-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *July 5, 2007 *MNST0707.05 -Birds mentioned Cackling Goose Clark's Grebe Lesser Black-backed Gull Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Lark Bunting -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: July 5, 2007 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel at sihope.com) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 5th 2007. A male LARK BUNTING was seen for a few days at Glacial Ridge in Polk County, but recent mowing of the surrounding fields has apparently caused the bird to move on. Nevertheless, directions are to go two miles south from U.S. Highway 2 on Polk County Road 44, then about a mile east to the end of the gravel road. Park and walk about three-quarters of a mile east. The bird had been seen only in the now mowed field to the south. A few CLARK'S GREBES have been reported from western shores of Lake Osakis in Todd County. On June 29th, Steve Westin reported the most unusual observation of a first-year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the southwest corner of Lake Mille Lacs resting with a flock of about 50 Ring-billed Gulls. Also quite unusual was the CACKLING GOOSE reported on the 30th at the Canby sewage ponds in Yellow Medicine County. A BELL'S VIREO was heard singing by Don Wansura at the southwestern shore of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. Check the vegetation near the park bench to the west of the small southern bay. And on the 29th, Peder Svingen found a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County. The bird was along the one-way loop road seven miles west of the visitors' center. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, July 12th 2007. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070705/57e7c63a/attachment.html
