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*Minnesota Statewide
*July 9, 2009
*MNST0907.09

• Snowy Egret
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Northern Mockingbird
• Black-throated Green Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 9, 2009
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, July 9th 2009.

Two SNOWY EGRETS were at the Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County on the 8th.

Two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS were in Stillwater, Washington County on the 8th, near the Goodwill Industries building south of state highway 36, about half a mile east of Stillwater Blvd.

A few fall migrant shorebirds have begun to show up in southern Minnesota, including LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and LEAST SANDPIPER. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was along the bluff trail at the Old Cedar Bridge in Hennepin County on the 8th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 16th 2009.

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