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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *February 10, 2000 *MNST0002.10 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: February 10, 2000
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday February 10th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The TUFTED DUCK is still being seen at the Blue Lake settling ponds just east of Shakopee. The ponds are located on the north side of Scott County Road 101 one mile west of U.S. highway 169.
Two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen on February 6th, 19.5 miles west of the town of Big Falls along Koochiching County Road 30. On the 4th, a Black-backed Woodpecker was seen in Lake County, half a mile east of highway 1 along Spruce Road, which is about 14 miles northwest of the junction of Lake County Road 2 and highway 1. Jeanie Joppru found a Black-backed Woodpecker on February 5th in Roseau County, a half mile south of the Canadian border along state Highway 310. Three GREAT GRAY OWLS were also seen here within a mile of the border. On February 3rd, a Great Gray was just south of Aitkin County Road 18 along the snowmobile trail which runs south from Pietz's Road. And another Great Gray was found by Lane Elwanger on the 5th in Lake of the Woods County along the south Butterfield Forest Road a half mile west of the Red Lake WMA Headquarters building.
On February 4th, a SHORT-EARED OWL was reported in a prairie area in northern Wilkin County, half a mile east the of junction of state highway 9 and Wilkin County Road 30. Five more Short-eareds were reported on the 5th in Wilkin County. Two were 3.5 miles west of the town of Rothsay on County Road 26, one was at the Rothsay Managment Area at the east end of County Road 176, and two seen along County Road 15, one mile south of County Road 30. These birds were still present on the 8th.
The NORTHERN HAWK OWL reported previously from the town of Kimberly in Aitkin County was still present as of February 7th. It was found just south of the junction of County Road 5 and Township Road 179.
A SNOWY OWL was seen on the 5th along Highway 1 in Marshall County about 15 miles west of Thief River Falls. Don Carroll reported a Snowy Owl just outside of Shakopee on the 6th. This was along U.S. 169 near Scott County Road 18.
During the first week of February Bill Braun reports that as many as four GOLDEN EAGLES were reported from Camp Ripley in Morrison County.
Thanks to Oscar Johnson, Ed Levering, Craig Mandel, and Jane Norlander.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday February 17th
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