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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 15, 2005 *MNST0512.15 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 15, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, December 15th.
The immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was still present at Black Dog Lake in Dakota County on December 15th. It has been seen at the western outlet near I-35W from Black Dog Road but it has been seen at the eastern inlet as well.
A SNOWY OWL was reported on December 9th by Suzie Maki on 587th Avenue between Nicollet County Roads 5 and 7 just northwest of Klossner. Dave Benson reported a Snowy Owl in the Port Terminal area
of the Duluth harbor on the 9th under the Blatnik Bridge. This spot can be reached by taking the Garfield Avenue exit off U.S. Highway 53. Jean Carpenter saw a Snowy Owl on the 10th near Esko in Carlton County, at the junction of Carlton County Road 1 and the Harney Road. Also on the 10th a Snowy Owl was seen on St. Louis County Road 7 south of the Byrns Greenhouse in the Sax-Zim Bog. Becky Vail saw a Snowy Owl along Dodge County Road 3 about eight miles south of Claremont. This was between 700th Street and 710th Street on December
12th. Another was in Goodhue County along U.S. Highway 52 near mile marker 85 on the 15th. And the Snowy Owl is still being seen at the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport atop various buildings along Cargo Road.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen on December 10th by Karen Sussman on St. Louis County Road 85 two miles west of state highway 73. Another was along St. Louis County Road 319 in the Sax-Zim bog on the 10th. And on December 10th, Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann found a Northern Hawk Owl in Koochiching County along highway 11 about a mile east of Clementson. The bird was at the Vida's Landing public access. They also found a Northern Hawk Owl in Lake of the Woods County on the Bankton Trail 1.5 miles east of Faunce Road, and a GREAT GRAY OWL on Lake of the Woods County Road 146 about three and a quarter miles east of Pitt Grade Road. In St. Louis County, a Northern Hawk Owl was found on the 11th along County Road 99, a mile north of County Road 16, and another was found on the 13th along the Lavaque Road, two miles north of Martin Road near Duluth. In Lake County, a Northern Hawk Owl was seen on the 7th at the junction of Forest Highway 11 and County Road 2 and another was seen on the 11th about six miles east of here along Forest Highway 11.
A very late EARED GREBE was reported by Craig Mandel at the Black Dog power plant on the 11th.
Leslie Kottke still has a CAROLINA WREN visiting her home in St. Paul, Ramsey County. On the 11th, Debbie Wells had two Carolina Wrens visit her yard in Richfield, Hennepin County.
An adult male VARIED THRUSH was seen in northeastern Grand Rapids at 4th Street & 10th Avenue in Itasca County. It was seen by Pam Coy on the 13th, but it has apparently left the area.
Thanks also to Dick Hartman, Jim Lind, Bill Tefft, Nancy Jackson, and Mary DeMarse.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 22nd.
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