Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 18, 2007 *MNST0710.18-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 18, 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 18th 2007.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been present in Otter Tail County since the 15th. It's visiting the feeders of Marilyn Sanchez her home on Long Lake about ten miles north of Fergus Falls. Please call Marilyn at 218-736-6420 for directions.
The BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen again at the north end of Spirit Lake in Jackson County on the 12th.
LITTLE GULLS were seen in Cass County on the 16th, one each at the Walker sewage ponds and the Cass Lake sewage ponds.
Two BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen on the 13th about two miles north of the Mille Lacs County town of Onamia on the frontage road of U.S. Highway 169, across from the yellow billboard for "Unclaimed Freight".
An immature ROSS'S GOOSE was west of Two Harbors in Lake County on the 13th. It was in a farm field on the south side of the Stanley Road, 3.2 miles west of State Highway 61.
On the 13th, a LONG-TAILED DUCK was about three miles north of Pelican Island at Leech Lake in Cass County, as were a few unidentified SCOTERS. Lake Osakis in Todd County had two BLACK SCOTERS, five SURF SCOTERS, and a LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 14th. All the birds were seen from the road on the eastern shore of the lake. I also have numerous reports of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, COMMON REDPOLL, and PINE SISKIN. And a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was at the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge area of Bloomington, Hennepin County on both the 17th and 18th, at the first boardwalk west of the parking lot.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 25th 2007.
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