Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *Octember 30, 1997 *MNST9710.30 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: Octember 30, 1997
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (tony@mill2.MillComm.COM)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday October 30th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The best bird of the week has to be the RED PHALAROPE seen by Doug Johnson on Thursday October 30th. The bird was found at the Northwoods Public boat landing on Lake Bemidji in Beltrami County. The public access is four miles north of the town of Bemidji on county road 21. This is about the eighth record for Red Phalarope in the state.
Other shorebirds include a PECTORAL SANDPIPER seen on the 25th at the Minneapolis airport; a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, several WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, plus a few DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and COMMON SNIPE were at the Beaver Bay sewage lagoons in Lake County on the 25th; GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen in both Aitkin and Cass counties on the 27th; and a single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS were at Tamarack Point on Lake Winnibigoshish on the 29th.
Lake Winnibigoshish also had a RED-THROATED LOON, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, two SURF SCOTERS and an OLDSQUAW. These birds were all seen on October 27th by Peder Svingen and most were found just off Richards Townsite, which is about 2.5 miles west of the town of Bena. An additional 500 COMMON LOONS and 1700 BONAPARTE'S GULL were counted from various vantage points around the lake. About 100 COMMON LOONS, 100 HORNED GREBES, eight TUNDRA SWANS and 1000 BONAPARTE'S GULL were counted on Mille Lacs Lake on the same day.
A PACIFIC LOON was on Lake Superior the morning of October 24th. It was seen at the end of Park point in Duluth on the bay side of the lake, but it is not known if it is still in the area.
That CATTLE EGRET first reported on last week's tape was seen again at the Old Cedar Ave bridge in Bloomington on the 25th and also on both the 28th and 29th.
A PRAIRIE FALCON is being seen near the Minneapolis airport at the end of 66th street in Richfield. Terry Brashear saw the bird there on October 28th and this may the same individual which overwintered in this location last year.
The first TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE of the fall was found by Tony Hertzel and Peder Svingen in the town of Grand Marais, Cook County. They discovered the bird feeding in with a large group of American Robins along highway 61 across from the campground in the southwestern part of the city. Upwards of five thousand BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS plus LAPLAND LONGSPUR and SNOW BUNTINGS were also seen in the area. For additional information on these and other reports from the northeastern part of Minnesota, call the Duluth birding report at 218-525-5952.
Interesting is the COMMON RAVEN reported by Diane Anderson from Olmsted County. This very southern record was from October 28th along U.S. highway 14 between county roads 3 and 104.
Other migrants which have moved into Minnesota include PINE SISKINS, which have been reported now from the counties of Pennington, Hennepin, Dakota, Lake, and Cook; COMMON REDPOLLS, which have been seen in Hennepin, Ramsey, Lake, and Cook counties; WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from Stearns and Cook counties; and RED CROSSBILLS, were seen by Val Cunningham in St. Paul, Ramsey County, in Pine County by Terry Brashear, and by Kim Risen in Cook County. Also reported from numerous locations are GOLDEN EAGLE, BALD EAGLE, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
Thanks to Howard Towle, Oscar Johnson, Jeanie Joppru, and Blaine Seeliger.
For information on joining our state wide bird organization write the MOU at 10 Church Street SE University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN, 55455.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday November 6th.
