-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 21, 2006
*MNST0612.21
-Birds mentioned
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Gyrfalcon
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 21, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday December 21st
2006.
On December 15th, Ben Yokel reported a GYRFALCON along U.S. Highway 53
near the Eveleth turnoff in St. Louis County.
The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource
Management Division office just west of Cloquet in St. Louis County were
all seen as recently as the 20th.
Two HARLEQUIN DUCKS and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were in the Duluth
Harbor on the 16th.
Also on the 16th, a GREAT GRAY OWL was near Virginia along St. Louis
County Road 810 south of the town of Gilbert.
Kim and Cindy Risen found two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and two
GREAT GRAY OWLS along the Hedbom Forest Road in northeastern Aitkin
County on the 16th.
On the 18th, the Sax-Zim CBC produced a GREAT GRAY OWL on Stickney Road
about a half mile north of Arkola Road, plus two AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKERS -- one along Blue Spruce Road a sixth of a mile north of St.
Louis County Road 133 and the other in the woods along Swenson Road
about a quarter of a mile east of Blue Spruce Road. Two more AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS were in Two Harbors, Lake County, on the 17th --
one at Lighthouse Point and one at 4th Avenue and 3rd Street. And on the
16th, an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was along Aitkin County Road 3
five miles west of County Road 1.
Eight to twelve SHORT-EARED OWLS are still being reported from along
Pool 10 Road in the central part of the Carlos Avery Refuge of Anoka
County.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 28th
2006.
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*December 21, 2006
*MNST0612.21
-Birds mentioned
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Gyrfalcon
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 21, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday December 21st
2006.
On December 15th, Ben Yokel reported a GYRFALCON along U.S. Highway 53
near the Eveleth turnoff in St. Louis County.
The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource
Management Division office just west of Cloquet in St. Louis County were
all seen as recently as the 20th.
Two HARLEQUIN DUCKS and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were in the Duluth
Harbor on the 16th.
Also on the 16th, a GREAT GRAY OWL was near Virginia along St. Louis
County Road 810 south of the town of Gilbert.
Kim and Cindy Risen found two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and two
GREAT GRAY OWLS along the Hedbom Forest Road in northeastern Aitkin
County on the 16th.
On the 18th, the Sax-Zim CBC produced a GREAT GRAY OWL on Stickney Road
about a half mile north of Arkola Road, plus two AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKERS -- one along Blue Spruce Road a sixth of a mile north of St.
Louis County Road 133 and the other in the woods along Swenson Road
about a quarter of a mile east of Blue Spruce Road. Two more AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS were in Two Harbors, Lake County, on the 17th --
one at Lighthouse Point and one at 4th Avenue and 3rd Street. And on the
16th, an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was along Aitkin County Road 3
five miles west of County Road 1.
Eight to twelve SHORT-EARED OWLS are still being reported from along
Pool 10 Road in the central part of the Carlos Avery Refuge of Anoka
County.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, December 28th
2006.