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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 12, 2005 *MNST0505.12 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 12, 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 12th. On May 10th, Bob Janssen and Jerry Bonkoski discovered a ROCK WREN in Clay County. The bird was seen atop rock pile #6002, which is located at the gravel mining operation at the Felton Prairie area. This is the same locality where a pair of Rock Wrens nested last year. Also at the Felton Prairie, Bob O'Connor found a LOUISIANA WARTERTHRUSH on the 9th. The bird was in the woods along the gravel road that forks to the left at the north end of Clay County Road 108. This is just northwest of the north gate. On May 8th, Kim and Cindy Risen found an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE on Lake Mille Lacs behind the Harbor Inn & Marina just north of the town of Garrison on the Crow Wing / Aitkin County line. Nels Thompson discovered a BLACK-NECKED STILT in Steele County on the 8th and the bird was still present at least through the morning of the 11th. This is same location where three stilts were discovered last year, which is the Spindler Pond, situated a half mile west of Rice Lake State Park. Rice Lake State Park is east of Owatonna on Rose Street. Also in Steele County is one of three SUMMER TANAGERS found in the past week. Nels Thompson reported this bird at his home east of the town of Hope. At Interstate 35, take exit number 32 and go east for three quarters of a mile. Before the road reaches a T intersection, turn left up the driveway at route number 2328. Another Summer Tanager was at Hok-si-la Park near Lake City in Goodhue County on the 8th, but I have no specific location. And at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County, a Summer Tanager was found by Bryan McKamey, both at his home and in the park. Within the park, the bird is most often reported in the southeast corner. A HOODED WARBLER has also been seen in the park along the short loop trail just west of the Nature Center building. A WESTERN TANAGER was found by Julian Sellers at the Senn-Rich WMA in Waseca County on the 10th. It was foraging in the willows at the east end of the wetland northwest of the entrance. The Senn-Rich WMA is four and a half miles south of Waseca on state highway 13. Rose Kneeskern found a LITTLE BLUE HERON east of the Oakwood Cemetery in Mower County on the 10th. This cemetery is at the northeast corner of the intersection of I-90 and 4th Street Northwest in Austin. On May 8th, Bruce Fall found three CATTLE EGRETS in a field just west of U.S. Highway 52, about a quarter of a mile south of 170th Street in Dakota County. Kim and Cindy Risen reported a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the western shore of Mille Lacs Lake in Mille Lacs County on the 8th. The bird was at the intersection of county road 25 and U.S. Highway 169. Bob Dunlap found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on May 9th in the Gustavus Adolphus Arboretum in St. Peter, Nicollet County. From U.S. Highway 169 in St. Peter, go west on College Avenue to a T intersection. Turn left to the stop sign. After continuing straight past the stop sign take an immediate left into the Arboretum parking lot and look for visitor parking. Hike any of the trails into the Arboretum and past the prairie area look for the large grassy area with scattered trees. The bird was foraging in this area, especially near the old pioneer building. Another Mockingbird was found by Barb and Denny Martin in the northwest corner of Redwood County. Just south of the Minnesota River on county road 7 turn west on 440th Street and drive west one mile to the large open field. The bird was seen here on both sides of the road. Craig Mandel reported a KENTUCKY WARBLER in Blue Earth County at the Williams Nature Preserve on Minnesota State Highway 68 just west of Mankato. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 17th.
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