[mou-net] Id Hawk

2021-04-26 Thread MOU
(Posted by Connie Grundhofer via moumn.org) Really appreciate the help the help I received. It is the Broad-winged Hawk Thank you. Connie Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the

[mou-net] Birding about the Metro

2021-04-26 Thread Steve Weston
Spring is here and a lot is happening. Flowers have bloomed and faded in the yard and new ones are bursting out. The Saturday before last I beat the sun and was out before first light to listen to the cranes waking for the Annual Midwest Crane Count. I count at the marshes south of Whitetail Woods

[mou-net] Detroit Lakes Festival

2021-04-26 Thread Cleone Stewart
23rd Annual Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds will be held May 20-22 with virtual presentations and in-the-field birding. Virtual sessions include Warbler I.D. by Kevin Karlson, Hawk I.D. with Mike Havlik, SPRUCE Climate Change Experiment with Randy Kolka, Birds of Prey photographic celebration by Ke

[mou-net] Wood Duck on nest

2021-04-26 Thread Steve Weston
I usually avoid my backyard this time of year as much as possible, as I have 3 Wood Duck boxes there. But, late tonight I decided to fill my suet feeder that hangs on the back of one of my boxes. I got up there and figuring it was early for the ducks to already be on eggs, I knocked gently and aske

Re: [mou-net] Wood Duck on nest

2021-04-26 Thread John Clouse
Our wood duck has been sitting on eggs for nine days and nights. John > On Apr 26, 2021, at 9:00 PM, Steve Weston wrote: > > I usually avoid my backyard this time of year as much as possible, as I > have 3 Wood Duck boxes there. But, late tonight I decided to fill my suet > feeder that hangs on

[mou-net] white throated sparrow

2021-04-26 Thread Mary McGrath
White throated sparrow Seen April 26 Backyard Ground feeding Mary McGrath Burnsville Dakota 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 During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, prac

Re: [mou-net] white throated sparrow

2021-04-26 Thread Ahna Brutlag
FOY white throated sparrows in S Minneapolis (Longfellow) too today. Flock of 4-5. Backyard ground feeding/in ninebark shrubs. Ahna Brutlag Hennepin County > On Apr 26, 2021, at 10:00 PM, Mary McGrath wrote: > > White throated sparrow > > Seen April 26 > > Backyard > > Ground feeding >