The CLARK’S NUTCRACKER continues to be fairly easy to find in the city of Silver Bay in Lake County. Check the feeders at homes along Edison Boulevard, as well as at homes along nearby streets in the neighborhood.

The potential second state record COMMON GROUND-DOVE has not been reported since October 19th when it was seen briefly along State Highway 61, near Mile Marker 48, in Lake County.

The BLACK-HEADED GULL is still being reported from Jackson County at the north end of Spirit Lake at the Iowa border. It was found as recently as October 17th.

On October 13th, Roger Schroeder reported a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Black Rush Lake in the basin north of Lyon County Road 59. An unidentified IBIS was also seen here on the same day.

On October 18th, there was female-plumaged HARLEQUIN DUCK at Agate Bay in Two Harbors, in Lake County. The bird was near the old concrete pier that projects into the harbor. On the previous day, a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL was on the harbor’s break wall.

A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found on the 14th, on the west side of Lake of the Woods County Road 72, six miles south of Baudette. Another Northern Hawk Owl was seen along Stoney Point Drive in St. Louis County on October 17th. And the Northern Hawk Owl reported over the past week from the Sax Zim Bog area of St. Louis County was still present on the 19th. The bird can be seen on the east side of State Highway 7, one and three-quarter miles north of Sax Road.

On the 19th, a GREAT GRAY OWL was seen about three miles west of the Warroad Customs Station in Roseau County. And as many as three more were seen within the Northwest Angle.
As many as 160 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were in a small wetland on the north side of Brown County Road 6, 2.8 miles west of the Lake Hanska boat access.

And the SPOTTED TOWHEE is still being seen at the Martin’s feeder in the city of Shorewood, in Hennepin County. From State Highway 7, go north on Vine Hill Road for one-quarter of a block, and then turn left onto Excelsior Boulevard.