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*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*June 3, 2003
*MNST0306.03

-Birds mentioned

• White-faced Ibis
• Prairie Warbler
• Lazuli Bunting

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: June 3, 2003
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 Tuesday, June 6th.

Two singing male PRAIRIE WARBLERS were discovered on June 2nd in Murphy-Hanrehan Park in Dakota County. The birds are located just west of Murphy Lake Boulevard, and just south of where this road crosses the Credit River. Directions when coming from the north are: pass the boat landing on Murphy Lake; cross the open fields and enter the woods just after Webster Circle; proceed down the hill over the Credit River and listen for the birds' song. When coming from the south, listen for the songs after you pass 165th Street. Both birds can be heard from the road.

In Rock County, a male LAZULI BUNTING was discovered at Blue Mounds State Park on May 31st in the wooded area near the main park entrance, about 100 yards downstream from the dam below the campground lake. Also in Rock County, five WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at the Gold N' Plump settling ponds in western Luverne.

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