-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *August 12, 2010 *MNST1008.12 -Birds mentioned Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Red-necked Phalarope Laughing Gull Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Canada Warbler -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: August 12, 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 August 12th, 2010. A possible first-cycle LAUGHING GULL was reported from Houston County on the 7th. The location was along state highway 26 about four miles south of Brownsville on the island in the Mississippi River about a quarter mile east of the wooden viewing platform. This bird was not refound on the 8th. Southbound migrants reported over the past week include AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, August 19th, 2010.