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8 Feb Please include me on the new list serve [Jason Caddy ] 8 Feb Please include me in the list [Mark Miller ] 8 Feb Young Birders Encouragement ["Pastor Al Schirmacher" ] 8 Feb Young Birders Encouragement [Pastor Al Schirmacher ] 8 Feb Messages to MOU-NET [Terence Brashear ] 8 Feb Subscribe [Beth Girard ] 8 Feb WW crossbills in Detroit Lakes [Beau Shroyer ] 8 Feb message [] 8 Feb Listing Supplement Entry ["David A. Cahlander" ] 8 Feb 7 owls Sax-Zim [sparky stensaas ] 7 Feb spring trip [Bruce Staggert ] 7 Feb please keep us on the list [Bruce Staggert ] 7 Feb Owls and People [Michael Hendrickson ] 7 Feb MESSAGE FROM THE MODERATORS [Terence Brashear ] 7 Feb No Subject [] 7 Feb No Subject [Douglas Mayo ] 7 Feb Re: Register please [Rick ] 7 Feb Re: Fw: mou-net has moved [Bill Kahn ] 7 Feb Move me [David Tanner ] 7 Feb test [Steve Weston ] 7 Feb Re: mou-net has moved [Jim and Charlene Nelson ] 7 Feb Register please [Ross Levin ] 7 Feb MOU LIST SERVE [Victor Lewis ] 7 Feb Fwd: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved [Marilyn and Warren Regelmann ] 7 Feb Re: Fw: mou-net has moved [Mark and Beth Hamel ] 7 Feb Re: Fw: mou-net has moved [Holly Peirson ] 7 Feb Fw: mou-net has moved [roy zimmerman ] 7 Feb Please include me in the move [douglas chapman ] 7 Feb Please include me in the list [tinkermn ] 7 Feb No Subject [Becky Muotka ] 7 Feb mou-net has moved ["mou AT moumn.org" ] 6 Feb Re: snowy owl, swift county [Dennis and Barbara Martin ] 6 Feb Barrow's Goldeneye (2), Mute Swan [Bruce Fall ] 6 Feb N. Shrike, NW Mower County [Peter Mattson ] 6 Feb Sax Zim Bog [Gary and Cindy Nelson ] 6 Feb early bird plumage & color [gordon andersson ] 6 Feb Hawk Owl northern St Louis County [Dee Kuder ] 6 Feb snowy owl, swift county ["J. Schmidt" ] 5 Feb 2010 Field Trips - Looking for Leaders - Three Trips Currently Scheduled ["Pastor Al Schirmacher" ] 5 Feb 2010 Field Trips - Looking for Leaders - Three Trips Currently Scheduled [Pastor Al Schirmacher ] 5 Feb [mou-rba] MOU RBA 5 February 2010 [Anthony Hertzel ] 5 Feb Great Gray Owl in Sax Zim [Jim Lind ] 5 Feb [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 2/5/10 [Jim Lind ] 5 Feb 2nd try! - Photo Website Update [Linda Krueger ] 5 Feb Photo Website Update [Linda Krueger ] 4 Feb [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, February 4, 2010 [Jeanie Joppru ] 4 Feb Crow Wing County Varied Thrushes [Steve & Jo Blanich ] 4 Feb Barrow's Goldeneye - Wabasha Co. [Bill Litkey ] 4 Feb wild turkey history-- from Science Now [gordon andersson ] 3 Feb Short-eared Owl, etc [Dennis and Barbara Martin ] 3 Feb Re: Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County [Cathy Gagliardi ] 3 Feb Re: Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County ["Bernard P. Friel" ] 3 Feb Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County [Jeanie Joppru ] 3 Feb North Shore sightings [Jim Lind ] 3 Feb large flocks of robins in Medina, Hennepin County [Madeleine Linck ] 3 Feb Robin roost [Tom Bell ] 3 Feb Black-Backed Woodpecker ["Pastor Al Schirmacher" ] 3 Feb Black-Backed Woodpecker [Pastor Al Schirmacher ] 2 Feb Cass County Birds [B W ] 2 Feb Bird observations from Belle Plaine area [Robert Dunlap ] 2 Feb Boreal owl in Cotton (St Louis co) [Benjamin Yokel ] 1 Feb Re: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? [Melissa Hein ] 1 Feb Re: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? ["Erika Sitz" ] 1 Feb Re: [mnbird] What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? [Erika Sitz ] 1 Feb Re: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? [Amy Blake ] 1 Feb What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? ["Pastor Al Schirmacher" ] 1 Feb What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? [Pastor Al Schirmacher ] 1 Feb White-Winged Scoter, Duluth [Frank Berdan ] 1 Feb education opportunity [linda whyte ] 31 Jan Owl Map/Owls/Gulls/Sax-Zim Bog [Michael Hendrickson ] 31 Jan Whitney Eastman Archives open house, Feb. 13 [Paul Schlick ] 31 Jan Varied Thrush in Sherburne County refound 1/31 [] 31 Jan Varied Thrush in Sherburne County refound 1/31 [Linda Sparling ] 31 Jan N hawk owl. Hwy 200, 10 mi. east of Hill City [Beau Shroyer ] 31 Jan Weekend Sax/Zim [David Alexander ] 31 Jan Sherburne Cty -BBWO NOT refound [Jim Ryan ] Subject: Please include me on the new list serve From: Jason Caddy <j.caddy AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:42:33 -0600 Please include me on the new list. Jason Caddy j.caddy AT hotmail.com 949-370-3157 126 43rd St. W. #26 Minneaplois, MN 55409 Thank you _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Please include me in the list From: Mark Miller <mlmiller7 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:54:38 -0600 Please include me in the list Thank you ----- Original Message ----- From: "MOU-NET automatic digest system" To: Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:02 AM Subject: MOU-NET Digest - 6 Feb 2010 to 7 Feb 2010 (#2010-10) > There are 22 messages totalling 661 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. mou-net has moved (2) > 2. (3) > 3. Please include me in the list > 4. Please include me in the move > 5. Fw: mou-net has moved (4) > 6. Fwd: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > 7. MOU LIST SERVE > 8. Register please (2) > 9. test > 10. Move me > 11. MESSAGE FROM THE MODERATORS > 12. Owls and People > 13. please keep us on the list > 14. spring trip > 15. 7 owls Sax-Zim > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 05:31:55 -0700 > From: "mou AT moumn.org" > Subject: mou-net has moved > > mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your message to > that address. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 05:51:41 -0800 > From: Becky Muotka > Subject: > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:52:54 -0600 > From: tinkermn > Subject: Please include me in the list > > Please include me in the list > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:11:08 -0600 > From: douglas chapman > Subject: Please include me in the move > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 > From: roy zimmerman > Subject: Fw: mou-net has moved > > Are we supposed to tell you to move us?=A0 If so, please move me also.=A0 > T= > he message was unclear.=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Forwarded Message ----=0AFrom: > "mo= > u AT moumn.org" =0ATo: roy zimmerman = > =0ASent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM=0ASubject: mou-net has > moved=0A= > =0Amou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu.=A0 Please resend your > messag= > e to that address. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:25:48 -0600 > From: Holly Peirson > Subject: Re: Fw: mou-net has moved > > likewise...=20 > =20 >> Date: Sun=2C 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 >> From: roymz756 AT YAHOO.COM >> Subject: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved >> To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU >>=20 >> Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so=2C please move me also. >> T= > he message was unclear. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> ----- Forwarded Message ---- >> From: "mou AT moumn.org" >> To: roy zimmerman >> Sent: Sun=2C February 7=2C 2010 10:20:04 AM >> Subject: mou-net has moved >>=20 >> mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your message >> t= > o that address. >>=20 >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > = > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:29:10 +0000 > From: Mark and Beth Hamel > Subject: Re: Fw: mou-net has moved > > Me too, please. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Holly Peirson" > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:25:48 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > > likewise... > >> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 >> From: roymz756 AT YAHOO.COM >> Subject: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved >> To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU >> >> Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me also. The >> message was unclear. >> >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ---- >> From: "mou AT moumn.org" >> To: roy zimmerman >> Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM >> Subject: mou-net has moved >> >> mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your message to >> that address. >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:45:21 -0600 > From: Marilyn and Warren Regelmann > Subject: Fwd: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > > I am not sure I am supposed to do this- but just in case! I don't want to > lose my link. > > Marilyn Regelmann > > -- > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:29:10 +0000 > From: Mark and Beth Hamel > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Me too, please. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Holly Peirson" > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:25:48 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > > likewise... > >> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 >> From: roymz756 AT YAHOO.COM >> Subject: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved >> To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU >> >> Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me also. The >> message was unclear. >> >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ---- >> From: "mou AT moumn.org" >> To: roy zimmerman >> Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM >> Subject: mou-net has moved >> >> mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your message to >> that address. >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:51:30 -0700 > From: Victor Lewis > Subject: MOU LIST SERVE > > PLEASE MOVE ME!!! > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:04:33 -0600 > From: Ross Levin > Subject: Register please > > =20 > =20 > Real. Life. Planning. =20 > Ross Levin, CFP=AE > ACCREDITED INVESTORS, INC. > Real. Life. Planning.=20 > > 5200 West 73rd Street > Edina, MN 55439 > (952) 841-2222 > (952) 841-2223 fax > Ross AT accredited.com=20 > ________________________________ > > Disclaimer Under United States Department of Treasury Circular 230: = > Nothing contained in this message is intended or written to be used, nor = > may it be used, (1) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding = > tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code, or (2) by any = > person to promote, market or recommend any Federal tax transaction or = > other matter addressed in this message. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail is = > confidential, may be legally privileged, and is intended only for the = > use of the intended recipient. If the reader of this is not the intended = > recipient, you are advised that any dissemination, distribution, or = > copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this = > e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone at = > 952=B7841=B72222 and destroy this email.=20 > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:30:01 -0500 > From: Jim and Charlene Nelson > Subject: Re: mou-net has moved > > please include me in this list > Charlene Nelson, Grant Co MN/Citrus Co FL > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:31 AM, mou AT moumn.org wrote: > >> mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your >> message to that address. >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:27:10 -0600 > From: Steve Weston > Subject: test > > test > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:31:48 -0600 > From: David Tanner > Subject: Move me > > Please include as well. Thanks. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:34:02 -0600 > From: Bill Kahn > Subject: Re: Fw: mou-net has moved > > I don't think anyone has to be moved anywhere or has been moved > recently. > > I suspect that anyone who was a part of this list before the move to > the University of Minnesota listserv system from the old list site was > included long ago. I, for example, have followed this list less than a > year, and registered through the Univ. of MN listserv site, and so > have only one address to which I would send posts to mou-net. > > Those who have participated from before the move might occasionally > use the old address to which list participants sent their posts; the > messages requesting folks to use the current address are likely > automated, triggered by those posting to the old address. The only > thing folks on the list have to do to stop these messages is to remove > the old address from their address books so as to avoid using it and > triggering these threads. The messages will eventually stop as we lose > a generation of participants or if the U's listserv administrator > changes the server software settings. > > So, if you sent a post recently and it was not distributed to the > list, check the address that you used, and change it if it is > different from the new address, mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. If you're > already using this address and receiving posts from the listserv, you > don't have to do anything or request anything from who ever might > respond to this sort of thing besides ignoramuses like me :) > > If you know someone who has posted before the move and noticed that > you see no posts from them (assuming posts to the old address are no > longer forwarded to the new address), get them to start posting to the > new address, as it'd be a shame to miss their observations. > > Just my guess, > > Bill Kahn > Minneapolis > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:23 AM, roy zimmerman wrote: > >> Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me >> also. The message was unclear. >> >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ---- >> From: "mou AT moumn.org" >> To: roy zimmerman >> Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM >> Subject: mou-net has moved >> >> mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your >> message to that address. >> >> ---- > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:39:24 -0600 > From: Rick > Subject: Re: Register please > > Ross Levin wrote: >> >> >> Real. Life. Planning. >> Ross Levin, CFP® >> ACCREDITED INVESTORS, INC. >> Real. Life. Planning. >> >> 5200 West 73rd Street >> Edina, MN 55439 >> (952) 841-2222 >> (952) 841-2223 fax >> Ross AT accredited.com >> ________________________________ >> >> Disclaimer Under United States Department of Treasury Circular 230: >> Nothing contained in this message is intended or written to be used, nor >> may it be used, (1) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding >> tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code, or (2) by any >> person to promote, market or recommend any Federal tax transaction or >> other matter addressed in this message. >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail is >> confidential, may be legally privileged, and is intended only for the use >> of the intended recipient. If the reader of this is not the intended >> recipient, you are advised that any dissemination, distribution, or >> copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this >> e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone at >> 952·841·2222 and destroy this email. >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4845 (20100207) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> > Must need to have the SPAM filter updated. > > -- > > Rick > Fargo, ND > N 46°53'251" > W 096°48'279" > > > Remember the USS Liberty > http://www.ussliberty.org/ > > Reply to: fholbrookatcableone.net > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:19:03 -0600 > From: Douglas Mayo > Subject: > > Please provide explanation. What is this about: "Join or Leave > mou-net:htt= > p://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html"? > = > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:44:05 -0500 > From: bcmotmot AT AOL.COM > Subject: > > plz include me. thanks > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:28:36 -0800 > From: Terence Brashear > Subject: MESSAGE FROM THE MODERATORS > > We are looking into why the automated message stating that the list had > bee= > n moved was sent out.=A0 Once we have a had a chance to determine why this > = > happened we will let you know. > > Nothing has changed and you are still a member of MOU-NET. > > Please send messages as you did previously to MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU. > > We apologize for any confusion this caused. > > Regards, > > Terry Brashear > Co-moderator MOU-NET > > Terry Brashear > =0AHennepin County, MN > =0Ahttp://www.naturepixels.com > =0Abirdnird AT yahoo.com=0A=0A=0A > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:51:24 -0800 > From: Michael Hendrickson > Subject: Owls and People > > Last night while chatting with leader of a bird touring outfit about owl > locations and other bird sightings, the leader told me about a bad > situation on the Stone Lake Road in Sax-Zim Bog. Apparently some > nature/bird photographers were feeding mice to the Hawk Owl on the Stone > Lake Road. Well the MOU listserv could go on and on about feeding mice to > owls to capture flight photos and hovering of the Hawk Owls but that is > not my complaint till I heard more. The birders visited the photographers > for a short period and apparently felt from the photographers they wanted > to be left alone with the owl. The leader told me that the photographers > were constantly baiting the owl with mice before the visit, during the > visit and after the visit. To me that is going way over board on baiting > a owl for photos. The most disturbing issue as they left the area, the > leader noticed what look like a fishing pole coming out of one of the > vehicles! Which might be the > reason why they wanted to be left alone. > > I know 99% of birders and photographers are truly good people and we hear > about these 1% of these so-called ethical photographers who in my opinion > are harassing owls and doing more harm than good with habituating these > owls to people from over baiting and also teasing the owls with bait using > fishing pole technique. > > I know there are many birders, photographers and raptor trappers who lurk > on the MOU listserv to get information on owls, hawks & falcons and other > bird species for their own enjoyment. I always thought of attending a MOU > meeting and discussing with the MOU Communication chairman and the MOU > board about omitting the locations of Snowy Owls, Hawk Owls, Great Gray > Owls, Boreal Owls, Northern Saw-whet Owl, and roosting locations of > Long-eared Owls from the MOU listserv. I know full well it would never > get voted on but its an idea in any case. Every time I hear about these > sort of situations I sort of blame myself for being part of the problem > since I have a Hawk Owl map on my blog showing any photographer, bander > and birder where to locate the owls. Maybe its time to stop sharing > publicly these owl maps, owl locations and etc.. something to think about. > > When I posted on the listserv about the Lynx in Lake Co. another observer > saw the same Lynx family and got a super photo of them. I know this person > pretty good and he like 99% of the photographers I know, did not use any > means to disrupt the Lynx behavior for the photo but I almost let the cat > out of the bag when I commented on his photo about where he photographed > the Lynx on a MN photographer forum. He told me to keep it quiet because > some photographers ( the 1% I am talking about) will bring rabbits and > other store bought pets or road kill to lure the cats in for photos. He > also told me that some person chopped down a spruce tree on the Admiral Rd > near the feeders recently and chopped up the wood and left some of the > wood along the road. > > Again the problem is dealing with a very small number of people who have > no ethics on how to photograph owls and nature. > > Mike > > > > > Mike Hendrickson > Duluth, Minnesota > Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ > Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:02:23 EST > From: Bruce Staggert > Subject: please keep us on the list > > _bstaggert AT aol.com_ (mailto:bstaggert AT aol.com) > and _dircommserv AT fhcare.org_ (mailto:dircommserv AT fhcare.org) > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:08:33 EST > From: Bruce Staggert > Subject: spring trip > > Bruce and Sally Staggert would like to sign up for the Aitken trip June > 19th > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 03:49:23 +0000 > From: sparky stensaas > Subject: 7 owls Sax-Zim > > Sunday > > 2:30-5:30 pm > > Out with a great group of 15 adults and kids from southern Iowa.=20 > > =20 > > Just had time today for a late afternoon foray up to the bog. > > =20 > > Highlights: > > 1 Saw-whet Owl --perched 100 feet into the woods along west side McDavitt > (= > 4 miles N. of Sax Rd...Or 0.2miles south of new logging cut on West side. > W= > e put a large "arrow" of sticks on the shoulder...Follow our tracks into > wo= > ods. Of course=2C this cutie will likely be long gone by morning) Found by > = > a participant checking on scolding chickadees > > 6 Northern Hawk Owls...On CR7 (3)=2C Sax Rd (1)=2C Stone Lake Road (2) > 2 Black-billed Magpies...On McDavitt about 1 mile N of Sax Rd > > 3 Boreal Chickadees...Admiral Road Feeder > > 2 male Black-backed Woodpeckers...McDavitt 3.7 to 4 mi N of Sax Rd > > Sparky Stensaas=20 > 2515 Garthus Road=20 > Wrenshall=2C MN 55797=20 > 218.341.3350 cell=20 > sparkystensaas AT hotmail.com > > > http://www.photoshelter.com/c/sparkyphotos/ > > www.stoneridgepress.com > www.kollathstensaas.com > =20 > > > =20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/= > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ------------------------------ > > End of MOU-NET Digest - 6 Feb 2010 to 7 Feb 2010 (#2010-10) > *********************************************************** ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Young Birders Encouragement From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <pastoral AT princetonfreechurch.net> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:31:26 -0600 Spoke to a group of 40-50 youngsters about birding this morning in Elk River, ages 10-17. Used the Mentor Kit's CD, the group knew 40+ of the 50 birds portrayed - including gender on many of the photos. They asked great questions, interacted exceptionally well. If this group (a secular home schooling association) is any indication of our youngsters in Minnesota, birding will thrive in the next generation. As an aside, still have a number of openings: * For 2010 field trip leaders (see last Friday's post) * For Sherburne & Mille Lacs trips (see bottom of same post). Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Young Birders Encouragement From: Pastor Al Schirmacher <pastoral AT PRINCETONFREECHURCH.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:31:26 -0600 Spoke to a group of 40-50 youngsters about birding this morning in Elk River, ages 10-17. Used the Mentor Kit's CD, the group knew 40+ of the 50 birds portrayed - including gender on many of the photos. They asked great questions, interacted exceptionally well. If this group (a secular home schooling association) is any indication of our youngsters in Minnesota, birding will thrive in the next generation. As an aside, still have a number of openings: * For 2010 field trip leaders (see last Friday's post) * For Sherburne & Mille Lacs trips (see bottom of same post). Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Messages to MOU-NET From: Terence Brashear <birdnird AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:56:00 -0800 If you think you are not receiving mail from MOU-NET please send one of the admins a email message instead of sending test messages to the entire list. The address you should be sending messages to so that everyone receives it is: mou-net AT lists.umn.edu It appears that the automated message is sent out when you send a message to mou-net AT moumn.org. Please update your address book to send messages to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu Thank you! Terry Co-Moderator MOU-NET Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Subscribe From: Beth Girard <beth_girard AT MSN.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:38:36 -0600 Please transfer me to the new listserv address. Thank you! Beth Girard 2021 352nd Avenue, NE Cambridge, MN 55008-8037 PH# 612-616-8431 E-mail: beth_girard AT msn.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: WW crossbills in Detroit Lakes From: Beau Shroyer <beaunshroyerduckbuster AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:29:00 -0600 At approximately 0900 this morning, 2-8-10, I saw a flock of about 15 ww crossbills on the 1200 block of Lake Ave. In Detroit Lakes. They were flying southbound and stopping and feeding in every spruce tree that they encountered. They'd stop for 1-2 minutes, then move on. Also saw the first P. siskins of the winter in D.L. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: message From: jebonkoski AT AOL.COM Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:12:51 -0500 test msg ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Listing Supplement Entry From: "David A. Cahlander" <david AT CAHLANDER.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:48:55 -0600 Please update your Minnesota Listing Totals for 2009. This can be done on-line by clicking on http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/countylist.pl?op=edit These totals represent species seen as of 2010 Jan 1. Totals that have not been updated for more than a year will not be included in The Loon Listing Supplement. Deadline for submitting your totals is Feb 28. A paper copy of the listing totals will arrive with the issue of The Loon that has recently been mailed. You can fill out the paper copy if the computer copy is difficult for you to enter, but we prefer that the list be entered via the web. Thanks. --- David Cahlander david AT cahlander.com Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: 7 owls Sax-Zim From: sparky stensaas <sparkystensaas AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 03:49:23 +0000 Sunday 2:30-5:30 pm Out with a great group of 15 adults and kids from southern Iowa. Just had time today for a late afternoon foray up to the bog. Highlights: 1 Saw-whet Owl --perched 100 feet into the woods along west side McDavitt (4 miles N. of Sax Rd...Or 0.2miles south of new logging cut on West side. We put a large "arrow" of sticks on the shoulder...Follow our tracks into woods. Of course, this cutie will likely be long gone by morning) Found by a participant checking on scolding chickadees 6 Northern Hawk Owls...On CR7 (3), Sax Rd (1), Stone Lake Road (2) 2 Black-billed Magpies...On McDavitt about 1 mile N of Sax Rd 3 Boreal Chickadees...Admiral Road Feeder 2 male Black-backed Woodpeckers...McDavitt 3.7 to 4 mi N of Sax Rd Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystensaas AT hotmail.com http://www.photoshelter.com/c/sparkyphotos/ www.stoneridgepress.com www.kollathstensaas.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: spring trip From: Bruce Staggert <BSTAGGERT AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:08:33 EST Bruce and Sally Staggert would like to sign up for the Aitken trip June 19th ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: please keep us on the list From: Bruce Staggert <BSTAGGERT AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:02:23 EST _bstaggert AT aol.com_ (mailto:bstaggert AT aol.com) and _dircommserv AT fhcare.org_ (mailto:dircommserv AT fhcare.org) ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Owls and People From: Michael Hendrickson <mlhendrickson AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:51:24 -0800 Last night while chatting with leader of a bird touring outfit about owl locations and other bird sightings, the leader told me about a bad situation on the Stone Lake Road in Sax-Zim Bog. Apparently some nature/bird photographers were feeding mice to the Hawk Owl on the Stone Lake Road. Well the MOU listserv could go on and on about feeding mice to owls to capture flight photos and hovering of the Hawk Owls but that is not my complaint till I heard more. The birders visited the photographers for a short period and apparently felt from the photographers they wanted to be left alone with the owl. The leader told me that the photographers were constantly baiting the owl with mice before the visit, during the visit and after the visit. To me that is going way over board on baiting a owl for photos. The most disturbing issue as they left the area, the leader noticed what look like a fishing pole coming out of one of the vehicles! Which might be the reason why they wanted to be left alone. I know 99% of birders and photographers are truly good people and we hear about these 1% of these so-called ethical photographers who in my opinion are harassing owls and doing more harm than good with habituating these owls to people from over baiting and also teasing the owls with bait using fishing pole technique. I know there are many birders, photographers and raptor trappers who lurk on the MOU listserv to get information on owls, hawks & falcons and other bird species for their own enjoyment. I always thought of attending a MOU meeting and discussing with the MOU Communication chairman and the MOU board about omitting the locations of Snowy Owls, Hawk Owls, Great Gray Owls, Boreal Owls, Northern Saw-whet Owl, and roosting locations of Long-eared Owls from the MOU listserv. I know full well it would never get voted on but its an idea in any case. Every time I hear about these sort of situations I sort of blame myself for being part of the problem since I have a Hawk Owl map on my blog showing any photographer, bander and birder where to locate the owls. Maybe its time to stop sharing publicly these owl maps, owl locations and etc.. something to think about. When I posted on the listserv about the Lynx in Lake Co. another observer saw the same Lynx family and got a super photo of them. I know this person pretty good and he like 99% of the photographers I know, did not use any means to disrupt the Lynx behavior for the photo but I almost let the cat out of the bag when I commented on his photo about where he photographed the Lynx on a MN photographer forum. He told me to keep it quiet because some photographers ( the 1% I am talking about) will bring rabbits and other store bought pets or road kill to lure the cats in for photos. He also told me that some person chopped down a spruce tree on the Admiral Rd near the feeders recently and chopped up the wood and left some of the wood along the road. Again the problem is dealing with a very small number of people who have no ethics on how to photograph owls and nature. Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: MESSAGE FROM THE MODERATORS From: Terence Brashear <birdnird AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:28:36 -0800 We are looking into why the automated message stating that the list had been moved was sent out.  Once we have a had a chance to determine why this happened we will let you know. Nothing has changed and you are still a member of MOU-NET. Please send messages as you did previously to MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU. We apologize for any confusion this caused. Regards, Terry Brashear Co-moderator MOU-NET Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: No Subject From: bcmotmot AT AOL.COM Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:44:05 -0500 plz include me. thanks ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: No Subject From: Douglas Mayo <twizler AT MSN.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:19:03 -0600 Please provide explanation. What is this about: "Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html"? ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: Register please From: Rick <fholbrook AT CABLEONE.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:39:24 -0600 Ross Levin wrote: > > > Real. Life. Planning. > Ross Levin, CFP® > ACCREDITED INVESTORS, INC. > Real. Life. 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If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone at 952·841·2222 and destroy this email. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4845 (20100207) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > Must need to have the SPAM filter updated. -- Rick Fargo, ND N 46°53'251" W 096°48'279" Remember the USS Liberty http://www.ussliberty.org/ Reply to: fholbrookatcableone.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: Fw: mou-net has moved From: Bill Kahn <wjkahn AT MAC.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:34:02 -0600 I don't think anyone has to be moved anywhere or has been moved recently. I suspect that anyone who was a part of this list before the move to the University of Minnesota listserv system from the old list site was included long ago. I, for example, have followed this list less than a year, and registered through the Univ. of MN listserv site, and so have only one address to which I would send posts to mou-net. Those who have participated from before the move might occasionally use the old address to which list participants sent their posts; the messages requesting folks to use the current address are likely automated, triggered by those posting to the old address. The only thing folks on the list have to do to stop these messages is to remove the old address from their address books so as to avoid using it and triggering these threads. The messages will eventually stop as we lose a generation of participants or if the U's listserv administrator changes the server software settings. So, if you sent a post recently and it was not distributed to the list, check the address that you used, and change it if it is different from the new address, mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. If you're already using this address and receiving posts from the listserv, you don't have to do anything or request anything from who ever might respond to this sort of thing besides ignoramuses like me :) If you know someone who has posted before the move and noticed that you see no posts from them (assuming posts to the old address are no longer forwarded to the new address), get them to start posting to the new address, as it'd be a shame to miss their observations. Just my guess, Bill Kahn Minneapolis On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:23 AM, roy zimmerman wrote: > Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me > also. The message was unclear. > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: "mou AT moumn.org" > To: roy zimmerman > Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM > Subject: mou-net has moved > > mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your > message to that address. > > ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Move me From: David Tanner <dcsrt AT QWEST.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:31:48 -0600 Please include as well. Thanks. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: test From: Steve Weston <sweston2 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:27:10 -0600 test ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: mou-net has moved From: Jim and Charlene Nelson <jnelson AT RUNESTONE.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:30:01 -0500 please include me in this list Charlene Nelson, Grant Co MN/Citrus Co FL On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:31 AM, mou AT moumn.org wrote: > mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your > message to that address. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Register please From: Ross Levin <Ross AT ACCREDITED.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:04:33 -0600 Real. Life. Planning. Ross Levin, CFP® ACCREDITED INVESTORS, INC. Real. Life. 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If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone at 952·841·2222 and destroy this email. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: MOU LIST SERVE From: Victor Lewis <azvegasvic AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:51:30 -0700 PLEASE MOVE ME!!! ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Fwd: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved From: Marilyn and Warren Regelmann <josep002 AT UMN.EDU> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:45:21 -0600 I am not sure I am supposed to do this- but just in case! I don't want to lose my link. Marilyn Regelmann -- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:29:10 +0000 From: Mark and Beth Hamel Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU Me too, please. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly Peirson" To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:25:48 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved likewise... > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 > From: roymz756 AT YAHOO.COM > Subject: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me also. The message was unclear. > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: "mou AT moumn.org" > To: roy zimmerman > Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM > Subject: mou-net has moved > > mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your message to that address. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: Fw: mou-net has moved From: Mark and Beth Hamel <hamel_mb AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:29:10 +0000 Me too, please. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly Peirson" To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:25:48 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved likewise... > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 > From: roymz756 AT YAHOO.COM > Subject: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me also. The message was unclear. > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: "mou AT moumn.org" > To: roy zimmerman > Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:20:04 AM > Subject: mou-net has moved > > mou-net has moved to mou-net AT lists.umn.edu. Please resend your message to that address. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: Fw: mou-net has moved From: Holly Peirson <hpbirdscouter AT MSN.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:25:48 -0600 likewise... > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:23:04 -0800 > From: roymz756 AT YAHOO.COM > Subject: [mou-net] Fw: mou-net has moved > To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Are we supposed to tell you to move us? If so, please move me also. 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Please resend your message to that address. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: snowy owl, swift county From: Dennis and Barbara Martin <dbmartin AT SKYPOINT.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:28:32 -0600 At 5:50 tonight a Snowy Owl finally popped up from the ground to a small bush in about the same spot that Ron and Joel found it last night. The bush was just behind and to the right of the orange and white post they saw it on last night. At about the same time another seemingly larger owl appeared on the top of the largest deer blind. We are pretty sure that this owl was also a Snowy Owl but we could only go on shape and size. It was getting too dark to see color because of the light snow. Two snowies in the same place (away from the north shore) seems rather amazing but we know this location from the warmer months and it always has Harriers hunting over it so the small mammel population seems to be going strong here. The two birds were probably 100 yards away from each other and seemed to be facing different directions and no interaction was observed before one went to the ground after prey and didn't come up before we left. Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN dbmartin AT skypoint.com Subject: [mou-net] snowy owl, swift county > At 5:45 p.m. on Friday evening, Ron Erpelding and I found a Snowy Owl in > Swift County. The bird was teed-up on a post in a grassland on the west > side of County Road 31, about 0.3 mile south of the intersection with MN > highway 9. We had been in the area searching for the Short-eared Owl that > Denny Martin had previously reported, (we didn't find it). The snowy owl > was about 200 yards in from CO RD 31. On a personal note, what a great > bird to see for my 200th bird in Swift County. > > Joel Schmidt ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Barrow's Goldeneye (2), Mute Swan From: Bruce Fall <bafall AT UMN.EDU> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:23:07 -0600 Today (6 Feb.) there were two adult male Barrow's Goldeneyes in the Mississippi River at the far east end of Lake Pepin (Wabasha Co.). One is probably the same male I reported here on 16 January, but the other was new. They remained about 1/2 mile apart. These plus the first-year male also found on 16 Jan. make a total of at least three different BAGO in this 1/2-mile stretch of river in the past 3 weeks. Earlier in the morning I found an adult Mute Swan in the open water northwest of the road to Lock and Dam #3 (Prairie Island, Goodhue Co.). It was associating with 10 Trumpeter Swans. I watched it take off, circle, and then land again after a strong 30-sec. flight; I presume it is wild. In late afternoon, the adult male Harlequin Duck was standing on the ice at Pt. Douglas Park (Washington Co.), near Prescott, WI. Bruce A. Fall, Minneapolis ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: N. Shrike, NW Mower County From: Peter Mattson <pkmattson AT SMIG.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:26:21 -0600 On 300th St., 1/2 mile west of county road 16. On the north side of 300th St. there's a field with a barbed wire fence. The shrike was flying around there. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Sax Zim Bog From: Gary and Cindy Nelson <gc_nelson AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:51:18 -0600 Birds observed today at feeders in Sax-Zim Bog. Pine Grosbeaks Boreal Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee Pine Siskins Hoary Redpoll Canada Jay ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: early bird plumage & color From: gordon andersson <gpandersson AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:20:14 -0600 one from NYT and one from Science News http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05dino.html?em http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56098/title/Oldest_feathered_dino _shows_its_colors ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Hawk Owl northern St Louis County From: Dee Kuder <dkuder AT CITLINK.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:47:16 -0600 Yesterday, I saw a Hawk Owl on Hwy 53 south of Orr at mm102. The power company is replacing power poles along the side of the highway. The new power poles are taller. The Hawk Owl was very appreciative of this as it was sitting atop a newly placed power pole while heavy equipment and 5 men were working directly below. The bird was not fazed by the activity. I think this may be the same bird that I saw here on January 8th. Dee Kuder Crane Lake, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: snowy owl, swift county From: "J. Schmidt" <granja12430 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 05:18:15 -0800 At 5:45 p.m. on Friday evening, Ron Erpelding and I found a Snowy Owl in Swift County.  The bird was teed-up on a post in a grassland on the west side of County Road 31, about 0.3 mile south of the intersection with MN highway 9.  We had been in the area searching for the Short-eared Owl that Denny Martin had previously reported, (we didn't find it).  The snowy owl was about 200 yards in from CO RD 31.  On a personal note, what a great bird to see for my 200th bird in Swift County.   Joel Schmidt ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: 2010 Field Trips - Looking for Leaders - Three Trips Currently Scheduled From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <pastoral AT princetonfreechurch.net> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:44:34 -0600 I have been asked to coordinate MOU's 2010 field trips. Please allow me to invite both experienced and new field trip guides to sign up to lead a trip this year. Ideally we'd like to have trips scheduled throughout different quadrants of the state, at different times of the year. Saturdays and Sundays tend to be the best days for trips; they can run from two hours to all day. Trips are free to attendees (although gas expenses for the leader are always appreciated). At this point I will be personally leading three trips this year: * Sherburne Refuge & Beyond, Saturday May 15th, beginning at 7:00 AM. This tends to be an excellent warbler/passerine migration trip, we've broken 100 species a number of years; we also tend to head up to Mille Lacs Lake & Kathio State Park in the afternoon. Reservations currently being accepted. Nathan Schirmacher is co-leader. * Aitkin County Birding, Saturday, June 19th, beginning at 7:30 AM. Warblers, passerines and boreal nesters; Connecticut Warblers, Yellow-bellied Flycatchers and Boreal Chickadees last year; meeting at Rice Lake Refuge to park and ride. Reservations currently being accepted. Nathan Schirmacher is co-leader (his last trip before moving to Illinois for college), will also be happy to have Aitkin County expertise to help lead! * Mille Lacs Lake, Saturday, October 16th at 7:30 AM. Loons, loons and more loons. Did I say loons? As always, MOU also recommends Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weeks and Weekends for their modestly priced trips. Details are currently available at www.moumn.org/mbw.pdf. Contact me with your interest. Thanks! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: 2010 Field Trips - Looking for Leaders - Three Trips Currently Scheduled From: Pastor Al Schirmacher <pastoral AT PRINCETONFREECHURCH.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:44:34 -0600 I have been asked to coordinate MOU's 2010 field trips. Please allow me to invite both experienced and new field trip guides to sign up to lead a trip this year. Ideally we'd like to have trips scheduled throughout different quadrants of the state, at different times of the year. Saturdays and Sundays tend to be the best days for trips; they can run from two hours to all day. Trips are free to attendees (although gas expenses for the leader are always appreciated). At this point I will be personally leading three trips this year: * Sherburne Refuge & Beyond, Saturday May 15th, beginning at 7:00 AM. This tends to be an excellent warbler/passerine migration trip, we've broken 100 species a number of years; we also tend to head up to Mille Lacs Lake & Kathio State Park in the afternoon. Reservations currently being accepted. Nathan Schirmacher is co-leader. * Aitkin County Birding, Saturday, June 19th, beginning at 7:30 AM. Warblers, passerines and boreal nesters; Connecticut Warblers, Yellow-bellied Flycatchers and Boreal Chickadees last year; meeting at Rice Lake Refuge to park and ride. Reservations currently being accepted. Nathan Schirmacher is co-leader (his last trip before moving to Illinois for college), will also be happy to have Aitkin County expertise to help lead! * Mille Lacs Lake, Saturday, October 16th at 7:30 AM. Loons, loons and more loons. Did I say loons? As always, MOU also recommends Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weeks and Weekends for their modestly priced trips. Details are currently available at www.moumn.org/mbw.pdf. Contact me with your interest. Thanks! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: [mou-rba] MOU RBA 5 February 2010 From: Anthony Hertzel <rba AT MOUMN.ORG> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:44:53 -0700 -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *February 5, 2010 *MNST1002.05 -Birds mentioned White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Varied Thrush -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: February 5, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba AT moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, February 4th, 2010. On the 3rd, at least one male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still on the Mississippi River at the far eastern end of Lake Pepin in Wabasha County, near Read's Landing. Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were on Lake Superior at Father Baraga's Cross in Schroeder, Cook County on the 3rd, and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was about ten miles up the shore from Duluth on the 1st. In the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County, a GREAT GRAY OWL was found on the 4th on the north side of Stone Lake Road, about a mile east of county road 7. Six NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen on the 3rd along the North Shore of Lake Superior. In Lake County, they were seen at Flood Bay, Gooseberry Falls State Park, and one mile east of Little Marais. In Cook County one was along county road 7, a mile and a half north of highway 61, and two were found a mile east of Sugar Loaf Cove. Hawk Owls have also been reported from the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County and on the east side of Leech Lake along Cass County Road 73, about two miles west of county road 8. In Melrude, St. Louis County, a BOREAL OWL made a brief appearance in Ben Yokel's yard on the 2nd. At Sherburne NWR, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER is being seen at the Ann Lake campground, about 200 yards east of the parking lot. And just north of nearby Zimmerman, a VARIED THRUSH is still visiting the house on the southwest side of Elk Lake. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, February 11th, 2010. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Great Gray Owl in Sax Zim From: Jim Lind <jslind AT FRONTIERNET.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:38:32 -0600 Jim Rataczak saw a Great Gray Owl on the 4th in the Sax Zim Bog at about 9:30 am along the Stone Lake Road, 1 mile east of CR 7. Jim Lind ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 2/5/10 From: Jim Lind <rba AT MOUMN.ORG> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:10:09 -0700 -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *February 5, 2010 *MNDU1002.05 -Birds mentioned Gadwall Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Sharp-tailed Grouse Horned Grebe Ring-billed Gull Thayer's Gull Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Fox Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: February 5, 2010 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind AT frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Friday, February 5th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. NORTHERN HAWK OWLS are still widespread and numerous across the region. Six were seen on the 3rd along the North Shore at five locations including Flood Bay, Gooseberry State Park, a mile east of Little Marais, Cook County Road 7, 1.5 miles north of MN 61, and two a mile east of Sugar Loaf Cove. One was seen on the 31st along Lake County Road 2, one mile south of Forest Highway 11, and another was along the Stony River Forest Road near the railroad tracks. One was reported on the 30th near the Two Harbors airport. Recent NORTHERN HAWK OWL locations in the Sax-Zim Bog include CR 7 just north of the Sax Road (CR 28), CR 7 at CR 133, CR 7 a mile north of CR 133, and along the Stone Lake Road 1.25 miles east of CR 7. Individuals have also been reported along US Highway 53 at Cotton, and at mile marker 51 about 10 miles north of Cotton. Beau Shroyer saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Aitkin County on the 29th along MN Highway 200 east of mile marker 184, about 10 miles east of Hill City. Warren Nelson saw one on the 30th along US Highway 169, 0.75 mile south of CR 18, and two more along CR 18, 0.6 mile west of Pietz's Road and 0.7 mile west of CR 5. Joshua and Peter Yokel saw a BOREAL OWL on the 1st in their yard in Cotton, but it has not been seen since. Dave Gilbertson heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL on the 29th at his home in Lakewood Township. Jan Green heard one on the 1st along Old North Shore Road (CR 290) in Duluth Township. Al Schirmacher saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in Aitkin County on the 30th along CR 18, 0.5 mile west of Pietz's Road. Al also saw five SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along Kestrel Avenue 3 miles north of Tamarack, and three a mile south of Tamarack. An adult RING-BILLED GULL was seen on the 4th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. A GREATER SCAUP was seen on the 1st on Burlington Bay in Two Harbors and it was still present on the 4th. Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen at Burlington Bay on the 1st and one was seen on the 4th at Agate Bay. Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found on the 3rd at Father Baraga's Cross in Schroeder. Three HORNED GREBES were at the mouth of the Stewart River on the 3rd. Mike Hendrickson saw an adult THAYER'S GULL on the 31st at Canal Park. Frank Berdan reported a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 1st at 9327 Scenic Highway 61, about 10 miles northeast of Duluth. Michael Furtman saw a GADWALL on the 31st along the Lakewalk near Canal Park, as well as a SCAUP on the 3rd. Michael had a FOX SPARROW on the 3rd at his feeders in Hunter’s Park, and Pat Thomas had a RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD on the 4th at her feeders along East Superior Street. Many large flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen along MN Highway 61 in Cook County on the 3rd. A mixed flock of about 260 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and CEDAR WAXWINGS is still being seen along South Avenue in Two Harbors. A flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was still being seen near Miner's Lake in Ely as of the 1st. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February 11th. 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, e-mail us at mou AT moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: 2nd try! - Photo Website Update From: Linda Krueger <lkrueger AT UMN.EDU> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:19:32 -0600 (Sorry - I just sent the email below but found out the formatting got messed up - not sure why or how. So, I am resending the email with the correct formatting - hopefully!) Hi everyone! Kevin and myself spent a couple of weeks last month photograph birds along the Gulf Coast of Texas and in the Rio Grande Valley area. We got forty Life Birds (birds we had never seen before) on this trip!! Two "finds" were really exciting, the Rose-throated Becard, and the Bare-throated Tiger Heron (found at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park). This was the first report of this Heron in the United States ever and we just happened to be there! One of the places we went to was the Martin Refuge in Edinburg, Texas (thank you Terence Brashear for telling us about this place!). This refuge is a ranch owned by John and Audrey Martin that has eight blinds for photographing birds from. Some of these blinds are built into the ground so that you are photographing at eye level to the birds! The Bird Guide there, Patty Raney, is wonderful and teaches you not only about the birds in that region, but about the flora etc. on the ranch. She was wonderful. ). There can also be wildlife coming into view to photograph. While we were there, Javelinas (20 at a time!) came! We'd highly recommend a visit to this refuge (you need reservations, go to www.martinrefuge.com, if you are interested in learning more If interested, go to www.FlightOfNature.com and click on "New Photos" to see the following birds that were photographed during this trip: Altamira Oriole American Avocet American Coot Bare-throated Tiger Heron Belted Kingfisher Black-bellied Plover Black-chinned Hummingbird Black-crested Titmouse Black-necked Stilt Blue-winged Teal Brewer's Blackbird Buff-bellied Hummingbird Carolina Wren Clay-colored Robin Common Ground Dove Crested Caracara Curve-billed Thrasher Dunlin Eared Grebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Towhee Eurasian Collared-Dove Forster's Tern Golden-fronted Woodpecker Great Blue Heron Great Kiskadee Greater White-fronted Goose Greater Yellowlegs Great-tailed Grackle Green Jay Green-winged Teal Harris's Hawk Hermit Thrush Herring Gull House Sparrow Inca Dove Indigo Bunting Javalina (this is not a bird! It can be viewed under "Wildlife") Ladder-backed Woodpecker Least Grebe Lesser Goldfinch Lincoln's Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Dowitcher Marbled Godwit Mourning Dove Muscovy Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler Neotropic Cormorant Northern Cardinal Northern Mockingbird Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Orange-crowned Warbler Pied-billed Grebe Plain Chachalaca Pyrrhuloxia Reddish Egret Redhead Red-tailed Hawk Roseate Spoonbill Rose-throated Becard Royal Tern Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Snowy Plover Spotted Sandpiper White Ibis White-tipped Dove White-winged Dove Willet ENJOY! Linda and Kevin Krueger www.FlightOfNature.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Photo Website Update From: Linda Krueger <lkrueger AT UMN.EDU> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:13:12 -0600 Hi everyone! Kevin and myself spent a couple of weeks last month photograph birds along the Gulf Coast of Texas and in the Rio Grande Valley area. We got forty Life Birds (birds we had never seen before) on this trip!! Two "finds" were really exciting, the Rose-throated Becard, and the Bare-throated Tiger Heron (found at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park). This was the first report of this Heron in the United States ever and we just happened to be there! One of the places we went to was the Martin Refuge in Edinburg, Texas (thank you Terence Brashear for telling us about this place!). This refuge is a ranch owned by John and Audrey Martin that has eight blinds for photographing birds from. Some of these blinds are built into the ground so that you are photographing at eye level to the birds! The Bird Guide there, Patty Raney, is wonderful and teaches you not only about the birds in that region, but about the flora etc. on the ranch. She was wonderful. ). There can also be wildlife coming into view to photograph. While we were there, Javelinas (20 at a time!) came! We'd highly recommend a visit to this refuge (you need reservations, go to www.martinrefuge.com, if you are interested in learning more If interested, go to www.FlightOfNature.com and click on "New Photos" to see the following birds that were photographed during this trip: Altamira Oriole American Avocet American Coot Bare-throated Tiger Heron Belted Kingfisher Black-bellied Plover Black-chinned Hummingbird Black-crested Titmouse Black-necked Stilt Blue-winged Teal Brewer's Blackbird Buff-bellied Hummingbird Carolina Wren Clay-colored Robin Common Ground Dove Crested Caracara Curve-billed Thrasher Dunlin Eared Grebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Towhee Eurasian Collared-Dove Forster's Tern Golden-fronted Woodpecker Great Blue Heron Great Kiskadee Greater White-fronted Goose Greater Yellowlegs Great-tailed Grackle Green Jay Green-winged Teal Harris's Hawk Hermit Thrush Herring Gull House Sparrow Inca Dove Indigo Bunting Javalina (this is not a bird! It can be viewed under "Wildlife") Ladder-backed Woodpecker Least Grebe Lesser Goldfinch Lincoln's Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Dowitcher Marbled Godwit Mourning Dove Muscovy Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler Neotropic Cormorant Northern Cardinal Northern Mockingbird Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Orange-crowned Warbler Pied-billed Grebe Plain Chachalaca Pyrrhuloxia Reddish Egret Redhead Red-tailed Hawk Roseate Spoonbill Rose-throated Becard Royal Tern Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Snowy Plover Spotted Sandpiper White Ibis White-tipped Dove White-winged Dove Willet ENJOY! Linda and Kevin Krueger www.FlightOfNature.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, February 4, 2010 From: Jeanie Joppru <rba AT MOUMN.ORG> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:46:58 -0700 -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *February 4, 2010 *MNDL1002.04 -Birds mentioned Gray Partridge Sharp-tailed Grouse Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Great Horned Owl Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Short-eared Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Gray Jay Brown Creeper American Robin Snow Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: February 4, 2010 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru AT q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, February 4, 2010 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 an average winter weather week in the northwest, and today it seems to be warming up a bit with temperatures reaching the late teens above zero. Birds and birders have been active, and one can hear the spring songs of black-capped chickadees every morning. Timothy Barksdale, a visiting birder, reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Norman County , first observed during the week of January 20. Shelley Steva and I located it in the original location on Sunday, January 31. The location is about two tenths of a mile south of the intersection of Norman CR 24 and Cr 27, two miles south of MN 200. The bird was hunting from a large tree at the second farmstead south of the corner. Timothy also reported seeing two SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting there also, but they were not in evidence on Sunday. Beth Siverhus in Roseau County reported an AMERICAN ROBIN and 24 PINE SISKINS on January 29, while on January 31 there were WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in her yard. Jeff Siverhus found a GREAT GRAY OWL along CR 9, four miles south of Hayes Lake. In Lake of the Woods County on February 1, Beth Siverhus saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL one mile north of the Beltrami County line on MN 72. Beth's sightings in Beltrami County included two BALD EAGLES and a NORTHERN SHRIKE, all along MN 72. I found a covey of 9 GRAY PARTRIDGES in Pennington County along MN 1 about 3 miles east of the Goodridge corner on January 30. Shelley Steva reported that about 8 GRAY PARTRIDGES can be reliably seen near the intersection of Red Lake County 1 and CR 5 most mornings. Polk County sightings reported by Sandy Aubol included a GREAT HORNED OWL on February 3, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and an AMERICAN ROBIN on February 4. On January 31, Shelley Steva and I saw a flock of SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in Polk County along MN 32. Barb and Dennis Martin found two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS in Hubbard County on January 30. One was 0.5 miles south of CR 44 on 191st Ave, and one was about 200 yards east of 185th Ave on CR95. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at the Lake George feeders, and a GRAY JAY, and RED CROSSBILLS were on 191st Ave. Brad and Dee Ehlers reported two NORTHERN FLICKERS and two PILEATED WOODPECKERS at their feeders in Otter Tail County this week. From Douglas County, John Ellis reported BROWN CREEPER, 3 NORTHERN SHRIKES, SNOW BUNTINGS, six RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and ten WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on January 30. The crossbills were seen at a cemetery just west of Alexandria, while the blackbirds were feeding in a corn food plot near his cabin. Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Brad and Dee Ehlers, Barb and Dennis Martin, John Ellis, Sandy Aubol, Shelley Steva , and Timothy Barksdale for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru AT q.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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, February 11, 2010. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Crow Wing County Varied Thrushes From: Steve & Jo Blanich <blanich AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:41:20 -0600 There are 3 Varied Thrushes in Crow Wing County: 1 in Deerwood Township since 12/23/09, 1 in Bay Lake Township since 1/15/10, & 1 in Nisswa since 12/12/09. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Barrow's Goldeneye - Wabasha Co. From: Bill Litkey <blitkey AT USFAMILY.NET> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:19:39 -0600 On 3 Feb. the adult male Barrow's Goldeneye, first reported by Bruce Fall on 16 Jan., was still present in the same location on the Mississippi River. That is at Camp Lacupolis, which is at the southeastern end of Lake Pepin just west of Read's Landing. Bill Litkey (Oakdale) --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html --- ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: wild turkey history-- from Science Now From: gordon andersson <gpandersson AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:28:14 -0600 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2010/202/2 WITU domestication ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Short-eared Owl, etc From: Dennis and Barbara Martin <dbmartin AT SKYPOINT.COM> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:27:01 -0600 Found a Short-eared Owl hunting late this afternoon in Swift County. We last saw it moving east a half mile south of county Road 28 on County Rd 31. This is just south of Swift Falls in northeastern Swift county. The bird was originally spotted a half mile west of here when it flew over our car as we were looking for Gray Partridge. This area of Swift County has a lot of grasslands and WMA's, etc. It certainly is a lot of fun to watch a short-eared hunt when there is a fair amount of daylight. Other birds also seen today include a Merlin in Benson (Swift County) and the Varied Thrush in Alexandria (Douglas County.) Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN dbmartin AT skypoint.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County From: Cathy Gagliardi <patcatgags AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:10:10 -0600 Hi Bernard, Wow, so sorry to hear they are doing this for nesting, especially with plenty of trees to choose from. When they excavated your chaise/chimney wood, did they actually get into your chimney area? and is your fireplace a wood-burning or gas? My husband installs fireplaces for a living and he can't imagine what type of shelf or structure they found inside to nest on...?? Sometimes insects, such as carpenter ants will be the culprit if your WP's are pecking for food- the WP's are a great alarm call that something much worse is doing silent-but-deadly damage on your house than the Woody's...although it seems worse with their pecking because of the damage that is actually seen. With mating season approaching also, could it be they are "drumming" to call your home their territory but unfortunately doing damage in the process? We had trouble at our cabin with pine log siding 2 years ago....my suet feeders were empty from not being able to get up there and replenish the suet, and the WP's discovered the "white polka-dots" on our siding which are actually Daddy log-legged spider eggs. We found that "Home Defense" sold at Menards or Fleet Farm is a great remedy to spray the perimeter of your whole house in the Spring, the first 3 feet from the ground (deck posts too). Daddy LL's won't crawl up then and no more polka-dot home. Have you seen any silky/fuzzy white spots in this area they are attacking? Cathy Gagliardi St. Paul, MN ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernard P. Friel To: MOU-NET AT LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [mou-net] Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County I have a pair of Pileateds I'd like to place for adoption. Though I'm surrounded by woods with an abundance of suitable trees, they seem to prefer attempting to peck out a nest in the roof or fireplace chase of our home...last year to the tune of several hundred $ for repairs...and they are back and looking for a place to raise another brood. Any suggestions. -- Bernard P. Friel Web Pages - http://www.wampy.com ; http://www.wampy.com/bn Owl Gallery http://www.wampy.com/bn2 Songbirds http://www.wampy.com/GalapagosGallery http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=1113 > From: Jeanie Joppru > Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:52:22 -0600 > To: > Subject: [mou-net] Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County > > This sighting was called in to the Detroit Lakes hotline. > > Cathy Porter-Maynard of Hastings, MN in Dakota County reported a female > Pileated Woodpecker at a suet feeder in their yard in mid-January. The > Maynard's have a half acre lot in the heart of Hastings. The lot has several > trees and they have worked to create a habitat for birds. They have had a > pair of Pileated Woodpeckers in the past. > > > > Jeanie Joppru > Pennington County, MN > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County From: "Bernard P. Friel" <wampy AT ATT.NET> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:34:24 -0600 I have a pair of Pileateds I'd like to place for adoption. Though I'm surrounded by woods with an abundance of suitable trees, they seem to prefer attempting to peck out a nest in the roof or fireplace chase of our home...last year to the tune of several hundred $ for repairs...and they are back and looking for a place to raise another brood. Any suggestions. -- Bernard P. Friel Web Pages - http://www.wampy.com ; http://www.wampy.com/bn Owl Gallery http://www.wampy.com/bn2 Songbirds http://www.wampy.com/GalapagosGallery http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=1113 > From: Jeanie Joppru > Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:52:22 -0600 > To: > Subject: [mou-net] Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County > > This sighting was called in to the Detroit Lakes hotline. > > Cathy Porter-Maynard of Hastings, MN in Dakota County reported a female > Pileated Woodpecker at a suet feeder in their yard in mid-January. The > Maynard's have a half acre lot in the heart of Hastings. The lot has several > trees and they have worked to create a habitat for birds. They have had a > pair of Pileated Woodpeckers in the past. > > > > Jeanie Joppru > Pennington County, MN > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Pileated Woodpecker - Dakota County From: Jeanie Joppru <ajjoppru AT Q.COM> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:52:22 -0600 This sighting was called in to the Detroit Lakes hotline. Cathy Porter-Maynard of Hastings, MN in Dakota County reported a female Pileated Woodpecker at a suet feeder in their yard in mid-January. The Maynard's have a half acre lot in the heart of Hastings. The lot has several trees and they have worked to create a habitat for birds. They have had a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers in the past. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: North Shore sightings From: Jim Lind <jslind AT FRONTIERNET.NET> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:36:03 -0600 I took a drive today up MN Highway 61 from Two Harbors to Grand Marais and back, and found 26 species including some interesting ones: Horned Grebe (3) - mouth of the Stewart River Long-tailed Duck (2) - Father Baraga's Cross in Schroeder Merlin - 1 mile west of Little Marais Northern Hawk Owl (6) - one at Flood Bay, one 0.3 mile west of the Gooseberry SP entrance, two a mile east of Little Marais (CR 6), one a mile east of Sugar Loaf Cove, and one on Cook County Road 7, 1.5 miles north of Highway 61. Bohemian Waxwings - numerous large flocks in Cook County including one with about 350 birds at Good Harbor Bay. Also saw flocks of pure Cedars and mixed Cedar/Bohemian flocks, as well as 30+ American Robins. Jim Lind Two Harbors ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: large flocks of robins in Medina, Hennepin County From: Madeleine Linck <MLinck AT THREERIVERSPARKDISTRICT.ORG> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:24:05 -0600 Tom Bell's post prompted me to note that during the past 2 weeks, there have been 100+ American Robins hanging out along Tamarack Drive and Hunter Drive in Medina and also along the east side of Long Lake in Orono, Hennepin County. I saw at least one road-killed robin -- given the birds were flying back and forth along the road edges, I can see cars might hit them. Madeleine Linck Medina, Hennepin County ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Robin roost From: Tom Bell <tnejbell AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:53:12 -0600 For the last two previous evenings I have observed 100s of American Robins moving toward a tree plantation. Many of the birds perch in one of the deciduous trees and later duck into the densely growing spruce trees that vary from 10 to 20 feet in height. This observation is on Grey Cloud Island in the tree plantation on Pioneer Road as it exits Co. Rd. 75. Most of the robins come in from the west which suggests that they are coming from along the Mississippi River. It is like the spruce trees swallow up the birds, you watch them come in and disappear. The robins are joined by a few Mourning Doves. Tom Bell Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Rd. S. St. Paul Park, MN 55071 651 459-4150 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Black-Backed Woodpecker From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <pastoral AT princetonfreechurch.net> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:17:58 -0600 The Black-backed Woodpecker, previously discovered by Diana Doyle on Saturday, was present this morning at Ann Lake (gorgeous male). Her directions were excellent (200 yards east of the parking lot, on your right, follow her trail in). The bird could be clearly heard from the road, walked in to the conifers 50-60 feet to view (mild amount of bushwhacking). A Common Raven was calling, and believe I heard distant WW Crossbills as well (no sign of the Red Crossbills, didn't see the Townsend's in a brief scan). Chickadees were upset about something farther up the road near the reported Saw-whet area, but they had dispersed by the time I walked back out from the BB area. Mite chilly. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Black-Backed Woodpecker From: Pastor Al Schirmacher <pastoral AT PRINCETONFREECHURCH.NET> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:17:58 -0600 The Black-backed Woodpecker, previously discovered by Diana Doyle on Saturday, was present this morning at Ann Lake (gorgeous male). Her directions were excellent (200 yards east of the parking lot, on your right, follow her trail in). The bird could be clearly heard from the road, walked in to the conifers 50-60 feet to view (mild amount of bushwhacking). A Common Raven was calling, and believe I heard distant WW Crossbills as well (no sign of the Red Crossbills, didn't see the Townsend's in a brief scan). Chickadees were upset about something farther up the road near the reported Saw-whet area, but they had dispersed by the time I walked back out from the BB area. Mite chilly. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Cass County Birds From: B W <wielandba AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:07:43 -0800 There is a Northern Hawk Owl present along CR 73, approx. 2 miles west of CR 8 (east side of Leech Lake).  This is (at least) the third winter in a row that this species has been observed at this location.   Ben Wieland www.cassbirding.blogspot.com Deep Portage Learning Center 2197 Nature Center Dr. NW Hackensack, MN 56452 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Bird observations from Belle Plaine area From: Robert Dunlap <rdunlap AT GUSTAVUS.EDU> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:34:27 -0600 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge are looking for bird observations from the Belle Plaine sewage ponds (Scott County) and areas within 2 miles west of the city of Belle Plaine. If you have any records or observations from this area, please send to: gerry_shimek AT fws.gov Posted on behalf of Vicki Sherry, Wildlife Biologist, Minnesota Valley NWR. -- Bob Dunlap Naturalist, Linnaeus Arboretum Manager, Nobel Hall Greenhouse Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Ave. Saint Peter, MN 56082 507-933-7199 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Boreal owl in Cotton (St Louis co) From: Benjamin Yokel <byokel AT AOL.COM> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 07:31:58 -0600 Joshua and Peter Yokel discovered a Boreal Owl in our yard in cotton late yesterday afternoon. In typical BOOW fashion, it was already gone by the time I raced home (a few minutes after 5pm) Ben Yokel Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? From: Melissa Hein <mahein AT IZOOM.NET> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:25:23 -0600 For me it can be a number of things...a rare sighting (even more special if I am lucky enough to find it myself, although I am not above going to staked out birds), a close encounter, or a favorite bird at an unexpected time or place. Sometimes several of those factors converge to make a truly memorable sighting. Great Gray Owls are my very favorite bird, and although I have seen a number of them, one in particular stands out. It was last winter in the Sax-Zim bog. I had not seen a Great Gray for quite some time, and after a long day in the bog I finally decided I had better head for home, as it was beginning to snow heavily. Suddenly I saw a large shape glide out over the road ahead of me and return to a roadside tree. It turned out to be a Great Gray, which perched right next to the road and peered at me with those incredible yellow eyes while I pulled over and took a couple of quick photos throught the swirling snow. I think I smiled all the way home. Melissa Hein North Branch > Saturdays' Great Gray Owl - as well as the much more common Gray Jays - > stuck with me through today. > > The Great Gray was due to its absence/rarity, 13 months since my last > sighting, and at least a couple of years since I last had one on Aitkin 18 > (which I visit nearly monthly). Its "presence" (size, face/eyes, > coloration, silence, jizz and probably other factors) also contributed to > the overall joy. > > The Gray Jays were due to their proximity, and unique calls. The > opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare > treat. > > For me, coloration and markings mix tend to leave lasting impressions. > The > first Scarlet Tanager, Blackburnian/Golden-winged/Black and White > Warblers, > Ruddy Turnstone and a few others each year linger in my mind. > > How about you? > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? From: "Erika Sitz" <esitz AT goldengate.net> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:07:50 -0600 Canada Jays - "The opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare treat." Never been in the Boundary Waters, eh? LOL I'll go with the Great Gray Owl and I'll add Sandhill Cranes. I will never tire of their show at Sherburne and Crex in the fall. And we're going to Nebraska next month; three years is about as long as we can go between trips there. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 1:58 PM To: mou-net AT lists.umn.edu; mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? Saturdays' Great Gray Owl - as well as the much more common Gray Jays - stuck with me through today. The Great Gray was due to its absence/rarity, 13 months since my last sighting, and at least a couple of years since I last had one on Aitkin 18 (which I visit nearly monthly). Its "presence" (size, face/eyes, coloration, silence, jizz and probably other factors) also contributed to the overall joy. The Gray Jays were due to their proximity, and unique calls. The opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare treat. For me, coloration and markings mix tend to leave lasting impressions. The first Scarlet Tanager, Blackburnian/Golden-winged/Black and White Warblers, Ruddy Turnstone and a few others each year linger in my mind. How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: [mnbird] What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? From: Erika Sitz <esitz AT GOLDENGATE.NET> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:07:50 -0600 Canada Jays - "The opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare treat." Never been in the Boundary Waters, eh? LOL I'll go with the Great Gray Owl and I'll add Sandhill Cranes. I will never tire of their show at Sherburne and Crex in the fall. And we're going to Nebraska next month; three years is about as long as we can go between trips there. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County -----Original Message----- From: mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net [mailto:mnbird-bounces AT lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 1:58 PM To: mou-net AT lists.umn.edu; mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mnbird] What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? Saturdays' Great Gray Owl - as well as the much more common Gray Jays - stuck with me through today. The Great Gray was due to its absence/rarity, 13 months since my last sighting, and at least a couple of years since I last had one on Aitkin 18 (which I visit nearly monthly). Its "presence" (size, face/eyes, coloration, silence, jizz and probably other factors) also contributed to the overall joy. The Gray Jays were due to their proximity, and unique calls. The opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare treat. For me, coloration and markings mix tend to leave lasting impressions. The first Scarlet Tanager, Blackburnian/Golden-winged/Black and White Warblers, Ruddy Turnstone and a few others each year linger in my mind. How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Re: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? From: Amy Blake <blake115 AT UMN.EDU> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:01:49 -0600 For me it is bird song. I will never forget my first winter wren calling in an Eastern forest, it created a strong memory that has stuck with me. Just as the variation in the territorial calls of a Barred Owl, one evening while out looking for migrating salamanders or the flute-like melody of the Hermit Thrush. Some songs I could sit and listen to for a long while. I do love the look of owls, but for the most part I enjoy watching any bird. Warm Regards, Amy On Feb 1 2010, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: >Saturdays' Great Gray Owl - as well as the much more common Gray Jays - >stuck with me through today. > >The Great Gray was due to its absence/rarity, 13 months since my last >sighting, and at least a couple of years since I last had one on Aitkin 18 >(which I visit nearly monthly). Its "presence" (size, face/eyes, >coloration, silence, jizz and probably other factors) also contributed to >the overall joy. > >The Gray Jays were due to their proximity, and unique calls. The >opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare >treat. > > For me, coloration and markings mix tend to leave lasting impressions. > The > first Scarlet Tanager, Blackburnian/Golden-winged/Black and White > Warblers, >Ruddy Turnstone and a few others each year linger in my mind. > >How about you? > >Al Schirmacher >Princeton, MN >Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <pastoral AT princetonfreechurch.net> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:58:16 -0600 Saturdays' Great Gray Owl - as well as the much more common Gray Jays - stuck with me through today. The Great Gray was due to its absence/rarity, 13 months since my last sighting, and at least a couple of years since I last had one on Aitkin 18 (which I visit nearly monthly). Its "presence" (size, face/eyes, coloration, silence, jizz and probably other factors) also contributed to the overall joy. The Gray Jays were due to their proximity, and unique calls. The opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare treat. For me, coloration and markings mix tend to leave lasting impressions. The first Scarlet Tanager, Blackburnian/Golden-winged/Black and White Warblers, Ruddy Turnstone and a few others each year linger in my mind. How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: What Makes One Bird More Special Than Another? From: Pastor Al Schirmacher <pastoral AT PRINCETONFREECHURCH.NET> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:58:16 -0600 Saturdays' Great Gray Owl - as well as the much more common Gray Jays - stuck with me through today. The Great Gray was due to its absence/rarity, 13 months since my last sighting, and at least a couple of years since I last had one on Aitkin 18 (which I visit nearly monthly). Its "presence" (size, face/eyes, coloration, silence, jizz and probably other factors) also contributed to the overall joy. The Gray Jays were due to their proximity, and unique calls. The opportunity to enjoy their specific features from ten feet away was a rare treat. For me, coloration and markings mix tend to leave lasting impressions. The first Scarlet Tanager, Blackburnian/Golden-winged/Black and White Warblers, Ruddy Turnstone and a few others each year linger in my mind. How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: White-Winged Scoter, Duluth From: Frank Berdan <fberdan3 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:42:06 -0800 Single bird 50 m out on Lake Superior, just before noon, opposite #9327 ~10 miles NE from downtown. Frank Berdan ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: education opportunity From: linda whyte <birds AT MOOSEWOODS.US> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:27:40 -0600 Maybe I missed a message somewhere and you already know about this, but I just read about it this morning. There's an ongoing National Park Service study of 60 eagle pairs, from the Apostle Islands and on down along the St. Croix to Hastings, that has been tracking the presence of lesser-known pollutants in bald eagles. The chemicals studied include a couple of common, widely-used flame retardants that were manufactured by 3M. The monitoring group is holding a workshop at Crex Meadows next Saturday that's designed for teachers or educators at any level "to draw attention to the riverway as a learning laboratory through field work, observations, resource materials, and lesson plan development." To register, you call Ranger Branda Thwaits at 715-635-8346, ext. 425, but it has to be done by Tuesday. (It especially caught my attention, coming on the heels of a recent article alledging that a particular common flame retardant is associated with disturbances in the endocrine system.) Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Owl Map/Owls/Gulls/Sax-Zim Bog From: Michael Hendrickson <mlhendrickson AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:38:23 -0800 As of today there has been 65 reported Northern Hawk Owls in northern Minnesota. The numbers maybe closer to 70 as I did not add some reports with no mileage or detail information as to where the observer actually saw the owl. Dave Alexander is right on when he stated a week or so ago that these Hawk Owls are moving around quite a bit especially in the Sax-Zim Bog area and also to some degree in Lake County along CR 2 and the Stoney River Logging Rd. ( map = http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ) Since the last snow fall of about 9-10 inches along the northshore and also about 8-9 inches north of Duluth last week Great Gray Owls were spotted more frequently by birders in the last week. The Great Gray Owl on the Stone Lake Rd ( CR 319 ) and has been seen off and on in the last week. Some birders are seeing the owl during the dusk hours and others are seeing the owl in the am hours. The Great Gray Owls along McDavitt have not been seen by anyone in the last month. The most reliable Great Gray Owl is on the Stoney River Logging Rd 7.6 - 9.0 miles north of the Whyte Rd. in Lake County. The Great Gray Owl in Aitkin County along CR 18 was seen by Al Schirmacher yesterday and that sighting was the first sighting of this owl in the last 3 weeks. The Snowy Owl in Duluth has not been reported by any birders in the last month! It probably is still around in the area but with the high concentration of ice anglers on the bay + cars driving on the ice its very tough to locate this owl. After the last snow fall we received in Duluth and the plummeting temperatures the gull numbers in the Canal Park area along the lake has dropped considerable. I notice that the once 300-500 gulls that frequented the Western Lakes Sanitary Distrist aka recycle plant is no longer feeding on the food scraps behind the building. I feel there is some link with the food scraps that are part of the dirt piles behind the plant and the gulls. So my best guess is that the Duluth gulls moved over to the WI landfill. I did see one adult Thayer's Gull among 30 Herring Gulls today. Sax-Zim Bog Updates: The feeders in the bog are doing quite well. The Admiral Rd feeder has Gray Jays, 3 Boreal Chickadees and good flock of Pine Siskins. The Arkola Rd feeder has good numbers of Pine Grosbeaks and Gray Jays. The feeders in the Meadowlands area are doing well too.. The Abramson feeder on the Little White Face River Rd, just east of town has Purple Finches, Redpolls and occasional Evening Grosbeaks and that is true with the Blue Spruce Rd feeder as well ( Morse feeder ). Dave is also correct that the White-winged Crossbills numbers are shrinking and many have moved on in the Sax-Zim Bog area. There is though a good number of Common Redpolls hanging around in the last month along Kolu Rd near the intersection of Cranberry Ln and Admiral Rd. or just west of the RR tracks on the Kolu Rd. Good Birding Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Whitney Eastman Archives open house, Feb. 13 From: Paul Schlick <Schlicks AT MSN.COM> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:39:06 -0600 (This is a repeat of a previous post.) Eastman Nature Center will hold an open house at 1:00 on Saturday, February 13, to introduce the public to the Whitney H. Eastman Archives. Whitney Eastman (1888-1979) was a local businessman, philanthropist, and conservationist. He was also an amateur ornithologist of some renown who served as MOU president, was the first Minnesotan elected to the board of the National Audubon Society, and gained national notoriety after his successful Florida search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the early 1950s. He was a personal friend of Thomas S. Roberts, Walter Breckenridge, Roger Tory Peterson, Olin Pettingill, Jr., Connie Hagar and other national ornithologists as well as highly regarded Minnesotans such as Sigurd Olson, Wallace Dayton, Elmer Andersen, Robert Janssen, and Ernest Oberholtzer. The "WHE Archives" consists of 82 large cord-bound scrapbooks stored at the nature center. Their 2,600 pages hold over 10,400 items compiled by Eastman from the 1930s to the late 1970s. Almost 400 of these relate to Ivory-billed Woodpeckers and Eastman's search for them. Also included are over 3,600 publications encompassing journals and bulletins from dozens of state, national, and international birding and wildlife societies; more than 2,200 magazine and newspaper articles; photographs; personal bird lists and logs from birding trips in the U.S. and across the globe; and over 3,000 personal letters, notes, and cards. The Archives has been catalogued into a searchable computer database and will be available for public access and study at the Eastman Nature Center by appointment through a process that will be explained at the open house. If you are interested in this sort of thing, plan to attend this free introductory session. A presentation about the Whitney H. Eastman Archives and Mr. Eastman himself will begin at 1:15 and several of the scrapbooks will be available for perusal. If you've never visited Eastman Nature Center, located in the northwest suburbs on the west side of 5,000-acre Elm Creek Park Reserve, here's a good excuse! To reserve a seat on Feb. 13, please call the nature center at 763-694-7700. The address is 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN 55369. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Varied Thrush in Sherburne County refound 1/31 From: hagsela AT aol.com Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:49:27 -0500 Today, January 31, I refound the Varied Thrush at house on the SW side of Elk Lake, north of Zimmerman. He did not come to the feeders, but after some searching I found him resting, then preening in a conifer behind the front yard feeders. I returned to 253rd for crossbills, saw-whet and solitaire. I did not find any of my three target birds. It was incredibly quiet. It seems like it's been a couple of weeks or more since anyone has reported seeing the Townsend's Solitaire. If anyone with an update could post, that would be appreciated. I talked to 3 birders who said that no one they talked to had seen or heard the Black-backed Woodpecker all day. I stopped to listen from the road, but did not go in. Thanks to Diana for showing me the bird yesterday. Linda Sparling _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Varied Thrush in Sherburne County refound 1/31 From: Linda Sparling <hagsela AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:49:27 -0500 Today, January 31, I refound the Varied Thrush at house on the SW side of Elk Lake, north of Zimmerman. He did not come to the feeders, but after some searching I found him resting, then preening in a conifer behind the front yard feeders. I returned to 253rd for crossbills, saw-whet and solitaire. I did not find any of my three target birds. It was incredibly quiet. It seems like it's been a couple of weeks or more since anyone has reported seeing the Townsend's Solitaire. If anyone with an update could post, that would be appreciated. I talked to 3 birders who said that no one they talked to had seen or heard the Black-backed Woodpecker all day. I stopped to listen from the road, but did not go in. Thanks to Diana for showing me the bird yesterday. Linda Sparling ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: N hawk owl. Hwy 200, 10 mi. east of Hill City From: Beau Shroyer <beaunshroyerduckbuster AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:29:27 -0600 My wife and I saw a N. Hawk owl on the north side of State Hwy 200 approximately 1/4 to 1/2 mile east of mile marker 184 approximately 10 miles east of Hill City (Hwy 169 intersection) on 1-29-10 at approximately 2:00 pm. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Weekend Sax/Zim From: David Alexander <dalexan1 AT D.UMN.EDU> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:37:01 -0600 Went out for a few hours yesterday PM and this AM. Very beautiful up in the bog with bright sunshine. Few birds to be found. The number of white-winged crossbills seems to be down lately. There were a few redpolls scattered about. Gray jays were easy to find on McDavitt and Admiral roads. No Great Gray owls despite searching on McDavitt, Stone Lake Road, and Nichols lake road. Three hawk owls: At Hwy 7 and Hwy 133. One mile north of Hwy 133 on Hwy 7. Just north of Hwy28 on Hwy 7. Did have a nice look at an adult Northern Goshawk on Nichols lake road yesterday. I did have an additional two hawk owls reported by another observer: US Hwy53 and CR52 in Cotton - seen on East side of intersection yesterday AM. US Hwy 53 north of MM51 about 1-2 miles south of Hwy 16 intersection (about 10 miles North of Cotton). Neither of these two birds was refound, even checking later the same day. David Alexander Duluth ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Subject: Sherburne Cty -BBWO NOT refound From: Jim Ryan <muchmoredoc AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:24:58 -0600 Hello Birders, Diane and I made the trip up to Sherburne NWR in hopes of finding Diana Doyle's find of yesterday (with Linda Sparling) Her directions were excellent and we found the trail and the spot where yesterday's sighting took place with no trouble at all. I got pics of the bark scaled from one tree and the sign on the tree. It appears this is a very small spot for the bird to dine (scanning the area nearby this tree I saw no other evidence of activity) so my estimation is Diana and Linda have very good timing! I'm not sure it's worth re visiting this spot with high hopes of seeing this bird although you never know. And normally I've found that general area to be rather birdy but not today; It was VERY quiet. Silent, pretty much. In fact, we saw and heard no birds of any kind on the excursion or the trip on 253rd. Saw 3 pairs of RTHA along the Highways, plus a couple of singles and a couple of Bald Eagles near the river too. Saw one RTHA in a stoop - as we whizzed by it disappeared into the snow, developing a high level of momentum to break through the very crusty snow no doubt. -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside -- "Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." - Samuel Butler "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180)_______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s