Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 30, 2007 *MNST0705.30-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 30, 2007
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 Wednesday, May 30th 2007.
On May 30th, Shawn Zierman discovered a pair of SNOWY PLOVER on Minnesota Point in Duluth. Both birds were on the lakeside shoreline near the Sky Harbor Airport, and at least one was still present later in the day.
The ARCTIC TERN was seen as recently as the 29th over Lake Superior on Park Point in Duluth. It has been found at various locations along the lake shore, but most often from the 31st Street access.
I have a secondhand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER from May 27th, at the Minnesota State University Moorhead Regional Science Center near Buffalo River State Park in Clay County. The bird was seen flying over the prairie just to the east of the parking area at the science center.
On the 28th, a singing PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Ritter Farm Park in Dakota County. From the main parking lot walk northwest and follow the signs to the orange trail. After a couple hundred yards where the trail forks, take the muddy horesetrail up the hill to a row of conifers on the right. The bird was singing from the large deciduous trees on the left.
Unusually far out of range was the COMMON MOORHEN reported on the 29th from western Duluth by Laura Erickson. It was along the Western Waterfront Trail beneath the Indian Point campground. On May 30th, Kelly Larson reported two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS from the Prairie Auto Tour Route of Big Stone NWR in Big Stone County. Both birds were seen near the restroom and parking lot facility in the interior of the route. One bird was directly behind the restroom in a shrubby patch of woods and the other was across the road in the flooded woodlands to the west. Another Chat was reported by Herb Dingman from near Walnut Lake in Faribault County over the weekend. The location was one mile north of I-90 on county road 119 near its junction with an unmarked gravel road.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 7th 2007.
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