[mou] MOU RBA 28 December 2006

Anthony Hertzel axhertzel@sihope.com
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:54:28 -0800


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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 28, 2006
*MNST0612.28

-Birds mentioned
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 28, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com) 

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday December 28th 2006.

The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource
Management Division office just west of Cloquet in St. Louis County were
all seen as recently as the 28th.

A second winter ICELAND GULL was found on the 20th at Black Dog Lake in
Dakota County, along with a GLAUCOUS GULL and a THAYER'S GULL.

On the 24th, Kim Risen found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along the Hedbom Forest
Road in Aitkin County about a mile and a half west of St. Louis County
Road 837. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen in Aitkin County on the 23rd, two
and a half miles west of Floodwood Road on the Hedbom Road. On the 24th,
another GREAT GRAY OWL was 14 miles south of McGregor on state highway
65, near mile marker 103, also in Aitkin County. A SNOWY OWL was found
on the 24th by Pat Beauzay one mile east of the junction of Redwood
County Roads 5 and 12.

On December 26th, Gloria Nord reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in the
southeastern quarter of section 2 of Dora Township, Otter Tail County.
Two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were found on December 24th by Ron Erpelding
in Sibley State Park in Kandiyohi County. Both birds were in the cedar
trees along the ski trail just west of the staff quarters building near
the group camp.

Unusual was the December 23rd BALTIMORE ORIOLE seen by Bill Kass at his
feeder in Rochester, Olmsted County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, January 4th 2007.


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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 28, 2006
*MNST0612.28

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-Birds mentioned
<UL>
<LI>Thayer's Gull
<LI>Iceland Gull
<LI>Glaucous Gull
<LI>Snowy Owl
<LI>Northern Hawk Owl
<LI>Great Gray Owl
<LI>Townsend's Solitaire
<LI>Baltimore Oriole
</UL>
-Transcript
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<strong>Hotline:</strong> Minnesota Statewide<br>
<strong>Date:</strong> December 28, 2006<br>
<strong>Sponsor:</strong> Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org<br>
<strong>Reports:</strong> (763) 780-8890<br>
<strong>Compiler:</strong> Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)<br>
<P>
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday December 28th 2006.
<P>
The three <B style="color: #0057ad">GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES</B> at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office just west of Cloquet in St. Louis County were all seen as recently as the 28th.
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A second winter <B style="color: #0057ad">ICELAND GULL</B> was found on the 20th at Black Dog Lake in Dakota County, along with a <B style="color: #0057ad">GLAUCOUS GULL</B> and a <B style="color: #0057ad">THAYER'S GULL.</B>
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On the 24th, Kim Risen found a <B style="color: #0057ad">NORTHERN HAWK OWL</B> along the Hedbom Forest Road in Aitkin County about a mile and a half west of St. Louis County Road 837. A <B style="color: #0057ad">GREAT GRAY OWL</B> was seen in Aitkin County on the 23rd, two and a half miles west of Floodwood Road on the Hedbom Road. On the 24th, another <B style="color: #0057ad">GREAT GRAY OWL</B> was 14 miles south of McGregor on state highway 65, near mile marker 103, also in Aitkin County. A <B style="color: #0057ad">SNOWY OWL</B> was found on the 24th by Pat Beauzay one mile east of the junction of Redwood County Roads 5 and 12.
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On December 26th, Gloria Nord reported a <B style="color: #0057ad">TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE</B> in the southeastern quarter of section 2 of Dora Township, Otter Tail County. Two <B style="color: #0057ad">TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES</B> were found on December 24th by Ron Erpelding in Sibley State Park in Kandiyohi County. Both birds were in the cedar trees along the ski trail just west of the staff quarters building near the group camp.
<P>
Unusual was the December 23rd <B style="color: #0057ad">BALTIMORE ORIOLE</B> seen by Bill Kass at his feeder in Rochester, Olmsted County.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, January 4th 2007.
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