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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 12, 2006 *MNST0601.12 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 12, 2006
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, Janurary 12th.
The adult GYRFALCON near mile marker 216 of state highway 55 was seen as recently as January 3rd, just west of Hastings in Dakota County. As many as four SNOWY OWLS are still being seen at the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport atop various buildings and on the ground, especially along Cargo Road. Shawn Conrad found a Snowy Owl south of Palisade in Aitkin County on the 7th. It was along 450th Street, two miles west of county road 5. Another Snowy Owl was in Goodhue County along U.S. Highway 52 near mile marker 85 on the 12th. Randy Frederickson found a Snowy Owl on January 8th in Renville County, just south of the Kandiyohi County line. The bird was along Renville County Road 16 just south of the "S" curve. A Snowy Owl was seen by Cindy Risen in Aitkin County on the 10th, half a mile south of Tamarack on county road 16. Cindy also reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 9th, along Aitkin County 31 about three miles north of Tamarack. A Northern Hawk Owl was seen on the 7th by Kim Eckert along the Stone Lake Road in Sax- Zim bog of St. Louis County. Another seen on the 6th just west of here on McDavitt Road, about two miles north of Sax Road. A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS was also along this road on the 7th, about two and a half miles north of Sax Road. Audrey Evers reports from Hoyt Lakes that on the 11th, a GREAT GRAY OWL was near the new MP&L development on White Water Lake.
Steve Millard discovered a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County. He found the birds on the 8th at Hannah Park and they were still there on the 12th.
Mike Blissenbach found a few BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 7th at the Hastings Country Club in Hastings, Dakota County.
A VARIED THRUSH has been seen January 6, in the yard of Gary and Jean Novotony. They are located at 1175 W. 70th Street west of Northfield, Rice County. Another Varied Thrush was seen on the 7th on the north side of the UMD campus in Duluth, along Saint Marie Street just east of Kirby Drive.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, Janurary 19th.
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