-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 30, 2012 *MNST1211.30 -Birds mentioned Pacific Loon Black-legged Kittiwake Lesser Black-backed Gull Clark's Nutcracker Carolina Wren Varied Thrush -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: November 30, 2012 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 Sunday November 29th, 2012. In Duluth, an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was found and photographed by Jan and Larry Kraemer at Canal Park on the 28th. I have a secondhand report of a CLARK'S NUTCRACKER seen on or about the 29th in Lakeville, Dakota County, but no further details. I have another report of this species from the town of Canby, along Lac qui Parl County Road 11 about half a mile north of county road 2. On the 26th, Karl Bardon reported a PACIFIC LOON at the recreation area of Park Point in Duluth. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was still at Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis on the 29th. Two were here on the 27th. In Itasca County, Shawn Conrad reported that a female VARIED THRUSH visited his yard in Bovey on the 29th. And on the same day, Elizabeth Bell reported that a CAROLINA WREN was in her backyard on Grey Cloud Island of Saint Paul Park in Washington County. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday December 6th, 2012.