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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *August 7, 2002 *MNST0208.07 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 7, 2002
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, August 8th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On the 7th, Drew Smith found a probable RUFF at the Wagner Sod Farm in Dakota County. The sod farm visible from state highway 3 just south of 280th Street in the town of Castle Rock. The bird was on the west side of the road near the house. However no one has been able to relocate this bird since its initial discovery.
On August 6th RUDDY TURNSTONE was at these same sod farms along state highway 3. Fourteen BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were in Dakota County on August 3rd. They were at the Jirik sod farm along Blaine Avenue.
Two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 4 SANDERLINGS were at the Paynesville Sewage Treatment Plant on the 2nd.
On the 4th there were 3755 shorebirds in section 24 of Roseau County. Among the 21 species were nine BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, one PIPING PLOVER, seven AMERICAN AVOCETS, three RED KNOTS, 68 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and one Red-necked Phalarope. This area is between the Roseau River and Sprague Creek on the east side of state highway 310 between five and six miles north of Roseau.
And on the 4th the following shorebirds were seen at a small wetland on the east side of Lac Qui Parle County Road 57 about a half mile south of U.S. Highway 75: Red-necked Phalarope plus LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
The BAIRD'S SPARROW is still present in the same area in Polk County. Drive three and a half miles west on U.S. highway 2 from its junction with state highway 32, then turn south and follow the main road that goes southeast for about a mile. Turn west on the intersecting gravel road for about 1/4 mile and look/listen for the bird in the field to the north.
And finally, on the 5th, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen just east of the Old Cedar Avenue bridge in Bloomington. This is a somewhat early date for this species to be seen this far south.
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