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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 15, 2007 *MNST0703.15 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Tundra Swan Golden Eagle Gyrfalcon Sandhill Crane Killdeer Franklin's Gull Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Short-eared Owl Eastern Phoebe Varied Thrush Green-tailed Towhee Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: March 15, 2007 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhert...@sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 15th 2007. The GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE is still visiting the feeder in the town of Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County and was seen as recently as the 14th. >From state highway 60, exit onto 3rd Avenue and drive to 10th Street. Turn north on 10th street and drive to the edge of town to a cemetery and lake on the left. The feeder is in front of the pale green house, which is the second to the last building on the right side of the road. The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office just west of Cloquet in Carlton County were all seen as recently as the 13th. A GYRFALCON was still west of Hastings in Dakota County on the 12th. Check along 180th Street just east of U.S. Highway 52. A GREAT GRAY OWL was along the Hedbom Road in northeastern Aitkin County on the 9th. Katie Haws reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on March 6th, three miles west of Baudette along state highway 11 in Lake of the Woods County. John Ellis found thirty-five SHORT-EARED OWLS at the Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County on the 9th, Don Ambrose spotted a VARIED THRUSH at his bird feeder on March 13th, along the back bay of the Third Crow Wing Lake in Hubbard County. Spring migrants reported over the past week include CACKLING GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, GOLDEN EAGLE, SANDHILL CRANE, KILLDEER, FRANKLIN'S GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, SONG SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 22nd 2007. --====1174010414==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <html> <PRE> -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 15, 2007 *MNST0703.15 </PRE> -Birds mentioned <UL> <LI>Greater White-fronted Goose <LI>Ross's Goose <LI>Cackling Goose <LI>Tundra Swan <LI>Golden Eagle <LI>Gyrfalcon <LI>Sandhill Crane <LI>Killdeer <LI>Franklin's Gull <LI>Northern Hawk Owl <LI>Great Gray Owl <LI>Short-eared Owl <LI>Eastern Phoebe <LI>Varied Thrush <LI>Green-tailed Towhee <LI>Fox Sparrow <LI>Song Sparrow <LI>Eastern Meadowlark <LI>Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch </UL> -Transcript <P> <strong>Hotline:</strong> Minnesota Statewide<br> <strong>Date:</strong> March 15, 2007<br> <strong>Sponsor:</strong> Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org<br> <strong>Reports:</strong> (763) 780-8890<br> <strong>Compiler:</strong> Anthony Hertzel (axhert...@sihope.com)<br> <P> This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 15th 2007. <P> The <B style="color: #ad1a07">GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE</B> is still visiting the feeder in the town of Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County and was seen as recently as the 14th. From state highway 60, exit onto 3rd Avenue and drive to 10th Street. Turn north on 10th street and drive to the edge of town to a cemetery and lake on the left. The feeder is in front of the pale green house, which is the second to the last building on the right side of the road. <P> The three <B style="color: #ad1a07">GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES</B> at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office just west of Cloquet in Carlton County were all seen as recently as the 13th. <P> A <B style="color: #ad1a07">GYRFALCON</B> was still west of Hastings in Dakota County on the 12th. Check along 180th Street just east of U.S. Highway 52. <P> A <B style="color: #0057ad">GREAT GRAY OWL</B> was along the Hedbom Road in northeastern Aitkin County on the 9th. <P> Katie Haws reported a <B style="color: #0057ad">NORTHERN HAWK OWL</B> on March 6th, three miles west of Baudette along state highway 11 in Lake of the Woods County. <P> John Ellis found thirty-five <B style="color: #0057ad">SHORT-EARED OWLS</B> at the Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County on the 9th, <P> Don Ambrose spotted a <B style="color: #0057ad">VARIED THRUSH</B> at his bird feeder on March 13th, along the back bay of the Third Crow Wing Lake in Hubbard County. <P> Spring migrants reported over the past week include <B style="color: #0057ad">CACKLING GOOSE, ROSS'S</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN,</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">GOLDEN EAGLE, SANDHILL</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">CRANE, KILLDEER, FRANKLIN'S</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE,</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">SONG SPARROW, FOX</B> <B style="color: #0057ad">SPARROW,</B> and <B style="color: #0057ad">EASTERN MEADOWLARK.</B> <P> The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, March 22nd 2007. --====1174010414====--
