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*Minnesota Statewide
*July 7, 2011
*MNST1107.07

• Red-throated Loon
• Common Moorhen
• White-crowned Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 7, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for July 7th, 2011.

On June 30th, Brian Smith found a COMMON MOORHEN with two chicks on the small wetland on the north side of U.S. Highway 14 at the Rosenau-Lambrecht WMA in Brown County.

On June 24th, two RED-THROATED LOONS were at the east end of Brighton Beach in east Duluth near the Lester River, three more were seen on the 25th on Lake Superior well out from the end of Park Point, and on the 26th, one was found off 31st Street of Park Point.

And very unusual was the WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW reported on the 26th at an undisclosed location in Kandiyohi County.

The next scheduled update of this tape is July 14th, 2011.

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