Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
|
Previous reports: August 14, September 5 15 26, October 16 18 24.
Other Hotlines: Minnesota Duluth/North Shore | Detroit Lakes
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 7, 2014 *MNST1411.07-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 7, 2014
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 Friday November 7th, 2014.
Roy Zimmerman reported a KING EIDER on November 1st at Good Harbor Bay in Cook County. This is just outside Grand Marais.
A PRAIRIE FALCON was reported from Clay County on the 1st, along 140th Street North, about three-quarters of a mile north of U.S. Highway 10.
A MUTE SWAN was at the Gaylord wastewater treatment ponds in Sibley County on the 7th.
Two SURF SCOTERS were seen by Craig Mandel on Centerville Lake in Anoka County on the 6th. They were observed from the Waterworks Bar parking lot along Main Street. And three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis on the 4th.
A PACIFIC LOON was on Wigwam Bay at Lake Mille Lacs in Mille Lacs County on October 31st.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was near the floating dock on Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis on the 6th.
A SNOWY OWL was reported on the 28th along U.S . Highway 53 near the Duluth Airport. And in Meeker County, another was seen on the 6th along Meeker County Road 20 just north of 360th Street.
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found by Kelly Brannick on October 31st in the southeastern corner of Elk River along the 15900 block of Jarvis Street NW on the Sherburne - Anoka county line.
And a SUMMER TANAGER was photographed by Mark Newstrom on the 4th at his Minneapolis backyard feeding station. The bird first appeared on October 29th.
The next scheduled update is Thursday November 13th, 2014.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our internet list sevice:
MOU-net@list.umn.edu.
Learn more about MOU-net.
