-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 11, 2009
*MNST0912.11

-Birds mentioned
Harlequin Duck
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Carolina Wren
Varied Thrush
Blue Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 11, 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, December 10th 2009.

The SLATY-BACKED GULL was still at Canal Park in Duluth on the 4th, as
were three GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS and six THAYER'S GULLS. Another
SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen on the 7th at Black Dog Lake in Bloomington,
Hennepin County though access to the site is currently restricted.

A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was at Point Douglas Park in Washington County on
the 10th. This is very near Prescott, WI.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen in Aitkin County on the 6th along county road
18 at its junction with Pietz's Road and another was half a mile west of
there. Also in Aitkin County, NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen at US Highway
169 and county road 18, along county road 18 a mile west of county road
5, along county road 5 three miles south of 18, and along county road 1
north of where the pavement ends. Hawk Owls are also being reported in
the counties of Lake of the Woods, Crow Wing, St. Louis, and Lake. On
December 7, a SNOWY OWL was between Orleans and Humboldt in Kittson
County.

In Minneapolis, a first-year ICELAND GULL was on Lake Calhoun on
December 6th.

On the 3rd, a CAROLINA WREN was at a feeding station in Orono in western
Hennepin County, but it has not been seen since.

A VARIED THRUSH was at the Eastman Nature Center in western Hennepin
County on the 4th. Another was in Good Thunder, Blue Earth County on the
10th, but I have no specific location.

And finally, an immature BLUE GROSBEAK was reported December 8th at
Wargo Nature Center in Anoka County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 17th 2009.