[mou] MOU RBA 30 August 2007

[Anthony Hertzel]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*August 30, 2007
*MNST0708.30

-Birds mentioned
Snowy Egret
Red Knot
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Long-tailed Jaeger
Common Nighthawk
Cape May Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 30, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel at sihope.com) 

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 30th 2007.

Scott Swanson reported a LONG-TAILED JAEGER along the western boundary
of Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on August 21st, and the bird has been
relocated in this same general area for the past several days. It is
usually present at the intersection of 260th Street NE and 180th Avenue.
To get to the site, take Marshall County Road 12 north out of Pennington
County and state highway 1 to Farmes Pool Road. Turn right on to Farmes
Pool Road, and where this road bends sharply to the left, look to the
right. Interestingly, Minnesota's first jaeger record was a Long-tailed
seen very near here in the summer of 1898.

On August 25th, six immature PLEGADIS IBIS were found a few miles west
of Graceville in Big Stone County. They were in the wetland at the
northwest corner of the intersection of state highway 28 and Big Stone
County Road 61.

A SNOWY EGRET was found by Herb Dingmann on the 27th on the rocks of the
Mississippi River at the Stearns / Benton County line. The location is
near the paper mill in Sartell.

Migration is well underway with many species being reported. COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS were first seen in substantial numbers on the evening of
August 14th when 126 were counted in Anoka County. At Salt Lake in Lac
Qui Parle County there was a juvenile RED KNOT on both the north and
south shores of the lake. Twenty-four species of warblers were seen on
Park Point in Duluth early this, with CAPE MAY WARBLER being
particularly abundant, and there were still several BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPERS on the nearby ball fields on the 28th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, September 6th 2007.
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