-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*April 24, 2009
*MNST0904.24

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 24, 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, April 23rd 2009.

In Polk County, a CINNAMON TEAL was reported from the Nature Conservancy office along state 32 at Glacial Ridge on April 17th, but the bird has not been seen since.

On April 22nd, a RED-THROATED LOON was on Sauk Lake, which is in Sauk Centre, Stearns County.

Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen on the western most strip of land at the Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, on April 23rd. As many as seven AMERICAN AVOCETS were at the western end of Lake Billesby in Dakota County on the 23rd, along with many PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and DUNLIN.

A SUMMER TANAGER was seen on the 22nd in Spring Valley, Fillmore County, but the bird is apparently now gone.

A YELLOW RAIL was heard from the boardwalk at the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge area of Bloomington on the 17th. I also have new reports of AMERICAN BITTERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, LEAST FLYCATCHER, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, LARK SPARROW, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, April 30th 2009.