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*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*July 1, 2010
*MNST1007.01

• Least Bittern
• Yellow Rail
• Great Gray Owl
• Spotted Towhee

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 1, 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, July 1st, 2010.

On June 28th, Kim Eckert found a GREAT GRAY OWL in Aitkin County. It was seen along the snowmobile trail about three-quarters of a mile south of county road 18, which is opposite 320th Place about two miles west of county road 5. He also found and several YELLOW RAILS at the McGregor Marsh along the east side of state highway 65, three-quarters of a mile south of state highway 210.

On the 26th, Bruce Baer reported a calling LEAST BITTERN at Long Meadow Lake in Bloomington, Hennepin County. This was between the Hogback Pond overflow and the Bass Ponds.

Unusual was the Sherburne County SPOTTED TOWHEE reported by Al Schirmacher on the 26th on the right side of the Sherburne NWR auto tour road in a grove of trees at the Little Bluestem Pool.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 8th, 2010.

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