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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 29, 2010 *MNST1001.29-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 29, 2010
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, January 28th, 2010.
On the 28th, the BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still on Lake Superior across from Leif Erickson Park in Duluth. Several GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, ICELAND GULLS, THAYER'S GULLS, and GLAUCOUS GULLS were at nearby Canal Park earlier in the week.
In Lake County, GREAT GRAY OWLS was seen on the 28th along the Whyte Road, 2.5 miles and 4.8 miles east of the Stony River Forest Road. A third was along the Stony River Forest Road, 5.3 miles south of state highway 1, and a NORTHERN HAWK OWL was 5.2 miles south of highway 1. Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL was along Lake County Road 2, 18.2 miles north of state highway 61.
A SNOWY OWL was in Silver Bay, Lake County on the 25th. It's being reported between the entrance to North Shore Mining and the traffic light on highway 61.
In the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County, BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen along county road 788. About a mile to the west, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were reported on the east side of McDavitt Road, two and a half miles north of Sax Road.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, February 4th, 2010.
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