-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*November 19, 2009
*MNST0911.19

-Birds mentioned
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Pacific Loon
Cattle Egret
Northern Hawk Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 19, 2009
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, November 19th 2009.

On the 17th, a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was in the Duluth harbor near the
boat ramp at the Recreation Area of Park Point.

In Hennepin County, a MUTE SWAN was found at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve
on the 15th. It was in an impoundment area just west of the lake. In
Houston County, as many as 12,000 TUNDRA SWANS can be seen at Pool #8
south of La Crosse.

On the 15th, two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were on Lake Osakis in Todd County, on
the east side of the lake where highway 27 turns southwest. A PACIFIC
LOON and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were there on the 14th. A pair of
BLACK SCOTERS was on the west side of Grindstone Lake in Pine County on
the 14th.

In Chisago County, a late CATTLE EGRET was just north of the Washington
County line on the 14th along 240th Street just east of county road 3.

A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found in Aitkin County on November 15th. It was
north of the town of Aitkin on county road 1 where the asphalt ends.
Another was seen on the same day along U.S. Highway 2, three miles west
of St. Louis County Road 31.

And two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were still at the Ann Lake campground in
Sherburne NWR on the 15th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, November 26th 2009.