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*October 7, 1999
*MNST9910.7

-Birds mentioned

• Snowy Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Surf Scoter
• Little Gull
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Thayer's Gull
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Short-eared Owl
• House Wren
• Marsh Wren
• Common Yellowthroat
• Eastern Towhee
• Spotted Towhee
• Bobolink
• Baltimore Oriole

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: October 7, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (ahertzel@uswest.net)
Re-transcriber: Terry Brashear (beakgeek@scientist.com)

This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday OCTOBER 7TH sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

On October 3rd, 2,120 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were counted on Lake Winnibigoshish in Cass and Itasca counties, and among them was a juvenile LITTLE GULL, which was found at the federal dam on the east side of the lake, and a female SURF SCOTER was at Judd's Resort on the south side. 1,183 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were counted on Mille Lacs Lake on the 4th.

Also on October 3rd, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and two THAYER'S GULLS were seen on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. The best vantage point is along the west side of the lake.

On October 1st Bill Marengo birded Lac Qui Parle County and found a single CATTLE EGRET in the company of a SNOWY EGRET on the west side of county road 7 about six-tenths of a mile north of county road 30. He also reported three SHORT-EARED OWLS at the Plover Prairie Nature Conservancy area, and a SPOTTED TOWHEE at the Lac Qui Parle County Park, which is just southeast of the intersection of county roads 27 and 20.

Birding at Wood Lake Nature Center has been productive for migrants this past week. Birds found here recently include HOUSE WREN and MARSH WREN, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, EASTERN TOWHEE, plus several varities of sparrow and a late BOBOLINK.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was found by Oscar Johnson on October 6th in Oak Grove Park in the town of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County. This ties the fifth latest date on record for this species.

And Julie Brophy still has a BALTIMORE ORIOLE at her feeder in Victoria, Carver County, and the bird was seen as recently as October 7th.

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The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday October 14th.

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