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*Minnesota Statewide
*August 14, 2008
*MNST0808.14

• Great Gray Owl
• Western Tanager
• Lark Bunting

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

On the 13th, a GREAT GRAY OWL was along state highway 65 about a mile north of Aitkin County Road 36.

In Yellow Medicine County, a basic-plumaged WESTERN TANAGER has been seen since August 2nd. Directions are to go south from county road 4 a half mile before the South Dakota border, for one mile to the T and turn left. The bird was seen on the south side of the road in the next stand of vegetation to the east. A LARK BUNTING was also reported one mile south of this location last week.

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

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