-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *June 10, 2011 *MNST1106.10 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Mississippi Kite Yellow Rail Whimbrel White-eyed Vireo Northern Mockingbird -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: June 10, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([email protected]) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for June 9th, 2011. On June 6th, Chris Wood spotted a MISSISSIPPI KITE over Lake Girard Park in Bloomington, Hennepin County. Paul Egeland had seen a WHITE-EYED VIREO here earlier in the day. On the 7th, a WHIMBREL was on the Park Point ball fields in Duluth, and on the following day, as many as eight RED-THROATED LOONS were on Lake Superior just off the main beach. On June 9th, three PLEGADIS IBIS were seen by Betsy Beneke as they flew over I-94 at mile marker 76, south of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County. Also on the 9th, Shawn Conrad found a few YELLOW RAILS in Aitkin County at the McGregor marsh. The birds were calling on the west side of state highway 65 just over a tenth of a mile south of state highway 210. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park in Lake County on the 5th. It was seen in a field opposite the visitor center. The next scheduled update of this tape is June 16th, 2011. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
