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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *July 28, 2005 *MNST0507.28 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 28, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 28th.
The BROWN PELICAN has been present throughout the week in southern Jackson County at Little Spirit Lake just north of the Iowa border and southwest of the town of Jackson. The bird had been present at the north end of Spirit Lake in Iowa just south of Jackson County Road 2 since July 14th, but seems to be more reliable at the Little Spirit Lake location. The best place to view the pelican is from the boat launch at the north end of Little Spirit Lake. At the dock, look southward to where the bird has often roosted just off the peninsula.
Also of note is the BLACK-HEADED GULL that has been seen at both locations.
At least one CLARK'S GREBE was still at Lake Osakis in Todd County on the 21st.
Shorebirds have been reported in small numbers from Walker in Cass County and the Crane Creek area near New Germany in Carver County. Species include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and STILT SANDPIPER.
Two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were in the town of Otter Tail in Otter Tail County on the 24th. Jeff Schultz reports them at the feeders in the vicinity of Lake Boulevard.
Kiki Sonnen found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 26th, along the Mississippi River Boulevard at the bridge between Huron and Dartmouth streets in southeast Minneapolis.
And in Cook County, Mike Steffes found four BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS on Moose Mountain on the 28th.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 4th.
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