The SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit the feeders at Laura Erickson’s home in east Duluth. The bird was seen as recently as November 23rd.
GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS continue to be seen across northeastern Minnesota. The Sax-Zim Bog area seems to be one of the better places to view these owls. Check along St. Louis County Road 7 between County Roads 52 and 319, as well as along County Road 133 west of U.S. Highway 53, and along McDavitt Road and Admiral Road.
A SNOWY OWL was seen on November 21st at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County. It was found along Magneson Refuge Road off State Highway 65, one-half mile south of the visitor center.
There was a winter-plumaged PACIFIC LOON at Agate Bay in Two Harbors, in Lake County, on November 20th. It was found near the end of the western break wall. Another Pacific Loon was reported that same day at the Garrison Harbor of Lake Mille Lacs in Crow Wing County.
A late BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on November 24th at a wetland in the city of North Oaks, in Ramsey County.
The TOWNSEND’S SOLITARE was still on the Ann Lake Campground Road in Sherburne County on November 24th, and it has been joined by a second Solitaire. The location is just under one and one-half miles east of Sherburne County Road 5 on County Road 4.
Janet Blixt reported two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS in her yard in the central hillside area of Duluth on November 21st. And on the 19th, a Northern Mockingbird was in north central Murray County. This bird was found along Murray County Road 30 just north of where it passes between Lake Maria and Lake Sarah.
And last, a late CAPE MAY WARBLER has been visiting a feeder at Steve Roman’s home in the city of Champlin, in Hennepin County, for quite some time. Steve reported it as recently as November 23rd.
Ashley
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