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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *June 1, 2006 *MNST0606.01-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: June 1, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, June 1st.
On May 26th, Brian Smith found an adult male CINNAMON TEAL at the waste water treatment plant on state highway 60, one mile northeast of Worthington, Nobles County. Check the second of the three ponds.
A WHITE-EYED VIREO was found by Robin LaFortune on the 29th at Blue Mounds State Park in Rock County. She found it singing on the south side of Lower Mound Lake, along the path to the Lower Cliffline Trail.
On May 26th, Dory Spence found an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON near her home in Schroeder, Cook County.
Andrew Beerman reported fourteen AMERICAN AVOCETS at the Lewiston sewage ponds in Winona County on the 26th.
A WHIMBREL was seen on May 31st by Bill Litkey at the north end of Pool #4 at Carlos Avery WMA, Anoka County.
On May 28th, Bob Meyer and Carrol Henderson found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES in the city park at Russell, Lyon County, near the railroad tracks.
At the Felton Prairie in Clay County, Rick Hoyme reports that the SNOWY OWL was still present on the 26th, sitting on a power pole next to the building by the wind generators. This is along the Longspur Road.
Julian Sellers found a BELL'S VIREO on the 31st at Elm Creek Park Reserve in northern Hennepin County. It was singing on the north side of the bike trail, about a tenth of a mile west of Goose Lake Road.
Ben Wieland found at least five NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS on May 30th at the marsh where Cass County Road 8 crosses the Boy River.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 8th.
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