-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*November 12, 2010
*MNST1011.12

-Birds mentioned
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Harlequin Duck
Northern Hawk Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Northern Mockingbird
Summer Tanager
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: November 12, 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 November 11th, 2010.

On November 4th, a probable BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was reported by
Lee Giesbrecht in Kittson County. The bird's exact location was not
noted but it was in a tree on the west side of US Highway 59 about one
and a half miles south of Halma.

Chuck Krulas found a female-plumaged HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 7th at the
Brule River near the Naniboujou Lodge which is about 14 miles up the
shore of Lake Superior from Grand Marais, Cook County.

Cory Gregory and Ashley Casey saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog
on the 5th along McDavitt Road, two and a quarter miles north of the
railroad tracks. South of Baudette in Lake of the Woods County, Beth
Siverhus saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 4th near mile marker 49 of state
highway 72.

Bob Ekblad found a SUMMER TANAGER in Gonvick in Clearwater County on
November 6th. The SUMMER TANAGER in Two Harbors, Lake County, was still
present as recently as the 11th along the 100 block of 3rd Avenue. It
has also been seen in the alley on the north side of the 200 block of
4th Avenue. And a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was also still in Two Harbors
near the intersection of 1st Street and 3rd Avenue. Both these species
have been reported by several observers since the 7th from the north
side of Fishtrap Lake near Lincoln, Morrison County. They were in a
group of crabapple trees along county road 3. On November 9th, Al
Schirmacher found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at the Ann Lake campground
parking lot of Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County.

In McLeod County, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was still visiting the the home
of Bernice and Earl Hall in Hutchinson. At the intersection of state
highway 7 and Bluff Street go turn north about four blocks to Ridge
Avenue, turn left, then turn south on Hillcrest to the home at 665.

The next scheduled update of this tape is November 18th, 2010.