-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *August 21, 2008 *MNST0808.21 -Birds mentioned Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Northern Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Summer Tanager Spotted Towhee -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: August 21, 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, August 21st 2008. Fall migration is well underway and a variety of warblers have been reported in the southern half of the state, including TENNESSEE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. On the 16th, a SUMMER TANAGER was seen at the Chamberlain Woods SNA in Le Sueur County. The bird was about 250 yards northeast of the parking area. Unusual was the SPOTTED TOWHEE reported on August 18th at Lake Vadnais in Ramsey County. The bird was seen in the dense brush at the far north end of the lake on the west side of the road. Nearly all of the extreme early dates for this species are in late September. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 28th 2008. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080821/00cdd49d/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
