Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *March 18, 1999 *MNST9903.18 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 18, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (tony@millcomm.com)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday March 18th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On March 17th Karl Bardon found a SMEW in Jackson County. The bird, which appeared to be an immature male, was in with a group of COMMON MERGANSERS on a large pond on the east side of Anderson County Park, which is about 8 miles south and 7 miles west of the town of Jackson. In the late morning the entire group of ducks was seen to fly off in the direction of Little Spirit Lake about a mile to the south.
Barb Kull reported the first flock of TUNDRA SWANS, which were seen in Isanti County on March 16th a few miles north of the town of St. Francis.
On March 12th Craig Mandle reported four GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and over a hundred SNOW GEESE at Indian Lake in southeastern Nobles County.
Oscar Johnson reported that the pair of OLDSQUAW at the Coon Rapids dam in Anoka and Hennepin counties was still present on March 17th, as was a PIED-BILLED GREBE.
KILLDEER have been reported now from numerous Minnesota locations as far east as the town of Hastings in Dakota County and as far west as Jackson County, plus several more southern counties.
Other migrants reported from observers across the state include most of the typical ducks, COOPER'S HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCON -- with several reports in both Minneapolis and St. Paul plus an observation from Dedrick Benz in Winona County near the junction of U.S. highway 61 and Interstate 90, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, AMERICAN ROBIN, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday March 25th.
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