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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 2, 2001 *MNST0111.02 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 2, 2001
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, November 1st, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On November 1st, Chet Meyers found a VARIED THRUSH at the north end of Cedar Lake in Minneapolis, Hennepin County. Look in the planted group of red cedar trees near an open field.
A GYRFALCON was seen on the 28th at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. It is not known if the bird is still in the area. Other raptors counted at the Ridge earlier in the week include 26 GOLDEN EAGLES and 148 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS on the 26th.
A SNOWY OWL was at the Roseau River Wildlife Management Area in Roseau County on the 17th. A second Snowy Owl was at the Roseau Lake Wildlife Management Area on the 24th. On the 29th a Snowy Owl was seen near Silver Lake in Rochester, Olmsted County. And another Snowy Owl was reported from the elementary school at Squaw Lake in southwestern Itasca County on the 25th.
The second NORTHERN HAWK OWL of the season was reported October 28th along Lake County road 2, though no specific location was given.
A BLACK SCOTER was on Lake Ripley in Meeker County on the 27th, but it was not present the following day.
A pair of TUFTED TITMICE has been visiting the feeder of Joyce Goodson about five miles southeast of North Branch in Chisago County. The most recent report I have was from November 1st.
On the 27th, an EARED GREBE was found at the southern end of Lake Marion in Lakeville, Dakota County.
The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL is still being seen on the northwestern end of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. Other birds reported recently include about a dozen GREAT EGRETS at the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge in Bloomington on the 30th. And from elsewhere TUNDRA SWAN, SNOW GOOSE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, PINE GROSBEAK, PINE SISKIN, COMMON REDPOLL, and EVENING GROSBEAK.
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