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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 10, 2005 *MNST0503.10 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 10, 2005
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, March 10th.
As of March 9th, the gray-morph GYRFALCON was still in Dakota County perched atop a stand of evergreens a half mile south of 150th Street and a half mile west of Goodwin Avenue. Check also near the junction of Dakota County Road 42 and state highway 55. On March 5th, Karen Sussman found a Gyrfalcon on St. Louis County Road 85, three quarters of a mile west of state highway 73.
GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS are still easy to find across northern Minnesota, especially in Aitkin County and Pine County. Many observers report finding multiple Great Gray Owls along Aitkin County Roads 4, 5, 22, 73, and along state highway 65.
An AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and at least two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS can still be found along McDavitt Road in the Sax-Zim Bog area of St. Louis County, two and a half miles north of the Sax Road.
At least one HOARY REDPOLL has been reported from a feeder on Lake County Road 9, just north of the highway 61 expressway west of Two Harbors.
An increase in NORTHERN SHRIKE reports has been noted recently, especially in the Twin Cities area, Arriving spring migrants reported recently include GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, GREAT BLUE HERON, NORTHERN HARRIER, SANDHILL CRANE, KILLDEER, RING-BILLED GULL, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 17th.
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