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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 27, 2000 *MNST0001.27 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 27, 2000
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday January 27th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The TUFTED DUCK is still being seen at the Blue Lake settling ponds just east of Shakopee and it was reported by Parker Backstrom and Anthony Hertzel as recently as January 27th. The ponds are located on the north side of Scott County Road 101 one mile west of U.S. highway 169. On the 19th a SHORT-EARED OWL made a brief appearence at these same settling ponds.
And that CURVE-BILLED THRASHER is still visiting a feeder in western Minnesota as it has been since late November.
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE has been visiting the feeder of Joan Blacksmith in New Ulm, Brown County, since mid-September.
Dan Floren reports that several BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS can be seen at Stahl's Lake County Park in Mcleod County along with RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES.
The ROSS'S GOOSE is still being seen at Silver Lake in Rochester, Olmsted County, and the PRAIRIE FALCON was seen near the grain elevators along Dight St. between 34th and 37th street in south Minneapolis on January 23rd. Dight is one block east of Hiawatha Ave.
A THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen along state highway 310 north of the town of Roseau in Roseau County about one mile south of the Canadian border.
On January 22nd, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL was located by Bill Stauffer and Warren Nelson near the town of Kimberly. This is south of state highway 210 at the junction of Aitkin County Roads 5 and 56.
On the 18th KILLDEER were seen along highway 26 about a half a mile south of the town of Brownsville in Houston County. Other birds being reported include WILD TURKEY, NORTHERN HARRIER, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, HORNED LARK, and COMMON REDPOLL.
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