Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *February 25, 1999 *MNST9902.25 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: February 25, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (tony@millcomm.com)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday February 25th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A group of eleven COMMON SNIPE were found in Houston County on the 25th. This was in the Winnebago Valley in the southern part of the county, but I have no specific directions.
Nineteen ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and a single NORTHERN HARRIER were reported by Ken Lafond at Carlos Avery Refuge in Anoka County on the 21st. Two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were also reported near the Wilke Unit of the Minnesota NWR in Scott County on the 21st.
On February 21st Dave Baden saw the PRAIRIE FALCON perched atop a grain elevator along Hiawatha Ave. at 36th street south in Minneapolis. It was seen again on the 25th at 38th street south. The bird seems to prefer the east side of the elevators.
Judd Brink reported a GREAT GRAY OWL along Aitkin County Road 18 on the 19th.
A SNOWY OWL was reported near the town of Sherack in Polk County on the 10th but no specific location was given. I have a second-hand report of a SNOWY OWL about 20 miles west of Willmar in Kandiyphi County on February 22 but the bird has not been relocated.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER has apparently over-wintered in Minneapolis. Chet Meyers saw the bird on February 19th at the north end of Lake of the Isles. And a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT over-wintered in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County. Steve Millard reported it from there as recently as the 22nd.
Dan Floren found the first GREAT BLUE HERON of the spring on the 25th. This was along Interstate 494 near the Minnesota River in Hennepin County.
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was outside the Bell Museum on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis on the 22nd.
Other species reported from several places around the state include CANADA GOOSE, HORNED LARK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday March 4th.
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