[mou] MOU RBA 20 April 2005

[Anthony Hertzel]

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This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Wednesday, April 20th.

A GLOSSY IBIS was found yesterday in Aitkin County just west of the 
town of Aitkin and it was still present today. The bird was in a 
flodded field on the north side of county road 15, about two and a half 
miles west of town. A WHITE-FACED IBIS was reported on the 19th by 
Dedrick Benz from the Hills sewage ponds in Rock County.

Jerry Hansen found five CATTLE EGRETS in a field in southeast 
Rochester, Olmsted County, on the 19th, along 30th Street Southeast, a 
quarter of a mile west of Marion Road. Craig Mandel reported five 
Cattle Egrets in Otter Tail County on the 17th in the northeast corner 
of the intersection of county road 7 and 140th St.

Dave Schmidt found a BLACK SCOTER in Inver Grove Heights, Ramsey County 
on the 15th. It was in a small pond north of the junction of Argenta 
Trail West and 68th Street West.

As many as 180 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and two ROSS'S GEESE were in 
Jackson County on the 17th, just north of the junction of county roads 
66 and 67.

On the 16th, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was located by Barb and Denny 
Martin in the town of Heron Lake, Jackson County.  The bird was on the 
west side of the town's grain elevator.

On the 17th, John Morrison had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD visit his 
backyard in Austin, Mower County.  On the 18th, Brian Smith found a 
Northern Mockingbird at the rustic campground at Flandrau State Park, 
Brown County. It was in the area closest to the park's two outhouses.

Seven GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were at Sandy Point County Park on the 
southwest shore of South Heron Lake in Jackson County on the 17th. Five 
more were at  the Hills sewage ponds in Rock County on the 16th.

Other recent arrivals include AMERICAN BITTERN, SWAINSON'S HAWK, 
WHIP-POOR-WILL, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, 
BROWN THRASHER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, 
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 28th.

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
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This is the Minnesota Birding Report for <bold>Wednesday, April
20th</bold>. 


A <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>GLOSSY IBIS</color></bold>
was found yesterday in Aitkin County just west of the town of Aitkin
and it was still present today. The bird was in a flodded field on the
north side of county road 15, about two and a half miles west of town.
A <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>WHITE-FACED
IBIS</color></bold> was reported on the 19th by Dedrick Benz from the
Hills sewage ponds in Rock County.


Jerry Hansen found five
<bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>CATTLE EGRETS</color></bold>
in a field in southeast Rochester, Olmsted County, on the 19th, along
30th Street Southeast, a quarter of a mile west of Marion Road. Craig
Mandel reported five <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>Cattle
Egrets</color></bold> in Otter Tail County on the 17th in the
northeast corner of the intersection of county road 7 and 140th St.


Dave Schmidt found a <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>BLACK
SCOTER</color></bold> in Inver Grove Heights, Ramsey County on the
15th. It was in a small pond north of the junction of Argenta Trail
West and 68th Street West. 


As many as 180 <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS</color></bold> and two
<bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>ROSS'S GEESE</color></bold>
were in Jackson County on the 17th, just north of the junction of
county roads 66 and 67. 


On the 16th, a <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE</color></bold> was located by Barb and Denny Martin in
the town of Heron Lake, Jackson County.  The bird was on the west side
of the town's grain elevator.


On the 17th, John Morrison had a
<bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD</color></bold> visit his backyard in Austin, Mower County. 
On the 18th, Brian Smith found a
<bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>Northern
Mockingbird</color></bold> at the rustic campground at Flandrau State
Park, Brown County. It was in the area closest to the park's two
outhouses.


Seven <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>GREAT-TAILED
GRACKLES</color></bold> were at Sandy Point County Park on the
southwest shore of South Heron Lake in Jackson County on the 17th.
Five more were at  the Hills sewage ponds in Rock County on the 16th. 


Other recent arrivals include
<bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>AMERICAN BITTERN, SWAINSON'S
HAWK, WHIP-POOR-WILL, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, BROWN THRASHER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER,
HENSLOW'S SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW</color></bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>, <bold>LARK
SPARROW</bold></color>, and
<bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>LINCOLN'S
SPARROW</color></bold>.


The next scheduled update of this tape is <bold>Thursday, April 28th.</bold><bigger><x-tad-bigger>

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</x-tad-bigger></bigger><x-tad-bigger>Anthony Hertzel --
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