Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *Octember 2, 1997 *MNST9710.02 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: Octember 2, 1997
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (tony@mill2.MillComm.COM)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday October 2nd sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Good numbers of shorebirds have been reported from several localities. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS and COMMON SNIPE were seen at Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County on the 30th. Benjamin Thiem reported the following shorebirds from the Crookston settling ponds in Polk County: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and KILLDEER. All these birds were present on the 26th. On the 28th Peder Svingen found eleven species of shorebirds here, including 132 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 75 PECTORAL SANDPIPER and a few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Jeanie Jappru found PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Thief River Falls sewage ponds in Pennington County. Craig Mandel reported on the 1st that the New Germany marsh in Carver county had GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, plus SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and COMMON SNIPE. Perhaps the most interesting shorebird report comes from Steve Roman. On September 26th at Heron lake in Jackson County he found seven AMERICAN AVOCETS, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, plus STILT SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
Dorothy Nelson had a PEREGRINE FALCON visit her Columbia Heights yard on September 28th.
I have a report of a CAROLINA WREN from Whitewater WMA in Winona County, but no directions were given.
AMERICAN PIPITS have been reported from Brooklyn Park and Arden Hills.
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was reported from the Highland Park area of St. Paul on September 27th, and a late MOURNING WARBLER was in a northern Ramsey County yard on the 2nd. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, and PALM WARBLERS were at Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County on the 30th. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was reported by Maria Duane at Murphy Hanrehan Park in Bloomington on October 1st, as was a WINTER WREN.
Oscar Johnson saw a WINTER WREN plus many HERMIT THRUSH in Oak Grove Park in Brooklyn Park on October 2nd. Many WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and FOX SPARROWS were also present as were a few WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. FOX SPARROWS and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS plus hundreds of SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a few HARRIS' SPARROW were reported by Bob Janssen from Dodge and Mower counties, also on the 2nd. Barb Kull reported HARRIS' SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW and DARK-EYED JUNCOS from Sherburne NWR on the 30th.
Finally, Roger Schroeder found a SPOTTED TOWHEE at Garvin County Park in Lyon County on October 2nd. The location of the park is about 15 miles south of the town of Marshall, and the bird was seen along the river trail below the camping area. The status of Spotted Towhee in Minnesota is not well known and I would appreciate hearing about any sightings.
For information on joining our state wide bird organization write the MOU at 10 Church Street SE University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN, 55455.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday October 9th.
