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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 19, 2001 *MNST0110.19 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 19, 2001
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 19th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
This tape is being updated to report on a BAND-TAILED PIGEON seen October 18th and 19th in Golden Valley, Hennepin County. The bird is visiting the feeder at 6580 South Cortlawn Circle, and also roosts in the wooded area behind the house. To reach South Cortlawn Circle, drive east from U.S. 169 on state highway 55 to Glenwood Avenue. Turn right and proceed south then east. Turn south off Glenwood Ave. on Edgewood Ave. In one block turn right onto South Cortlawn Circle. There is a path at the end of Cortlawn which leads into the woods directly behind the house. If not at the feeder, the pigeon has been seen about 50 yards down this path.
On October 17th, the BLACK-HEADED GULL was relocated on the north side of Jackson County road 2 where it bisects Spirit Lake. This bird has been seen near this location since September 25th.
On October 17th Roger Schroeder reported an unidentified IBIS along Lyon County Road 59 three-quarters of a mile east of its junction with state highway 23. Look for the bird in the small wetland just south of the Lyon County landfill. This is the same location where a Lesser Black-backed Gull was found on the 4th.
An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis on the 16th. A WESTERN GREBE was also present.
On October 14th there was a MUTE SWAN with a group of eight TRUMPETER SWANS on the western edge of Cokato Township in a pond on a road along the Meeker/Wright County line between 25th and 15th Streets. On the 17th this bird had moved north to the small pond known as Swan Lake.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen in Cook County over the weekend. From Grand Marais go north on the Gun Flint Trail to the Lima Mountain Road. Turn west and drive to the Lima Grade Road. Turn north and drive two-and-half miles. Look for a bridge over a creek and the burned area just beyond it. The owl was in this general area both Saturday and Sunday.
On the 17th a VARIED THRUSH showed up briefly in Fridley in southwestern Anoka County. Unfortunately, the bird has not been seen since that afternoon.
Several TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES have been reported in the last few days. One was still at the Lutsen Sea Villas in Lutsen, Cook County on October 13th, and another was in Grand Marais, Cook County on the same day. In Rock County, a Solitaire was found at Blue Mounds State Park on October 18th. It was in the cedar trees near the group campground where the small creek empties into the lake.
There have been 100s of HARRIS'S SPARROWS migrating across the state, along with AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, FOX SPARROWS and a few SNOW BUNTINGS. RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS have also been reported from the northern counties. And NORTHERN GOSHAWKS have been moving southward with scattered reports across the state.
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