Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 18, 2013 *MNST1310.18-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 18, 2013
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 Friday October 18th, 2013.
Kim Eckert reported a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT today from Cottonwood County. The bird was four-tenths of a mile west of the Jeffer's Petroglyphs, in a mowed part of the Rock Ridge SNA and on the north side of the road. Kim also reported a SURF SCOTER at the Mountain Lake sewage ponds in Cottonwood County.
On the 17th, John Weimholt reported a male EURASIAN WIGEON at the small pond situated on the southeast corner of White Bear Avenue and Suburban Avenue in St. Paul, Ramsey County. This is just south of I-94 in the Battle Creek neighborhood.
On the 18th, Chad Heins found a late AMERICAN AVOCET in Nicollet County, on Duck Lake's North Unit of the Swan Lake WMA.
And a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was back at the Ann Lake campground in Sherburne County on the 17th. Other new reports of fall migrants include TUNDRA SWAN, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, SNOW BUNTING, SPOTTED TOWHEE, and DARK-EYED JUNCO.
The next scheduled update is Thursday October 24th, 2013.
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