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*Minnesota Statewide
*February 14, 2008
*MNST0802.14

• Snowy Owl
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Townsend's Solitaire

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: February 14, 2008
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, February 14th 2008.

On the 11th, a SNOWY OWL was just south of McGregor on Aitkin County Road 8. On the 13th, a SHORT-EARED OWL was along U.S. Highway 212 in Eden Prarie in Hennepin County, south of the highway between "The Lions Tap" and Richard Anderson Park. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL is still in the Sax Zim Bog, on the west side of St. Louis County Road 7, half a mile south of Stone Lake Road.

There is still a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE near Stillwater in Washington County, as it has been since mid-January. From state highway 96 go north on state highway 55 to the driveway that is just north of the Stillwater Township Hall parking lot. Check the trees across the street from here. Another Solitaire was still in Blue Earth County at Minneopa State Park on the 14th. It was foraging on the south side of the road on the prairie side of the park.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, February 21st 2008.

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