-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*October 1, 1997
*MNST9810.01

-Birds mentioned

• Red-throated Loon
• Mississippi Kite
• Pomarine Jaeger
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Thayer's Gull
• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• Carolina Wren
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Lark Bunting
• Lapland Longspur
• Smith's Longspur

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 1, 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 birding report for Thursday October 1st sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Steve Roman found a female LARK BUNTING on September 28th at the 40th Ave. West impoundment area in Duluth. The bird was seen feeding along the dirt road on the east end of the dike. Several SMITH'S LONGSPUR were seen in the same area, along with LAPLAND LONGSPURS and numerous species of sparrows. Despite extensive searches over the next two days, the bunting could not be refound. Also in Duluth a variety of unusual birds have been reported from the recreation area of Park Point. These include a RED-THROATED LOON on the 30th, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE on the 26th, and several PARASITIC JAEGERS and a possible POMARINE JAEGER also on the 26th. For additional information on birds in the Duluth area, call the Duluth birding report at 218-525-5952.

Elsewhere, Jon Peterson had a MISSISSIPPI KITE pass over his home along the Mississippi River in the town of Reads Landing in Wabasha County on September 25th.

A male SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen on the 29th in front of the Holiday Gas Station in the town of Tofte, Cook County by Dory Spence, but the bird was apparently gone by the following morning.

In Rochester, Olmsted County, a CAROLINA WREN was seen again at Leslie Kotkke's feeder on September 30th. Please call Leslie before visiting. A second CAROLINA WREN was seen at Interstate Park in Chisago County. The wren was seen on the 26th on Folsum island in the St. Croix River.

On September 30th, Paul Budde reported a THAYER'S GULL on Lake Calhoun in Mpls. And on Monday September 28th, Jeanie Joppru had a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER visit her yard in Thief River Falls, Pennington County.

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 8th.

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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