps and licenses constitute the permission granted by government to hunt. I'm not aware of anything that birdwatchers "harvest" that requires maintenance or support, and I'm not sure either how you would determine who would pay for watching, or where you couldn't watch if you didn't have a "Birdwatching Stamp". As others have already pointed out, most of us who are birdwatchers are members of other organizations ( Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc.) which provide support and funding and protection for land acquisition and habitat protection just as do Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. -- Bernard P. Friel -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Craig" > How are state and public lands being paid for already?? Last time I > checked I still pay taxes plus I'm an avid bowhunter, snowmobiler and my > wife and I do a lot of camping in the state parks so I think I pay more than > my fair share in fees to use such areas. I thought this was a free country? > There aren't many things that you can do for free anymore but, birdwatching > is one of them and that's what I love about birdwatching. It's getting to > the point where we won't even be able to look through our binoculars without > having a permit first. Ridiculous. > Just because you feel guilty for not paying or feel that you need to > contribute more doesn't mean the rest of have to too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Williams" > To: "MOU net" ; "Paul J.Baicich" > > Cc: "WisBirdNet Network" > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:18 PM > Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land > > > Hooray for Colorado. Other states should follow suit. Everyone, > including birders, who uses state wildlife land should contribute > directly to its purchase and maintenance. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: foodrev@aol.com > Date: March 23, 2006 8:47:57 AM CST > To: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com, SF-BC@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [sd-birds] Colorado New Wildlife Habitat Stamp > > South Dakota birders, > > For those who may be going to Colorado this year I thought I'd give a > heads-up. I am leading a trip April 7-14 for Lesser Prairie Chicken > Gunnison Sage > Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan (more of course, but these are the > targets) and > got a kind post from a birder Re: the new Habitat Stamp required on > Colorado > State Wildlife Areas. I had heard of it, but was not too worried. > > I then got a post forwarded by Bill Schmoker from COBIRDS that detailed > the > requirements for the new Wildlife Stamp. And the wardens are checking. > > So I waited a lot on CO state telephone lines (no 800 numbers there) and > heard recordings about how much killing birds and bears cost > innumerable times, > but did finally get someone who could answer a few simple questions > (she was > great). > > YES. Each *person* needs a license--not just each car. > > At first I had been told the licenses had to be purchased in CO at Div. > Of > Wildlife Offices or places like Wal-mart where hunting licenses are > sold. > > BUT… they are available on line. I just purchased mine for $10.25. Go > on > line to the following address and follow the easy steps (MasterCard or > Visa in > hand) to get a license. > > <<>> is the official site. > > You can see if <<>> works > directly. > That is the page where licenses are sold. > > BTW, I heartily approve. We should pay too. I have bought Duck Stamps > for > years (as have many of us) but our contribution (admittedly probably > tiny--but > NOT ZERO) shows up counted towards hunters' funding. This controversy > Re: buying > duck stamps can be easily altered by this simple approach. Bravo, > Colorado! > > Doug Chapman > Sioux Falls, SD > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From markpalas@earthlink.net Sat Mar 25 16:54:19 2006 From: markpalas@earthlink.net (Mark Palas) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:54:19 -0600 Subject: [mou] Jay Predation Message-ID: <00C69990-BC20-11DA-8C3E-00039379D80A@earthlink.net> My father who lives on sturgeon lake in pine county, reported to me, that he'd seen a blue jay chase and kill a redpoll under one of his feeders this week, and then carry it off. He believes that the few redpolls which are still hanging around, are older birds, and clearly the jay recognized this birds vulnerability. Another example of opportunistic predation. Mark Palas From sharon@birdchick.com Sat Mar 25 19:55:31 2006 From: sharon@birdchick.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:55:31 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> References: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: > Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, > Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money from duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to buying up habitat--that's over 98%. I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. Right now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are going down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for buying up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the resource for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone the birds that benefit from that habitat. Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com From rjspecht@juno.com Sat Mar 25 20:17:34 2006 From: rjspecht@juno.com (Richard J Specht) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:17:34 -0600 Subject: [mou] MRVAC Trip Report - Dakota County Sites Message-ID: <20060325.141734.3524.0.rjspecht@juno.com> This morning, 12 of us checked various areas east of Rosemount in Dakota County looking for waterfowl and other returning migrants. First we looked at a Great Horned Owl nest with two healthy young just east of the intersection of Cedar and Dodd Roads (thanks Cynthia!). We then checked Co 38 east of Rosemount, 140th street marsh area, Spring Lake Park, and Hastings area. We saw a total of 35 species including: @ Great Horned Owl @ Turkey Vulture @ 10 species of waterfowl (including Hooded Merganzer) @ American Kestrel @ Red-bellied Woodpecker @ Eastern Bluebird @ American Robin @ Red-winged Blackbird @ Common Grackle @ Mourning Dove @ Bald Eagle - a group of at least 10 soaring high above the Mississippi It was a great morning to be out and about!!! Rick Specht From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Sat Mar 25 20:20:58 2006 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:20:58 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mnbird] Re: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: References: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: <60250.68.112.165.197.1143318058.squirrel@68.112.165.197> As cool as it is that less than 2% of the Duck Stamp money goes to administrative costs, that's because it's administrated by federal agencies that get other funding, in the form of our taxes, to cover their administrative costs. How could Audubon, ABC, National Wildlife Federation, and other private organizations survive and develop a consistent, strong voice in environmental issues if they had no one to cover their administrative costs? I agree that some large organizations are too "top heavy," and some top executives of them are probably too well-compensated, but heavens! Right now people with a lot of administrative skills in our litigious society can go to the private sector and get paid a lot more. And most of the people who work for these organizations are not at all well-paid, do not get great benefits, and don't get much respect even from those of us who benefit most obviously from their hard work. I think it's important for us all to allocate our donations for bird conservation where we each believe our money will best be used. I strongly support the Duck Stamp program. I also strongly support several environmental and bird organizations that work very hard and accomplish things that are very important for bird conservation. For me, it's not an either/or situation--I figure out how much I can afford, and divide that out as well as I can. The greatest successes are when individuals and organizations work together to achieve a goal, not when we compete with those who should be our teammates. Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson >> Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, >> Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. > > > I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least > one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with > their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money > from duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to > buying up habitat--that's over 98%. > > I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't > "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they > can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds > anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding > grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other > birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. > Right now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are > going down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for > buying up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the > resource for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone > the birds that benefit from that habitat. > > Sharon Stiteler > Minneapolis, MN > www.birdchick.com > Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > From sharon@birdchick.com Sat Mar 25 20:27:30 2006 From: sharon@birdchick.com (Sharon Stiteler) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:27:30 -0600 Subject: [mnbird] Re: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <60250.68.112.165.197.1143318058.squirrel@68.112.165.197> References: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> <60250.68.112.165.197.1143318058.squirrel@68.112.165.197> Message-ID: I'm not saying that people shouldn't contribute to or join other bird conservation organizations. I just don't want birders ignore the duck stamp program because of the antiquated notion that it's for harvesting not conservation. Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com On Mar 25, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Laura Erickson wrote: > As cool as it is that less than 2% of the Duck Stamp money goes to > administrative costs, that's because it's administrated by federal > agencies that get other funding, in the form of our taxes, to cover > their > administrative costs. How could Audubon, ABC, National Wildlife > Federation, and other private organizations survive and develop a > consistent, strong voice in environmental issues if they had no one to > cover their administrative costs? I agree that some large > organizations > are too "top heavy," and some top executives of them are probably too > well-compensated, but heavens! Right now people with a lot of > administrative skills in our litigious society can go to the private > sector and get paid a lot more. And most of the people who work > for these > organizations are not at all well-paid, do not get great benefits, and > don't get much respect even from those of us who benefit most > obviously > from their hard work. > > I think it's important for us all to allocate our donations for bird > conservation where we each believe our money will best be used. I > strongly support the Duck Stamp program. I also strongly support > several > environmental and bird organizations that work very hard and > accomplish > things that are very important for bird conservation. For me, it's > not an > either/or situation--I figure out how much I can afford, and divide > that > out as well as I can. The greatest successes are when individuals and > organizations work together to achieve a goal, not when we compete > with > those who should be our teammates. > > > Laura Erickson > Duluth, MN > > Staff Ornithologist > Binoculars.com > www.birderblog.com > > There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. > There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of > nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after > the > winter. > > --Rachel Carson > > >>> Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, >>> Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. >> >> >> I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least >> one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with >> their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money >> from duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to >> buying up habitat--that's over 98%. >> >> I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't >> "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they >> can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds >> anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding >> grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other >> birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. >> Right now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are >> going down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for >> buying up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the >> resource for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone >> the birds that benefit from that habitat. >> >> Sharon Stiteler >> Minneapolis, MN >> www.birdchick.com >> Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mnbird mailing list >> mnbird@lists.mnbird.net >> http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird >> > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From fholbrook@cableone.net Sat Mar 25 20:30:10 2006 From: fholbrook@cableone.net (Rick) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:30:10 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: References: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: <4425A852.4010404@cableone.net> Sharon Stiteler wrote: >> Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, >> Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. > > > I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least > one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with > their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money from > duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to buying up > habitat--that's over 98%. > > I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't > "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they > can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds > anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding > grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other > birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. Right > now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are going > down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for buying > up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the resource > for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone the birds > that benefit from that habitat. > > Sharon Stiteler > Minneapolis, MN > www.birdchick.com > Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > Me too. I think that too many people have grown up in urban evirons and do not appreciate the protection of our dwindling wild areas and do not seen the value in acquiring land to be protected. -- Rick Fargo, ND ---------------------- Chaos reigns within. Reflect, Repeat and re-boot. Order shall return. From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Sat Mar 25 20:40:04 2006 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:40:04 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <4425A852.4010404@cableone.net> References: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> <4425A852.4010404@cableone.net> Message-ID: <60336.68.112.165.197.1143319204.squirrel@68.112.165.197> I'd like to augment Rick's points. Many people just don't "get" that most of the birds we see wherever we live breed, spend winter and migrate through other areas. The LeConte's Sparrows I so treasure at my mother-in-law's place need habitat where they winter, and islands of habitat between there and here, simply to survive. That's true of ALL birds, whether they are waterfowl or hummingbirds. Duck Stamps provide a lot of rich habitat as anyone who has spent any time at national wildlife refuges and wildlife management can attest. Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson > Sharon Stiteler wrote: >>> Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, >>> Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. >> >> >> I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least >> one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with >> their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money from >> duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to buying up >> habitat--that's over 98%. >> >> I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't >> "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they >> can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds >> anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding >> grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other >> birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. Right >> now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are going >> down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for buying >> up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the resource >> for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone the birds >> that benefit from that habitat. >> >> Sharon Stiteler >> Minneapolis, MN >> www.birdchick.com >> Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mou-net mailing list >> mou-net@cbs.umn.edu >> http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >> > Me too. I think that too many people have grown up in urban evirons and > do not appreciate the protection of our dwindling wild areas and do not > seen the value in acquiring land to be protected. > > -- > > Rick > Fargo, ND > ---------------------- > Chaos reigns within. > Reflect, Repeat and re-boot. > Order shall return. > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > From jreed77@yahoo.com Sun Mar 26 00:05:21 2006 From: jreed77@yahoo.com (Jenn) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Red Wing and Lake City - Eagles and Tundra Swans Message-ID: <20060326000521.18078.qmail@web36801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Had a very exciting morning birding from Red Wing down to Lake City. Saw maybe a dozen eagles at the city park in Red Wing, then drove down to Lake City, where over 100 eagles were sitting on ice along the river, in addition to dozens in trees along Hwy 61. We probably saw 150-200 eagles total today. The icing on the cake was seeing a huge flock of 100+ tundra swans fly overhead while we were in Red Wing. Jenn Reed From bbolduan@rconnect.com Sun Mar 26 01:32:04 2006 From: bbolduan@rconnect.com (Brad Bolduan) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:32:04 -0600 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <032520061605.28349.44256A3B000B43E300006EBD2160280748979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: Regarding the statement: "I'm not aware of anything that birdwatchers "harvest" that requires maintenance or support..." If you want to know what species require the maintenance and support of the birding public start with the endangered species list, then add species on the assorted watch lists compiled by various non-government organizations, add the "Species in Greatest Conservation Need" list compiled by our state, and any other native bird species whose numbers are declining due to anthrogenic causes. As for the "harvest". Birdwatchers, as well as almost all americans, contribute to declining bird populations. Their harvest is not as direct as if they were shooting a chickadee off their porch, but it certainly exists. Birdwatchers use paper which has implications recently highlighted by the Sax-Zim discussion. Birdwatchers contribute to urban sprawl. Birdwatchers like to have a home on the lake, which is having consequences also discussed in the media lately. Birdwatchers drive, use electricity, eat, generate waste, etc. If you are reading this the electricity generated to run your computer may be contributing to higher mercury levels in our lakes and thermal pollution of our rivers. What once stood where your home is now? The spot where I live was formerly tall grass prairie - and we know those birds are not doing well. The question is simply are birdwatchers willing to step up to a greater extent, in whatever capacity, to reduce or mitigate our impacts on the environment? Brad Bolduan Windom -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu]On Behalf Of wampy@att.net Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:05 To: Craig; mou-net@cbs.umn.edu; Jim Williams Subject: Re: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land The fees paid for duck stamps and other licenses to hunt are intended to be used for the support and maintenance of the birds and animals harvested, and as a regulatory mechanism. Furthermore, the stamps and licenses constitute the permission granted by government to hunt. I'm not aware of anything that birdwatchers "harvest" that requires maintenance or support, and I'm not sure either how you would determine who would pay for watching, or where you couldn't watch if you didn't have a "Birdwatching Stamp". As others have already pointed out, most of us who are birdwatchers are members of other organizations ( Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc.) which provide support and funding and protection for land acquisition and habitat protection just as do Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. -- Bernard P. Friel -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Craig" > How are state and public lands being paid for already?? Last time I > checked I still pay taxes plus I'm an avid bowhunter, snowmobiler and my > wife and I do a lot of camping in the state parks so I think I pay more than > my fair share in fees to use such areas. I thought this was a free country? > There aren't many things that you can do for free anymore but, birdwatching > is one of them and that's what I love about birdwatching. It's getting to > the point where we won't even be able to look through our binoculars without > having a permit first. Ridiculous. > Just because you feel guilty for not paying or feel that you need to > contribute more doesn't mean the rest of have to too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Williams" > To: "MOU net" ; "Paul J.Baicich" > > Cc: "WisBirdNet Network" > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:18 PM > Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land > > > Hooray for Colorado. Other states should follow suit. Everyone, > including birders, who uses state wildlife land should contribute > directly to its purchase and maintenance. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: foodrev@aol.com > Date: March 23, 2006 8:47:57 AM CST > To: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com, SF-BC@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [sd-birds] Colorado New Wildlife Habitat Stamp > > South Dakota birders, > > For those who may be going to Colorado this year I thought I'd give a > heads-up. I am leading a trip April 7-14 for Lesser Prairie Chicken > Gunnison Sage > Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan (more of course, but these are the > targets) and > got a kind post from a birder Re: the new Habitat Stamp required on > Colorado > State Wildlife Areas. I had heard of it, but was not too worried. > > I then got a post forwarded by Bill Schmoker from COBIRDS that detailed > the > requirements for the new Wildlife Stamp. And the wardens are checking. > > So I waited a lot on CO state telephone lines (no 800 numbers there) and > heard recordings about how much killing birds and bears cost > innumerable times, > but did finally get someone who could answer a few simple questions > (she was > great). > > YES. Each *person* needs a license--not just each car. > > At first I had been told the licenses had to be purchased in CO at Div. > Of > Wildlife Offices or places like Wal-mart where hunting licenses are > sold. > > BUT… they are available on line. I just purchased mine for $10.25. Go > on > line to the following address and follow the easy steps (MasterCard or > Visa in > hand) to get a license. > > <<>> is the official site. > > You can see if <<>> works > directly. > That is the page where licenses are sold. > > BTW, I heartily approve. We should pay too. I have bought Duck Stamps > for > years (as have many of us) but our contribution (admittedly probably > tiny--but > NOT ZERO) shows up counted towards hunters' funding. This controversy > Re: buying > duck stamps can be easily altered by this simple approach. Bravo, > Colorado! > > Doug Chapman > Sioux Falls, SD > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-net@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From wenelson@mlecmn.net Sun Mar 26 02:23:20 2006 From: wenelson@mlecmn.net (Warren Nelson) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:23:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] Update from Aitkin County Message-ID: <4425FB18.3080009@mlecmn.net> This evening I went out for a short drive north of Aitkin along C.R.1 and found 2 SNOWY OWLS, 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS and a BARRED OWL. Snowy owl #1: 4/10 th mile south of the diversion channel (on a telephone pole) Snowy owl #2: 1 and 4/10 miles north of the diversion channel (on a telephone pole) Great horned owl #1: 2 and 8/10 miles north of the diversion channel Great horned owl #2: 3 and 7/10 miles north of the diversion channel Barred owl : 7 and 2/10 miles north of the diversion channel Also had 14 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in one field just to the north of the channel Warren Nelson From wampy@att.net Sun Mar 26 02:49:56 2006 From: wampy@att.net (wampy@att.net) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:49:56 +0000 Subject: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land Message-ID: <032620060249.21150.44260154000312C40000529E2160376021979F030E99@att.net> I have no problem with organizations providing funds for the acquisition of habitat like Ducks Unlimited, the Nature Conservancy etc. But to suggest that the state collect fees from birdwatchers and use the funds to acquire habitat I do object to for the reasons set forth in my initial comments. Furthermore, to suggest as some have that funds derived from Duck Stamps or hunting licenses are for the purpose of habitat acquisition is inaccurate. It is for the purpose of regulation and the maintenance and support of the harvested species. I also fail to find it persuasive in any way to suggest that birdwatchers pay a fee to the state for birdwatching because a private non profit corporation like Ducks Unlimited VOLUNTARILY contributes funds for habitat acquisition. That attempted analogy fails for that is comparing voluntary contributions from a private organization with an involuntary exaction from a governmental body. It compares apples and oranges. If birdwatchers want, on a voluntary basis, to do something like Ducks Unlimited then the appropriate mechanism is through an organization like the MOU and I would be in favor of that. And frankly if birdwatchers want to protect and enlarge (and prevent the dimunition of) habitat, and it is clear that we have the numbers, then forming an organization like DU ,or expanding the objectives of the MOU ought to be undertaken. To attempt to do it through a fee imposed by the state is in my view not only a lazy approach, but one which is destined to be as inefective and unpredictible as the political winds that will manage the fees. The problem is much larger and more complex than just supporting efforts at land acquisition as I'm sure you understand. Clean air and water, dams logging, military bombing ranges to name just a few that come readily to mind also have an impact on birdwatching as do the environmental organizations that are involved in monitoring and protecting those resources and activities. I am familiar with the Ivory Bill and its habitat. Tim Gallagher and Bobby Harrison who were involved in the recent discovery served on my Board when I was president a few years ago of the North American Nature Photography Association Lastly, and unfortunately, I have to complain about Sharon Stiteler's mischaracterization of my earlier comments. There is nothing in them to suggest, as she says,"that because birder's aren't harvesting ducks they shouldn't have to help buy habitat..." nor was there anything in the totality of my comments from which to infer her mischaracterization. -- Bernard P. Friel Web Pages: www.wampy.com -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Sharon Stiteler > > Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, > > Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. > > > I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least > one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with > their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money > from duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to > buying up habitat--that's over 98%. > > I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't > "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they > can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds > anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding > grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other > birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. > Right now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are > going down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for > buying up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the > resource for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone > the birds that benefit from that habitat. > > Sharon Stiteler > Minneapolis, MN > www.birdchick.com > Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com > > > From Drewbec@aol.com Sun Mar 26 03:13:59 2006 From: Drewbec@aol.com (Drewbec@aol.com) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:13:59 EST Subject: [mou] Additional Dakota County Observations 3/25 Message-ID: <291.807f88b.315760f7@aol.com> -------------------------------1143342839 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lake Byllesby: Greater White-fronted Goose- 15 Sandhill Crane- 23 All the interesting birds "spooked" and left the area when 2 lads decided it was time to take the canoe out for a paddle. Still no shorebirds other than Killdeer. 180th St at Emery Ave: Gyrfalcon I've looked for this bird without any luck for the last 3 months. Interesting to find it at this location. There were no waterfowl present in nearby fields. Emery Ave approximately .5 mile S of CR 42 Snow Goose- 1 (Wht) Cackling Goose- 1 Drew Smith Eagan, Dakota County -------------------------------1143342839 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable AOL Email
Lake Byllesby:
Greater White-fronted Goose- 15
Sandhill Crane- 23
All the interesting birds "spooked" and left the area when 2= =20 lads decided it was time to take the canoe out for a=20 paddle. Still no shorebirds other than Killdeer.
 
180th St at Emery Ave:
Gyrfalcon
I've looked for this bird without any luck for the last 3 months.= =20 Interesting to find it at this location. There were no waterfowl prese= nt=20 in nearby fields.
 
Emery Ave approximately .5 mile S of CR 42
Snow Goose- 1 (Wht)
Cackling Goose- 1
 
Drew Smith
Eagan, Dakota=20 County
-------------------------------1143342839-- From runbic@comcast.net Sun Mar 26 03:46:52 2006 From: runbic@comcast.net (runbic) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:46:52 -0600 Subject: [mou] Open Space Message-ID: <003101c65087$ec217320$a4edbe43@Coyote> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C65055.A0EE6CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This may be a diversion from the Duck Stamp issue, but not a diversion = from the desired result. The issue is open space preservation, which = will provide, among other things, habitat for birds and birding = opportunities. Open space referendums to buy and preserve open space have been on = ballots in the past, present and future. Some are successful, some not. = We have been fortunate to have past two such referendums where I live = (Woodbury). I believe we got it done because the local athletic = association provide strong support. Obviously, we provided them with an = incentive. What was missing was any organized support from birding, = environmental, etc organizations that should have been involved. I believe that we and all interested groups need to have an organized = effort in open space issues. It can be as simple as a letter to the = editor stating that organization X supports this issue. So, get = involved if your city, county, etc shows interest in open space. These = comments are intended to add to the Duck Stamp program, not replace it = for birders. Jim Gay Woodbury, MN ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C65055.A0EE6CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
This may be a diversion from = the Duck=20 Stamp issue, but not a diversion from the desired result.  The = issue is=20 open space preservation, which will provide, among other = things, habitat=20 for birds and birding opportunities.
 
Open space referendums to buy and = preserve open=20 space  have been on ballots in the past, present and future.  = Some are=20 successful, some not. We have been fortunate to have past two such = referendums=20 where I live (Woodbury).  I believe we got it done = because the=20 local athletic association provide strong support. Obviously, we = provided=20 them with an incentive. What was missing was any organized support = from=20 birding, environmental, etc organizations that should have been=20 involved.
 
I believe that we and all interested = groups need to=20 have an organized effort in open space issues.  It can be as simple = as a=20 letter to the editor stating that organization X supports this = issue.  So,=20 get involved if your city, county, etc shows interest in open space. = These=20 comments are intended to add to the Duck Stamp program, not replace it = for=20 birders.
 
Jim Gay
Woodbury, MN
------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C65055.A0EE6CA0-- From SHARKLUVR42@cs.com Sat Mar 25 18:51:28 2006 From: SHARKLUVR42@cs.com (SHARKLUVR42@cs.com) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:51:28 EST Subject: [mou] Young Barred Owl? - Washington Cnty Message-ID: <23d.94a1f92.3156eb30@cs.com> --part1_23d.94a1f92.3156eb30_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, There is a young Barred Owl (unconfirmed) in a large stick nest on the north side of Highway 5, one block east of 694, in Washington county. (West of Imation) It is probably 100 feet from the roadside. And can be viewed from either side of the divided road. Matthew R Johnson 699 MCKNIGHT RD N APT 303 SAINT PAUL MN 55119-454 651-735-9449 --part1_23d.94a1f92.3156eb30_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,
There is a young Barred Owl (unconfirmed) in a large stick nest on the north= side of Highway 5, one block east of 694, in Washington county. (West of Im= ation)
It is probably 100 feet from the roadside.  And can be viewed from eith= er side of the divided road.

Matthew R Johnson
699 MCKNIGHT RD N  APT 303
SAINT PAUL MN  55119-454
651-735-9449 --part1_23d.94a1f92.3156eb30_boundary-- From SHARKLUVR42@cs.com Sat Mar 25 19:51:28 2006 From: SHARKLUVR42@cs.com (SHARKLUVR42@cs.com) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:51:28 EST Subject: [mou] Correction - Long-eared Owl / Fwd: Young Barred Owl? - Washington Cnty Message-ID: <2f9.174585c.3156f940@cs.com> --part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_boundary Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_alt_boundary" --part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_alt_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/25/2006 12:51:28 PM Central Standard Time, SHARKLUVR42 writes: > MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu *** Correction *** Hello again, Upon further review, I beleive that this is actually a young Long-eared Owl, because of the dark eyes and ear tufts. Sorry. --part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_alt_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 3/25/2006 12:51:= 28 PM Central Standard Time, SHARKLUVR42 writes:
MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu


*** Correction  ***
Hello again,
Upon further review, I beleive that this is actually a young Long-eared Owl,= because of the dark eyes and ear tufts.
Sorry. --part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_alt_boundary-- --part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: From: SHARKLUVR42@cs.com Full-name: SHARKLUVR42 Message-ID: <23d.94a1f92.3156eb30@cs.com> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:51:28 EST Subject: Young Barred Owl? - Washington Cnty To: MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part2_2f9.174585c.3156eb30_boundary" X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 8001 --part2_2f9.174585c.3156eb30_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, There is a young Barred Owl (unconfirmed) in a large stick nest on the north side of Highway 5, one block east of 694, in Washington county. (West of Imation) It is probably 100 feet from the roadside. And can be viewed from either side of the divided road. Matthew R Johnson 699 MCKNIGHT RD N APT 303 SAINT PAUL MN 55119-454 651-735-9449 --part2_2f9.174585c.3156eb30_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,
There is a young Barred Owl (unconfirmed) in a large stick nest on the north= side of Highway 5, one block east of 694, in Washington county. (West of Im= ation)
It is probably 100 feet from the roadside.  And can be viewed from eith= er side of the divided road.

Matthew R Johnson
699 MCKNIGHT RD N  APT 303
SAINT PAUL MN  55119-454
651-735-9449 --part2_2f9.174585c.3156eb30_boundary-- --part1_2f9.174585c.3156f940_boundary-- From jamiestrickland@comcast.net Sun Mar 26 04:49:51 2006 From: jamiestrickland@comcast.net (Jamie Strickland) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:49:51 -0600 Subject: [mou] Red Wing and Lake City - Eagles and Tundra Swans In-Reply-To: <20060326000521.18078.qmail@web36801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <003101c65090$bc020700$6401a8c0@jamie> It was an awesome day, Jenn. To see that many Eagles all together at one time and one place was stunning. I captured some pretty good shots if = anyone is interested: http://www.freethestricklands.com/mousite/LakeCity1/ There were 3 Eagles in a tree at the entrance to a residential area off = Lake Pepin. They were very cooperative and allowed us to get fairly close to = get these pictures.=20 Jamie -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On = Behalf Of Jenn Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:05 PM To: =09 Subject: [mou] Red Wing and Lake City - Eagles and Tundra Swans Had a very exciting morning birding from Red Wing down to Lake City. Saw maybe a dozen eagles at the city park in Red Wing, then drove down to Lake City, where over 100 eagles were sitting on ice along the river, in addition to dozens in trees along Hwy 61. We probably saw 150-200 eagles total today. The icing on the cake was seeing a huge flock of 100+ tundra swans fly overhead while we were in Red Wing. Jenn Reed _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Sun Mar 26 05:20:51 2006 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:20:51 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mnbird] Re: [mou] paying to use state wildlife land In-Reply-To: <032620060249.21150.44260154000312C40000529E2160376021979F030E99@att.n et> References: <032620060249.21150.44260154000312C40000529E2160376021979F030E99@att.net> Message-ID: <63858.68.112.165.197.1143350451.squirrel@68.112.165.197> "to suggest as some have that funds derived from Duck Stamps or hunting licenses are for the purpose of habitat acquisition is inaccurate. It is for the purpose of regulation and the maintenance and support of the harvested species." This is absolutely inaccurate. According to the enabling legislation and to the way that legislation is enforced, the US Fish and Wildlife Service website is absolutely correct where it states: "Federal Duck Stamps are a vital tool for wetland conservation. Ninety-eight cents out of every dollar generated by the sales of Federal Duck Stamps goes directly to purchase or lease wetland habitat for protection in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Understandably, the Federal Duck Stamp Program has been called one of the most successful conservation programs ever initiated and is a highly effective way to conserve America’s natural resources." Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson > I have no problem with organizations providing funds for the > acquisition > of habitat like Ducks Unlimited, the Nature Conservancy etc. But to > suggest > that the state collect fees from birdwatchers and use the funds to acquire > habitat I do object to for the reasons set forth in my initial comments. > Furthermore, to suggest as some have that funds derived from Duck Stamps > or > hunting licenses are for the purpose of habitat acquisition is inaccurate. > It is > for the purpose of regulation and the maintenance and support of the > harvested > species. I also fail to find it persuasive in any way to suggest that > birdwatchers pay a fee to the state for birdwatching because a private non > profit corporation like Ducks Unlimited VOLUNTARILY contributes funds for > habitat acquisition. That attempted analogy fails for that is comparing > voluntary contributions from a private organization with an involuntary > exaction > from a governmental body. It compares apples and oranges. > If birdwatchers want, on a voluntary basis, to do something like > Ducks > Unlimited then the appropriate mechanism is through an organization like > the MOU > and I would be in favor of that. And frankly if birdwatchers want to > protect and > enlarge (and prevent the dimunition of) habitat, and it is clear that we > have > the numbers, then forming an organization like DU ,or expanding the > objectives > of the MOU ought to be undertaken. To attempt to do it through a fee > imposed by > the state is in my view not only a lazy approach, but one which is > destined to > be as inefective and unpredictible as the political winds that will manage > the > fees. > The problem is much larger and more complex than just supporting > efforts at > land acquisition as I'm sure you understand. Clean air and water, dams > logging, > military bombing ranges to name just a few that come readily to mind also > have > an impact on birdwatching as do the environmental organizations that are > involved in monitoring and protecting those resources and activities. > I am familiar with the Ivory Bill and its habitat. Tim Gallagher and > Bobby > Harrison who were involved in the recent discovery served on my Board when > I was > president a few years ago of the North American Nature Photography > Association > Lastly, and unfortunately, I have to complain about Sharon Stiteler's > mischaracterization of my earlier comments. There is nothing in them to > suggest, as she says,"that because birder's aren't harvesting ducks they > shouldn't have to help buy habitat..." nor was there anything in the > totality of > my comments from which to infer her mischaracterization. > > -- > Bernard P. Friel > Web Pages: www.wampy.com > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Sharon Stiteler >> > Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National resources Defense Council, >> > Wilderness Society, American Rivers,etc., etc. >> >> >> I appreciate some of those organizations and even belong to at least >> one, but I wonder if any of those organizations are as efficient with >> their money as the duck stamp program. Less than 2% of the money >> from duck stamps goes to administrative costs, the rest goes to >> buying up habitat--that's over 98%. >> >> I really am surprised at the notion that because birders aren't >> "harvesting" ducks they shouldn't have to help buy up habitat so they >> can have the right to watch birds for free. You can watch birds >> anywhere, great birds are in backyards, but we need those breeding >> grounds in place to keep seeing them. Duck stamps help support other >> birds like warblers, rails, herons, egrets, raptors, owls, etc. >> Right now, duck hunters have to buy a stamp, but their numbers are >> going down. If those numbers continue to decline, so will money for >> buying up habitat and all the birders who feel that they can use the >> resource for free won't have much resource left to look at, let alone >> the birds that benefit from that habitat. >> >> Sharon Stiteler >> Minneapolis, MN >> www.birdchick.com >> Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > From MMARTELL@audubon.org Sun Mar 26 17:10:57 2006 From: MMARTELL@audubon.org (MARTELL, Mark) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:10:57 -0500 Subject: [mou] Correction - Long-eared Owl / Fwd: Young Barred Owl? - Washington Cnty Message-ID: VGhlcmUgaXMgYSBncmVhdCBob3JuZWQgb3dsIG5lc3QgaW4gdGhhdCBncm92ZSBvZiB0cmVlcy4g VGhhdCBtYXkgYmUgd2hhdCB5b3UgYXJlIGxvb2tpbmcgYXQuICANCiANCk1hcmsgTWFydGVsbA0K RGlyZWN0b3Igb2YgQmlyZCBDb25zZXJ2YXRpb24NCkF1ZHVib24gTWlubmVzb3RhDQoNCgktLS0t LU9yaWdpbmFsIE1lc3NhZ2UtLS0tLSANCglGcm9tOiBtb3UtbmV0LWFkbWluQGNicy51bW4uZWR1 IG9uIGJlaGFsZiBvZiBTSEFSS0xVVlI0MkBjcy5jb20gDQoJU2VudDogU2F0IDMvMjUvMjAwNiAy OjUxIFBNIA0KCVRvOiBNT1UtbmV0QGNicy51bW4uZWR1IA0KCUNjOiANCglTdWJqZWN0OiBbbW91 XSBDb3JyZWN0aW9uIC0gTG9uZy1lYXJlZCBPd2wgLyBGd2Q6IFlvdW5nIEJhcnJlZCBPd2w/IC0g V2FzaGluZ3RvbiBDbnR5DQoJDQoJDQoJSW4gYSBtZXNzYWdlIGRhdGVkIDMvMjUvMjAwNiAxMjo1 MToyOCBQTSBDZW50cmFsIFN0YW5kYXJkIFRpbWUsIFNIQVJLTFVWUjQyIHdyaXRlczogDQoJDQoN CgkJTU9VLW5ldEBjYnMudW1uLmVkdQ0KDQoNCg0KCSoqKiBDb3JyZWN0aW9uICAqKioNCglIZWxs byBhZ2FpbiwNCglVcG9uIGZ1cnRoZXIgcmV2aWV3LCBJIGJlbGVpdmUgdGhhdCB0aGlzIGlzIGFj dHVhbGx5IGEgeW91bmcgTG9uZy1lYXJlZCBPd2wsIGJlY2F1c2Ugb2YgdGhlIGRhcmsgZXllcyBh bmQgZWFyIHR1ZnRzLg0KCVNvcnJ5LiANCg0K From thimgan@digitaljam.com Sun Mar 26 19:00:27 2006 From: thimgan@digitaljam.com (Dan & Sandy Thimgan) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:00:27 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sunday Message-ID: Sunday, March 26 Otter Tail County Checking open water spots on the Otter Tail River and area lakes: Northern Pintail =80 2 males, 1 female (Deer Lake) Rough Legged Hawk, dark phase (Hwy 78, 1 mile north of Battle Lake) Herring Gull =80 3 (Otter Tail Lake) Trumpeter Swan =80 40 (various locations) Goldeneye =80 65 (various locations) Common Merganser 2 (Otter Tail River) Common Grackle =80 25 (under our feeders) Jeff Wiersma, park manager at Glendalough State Park, saw two Sandhill Cranes in a field inside the park on Friday, March 24. Sandy and Dan Thimgan Battle Lake, Otter Tail County --=20 Thimgans Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. --Will Duran= t From connybrunell@earthlink.net Sun Mar 26 19:43:19 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:43:19 -0600 Subject: [mou] Tree Swallow ~ Dakota County Message-ID: <380-220063026194319250@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_25285112611003194319250 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This afternoon at Black Dog Lake while I was enjoying a pair of Rudy Ducks in my scope, I was surprised to see a Tree Swallow fly through my view. As the sun shone on it the glossy blue upperparts contrasted against the all white underparts. It was a good morning to be out with the many large flocks of Tundra Swans migrating overhead that could be heard well before you could see them. 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This afternoon at Black Dog Lake while I was enjoying a pair of Rudy Ducks
in my scope, I was surprised to see a Tree Swallow fly through my view.  As
the sun shone on it the glossy blue upperparts contrasted against the
all white underparts.  It was a good morning to be out with the many large
flocks of Tundra Swans migrating overhead that could be heard well before
you could see them.
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
------=_NextPart_25285112611003194319250-- From screechowl@charter.net Sun Mar 26 22:03:19 2006 From: screechowl@charter.net (Dave Bartkey) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:03:19 -0600 Subject: [mou] Ross' Geese Message-ID: <003a01c65121$1781f000$5a98be44@roc.mn.charter.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C650EE.CCD6B720 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone! This afternoon around 2 pm, there were 10 Ross' geese present at Wells = Lake. Also a nice mix of waterfowl including northern pintails and = red-breasted mergansers. There were also several swans farther out on = the ice. Too far to determine what species, but from the reports of = tundra swans moving through, that would be my guess. Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN screechowl@charter.net ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C650EE.CCD6B720 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone!
  This afternoon around 2 pm, = there were 10=20 Ross' geese present at Wells Lake. Also a nice mix of waterfowl = including=20 northern pintails and red-breasted mergansers. There were also several = swans=20 farther out on the ice. Too far to determine what species, but from the = reports=20 of tundra swans moving through, that would be my guess.
 
Good birding!
 
Dave Bartkey
Faribault,MN
screechowl@charter.net=20
------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C650EE.CCD6B720-- From pbudde@earthlink.net Sun Mar 26 23:37:59 2006 From: pbudde@earthlink.net (Paul Budde) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:37:59 -0600 Subject: [mou] Colville Gulls Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C650FC.06F49230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The near-adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was again at Colville Park, S of Red Wing in Goodhue Cty. It was on the ice at the SE (downstream) end of the park. Paul Paul Budde Minneapolis ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C650FC.06F49230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Colville Gulls

The near-adult Lesser Black-backed Gull = was again at Colville Park, S of Red Wing in Goodhue Cty.  It was = on the ice at the SE (downstream) end of the park.

Paul

Paul Budde
Minneapolis

------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C650FC.06F49230-- From wenelson@mlecmn.net Mon Mar 27 02:40:31 2006 From: wenelson@mlecmn.net (Warren Nelson) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:40:31 -0600 Subject: [mou] Aitkin County on Sunday Message-ID: <4427509F.6090407@mlecmn.net> Today Butch Ukura and I birded around the Aitkin County and had a pretty wonderful day. It started of when a timber wolf crossed the road ahead of us just off of C.R.1. Later in the day, we had a coyote cross a field just south of Palisade. Birdlife included 42 species. Some of the notables: SNOWY OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, BARRED OWL, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, RUFFED GROUSE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, GRAY JAY, NORTHERN SHRIKE, COMMON REDPOLL, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, WOOD DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and 60 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. Warren Nelson From lkrueger@umn.edu Mon Mar 27 05:43:50 2006 From: lkrueger@umn.edu (Linda Krueger) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:43:50 -0600 Subject: [mou] Photo Website Update Message-ID: <000001c65161$6f226340$d5fc6580@LindaII> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6512F.2487F340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those interested, I have updated my photo website tonight to include: - 1 photo of the reported Great Horned Owl nest in Oakdale with the Mother Owl and one of the babies peeking above the top of the nest - 3 in-flight photos of Great Horned Owls in Lakeville (there are two owlets in a nest there as well) - 1 photo of a Red-Bellied Woodpecker (taken at Schaar's Bluff in Hastings) - 2 Robin photos (also at Schaar's Bluff) - 3 Ring-billed Gull action shots (Colvill Park in Red Wing) - 1 Red-tailed Hawk photo (taken near Schaar's Bluff) I have also added an "Index" tab to my website. Here you will find a listing of all the birds (and other things as well) that are on my website with a link from your selected bird to its corresponding thumbnail index page. I thought this might aide those who are interested in seeing bird-specific photos. Again, thank you to everyone who takes time to visit my website and send me feedback. It is really appreciated. Linda Krueger Visit my photo web site at: www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger Come back often and enjoy! ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6512F.2487F340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For those interested, I have updated my photo website tonight to include:

 

- 1 photo of the reported Great Horned Owl nest in = Oakdale with the Mother Owl and one of the babies peeking above the top of the = nest

- 3 in-flight photos of Great Horned Owls in = Lakeville (there are two owlets in a nest there as = well)

- 1 photo of a Red-Bellied Woodpecker (taken at Schaar’s Bluff in Hastings)

=

- 2 Robin photos (also at Schaar’s = Bluff)

- 3 Ring-billed Gull action shots (Colvill Park in Red Wing)

- 1 Red-tailed Hawk photo (taken near Schaar’s = Bluff)

 

I have also added an “Index” tab to my website.  Here you will find a listing of all the birds (and other = things as well) that are on my website with a link from your selected bird to = its corresponding thumbnail index page.  I thought this might aide = those who are interested in seeing bird-specific = photos.

 

Again, thank you to everyone who takes time to visit = my website and send me feedback.  It is really appreciated.  =

 

Linda Krueger

Visit my photo web site = at:

www.tc.umn.edu/~lkrueger

Come back often and = enjoy!

 

------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6512F.2487F340-- From jhockema@hotmail.com Mon Mar 27 09:27:42 2006 From: jhockema@hotmail.com (John Hockema) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:27:42 -0600 Subject: [mou] A Tale of Two Shrikes (long) Message-ID: 3/26/06 Greetings All: As much as I have enjoyed the numerous posts surrounding user fees and such, I thought I might tell you all a story about a tale of two shrikes seen yesterday (Sunday) in Wabasha County. Brother Chris and I birded our way from Rochester to Whitewater WMA, south to Weaver Bottoms and Minnieska, then north to Weaver Dunes/McCarthy Lake area, Wabasha, Read's Landing, Lake City, Frontenac (Old and New), topped off by a stop at SUBWAY and a stroll around Hok-si-la Park. It was Chris's keen instincts (sense of smell) that took us to the Weaver Dunes in Wabasha County. Suddenly, we were at the bridge and we simultaneously heard a chip that turned out to be our first SWAMP SPARROW of the season. We were charged and pressed forward. We slowly drove the road looking for a record-early lark sparrow when Chris pointed me toward a bird, seen in poor light, that I initially thought was a bluebird. It was that small. Upon further investigation, we studied a bird that had a small, stubby bill, darker gray back, heavy mask encompassing the eye, lack of a prominent hook, and noticeably smaller frame. Guess what? A pretty early LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE! Charged had now turned to pumped (!) and we situated ourselves in Chris's car (he drives on weekends) to press on, when Chris said, "I see another shrike on the other side of the road." Expecting another loggerhead (note: a pair of loggerhead shrikes atleast attempted to nest in this exact location last Spring), we were both very surprised to see a much larger, thinner masked, larger billed/beaked, lighter gray backed, and hook at the end of the bill NORTHERN SHRIKE! I'm not sure what follows "pumped", probably a combination of ecstatic and dumbfounded, but we spent another 1/2 hour looking for either shrike to ease our disbelief (o.k. my disbelief) but could not find either species. We were so happy. A wonderful brother moment. Both shrike species in the same county on the same day within 500 feet from one another. Listing supplement material, baby!!!! I really love birding. And, I really love birding with my brother, Chris! To ensure many more of those moments in the future, I would be happy to pay for a hundred duck stamps, user fees, or whatever it takes so that future generations (my kids, me with kids!?) will be able to enjoy what I was able to share with my brother, Chris, on this beautiful day, the 26 of March 2006! Good Birding! John Hockema Rochester, MN From DNewbauer@threeriversparkdistrict.org Mon Mar 27 14:33:00 2006 From: DNewbauer@threeriversparkdistrict.org (Dan Newbauer) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:33:00 -0600 Subject: [mou] Saw whet owl Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C651AB.59CB26C2 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01C651AB.59CB26C2" ------_=_NextPart_002_01C651AB.59CB26C2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Observed a red phase Saw-whet owl in a white pine in Apple Valley on 3/26 =20 Dan Newbauer =20 ------_=_NextPart_002_01C651AB.59CB26C2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Blank
Observed a red phase Saw-whet owl = in a white=20 pine in Apple Valley on 3/26
 
Dan Newbauer

 

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Forget the red phase part of my = Saw-whet owl=20 report.  I was thinking one thing and out came the wrong = words. =20 Sorry. The Saw-whet was fun to watch and point out to neighbors and a = first for=20 my yard.
 
Dan Newbauer
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Matt Baumann Winona, MN From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Mon Mar 27 15:51:24 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:51:24 -0600 Subject: [mou] Whipoorwills Message-ID: Hello All, Does anyone know of any reliable spots in SE Minnesota to see (more likely HEAR) whipoorwills ? Also, what time of day/month is the best time to hear them. I understand they come back in May. Thanks in advance ! Matt Baumann Winona, MN From connellyka@earthlink.net Mon Mar 27 16:08:53 2006 From: connellyka@earthlink.net (Kathleen Connelly) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:08:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] Eastern Screech Owl - Zumbrota Message-ID: 2nd hand report of an Eastern Screech Owl calling at dusk for the last 2 weeks at a friend's farm at Hwy 55 and 145th Ave Way just North of Zumbrota in Goodhue County. Kathy Connelly Golden Valley, MN From kreckert@cpinternet.com Mon Mar 27 16:12:22 2006 From: kreckert@cpinternet.com (Kim R Eckert) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:12:22 -0600 Subject: [mou] Re: SE Minn, March 25-26 In-Reply-To: <20060327143548.52619.qmail@web30910.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060327143548.52619.qmail@web30910.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <90de39f677b2c26ee8e6ad2c448da44e@cpinternet.com> To elaborate on Fred Lesher's report on what the Minn Birding Weekends group saw in SE Minn this weekend: geese - other than Canadas, none seen Tundra Swan - March 26, approx 1,000 at the traditional site at Weaver, Wabasha Co ducks - 1,000s in the Mississippi R on both March 25-26 in Houston, Winona, and Wabasha Co's: predominant species Canvasback, Ring-necked, and Common Merganser, with several 100 of each species Rough-legged Hawk - March 25, E of Mound Prairie on Houston CR 21 Peregrine Falcon - still at Queens Bluff along Hwy 61 at mile 13, Winona Co Eur Collared-Dove - March 25, Caledonia, Houston Co: 3 or 4 near a possible nest on the electric substation near the water tower (same location as past years) Tree Swallow - March 25, Prairie Island, Winona Co Tufted Titmouse - no fewer than 3 locations: March 25, feeder on N side of Sheldon on Houston CR 10; March 25, still present at 16878 Hillside Rd in Reno, Houston Co; March 26, near creek and house at mile 13 on Hwy 61, Winona Co Red-breasted Nuthatch - March 25, 16878 Hillside Rd, Reno Rusty Blackbird - March 25, just S of Mound Prairie on Houston CR 25 (also Franklin's Gull in LaCrosse WI on March 26) - Kim Eckert On Mar 27, 2006, at 8:35 AM, fred lesher wrote: > This is an incomplete & unofficial tally of birds seen > with Kim Eckert's Birding weekend in Houston Co. > > Pied-b.Grebe > Am. White Pelican---Lawrence L. > Turkey Vulture > > 15 species of waterfowl including > Tundra Swan (Lawrence L.) > Redhead D. > Cans. > Red-brsted. Merg. > Ruddy D. > > Bald Eagles--dozens, plus nesting > Sharp-shinned Hawk > Peregrine Falcon---2---nestbox, Great Spirit Bluff, > Dresbach. View from platform (scope) or parking lot at > Lock 7. Second bluff north. Or walk south from > Dresbach on bike trail, or north from Lock 7 parking > lot. NOT safely viewed from I90. > Wild Turkey > Am. Coot > Sandhill Crane---3---Lawrence L. > Killdeer > Greater Yellowlegs---1---viewed from New Albin, IOWA > but in Minnesota at extreme north edge of Poole > Slough. > Wilson's Snipe---2---- ditto > Lesser Black-b. Gull---1---Richmond Bay, LaCrosse, WIS > Great Horned Owl---adult on nest---Sheldon Tnshp., Co. > Rd. 10 > Red-h. Woodpecker---1 > Yell.-bell Sap. > Hairy, Downy, Flicker, Pileated > Tufted Titmouse > Brown Creeper > E. Bluebird > > Fred Lesher > LaCrosse, Wis. > > From Curt.Vacek@dnr.state.mn.us Mon Mar 27 17:14:54 2006 From: Curt.Vacek@dnr.state.mn.us (Curt Vacek) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:14:54 -0600 Subject: [mou] Marsh Lake Pelicans/Gulls (Big Stone/Swift Counties) Message-ID: On March 18th, a dozen pelicans circled the Marsh Lake nesting colony = (islands) but by all accounts, did not stay in area. On March 26th they = returned with hundreds more, as well as several hundred gulls, and have = started setting up shop on the islands. In 2005, the big return took = place on March 28th. =20 Numerous waterfowl, from woodducks to tundra swans, between Appleton and = SD. Field feeding flights in evenings have been nothing short of = spectacular. Park at the Marsh Lake dam at sunset and watch thousands of = birds return to roost. Imm. Northern Goshawk on Big Stone NWR (S of headquarters ~1.5 miles, in = coulee on west side of blacktop). Western meadowlarks (returned ~ March = 16th), several diver/merg. species, and numerous bald eagles nearby as = well. (Just some of the jewels benefiting from duck stamp dollars at Big = Stone). Curt Vacek ____________________________ Assistant Area Wildlife Manager Minnesota DNR - Section of Wildlife 850 N Hering St Appleton, MN 56208 phone: (320) 289-2493 fax: (320) 289-2551 email: curt.vacek@dnr.state.mn.us From two-jays@att.net Mon Mar 27 17:34:13 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:34:13 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fwd: Interactive Mapping of Birding Clubs, and Hotspots across the US Message-ID: Interesting. Hot-spot map being constructed; not available yet. Jim Williams Begin forwarded message: From: geo@mapmuse.com Date: March 27, 2006 9:40:17 AM CST Subject: Interactive Mapping of Birding Clubs, and Hotspots across the US Reply-To: geo@mapmuse.com I am writing to let birding enthusiasts know that MapMuse.com has added nationwide maps of Birding Clubs, and Birding Hotspots to its services. The Birding Clubs map has over 250 clubs located already, but can be added to, and enhanced by visitors. The Birding Hotspots Map has just been added today at the request of a MapMuse visitor. We have not attempted to populate this map ourselves, but have provided the structure for birders to identify and add their favorite hotspots. Following are links to the pages for the birding topics: Birding Clubs- http://find.mapmuse.com/re1/interest.php?brandID=BIRDING_CLUBS Birding Hotspots- http://find.mapmuse.com/re1/interest.php?brandID=BIRDING_HOTSPOTS The idea is for birders to build upon what we have started by adding information about their clubs, and their favorite hotspots. Through this kind of community effort, we hope to have the most comprehensive, and descriptive maps for birders to use at home, and on their travels. Please note that descriptive information, as well as photos can be added directly to the profiles by our visitors. There is an ADD and EDIT feature on the site (you can refer to http://find.mapmuse.com/re1/mmFAQ.htm#A4 if you have questions about making changes). If you find our maps useful, we would appreciate it if you would pass the word on to like-minded friends. And if you have a birding related website, a birding related blog or newsletter, a mention or a link would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Cindy Jett MapMuse.com 1326 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 From bgraves@usfamily.net Mon Mar 27 18:19:45 2006 From: bgraves@usfamily.net (Farrel Graves) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:19:45 -0600 Subject: [mou] Great White Egret Message-ID: <000b01c651cb$08217860$83358340@homea20u6bnikw> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C65198.BC230B90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I saw and got a good picture of my first Egret of the year today. On 153 = street west and Cedar. By Rainbow and across from a clinic. We use 153 = street west a lot to cross Cedar and each for several years there has = been an Egret in the little storm sewer by the street. He must find food = there due to the amount of time he spends. I know if birds and are out = in the cold and rain it sometimes looks miserable to us, but if they are = well fed and healthy they are fine unless it's extreme conditions. But = the Egret looked so miserable to me I couldn't help but to feel sorry = for him. The little pond is still frozen. He was standing in the middle = looking around, feathers wet and hanging so low they were touching the = ice. As I drove away I noticed he had tucked one leg up under himself = and I thought I saw a little tear, but maybe it was mine... Glad to share the picture with anyone interested. --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C65198.BC230B90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I saw and got a good picture of my = first Egret of=20 the year today. On 153 street west and Cedar. By Rainbow and across = from a=20 clinic. We use 153 street west a lot to cross Cedar and each for several = years=20 there has been an Egret in the little storm sewer by the street. He must = find=20 food there due to the amount of time he spends. I know if birds=20 and are out in the cold and rain it sometimes looks miserable to = us, but if=20 they are well fed and healthy they are fine unless it's extreme = conditions. But=20 the Egret looked so miserable to me I couldn't help but to feel sorry = for him.=20 The little pond is still frozen. He was standing in the middle looking = around,=20 feathers wet and hanging so low they were touching the ice. As I drove = away I=20 noticed he had tucked one leg up under himself and I thought I saw a = little=20 tear, but maybe it was mine...
 
Glad to share the picture with anyone=20 interested.


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------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C65198.BC230B90-- From bgraves@usfamily.net Mon Mar 27 23:13:53 2006 From: bgraves@usfamily.net (Farrel Graves) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:13:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] Great White Egret References: <000b01c651cb$08217860$83358340@homea20u6bnikw> <001101c651e4$dc36f3a0$6401a8c0@A2400T2482> Message-ID: <001101c651f4$1e2b44a0$6f388340@homea20u6bnikw> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C651C1.D2A87070 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry, Apple Valley, Dakota county... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: alyssa=20 To: Farrel Graves=20 Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [mou] Great White Egret Neat! What county was this in? I'd appretiate a pic--thanks! Alyssa DeRubeis Hennipin County ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrel Graves=20 To: mou=20 Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 12:19 PM Subject: [mou] Great White Egret I saw and got a good picture of my first Egret of the year today. On = 153 street west and Cedar. By Rainbow and across from a clinic. We use = 153 street west a lot to cross Cedar and each for several years there = has been an Egret in the little storm sewer by the street. He must find = food there due to the amount of time he spends. I know if birds and are = out in the cold and rain it sometimes looks miserable to us, but if they = are well fed and healthy they are fine unless it's extreme conditions. = But the Egret looked so miserable to me I couldn't help but to feel = sorry for him. The little pond is still frozen. He was standing in the = middle looking around, feathers wet and hanging so low they were = touching the ice. As I drove away I noticed he had tucked one leg up = under himself and I thought I saw a little tear, but maybe it was = mine... Glad to share the picture with anyone interested. --- USFamily.Net - $8.25/mo! -- Highspeed - $19.99/mo! --- --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C651C1.D2A87070 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sorry, Apple Valley, Dakota = county...
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 alyssa=20
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 = 3:24=20 PM
Subject: Re: [mou] Great White=20 Egret

Neat! What county was this in? I'd = appretiate a=20 pic--thanks!
 
Alyssa DeRubeis
Hennipin County
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Farrel=20 Graves
To: mou
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 = 12:19=20 PM
Subject: [mou] Great White = Egret

I saw and got a good picture of my = first Egret=20 of the year today. On 153 street west and Cedar. By Rainbow and = across=20 from a clinic. We use 153 street west a lot to cross Cedar and each = for=20 several years there has been an Egret in the little storm sewer by = the=20 street. He must find food there due to the amount of time he spends. = I know=20 if birds and are out in the cold and rain it sometimes = looks=20 miserable to us, but if they are well fed and healthy they are fine = unless=20 it's extreme conditions. But the Egret looked so miserable to me I = couldn't=20 help but to feel sorry for him. The little pond is still frozen. He = was=20 standing in the middle looking around, feathers wet and hanging so = low they=20 were touching the ice. As I drove away I noticed he had tucked one = leg up=20 under himself and I thought I saw a little tear, but maybe it was=20 mine...
 
Glad to share the picture with = anyone=20 interested.


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------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C651C1.D2A87070-- From beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com Mon Mar 27 23:27:53 2006 From: beaunshroyerduckbuster@hotmail.com (Beau Shroyer) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:27:53 -0600 Subject: [mou] loggerhead Message-ID:
Saw and heard a loggerhead shrike East of Alexandria off Douglas CR 23.
From jamiestrickland@comcast.net Tue Mar 28 01:08:51 2006 From: jamiestrickland@comcast.net (Jamie Strickland) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:08:51 -0600 Subject: [mou] Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Gulls, Ducks... Message-ID: <000401c65204$31b23ff0$6401a8c0@jamie> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C651D1.E717CFF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At the "nudging" of a couple friends I've made here, I've created a website containing recent birding activity. It features Bald Eagles from Colvill Park and Lake City as well as Gulls and Ducks from the same areas. Also, Great Gray and Northern Hawk Owls from the 04-05 irruption. I look forward to finding more Hawk and Owl species as I am getting more into birding and improving my photography skills along the way. Feel free to pass along any comments. http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite Jamie Strickland jamiestrickland@comcast.net ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C651D1.E717CFF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Gulls, Ducks...

At the "nudging" of a couple = friends I've made here, I've created a website containing recent birding = activity. It features Bald Eagles from Colvill Park and Lake City as = well as Gulls and Ducks from the same areas. Also, Great Gray and = Northern Hawk Owls from the 04-05 irruption.

I look forward to finding more Hawk and = Owl species as I am getting more into birding and improving my = photography skills along the way.

Feel free to pass along any = comments.

http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite

Jamie Strickland
jamiestrickland@comcast.net

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C651D1.E717CFF0-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Tue Mar 28 14:20:38 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:20:38 -0600 Subject: [mou] Chimney Swifts Message-ID: No, I didn't see any yet. In fact, I found they are tracking late this year. I found a wonderful website dedicated to this wonderful bird and it maps their sightings. The URL is: www.chimneyswifts.org Good Birding. Mark Alt From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Tue Mar 28 15:17:33 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:17:33 -0600 Subject: [mou] Mille Lacs new arrivals (no rarities) Message-ID: <001601c6527a$bd729a50$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Mille Lacs new arrivals: Song Sparrow (3/28), Turkey Vulture (3/27). Song Sparrow was singing lustily from the top of a piece of construction equipment - realization that this was a "first of the year" in Mille Lacs only dawned slowly ("...oh yeah, haven't heard that for a few months"). Perhaps my audio recall needs tuning. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From david@cahlander.com Tue Mar 28 15:34:00 2006 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:34:00 -0600 Subject: [mou] Seasonal Report Enhancment Message-ID: <002801c6527d$0c5cb630$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C6524A.BE78C080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You can now enter a county for a bird by double-clicking on the map. This is of some help if you are entering birds for multiple counties = that you have seen on a trip. Click on the bird species, then = double-click on the county. For multiple counties, just double-click on = each additional county. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C6524A.BE78C080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You can now enter a county = for a bird by=20 double-clicking on the map.
 
This is of some help if you = are entering=20 birds for multiple counties that you have seen on a trip.  Click on = the=20 bird species, then double-click on the county.  For multiple = counties, just=20 double-click on each additional county.
---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C6524A.BE78C080-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Tue Mar 28 16:25:23 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:25:23 -0600 Subject: [mou] 3-27-06 MOU Board Mtg Agenda Message-ID: Agenda for MOU Board Meeting April 10th, 2006 at the residence of Dave and Marj Cahlander, located at 2901 Foxpoint Rd; Burnsville, MN. Directions are from Cedar Avenue S. (Hwy 77), after crossing over the Minnesota River Valley, turn right on Hwy 13; Proceed to Diffley Rd., turn right; bear left to get on Foxpoint Rd, proceed to the end of the cul de sac -address 2901. Phone number is 952-894-5910. Please arrive early, as this meeting is to start at 6:30 PM sharp, to be done by 9:00 PM. 6:30 PM Words of Welcome Mark Alt 6:35 PM December Meeting Minutes Shirley Alt 6:40 PM New Board Members Proposed Mark Alt * Conservation Chair - Don Mitchell * Education Chair - Chris Benson 6:45 PM Treasurer's Report Erika Sitz 6:55 PM Membership Secretary Elizabeth Bell 7:05 PM Finance Committee Paul Voigt 7:10 PM Grant awards Ann Kessen 7:25 PM Publications Committee Tony Hertzel 7:30 PM Avian Records Committee Ann Kessen 7:35 PM Electronics Committee Dave Cahlander 7:40 PM Conservation Committee Don Mitchell 7:45 PM Education Committee Chris Benson Recruitment Roger Schroeder 7:50 PM Field Trip Organization Kim Eckert 8:05 PM Affiliate Clubs Kim Risen/Kim Eckert 8:10 PM MOURC Jim Mattson 8:15 PM Resources Committee Bob Janssen 8:20 PM Former President Jerry Bonkoski 8:25 PM New Business=20 * Slide Collection Mark Alt 8:45 PM Adjourn Meeting Mark Alt From clay.christensen@comcast.net Tue Mar 28 19:49:29 2006 From: clay.christensen@comcast.net (Clay Christensen) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:49:29 +0000 Subject: [mou] Female red-winged BB Ramsey Co. Message-ID: <032820061949.11765.442993490004778600002DF52200750744020A9C020A9B9C079D080CD2970E040C@comcast.net> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_11765_1143575369_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit First sighting of a female red-winged blackbird in Lauderdale, Ramsey County. --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_11765_1143575369_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
First sighting of a female red-winged blackbird in Lauderdale, Ramsey County.
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_11765_1143575369_0-- From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Tue Mar 28 20:46:14 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:46:14 -0600 Subject: [mou] Winter Feeder Birds are BACK! Message-ID: It was an unusual winter for bird feeder type birds at my yard in Winona. The only birds I successfully attracted to a variety of feeders (thistle, sunflower, suet) were two downy woodpeckers. This was the case from November - March 25th. Around March 25, 2006, cardinals, house finches, mournig doves, chickadees, and juncos all appeared and are present today. My only theory is that with warmer Spring-like weather, some backyard feeders have not been stocked well. Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. Matt Baumann Winona, MN From spottedtowhee@gmail.com Wed Mar 29 00:31:36 2006 From: spottedtowhee@gmail.com (Derek Bakken) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:31:36 -0600 Subject: [mou] St. Paul - RW Blackbirds, Raptors, Gulls, etc... Message-ID: <613B524F-BEBB-11DA-A524-000A2791D90E@gmail.com> Hello all, I was feeling a bit under the weather today and after spending all morning in bed I decided to take a short walk and get some fresh spring air. I headed down to the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul (near the highway 52 bridge over the river). I was gone for just over an hour and only walked about 2 miles roundtrip but I saw 13 species of birds. Bald Eagle - 2 Adults RT Hawk - 1 - Soaring high Peregrine Falcon - 1 - Heading east in a hurry Gulls - 10 - Soaring too high to tell what species. At least one was a Herring Gull. Mourning Doves - 2 - In trees along the walking path RW Blackbirds - 4 - Singing from the little marshy patches between the road and the walking path Canada Geese - 5 Mallard - 4 (2 pairs) Unknown Sparrows - 3 - They flushed from the weeds while I was photographing the RW Blackbirds. I did not get a good look but they were not House Sparrows. I have seen 3 American Tree Sparrows in the same area earlier this year. Rock Pigeons Crow House Sparrow Starling I felt much better after that. Derek Bakken St. Paul, MN From mikecary23@hotmail.com Wed Mar 29 00:34:12 2006 From: mikecary23@hotmail.com (Mike Cary) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:34:12 -0600 Subject: [mou] Waterfowl Message-ID: Hello All! Does anyone know of any good spots for viewing/photgraphing waterfowl right now in the Alexandria/Fergus Falls/Detroit Lakes Areas of West Central Minnesota? I'm going over that way this weekend and was hoping for some leads! Thanks, Mike Michael Cary Superior North Shore Images www.superiornorthshoreimages.com From sweston2@comcast.net Wed Mar 29 07:32:01 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:32:01 -0600 Subject: [mou] Goshawk & other metro sightings Message-ID: <004d01c65302$f97237d0$f0afb445@Weston72505> A few days ago I kept track of raptor sightings during my wanderings working the metro area and only found Red-tailed Hawks plus a Bald Eagle. The last two days have been quite the oposite. The best sighting today was a Goshawk over I-35E and I-94 by downtown St. Paul. also seen were a Red-shouldered Hawk (I-35w near the Minnesota river), a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture (actually yesterday in Eagan), and Bald Eagle. This morning was warm and filled with singing spring birds, including Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, and House Finches. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From Hagsela@aol.com Wed Mar 29 10:12:59 2006 From: Hagsela@aol.com (Hagsela@aol.com) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:12:59 EST Subject: [mou] Red-billed 'Blue-bill' Scaup Message-ID: <26c.8a6900f.315bb7ab@aol.com> --part1_26c.8a6900f.315bb7ab_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As part of Kim Eckert's group this past Sunday, March 26, I spotted (and Kim confirmed I was not hallucinating) a Lesser Scaup drake with a bright red bill along Prairie Island in Winona Cty. Every other feature was typical for Lesser Scaup. The bill was bright red/orange-red, with a yellow tip or stripe near the tip. Only a couple of other group members got to our scopes to see the bird before it tucked up. Truly an odd duck. Linda Sparling Hennepin County --part1_26c.8a6900f.315bb7ab_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As part of Kim Eckert's group this past= Sunday, March 26, I spotted (and Kim confirmed I was not hallucinating) a L= esser Scaup drake with a bright red bill along Prairie Island in Winona Cty.=   Every other feature was typical for Lesser Scaup.  The bill wa= s bright red/orange-red, with a yellow tip or stripe near the tip.  On= ly a couple of other group members got to our scopes to see the bird before=20= it tucked up.  Truly an odd duck. 
Linda Sparling
Hennepin County --part1_26c.8a6900f.315bb7ab_boundary-- From david@cahlander.com Wed Mar 29 14:41:20 2006 From: david@cahlander.com (David A. Cahlander) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:41:20 -0600 Subject: [mou] Listing additon to the MOU web page Message-ID: <000801c6533e$db910570$0400a8c0@flash> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C6530C.8DB43BB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Personal County Lists" are now available on the MOU web page http://www.moumn.org/ Click on Checklists->Personal County Checklists This feature generates a one page county list that shows what birds have = been entered, by you, into all of the electronic seasonal reports.=20 The idea for this format came from Bob Janssen's county list pages, and = Tony Hertzel's Minnesota checklist. --- David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C6530C.8DB43BB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
"Personal County Lists"  = are now=20 available on the MOU web page
 
    http://www.moumn.org/
 
Click on Checklists->Pers= onal County=20 Checklists
 
This feature generates a = one page=20 county list that shows what birds have been entered, by you, into all of = the=20 electronic seasonal reports. 
 
The idea for this format came = from Bob=20 Janssen's county list pages, and Tony Hertzel's Minnesota=20 checklist.
---
David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, = MN=20 952-894-5910
------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C6530C.8DB43BB0-- From wielandba@yahoo.com Wed Mar 29 15:03:11 2006 From: wielandba@yahoo.com (B W) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:03:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Traverse, Big Stone, Lac Qui Parle 3/28 Message-ID: <20060329150311.38892.qmail@web35505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dale Yerger and I birded the west a bit yesterday. 58 species for the trip. Highlights below. Snow Goose - several thousand birds. biggest flocks located in Traverse County on east side of CR 9 1.5 miles south of CR 10, and in Lac Qui Parle on the west side of CR 7 a few miles south of CR 40. Ben Wieland Deep Portage Learning Center 2197 Nature Center Dr. NW Hackensack, MN 56452 (218)682-2325 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Wed Mar 29 15:08:21 2006 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:08:21 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Listing additon to the MOU web page In-Reply-To: <000801c6533e$db910570$0400a8c0@flash> References: <000801c6533e$db910570$0400a8c0@flash> Message-ID: <62347.68.112.165.197.1143644901.squirrel@68.112.165.197> Is there a reason MOU isn't working with eBird to share electronic data? Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson > "Personal County Lists" are now available on the MOU web page > > http://www.moumn.org/ > > Click on Checklists->Personal County Checklists > > This feature generates a one page county list that shows what birds have > been entered, by you, into all of the electronic seasonal reports. > > The idea for this format came from Bob Janssen's county list pages, and > Tony Hertzel's Minnesota checklist. > --- > David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 > From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Wed Mar 29 15:16:43 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:16:43 -0600 Subject: [mou] Listing addition to the MOU web page Message-ID: We are in fact doing this, we have been in many talks with Cornell about how to do it, but it is in our plan. We have also offered this technology platform to adjacent states and provinces. We have also offered it to some Wildlife refuges to beta test for their own use, talked with the MN DNR about it, and are planning to collaborate with the Bell Museum to make our data interactive with educators needs and the general public. Dave Cahlander is leading this development with the electronics committee and it is world-class work.=20 -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Laura Erickson Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:08 AM To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu Subject: Re: [mou] Listing additon to the MOU web page Is there a reason MOU isn't working with eBird to share electronic data? Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds.=20 There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson > "Personal County Lists" are now available on the MOU web page > > http://www.moumn.org/ > > Click on Checklists->Personal County Checklists > > This feature generates a one page county list that shows what birds have > been entered, by you, into all of the electronic seasonal reports. > > The idea for this format came from Bob Janssen's county list pages, and > Tony Hertzel's Minnesota checklist. > --- > David Cahlander david@cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 > _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net From wielandba@yahoo.com Wed Mar 29 15:23:19 2006 From: wielandba@yahoo.com (B W) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:23:19 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] More from Traverse, Big Stone, and Lac Qui Parle Message-ID: <20060329152319.79488.qmail@web35510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> My apologies. The previous message was accidently sent before completion. In addition to the Snow Geese in Traverse and Lac Qui Parle we had large flocks to the east of state hwy 7 south of Beardsley in Big Stone County, and several smaller groups throughout the area. Traverse CR 9 was the only place that they were easy to observe as they fed in the fields. Ross' Goose - several seen with the flock of Snow Geese at Traverse CR 9. Greater White-fronted Goose - numerous throughout area with Snow Geese and Canada flocks (many Cackling Geese as well). Tundra Swan - approx. 300 throughout area, with the largest concentration by far (250 birds) in a field to the north of Traverse CR 76 1 mile west of Wheaton. Golden Eagle - 1 adult in Big Stone County west of state hwy 7 just south of CR 33. Eurasion Collared-Dove - 2 at the grain elevators in Wheaton, Traverse County. Ben Wieland Ben Wieland Deep Portage Learning Center 2197 Nature Center Dr. NW Hackensack, MN 56452 (218)682-2325 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From donstark@charter.net Wed Mar 29 18:44:45 2006 From: donstark@charter.net (Don Starkweather) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:44:45 -0600 Subject: [mou] Cooper's hawk Message-ID: <001201c65360$d9b93fc0$3d207544@IBM8195E9U> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C6532E.8EC42CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today we had another good view of a cooper's hawk in the back yard but = this one was up close, actually 25 feet 9 inches from where I was = sitting. It perched on the railing on the deck next to a feeder for = about 3 minutes. At least the grackles left for awhile. One comment - I enjoy reading all of the sightings from around the state = but unfortunately some do not indicate where it was made. It would be = nice if the county were at least noted, or where in relation to a town = or landmark would be better. Saying that some waterfowl were on Mud = Lake is not much help, there are nearly 200 in the state (just an = example, not citing any report). Also, several weeks ago we went to see = (at least hoped to) the snowy owl in western Goodhue county. The = sighting indicated lights from a tower were in a certain position = relative to the owl. I found there were eleven towers of various sizes = having one or more blinking lights in the area. No owl. Don Starkweather Northfield, MN ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C6532E.8EC42CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Today we had another good view of a cooper's = hawk in the=20 back yard but this one was up close, actually 25 feet 9 inches from = where I was=20 sitting.  It perched on the railing on the deck next to a feeder = for about=20 3 minutes.  At least the grackles left for awhile.
 
One comment - I enjoy reading all of the = sightings from=20 around the state but unfortunately some do not indicate where it was = made. =20 It would be nice if the county were at least noted, or where in relation = to a=20 town or landmark would be better.  Saying that some waterfowl were = on Mud=20 Lake is not much help, there are nearly 200 in the state (just an = example, not=20 citing any report).  Also, several weeks ago we went to see (at = least hoped=20 to) the snowy owl in western Goodhue county.  The sighting = indicated=20 lights from a tower were in a certain position relative to the = owl.  I=20 found there were eleven towers of various sizes having one or more = blinking=20 lights in the area.  No owl.
 
Don Starkweather
Northfield, MN
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C6532E.8EC42CA0-- From alferber@hotmail.com Wed Mar 29 19:07:17 2006 From: alferber@hotmail.com (Al Ferber) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:07:17 +0000 Subject: [mou] Sightings on Rum River Message-ID: --_83147045-6687-4c60-bfb9-20eb0b042061_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello. =20 We have spotted the following on the Rum River just south of the Anoka dam = over the last 24 hours: =20 Wood duck pair Goldeneye pair Hooded Merganzer pair - actually, first spotted Mar 17 12-15 Buffleheads (2 female) - spotted 1 on Mar 17 Coots (we don't recall seeing coots on the Rum before) =20 Al & Kit Ferber =20 =20 =20 = --_83147045-6687-4c60-bfb9-20eb0b042061_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A=

Hello.

 

We have spotted the following on the Rum River just south of the Anoka = dam over the last 24 hours:

 

Wood duck pair

Goldeneye pair

Hooded Merganzer pair - actually, first spotte= d Mar 17

12-15 Buffleheads (2 female) - spotted 1 on Mar 17

Coots (we don't recall seeing coots on the Rum before)

 

Al & Kit Ferber

 

 

 

 

=0A= = --_83147045-6687-4c60-bfb9-20eb0b042061_-- From stan_1ch@yahoo.com Wed Mar 29 20:24:44 2006 From: stan_1ch@yahoo.com (Stan Merrill) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:24:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] OT - The New Medicine Message-ID: <20060329202444.84162.qmail@web38205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Greetings, EveryBIRDie! I recognize that this is OT [Off Topic] regarding birds/birding; however, it's very much OT [On Topic] for health care of BIRDERS, so which way do I "fly?" There's a program on PBS this [Wednesday] evening and early Thursday morning about "The New Medicine." Check your TV Guide for times. TV Guide on Internet for Twin Cities area of Minnesota lists... The New Medicine PBS [KTCA - Charter Channel 2] 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. - Wednesday, March 29 1:00 a.m. - Thursday, March 30 The New Medicine in Minnesota PBS [KTCA - Charter Channel 2]: 9:00 p.m. - Wednesday, March 30 Premise: A report on medical treatments that combine high-tech tools with nontraditional practices, including acupuncture, meditation and self-hypnosis. Included: the importance of a patient's mental health, lifestyle and support systems, and relationship with doctors. Hosted by Dana Reeve (widow of actor Christopher Reeve), who died of lung cancer on March 6, 2006. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From stan_1ch@yahoo.com Wed Mar 29 20:46:54 2006 From: stan_1ch@yahoo.com (Stan Merrill) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:46:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Hummingbirds...When will they return ? In-Reply-To: <44271996.6090209@localnet.com> Message-ID: <20060329204654.37740.qmail@web38213.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello, all ye "Hummers!" To check the northward migration of hummingbirds, check not only the website listed below, but also... http://journeynorth.org/ http://journeynorth.org/ and also post your sightings, too! http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html When they return depends upon your location. In Apple Valley, MN, I've sighted Ruby-throated hummingbirds... May 12, 2001 May 11, 2002 May 26, 2003 May 26, 2004 May 18, 2005 So I plan to put out nectar feeders early May. With a flat-style feeder with larger ports, same feeder will work for both the hummingbirds and the Orioles, which also like nectar, plus grape jelly. Happy "humming," wherever you may live. _ ( '< / ) ) / / " Stan Merrill Dakota County Apple Valley/St. Paul, MN __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From dlpwaters@charter.net Thu Mar 30 00:18:37 2006 From: dlpwaters@charter.net (Debbie Waters) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:18:37 -0600 Subject: [mou] Great Minnesota Birdathon! Message-ID: Minnesota Birders-- We at Hawk Ridge are VERY excited to announce the expansion of the Hawk Ridge Birdathon / St. Louis Co. Big Day into a STATEWIDE birding event: The Great Minnesota Birdathon! We invite you all to participate in this FUN event--grab your birding buddies--you can choose your own LOCATION and your own DAY. Terrific prizes will be awarded in a number of categories, plus door prizes will be awarded at the brunch on Sunday, May 21. Details and forms can be found at www.hawkridge.org - click on the Birdathon link in the lower right corner. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thanks! Debbie __________________________________ Debbie Waters, Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 (218) 428-6209 dwaters@hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org Great Minnesota Birdathon...May 1 - 20, 2006 www.hawkridge.org "In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught." --Baba Dioum -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 3/29/2006 From two-jays@att.net Thu Mar 30 03:01:58 2006 From: two-jays@att.net (Jim Williams) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:01:58 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fwd: [wisb] Nexrad tonight Message-ID: <8D7D7773-BF99-11DA-A29A-000D934C33C2@att.net> Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin Kearns" Date: March 29, 2006 8:07:31 PM CST To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" Subject: [wisb] Nexrad tonight First real good migration of the year is occuring tonight. The strong southerly flow is pushing the migrants up throughout the region from the Louisiana/Texas Border to Iowa. The entire gulf coast is showing its first real widespread movement of the year as well. So far Wisconsin is not showing much movement, the night is still young but we are currently on the eastern edge of the strong winds, so I think we will have to wait a few more nights. The readings are not quite in the 20 dbz range yet, but for this early in the year, they are very strong. Kevin Kearns Neenah forward by Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota From sweston2@comcast.net Thu Mar 30 03:07:37 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:07:37 -0600 Subject: [mou] Dakota County Message-ID: <003b01c653a7$65a6c570$f0afb445@Weston72505> Quiggley Lake still completely frozen, but our nesting waterfowl has started to return. Canada Geese have been staking out territories for about a week. Yesterday we had a Mallard pair and a single drake. The pair at least are still here. I also scared up a female Wood Duck when I went out this afternoon. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From crossbill7200@yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 04:22:59 2006 From: crossbill7200@yahoo.com (Shelley Steva) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:22:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Spring Birds in Red Lake Co. Message-ID: <20060330042259.74609.qmail@web31011.mail.mud.yahoo.com> 3/29/06-I saw a killdeer near Plummer and 2 grackles in Oklee. After seeing all these sightings for weeks and weeks in Southern Minnesota they are now happening up here. Of course- it did get to 51 degrees today. BOY- was that nice! Shelley Steva Thief River Falls Pennington Co. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Thu Mar 30 12:01:51 2006 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:01:51 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] (no subject) Message-ID: <61071.68.112.165.197.1143720111.squirrel@68.112.165.197> My friend Kathleen Anderson, who has a wilderness retreat, Wintermoon Summersun, in Brimson (less than a mile from my Breeding Bird Survey route), has been getting a partial albino chickadee since March 9. It's a really cool looking bird--its head is mostly white, but it also has pink legs and toes, with just a bit of pigment on some of the claws. I went over to look at it yesterday. Photographing it was frustrating--it was much more skittish than her other chickadees. But I did post some photos of it here: http://birderblog.com/bird/Species/Titmice/Black-cappedChickadee/BCCHGallery.html Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson From bluejay@lauraerickson.com Thu Mar 30 12:10:35 2006 From: bluejay@lauraerickson.com (Laura Erickson) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:10:35 -0600 (CST) Subject: [mou] Partial albino chickadee in Brimson Message-ID: <61122.68.112.165.197.1143720635.squirrel@68.112.165.197> I apologize for omitting the subject heading in my previous email. The body My friend Kathleen Anderson, who has a wilderness retreat, Wintermoon Summersun, in Brimson (less than a mile from my Breeding Bird Survey route), has been getting a partial albino chickadee since March 9. It's a really cool looking bird--its head is mostly white, but it also has pink legs and toes, with just a bit of pigment on some of the claws. I went over to look at it yesterday. Photographing it was frustrating--it was much more skittish than her other chickadees. But I did post some photos of it here: http://birderblog.com/bird/Species/Titmice/Black-cappedChickadee/BCCHGallery.html Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson From BobHoltz1933@aol.com Thu Mar 30 13:36:50 2006 From: BobHoltz1933@aol.com (BobHoltz1933@aol.com) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:36:50 EST Subject: [mou] Youth Birding Club Message-ID: <2ed.43f26fd.315d38f2@aol.com> -------------------------------1143725810 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The proposed new Youth Birding Club will meet on April 15th at 9:00 at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield for a field trip. The group is for 12-16 year olds. If you know any such young birders who might benefit from such a group, please provide me with names and e-mail addresses. Parents are welcome to attend this first session. Bob Holtz If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. -------------------------------1143725810 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The proposed new Youth Birding Club will meet on April 15th at 9:00 at=20= Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield for a field trip. The group is for 12-1= 6 year olds. If you know any such young birders who might benefit from such=20= a group, please provide me with names and e-mail addresses. Parents are welc= ome to attend this first session.
 
Bob Holtz
 
 
If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy.
-------------------------------1143725810-- From corax6330@yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 17:07:56 2006 From: corax6330@yahoo.com (fred lesher) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:07:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [mou] Houston Co. arrivals etc. Message-ID: <20060330170756.65445.qmail@web30908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Eastern Phoebe------2------Hillside Rd., resident outbuilding. Spring first. Wild Trurkey-------gobbling a storm, early AM Sandhill Crane-----hooting & cranking, Crooked Creek Killdeer-----------whistling in the 5AM darkness E. Bluebird meadowlark sp.-----Hillside rd., remnant grassland Purple Finch-------Hillside Rd.feeder Missed pre-dawn Woodcock Spring Peepers pinging unidentified frog call? Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From k.eckman@comcast.net Thu Mar 30 18:50:05 2006 From: k.eckman@comcast.net (Karen Eckman) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:50:05 -0600 Subject: [mou] Fees Message-ID: <00a101c6542a$c2afd260$15081f18@S0028698657> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C653F8.77E13300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John Hockema's story of two shrikes and birding with his brother moved = me to add my 2 cents to the 'fee for birders' discussion. I don't know the best way to protect essential habitat for all living = things in our state and nation.=20 But I do know it takes an unrelenting effort to keep the opposing forces = of greed and ignorance at bay. This effort includes: EDUCATION: Educating youth through exposing them to nature as children is an = important piece. Otherwise it doesn't matter what we do now to protect a = healthy environment. And educating the public so they realize they are = stakeholders in the environment is vital. Humans could become an = 'endangered species' if we are not good stewards of our environment - = especially our air and water. But many people see environmentalists = simply as impediments to economic progress...laws and rules to protect = our environment are just 'red tape' that requires cutting or finding a = way to get around it. Many people think we just want to save little = spotted owls because they are fun to look at while those people are more = concerned about what is important, like survival. (Ironic, huh?) Have = you seen that "family farm" TV ad lately? POLITICS: Who pays the fiddler, calls the tune. Yes, birders already contribute = through taxes, duck stamps, additional contributions on our MN taxes, = supporting non-profit organizations that buy and protect natural areas, = and park fees etc. But those contributions, though important, are = fragmented. How can we make what we give have more impact with = decision-makers? Look at the influence of Arctic Cat and Polaris vs. = birders. Are there more birders and hikers than off-road ATV riders in = MN? You wouldn't know it. Our often short-sighted government decision-makers are a critical piece = in maintaining natural areas and protecting them. They listen to LARGE = numbers of voters and BIG dollars. Unless we elect more statesmen/women = in politics who make decisions based on the greater good and the welfare = of the 7th generation, we need to be a stronger influence. HOW? Karen Eckman Phone: 651-483-8460 Cell: 651-260-8534 k.eckman@comcast.net ------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C653F8.77E13300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
John Hockema's story of two shrikes and = birding=20 with his brother moved me to add my 2 cents to the 'fee for birders'=20 discussion.
 
I don't know the best way to = protect essential=20 habitat for all living things in our state and nation.
But I do know it takes an unrelenting = effort to=20 keep the opposing forces of greed and ignorance at bay. This effort=20 includes:
EDUCATION:
Educating youth through exposing them = to nature as=20 children is an important piece. Otherwise it doesn't matter what we = do now=20 to protect a healthy environment. And educating the public so they = realize they=20 are stakeholders in the environment is vital. Humans could become = an=20 'endangered species' if we are not good stewards of our environment - = especially=20 our air and water. But many people see environmentalists simply as = impediments=20 to economic progress...laws and rules to protect our environment are = just 'red=20 tape' that requires cutting or finding a way to get around it. Many = people think we just want to save little spotted owls because they = are fun=20 to look at while those people are more concerned about what is = important, like survival. (Ironic, huh?) Have you seen that "family = farm" TV ad=20 lately?
POLITICS:
Who pays the fiddler, calls the tune. = Yes, birders=20 already contribute through taxes, duck stamps, additional = contributions=20 on our MN taxes, supporting non-profit organizations that buy = and=20 protect natural areas, and park fees etc. But those=20 contributions, though important, are fragmented. How can = we make=20 what we give have more impact with decision-makers? Look at the = influence of=20 Arctic Cat and Polaris vs. birders. Are there more birders and hikers = than=20 off-road ATV riders in MN? You wouldn't know it.
Our often short-sighted government = decision-makers are a critical piece in maintaining natural areas and = protecting=20 them. They listen to LARGE numbers of voters and BIG = dollars. Unless=20 we elect more statesmen/women in politics who make decisions based = on the=20 greater good and the welfare of the 7th generation, we need to be a = stronger=20 influence. HOW?
 
Karen Eckman
Phone:=20 651-483-8460
Cell:     651-260-8534
k.eckman@comcast.net ------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C653F8.77E13300-- From connybrunell@earthlink.net Thu Mar 30 19:00:16 2006 From: connybrunell@earthlink.net (Conny Brunell) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:00:16 -0600 Subject: [mou] Common Loons in Bloomington ~ Hennepin County Message-ID: <380-22006343019016663@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_2270211302350819016663 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII There are a pair of Common Loons on Lower Penn Lake at 86th Street and Penn Ave in Bloomington, Hennepin County. Half of the Lake is still frozen, but there also is a dozen Red-breasted Mergansers that can be seen from the parking lot. What a welcome sight!!! Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. connybrunell@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_2270211302350819016663 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
 
There are a pair of Common Loons on Lower Penn Lake at 86th Street
and Penn Ave in Bloomington, Hennepin County.  Half of the Lake is
still frozen, but there also is a dozen Red-breasted Mergansers that can
be seen from the parking lot.  What a welcome sight!!!
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty.
 
 
------=_NextPart_2270211302350819016663-- From ppedersen6@charter.net Thu Mar 30 19:13:56 2006 From: ppedersen6@charter.net (Paul Pedersen) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:13:56 -0600 Subject: [mou] Variety and numbers increase in the Rochester area Message-ID: <639feb570603301113l780b6d01l836e6df1b141a24b@mail.gmail.com> ------=_Part_10488_17290788.1143746036362 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Good waterfowl variety and numbers in and around Rochester the last couple of days. At Silver Lake and the Reservoirs: Common, Hooded and Red-breasted Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, Redhead, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Northern Shoveler (dozens moved in today), Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-billed Gulls (dozens yesterday) At the County 9 Marsh (just E of Rochester) I had my first of the year sightings of Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall, Tree Swallow and a Yellowlegs sp. (too far away to ID which one - which one is more likely this early?) Paul Pedersen near Rochester, MN ------=_Part_10488_17290788.1143746036362 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Good waterfowl variety and numbers in and around Rochester the last couple = of days.

At Silver Lake and the Reservoirs:

Common, Hooded an= d Red-breasted Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, Redhead, American Wigeo= n, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Northern Shoveler (dozens moved in today),= Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-billed Gulls (dozens yesterday)= =20

At the County 9 Marsh (just E of Rochester)

I had my first = of the year sightings of Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall, Tree Swallow and a Yell= owlegs sp. (too far away to ID which one - which one is more likely this ea= rly?)

Paul Pedersen
near Rochester, MN
------=_Part_10488_17290788.1143746036362-- From Robert_Russell@fws.gov Thu Mar 30 19:44:36 2006 From: Robert_Russell@fws.gov (Robert_Russell@fws.gov) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:44:36 -0600 Subject: [mou] Big Stone NWR drawdown Message-ID: --0__=09BBFBD2DFF87FA88f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBD2DFF87FA8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Alice Hanley, manager of Big Stone NWR, informed me that there will be = a yearlong drawdown of Pools A & B this year in order to facilitate construction of a new water control structure on the refuge. The drawd= own has already begun but the rather plentiful spring runoff may keep water= levels too high until May. Certainly a place to watch for maybe May an= d early June shorebirds this spring and fall migration beginning in July.= Bob Russell, USFWS= --0__=09BBFBD2DFF87FA88f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBD2DFF87FA8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline

Alice Hanley, manager of Big Stone NWR, informed me that there will = be a yearlong drawdown of Pools A & B this year in order to facilit= ate construction of a new water control structure on the refuge. The d= rawdown has already begun but the rather plentiful spring runoff may ke= ep water levels too high until May. Certainly a place to watch for may= be May and early June shorebirds this spring and fall migration beginni= ng in July. Bob Russell, USFWS= --0__=09BBFBD2DFF87FA88f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBD2DFF87FA8-- From Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com Thu Mar 30 20:50:06 2006 From: Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com (Alt, Mark) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:50:06 -0600 Subject: [mou] Waterville, MN ducks on 3/27 Message-ID: Sorry for the belated post, crazy week. On Monday, 3/27, Jim Rataczak, Lars Jonsson, and I saw 19 species of waterfowl on the lake just north of the city of Waterville on Hwy 13 in Le Sueur county.=20 * Canada Goose * Tundra swan - 2 flocks * Wood Duck - first of year * Gadwall * American Wigeon - First of year; very vocal * Mallard * Northern Shoveler - first of year * Green-winged Teal - first of year * Canvasback * Redhead - very vocal * Ring-necked Duck * Lesser Scaup * Bufflehead * Common Goldeneye - males displaying * Hooded Merganser * Common Merganser * Red-breasted Merganser * Ruddy Duck - first of year * American Coot Rainy, sleety day, but thee were over a thousand ducks to be seen up close, both east and west of Hwy 13, on the ice edges. Please use the seasonal reports on the MOU website, so we can visually track the migration as it goes through our state. Good Birding. Mark Alt Brooklyn Center, MN Hennepin County From baumann_matt@hotmail.com Thu Mar 30 21:32:38 2006 From: baumann_matt@hotmail.com (Matt Baumann) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:32:38 -0600 Subject: [mou] House Sparrows Message-ID: As a person trying to aid bluebirds in my backyard, I was lucky enough to get a pair of bluebirds to nest in my backyard last year. This year a pair of bluebirds has been trying to establish themselves in one of two nest boxes: a Peterson style (where they nested 2005) and a Gilbertson (this years addition). Unfortunately, a single male house sparrow has been aggressively defending both nest boxes and I fear may be gaining the upper hand. And also unfortunately air guns are probably banned within the city limits (But a Gilbertson Universal trap is on order !). Being observant, I have noticed that there several factors aiding house sparrow populations to thrive in my neighborhood and probably yours: 1) People feeding primarily millet seed in their bird feeders. 2) People with neglected purple martin houses and those cutsey bird houses (often pink and color and with a perch!). My point is that the good intentions of those trying to aid native cavity nesters are often usurped by the albeit good, but probably ignorant intentions of others. And herein lies a tough problem for us to resolve. Matt Baumann Winona, MN From Leodwm@aol.com Thu Mar 30 22:20:18 2006 From: Leodwm@aol.com (Leodwm@aol.com) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:20:18 EST Subject: [mou] Cedar Ave. Bridge Message-ID: <23e.99b9b1b.315db3a2@aol.com> -------------------------------1143757218 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all. We stopped by the old Cedar Ave. Bridge in Hennepin county today to see what was there. The minute we got there we spotted our first Fox Sparrows for this year near the parking lot, along with a few other sparrows. (Tree and Song) Then we walked out to the closed bridge to see what was there and saw a huge flock of ducks. Here's a list of all of them: Red-Breasted Merganser, 2 males diving in the back of the group. Common Merganser, quite a few males and females. Redhead, we only saw one male. Canvasback, one singular male drifting around. 1 American Widgeon 1 Gadwall 1 Shoveler A few male and female Bufflehead A huge number of Scaups, Ring-Necked Ducks, and Coots with an occasional Mallard and Pied-Billed Grebe. While we were watching the ducks, the Pileated Woodpecker flew up to a telephone pole and a Phoebe showed up. We then went up the trail leading to the left of the parking lot as you enter with a friend of ours and spotted our first Golden-Crowned Kinglet, which was quite surprising. There were two Blue-Winged Teals in the little pond to the left. We continued up the trail all the way til a little after going under the big bridge. There was another Kinglet on the way there just after the pond to the right, which had a huge flock of Ring-Necked Ducks. We went under the bridge and spotted a few Hooded Mergansers and Buffleheads, but nothing exciting. On our way back we spotted a immature Bald Eagle. We met our friend again and checked out the lake from the bridge lookout again, but I compiled the sightings in with the first batch. All in all, it was a great day for us, even though it was dreary and drizzled off and on. Good birding! - Leo WM -------------------------------1143757218 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello all.
We stopped by the old Cedar Ave. Bridge in Hennepin county today to see= =20 what was there. The minute we got there we spotted our first Fox Sparrows fo= r=20 this year near the parking lot, along with a few other sparrows. (Tree and S= ong)=20 Then we walked out to the closed bridge to see what was there and saw a huge= =20 flock of ducks. Here's a list of all of them:
 
Red-Breasted Merganser, 2 males diving in the back of the group.
Common Merganser, quite a few males and females.
Redhead, we only saw one male.
Canvasback, one singular male drifting around.
1 American Widgeon
1 Gadwall
1 Shoveler
A few male and female Bufflehead
A huge number of Scaups, Ring-Necked Ducks, and Coots with an=20 occasional Mallard and Pied-Billed Grebe.
While we were watching the ducks, the Pileated Woodpecker flew up to a=20 telephone pole and a Phoebe showed up.
 
We then went up the trail leading to the left of the parking lot as you= =20 enter with a friend of ours and spotted our first Golden-Crowned Kinglet, wh= ich=20 was quite surprising. There were two Blue-Winged Teals in the little po= nd=20 to the left. We continued up the trail all the way til a little after going=20 under the big bridge. There was another Kinglet on the way there just after=20= the=20 pond to the right, which had a huge flock of Ring-Necked Ducks. We went unde= r=20 the bridge and spotted a few Hooded Mergansers and Buffleheads, but nothing=20 exciting. On our way back we spotted a immature Bald Eagle.
We met our friend again and checked out the lake from the bridge lookou= t=20 again, but I compiled the sightings in with the first batch.
All in all, it was a great day for us, even though it was dreary and=20 drizzled off and on.
 
Good birding!
- Leo WM
 -------------------------------1143757218-- From Chris Benson" Message-ID: <007601c6544b$520a3980$6d78a8c0@station22> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01C65419.0755D8E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paul, It had to have been a Greater Yellowlegs based on the date. Chris ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul Pedersen=20 To: MN Bird ; MOU net=20 Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:13 PM Subject: [mou] Variety and numbers increase in the Rochester area Good waterfowl variety and numbers in and around Rochester the last = couple of days. At Silver Lake and the Reservoirs: Common, Hooded and Red-breasted Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, = Redhead, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Northern = Shoveler (dozens moved in today), Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, = Ring-billed Gulls (dozens yesterday)=20 At the County 9 Marsh (just E of Rochester)=20 I had my first of the year sightings of Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall, = Tree Swallow and a Yellowlegs sp. (too far away to ID which one - which = one is more likely this early?)=20 Paul Pedersen near Rochester, MN=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01C65419.0755D8E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Paul,
 
It had to have been a Greater = Yellowlegs based on=20 the date.
 
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Paul=20 Pedersen
To: MN Bird ; MOU = net
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 = 1:13=20 PM
Subject: [mou] Variety and = numbers=20 increase in the Rochester area

Good waterfowl variety and numbers in and around = Rochester the=20 last couple of days.

At Silver Lake and the = Reservoirs:

Common,=20 Hooded and Red-breasted Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, Redhead, = American=20 Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Northern Shoveler (dozens moved = in=20 today), Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-billed Gulls = (dozens=20 yesterday)

At the County 9 Marsh (just E of Rochester) =

I had=20 my first of the year sightings of Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall, Tree = Swallow and=20 a Yellowlegs sp. (too far away to ID which one - which one is more = likely this=20 early?)

Paul Pedersen
near Rochester, MN=20
------=_NextPart_000_0073_01C65419.0755D8E0-- From mattjim@earthlink.net Thu Mar 30 23:19:25 2006 From: mattjim@earthlink.net (James Mattsson) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:19:25 -0600 Subject: [mou] Albinistic Greater White-fronted Goose - Dakota Message-ID: <410-220063430231925615@earthlink.net> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 3/30/06 -P.M. Dakota Co. Wetland at CR 47 and Goodwin: At least 60 white-fronts including a striking dilute-plumaged individual. This is the first partial albino of this species I have seen. It is the color of coffee with way too much cream added. The "white-front" is large but less visible than on normal-plumaged birds. The bill is also a tad more orange than the others. Many ducks here as well. Lake Byllesby: 19 species of ducks, 5 Common Loons, Horned and Pied-billed Grebe. 180th wetland: 10 Greater White-fronted Geese, 4 Cackling Geese, plus lots of ducks. 140th wetland: 4 Cackling Geese plus ducks, including Ruddy. Most ponds starting to open up throughout the area. Next few days will be interesting. Jim ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

3/30/06 -P.M.
Dakota Co.
 
Wetland at CR 47 and Goodwin: At least 60 white-fronts including a striking dilute-plumaged individual. This is the first partial albino of this species I have seen. It is the color of coffee with way too much cream added. The "white-front" is large but less visible than on normal-plumaged birds. The bill is also a tad more orange than the others. Many ducks here as well.
 
Lake Byllesby: 19 species of ducks, 5 Common Loons, Horned and Pied-billed Grebe.
 
180th wetland: 10 Greater White-fronted Geese, 4 Cackling Geese,  plus lots of ducks.
 
140th wetland: 4 Cackling Geese plus ducks, including Ruddy.
 
Most ponds starting to open up throughout the area. Next few days will be interesting.
 
Jim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From axhertzel@sihope.com Fri Mar 31 01:37:42 2006 From: axhertzel@sihope.com (Anthony Hertzel) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:37:42 -0600 Subject: [mou] MOU RBA 30 March 2006 Message-ID: <08193BDC-9693-43BE-84B1-1EF03171A7AB@sihope.com> --Apple-Mail-15-105621442 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 30th. Connie Brunell visited Koochiching County on the 23rd and found three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, all along county road 13. One was eight miles north of U.S. Highway 71, another 9.2 miles north, and a third 10.8 miles north. A THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was also seen along this road 10.8 miles north of U.S. Highway 71. Connie also found three GREAT GRAY OWLS along Koochiching County Road 30, from nine to twelve miles west of Big Falls. Nancy Jackson found three LONG-TAILED DUCKS along the Minnesota River near the western end of Black Dog Lake in Dakota County on the 26th. On the 30th, Jim Mattsson visited the wetland at Dakota County Road 47 and Goodwin Avenue and found at least sixty GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE including a leucistic individual. Ben Wieland found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES on the 28th at the grain elevators in Wheaton, Traverse County. GREATER YELLOWLEGS have been reported from Houston and Olmsted counties, and I also have recent reports of TUNDRA SWAN, CACKLING GOOSE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, EASTERN PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, and SONG SPARROW. Thanks to Joel Hessen, Bonnie Kirchner, Tom Bloom, and Barb Kull. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 6th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-15-105621442 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March = 30th.=A0


Connie Brunell visited = Koochiching County on the 23rd and found three BLACK-BACKED = WOODPECKERS, all along county road 13. One was eight miles north = of U.S. Highway 71, another 9.2 miles north, and a third 10.8 miles = north. A THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was also seen along this = road 10.8 miles north of U.S. Highway 71. Connie also found three = GREAT GRAY = OWLS= along Koochiching County Road 30, from nine to twelve miles west of Big = Falls.


Nancy Jackson found three LONG-TAILED = DUCKS along the Minnesota River near the western end of = Black Dog Lake in Dakota County on the 26th.


On the 30th, Jim Mattsson = visited the wetland at Dakota County Road 47 and Goodwin Avenue and = found at least sixty GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE including a leucistic = individual.=A0


Ben Wieland found a pair = of EURASIAN = COLLARED-DOVES on the 28th at the grain elevators in Wheaton, = Traverse County.=A0


GREATER = YELLOWLEGS have been reported from Houston and Olmsted = counties, and I also have recent reports of TUNDRA SWAN, CACKLING = GOOSE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, AMERICAN = WOODCOCK, EASTERN PHOEBE, = WINTER = WREN, and SONG SPARROW.


Thanks to Joel Hessen, = Bonnie Kirchner, Tom Bloom, and Barb Kull.


The next scheduled update = of this tape is Thursday, April 6th.


- - = -

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

= --Apple-Mail-15-105621442-- From sweston2@comcast.net Fri Mar 31 02:14:41 2006 From: sweston2@comcast.net (Steve Weston) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:14:41 -0600 Subject: [mou] Snipe: Dakota Co. Message-ID: <003401c6546a$4bacf310$f0afb445@Weston72505> Stopped by 140th St. marsh (just east of Hwy 52) in Dakota Co this afternoon and found: Ring-neck Ducks (94) Greater Scaup Ruddy Duck Gadwell Coots Redhead Wilson Snipe (2) Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2@comcast.net From jslind@frontiernet.net Fri Mar 31 02:49:36 2006 From: jslind@frontiernet.net (Jim Lind) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:49:36 -0600 Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 3/30/06 Message-ID: <442C4460.5876.606A8A7@localhost> This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 30th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The West Skyline Hawk Count had flights of more than 400 raptors on the 26th and 27th, including more than 250 BALD EAGLES both days. At least 24 GOLDEN EAGLES have been seen since the 23rd, including nine on the 25th. The first migrant SHARP-SHINNED HAWK was seen on the 25th, with the first TURKEY VULTURE and NORTHERN HARRIER on the 26th, and the first AMERICAN KESTREL on the 27th. More than 1,300 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on the 27th. Other recent spring arrivals in the Duluth area include PEREGRINE FALCONS at Northshore Mining in Silver Bay on the 24th, BELTED KINGFISHER in west Duluth on the 27th, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK near Two Harbors on the 29th. A TRUMPETER SWAN was seen in west Duluth at Fond du Lac on the 27th. Nancy Jackson saw two LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Brighton Beach in Duluth on the 21st. Conny Brunell and Jim Otto birded Koochiching County on the 23rd and found three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, all along CR 13. One was eight miles north of U.S. Highway 71, another 9.2 miles north, and a third 10.8 miles north. They also found a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER along CR 13, 10.8 miles north of U.S. Highway 71, and three GREAT GRAY OWLS nine to twelve miles west of Big Falls along CR 30. Warren Nelson relocated two SNOWY OWLS on the 25th along Aitkin County Road 1, 0.4 mile south of the diversion channel, and 1.4 miles north of the diversion channel. Celeste Kawulok found six SHARP- TAILED GROUSE in the Sax-Zim bog on the 25th, at the junction of CR 29 and the Watsula Road. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 6th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. From ajjoppru@wiktel.com Fri Mar 31 02:59:01 2006 From: ajjoppru@wiktel.com (Jeanie Joppru) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:59:01 -0600 Subject: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report-Friday, March 31, 2006 Message-ID: <001201c6546f$202ed140$49b391ce@main> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C6543C.D5946140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, March 31, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888. Spring is fast arriving, water is running all over, and ice is slowing disappearing from streams and rivers. Migrants are flooding in , more every day. This week there are numerous reports of Canada Goose, swans, a variety of ducks, Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, and an assortment of the early arriving sparrows; even a few American Robins are showing up. Rick Holbrook was birding in Wilkin County on March 25 where he reported GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported that many migrants are passing through Otter Tail County. On March 26, they found 40 TRUMPETER SWANS, NORTHERN PINTAIL , 65 COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER, HERRING GULL, and 25 COMMON GRACKLES along the Otter Tail River and area lakes. WOOD DUCKS and two SANDHILL CRANES have been seen at Glendalough State Park. Six GREAT BLUE HERONS were seen on Sunday in Otter Tail County. On March 27, a PIED-BILLED GREBE returned, on the 29th, BELTED KINGFISHER,AMERICAN COOT, RING-BILLED GULL, and TREE SWALLOW were seen. Amy Drake reported BROWN CREEPER, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, and FOX SPARROW at Walker Lake. Alma Ronningen reported an EASTERN MEADOWLARK seen on March 27, GREAT EGRET and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on the 29th, and RED-TAILED HAWK and FOX SPARROW on March 30. >From Todd County, Beau Shroyer reported a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK along CR 19 south of MN 28 on March 25. Beau Shroyer found a NORTHERN GOSHAWK soaring over a wetland in Douglas County on March 25, and on March 27, he found a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE off CR 23 east of Alexandria. Shar Legenhausen in Becker County mentioned CANADA GOOSE, 4 TRUMPETER SWANS, HOODED MERGANSER, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS along the Buffalo River on March 28.=20 Pat Rice found 7 TRUMPETER SWANS in Cass County at the Federal Dam on March 25. On March 30, she had 40 RED CROSSBILLS, a RED-TAILED HAWK, and an AMERICAN KESTREL along CR 91. Three GREAT BLUE HERONS were found along the south side of US 2 near Cass Lake. Pat also reported a NORTHERN GOSHAWK that appeared at the home of Earl and Bonnie Ockenga in Beltrami County on March 28.Other species seen in Beltrami County included 45 COMMON GOLDENEYE, a RED-TAILED HAWK, 40 RING-BILLED GULLS, and 3 HERRING GULLS at the Mississippi River inlet in Bemidji. An AMERICAN ROBIN was seen in Bemidji on March 29. Bruce Flaig reported that there were 4 TRUMPETER SWANS at Maple Lake in Polk County on March 23. Other species in the county included BALD EAGLE, HORNED LARK, FOX SPARROW, COMMON REDPOLL, and HOUSE FINCH.=20 In Red Lake County, Shelley Steva found four TUNDRA SWANS, three AMERICAN ROBINS and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD on March 28, all near Oklee. On March 29 she saw the first KILLDEER in the county, and COMMON GRACKLES in Oklee. Tammy Swick reported a WILD TURKEY in Pennington County southwest of Thief River Falls on March 24. AMERICAN ROBINS were singing in our yard east of Thief River Falls on March 29. >From Marshall County , Alice Sather reported WESTERN MEADOWLARK on March 26. Jodi Graham reported the sighting of a SNOWY OWL along CR 30 six miles northeast of Newfolden on March 26.=20 >From the Roseau River WMA, Randy Prachar reported that migrants are flooding in daily. On March 27 came COMMON GOLDENEYE, the first AMERICAN ROBIN, and MOURNING DOVE; on March 28 there was AMERICAN KESTREL, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK, while on the 29th, it was COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER, and NORTHERN HARRIER. On March 30, GREATER SCAUP and WOOD DUCK showed up. Larry Wilebski reported a RED-TAILED HAWK and a MERLIN in Kittson County near Lancaster on the weekend. Other species that he mentioned included CANADA GOOSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, and AMERICAN ROBIN. Thanks to Bruce Flaig, Tammy Swick, Rick Holbrook, Beau Shroyer, Larry Wilebski, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Pat Rice, Shar Legenhausen, Alice Sather, Shelley Steva , Alma Ronningen, Randy Prachar, Jodi Graham, and Amy Drake for their reports. Keep up the good work , and please be as specific as possible about the locations of your sightings. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, April 7, 2006. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C6543C.D5946140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Northwest Minnesota Birding Report-Friday, March 31, 2006

This is the Northwest Minnesota = Birding Report for Friday, March 31, 2006 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes = Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling = (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

Spring is fast arriving, water is = running all over, and ice is slowing disappearing from streams  and = rivers. Migrants are flooding in , more every day. This week there are = numerous reports of  Canada Goose, swans, a variety of ducks, Bald = Eagles, Northern Harriers, Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, and an = assortment of the early arriving sparrows; even a few American Robins = are showing up.

Rick Holbrook was birding in = Wilkin County on March 25 where he reported  GREATER = PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and  = WESTERN = MEADOWLARK.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported = that many migrants are passing through Otter Tail County. On March 26, = they  found 40 TRUMPETER = SWANS, = NORTHERN PINTAIL , 65 = COMMON = GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER, HERRING GULL, and 25 COMMON GRACKLES = along the Otter Tail River and area = lakes.  WOOD DUCKS and two = SANDHILL = CRANES have been seen at = Glendalough State Park. Six GREAT BLUE HERONS were seen on Sunday in Otter Tail County. = On March 27, a PIED-BILLED GREBE  returned, on the 29th, BELTED KINGFISHER,AMERICAN COOT, = RING-BILLED GULL, and = TREE = SWALLOW were seen. Amy Drake = reported BROWN CREEPER, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, and FOX SPARROW at = Walker Lake. Alma Ronningen reported an EASTERN MEADOWLARK seen on March 27, GREAT EGRET and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on the 29th, and RED-TAILED HAWK = and FOX SPARROW on March 30.

From Todd County, Beau Shroyer = reported a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK along CR 19 south of MN 28 on March 25.

Beau Shroyer found a NORTHERN GOSHAWK = soaring over a wetland in Douglas = County on March 25, and on March 27, he found a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE = off CR 23 east of = Alexandria.

Shar Legenhausen in Becker = County  mentioned CANADA GOOSE, 4 = TRUMPETER SWANS, HOODED MERGANSER, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS = along the Buffalo River on March 28.

Pat Rice found 7 TRUMPETER SWANS = in Cass County at the Federal = Dam  on March 25. On March 30, she had 40 RED = CROSSBILLS, a RED-TAILED HAWK, and an AMERICAN KESTREL along CR 91. Three  GREAT BLUE HERONS were found along the south side of US 2 = near Cass Lake.

Pat also reported a NORTHERN GOSHAWK = that appeared at the home of Earl = and Bonnie Ockenga in Beltrami County on March 28.Other species seen in = Beltrami County included 45 COMMON GOLDENEYE,  a RED-TAILED HAWK, 40 RING-BILLED GULLS, and 3 HERRING GULLS at the Mississippi River inlet in Bemidji. = An AMERICAN = ROBIN was seen in Bemidji on = March 29.

Bruce Flaig reported that there = were 4 TRUMPETER SWANS at = Maple Lake in Polk County on March 23. Other species in the county = included BALD EAGLE, HORNED LARK,  FOX SPARROW,  COMMON = REDPOLL, and  = HOUSE = FINCH.

In Red Lake County, Shelley Steva = found four TUNDRA SWANS, three = AMERICAN = ROBINS and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD = on March 28, all near Oklee. On = March 29 she saw the first KILLDEER in the county, and  COMMON GRACKLES in Oklee.

Tammy Swick reported a = WILD = TURKEY in Pennington County = southwest of Thief River Falls on March 24. AMERICAN = ROBINS  were singing in = our yard east of Thief River Falls on March 29.

From Marshall County , Alice = Sather reported WESTERN MEADOWLARK on = March 26. Jodi Graham reported the sighting of a SNOWY OWL along CR 30 six miles northeast of = Newfolden on March 26.

From the Roseau River WMA, Randy = Prachar  reported that migrants are flooding in daily.  On = March 27 came COMMON GOLDENEYE, the = first AMERICAN ROBIN, and = MOURNING = DOVE;  on March 28 there = was AMERICAN KESTREL, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and WESTERN = MEADOWLARK, while on = the 29th, it was COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER, and NORTHERN HARRIER. On = March 30, GREATER SCAUP and WOOD DUCK showed up.

Larry Wilebski reported a = RED-TAILED = HAWK and a MERLIN in Kittson County near Lancaster on the = weekend. Other species that he mentioned included CANADA GOOSE, = ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL,  and AMERICAN ROBIN.

Thanks to Bruce Flaig, Tammy = Swick, Rick Holbrook, Beau Shroyer, Larry Wilebski, Dan and Sandy = Thimgan, Pat Rice, Shar Legenhausen, Alice Sather, Shelley Steva , Alma = Ronningen, Randy Prachar, Jodi Graham, and Amy Drake for their reports. = Keep up the good work , and please be as specific as possible about the = locations of your sightings.

Please report bird sightings to = Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at = ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR = call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. = Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the = county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird = Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled = update of this report is Friday, April 7, 2006.


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This morning on my walk through Wood Lake Nature Center (6710 Lake Shore Drive) in Richfield, Hennepin County there were some new migrants, and a whole lot of vocalizations going on.  There was Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Eastern Phoebe, Brown Creeper, and lots of Fox Sparrows.
 
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
 
------=_NextPart_17985113129923163650963-- From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Mar 31 16:38:09 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:38:09 -0600 Subject: [mou] Sherburne & Mille Lacs Message-ID: <000e01c654e1$7ee80ef0$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Sherburne Refuge & close by: four Greater White-fronted Geese (personally unusual sighting in county), single Tundra Swan among eight Trumpeters (size differential very obvious), ten duck species (many ponds still frozen) - best spots are the farmers field where CR 70 turns south and at the CR2 ponds. Mille Lacs County (southern): two Rusty Blackbirds today, single Harrier, Eastern Phoebe, generally quieter than Sherburne NWR. Observed a single dark lizard crossing Sherburne CR 5 on Wednesday, but am clueless as to identity. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net Fri Mar 31 19:49:18 2006 From: PastorAl@PrincetonFreeChurch.net (Pastor Al Schirmacher) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:49:18 -0600 Subject: [mou] Isanti rookery Message-ID: <011a01c654fc$3310d230$0b01a8c0@pastoral> Active Great Blue Heron rookery (~40 birds), Isanti CR 5, .4 miles east of the end of Sherburne CR 2. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties From screechowl@charter.net Fri Mar 31 22:13:01 2006 From: screechowl@charter.net (Dave Bartkey) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:13:01 -0600 Subject: [mou] Rice County today Message-ID: <000a01c65510$4698e220$5a98be44@roc.mn.charter.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C654DD.FBEDA940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone! After working all week and reading all of the posts regarding the many = migrants moving in, the rain wasn't going to stop me today! Despite the = crummy weather, the birds were out! A walk at River Bend Nature Center = produced golden-crowned kinglets, fox sparrow, eastern phoebe, hermit = thrush, swamp sparrow, and many brown creepers. I left River Bend to = check out Alexander Park, Wells Lake, and wherever else I could find = things happening. Alexander Park had a single horned grebe. Wells Lake = produced a sandhill crane and 2 great egrets. In a flooded farm field, I = found my 1st blue-winged teal of the year, and at Twin Lakes, near a = patch of open water, there were two belted kingfishers. In all, 67 = species were seen today, of those, 23 were waterfowl species.=20 Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault,MN screechowl@charter.net ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C654DD.FBEDA940 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone!
  After working all week and = reading all of=20 the posts regarding the many migrants moving in, the rain wasn't going = to stop=20 me today! Despite the crummy weather, the birds were out! A walk at = River Bend=20 Nature Center produced golden-crowned kinglets, fox = sparrow,=20 eastern phoebe, hermit thrush, swamp sparrow, and many brown = creepers.=20 I left River Bend to check out Alexander Park, Wells Lake, and wherever = else I=20 could find things happening. Alexander Park had a = single horned=20 grebe. Wells Lake produced a sandhill=20 crane and 2 great egrets. In a = flooded=20 farm field, I found my 1st blue-winged = teal of the=20 year, and at Twin Lakes, near a patch of open water, there were=20 two belted kingfishers. In all, 67 species = were seen=20 today, of those, 23 were waterfowl species.
 
Good birding!
 
Dave Bartkey
Faribault,MN
screechowl@charter.net=20
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C654DD.FBEDA940-- From Chris Benson" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C654E7.F9645AC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I observed a Snowy Owl in Mower County this afternoon. The bird is along Mower County Road 20, about 1/2 mile south of the Mower/Dodge County line, 500 feet east of the road. The bird was along the edge of a plowed field and a field with corn stubble standing. Crows were mobbing it when I first heard about it at 12:30 PM and when I first saw it at 2:20 PM. At 4:20 PM there were no crows to help find the bird. Mower County 20 turns into to Dodge County Road 9, so if you're coming from the Rochester area it might be easier to take US 14 to Dodge 9 and then go south. >From Austin take I-90 west to Mower 20, where the campground is, and then go north nearly to the county line. Chris Benson Rochester ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C654E7.F9645AC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I observed a Snowy Owl in Mower County = this=20 afternoon.
The bird is along Mower County Road 20, = about 1/2=20 mile
south of the Mower/Dodge County line, = 500 feet east=20 of the
road.  The bird was along the edge = of a plowed=20 field and a field
with corn stubble standing.  Crows = were=20 mobbing it when
I first heard about it at 12:30 PM and = when I first=20 saw it
at 2:20 PM.  At 4:20 PM there were = no crows to=20 help
find the bird.
 
Mower County 20 turns into to Dodge = County Road 9,=20 so if
you're coming from the Rochester area = it might be=20 easier
to take US 14 to Dodge 9 and then go=20 south.
From Austin take I-90 west to Mower 20, = where the=20 campground is,
and then go north nearly to the county=20 line.
 
Chris Benson
Rochester
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