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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 30, 2000 *MNST0003.30 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 30, 2000
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday March 30th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Note that this hotline now has a new area code, that is 763.
Because of time constraints, information reported to the hotline may be edited or omitted, but all contributions are included in our permanent records.
Jean Landcammer reported the first YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER of the year on March 27th along the Mississippi River in south Minneapolis, Hennepin County.
The first PECTORAL SANDPIPER of the season was seen by Paul Hertzel at the Lewiston sewage ponds in Winona County on the 26th, along with a somewhat early LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
Craig Mandel reported that four PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were at the Waterville fish hatchery ponds in Le Sueur County on the 27th, and both GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen in Watonwon County -- also on the 27th -- 1/2 mile south and 1/2 mile east of Case Lake. GREATER YELLOWLEGS were reported from three locations in Winona County on the 26th, and five were seen just north of Hawley in Clay County.
On the 27th, five ROSS'S GEESE were in a corn field one mile east of Indian Lake in Blue Earth County. On the same day Drew Smith found a ROSS'S GOOSE at the western end of Lake Byllesby in Dakota County along with about 15 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and 35 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS.
Several GOLDEN EAGLES have been seen at German Lake in Isanti County over the past week.
Colin Gjervold found a MARSH WREN on March 24th at Rice Lake State Park, six and a half miles east of Owatonna on Steele County Road 19. It was in the cattails along the shore of the lake at the picnic area. On the 28th he found eight SHORT-EARED OWLS in Clay County. Six of these were along Clay County Road 71 near the town of Downer and two were at the Bluestem Prairie near Buffalo State Park.
Jay Hamernick saw a COMMON LOON on March 24th at Lake Vadnais in Ramsey County. Also seen by various observers this past week were PIED-BILLED GREBE, all of the common ducks, GREAT BLUE HERON - including a group of 27 in the Minnesota River Valley south of Flying Cloud airport in Hennepin County, BALD EAGLE - with as many as 219 being concentrated along the Minnesota River about five miles southeast of Montevideo, TUNDRA SWAN, RING-BILLED GULL, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE by the hundreds, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, both Meadowlarks, and a few COMMON REDPOLLS are also still around.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 6th.
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