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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 21, 2004 *MNST0404.21 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 21, 2004
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 Wednesday April 21st.
A WHITE-FACED IBIS has been seen in Orwell Township in Otter Tail County since the 19th. From Fergus Falls, go west on County Road 15 for about four miles to the old school house on the right side of the road. Turn right onto 210th Street and drive for half a mile to the wetland on the south side of the road.
On the 21st, Bruce Baer found a LITTLE BLUE HERON at the Bass Ponds area of Hennepin County. He found it sitting in the trees at the west end of Hogback Pond.
Both an AMERICAN AVOCET and a SNOWY EGRET were at the small wetland just west of the entrance to Rice Lake State Park in Steele County on the 19th.
At the Lewiston sewage ponds in Winona County, eight species of shorebirds were reported on the 16th including HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
A LONG-TAILED DUCK was at the 180th Street Marsh in Dakota County on the 20th. From U.S. Highway 52 south, turn east on 180th St, and follow it a few miles to the ponds. The bird was in the second pool to the east on the south side of the road.
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES are once again being reported from the town of Lynd in Lyon County. Check two blocks south of the intersection of Lyon County Roads 30 and 5.
On April 20th a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at the west end of Wood Lake Nature Center in Minneapolis.
SMITH'S LONGSPURS were reported from the Red Rock Prairie in Cottonwood County on the 17th. And CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS have returned to the Felton Prairie in Clay County. A loose flock of at least five individuals was reported there on the 15th.
The first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD of the season was reported by John Thompson from Hutchinson in McLeod County on the 15th. Birders are also reporting TREE SWALLOW, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and VESPER SPARROW.
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