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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 11, 2003 *MNST0309.11 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 11, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday September 11th.
Allison Clarke reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE from her Duluth yard in St. Louis County on the 10th. This is a record-early fall date for Minnesota and is well over a month earlier than the typical first report.
The September 6th shorebird survey at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County produced 2260 birds of 18 species. This total included 691 STILT SANDPIPERS -- the highest count ever recorded at Agassiz -- plus three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 102 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and four AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS.
Almost 600 shorebirds of 12 species were at Rice Lake in Faribault County on the 6th. Among them were two Buff-breasted Sandpipers and an American Golden-Plover.
Mike Hendrickson found a WHIMBREL in east Duluth at the junction of Scenic and Expressway Highway 61 on September 9th. He also found more than 20 SANDERLINGS and a RUDDY TURNSTONE on the lake side of Park Point near the airport. On the 10th, Tom Auer found more than 50 Sanderlings here plus two CASPIAN TERNS. Sanderlings were also seen in northwestern Benton County on the 9th, at the Benton Beach Park, at the north end of Little Rock Lake.
Four RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen on the 6th at the Wells sewage ponds in Faribault County.
Nine TRUMPETER SWANS can be seen at Sherburne NWR in Sherburne County. They were first reported at Stickney Pool on the auto tour road on the 6th.
An unidentified JAEGER was seen over Mille Lacs Lake on the 6th. It was reported from the breakwall at Garrison in Crow Wing County.
Twelve BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS were south of their usual range in Freeborn County at the Maple Island sod farms, about one mile east of town on highway 251. Other southbound migrants seen recently include AMERICAN PIPIT and DARK-EYED JUNCO.
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