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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 12, 2002 *MNST0212.12 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 12th,
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. You can bypass this
message at any time by pressing "1" on your touch-tone phone.
The BAND-TAILED PIGEON is still being seen near Hastings, Dakota
County where it has been visiting the home of Hank and Carrol Tressel
since November 20th. The hosts live at 20240 Quentin Avenue East.
Driving south from Hastings on state highway 316, turn left on 200th
(or County Road 68), then right on Quamme, left on 203rd, then left
again on Quentin. The home is on the right side of the road. The home
owners have requested that no one venture into their backyard.
There is an unusual immature gull being seen at Black Dog Lake just
east of the power plant in Burnsville, Dakota County. There is some
indication that this may be a first state record SLATY-BACKED GULL,
but definitive looks have yet to be obtained. The gull comes in to
roost shortly after 4:00 PM each day and is fairly consistently seen
near the sandbar just east of the railroad tracks that lead into the
plant on the south side of the lake. An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was
seen soaring above this area on the 8th.
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was still in Two Harbors, Lake County, on the
8th at South Avenue and 2nd St. There are also BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in
Two Harbors and a late RUSTY BLACKBIRD at 2nd Ave and 3rd St.
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at the Old Cedar Ave Bridge in
Bloomington, Hennepin County, on December 6th.
On December 9th Dedrick Benz discovered a very late NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH at Whitewater State Park in Winona County. It was found
at the first stream crossing on the Trout Run Trail. The previous
latest fall date for this species is October 26th making this record
even more remarkable.
At Sherburne NWR six TRUMPETER SWANS were seen on December 7th. They
were in a small pool on Sherburne County Road 9 on the east side of
the refuge.
There are finally a few few reports of winter finches, mostly from
the northeastern parts of the state. In Lake and St. Louis counties a
few people have reported small flocks of PINE GROSBEAK, EVENING
GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and PINE SISKIN.
Thanks to the few callers who found enough interesting birds this
early December to report them, and especially to Barb Carousel.
This state-wide birding report is brought to you and financially
supported by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU). The MOU is
Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club.
The report is composed from observations generously submitted by MOU
members and other birders throughout the state. You can support this
weekly update by submitting your bird reports to Anthony Hertzel at
axhertzel@sihope.com or by calling the hotline directly at
763-780-8890 and leaving a detailed message.
MOU members receive this report directly on MOU-net, the club's free
e-mail listservice, which is available to anyone interested. For
information contact Paul Budde at pbudde@aol.com.
MOU members receive the organization's quarterly journal "The Loon"
and the bimonthly magazine, "Minnesota Birding". For membership
information, send an e-mail message to our membership secretary at
moumembers@yahoo.com.
The MOU is pleased to offer this service. Thank you, and good birding.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 19th.
--
Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
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Date: December 12, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
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