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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 20, 2003 *MNST0311.20 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 20, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday November 20th.
Jim Lind found a first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was found on the 15th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors, Lake County. It was loafing on the old concrete pier out from the boat launch.
Chuck Krulas found a HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 13th at the mouth of the French River in St. Louis County and it was still there on the 15th.
Clare and Maurita Geerts had two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES in their yard on the north side of Mille Lacs Lake in Aitkin County on the 16th. The tree that the birds frequent is behind their house near the bog driveway. Bob Janssen found a Townsend's Solitaire on the 20th at the junction of Swift County Roads 87 and 28.
On November 14th, Ron Erpelding found a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD in Swift County at the Appleton Golf Course. The bird was seen from the gravel road adjacent to the golf course and it was relocated later in the afternoon. Take Highways 7 & 59 to Appleton. Turn north onto South Hering Street and follow this road for ten blocks. Turn east onto Wyman Avenue and drive three-tenths of a mile. The bluebird was seen on the golf course side of the road.
On the 15th, Warren Nelson refound three GREAT GRAY OWLS near the junction of Aitkin County Road 18 and Pietz's Road. On the 14th, Sparky Stensaas found a Great Gray Owl in the Sax-Zim area on St. Louis County Road 52 a quarter of a mile east of Owl Ave.
Jason Eckstein reported three SNOWY OWLS at the Burnham Creek WMA in Polk County on the 14th. The birds are near the waterfowl impoundment.
On November 17th, Tom Tustison found a single BOHEMIAN WAXWING at Lake Byllesby in Dakota County. From highway 56 go east on county road 88 for 1/8th of a mile to the turnout on the right. The bird was in trees to the south along the railroad tracks.
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