[mou-net] Fwd: black-headed grosbeak

2010-01-11 Thread Kim R Eckert
Now that the Black-headed Grosbeak is now apparently gone from Pat Thomas' feeder in Duluth, she wanted me to post the following e-mail to MOU-net. By the way, note that the bird was actually last seen on January 7, a day after Pat personally saw it (see second photo at http://moumn.org/cgi-b

[mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread DAVID PATTI BLASER
My husband and I just started this hobby last summer. I have to put my vacation requests for the year in now and am wondering what is the best time to birdwatch in the spring in SE MN? Thanks! Patti Blaser

Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread Jonathon Jongsma
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +, DAVID PATTI BLASER wrote: > My husband and I just started this hobby last summer. I have to put my > vacation requests for the year in now and am wondering what is the best time > to birdwatch in the spring in SE MN? Thanks! > Patti Blaser It depends what you w

Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread jmmet
WOW-just visited that site--great info--thanks jonathon ... jim - Original Message - From: "Jonathon Jongsma" To: Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +, DAVID PATTI BLASER wrote: My husband and I just s

[mou-net] Black-headed Grosbeak may still be present

2010-01-11 Thread Jim Lind
Pat Thomas reports that the Black-headed Grosbeak at 6219 E. Superior Street in Duluth was reported in her backyard sightings log by a couple of birders yesterday (Jan 10) at 10:55 am. This is apparently the only sighting since the 7th. Perhaps the warming temperatures are causing it to visit

[mou-net] Northern Shrike

2010-01-11 Thread Kathy Confer
Had what I believe to be a First Winter Northern Shrike land in my yard today (Monday) around 9:30 a.m. This is my first shrike and, needless to say, seeing it about 10 feet away from our living room window was quite a wonderful surprise! It flew in from a high tree branch in a neighbor's yard to a

Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching

2010-01-11 Thread Warren Woessner
Or try any time from mid-May to mid-June Warren -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathon Jongsma Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:30 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] spring bird watching On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:01 +

[mou-net] Whitney H. Eastman Archives open house - Feb. 13

2010-01-11 Thread Paul Schlick
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-net] the hummingbird show on "Nature" from Sunday night (available online)

2010-01-11 Thread gordon andersson
I missed most of the show last night, but what I saw was amazing. .the first film of a displaying male splendid spatula tail. . also black-chinned nesting colony around an active Cooper's hawk nest. A coworker said the whole show was great. Unfortunately, "Nature" does not repeat anymore on