Date: 6/24/26 5:41 am From: Sushma Reddy <000019571518fa52-dmarc-request...> Subject: [mou-net] Bird Names Movie and Q&A; Bird Walk
Two FREE events about birds and bird names!
Movie Night: Bird Names
Join us for a special evening organized by the Feminist Bird Club of Twin Cities Metro to welcome environmental justice coordinator and educator - Tykee James. We will be enjoying a screening of the documentary, "Bird Names," which features Tykee! He will also lead a Q&A session about the film after the showing with Sushma Reddy (Curator of Birds, Bell Museum, and Secretary, American Ornithological Society), and Kassie Ford (Curator of Fishes, Bell Museum, and Co-Founder of Black Birders Week).
Bird Names Bird Walk
Join us for an incredibly special event at the beautiful Mississippi Gateway Regional Park. We are so grateful and excited to welcome Tykee James all the way from Colorado. Tykee was recently featured in a groundbreaking new documentary called "Bird Names," where the question is asked: Why do birds still carry the names of people who "discovered" them? What is a bird-centric name? What colonial, racist, and sexist legacies do these names hold and promote? Following the screening of the documentary "Bird Names," we will go forward with our new knowledge and questions and enjoy a day of birding together.
The layout is completely different which is fine but more challenging is the fact that I no longer have any functionality from the front page (access to reports, data, trips...). None of the buttons or links do anything.
Is this just my loss or is update work still happening? (My apologies if I have missed an update along the way.)
Date: 6/22/26 12:39 pm From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: [mou-net] Birding about the Metro
Yesterday I led a MRVAC field trip on the state forest trail off of Collischan Road outside of Red Wing. Birds were great and despite the gorgeous calm weather, there were almost no mosquitos. We had more Cerulean Warblers, Wood Thrush and Scarlet Tanagers along the trail than I can remember in any time in the last 20+ years that I have birded here. Wood Thrush and Ovenbirds were not singing. We also found Acadian Flycatcher and a cooperative Yellow-billed Cuckoo. We documented breeding of WT Nuthatches, Baltimore Oriole, and Wood Thrush. All feeding young. To find the unmarked parking for the trailhead, look for a turnoff to the left just past the houses and just before the gate to close the road if the water is high. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN <sweston2g...>
Date: 6/22/26 4:49 am From: Paul Budde <buddep...> Subject: [mou-net] Fwd: Updated MOU Website
Some users have reported problems with the new website when using a cell
phone. If you use an Android,
1. log into the MOU website on Chrome
2. Click on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner.
3. In the menu that opens. select "Desktop Type".
The website should then be working fine.
The equivalent steps don't work for iPhones. If you use an iPhone, continue
using the old website at https://moumn.org/index_v1.php until we figure out
a fix for Apple devices.
PCs, Macs, tablets, and iPads all reportedly work fine.
Paul
*Paul Budde*
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From: Paul Budde <buddep...>
Date: Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Updated MOU Website
To: Minnesota Birds (mou-net) <MOU-NET...>
Tony Hertzel and I have been working on an update to the MOU website this
year and it was just released.
- From anywhere on the website, click on the banner across the top of
the page, which reads "The Minnesota Ornithologists' Union", to return to
the home page.<br />
- After leaving the home page to visit another page, you'll see a slight
change in the background color of the top menu. All the subpages under a
common main menu use the same color for the top menu. (Quick Links is the
exception, as all of these pages are also found under other menus.)
- Among the seven main menus, Quick Links is a list of those web pages
most frequently visited, or relevant for the season we are in.
- Under MOU, Administration, Contacts > Join or Renew Your Membership,
you'll see that the web pages to renew using PayPal or a personal check
have been combined into a single page.
- The Birding in Minnesota menu now has links to all three social media
accounts: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.
- Recently Seen and Showcase images have been combined into a single
page (Publications, Checklists, Galleries > Photos and Galleries > Recent
Images). Any MOU member uploading images here can select whether the image
can be shown on the home page. The image that appears on the home page is
randomly selected from the most recent 5 or 6 images uploaded. (Refresh the
home page several times. You'll see different images appearing.)
- Awards, Education and Outreach now splits the MOU Awards from one page
into five. Also, links to Minnesota Bird Clubs are shown.
- The rightmost main menu, My MOU Account, holds all your data and
submissions (images, RQDs, etc.) to the MOU database.
We hope you enjoy your experience with this new website.
- From anywhere on the website, click on the banner across the top of the page, which reads "The Minnesota Ornithologists' Union", to return to the home page.<br /> - After leaving the home page to visit another page, you'll see a slight change in the background color of the top menu. All the subpages under a common main menu use the same color for the top menu. (Quick Links is the exception, as all of these pages are also found under other menus.) - Among the seven main menus, Quick Links is a list of those web pages most frequently visited, or relevant for the season we are in. - Under MOU, Administration, Contacts > Join or Renew Your Membership, you'll see that the web pages to renew using PayPal or a personal check have been combined into a single page. - The Birding in Minnesota menu now has links to all three social media accounts: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. - Recently Seen and Showcase images have been combined into a single page (Publications, Checklists, Galleries > Photos and Galleries > Recent Images). Any MOU member uploading images here can select whether the image can be shown on the home page. The image that appears on the home page is randomly selected from the most recent 5 or 6 images uploaded. (Refresh the home page several times. You'll see different images appearing.) - Awards, Education and Outreach now splits the MOU Awards from one page into five. Also, links to Minnesota Bird Clubs are shown. - The rightmost main menu, My MOU Account, holds all your data and submissions (images, RQDs, etc.) to the MOU database.
We hope you enjoy your experience with this new website.
Date: 6/14/26 7:45 am From: Stephen Greenfield <tapaculo47...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Subject: Iceland Birding Question
The field guide "Birds of Europe" by Mullarney et. al. is first class, but over-kill for Iceland alone. There is also an app version.
Not to replace a field guide, but are you familiar with the "Explore" feature of Merlin? You can download a "pack" for Europe, or the one just for Iceland, and have a mini-field guide on your phone. (Feel free to DM me, if you can't figure out how to set that up.
Stephen Greenfield
Minneapolis
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From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2026 12:00 AM
To: <MOU-NET...> <MOU-NET...>
Subject: Iceland Birding Question
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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:18:16 +0000
From: Miller Johnson <johnson-miller...>
Subject: Iceland Birding Question
This probably isn't an appropriate question for this group, so please delete if appropriate.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a field guide for birds in Iceland?
Thanks much in advance.
I've shared here before that the National Loon Center is continuing resighting work in southern MN lakes where a "Restore the Call" project translocated young loons about 10 years ago in efforts to restore the southern MN loon population. We are also conducting surveys in Itasca County near the source lakes and have a field technician based here.
We are wondering if any MOU members live on or near any of the lakes below, with access to motorized boats for the larger lakes, that would be willing to assist with the surveys in the upcoming weeks:
Spider Lake Trout Lake Ruby Lake Bluewater Lake Wabana Lake Little Wabana Lake North Star Lake Moose Lake Balsam Lake
Please reach out to me directly if interested. <natasha...>
Date: 5/31/26 6:21 am From: Matt Hoberg <mhoberg1...> Subject: [mou-net] Loon Research Field Trip Opportunity
*July 15: Loon Research Boat Tour*
8:30 AM
The MOU is partnering with the National Loon Center on a private field trip to research Common Loons on the Whitefish Chain of Lakes! Participants will climb aboard the National Loon Center's pontoon boat "The StewardShip" and survey nesting success, chick hatching, band resights, and loon behavior. The tour will run from 8:30AM to approximately 11:30AM. For more information and registration (required), visit the registration page <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48A9AC2FA5FFCE9-63222030-loon#/>.
