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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*August 4, 2005
*MNST0508.04

-Birds mentioned

• Semipalmated Plover
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Northern Mockingbird

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 4, 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, August 4th.

Three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were found by Kim Eckert at Mud Lake in Traverse County on July 30th. From the junction of state highways 117 and 27, go 1/4 of a mile on 117, then take the first right along the Mustinka River and follow this road north for about a mile to the flooded field adjacent to the shore of Mud Lake. One of the Buff- breasteds Sandpipers was here and the other two were just north of here.

On August 3rd, Jim Mattsson reported numerous shorebirds at a Dakota County wetland along 180th Street, half a mile west of Goodwin Avenue. Among the species found were SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, STILT SANDPIPER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.

On August 1st, Rick Pertilly found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD in Minneapolis along the walking trail that runs along the north side of Betty Crocker Drive between U.S. Highway 169 and General Mills Boulevard.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 11th.

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