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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 15, 2009 *MNST0910.15-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 15, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
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Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 15th 2009.
Both WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and LONG-TAILED DUCK were in the harbor at Duluth on the 15th.
A GYRFALCON was banded in Duluth on the 10th, and another was near Moorhead in Clay County on the 13th, about a mile and a half east of the intersection of U. S. Highway 75 and 28th Ave North.
A PRAIRIE FALCON was at the Mound Springs SNA in western Yellow Medicine County on the 12th.
On the 12th a RED-THROATED LOON was seen from the beach at the Park Point Recreation Area in Duluth, and on the 11th, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING was also in Duluth.
Lingering birds reported since last weekend include RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, HOUSE WREN, BROWN THRASHER, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 22nd 2009.
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