[mou] Minnesota bird spots

[Richard Wood]

Hi all,

Thank you to everyone who responded to my question about where to find, online hopefully, the locations in which to bird in Minnesota.  There was quite a bit of information provided to me, and I thank you all.  The consensus seems to be that one should purchase Kim Eckert's book, which I will most definitely look into.

As usual, I have found a real good way to bird is while driving.  So far, on my way to work, I have seen Ruddy Duck, Green Heron, Great Egret, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, and Double-breasted Cormorant, to name but a few.

We (my wife (the good birder in our house) and I (the other birder in our house)) both hope to see you out there in the field.  We were going to go on the field trip Saturday to the Minnesota Valley NWR, but when it started raining, we headed home.

Good birding,
Richard

 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
University of Minnesota
Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry,
College of Pharmacy
717 Delaware St. SE 
Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959
rwoodphd at yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Wood <rwoodphd at yahoo.com>
To: mou-net at moumn.org; mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2007 2:34:20 PM
Subject: Minnesota bird spots

Hi all,

We've just moved to Minnesota (we've been here since April 28th), and I was wondering if there is anyplace online that one could find a list of good places to bird as well as where they are located, and how to get there.

So far, the only places I know of are the Carpenter Nature Center, the bike trail that goes down to the Mississippi River, here in Hastings, the 140 St. Marsh, and the Minnesota Valley NWR (the last two of which I've yet to go to).

I've googled for places to bird in Minnesota, but I've yet to find anything useful.

So far, I've seen 42 species in the state, not including the Broad-winged Hawk and Peregrine Falcon we saw at the Raptor Release yesterday.  

Good birding,
Richard
Hastings, MN
 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
University of
 Minnesota
Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry,
College of Pharmacy
717 Delaware St. SE 
Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959
rwoodphd at yahoo.com







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