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*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*April 22, 2001
*MNST0104.22

-Birds mentioned

• CLARK'S GREBE
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Cattle Egret
• WHITE-FACED IBIS
• Ross's Goose
• Long-tailed Duck
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Swainson's Hawk
• Marbled Godwit
• Glaucous Gull
• Forster's Tern
• Short-eared Owl
• Purple Martin
• Bank Swallow
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Chipping Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 22, 2001
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 April 19th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

On April 15th Jeff Stephenson reported a WHITE-FACED IBIS at the East Landfill Reservoir in Olmsted County outside of Rochester. This bird has not been seen since its initial discovery. To get to the reservoir go south on U.S. highway 52 to U.S. highway 14. Go west to county road 104 then north to county road 156. Go west on 156 then take the first right. The reservoir is about 1/2 north up this road. Also at the reservoir was an apparent hybrid Cinnamon/Blue-winged Teal. This may be the same hybrid reported by Chris Benson on the 13th on county road 104 just south of the Zumbro River.

The CLARK'S GREBE is still being seen at the Coon Rapids dam on the Hennepin/Anoka county line. It was reported there as recently as the 16th.

On April 18th Colin Gjervold found a CATTLE EGRET in Rice County along Fairbanks Avenue, 1/2 mile north of county road 13. Another Cattle Egret was in Moorhead, Clay County on the 15th at the Moorhead Country Club. The address is 525 Caddy Drive.

On the 14th, Tom Tustison saw a ROSS'S GOOSE at a small pond in Dakota County. The pond is across from several home at 200th St. and Cambodia Ave., a mile east of the town of Farmington. Another Ross's Goose was reported on the 16th by Keith Bergstrom in Prairie View Township, at the junction of Wilkin County roads 30 and 15.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK was on French Lake in Hennepin County on the 15th and again on the 16th.

On April 17, Gene Bauer found a GLAUCOUS GULL on Union Lake in Rice County. This third-winter gull was in a flock of 100 gulls on the extreme northeast side of the lake.

New migrants reported over the past week include DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SWAINSON'S HAWK, MARBLED GODWIT, FORSTER'S TERN, several SHORT-EARED OWLS, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, PURPLE MARTIN, BANK SWALLOW, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and VESPER SPARROW.

Thanks to Bob Russell, Betsy Beneke, Alice Reminski, Oscar Johnson, Peder Svingen, and all the other callers who contributed their observations to this report.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 26th.

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