[mou] MOU RBA 1 May 2008

[Anthony Hertzel]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 1, 2008
*MNST0805.01

-Birds mentioned
Cinnamon Teal
Red-throated Loon
Snowy Egret
Piping Plover
Willet
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Little Gull
Least Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Townsend's Solitaire
Gray Catbird
Cape May Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Clay-colored Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 1, 2008
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, May 1st 2008.

On the 26th, a male CINNAMON TEAL was found at the sewage lagoons in
Crookston, Polk County, but it was seen to depart to the southwest and
could not be relocated.

A SAY'S PHOEBE was in Cook County on April 25th, feeding along the break
wall at Artist's Point in Grand Marais.

Two RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on Lake Superior in Duluth on the 29th.
The best place to check is probably the recreation area toward the end
of Park Point.

On the 27th, a SNOWY EGRET was found at the Bass Ponds in Bloomington,
Hennepin County. It was seen on the east side of the state highway 77
bridge along the shore of Long Meadow Lake.

Two adult PIPING PLOVERS were photographed at the Sleepy Eye sewage
ponds in Brown County on the 28th.

A LITTLE GULL was found on the 26th along Chippewa County Road 32 just
north of County Road 13.

In Duluth, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was at Stoney Point on the April 27th,
along Stoney Point Drive at fire call 1313.

Deb Sewell has a male WESTERN TANAGER visiting her house in Pine County.
You can email her at flutemandolin at gmail.com for more information. A
female SUMMER TANAGER was in Alexander Watson's backyard at 1009 - 7th
Avenue NW in Austin, Mower County on May 1st.

Returning spring migrants include BLACK BELLIED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER, DUNLIN, WILLET, LEAST FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, GRAY
CATBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, HENSLOW'S SPARROW,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 8th 2008.
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