-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*August 11, 2005
*MNST0508.11
-Birds mentioned
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Mississippi Kite
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Carolina Wren
Tennessee Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Mourning Warbler
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 11, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 11th.
Three immature MISSISSIPPI KITES were reported from two locations on
the 9th. Two birds cruised passed Frank Nicoletti at the 1500 block
of east London Road in Duluth, and another was seen over Lake of the
Isles in Minneapolis by Terry Brashear.
Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS have been in Madison Township, Lac
Qui Parle County since the 31st of July, at a small pothole near U.S.
75, just southeast of its intersection with county road 59. Both
birds were seen as recently as the 6th.
At the Jirik Sod Farm, situated south of the intersection of Dakota
County Roads 66 and 79, birders have recently found AMERICAN GOLDEN-
PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. At the nearby 180th marsh, Jim
Mattsson found SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and WILSON'S
PHALAROPE.
And at the western end of Lake Byllesby in Dakota County, a CATTLE
EGRET was seen standing on snag over the lake on the 8th.
Bill Bruins had a CAROLINA WREN in his backyard in Rochester, Olmsted
County on the 10th.
Chet Meyers reported on August 11th that he found seven species of
warblers at the lakes area of Minneapolis, including MOURNING
WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE
WARBLER,and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 18th.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic
hotline: MOU-net@biosci.umn.edu. To learn more, click on
http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net or send a message
to mou-net-request@cbs.umn.edu with a Subject: of "info".
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*August 11, 2005
*MNST0508.11
-Birds mentioned
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Mississippi Kite
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Carolina Wren
Tennessee Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Mourning Warbler
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: August 11, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://biosci.umn.edu/~mou/
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 11th.
Three immature MISSISSIPPI KITES were reported from two locations on
the 9th. Two birds cruised passed Frank Nicoletti at the 1500 block
of east London Road in Duluth, and another was seen over Lake of the
Isles in Minneapolis by Terry Brashear.
Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS have been in Madison Township, Lac
Qui Parle County since the 31st of July, at a small pothole near U.S.
75, just southeast of its intersection with county road 59. Both
birds were seen as recently as the 6th.
At the Jirik Sod Farm, situated south of the intersection of Dakota
County Roads 66 and 79, birders have recently found AMERICAN GOLDEN-
PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. At the nearby 180th marsh, Jim
Mattsson found SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and WILSON'S
PHALAROPE.
And at the western end of Lake Byllesby in Dakota County, a CATTLE
EGRET was seen standing on snag over the lake on the 8th.
Bill Bruins had a CAROLINA WREN in his backyard in Rochester, Olmsted
County on the 10th.
Chet Meyers reported on August 11th that he found seven species of
warblers at the lakes area of Minneapolis, including MOURNING
WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE
WARBLER,and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 18th.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic
hotline: MOU-net@biosci.umn.edu. To learn more, click on
http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net or send a message
to mou-net-request@cbs.umn.edu with a Subject: of "info".