-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *February 26, 2010 *MNST1002.26 -Birds mentioned Northern Pintail Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Hoary Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: February 26, 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, February 25th, 2010. A NORTHERN PINTAIL, perhaps an early spring migrant, was near Point Douglas in Washington County on the Minnesota side of the Mississippi River across from Prescott, Wisconsin on the 21st. As many as seven SHORT-EARED OWLS were near the Lawndale area of Wilkin County on February 16th. On the 20th, a SNOWY OWL was seen along Polk County Road 55, a mile east of county road 13. And a SNOWY OWL was seen in the Duluth Port Terminal over the weekend. A HOARY REDPOLL was reported on the 25th in the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County at the feeder along Arkola Road three-quarters of a mile east of Owl Avenue. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 4th, 2010.