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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *August 18, 2005 *MNST0508.18 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 18, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 18th.
Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS have been in Madison Township, Lac Qui Parle County since the 31st of July, at a small pothole near U.S. 75, just southeast of its intersection with county road 59. Both birds were seen as recently as August 13th.
A possible LITTLE BLUE HERON was reported from the Auto Tour Road at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Sherburne County. The last report was of a small heron in the dead trees at Bergeson Pool on August 15th.
At the Jirik Sod Farm near Empire in Dakota, five BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were reported by Steve Weston on the 15th.
Amd finally, on the morning of August 13th, Chet Meyers and Steve Carlson found a singing CAROLINA WREN in the red cedar meadow at the northeast end of Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. A second wren was banded at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 15th.
Please note, the next scheduled update of this tape is Friday, August 26th.
Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
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