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*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 25, 2003
*MNST0312.25

-Birds mentioned

• Harlequin Duck
• Gyrfalcon
• Tufted Titmouse
• Hermit Thrush
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 25, 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 December 25th.

An adult gray morph GYRFALCON was found on the 20th in the Duluth harbor, but I have no further details.

The HARLEQUIN DUCK is still being seen on Agate Bay in Two Harbors, Lake County. It was reported as recently as the 21st.

Walter Pratt has a HERMIT THRUSH visiting his backyard near Lake of the Isles in Kenwood, Hennepin County. The bird has been present for a couple of weeks.

A TUFTED TITMOUSE is still being seen daily at the Mount Olivet Retreat Center near Farmington in Dakota County. Directions to the center from Minneapolis are to follow Interstate 35W south to Dakota County Road 70. Turn left onto 70 and go four miles to Cedar Avenue. Turn right, go 3 1/2 miles to 250th Street West. Turn right and drive for one mile to Highview Avenue, turn left for .7 miles to 257th St. and turn left again for 1/2 mile to the Retreat Center.

And on the 24th, as many as five YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were counted in a clump of red cedar trees on Grey Cloud Island in Washington County.

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