Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *January 28, 1999 *MNST9901.28 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 28, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (tony@millcomm.com)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday January 28th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A MUTE SWAN is being reported from Rice County, near the Lyndale Motel in the town of Faribault.
Most interesting was the KILLDEER seen January 24th in Wright County. Dan Florean discovered it near the boat landing in Montissippi State Park in the town of Monticello.
A SNOWY OWL was seen Tuesday January 26th over state highway 36 in Ramsey County at the Edgerton St. intersection. On the 17th, another SNOWY OWL was in a plowed field in Rock County on the west side of state highway 23, about 1/2 mile north of its intersection with Rock County Road 14.
Mark Ochs reported several GRAY PARTRIDGE on January 24th, along 180th Street South east of Hogan Avenue in Dakota County. A MEADOWLARK is also being seen in the area at a feeder between Fisher and Goodwin Avenues on the north side of 180th Street.
The CAROLINA WREN reported from Medina in northwestern Hennepin County was still present as recently as January 23. The location is the home of the Turnhams.
Patsy Kuntz reported a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER on the 23rd near Wirth Park in Golden Valley, Hennepin County. This may be the same individual reported near Lake of the Isles in recent weeks.
On the 23rd, Ronald Refsnider reported several BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at Bunker Park, Anoka County. They were located just behind the clubhouse at Bunker Park Golf Course.
And finally, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK visited the Washington County home of Sandra Bissinette. This is the fifth consecutive winter that this species has appeared in her yard.
Thanks to Kim Metz, Kurt Haroldson, Ken Lafond, and Mary Brown.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday February 4th.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic hotline: MnRBA@linux.winona.msus.edu. To learn more, send a message (the message being these two words: info end) to mnrba-request@linux.winona.msus.edu.
