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*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 9, 2004
*MNST0405.09

-Birds mentioned

• Ruff
• Say's Phoebe
• Rock Wren
• Western Tanager

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 9, 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 Sunday, May 9th.

Peder Svingen and Phil Chu found a RUFF in Big Stone County today. It was seen for about twenty minutes at the junction of county roads 21 and 67, but the bird soon departed and was not seen again.

Bill Marengo found a SAY'S PHOEBE in Clay County on the 8th. He found it 3.5 miles east of Felton on Clay County Road 34, or about half a mile west of County Road 110. The bird was feeding along the road side fences. Bill also found a ROCK WREN on the same day in the same area. Directions are: From state highway 9, take Clay County Road 108 east. It will become a gravel road in about three miles and at the 'T' go north. The road will soon go east, and after a quarter of a mile look for the gravel pit. The bird was on the right side of the road going between the two large rock piles in the middle of the pit. The rock piles are labeled "6006".

And a WESTERN TANAGER was reported on the 7th by Sally Jo Sorensen in Collinwood Park, Wright County. The bird's location was described as being on the main trail along the lake, south of the gravel parking lot.

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