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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 4, 2007 *MNST0710.04-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 4, 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 Thursday, October 4th 2007.
On September 28th, Peder Svingen reported a GYRFALCON on the rocks on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry of Park Point in Duluth and it was seen again on the 29th. Also seen in the area was an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a juvenile PARASITIC JAEGER, and a BLACK SCOTER.
Also on the 28th, Kim Eckert found a juvenile SABINE'S GULL along the east side of Cottonwood Lake in Lyon County just north of downtown Cottonwood, and on the 30th he found two juvenile PLEGADIS IBIS on the north side of Black Rush Lake in Lyon County south of the town of Marshall. Denny Martin found a SABINE'S GULL at the north end of Spirit Lake in Jackson County on the 28th, and he reports that the BLACK-HEADED GULL was still there as well.
On the 29th, Brian Smith found a WESTERN SANDPIPER at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds in Brown County. Take highway 4 south of Sleepy Eye for about a mile and a half. Just past the auto salvage yard on the right, look for the entrance to the ponds on the left in about another quarter mile. The bird is being seen on a gravel spit on the northwest pond to the left of the entrance.
The immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen again on October 4th near Minnehaha Creek and Lake Hiawatha in south Minneapolis. Check the trees on the north side of the creek near the intersection of 28th Avenue South and 47th Street East.
Unusual was the EVENING GROSBEAK reported by Dave Thurston on the 3rd at the southwest corner of Lake Vadnais in Ramsey County.
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and DARK-EYED JUNCOS have made a strong push into the souther half of the state in the past few days, and a few AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, FOX SPARROWS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, HARRIS'S SPARROWS, and LAPLAND LONGSPURS have also been reported from scattered locations.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 11th 2007.
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