-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *November 13, 2009 *MNST0911.13 -Birds mentioned Black Scoter Pacific Loon Slaty-backed Gull Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Acorn Woodpecker -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: November 13, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([email protected]) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, November 13th 2009. An ACORN WOODPECKER was discovered on the 9th at Crow Wing State Park in western Crow Wing County and just south of the town of Brainerd. The bird was photographed as it worked the trees at campsite #6 in the park's primary campground, but has not been seen since. On the 13th, an adult SLATY-BACKED GULL was found at the far end of Park Point in Duluth. It was on the Minnesota side of the Superior Wisconsin entry. On the 10th, three BLACK SCOTERS were at the Rice sewage ponds in Benton County. Six NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were reported on the 8th in northeastern Minnesota. In Lake County, two were along Forest Highway 11, six miles east of Stoney River Forest Road and one was eleven miles west of the Stoney River Forest Road. In St. Louis County, one was at the junction of St. Louis County Roads 16 and 110, and two were along US Highway 53, one mile north of Cotton. On the 6th, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL was along Lake County Road 266 north of the Two Harbors Road. In Cook County, one was north of Hovland off Arrowhead Trail just past Jackson Lake Road and another was at the Iron Lake Campground along the Gunflint Trail north of Grand Marais. A SNOWY OWL was on the break wall at Stockys Harbor Estates on the southwest side of Mille Lacs Lake on the 12th. This was at fire call #13045 of Mille Lacs County Road 35. Two PACIFIC LOONS were in the harbor at Garrison, Crow Wing County on the 12th. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, November 19th 2009. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
