Re: [mou-net] Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Birds

Maybe I'm the only metalhead here... I'll add these before this thread gets yanked: Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden Blackbird - Alter Bridge The Sparrow - Mastodon Also, this scholarly study... https://jgeekstudies.org/2019/09/01/bird-biodiversity-in-heavy-metal-songs/ -Michael Hurben https://le

[mou-net] Fwd: Fw: [mou-net] Birding Oaxaca Mexico

We birded in Oaxaca with Eric Antonio Martinez. He was a very good guide and got us the key endemics pretty easily. It is a spectacular area to bird (and to eat! Best food in Mexico, which is saying a lot!) His site: http://mexico-birding.com/guides.html -Michael Hurben Bloomington > Does any

[mou-net] Northern Mockingbird at Hyland Park Reserve, Hennepin Co.

My wife and I found a Northern Mockingbird this morning around 8AM at Hyland. The specific area where the bird was initially perched on a treetop was 44.830434, -93.371879. It sat there for about 30 secs after we first found it, and then flew to the northwest and was gone. Michael Hurben Bloomingt

[mou-net] Hooded warblers at Sherburne NWR

My wife and I were surprised to find two male Hooded warblers this morning around 10AM on the Blue Hill trail; right along the trail after it has looped around to the back (north) side of the hill, where the oaks start getting large. Both birds ID'ed by song, in areas about 100m (or less) apart. Au

Re: [mou-net] Northern Shrike Hennepin County

I also found one this morning at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in West Bloomington, at 44.835111, -93.373573. https://ebird.org/checklist/S61487357 Happy Shriking! -Michael On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 12:43 PM Brian Tennessen wrote: > Yes I saw one down there yesterday as well, near the Old Cedar Brid

Re: [mou-net] MOU President Message

Not all birders are so lucky... My wife and I are trapped in Peru on what was to be a long birding trip, but we are becoming increasingly despondent about how we will escape the draconian Peruvian policies that have literally made us prisoners here. If you are not aware, Peru slammed its borders

Re: [mou-net] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Hennepin Co.)

This morning was my first chance to look for this bird since learning about it. I went there around 7AM and did not find it. (Not a strong indication that it is gone, rather that the guy with terrible eyesight doesn't usually locate too many silent, drab birds...) I will be watching eBird today and

Re: [mou-net] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Hennepin Co.)

Just went back and had it pointed out to me. Sitting high up on back side of an oak tree and not at all conspicuous. On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 7:54 AM MJH wrote: > This morning was my first chance to look for this bird since learning > about it. I went there around 7AM and did not find it.

[mou-net] Birdability

Hello everyone: There is a new, birding-related non-profit organization that just came into existence a few weeks ago, which may be of interest to many people here: Birdability (birdability.org). Their mission, broadly stated, is to help remove barriers to access for birders with mobility challeng

[mou-net] Public Comment Period Still Open For US Migratory Bird Treaty Act

All: If you were not aware, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started a 20-day public comment period regarding the MBTA. This window will end on March 1. If you would like to have your views submitted on the proposed rollback of protections for birds, you may do so as follows... Start at http://w

[mou-net] March virtual accessible field trip with Georgia Audubon / Birdability

https://www.birdability.org/events/georgiaaudubon2-fgdmx-sxxth I'm pleased to have been asked by Birdability and Georgia Audubon to represent Minnesota in their next "virtual accessible outing" on March 13. I plan to be at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington, and I hope the Northern Shrike sti

Re: [mou-net] Bird Locator

I just entered this URL: https://www.michaelfogleman.com/birds/ ... and it worked fine for me. Thanks for posting this, Tami. It is a very nifty little tool! Michael Hurben Bloomington legallyblindbirding.net On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:40 AM Jeff Ranta wrote: > Sounds great, but I couldn’t

[mou-net] Incredible Crow Story

This is too good not to share: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/crows-give-man-the-sweetest-gift If I ever received such personal tokens from a corvid, I wouldn't trade them for a pair of Swarovskis. Michael Hurben Bloomington Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED

[mou-net] Protecting birds - research on bird-friendly glass

All: This morning I came across the following post at birdforum.net. It may be of interest to some of you; I am going to chat with them later today.The sign-up process for a short Zoom call with them is very simple, following the provided link. Michael Hurben Bloomington legallyblindbirding.net

Re: [mou-net] Recording calls

I'll add a recommendation for a very flexible and quality unit: the Zoom H5. It comes default with stereo microphones which are not bad at all - but what I like is that they are part of a capsule that can be swapped out for other Zoom capsules - including a shotgun mic (which I have not yet sprung

[mou-net] Big Sit in SW metro, Sat Oct 23, for Birdability

I plan to do a Big Sit on the morning of Saturday, October 23, from 8:00 AM to noon, as part of Birdability Week. At some time between 11:00 AM and noon, the event will be featured as part of a live social media broadcast, hosted by Birdability. The site, tentatively, will be the picnic area on the

Re: [mou-net] Red-breasted Nuthatches in the metro area

Also at Hyland Lake in SW Bloomington this AM, in deciduous trees. On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 12:02 PM linda whyte < 004e7b0e779a-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > We had one hanging out at our feeders last fall, into winter. It showed > evidence of caching in our St. Paul neighborhood, base

Re: [mou-net] Chanhassen Common Redpolls

Saw one from my home in west Bloomington, today... first time ever I've seen one here. -Michael Hurben www.birdability.org On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:35 PM Mary O'Malley wrote: > Redpolls arrived here in Deephaven this morning - about nine of them - > first of the year also > > Mary Anne OMalle

[mou-net] Blind Bird-a-thon

I appreciate that the recent MOU newsletter contained a blurb about the upcoming Blind Bird-a-thon on May 18. (Details here: https://www.birdability.org/blind-birder-birdathon) I was contacted by an individual in Rochester that would like to get a local group of blind individuals involved in this,