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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 20, 2000 *MNST0004.20 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 20, 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 20th, 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.
As reported on Wednesday's unscheduled update of this tape, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW is being seen in Wilkin County. The bird has been found west of state highway 9 along Wilkin County Road 26 at distances from about one and a half miles to two and a half miles. It was seen on both the 19th and the 20th.
On the 19th a possible EURASIAN WIGEON was reported but not confirmed on Lake Mille Lacs in Mille Lacs County. It was apparently seen from Eddy's Resort on the southwest side of the lake. Another Eurasian Wigeon may have been sighted at Salt Lake in Lac Qui Parle County, but the observers were unsure of the identification, and this report is now more than two weeks old.
A TUFTED TITMOUSE is visiting a feeder in Dakota County, and it was first seen on the 20th. Please call me for additional information.
Bob Janssen found a pair of ROSS'S GEESE at Thielke Lake in Big Stone County on the 17th, and TRUMPETER SWANS at the Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County on the same day. He also reported a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE in Stearns County near Collegeville.
On April 15th, that WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was still at Valley Lake Park in Lakeville, Dakota County where it has been since the 6th. This is on the south side of 160th St. at Galaxie Ave.
Other birds commonly reported these last few days include OSPREY, BONAPARTE'S GULL, FORSTER'S TERN, VEERY, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and VESPER SPARROW.
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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 27th.
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