Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 26, 2007 *MNST0704.26-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 26, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Wednesday, April 25th 2007.
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was reported on the 23rd along Olmsted County Road 31 between U.S. Highway 52 and County Road 3. Check the fields on the east side of the road near the gray house at fire call 126-31, and also along Riverheights Court near here.
On the 23rd, Ron Erpelding found a WORM-EATING WARBLER in Camden State Park, Lyon County southwest of Marshall. The bird was on the east side of the park's main road and was first seen in the wooded area about 85 feet before the point where the road crosses the railroad tracks.
On April 22nd, Bruce Baer reported a PIPING PLOVER at the west end of Lake Byllesby in Dakota County.
There was a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at the south end of Murphy-Hanrehan Park, on the Scott-Dakota County line on April 23rd. The bird was found by Jim Egge about 50 yards north of the southern gate across from the parking lot of Brackett's Crossing Golf Course. Another NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was just east of Boone Avenue in New Hope, Hennepin County on the 22nd, at 55th and Zealand Avenues near the Northridge Care Center.
On the 22nd, Wayne Feder found a pair of LONG-TAILED DUCKS on Pilot Grove Lake in Faribault County. This is on the west side of county road 9 at 60th Street.
Craig Mandel found a pair of GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES on the 20th in Watonwan County. The birds were at the Rosendale WMA, about two miles southeast of the town of St. James.
Listing every recently reported migrant here would be impractical, but a few representative species are BROAD-WINGED HAWK, DUNLIN, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, FORSTER'S TERNS, SORA, CHIMNEY SWIFT, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, MARSH WREN, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, HOODED WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 3rd 2007.
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