-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 21, 2010
*MNST1005.21

-Birds mentioned
Red-throated Loon
Snowy Egret
Black Vulture
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
Say's Phoebe
Northern Mockingbird
Henslow's Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 21, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask]) 

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 20th, 2010.

A BLACK VULTURE was reported by Jan Green on the 15th at the west end of
Stoney Point Drive in St. Louis County. It was relocated on the morning
of the 16th, but it hasn't been seen since.

On the 14th, Kim Eckert and Don Kienholtz found a SAY'S PHOEBE in
Worthington, Nobles County. From the corner of I-90 and U.S. Highway 59,
go north for half a mile and then half a mile east. Check the fence line
outside the settling ponds.

At Park Point in Duluth, Peder Svingen found three RED-THROATED LOONS
off the Recreation Area and three WHIMBRELS at Hearding Island near at
36th Street on the 18th. A PIPING PLOVER was seen by Shawn Zierman on
the 16th at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport, and Laura Erickson
reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 18th just east of the runway.

Chad Heins found a SNOWY EGRET on the 15th, in a flooded field at the
corner of Watonwan County Roads 58 and 15.

HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were found by Julian Sellers at Grey Cloud Dunes SNA
in southern Washington County on the 19th.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 27th, 2010.