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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 24, 2009 *MNST0912.24-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 24, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 24th 2009.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been seen at the home of Warren Wegener in Burnsville, Dakota County since the 20th. Please call before visiting. Warren lives at 13304 Oakland Drive.
A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK is visiting a feeder in Duluth at 6219 East Superior Street. Take state highway 61 through Duluth to 60th Avenue East, turn left and go two blocks to Superior Street, then turn right to the home. The homeowners request that visitations be limited to a maximum of five people at a time. Birders should park on only Superior Street and should walk quietly up the driveway and before coming to the garage, go left to the back door and watch the feeders from the sidewalk between the driveway and the back door. Do not continue up the driveway or enter the backyard.
A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-INCH briefly visited a feeder at Big Sandy Lake in Aitkin County on December 17th, but has not returned.
A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was still at Point Douglas Park in Washington County on the 24th, as was at least one LONG-TAILED DUCK.
A SNOWY OWL was reported from an unspecified location at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport on the 21st. Two more were a half mile north of the Rum Rver Drive exit in Princeton, Mille Lacs County on the 22nd.
Finally, there has been a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK coming to the feeders at the Lake Bemidji State Park entrance station for about a week.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 31st 2009.
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