-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 15, 2009 *MNST0910.15 -Birds mentioned White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Red-throated Loon Gyrfalcon Prairie Falcon Ruby-throated Hummingbird Least Flycatcher House Wren Brown Thrasher Bohemian Waxwing Rose-breasted Grosbeak -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: October 15, 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, October 15th 2009. Both WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and LONG-TAILED DUCK were in the harbor at Duluth on the 15th. A GYRFALCON was banded in Duluth on the 10th, and another was near Moorhead in Clay County on the 13th, about a mile and a half east of the intersection of U. S. Highway 75 and 28th Ave North. A PRAIRIE FALCON was at the Mound Springs SNA in western Yellow Medicine County on the 12th. On the 12th a RED-THROATED LOON was seen from the beach at the Park Point Recreation Area in Duluth, and on the 11th, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING was also in Duluth. Lingering birds reported since last weekend include RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, HOUSE WREN, BROWN THRASHER, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 22nd 2009.