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