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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 21, 2005 *MNST0504.21 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 21, 2005
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 20th.
A GLOSSY IBIS was found yesterday in Aitkin County just west of the town of Aitkin and it was still present today. The bird was in a flodded field on the north side of county road 15, about two and a half miles west of town. A WHITE-FACED IBIS was reported on the 19th by Dedrick Benz from the Hills sewage ponds in Rock County.
Jerry Hansen found five CATTLE EGRETS in a field in southeast Rochester, Olmsted County, on the 19th, along 30th Street Southeast, a quarter of a mile west of Marion Road. Craig Mandel reported five Cattle Egrets in Otter Tail County on the 17th in the northeast corner of the intersection of county road 7 and 140th St.
Dave Schmidt found a BLACK SCOTER in Inver Grove Heights, Ramsey County on the 15th. It was in a small pond north of the junction of Argenta Trail West and 68th Street West.
As many as 180 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and two ROSS'S GEESE were in Jackson County on the 17th, just north of the junction of county roads 66 and 67.
On the 16th, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was located by Barb and Denny Martin in the town of Heron Lake, Jackson County. The bird was on the west side of the town's grain elevator.
On the 17th, John Morrison had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD visit his backyard in Austin, Mower County. On the 18th, Brian Smith found a Northern Mockingbird at the rustic campground at Flandrau State Park, Brown County. It was in the area closest to the park's two outhouses.
Seven GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were at Sandy Point County Park on the southwest shore of South Heron Lake in Jackson County on the 17th. Five more were at the Hills sewage ponds in Rock County on the 16th.
Other recent arrivals include AMERICAN BITTERN, SWAINSON'S HAWK, WHIP-POOR-WILL, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BROWN THRASHER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 28th.
Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
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