-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 23, 1997
*MNST9809.23

-Birds mentioned

• Ross's Goose
• Little Gull
• Sabine's Gull
• Short-eared Owl
• Northern Mockingbird

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 23, 1997
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Minnesota statewide birding report for Wednesday September 23rd sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Kim Eckert reported to me today that four SABINE'S GULL were seen in Duluth at the far end of Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry. For additional information on these and other birds in the Duluth area, call the Duluth birding report at 218-525-5952.

On September 19th an adult LITTLE GULL was seen flying over Mille Lacs Lake from the Wealthwood public access in Aitkin County. Likely this was the same individual reported from here last week. This bird was seen again early on September 20th, but has not been seen since.

A ROSS'S GOOSE was found at the south end of Lake Byllesby in Dakota County on September 22nd.

Paul Budde found a SHORT-EARED OWL on September 20th from the public garden area on the west side of the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. The garden is located at the far eastern end of 66th Street in Richfield.

I have a belated report of a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, seen September 17th at the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, which is located at the junction of Summit Avenue and Avon.

For information on joining our state wide bird organization write the MOU at 10 Church Street SE University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN, 55455

or e-mail us at MOUMembers@aol.com.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday October 1st.

Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic hotline: MnRBA@linux.winona.msus.edu. To learn more, send a message (the message being these two words: info end) to mnrba-request@linux.winona.msus.edu.

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