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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*April 1, 2004
*MNST0404.01

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Red-necked Grebe
• Great Egret
• Ross's Goose
• American Coot
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Snowy Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Winter Wren
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Vesper Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Great-tailed Grackle

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 1, 2004
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday April 1st.

A ROSS'S GOOSE was at the Viola Pond in Rochester Olmsted County on March 29th. This is along Olmsted County Road 2 about a tenth of a mile west of state highway 42. Two Ross's Geese were seen in Nobles County on the 27th, along Nobles County Road 18, two and a half miles west of Kinbrae; and two more were at the Jackson sewage ponds in Jackson County on the same day.

On March 27th a SNOWY OWL was reported in southern Renville County. It was seen along the east side of highway 4 between Renville County Roads 77 and 39 about a mile north of Fort Ridgely State Park. Warren Nelson found a SHORT-EARED OWL today along Aitkin County Road 1 about one half mile north of the Mississippi River diversion channel bridge.

Five GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were on Jackson County Road 4, three quarters of a mile west of state highway 86 on the 27th.

The first LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE of the spring was reported March 27th in Olmsted County. Other birds arriving this past week include all species of waterfowl, plus COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, GREAT EGRET, AMERICAN COOT, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.

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