-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*January 2, 2014
*MNST1401.02

-Birds mentioned
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Snowy Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 2, 2014
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 January 2nd, 2013.

On the 26th, an immature male KING EIDER was on Lake Superior out from
Old Highway 61 in St. Louis County at Greenwood Road. This is a
different individual than the female eider reported earlier in the
month.

Except for several new observations of SNOWY OWLS, there is very little
else to report. A LONG-TAILED DUCK continues to be seen on the
Mississippi River out from Point Douglas Park in Dakota County. It was
last reported on December 28th. And on December 30th, a HARLEQUIN DUCK
was at Brighton Beach on the east side of Duluth.

On December 21st, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was at the Coon Rapids Dam
Regional Park on the Anoka / Hennepin county line. The bird was on the
western side of the Mississippi River feeding in a stand of cedars north
of the dam's parking lot.

More than 90 SNOWY OWLS have been reported thus far this winter, and
recent observations include:

December 30th, two were seen north of Howard Lake on Wright County Road
6 at 30th Street.
Jay Hamernick reported one in the town of Ramsey on January 2nd along
U.S. Highway 10 Anoka County.
On the same date, Bob Williams found one along Goodhue County Road 18
just north of Treasure Island.
Ron Sorvig found a Snowy on December 27th, along Marshall County Road
20, four miles north and a mile and a half east of Alvarado.
In Meeker County there are recent reports from Litchfield, Grove City,
Boon Lake, and Rosendale.
As many as seven Snowys have been seen in Dakota County near Vermillion,
all clustered around 180th Street and East Goodwin Avenue.

There are dozens of additional reports, including from the counties of
Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Clay, Douglas, Fillmore, Hennepin,
Kanabec, Lake, Martin, Morrison, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Renville, Roseau,
Stearns, Stevens, and Traverse. Please see Mike Hendrickson's summary at
http://tinyurl.com/kcfwa6l.

The next scheduled update is Thursday January 9th, 2013.