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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 20, 2007 *MNST0712.20-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 20, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 20th 2007.
On the morning of December 16th, Bruce Fall found a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE in a large flock of Common Goldeneyes on the Mississippi River near Point Douglas, Washington County. The following day, two BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were seen here. Bruce also found an adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK in the Mississippi River near the U.S. Highway 10 bridge.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was in the Sax Zim bog in last week, half a mile west of St. Louis County Road 7 along county road 28. On the 19th, a SNOWY OWL was reported one mile north of highway 40, along Chippewa County Road 9.
A pair of AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS was found by Dale Yerger on the 17th along Cass County Road 8, six miles north of the bridge at Federal Dam.
On the 17th, Debbie Waters reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at the Northland Country Club in Duluth. Check the coniferous trees that are across from Old Howard Mill Road and run perpendicular to Skyline Parkway. Another TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE has been behind the Science Museum in St. Paul, Ramsey County, for about ten days.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 27th 2007.
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