Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 22, 1999 *MNST9904022 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 22, 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 April 22nd sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Chet Meyers counted 88 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 108 HORNED GREBES on Lakes Harriet and Calhoun in Minneapolis. This was on April 18th and most of these birds were still present on the 22nd. A BROWN THRASHER was at nearby Cedar Lake on the 21st.
Like Last year, Julie Brophy reported the first GREEN HERON of the season. She found the bird on the 20th near the town of Victoria in Carver County.
A MUTE SWAN has been at the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge in Bloomington since the 19th, and two TUNDRA SWANS have been at Spring Lake in Mounds View, Ramsey county since the 15th. All three of these birds were still present on the 21st.
On the 20th Bob Janssen found a few ROSS'S GEESE along Polk County Road 2 about 20 miles north of the town of Gully. On the 22nd Ken Lafond reported several additional ROSS'S GEESE in with about 150 SNOW GEESE in northwestern Isanti County at South Stanchfield Lake, which is near the junction of Isanti County Roads 15 and 6.
Cindy Butler saw a SHORT-EARED OWL on April 19th. This was a few miles north of the town of Aitkin on Aitkin County Road 1. She also reports that several GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were also in the area. GREATER YELLOWLEGS were also reported by Shelley Steva in Marshall County on the 16th, and Betsy Beneke found them on the 21st at Hamden Slough NWR, in Becker County.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen on the 19th at French Regional Park in Plymouth, but they were not found the following morning.
In Rochester, Olmsted County, a CAROLINA WREN was seen again at Leslie Kottke's feeder on April 22nd. Please call Leslie before visiting.
Dan Floren reported the first BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER of the season on the 21st at the Litchfield Nature Center, which is south of the town of Litchfield in Meeker County. And most interesting was the LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH seen by Dean Honetschlager in Washington County. The bird was seen April 20th along stream which empties into the St. Croix River just north of the town of Marine on St. Croix.
EASTERN PHOEBES, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS have been reported in large numbers since the 20th. Other migrants reported include OSPREY, HOUSE WREN, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
Thanks to Mark Davis, Oscar Johnson, and Marilyn Hultgren.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 29th.
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