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