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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *February 3, 2005 *MNST0502.03 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: February 3, 2005
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, February 3rd.
On February 3rd, Chris Benson found a GYRFALCON in Dakota County at Idle Avenue and Dakota County Road 42. The bird was later found perched atop a utility pole at mile marker 216 of state highway 55.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was in Benton County on the 29th. Herb Dingmann found it along county road 2 about two and a half miles east of Rice.
Also on the 29th, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL was along Chisago County Road 7, about a mile and three quarters west of Interstate 35.
Three LONG-EARED OWLS were in the Hjermstad Wildlife Management Area of Murray County on the 3rd.
On the 31st, a SNOWY OWL was seen by Janet Timmerman at the 54 mile mark of highway 91 in Lyon County. On the 1st, Sue Morton relocated it between mile markers 55 and 54 in an open field on the west side of highway 91.
The two HARLEQUIN DUCKS are still around the breakwater at Agate Bay in Two Harbors, Lake County on the 3rd.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was in the Sax Zim Bog on the 28th, along county road 52 about a quarter of a mile east of Owl Avenue.
On the 30th, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was found just north of Parkers Prairie in Otter Tail County. From state highway 29 go north to County Road 40, then east 3.5 miles to County Road 73. Go south on Moccasin Road about a mile and a half to where the road jogs to the right, then about a half mile farther jogs to the left. Just beyond the second bend, look for the area of downed tamarac.
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen again this week in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth at 40th Avenue East and Cooke Street.
Janette Leete has a VARIED THRUSH in her yard at the northeast corner of Bald Eagle Lake in Washington County. This is along the 4700 block of 126th Street North.
And finally, I have a secondhand report of an American Dipper seen late last week south of Duluth, but unfortunately the original observer apparently was unaware of this species' rare status in the state and did not take note of the exact location. Speculation has been that it may have been along the St. Louis River near Interstate 35.
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