[mou] Black-throated Blue, Waseca County

2003-10-12 Thread Julian Sellers
Lincoln's Sparrow many White-Throated Sparrows Harris's Sparrows were at another location. At Mott Lake I found: 2 Semipalmated Plovers 3 Greater Yellowlegs 11 Long-billed Dowitchers 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers 1 American Pipit Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_00

[mou] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Dakota County

2003-10-18 Thread Julian Sellers
r by a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk. We only = found five sparrow species, but those included Fox and Harris's. Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C39578.4784B740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

[mou] A Thanksgiving Shrike in St. Paul

2003-11-27 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3B4E8.7A2D3020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just returned from a walk in Crosby Park, where I saw a Northern = Shrike looking for the best place to cac

[mou] Sandhill Cranes with Young, Waseca Cty

2003-05-26 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C323D6.76229FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Someone must have noticed these birds already. You'd think I would have = since they're just a mile down the

[mou] re: Whooping Crane

2003-05-28 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000B_01C324F9.00467520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable More info, including why not publicized, at=20 http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/5955608.htm -

[mou] Murphy-Hanrehan Tomorrow

2003-06-06 Thread Julian Sellers
n = Cty Rd 75, just south of Hanrehan Lake Boulevard) at 7:30. A Hennepin = Parks (Three Rivers?) annual sticker or daily fee is required for = parking. Julian Sellers St. Paul 651-698-5737 --=_NextPart_000_000D_01C32C25.5C9B2770 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

[mou] When is Hawk Ridge weekend?

2003-08-02 Thread Julian Sellers
9/12-14. See http://www.hawkridge.org/. Julian - Original Message - From: "Val/Roger" To: Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: [mou] When is Hawk Ridge weekend? > Hey, fellow MOU members: > Can't put my hands on the latest edition of the newsletter at the moment. > Can s

[mou] Prothonotary Warbler refound, Snelling St. Pk., TC Area

2004-06-03 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C44994.0ADCDA90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Holly, They've nested across the Mississippi in Crosby Park in recent years. I = verified nesting in 19

[mou] re: Long-eared Owl- St. Paul

2004-08-15 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C482C8.6B83B400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Turn onto Sargent from Hamline. As you approach, you will see the = dumpster on the left (north) side of Sar

[mou] Waterfowl on the Mississippi, Pig's Eye

2005-01-15 Thread Julian Sellers
Merganser (male, plumage more diffuse than in spring) 1 Hooded Merganser (male) 2 Bald Eagles Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_0008_01C4FB27.52B24E50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This afternoon, waterfo

[mou-net] Sparrows at Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

2010-04-26 Thread Julian Sellers
Birding at Grey Cloud Dunes SNA in southern Washington County this morning was fun, with lots of Grasshopper, Vesper, and Field Sparrows and more than a few Lark Sparrows. The Lark Sparrows hang out mostly near the row of trees at the base of the hill. The Lark Sparrows and the Vesper Sparrows

Re: [mou-net] Hooded Warbler?

2010-05-01 Thread Julian Sellers
It's rare but possible. There is a sizable breeding population of Hooded Warblers in Murphy-Hanrehan Regional Park (Three Rivers Park District). (Bruce Fall is the expert on that.) In recent years, the species has been reported from various locations in MN, including Battle Creek Park and Cro

[mou-net] Crosby Park Brown Creeper Nest

2010-05-15 Thread Julian Sellers
A Twin Cities Urban Bird Fest group found a Brown Creeper nest this morning in Crosby Farm Regional Park in St. Paul. We observed a creeper carrying either nesting material or food (couldn't tell which it was). After we watched it for a while, the creeper entered a space behind loose bark, com

[mou-net] Battle Creek Park Today

2010-05-16 Thread Julian Sellers
On this morning's Urban Bird Fest walk at Battle Creek Park in St. Paul, we heard two Mourning Warblers singing and two cuckoos. One of the cuckoos sounded like a Yellow-billed, the other sounded like a Black-billed. I think cuckoos are not always honest. The other notable warbler was a Cape

[mou-net] Henslow's Sparrows, Grey Cloud Dunes, Washington County

2010-05-19 Thread Julian Sellers
This morning I heard and saw two Henslow's Sparrows at Grey Cloud Dunes SNA in southern Washington County. From the parking lot at the end of 110th Street, start toward the river, but turn onto the trail that angles to the northwest, staying on the mostly flat land on top of the hill. After yo

[mou-net] Crosby Park Wood Thrush

2010-05-20 Thread Julian Sellers
I have been birding in Crosby Farm Park in St. Paul more or less regularly since 1993, and have never seen or heard a Wood Thrush there until this morning. One was singing in the bluff woods very near the paved path on the north side of the small lake (Upper Crosby Lake). I don't expect it to

Re: [mou-net] Recording birds inexpensively

2010-06-14 Thread Julian Sellers
That kind of device works pretty well for loud, relatively low-frequency sounds. For example, I got a pretty good Whip-poor-will recording using one. They don't do well with high-pitched or distant songs. Julian -- From: "Peter Johnson" Date:

Re: [mou-net] Birds of Norway guide

2010-07-06 Thread Julian Sellers
Birds of Europe: Second Edition (Princeton Field Guides) by Svensson, Zetterström, and Mullarney is excellent. Well, I assume it's excellent, because the first edition (which I have) is. I've seen it being used in the field by European and Scandinavian experts. Julian -

[mou-net] Tundra Swan Flyovers

2010-11-19 Thread Julian Sellers
At 5:25 this evening, I heard two flocks of Tundra Swans flying over the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood of St. Paul (flying southeast). Couldn't see them. When my wife first heard this sound many years ago, she thought our neighbor was squeegeeing her windows. Julian Join or Leave mo

[mou-net] I'm not disputing the ID, but...

2010-11-20 Thread Julian Sellers
I don't think the ID of the Bloomington Chipping Sparrow is as straightforward as some of the comments have implied. Specifically: a.. Every photo that shows the breast shows a central spot. It's not well-defined, but it's not just an artifact of how the feathers are spread. b.. In the pho

[mou-net] St. Paul CBC - a bit of misinformation

2011-01-05 Thread Julian Sellers
If you saw the 12/23 segment of Sven Sundgaard's Simply Science feature on KARE11, you heard me say that the St. Paul CBC recorded its first Northern Cardinal in 1959. That's not true. Cardinals were recorded in 1944, the first year of the St. Paul (North) CBC, and most years since then, albei

Re: [mou-net] Warblers and thrushes feeding on the streets in Ramsey Co

2011-05-13 Thread Julian Sellers
Everyone is seeing warblers on or near the ground this year, even canopy species such as Tennessee and Blackburnian. Here's my theory: with the late leaf-out, birds are not finding the usual caterpillars (and perhaps other bugs) in the tree-tops, so they're finding food in the low shrubbery,

Re: [mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 26 May 2011

2011-05-26 Thread Julian Sellers
Courthouse Park is southwest of Waseca, not southeast. Julian -Original Message- From: Anthony Hertzel Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:07 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 26 May 2011 -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 26, 2011 *MNST1105.26

Re: [mou-net] Question about grassland birds

2012-01-21 Thread Julian Sellers
Let me clarify a bit. We do not want to stop hay mowing. The Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Audubon magazine ran an article about research in Vermont that showed that hayfields that were mowed on the typical schedule produced 0.0 fledged Bobolinks per female, whereas fields mowed on a modified schedule

[mou-net] Shrike, St. Paul, Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

2012-03-16 Thread Julian Sellers
At 11:30 this morning a shrike was hunting in the Bruce Vento Sanctuary just east of downtown St. Paul (http://www.mepartnership.org/sites/LOWERPHALENCREEK/sub_page6.asp). I had binocs, but without a scope I could not determine the species (I was leaning Loggerhead). This is the first shrike

[mou-net] How do Brown Pelicans feed in MN?

2012-04-08 Thread Julian Sellers
Do they plunge into the water to grab fish, as they do in coastal areas? How do they survive the trip here? Carp? Julian St. Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Migration is a wonderful thing

2012-05-06 Thread Julian Sellers
As I walked through the Tangletown neighborhood of St. Paul near Macalester College this morning, a Golden-winged Warbler and a Wood Thrush were among the birds singing. Julian St. Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/arc

[mou-net] Afton State Park Today

2012-06-02 Thread Julian Sellers
I led a St. Paul Audubon Birding By Ear field trip to Afton State Park this morning, having scouted it yesterday morning. I think THE Hooded Warbler has moved. Yesterday, at 9:00 and again at 11:30, it was singing constantly (the primary song) at the first main overlook north of the big termin

Re: [mou-net] Dickcisselsn & meadowlarks SoWashCo

2012-06-25 Thread Julian Sellers
I think the general advice in MN is not to mow until at least July 15, preferably August 1. Julian -Original Message- From: Rick Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 3:58 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Dickcisselsn & meadowlarks SoWashCo It can be done without hartming th

[mou] Waseca Geese, etc.

2007-11-26 Thread Julian Sellers
At Loon Lake in Waseca, noon today: Ross's Goose (white) - 1 Greater White-fronted Goose - 7 Cackling Goose - dozens, perhaps hundreds Canada Goose - 1500 (wild guess) N. Shoveler - some Ring-necked Duck - 6 or 8 Hooded Merganser - 2 (males) Ruddy Duck - 1 Mallard - lots At Clear Lake in Waseca,

[mou] St. Paul (North) CBC Results

2007-12-20 Thread Julian Sellers
The St. Paul CBC on 12/15 found 55 species, down from our record of 62 last year but within the range of the last 10 years. There were no real rarities, but good finds included Northern Harrier and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. A surprising number was the total of only three gulls--two ring-billed

[mou] St. Paul CBC--Almost a Ross's Gull

2007-12-20 Thread Julian Sellers
Bruce Fall sent me a map showing the locations of his Ross's Gull sightings on the 15th. Despite our best efforts, it appears that the bird missed our count circle by about a half-mile. Julian -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipe

[mou] Fw: BNA at Mpls Public Library

2008-01-14 Thread Julian Sellers
See the old message below from Mark Martell about accessing Birds of North America online through the Minneapolis public library. My St. Paul library info works fine. Here's a more direct link to the Science and Technology part of the Minneapolis library's list of online databases: http://www

[mou] Common Redpolls, St. Paul

2008-03-11 Thread Julian Sellers
On 3/2 and today, I have seen a small flock (about 10) of Common Redpolls in tall trees near Amherst and Princeton in St. Paul. This is a pretty good bird for the Bigby* list of a city dweller with no feeders. Julian *Bigby: See http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html -- next part --

[mou] St. Paul Redpolls & Carolina Wren

2008-03-16 Thread Julian Sellers
The small flock of Common Redpolls is still hanging around Amherst and Princeton in St. Paul, mostly south and west of that intersection. I have seen and heard them in the early afternoon on 3/2, 3/11, and 3/13, and at 9:30 and 12:00 today. Most of the activity is in tall trees (deciduous and

[mou] Carolina Wren at Crosby Park, St. Paul

2008-05-06 Thread Julian Sellers
At about 8:30 this morning, I heard a Carolina Wren singing in Crosby Park in St. Paul. The park is along the Mississippi, below Shepard Road, between the MN 5 bridge to Fort Snelling and the I-35E bridge. The bird was on the south side of Crosby Lake (the big lake), roughly somewhat to the we

[mou] St. Paul Empids for My BGBY List

2008-05-25 Thread Julian Sellers
Biking along Mississippi River Blvd at mid-day today, I heard, then saw, the following (among others): Alder Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Wilson's Warbler My 2008 Self-propelled BGBY* list total now stands at 104. I haven't gotten out enough during this great spring migration (only 12

[mou] Waseca County Today

2008-06-13 Thread Julian Sellers
On my first trip to Waseca County since last fall, my main mission was to check on Red-necked Grebes for the DNR. I found four on Goose Lake (south side of US 14, E of Waseca. Mott Lake used to be a hot spot for RNGR, but no more. A Western Grebe and a few duck species were also on Goose Lake

[mou] Tennessee Warbler, St. Paul

2008-06-20 Thread Julian Sellers
Perhaps not quite so cool as the other late warblers, a Tennessee Warbler sang vociferously (of course) this morning from tall trees near my house in St. Paul. Julian -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/atta

[mou] Bell's Vireo in Brooklyn Park

2008-06-25 Thread Julian Sellers
Phil Alban discovered a Bell's Vireo along the Elm Creek Regional Trail in Brooklyn Park. He has been hearing it singing at about 6:00 a.m. on his morning runs. I heard and saw it at 11:30 this morning (hey, I'm retired). The location is northwest of the intersection of 101st Ave N & Noble Av

[mou] St. Croix State Park - YEWA singing CSWA song

2008-07-03 Thread Julian Sellers
On 8/8/06, I sent the following message to MOU-NET, and received no response: Yellow & Chestnut-sided Songs In a recent message, Al Schirmacher confessed to mistaking a Chestnut-sided Warbler's song for that of a Yellow Warbler. Al, you are not alone. I've heard it stated that the Yellow's so

[mou] Snow Bunting, Washington County

2008-10-20 Thread Julian Sellers
This afternoon, I saw a lone Snow Bunting in the mowed grass behind the buildings at the Carpenter Nature Center in southern Washington County. Julian St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments

Re: [mou-net] American Robins

2008-12-22 Thread Julian Sellers
On the St. Paul CBC on Saturday, my team (Lee Pfannmueller, Gary Seim, Dave Zumeta, Bob Titzler, and I) counted 808 American Robins in SW St. Paul and SE Minneapolis. Of those, 650 were feeding on hackberries in the Summit Avenue median between Cretin and Cleveland Avenues, a distance of a qua

[mou-net] Long-eared Owl, Lauderdale, Ramsey Cty

2008-12-23 Thread Julian Sellers
Yesterday (Monday), I learned of a Long-eared Owl in Lauderdale. It was on private property with no public access. Marcie O'Connor got a couple of good photos, and posted them on her blog at http://aprairiehaven.com/uploads/img494ff14ea6335.jpg and http://aprairiehaven.com/uploads/img494ff139

[mou-net] Crosby Farm Snipe

2008-12-29 Thread Julian Sellers
I just noticed the Wilson's Snipe photo by Jeff Evans on the "Sightings" page of the MOU web site. In the caption, Jeff states: "Found in open water on north shore of crosby farm lake Ramsey County Dec 22nd." Thank you, Jeff. The location is within the St. Paul (North) Christmas Bird Count c

[mou-net] St. Paul (North) CBC Results

2008-12-29 Thread Julian Sellers
ecked Pheasant--one c.. Red-breasted Nuthatch--one Count Week Birds: a.. One Wilson's Snipe b.. One Long-eared Owl c.. One Northern Shrike Julian Sellers, Compiler Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Anachronism in Movie

2009-01-27 Thread Julian Sellers
My wife and I recently rented "The Great Debaters," which is set in northeastern Texas in 1935. One scene shows cattle in a pasture with two--you guessed it--Cattle Egrets, a species which was first seen in North America in 1941 (in south Florida), not well established in the eastern U.S. or ne

[mou-net] Fw: [mou-net] Pine Siskins

2009-05-07 Thread Julian Sellers
Yes, I've been hearing and seeing a lot of them in my neighborhood, including one gathering nesting material in my yard today. Julian St. Paul -- From: "linda whyte" Date: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:10 PM To: Subject: Re: [mou-net] Pine Siskins

[mou-net] Hooded Warbler, Crosby Park, St. Paul

2009-05-19 Thread Julian Sellers
I led a walk at Crosby Farm Park from 7:00 to 9:00 this morning. From the end of the main road into the park, we walked down toward the small lake, then to the left on the old paved path between the lake and the bluff. A couple of hundred yards down this path, we heard an unidentified song, an

[mou-net] Hooded Warbler Alternate Song

2009-05-19 Thread Julian Sellers
Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds has 65 recordings of Hooded Warbler on its web site. Among them I found recordings of an alternate song that is very similar to the song I heard this morning at Crosby Park in St. Paul. A good example is the recording with catalog number 68970 (reco

[mou-net] Orchard Orioles, St. Paul

2009-07-12 Thread Julian Sellers
Yesterday afternoon, I saw an adult male Orchard Oriole feeding three recently fledged young in the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, which is just east of downtown St. Paul. The birds were near the base of the bluff in the southeastern part of the sanctuary. The location is not in a BBA priority

Re: [mou-net] Afton Summer Tanager Refound

2009-07-13 Thread Julian Sellers
I found the Summer Tanager singing this morning at the same time and place described by Joel Claus below. I recorded the song, and loaded an excerpt into the Audio Gallery on the MOU web site. In more than an hour of searching for the bird, which was singing almost constantly in the nearby tr

Re: [mou-net] Why a Canada Goose isn't Canadian

2009-11-18 Thread Julian Sellers
Today I came across the following on page 27 of Scott Weidensaul's "Of a Feather", where the author is describing the pioneering work of the Englishman Mark Catesby. Catesby published his "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands" beginning in 1729 and ending in 1743, an

[mou] Anyone see the GYR since the snow?

2007-02-28 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0014_01C75B42.3859D910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was there last Thursday (before the snow) from about 4:15 to 5:30. = Thousands of Canada Geese and Mallard

[mou] Probable Mute Swan, Centerville Lake, Anoka Cty

2006-10-24 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000E_01C6F7A4.E6507E90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday (Monday) afternoon, Bill Bronn and I went looking for scoters = on Centerville Lake. We found none

[mou] Snow Buntings, South St. Paul

2006-10-24 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6F7A3.7B12D700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My wife and I took a short walk on the levee from the spiral overpass at = Grand Avenue late this afternoon,

[mou] Geese

2006-11-21 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0040_01C70DB6.1622D920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have found Cackling Geese at Loon Lake in Waseca the past three years = between 10/19/(06) and 11/26/(04).

[mou] Urban Clay-colored

2006-05-14 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C67732.76122A90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning, a Clay-colored Sparrow was singing on my block in the = Macalester-Groveland neighborhood of St

[mou] Bell's Vireo at Elm Creek Park Reserve

2006-05-31 Thread Julian Sellers
aff asked me to = remind everyone always to stay on the trails. Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_0027_01C684CB.22B2F9A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From the bike trails at Elm Creek Park Reserve

[mou] Elm Creek Bell's Vireo Not Refound

2006-06-03 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0018_01C6872C.17FAA1D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I and several others have tried without success to hear the Bell's Vireo = that I heard Wednesday morning at

[mou] Waseca County

2006-06-04 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0025_01C68820.297321E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've birded twice this week in Waseca County--Thursday, 6/1, and today, = a St. Paul Audubon field trip with

[mou] directions to Hooded Warbler - Battle Creek Park, Ramsey Co.

2006-06-16 Thread Julian Sellers
And here are directions to the other Hooded Warbler that I heard last Saturday and Sunday, but which was not singing when Bill and Dick looked for it this morning. You may want to try for it if you miss the "southern" one: To get to the other Hooded location in Battle Creek Park, go west up the

[mou] Grey Cloud Dunes

2006-06-17 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0012_01C69223.EDEE35C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A St. Paul Audubon field trip to Grey Cloud Dunes SNA in southern = Washington County this morning turned up

[mou] Favorite Birding Location

2006-06-27 Thread Julian Sellers
Favorite birding location? In Minnesota: The prairies of western and northwestern Minnesota. Wide open spaces, silence (except for wind and bird sounds), and cool northern prairie birds. In the U.S.: Kissimmee Prairie and Corkscrew Swamp in my home state of Florida. (Yeah, I like prair

[mou] Hooded Warbler - Battle Creek Park, Ramsey Co.

2006-06-29 Thread Julian Sellers
ew into the lower branches of the tall trees. We > recommend you listen to a Hooded Warbler recording before going out. > Most of the ravine has restricted visibility because it is rather > heavily wooded. > > We thank Julian Sellers for finding the bird and Bill Litkey for his > e

[mou] Metro Birding

2006-07-11 Thread Julian Sellers
Also re nighthawks: I have heard only one, a couple of blocks away, in my neighborhood in St. Paul this year. Yesterday, late afternoon in Waseca County, I was surprised to see what I took for a group of six nighthawks milling around in the air while moving southward over the road. Thought th

[mou] Blooper Stories

2006-07-25 Thread Julian Sellers
Speaking of red squirrels, a couple of CBCs ago, I announced to my party that I heard a Belted Kingfisher near the confluence of Minnehaha Creek and the Mississippi, where I often see a kingfisher on the CBC. Fortunately, it called persistently enough that I realized it was coming from the wood

[mou] New Book By Nancy Overcott

2006-12-06 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002D_01C71983.BF4F6490 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest See = http://www.hometown-pages.com/main.asp?SectionID=3D14&SubSecti

[mou] Yellow & Chestnut-sided Songs

2006-08-08 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0029_01C6BAE8.A0D6F9A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a recent message, Al Schirmacher confessed to mistaking a = Chestnut-sided Warbler's song for that of a Ye

[mou] Moorhens, Waseca County

2006-08-14 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_001B_01C6BFEC.B3E9F840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >From 6:30 to 7:15 this evening, I observed one or two adult and seven = juvenile Common Moorhens at Moonan M

[mou] St. Paul Merlin

2007-03-28 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0012_01C77158.9F385B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just now was entertained for about a half-hour by a Merlin zooming = around my neighborhood harassing the c

[mou] Odd G-C Kinglet

2007-05-01 Thread Julian Sellers
ped from a nearby tree and cannonballed into the river. It came up empty, but returned to its perch for a few minutes and had better luck on the next plunge. The spring ephemeral wildflowers are near their peak. Julian Sellers St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment wa

[mou] The Birding Boat, Wednesday, 5/9

2007-05-07 Thread Julian Sellers
eam to the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. For more info, go to http://www.riverrides.com/. Julian Sellers -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070507/be85b493/attachment.html

[mou] Carolina Wren in St. Paul

2007-05-07 Thread Julian Sellers
Late this afternoon, Barbara and I heard a Carolina Wren singing from an alley in the middle of the block bounded by Wheeler, Goodrich, Amherst, and Princeton. This is in the "Tangletown" part of St. Paul's Macalester Groveland neighborhood. Julian Sellers -

[mou] Warblers Today - Waseca County

2007-05-11 Thread Julian Sellers
the other expected deciduous woodland species for May 11th (no pewees or cuckoos). I added another warbler species at Senn-Rich, and ended the day with about 100 species total. Julian Sellers St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http

[mou] St. Paul: 1 Hooded, 0 Prothonotaries

2007-05-18 Thread Julian Sellers
of Blackburnian, Black-and-White, and Chestnut-sided Warblers, and heard two or three Ovenbirds and a couple of Scarlet Tanagers. Last year there was another Hooded Warbler in the woods east of McKnight Road (still Battle Creek Park). I did not get to that part of the park today. Julian Sellers

[mou] Battle Creek Park

2007-05-29 Thread Julian Sellers
a tree beside the rec center parking lot before flying toward the SE part of that section of the park (along Winthrop Street). Julian Sellers St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments

[mou] Afton State Park

2007-05-29 Thread Julian Sellers
nce to the first large wooden post. The Henslow's was singing about 30 meters south (left) of the trail in this area. This is a very large, open grassland, so there may be more Henslow's present, but I only heard the one. Julian Sellers St. Paul -- next part -- An

[mou] Corsby Park Prothonotary is Back

2007-05-29 Thread Julian Sellers
of the Prothonotary. Julian Sellers St. Paul -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070529/9d77e430/attachment.html

[mou] Common Loon in Crosby Park

2007-05-30 Thread Julian Sellers
Not earth-shaking, perhaps, but in my 28 years in St. Paul, I have never seen a loon in Crosby Park until this morning. It was in the middle of Crosby Lake. Julian Sellers -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou

[mou] Murphy-Hanrehan Today (Saturday)

2007-06-02 Thread Julian Sellers
vely as it sang. - We heard, and a few of us saw, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo near the marsh boardwalk north of trail marker 3. Julian Sellers -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070602/821d8480/attachment.html

[mou] Waseca County Today - Moorhens

2007-06-04 Thread Julian Sellers
Arrived at the Senn-Rich WMA at about 8:30, hung around the SE corner for a total of about an hour listening for a Bell's Vireo, but did not hear one. I did hear one on the county property to the north of the WMA. Saw a Black-billed Cuckoo, and saw or heard several Eastern Towhees in the SE co

[mou] I need a ride to Old Cedar rally

2007-07-11 Thread Julian Sellers
If it would be convenient for you to give me a ride to and from the Old Cedar Avenue bridge event on Saturday, please contact me. Thank you. Julian Sellers St. Paul, Macalester Groveland (3 blocks north of St. Kate's) 651-698-5737 -- next part -- An HTML attachmen

[mou] Bird Quotes

2007-11-21 Thread Julian Sellers
"The thrush in my back yard sings down his nose in liquid runs of melody, over and over again, and I have the strongest impression that he does this for his own pleasure. It is a meditative, questioning kind of music, and I cannot believe that he is simply saying 'thrush here'." Lewis Thoma

[mou] Ford Dam Peregrines

2005-04-18 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0013_01C54430.412F8740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A great place to view nesting Peregrine Falcons is from the Ford Dam = overlook in St. Paul, on Mississippi R

[mou] Arkansas TNC stories

2005-04-27 Thread Julian Sellers
Wow, what great news! Here's a link to a report by the discoverer: http://www.birdingamerica.com/ivorybilledwoodpecker.htm Julian - Original Message - From: "Jim Williams" To: "MOU Net" Cc: "MnBird" Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: [mou] Arkansas TNC stories > The

[mou] bird flu, birds and birders

2006-03-05 Thread Julian Sellers
usion = is that most of the observed outbreaks have other causes. =20 Julian Sellers - Original Message -=20 From: Peder Svingen=20 To: MOU-net=20 Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [mou] bird flu, birds and birders The Ornithological Societies of North Am

[mou] Dilemma

2006-03-16 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0040_01C64948.7E061A80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Roseville, http://www.wrcmn.org/ - Original Message -=20 From: le

[mou] Reducing Paper Consumption

2006-02-17 Thread Julian Sellers
rably 100% = post-consumer recycled. The products are available-everything from = office paper to paper towels, Kleenex-type tissues, and toilet paper. Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_0028_01C633DE.344F0CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

[mou] Reducing Paper Consumption

2006-02-17 Thread Julian Sellers
for recycling = opportunities. c.. Use products made from recycled paper, preferably 100% = post-consumer recycled. The products are available-everything from = office paper to paper towels, Kleenex-type tissues, and toi

[mou] RFI: Glacial Ridge/Crookston Area

2006-04-27 Thread Julian Sellers
anyone could tell me specific places to look for = Short-eared Owl, Sharp-tailed Grouse, or other exciting birds, I would = appreciate it greatly. Thank you. Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_001E_01C66A35.4F049870 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Trans

[mou] Fw: birding trip to Hawk Ridge

2005-10-10 Thread Julian Sellers
Is anyone able to take a Hungarian visitor to Hawk Ridge this week? Please reply to the Cc address. Julian - Original Message - From: "Agi Kiss" To: Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: birding trip to Hawk Ridge > > Hello, > I`d kie to ask your help. I`m a Hungarian bir

[mou] Crosby Park Today

2005-10-19 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5D4C1.34E7F2C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On a long walk through Crosby Park (St. Paul) this morning, I found 38 = species, including: =20 Waterfowl

[mou] House Finch Oddity

2005-11-03 Thread Julian Sellers
t a feeder in Woodbury, Washington County. = (Only one head was functional.) Are the photos of interest to anyone? Julian Sellers 651-698-5737 --=_NextPart_000_0007_01C5E054.24792140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

[mou] L-B-B Gull, Lake Calhoun

2005-11-04 Thread Julian Sellers
resting on the west side of Lake Calhoun. = It was an adult or near-adult. Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_000C_01C5E178.2F447D70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 4:30 this afternoon, a Lesser Black-

[mou] L-B-B Gull not found

2005-11-05 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5E242.5DC4BAA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I and others could not find the Lesser Black-backed Gull on Lake Calhoun = this evening. Julian

[mou] Carolina Wren, Waseca County

2005-11-07 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0017_01C5E3D9.A0C8A6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning, I saw a Carolina Wren in Courthouse Park, Waseca County. = It was investigating nooks and cran

[mou] 2-headed House Finch

2005-11-10 Thread Julian Sellers
No, it was only seen on two days in August. Julian - Original Message - From: "Jerald Dosch" To: ; Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:44 AM Subject: [mou] 2-headed House Finch > Is the 2-headed House Finch still around in Woodbury? > > Jerald Dosch > > jjdo...@yahoo.com > > 40 Al

[mou] Thanksgiving - no turkeys here!!!

2005-11-22 Thread Julian Sellers
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002A_01C5EF63.29E06620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well said. All members probably agree with this sentiment. And now = most will feel compelled (as I was) to

[mou] Wrong Phone Number in "Minnesota Birding"

2005-05-03 Thread Julian Sellers
Chapter field trips. My phone number is not correct. It = should be 651-698-5737. Julian Sellers St. Paul --=_NextPart_000_003F_01C55024.78753880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The "Calendar" part

  1   2   >