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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 5, 2001 *MNST0110.05 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 5, 2001
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, October 4th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On September 29th, Tom Tustison found a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Pine Bend landfill near Inver Grove Heights in Dakota County. He identified it as either an adult or perhaps a third-year bird. About a thousand gulls are present at this location. Most of them are Ring-billed Gulls, but there are also a few Herring Gulls and Franklin's Gulls.
On September 28th, Mark Otnes reported an unidentified IBIS along U.S. Highway 10 just west of the town of Hawley in Clay County. The bird was seen between mile markers 18 and 19 but it flew off in the direction of Lake Maria and it could not be relocated.
An adult light-morph PARASITIC JAEGER was reported on September 30th from Duluth by Bill Stjern. It was seen from the Recreation Area of Park Point from as close as 200 yards.
A COMMON MOORHEN was found September 28th on Swan Lake in Nicollet County. It was feeding on the north side of the lake just out from the Poor Farm Bay public access near county road 4.
A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Collinwood Lake County Park in Wright County on September 30th. It was found by Doug Jenness along the lake-side trail.
And from Iowa, a Black-headed Gull was seen both on September 23th and 25th on the Iowa side of Jackson County Road 2 which runs east-west at the north end of Spirit Lake. While the gull was not reported in Minnesota, in years past this species has often been seen on the Minnesota side of the lake.
Oscar Johnson found a migrant CONNECTICUT WARBLER on September 29th in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County. Other migrants reported over the past week include EARED GREBE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, October 11th.
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