[mou] MOU RBA 30 May 2007

[Anthony Hertzel]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 30, 2007
*MNST0705.30

-Birds mentioned
Common Moorhen
Snowy Plover
Arctic Tern
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 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 Wednesday, May 30th 2007.

On May 30th, Shawn Zierman discovered a pair of SNOWY PLOVER on
Minnesota Point in Duluth. Both birds were on the lakeside shoreline
near the Sky Harbor Airport, and at least one was still present later in
the day.

The ARCTIC TERN was seen as recently as the 29th over Lake Superior on
Park Point in Duluth. It has been found at various locations along the
lake shore, but most often from the 31st Street access.

I have a secondhand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER from May 27th,
at the Minnesota State University Moorhead Regional Science Center near
Buffalo River State Park in Clay County. The bird was seen flying over
the prairie just to the east of the parking area at the science center.

On the 28th, a singing PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Ritter Farm Park in
Dakota County. From the main parking lot walk northwest and follow the
signs to the orange trail. After a couple hundred yards where the trail
forks, take the muddy horesetrail up the hill to a row of conifers on
the right. The bird was singing from the large deciduous trees on the
left.

Unusually far out of range was the COMMON MOORHEN reported on the 29th
from western Duluth by Laura Erickson. It was along the Western
Waterfront Trail beneath the Indian Point campground.

On May 30th, Kelly Larson reported two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS from the
Prairie Auto Tour Route of Big Stone NWR in Big Stone County. Both birds
were seen near the restroom and parking lot facility in the interior of
the route. One bird was directly behind the restroom in a shrubby patch
of woods and the other was across the road in the flooded woodlands to
the west. Another Chat was reported by Herb Dingman from near Walnut
Lake in Faribault County over the weekend. The location was one mile
north of I-90 on county road 119 near its junction with an unmarked
gravel road.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 7th 2007.
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