-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 3, 2009 *MNST0909.03 -Birds mentioned Little Blue Heron Long-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Wilson's Warbler Dark-eyed Junco -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 3, 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, September 3rd 2009. A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON is still being seen at Turtle Lake County Park in Shoreview, Ramsey County. Check near the boat launch on the southeastern shore of Turtle Lake along Hodgson Road about a mile south of county road I. Southbound migrants include LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and DARK-EYED JUNCO. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, September 10th 2009.