-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *July 30, 2010 *MNST1007.30-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 30, 2010
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, July 29th, 2010.
I have a belated report of a LEAST TERN seen on July 18th at the Kandiyohi County Park at Diamond Lake about four miles north of U.S. Highway 12 and northwest of the town of Atwater.
Karl Roe found a WHIMBREL on the 28th near a sod farm just east of Farmington in Dakota County. The location was the east side of Blaine Avenue along 200th Street.
On the 19th, a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was photographed by Aron Wilterding in Plymouth, Hennepin County, at a pond near the 2800 block of Alvarado Lane North.
In Lake of the Woods County, Beth Siverhus reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along state highway 72 near Baudette on July 15th. And in Lake County, Norma Malinowski saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 22nd along a trail just east of the Spruce Road and north of state Highway 1.
An immature NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was reported on the 26th by Nick Rowse at the headquarters office of the Minnesota NWR in Bloomington, Hennepin County.
Fall migrants include BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, PURPLE FINCH, and EVENING GROSBEAK.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 5th, 2010.