-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 21, 2009
*MNST0905.21

-Birds mentioned
Mississippi Kite
Ruff
White-eyed Vireo
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-throated Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 21, 2009
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 21st 2009.

In Dakota County, a female RUFF was seen on May 18th at the western end
of Lake Byllesby.

On May 19th, an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE was reported about three miles
south of the town of Pipestone, Pipestone County, just north of the
intersection of 61st Street and 70th Avenue,

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER has been in Duluth since the 18th, at 6177
Church Road. A WORM-EATING WARBLER was reported from Minneapolis on the
15th at Veteran's Park. It was seen along the bike trail on the east
side of the park where it approaches a series of houses.

In Moorhead, Clay County, a male PAINTED BUNTING has been present since
the 19th at a backyard feeder at 438 Birch Lane, Birders are welcome to
visit and view from the street. Going south on Main Avenue, turn east at
Oak Way by the hockey arena, then take the first left onto Birch Lane
and look for the light green house.

On May 18th, an IBIS was reported from Brown County at the Sleepy Eye
sewage ponds.

In Houston County, a WHITE-EYED VIREO was at the far end of the Beaver
Creek Trail of Beaver Creek State Park on May 19th. Follow the trail
through the meadow, and when it splits, go right and cross the a bridge.
The bird was about 150 yards beyond the bridge.

On the 19th, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen along the fence line at
Longfellow Avenue and 77th Street near the Minneapolis - St. Paul
airport. Two mockingbirds were reported on the same day in the Bryn Mawr
Meadows Park area near I-394 and Penn Avenue. The birds were on the
southeast side of the park near the railroad tracks in dense cover. And
today, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was along Marshall County Road 38 at house
number 26547.

In Carver County, a SUMMER TANAGER was seen on the 17th at the Kelly
Lakes Unit of the NWR. Check the swampy area about 75 yards from county
road 40. Another SUMMER TANAGER has been at Bert's Cabins on Wilderness
Drive at Itasca State Park, Clearwater County, since the 12th.

Unusual was the May 20th BLUE GROSBEAK that appeared at a feeder at 1389
Stoney Point Drive northeast of Duluth.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 28th 2009.