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*Minnesota Statewide
*April 13, 2006
*MNST0604.13

-Birds mentioned

• Snowy Egret
• Little Blue Heron
• Mute Swan
• Cinnamon Teal
• Osprey
• Forster's Tern
• Snowy Owl
• Tufted Titmouse
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Hermit Thrush
• Brown Thrasher
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Eastern Towhee
• Field Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• Le Conte's Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 13, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, April 13th.

An adult male CINNAMON TEAL has been seen since yesterday in Cass County. From state highway 371 go east on state highway 87 about 3.5

miles to Cass County Road 42. Turn south for 1.9 miles to Brockaway Lake. The teal has been seen on both sides of the road.

On the 9th, Phil Chu found a SNOWY EGRET in Otrey Township along Big Stone County Road 67 a mile south of County Road 10. Chris Benson found another Snowy Egret on the 13th in a pond at 41st Street NW and

Olmsted County Road 22 near the city of Rochester.

On April 11th, Jim Mattsson found an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON in the small pond along Gerlach Way at Lake Byllesby. =46rom Dakota County Road 88 go half a mile south along Gerlach Way to the wetland on the east side of the road.

A MUTE SWAN was found at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Sherburne County on the 7th. Check the small lake on the back side of the Blue Hill Trail.

On the 10th, a SNOWY OWL was found about five miles southwest of Hutchinson in McLeod County, but I have no specific location.

Somewhat unusual was the TUFTED TITMOUSE at the feeders of John Cyrus

in Chaska, Carver County on the 8th. I have no recent word on its whereabouts. I also have reports of arriving OSPREY, FORSTER'S TERN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and FIELD SPARROW.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 20th.

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