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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 13, 2000 *MNST0004.13 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 13, 2000
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday April 13th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Note that this hotline now has a new area code, that is 763.
Because of time constraints, information reported to the hotline may be edited or omitted, but all contributions are included in our permanent records.
There have been no Cinnamon Teal reported in the state since 1997, but this week I have two reports of three birds. There has been a CINNAMON TEAL on Lake Marge since April 7th near the Goodman Larson farm in Lac Qui Parle County. And Lane Elwanger found a pair on the 10th along the Louisberg Trail about a quarter of a mile north of the small bridge at the Lac Qui Parle / Big Stone County line. On April 6th, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was at Valley Lake Park in Lakeville, Dakota County and it was still present as of the 12th. This is on the south side of 160th St. at Galaxie Ave.
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were back at Grover's Lake in Jackson County on the 9th, and SWAINSON'S HAWKS were in Big Stone County on the 12th.
Three LONG-EARED OWLS were at Robert's Sanctuary in Minneapolis on the 11th. On the 8th Esther and Bill Marengo birded Cook County and reported a BOREAL OWL along the Sawbill Trail. They also heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL along the Gunflint Trail on the 7th, and on the 9th they found a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Paradise Beach, about 14 miles notheast of Grand Marias.
In southwestern Minnesota Bob Janssen found a ROSS'S GOOSE in Lincoln County at Lake Shaokatan on the 12th. Kim Eckert reports finding a total of three ROSS'S GEESE in Nobles County on the 9th, two were at Ocheda Lake and one was at Indian Lake. A GOLDEN EAGLE on the 8th, two miles west and four miles north of Brewster, Nobles County. He also found WILLET, BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and DUNLIN on the 8th at Lake Bella in Nobles County. Most interesting was the record early WILSON'S PHALAROPE reported by Mathew Schmidt on April 6th. The bird was seen in a drainage ditch along state highway 60 one mile east of Mankato, Blue Earth County. Also, MARBLED GODWITS were seen on the 8th near the town of Fertile in Polk County and STILT SANDPIPERS were in Lac Qui Parle County also on the 8th.
In addition to these reports, reports of the following species have been too great to give details on any one particular observation: HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE, GREAT EGRET, TURKEY VULTURE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, RING-BILLED GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, HERMIT THRUSH, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 20th.
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