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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 24, 2004 *MNST0412.24 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 24, 2004
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 23rd.
The irruption of northern owls continues in northeastern Minnesota, with GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS being fairly easy to find in the vicinity of Duluth and along the north shore of Lake Superior. Check especially in the Sax Zim Bog area along St. Louis County Roads 52 and 7 for both species. The Sax Zim Christmas Bird Count on December 20th recorded a North American CBC record of 70 Great Gray Owls and 42 Northern Hawk Owls. On the 19th, the Two Harbors CBC found 56 Great Gray Owls and 4 Northern Hawk Owls. And on the 18th, the Duluth CBC reported 23 Great Gray Owls and a single Northern Hawk Owl.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen on the lake side of the break wall of Agate bay in Two harbors, Lake County on the 19th. Another was in Duluth on the 23rd behind the convention center in Canal Park.
Interesting was the very late GREEN HERON seen in Shakopee, Hennepin County on the 17th. It was found in the Shakopee RV campground situated immediately north of the Perkins Restaurant standing on the edge of the small creek that runs through the camp site about 50 yards upstream from the Minnesota River.
On the 23rd, a first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was on the ice at the east outflow of Black Dog Lake in Dakota County.
Two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were in the south end of Appleton, Swift County on the 15th. They were seen on the utility wires near the grain elevators along state highway 7.
On December 17th, Al Gens reported two CAROLINA WRENS near the entrance to the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park in Anoka County.
And in Grand Marais, Cook County, two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES and a VARIED THRUSH were seen on the 18th. Another Varied Thrush was in Roseville, Hennepin County on the 19th, at the home of Rick Schlosser along the 2900 block of Northview Street.
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