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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *August 30, 2007 *MNST0708.30-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 30, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
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Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 30th 2007.
Scott Swanson reported a LONG-TAILED JAEGER along the western boundary of Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on August 21st, and the bird has been relocated in this same general area for the past several days. It is usually present at the intersection of 260th Street NE and 180th Avenue. To get to the site, take Marshall County Road 12 north out of Pennington County and state highway 1 to Farmes Pool Road. Turn right on to Farmes Pool Road, and where this road bends sharply to the left, look to the right. Interestingly, Minnesota's first jaeger record was a Long-tailed seen very near here in the summer of 1898.
On August 25th, six immature PLEGADIS IBIS were found a few miles west of Graceville in Big Stone County. They were in the wetland at the northwest corner of the intersection of state highway 28 and Big Stone County Road 61.
A SNOWY EGRET was found by Herb Dingmann on the 27th on the rocks of the Mississippi River at the Stearns / Benton County line. The location is near the paper mill in Sartell.
Migration is well underway with many species being reported. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were first seen in substantial numbers on the evening of August 14th when 126 were counted in Anoka County. At Salt Lake in Lac Qui Parle County there was a juvenile RED KNOT on both the north and south shores of the lake. Twenty-four species of warblers were seen on Park Point in Duluth early this, with CAPE MAY WARBLER being particularly abundant, and there were still several BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the nearby ball fields on the 28th.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, September 6th 2007.
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