-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 1, 2008 *MNST0805.01 -Birds mentioned Cinnamon Teal Red-throated Loon Snowy Egret Piping Plover Willet Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Little Gull Least Flycatcher Say's Phoebe Yellow-throated Vireo Townsend's Solitaire Gray Catbird Cape May Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Summer Tanager Western Tanager Clay-colored Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 1, 2008 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, May 1st 2008. On the 26th, a male CINNAMON TEAL was found at the sewage lagoons in Crookston, Polk County, but it was seen to depart to the southwest and could not be relocated. A SAY'S PHOEBE was in Cook County on April 25th, feeding along the break wall at Artist's Point in Grand Marais. Two RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on Lake Superior in Duluth on the 29th. The best place to check is probably the recreation area toward the end of Park Point. On the 27th, a SNOWY EGRET was found at the Bass Ponds in Bloomington, Hennepin County. It was seen on the east side of the state highway 77 bridge along the shore of Long Meadow Lake. Two adult PIPING PLOVERS were photographed at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds in Brown County on the 28th. A LITTLE GULL was found on the 26th along Chippewa County Road 32 just north of County Road 13. In Duluth, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was at Stoney Point on the April 27th, along Stoney Point Drive at fire call 1313. Deb Sewell has a male WESTERN TANAGER visiting her house in Pine County. You can email her at flutemandolin at gmail.com for more information. A female SUMMER TANAGER was in Alexander Watson's backyard at 1009 - 7th Avenue NW in Austin, Mower County on May 1st. Returning spring migrants include BLACK BELLIED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, DUNLIN, WILLET, LEAST FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, GRAY CATBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 8th 2008. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080501/3b82f178/attachment.html
