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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 6, 2003 *MNST0303.06 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 6, 2003
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 Thursday, March 6th.
The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still at the levee in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County as recently as the 5th.
The BAND-TAILED PIGEON is still being seen near Hastings, Dakota County where it has been visiting a home since November 20th. The hosts are Hank and Carrol Tressel, 20240 Quentin Avenue East, and while birders are always welcome, the Tressels have asked that no one venture into their backyard.
An adult, gray GYRFALCON was seen on February 28th and again on March 1st at the Port Terminal area of the Duluth harbor.
Good numbers of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS can also be found in Duluth. One flock is fairly regular at Oak and Maxwell streets in Lakewood Township, and several more are roaming West Duluth. On the 6th a large flock of waxwings was near Ordean School in East Duluth.
A SNOWY OWL was seen in Beltrami County on February 21st near the Lake Bemidji water front across from the Amoco station in town, but it has not been seen since.
Three GOLDEN EAGLES were seen on March 2nd. Two were in Wilkin County near the intersection of 220th Ave. and 230th Street just west of the Rothsay WMA area. The other was west of the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge along Becker County Road 26 about a mile east of 255th Street. And one was in Clay County on the 5th about ten miles north of Barnesville along I-94.
On March 1st, there was a LONG-TAILED DUCK in Goodhue County near the top edge of Dam #3 on Prairie Island.
A MUTE SWAN was reported March 1st from the spillway trail off the east side of Black Dog Road in Dakota County.
And that CAROLINA WREN is still being seen behind the Trails Edge apartments in Faribault, Rice County. Dave Barkley reported it earlier this week.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 13th.
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Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
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