Minnesota Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 3, 2007 *MNST0705.03-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 3, 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 Thursday May 3rd 2007.
A GLOSSY IBIS, along with at least 22 WHITE-FACED IBIS, was in Lac Qui Parle County on the 29th. They were initially found southwest of the town of Madison near the junction of Lac Qui Parle County Road 14 and 221st Street. Throughout the day, they worked their way southward, but by the next morning they were back at their original location. Directions from Madison are to go south for two miles on U.S. Highway 75 to county road 14, then six-tenths of a mile west.
A SNOWY EGRET was found by Jim Otto at the western end of Lake Byllesby in Dakota County on April 29th.
On April 28th, a CAROLINA WREN was reported north of Black Dog Road in Dakota County, about 80 yards west of the western outlet to Black Dog Lake.
A male MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was near the Bluestem Prairie in Clay County on the 28th. It was seen near the junction of 50th Avenue and 165th Street.
On May 3rd, Jim Mattsson found a male SUMMER TANAGER at Spring Lake Regional Park, near Hastings in Dakota County. It was about 30 yards into the woods north-northeast of the parking lot that is located on Fahey Avenue, just north of Pind Bend Trail. A WESTERN TANAGER can be seen in Freeborn County. Take I-35 south to the Clark's Grove exit, take county road 31 west, then north, then west again, then check the farm yard just to the north of here, at fire call 73694.
A SPOTTED TOWHEE has been visiting the Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington, Hennepin County, for more than a week. This is along East Bush Lake Road just south of I-494.
The annual MOU Salt Lake Festival was held in Lac Que Parle County this past weekend, and 131 species were recorded. Among them were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, WILLET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and AMERICAN AVOCET. Other migrants that have been reported recently include CATTLE EGRET, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, WARBLING VIREO, WINTER WREN, MARSH WREN, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 10th 2007.
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