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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*July 3, 2003
*MNST0307.03

-Birds mentioned

• Common Moorhen
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Least Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Caspian Tern
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 3, 2003
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 July 3rd.

A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found in Thief River Falls, Pennington County earlier this week, but I have no specific location. A pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves was at the railroad crossing in the town of Lynd in Lyon County on July 2nd.

COMMON MOORHENS were seen on June 27th in Becker County. They can be found in a wetland adjacent to County Road 104, approximately two miles northeast of Audubon. Check on the east side of the road for the sign which states "Hass Wetland". Please note that this is private property.

Interesting are the two CASPIAN TERNS found June 29th in a flooded field at the northwest corner of highway 15 and Meeker County Road 18.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, 264 shorebirds were counted on June 29th. Along with resident species were GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.

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