-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*November 26, 1998
*MNST9811.26

-Birds mentioned

• Western Grebe
• Ross's Goose
• Sora
• Thayer's Gull
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Black-billed Magpie
• Tufted Titmouse
• Carolina Wren
• Varied Thrush
• Northern Cardinal
• Common Redpoll

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 26, 1998
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday November 26th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Up to five EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen in the town of Lynd, Lyon County on November 22nd. They apparently roost in the three spruce trees found on the corner of River Street and St. Albans Street.

A VARIED THRUSH is being seen in a rural yard in Crow Wing County. Go north from the town of Crosby on state highway 6 for 12 miles, and look for fire call number 1617. This is a gray house on the west side of the road. The feeder can be seen from the driveway.

On Novermber 17th, a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was north of Detroit Lakes along Becker County Road 21. Many NORTHERN CARDINALS and a few COMMON REDPOLLS were also in the area.

A 1st winter THAYER'S GULL has been present on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis since November 17th, and the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was last seen here on the 19th. And a late WESTERN GREBE was reported from here on November 23rd.

A ROSS'S GOOSE was still at Alexander Park in Faribault on the 25th.

A late SORA is being seen at a composte pile 14 miles north of Grand Rapids in Itasca County. Sue Hutchins reported the latest sighting from her yard on November 23rd, two days later than the previous latest date.

Finally, in Rochester, Olmsted County, a CAROLINA WREN was seen again at Leslie Kottke's feeder on November 24th. A TUFTED TITMOUSE is also occasionally visiting the feeders. Please call Leslie before visiting.

For information on joining our state wide bird organization write the MOU at 10 Church Street SE University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN, 55455

or e-mail us at MOUMembers@aol.com. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday December 3rd.

Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic hotline: MnRBA@linux.winona.msus.edu. To learn more, send a message (the message being these two words: info end) to mnrba-request@linux.winona.msus.edu.

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