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*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 17, 2003
*MNST0305.17

-Birds mentioned

• Red-throated Loon
• White-faced Ibis
• Ross's Goose
• Ruff
• White-eyed Vireo

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 17, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)

Hello, and welcome to the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. To leave a message for anyone at the MOU, press 2. Messages are retrieved each Tuesday and Friday. You can bypass the following weekly birding report and leave a sighting by pressing 1 at any time.

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Saturday, May 17th.

This tape is being updated early to report on a few sightings of interest that came in today.

Six WHITE-FACED IBIS and a ROSS'S GOOSE were in the sewage ponds that are located behind Sham Lake in Lyon County. From state highway 23 go south on county road 11 for about three quarters of a mile and turn right on the small unmarked dirt road. Follow this to the set of ponds and check the shoreline across the last pond. Also of note was the first county record RED-THROATED LOON seen on Sham Lake today.

A male RUFF was at Bunker Hills Regional Park in southern Anoka County today. From state highway 65 go west on state highway 242 for two miles. Turn north and drive into the park and look for the signs leading to the horse stables. Follow the road all the way to the end where, at the stables, there is a flooded pasture. The Ruff was seen here with a few other shorebirds.

A WHITE-EYED VIREO was found at Old Frontenac in Goodhue County. It was seen along county road 2 between Wood and Graham Streets.

And finally, the possible Magnificent Hummingbird reported on last week's was, in fact, a Ruby-throated.

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