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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *February 16, 2006 *MNST0602.16 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: February 16, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, February 16th.
On February 10th, Dan Beran reported a GYRFALCON near the Wakota bridge in South St Paul, Ramsey County. He watched it as it perched on the steel highline pole that is just east of the intersection of Hardman and Armour avenues.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was found in Aitkin County on the 15th by Dale Yerger along state highway 200, seven miles west of Hill City. On February 10th, a Great Gray Owl was seen in Lake County by Michael Hendrickson on Lake County Road 2 between Greenwood Lake and Louey Road.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL continues to be seen near the Gooseberry State Park visitors' center in Lake County. Another Northern Hawk Owl has been seen since January 25th in Brainerd, Crow Wing County and was present as recently as February 10th. This is just north of the junction of Crow Wing County Road 48 and highway 371. On February 13th, Farrel Graves found a Northern Hawk Owl on Aitkin County Road 56 about two miles east of U.S. Highway 169, and a second Hawk Owl about a mile farther east. The Northern Hawk Owl in Duluth along the Lavaque Road was still present on the 16th, a mile north of the Martin Road. Karen Sussman found a Northern Hawk Owl in northwestern St. Louis County on the 10th, along state highway 73, a mile and a half north of county road 22, and another about a mile and a half west of Highway 73 along the Lund Road. The Northern Hawk Owl along McDavitt Road in the Sax-Zim bog was relocated on the 11th by Cheri Fox, about two miles north of the Sax Road. And the Northern Hawk Owl along the Stone Lake Road in the Sax-Zim Bog was relocated by several people on the 12th.
John Ellis relocated the SNOWY OWL on the 10th along St. Louis County Road 29, a mile north of county road 133. And a Snowy Owl is still being seen three miles south of Palisade on Aitkin County Road County 5.
Jan and John Green saw a BOREAL OWL in their Duluth yard off the North Shore Road, east of the Bergquist Road on the 16th. This is the first time they've seen the bird since the 7th.
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen over the weekend along the McDavitt Road, about 2.5 miles north of St. Louis County Road 28.
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found by Lloyd Scherer on the 14th in Grand Marais, Cook County, near the Harbor View Apartments.
And on February 11th there was a Hermit Thrush along the Bluff Trail west of the Old Cedar Avenue bridge in Bloomington. It was about 100 yards past the third boardwalk.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, February 23rd.
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