-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 27, 2012
*MNST1212.27

-Birds mentioned
Barrow's Goldeneye
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Golden Eagle
Snowy Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 27, 2012
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask]) 

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday December 27th, 2012.

On December 25th, Karl Bardon found a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at the Superior
Entry of Park Point in Duluth.

On the 22nd, a GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from the Coon Rapids dam on the
Hennepin / Anoka county line.

On the 21st, Warren Nelson found a SNOWY OWL along US Highway 169, three
and three-quarter miles north of Aitkin in Aitkin County. Another is
being seen Marshall County, about eight miles west of the Audubon Center
along county road 64. And a Snowy Owl was in downtown Minneapolis on the
17th, across Marquette Street from the IDS tower.

In Sherburne County, Al Schirmacher reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at
the Ann Lake campground parking lot on December 24th. In east Duluth, a
VARIED THRUSH is still in the Lakeside neighborhood where it was first
discovered on the 15th. It's being seen just west of the intersection of
47th Avenue and Oakley Street.

A few late, lingering birds have been reported in the past two weeks. An
immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was along Shive Road in Winona on the
20th. On the 24th, a GRAY CATBIRD was in Steve Bachman's yard in
Shoreview, Ramsey County. Another was just east of Willmar in Kandiyohi
on the 26th. On the 21st, Joel Claus found a BROWN THRASHER at the
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska. It was in the gardens behind
the visitor center. A FIELD SPARROW was seen by Dan Versaw on December
22nd at the Riverwood Park in Dakota County. And a CHIPPING SPARROW was
reported on the 19th by Kurt Schulzetenberg near 120 West Plato
Boulevard in St. Paul.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday January 3rd, 2013.