-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 7, 2009
*MNST0905.07

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
Piping Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Red-necked Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Chimney Swift
Say's Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Sedge Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Western Tanager
Henslow's Sparrow
Bobolink
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 7, 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 7th 2009.

In Pope County, a SAY'S PHOEBE was reported on the 5th near the town of
Glenwood. From Glenwood go south on state highway 104 for about seven
and a half miles to 255th Street. Turn west and drive to 245th Avenue.
Turn south to 270th Street and go west on the dead end road for about a
mile to where the grasslands occur on both sides of the road. Another
SAY'S PHOEBE was reported on May 2nd at the intersection of Cottonwood
County road 6 and Jackson County road 7.

On the 4th, A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was reported along the dike road
at Prairie Island in Winona County, about a third of a mile past
McNalley Landing.

I have a secondhand report of four SURF SCOTERS at the East Landfill
Reservoir near Rochester in Olmsted County on May 5th. Another was on
Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis today.

Two PIPING PLOVERS were seen on the 3rd at Olson Lake WPA in Kandiyohi
County and another was in a flooded field along 120th Street near
Pennock, three-quarters of a mile north of U.S. Highway 12.

On the 3rd, a WESTERN TANAGER was at Red Rock County Park, which is on
the border of Brown and Cottonwood counties.

Representative spring arrivals include HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE, CASPIAN TERN, CHIMNEY SWIFT, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, SEDGE
WREN, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, and BOBOLINK.

And on the 5th, two Whooping Cranes were in a meadow on the south side
of 18th Street in eastern Owatonna, Steele County. Likely these are
birds from the introduced Wisconsin flock.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 14th 2009.