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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *July 20, 2006 *MNST0607.20-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 20, 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, July 20th.
A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was reported by Sam Jerkovic on the 17th. He observed the bird in northern Ramsey County as it flew over the open space near the southeastern shore of Turtle Lake.
The two adult SNOWY PLOVER first found July 1st southeast of the town of Odessa in Big Stone County are still present along with their two chicks. From the Big Stone National Wildllife Refuge, park at maintenance shed on the dike just west of U.S. Highway 75 and go west across the road, walking past the old quarry and grove of elm trees. Walk to the end of the spit and look north to the rocky beaches on the opposite shore. A PIPING PLOVER was reported here recently.
On the 16th, Ed Thelen reported that a BLACK-HEADED GULL has returned to Big Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, Iowa, near the Minnesota border. And while the bird apparently stayed in Iowa, most all previous records at this location have resulted in several Minnesota observations.
On July 14th John Ellis found a SNOWY EGRET at Whisper Lane in western Douglas County, and a CATTLE EGRET along county road 19, two miles south of county road 82.
Shorebird surveys in western Minnesota on July 15th and 16th tallied more than 6,000 individuals of twenty species. Highlights included two AMERICAN AVOCETS at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County and a record-early DUNLIN at Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County.
The SUMMER TANAGER is still being seen on the Blue Hill Trail of Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County, on the left side of the trail well before the top of Blue Hill. Chris Benson reported a female Summer Tanager here on the 19th.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 27th.
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