-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*April 20, 2006
*MNST0604.20
-Birds mentioned
Western Grebe
Snowy Egret
Eurasian Wigeon
Barrow's Goldeneye
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Snowy Owl
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Loggerhead Shrike
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Field Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 20, 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, April 20th.
On April 20th, Mark Alt noticed an adult GYRFALCON at the Best Buy
Corporate Headquarters at 7601 Penn Avenue South in Richfield,
Hennepin County. The bird was a quick flyby and has not been seen since.
On April 14th, Norma Malinowski reported a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at
the old commercial rice paddies at Embarrass in St. Louis County. The
bird was seen in the large impoundment just east of the Embarrass
River and south of St. Louis County Road 362.
A EURASIAN WIGEON was reported on the 17th on what were called "the
Sherburne County Road 2 ponds". I have no further information on this
bird.
On the 14th, Randy Frederickson reported three SNOWY EGRETS in
Kandiyohi County. Go west of Willmar on U.S. Highway 12 to Pennock.
Go north on county road 1 to county road 27 and turn left. After 1.4
miles look for the spillway on the right.
On April 20th, the following shorebirds were noted at Lake Byllesby
in Dakota County: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and
PECTORAL SANDPIPER were at the nearby 180th Street Marsh on the same
day.
While birding in western Minnesota on the 12th and 13th in Wilkin,
Traverse and Big Stone counties, Karl Bardon reported five HUDSONIAN
GODWITS along state highway 7 near Correll, two MARBLED GODWITS at
Breckenridge, and four AMERICAN AVOCETS along highway 28 near Big
Stone County Road 61 plus five more at the juction of U.S. Highway 75
and Big Stone County Road 12.
A SNOWY OWL was still along Aitkin County Road 5 south of Palisade on
the 14th. Another was found on the 17th along Olmsted County Road 2,
about a mile and a half east of the Rochester Century High School.
Paul Pedersen reported a CAROLINA WREN on the 17th singing upstream
from the parking area at the end of Old Valley Road in Rochester,
Olmsted County.
Very early was the GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER reported by Janet Chandler
on April 8th in Hyland Park, Bloomington, near the east walk-in
entrance at 94th street.
An early LE CONTE'S SPARROW was at Miller Prairie, Traverse County on
the 12th.
On the 19th, an early HENSLOW'S SPARROW was at the Lost Valley
Prairie SNA in Washington County. =46rom State Highway 95 go east on
Washington County Road 78 to Nyberg Avenue, then north half a mile on
Nyberg Road. The Henslow's was heard in the weedy fields to the west
and north of the gate.
At Pelican Lake in Wright County, an adult male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
was seen and photographed on the 15th. =46rom County Road 35 west of
St. Michael, turn north on Hamline Avenue. Go north a mile and a half
to the marsh on the west side of the road.
Bob O'Connor reported on the 18th that CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS
had returned to the Felton Prairie in Clay County, along with MARBLED
GODWIT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD. Other migrants
reported over the past week include WESTERN GREBE, SWAINSON'S HAWK,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CASPIAN TERN, PURPLE MARTIN,
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
and FIELD SPARROW.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 27th.
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Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*April 20, 2006
*MNST0604.20
-Birds mentioned
Western Grebe
Snowy Egret
Eurasian Wigeon
Barrow's Goldeneye
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Snowy Owl
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Loggerhead Shrike
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Field Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 20, 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, April 20th.
On April 20th, Mark Alt noticed an adult GYRFALCON at the Best Buy
Corporate Headquarters at 7601 Penn Avenue South in Richfield,
Hennepin County. The bird was a quick flyby and has not been seen since.
On April 14th, Norma Malinowski reported a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at
the old commercial rice paddies at Embarrass in St. Louis County. The
bird was seen in the large impoundment just east of the Embarrass
River and south of St. Louis County Road 362.
A EURASIAN WIGEON was reported on the 17th on what were called "the
Sherburne County Road 2 ponds". I have no further information on this
bird.
On the 14th, Randy Frederickson reported three SNOWY EGRETS in
Kandiyohi County. Go west of Willmar on U.S. Highway 12 to Pennock.
Go north on county road 1 to county road 27 and turn left. After 1.4
miles look for the spillway on the right.
On April 20th, the following shorebirds were noted at Lake Byllesby
in Dakota County: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and
PECTORAL SANDPIPER were at the nearby 180th Street Marsh on the same
day.
While birding in western Minnesota on the 12th and 13th in Wilkin,
Traverse and Big Stone counties, Karl Bardon reported five HUDSONIAN
GODWITS along state highway 7 near Correll, two MARBLED GODWITS at
Breckenridge, and four AMERICAN AVOCETS along highway 28 near Big
Stone County Road 61 plus five more at the juction of U.S. Highway 75
and Big Stone County Road 12.
A SNOWY OWL was still along Aitkin County Road 5 south of Palisade on
the 14th. Another was found on the 17th along Olmsted County Road 2,
about a mile and a half east of the Rochester Century High School.
Paul Pedersen reported a CAROLINA WREN on the 17th singing upstream
from the parking area at the end of Old Valley Road in Rochester,
Olmsted County.
Very early was the GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER reported by Janet Chandler
on April 8th in Hyland Park, Bloomington, near the east walk-in
entrance at 94th street.
An early LE CONTE'S SPARROW was at Miller Prairie, Traverse County on
the 12th.
On the 19th, an early HENSLOW'S SPARROW was at the Lost Valley
Prairie SNA in Washington County. =46rom State Highway 95 go east on
Washington County Road 78 to Nyberg Avenue, then north half a mile on
Nyberg Road. The Henslow's was heard in the weedy fields to the west
and north of the gate.
At Pelican Lake in Wright County, an adult male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
was seen and photographed on the 15th. =46rom County Road 35 west of
St. Michael, turn north on Hamline Avenue. Go north a mile and a half
to the marsh on the west side of the road.
Bob O'Connor reported on the 18th that CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS
had returned to the Felton Prairie in Clay County, along with MARBLED
GODWIT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD. Other migrants
reported over the past week include WESTERN GREBE, SWAINSON'S HAWK,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CASPIAN TERN, PURPLE MARTIN,
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
and FIELD SPARROW.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 27th.
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Anthony Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com