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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 26, 2012 *MNST1211.26-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 26, 2012
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 Sunday November 25th, 2012.
Shawn Zierman found a BRANT on the 20th feeding on the ballfields at Park Point in Duluth. Though not seen recently, the bird may still be in the area, associating with a group of Canada Geese. A HARLEQUIN DUCK was at the far end of Park Point on the 21st, and two GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Canal Park on the 25th.
I have a secondhand report of a LITTLE GULL seen with a flock of 50 Bonaparte's Gulls on November 19th at Tamarack Point Campground in Cass County. This is near Lake Winnibigoshish.
At least one and as many as three PACIFIC LOONS have been reported from the south shore of Lake Waconia in Carver County. In Wright County, an immature LONG-TAILED DUCK was on Maple Lake on the 25th, seen from the beach on state highway 55.
A SNOWY OWL was reported on the 20th from the north end of Hamden Slough NWR. It was perched on a power pole along Becker County Road 13 about two and a quarter miles south of county road 14. Two Snowys were in Marshall County on the 21st, north and west of the town of Argyle at 320th Street and 400th Avenue.
On the 18th, Brian Smith found a fairly late DUNLIN at the Sleepy Eye wastewater treatment ponds in Brown County.
And on the 23rd, Paul and JoAnn Gunderson reported a CAROLINA WREN at their suet feeder in Big Lake Township, Sherburne County. Another was at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County on the 19th, at the northern end of the River Trail.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday November 29th, 2012.
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