-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*March 30, 2006
*MNST0603.30
-Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Yellowlegs
American Woodcock
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Gray Owl
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Winter Wren
Song Sparrow
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 30, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 30th.
Connie Brunell visited Koochiching County on the 23rd and found three
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, all along county road 13. One was eight
miles north of U.S. Highway 71, another 9.2 miles north, and a third
10.8 miles north. A THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was also seen along this
road 10.8 miles north of U.S. Highway 71. Connie also found three
GREAT GRAY OWLS along Koochiching County Road 30, from nine to twelve
miles west of Big Falls.
Nancy Jackson found three LONG-TAILED DUCKS along the Minnesota River
near the western end of Black Dog Lake in Dakota County on the 26th.
On the 30th, Jim Mattsson visited the wetland at Dakota County Road
47 and Goodwin Avenue and found at least sixty GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE including a leucistic individual.
Ben Wieland found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES on the 28th at
the grain elevators in Wheaton, Traverse County.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS have been reported from Houston and Olmsted
counties, and I also have recent reports of TUNDRA SWAN, CACKLING
GOOSE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, AMERICAN
WOODCOCK, EASTERN PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, and SONG SPARROW.
Thanks to Joel Hessen, Bonnie Kirchner, Tom Bloom, and Barb Kull.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 6th.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic
hotline: MOU-net@cbs.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
*March 30, 2006
*MNST0603.30
-Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Yellowlegs
American Woodcock
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Gray Owl
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Winter Wren
Song Sparrow
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 30, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (axhertzel@sihope.com)
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 30th.
Connie Brunell visited Koochiching County on the 23rd and found three
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, all along county road 13. One was eight
miles north of U.S. Highway 71, another 9.2 miles north, and a third
10.8 miles north. A THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was also seen along this
road 10.8 miles north of U.S. Highway 71. Connie also found three
GREAT GRAY OWLS along Koochiching County Road 30, from nine to twelve
miles west of Big Falls.
Nancy Jackson found three LONG-TAILED DUCKS along the Minnesota River
near the western end of Black Dog Lake in Dakota County on the 26th.
On the 30th, Jim Mattsson visited the wetland at Dakota County Road
47 and Goodwin Avenue and found at least sixty GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE including a leucistic individual.
Ben Wieland found a pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES on the 28th at
the grain elevators in Wheaton, Traverse County.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS have been reported from Houston and Olmsted
counties, and I also have recent reports of TUNDRA SWAN, CACKLING
GOOSE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, AMERICAN
WOODCOCK, EASTERN PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, and SONG SPARROW.
Thanks to Joel Hessen, Bonnie Kirchner, Tom Bloom, and Barb Kull.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 6th.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our electronic
hotline: MOU-net@cbs.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".