-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *June 12, 2009 *MNST0906.12 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Brown Pelican Snowy Egret Common Moorhen Northern Mockingbird Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Spotted Towhee -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: June 12, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([email protected]) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, June 11th 2009. I have a recent but undated report of a BROWN PELICAN from Lake Carlos State Park in Douglas County, which is not far from where this species was reported on May 30th. The park entrance is ten miles north of Alexandria on state highway 29, and two miles west on county road 38. In Richfield, the WORM-EATING WARBLER was last reported at Veteran's Park on June 6th. Check especially in the woods to the left of the entrance path from 11th Avenue South. In Duluth, an least five RED-THROATED LOONS were found on the 9th between 12th Street and the Recreational Area of Park Point, and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at the Recreational Area on the 11th. Another mockingbird is in Washington County near the Goodwill Industries building south of state highway 36, about half a mile east of Stillwater Blvd. On the 11th, a SNOWY EGRET was on the island at the Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie. In Sherburne County, at least two COMMON MOORHENS were seen on the 8th at Big Bluestem Pool along the Sherburne NWR Prairie Wildlife Auto Tour road. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was heard briefly at Frontenac State Park in Goodhue County on June 5th. It was singing near the restrooms at the end of the park's main drive. A SUMMER TANAGER is being seen at the home of Butch Ukura along Agate Lake Road in Deerwood Township, Crow Wing County. Another is in Aitkin County northeast of Aitkin. From the junction of highways 169 and 210, go east on state highway 210 for just over three miles to Gun Lake Road. Follow Gun Lake Road for about 2.2 miles to the home of Dave and Marilyn Ruud. Their feeders are along the south side of their house and can be viewed easily from the road. Unusual was the June 9th observation of a SPOTTED TOWHEE on the south side of Lake Bronson State Park in Kittson County, which was found just beyond the locked gate leading to the group campsite on the north side of county road 10. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, June 18th 2009. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
