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*Minnesota Statewide
*May 5, 2005
*MNST0505.05

-Birds mentioned

• American Bittern
• Green Heron
• White-faced Ibis
• Semipalmated Plover
• Piping Plover
• American Avocet
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Willet
• Hudsonian Godwit
• Marbled Godwit
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Dunlin
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Short-eared Owl
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Sedge Wren
• Swainson's Thrush
• Warbling Vireo
• Philadelphia Vireo
• Tennessee Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Ovenbird
• Western Tanager
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Bobolink
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Baltimore Oriole

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 5, 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 Thursday, May 5th.

Up to four WHITE-FACED IBIS were reported from the marsh behind the Hills sewage ponds in Rock County by Bob Dunlap on May 1st. This is the same location where a single ibis was reported on April 20th. Several GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES are also being seen in this area.

Shelley Steva found two SHORT-EARED OWLS in Polk County on the 4th. They were along Polk County Road 252 about three miles from U.S. Highway 75 near 260th Avenue.

A WESTERN TANAGER has been visiting a feeder in Newport, Washington County for the past several days. The location is 2190 - 8th Avenue, which is east of U.S. Highway 61. While birders are welcome to visit, this is a private residence in a quiet neighborhood and the usual courtesies are appropriate here.

On the 5th, Dedrick Benz reported a PIPING PLOVER from Winona County. From the town of Winona, take U.S. Highway 61 south for one mile, to Mud Lake on the left. The Piping Plover is in the company of several SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS.

A variety of shorebirds has been reported from Lake Byllesby in Dakota County over the past week. Species found there include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WILLET, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, DUNLIN, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, and WILSON'S PHALAROPE.

Other recent arrivals include AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, OLIVE- SIDED FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SEDGE WREN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, OVENBIRD, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, BOBOLINK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 12th.

Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com

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