[mou] MOU RBA 18 July 2007

[Anthony Hertzel]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*July 18, 2007
*MNST0707.18

-Birds mentioned
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Little Gull
Arctic Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 18, 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 19th 2007.

An ARCTIC TERN was seen on the 14th and 15th from the end of Ruby Red
Peninsula in Lac Qui Parle County. To reach the peninsula access road,
from the Big Stone NWR headquarters drive south on Big Stone County Road
19. After crossing the Minnesota River when it becomes Lac Qui Parle
County Road 15, take the second gated road on the left. Park and walk
down the gravel road to the fork, taking the right fork to the tip of
the peninsula and walk for perhaps a mile.

On the 12th, Bob Russell and Phil Chu found a LITTLE GULL at the
Paynesville sewage ponds in Stearns County. July records of Little Gull
in Minnesota are exceedingly rare.

On July 15th, Dale Yerger and Ben Wieland briefly observed an adult
PARASITIC JAEGER near Pelican Island on Leech Lake, Cass County. The
bird flew in from the east, was observed for approximately 30 seconds,
then departed to the southwest. There are no previous July records for
this species in Minnesota.

Twelve species of shorebirds have been reported in the past week, and
among them were SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 26th 2007.
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