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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 29, 2008 *MNST0805.29-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 29, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 29th 2008.
On the 25th, a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was at the Rachel Lilly Nature Preserve in Mendota Heights in Dakota County. From state highway 110, go south on Delaware Street. Take the first right turn west on Dodge Road to where it dead-ends. Follow the grassy trail parallel to highway 110, as it curves along the tree line. At the bottom of the hill it will cross a wooden bridge over a stream. The bird was feeding in the large oaks to the left of the trail after it crosses the stream.
A BURROWING OWL was still in Clay County on the 25th, in a development area near Village Green Drive in eastern Moorhead.
An adult PACIFIC LOON was reported on the 27th on Lake Superior out from the bath house at the Park Point recreational area. At least eight RED-THROATED LOONS were on the lake on the 27th between the Lafayette Square access and the recreational area. And two unidentified JAEGERS were seen on the 24th over Lake Superior at the Sky Harbor Airport.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS at the easternmost cell of the Albany sewage ponds in Stearns County on the 27th.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was in the Sax Zim Bog on the 27th along St. Louis County Road 52 half a mile east of Owl Avenue. On the 23rd two GREAT GRAY OWLS were along the Stickney Road, one was one and a quarter miles north of County Road 52 and the other was one and a third miles north of County Road 52.
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was in Cass County on the 25th, near intersection of county road 41 and state highway 87 near the Hubbard County line.
On the 27th, a KENTUCKY WARBLER was in Roberts Sanctuary at Lake Harriet, Hennepin County, in a row of brush close to the main east entrance.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 5th 2008.
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