Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
Minnesota Statewide RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *August 5, 1999 *MNST9908.05 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 5, 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 August 5th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Among the 13 species of shorebirds seen on August 2nd at Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County were the following: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, MARBLED GODWIT, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.
Peder Svingen found a PRAIRIE FALCON on August 2nd at the Felton Prairie in Clay County. It was initially seen perched on a rock on the west side of the "longspur road" near a natural gas pump. The longspur road goes north from Clay County Road 26, three miles east of state highway 9.
On Sunday August 1st, Shelley Steva and Jeanie Joppru found one of the EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES previously reported on this tape in the town of Jasper on the border between Rock and Pipestone counties. It was seen perched on a flag pole across from the City Park and also near the grain elevators.
At the East Landfill Reservoir in Rochester, Olmsted County, Diane Anderson reported an immature LITTLE BLUE HERON has been seen several times since August 1st. To reach the reservoir drive one mile north of U.S. Highway 14 along County Road 104, then 1-1/2 miles west on 19th street. The reservoir is on the south side of the road. Four LEAST BITTERNS were reported at a marsh along Olmsed County Road 9, one mile north of U.S. highway 14 and 1-1/4 miles east of county road 22.
And a BLUE GROSBEAK was seen in Lincoln County by Doug Sheppard, five miles north of Lake Benton.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday August 12th.
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