[mou] MOU RBA 5 July 2007

[Anthony Hertzel]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*July 5, 2007
*MNST0707.05

-Birds mentioned
Cackling Goose
Clark's Grebe
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lark Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 5, 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, July 5th 2007.

A male LARK BUNTING was seen for a few days at Glacial Ridge in Polk
County, but recent mowing of the surrounding fields has apparently
caused the bird to move on. Nevertheless, directions are to go two miles
south from U.S. Highway 2 on Polk County Road 44, then about a mile east
to the end of the gravel road. Park and walk about three-quarters of a
mile east. The bird had been seen only in the now mowed field to the
south.

A few CLARK'S GREBES have been reported from western shores of Lake
Osakis in Todd County.

On June 29th, Steve Westin reported the most unusual observation of a
first-year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the southwest corner of Lake
Mille Lacs resting with a flock of about 50 Ring-billed Gulls.

Also quite unusual was the CACKLING GOOSE reported on the 30th at the
Canby sewage ponds in Yellow Medicine County.

A BELL'S VIREO was heard singing by Don Wansura at the southwestern
shore of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. Check the vegetation near the park
bench to the west of the small southern bay.

And on the 29th, Peder Svingen found a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Rice Lake
National Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County. The bird was along the
one-way loop road seven miles west of the visitors' center.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 12th 2007.
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