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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 14, 2006 *MNST0612.14-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 14, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
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Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday December 14th 2006.
A probable adult SLATY-BACKED GULL has been at Black Dog Lake in Dakota County for the past several days. Jim Mattsson and Bruce Fall first reported it on the 9th, and is usually seen in the evenings roosting near the power plant with a large group of other more common gulls.
On December 11th, Dave Grosshuesch found an female-type LARK BUNTING along Airbase Road near the Duluth airport. Coming from the south on U.S. Highway 53, turn right onto Stebner Road, go a quarter of a mile and turn right onto Airbase Road. The bird was foraging along the shoulder about a tenth of a mile from the intersection.
At least one GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH, and possibly all three are still at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office in Cloquet, St. Louis County. The birds were reported as recently as the 13th. Most interesting was the report from Bob Williams of two more Rosy-Finches on the 8th at the northwest corner of Wadena County Roads 18 and 15.
As many as 19 SHORT-EARED OWLS were counted at the Rothsay Wildlife Management area in Wilkin County on the 13th. Go west from the town of Rothsay on County Road 26, turn north on 300th Avenue and when it jogs west, check the fields to the north and south. Sixteen SHORT-EARED OWLS were counted on the 10th at Carlos Avery Refuge in Anoka County. These were along pool 10 road just north of its junction with pool 9 road.
On the 12th, a GREAT GRAY OWL was found by Chris Benson at the junction of Aiktin County Road 18 and 320th Place. Another GREAT GRAY OWL was found by Bill Nelson on the 7th, two miles north of Federal Dam alongside Cass County Road 8.
Bill Bolin reported a SNOWY OWL in Murray County on the 11th. From the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and Murray County Road 21 go a mile south and turn right onto a gravel road. The bird was on a fence post along the first mile stretch of this road. A SNOWY OWL was also in Nobles County on the 12th, about a mile west of Rushmore on I-90. And I have a secondhand report of one seen on the 12th along Winona County Road 31 between Altura and Minneiska.
A VARIED THRUSH was in a crab apple tree on the 800 block of 9th Avenue in Two Harbors, Lake County, on the 12th. Another was in Aitkin County on the 9th. From the junction of Highways 169 and 47 on the south side of town, take highway 47 east for six blocks to 6th Avenue SE. Go south for about five blocks to Ripple River Drive and follow it to number 277. The bird has been in a flowering crabapple tree behind the house.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 21st 2006.
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