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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 7, 2007 *MNST0709.07-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 7, 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, September 6th 2007.
A MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was discovered on September 2nd by Jay Gilliam and Steve Dinsmore at Spirit Lake just south of the Minnesota / Iowa border but it has not been reported since the 3rd. Though the bird spent all of its time in Dickenson, Iowa, it did make two very brief passes into Minnesota on the morning of its discovery. Birders were at the Jackson County Road 2 location from noon until nightfall on the 2nd and again throughout the day on the 3rd, and while the frigatebird was still in the area, as it did not venture back into Minnesota. Also of note was the BLACK-HEADED GULL seen both days and on both sides of the state line.
The LONG-TAILED JAEGER reported from just south of Agassiz NWR in Marshall County was seen up until the 2nd but has now apparently left the area. However, another was spotted by a birding group on the 3rd at Springsteel Island near Warroad, Roseau County. Back at Agassiz, a juvenile SABINE'S GULL has been reported by several people at the headquarters pool.
A dark morph PARASITIC JAEGER was found by Dave Benson on the 4th at the south end of the Park Point recreation area in Duluth. What was possibly a second jaeger had been reported from earlier in the day. Two WHIMBRELS are at the Park Point soccer fields.
Bill Unzen reported a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT on the 1st near the south end of Lac Qui Parle Lake in Lac Qui Parle County. The bird was on the rocks about 500 yards from the western shore.
On the 5th, Drew Smith found a subadult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the far western end of Black Dog Lake in Dakota County. It was on the concrete structure that extends outward from the south shore.
Bob Ekblad reported as many as 100 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the sod farms northeast of North Branch in Chisago County. They were near the north end of Jeffery Avenue about two miles north of state highway 95.
Terry and Sharon Frank found two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on August 30th east of Lake County Road 3 near the East Alger Grade.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, September 13th 2007.
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