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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 26, 2006 *MNST0601.26 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 26, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.,org
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Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, Janurary 26th.
Peder Svingen and Kim Eckert found a juvenile GYRFALCON on the afternoon of January 21st on the ice in the Duluth harbor. Peder saw the bird from the Park Point bus turn-around near the recreation area at the same time Kim saw the bird from across the harbor at Barker's Island in Superior. Mike Hendrickson also found an adult Gyrfalcon on the 23rd in the Duluth Port Terminal perched on the tower next to the Blatnik Bridge.
In the Sax-Zim bog of St. Louis County, Kim Eckert reported two GREAT GRAY OWLS on the 22nd along the Arkola Road, half a mile to a mile east of Owl Avenue. Also in the bog on the 24th, Mike Hendrickson refound the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along the Stone Lake Road, and the BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along McDavitt Road about two and a half miles north of St. Louis County Road 28. Another Hawk Owl was also seen along the McDavitt Road, and there was also a recent sighting along Arkola Road between Owl Avenue and the Stickney Road. Al Schirmacher found a Hawk Owl on the 22nd along Aitkin County Road 5 about a mile south of Palisade. I have a second hand report of a Hawk Owl seen on the 25th. The bird was apparently north of the intersection of Crow Wing County Road 48 and state highway 371.
The SNOWY OWL is still being seen along Aitkin County Road 16 just south of Tamarack. On the 25th, John Hockema reported four SHORT-EARED OWLS at the Beaver Creek WMA in southwestern Fillmore County. To reach this location, drive south from Spring Valley to county road 26. Drive west for three miles, then south for one mile. Check the field opposite of the parking lot with two rows of spruce trees. John and Chris Hockema found a GRAY CATBIRD at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester, Olmsted County on January 23rd. The bird was in the larger arborvitae located at the east end of the cemetery.
Chris Benson found a GOLDEN EAGLE on January 24th, on state highway 76 about a mile north of Houston County Road 17.
In Cook County, Peg Robertson relocated a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 20th, a quarter of a mile west of the Tofte Town Park along the Godin Sugar Beach Road.
Finally, there have been several reports of a white Gyrfalcon in the Anderson Lakes area of Bloomington, Hennepin County. From the descriptions of the bird and its behavior, it seems more likely that this is an albinistic Red-tailed Hawk.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, February 2nd.
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