-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*January 7, 2010
*MNST1001.07

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Snowy Owl
Great Gray Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: January 7, 2010
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 7th, 2010.

A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK is still visiting a feeder in Duluth at 6219
East Superior Street. Take state highway 61 through Duluth to 60th
Avenue East, turn left and go two blocks to Superior Street, then turn
right to the home. The homeowners request that visitations be limited to
a maximum of five people at a time. Birders should park on only Superior
Street and should walk quietly up the driveway and before coming to the
garage, go left to the back door and watch the feeders from the sidewalk
between the driveway and the back door. Do not continue up the driveway
or enter the backyard.

A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still on Lake Superior in Duluth on the 4th,
most recently reported from Leif Erickson Park in flock of about fifty
COMMON GOLDENEYE. On the same day, another BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found
in Dakota County on the Mississippi River across from Prescott, WI. Also
present there was a LONG-TAILED DUCK.

GREAT GRAY OWLS were reported from Lake County on the 3rd along the
Stoney River Forest Road at three and a half miles and six and a half
miles south of state highway 1. Two more were seen on the 5th in the
Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County, along McDavitt Road about three miles
north of Sax Road.

A SNOWY OWL was in Duluth on the 2nd on the harbor ice between the Park
Point Recreation Area and just north of Barker's Island.

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was still at the Ann Lake campground in Sherburne
NWR on the 4th.

In Redwood County, a VARIED THRUSH was at the John Buckley feeding
station in Redwood Falls. The bird first showed up on January 3rd.

And a PINE GROSBEAK was in Washington County on the 2nd, though no
specific location was given. This is the farthest southern report of
this species yet this winter.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, January 14th, 2010.