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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 3, 2002 *MNST0210.03 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 3, 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, October 3rd, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
At least one PARASITIC JAEGER was seen in Duluth, St. Louis County, off the recreation area of Park Point on September 28th. Also in the area were both WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER.
On October 1st, Jim Barrett recorded the following shorebirds at Morgan Park in St. Louis County: AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and LEAST SANDPIPER.
While many callers have bemoaned paucity of the fall warbler migration, sparrows have been found in good numbers. In Brown County, Brian Smith reported the first FOX SPARROW of the year on 29th along the Cottonwood River near Sleepy Eye, along with CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and HARRIS'S SPARROW.
Many migrant sparrows were also at Wood Lake Nature Center in Hennepin County earlier in the week, along with EASTERN PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
Manley Olson reported good numbers of migrants from the Mount Olivett Retreat near Farmington in Dakota County. Among the species he found over the weekend were MARSH WREN, SEDGE WREN, WINTER WREN, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
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