-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 6, 2013
*MNST1309.06

-Birds mentioned
Mississippi Kite
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Caspian Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Blue-headed Vireo
Carolina Wren
Connecticut Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 6, 2013
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 September 5th, 2013.

On August 27th and again on the 4th, Karl Bardon identified a
MISSISSIPPI KITE at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. Both birds were seen from the
main overlook area.

A juvenile RED KNOT was at Park Point in Duluth on September 3rd. And on
the 30th, Karl Bardon and Peder Svingen found seven PARASITIC JAEGERS at
Park Point near the Sky Harbor airport. This included four light adults,
two light subadults, and one dark subadult.

On August 30th, Mike Henry had a CAROLINA WREN in his back yard on
Plummer Circle in Rochester, Olmsted County. On September 1st, Stephen
Moore found a pair of Carolina Wrens at camp site number W37 of Beaver
Creek Valley State Park in Houston County.

Migrants continue to trickle through and I have new reports of PIPING
PLOVER, CASPIAN TERN, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, MAGNOLLIA
WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

The next scheduled update is Thursday September 12th, 2013.