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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *June 8, 2005 *MNST0506.08 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: June 8, 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 Wednesday, June 8th.
A LEAST TERN was found by Paul Johnson on June 8th from the Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County. From the Auto Tour Road, which heads east off Sherburne County Road 5 about a mile north of the town of Orrock, drive between two-and-a-half and three miles to the Big Blue Stem pool. The tern was reported roosting on the island in the middle of this pool.
In Clay County, the ROCK WREN and the two SAY'S PHOEBES are still being seen daily. Directions from the town of Felton are to go south on state highway 9 for two miles. Turn east on county road 108 and drive to the T intersection. Follow the gravel road left and north to the gravel pit area.
Mary Broten has had a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK at her feeder in Marshall County since May 29th and it was still present on June 6th. Mary lives an eighth of a mile west of U.S. Highway 59, about 12 miles north of Thief River Falls.
A pair of SNOWY EGRETS was reported by Barb and Denny Martin at Bah Lakes WMA in Grant County on the 5th.
On the 7th, the Martins found a pair of THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS along Koochiching County Road 13, half a mile north of county road 77.
And finally, a GREAT GRAY OWL has been reported by several people over the last few days, from French Park in western Hennepin County, though I have no specific location.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 19th.
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