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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 23, 1999 *MNST9909.23 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 23, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday September 23rd sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An immature SNOWY EGRET was seen by Jeff Schafer in Stevens County on September 23rd. The bird, which is a first county record, was 3.5 miles east of the town of Morris along Stevens County Road 10.
At Hawk Ridge in Duluth, just under 5000 hawks were seen on Sunday, September 19th while just over 5000 were seen the 20th. This puts the season total at close to 100,000 raptors, which is currently the second-highest total ever.
Migrating CASPIAN TERNS continue to be reported from around the state, and I have reports from the counties of Mille Lacs, Dakota, and Otter Tail.
Chet Meyers found a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER on the southeast side of Cedar Lake Park in Minneapolis on September 17th.
Betsy Beneke reports from Becker County that on the 21st several species of fall and winter sparrows showed up at the feeders at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, including DARK-EYED JUNCO, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at nearby Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge by Mary Wyatt.
Several RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were reported from the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge area in Bloomington on the 18th.
Among the other many additional migrants reported are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, PEREGRINE FALCON, NORTHERN FLICKER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and PALM WARBLER.
Thanks to Ken LaFond, Jim Strudel, and Dennis Nyberg.
In cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Tourism, highlights of this hotline can be now heard at a toll free number which is available to callers outside the Twin Cities area. The number is 1-800-657-3700.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday September 30th.
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