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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 28, 2000 *MNST0012.28 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 28, 2000
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday December 28th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On December 23rd, Lowell Johnson reported two NORTHERN HAWK OWLS on U.S. highway 72 north of the town of Washkish in Beltrami County.
On the 24th a Hawk Owl was found five miles south of Floodwood, St. Louis County, on highway 73.
Jen Westlund reports that a Northern Hawk Owl was seen in the town of in Virginia in St. Louis County. On December 24th it was at intersection of U.S. highways 169 and 53. On the 26th it had moved to just south of the 169 bridge.
On December 25th, three Northern Hawk Owls were still being found east of the Sax-Zim bog, along St. Louis County road 7 near county road 319.
Several GREAT GRAY OWLS are also being seen in the Sax-Zim area of St. Louis County, especially along county road 133 west of county road 7. They are also being found at numerous locations elsewhere in St. Louis County as well as in Lake of the Woods and Roseau counties. Interestingly, 21 Great Grays were reported on the Morristown Christmas Bird Count in Ontario on December 27th.
Clay Christianson reported a SNOWY OWL on December 22nd in Roseville, Ramsey County, at the junction of state highways 36 and 280. On the 27th, Mark Alt found a Snowy Owl in northern Pine County at the junction of Military Road and Pioneer Trail.
A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen in Paul Gunderson's yard in Big Lake Township, Sherburne County, the 17th.
On the 23rd, Tom Tustison saw an immature GOLDEN EAGLE at the rear of the Black Dog power plant in Burnsville, Dakota County, and it was still present on the 24th. As many as ten BALD EAGLES are also in the area.
And a HERMIT THRUSH was reported by Frank Berdan from his yard in St. Paul on December 26th.
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