-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *April 16, 2010 *MNST1004.16 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Long-tailed Duck Franklin's Gull White-winged Dove Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern Mockingbird Field Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Smith's Longspur Brown-headed Cowbird -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: April 16, 2010 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, April 15th, 2010. On April 15th, there was a report of a possible BEAN GOOSE at a wetland near the Madrena WMA of Lac qui Parle County. This is on the west side of 211th Avenue and about a quarter mile south of US Highway 75. The bird, which was associating with about a dozen GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE has not been seen since. I have a report of a WHITE-WINGED DOVE from Waconia, Carver County, but am waiting to hear back from the home owner about visitors. On April 10th, Bob Ekblad reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD in Olmsted County just southeast of Rochester. Directions are to take US Highway 52 south of I-90 to County Road 7. Go south on 7 for a couple of miles and turn left turn on Mill Creek Road. The bird was in the trees lining the driveway of the first house past the cemetery. In Nicollet County, Bob Dunlap found four SMITH'S LONGSPURS at a WMA one mile north of the town of Nicollet on the east side of highway 111 on April 9th. The birds were in the grassy area between the first wetland and the farm fields east of the parking lot. Three LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found by Ron Erpelding at Taconite Harbor, Cook County, on the 14th. A few BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS have been reported in the last few days in the Twin Cities area, as have FRANKLIN'S GULL, FIELD SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
