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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*November 11, 1999
*MNST9911.11

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Trumpeter Swan
• Mute Swan
• Harlequin Duck
• Black Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Bonaparte's Gull
• CALIFORNIA GULL
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Snowy Owl
• Tufted Titmouse
• Winter Wren
• Snow Bunting

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 11, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday November 11th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

On the evening of November 6th two adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, and on the 9th an immature CALIFORNIA GULL was also present.

Ed Brekke-Kramer has three EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES coming to his feeder in Farimont, Martin County. These birds have been present since late October and tend to favor the bird baths.

As many as nineteen TRUMPETER SWANS have been seen on a pond between Buffalo Lake and Pelican Lake in Wright County. Most of the flock is composed of smaller family groups. On the 5th a MUTE SWAN was reported just West of Cokato along U.S. Highway 12 also in Wright County.

A SNOWY OWL was reported November 7th on an unmarked township road about five miles northeast of Detroit Lakes in Becker County. Look for a large field near an aspen clear cut.

Peder Svingen and Anthony Hertzel surveyed Mille Lacs on November 8th and found a total of 528 COMMON LOONS. Most of these were seen from the east shore of the lake. They also noted 871 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a HARLEQUIN DUCK off Aitkin County Road 81, a BLACK SCOTER off the Cedar Creek public access in Mille Lacs County, and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Agate Bay in Aitkin County.

On November 7th a WINTER WREN joined the three TUFTED TITMICE at Leslie Kottke's feeders in Rochester, Olmsted County, and SNOW BUNTINGS reached the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on November 10th.

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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday November 18th.

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