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*Minnesota Statewide
*July 21, 2005
*MNST0507.21

-Birds mentioned

• Brown Pelican
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-billed Magpie
• Carolina Wren

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 21, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 21st.

The BROWN PELICAN mentioned on Sunday's unscheduled update of this report has been present throughout the week in southern Jackson County. Peder Svingen and Anthony Hertzel first found it on the 16th at Little Spirit Lake just north of the Iowa border and southwest of the town of Jackson. The bird had been present at the north end of Spirit Lake in Iowa just south of Jackson County Road 2 since the 14th, but seems to be more reliable at the Little Spirit Lake location. The best place to view the pelican is from the boat launch at the north end of Little Spirit Lake. At the dock, look southward to where the bird has often roosted just off the penninsula.

Also of note is the BLACK-HEADED GULL that has been seen at both locations. Though found in this general vicinity on eleven previous occasions, this is the first summer occurrence.

Two CAROLINA WRENS were found by Bruce Fall on the 17th at Murphy- Hanrehan Park in Scott County. The birds were about 175 yards southwest of trail marker #16.

Unusual was the BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE found July 16th by Jay Hamernick at 149th Street and Lexington Avenue in southern Anoka County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 28th.

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