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*Minnesota Statewide
*January 19, 2012
*MNST1201.19

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 19, 2012
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for January 19th, 2012.

On the 18th, Karl Bardon reported from Duluth that an male HARLEQUIN DUCK and a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were on Lake Superior between 16th and 17th Avenues East. Later in the day, both were found near 42nd Avenue. On the 14th, Jake Miller reported a dark-morph GYRFALCON in the Duluth Port Terminal.

On the 15th, Erik Collins found an adult ICELAND GULL in St. Paul at the Hardman Avenue - Grand Avenue pedestrian overpass.

Jen Vieth passed along information on a VARIED THRUSH seen January 17th in Hasting, Dakota County, at 17774 Blackbird Trail. And the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE which has been at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County since November 27th was seen again on January 15th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is January 26th, 2012.

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