-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*July 21, 2011
*MNST1107.21

-Birds mentioned
Red-throated Loon
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Blue Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 21, 2011
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 July 21st, 2011.

Unusual was the RED-THROATED LOON seen on Lake Superior near 40th Street
of Park Point in Duluth on July 3rd.

On the 17th, Chad Heins found a pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS in Blue Earth
County. At the junction of state highways 60 and 68 near Mankato, go
west along state highway 68 and turn left on to 216th Street. Look for
the eastern red cedars to the south and the gravel quarry to the north.
Park near the sign for eastbound traffic and look to the west, checking
especially the boxelder tree on the southwest corner of the quarry.
Another pair of grosbeaks has been seen for the past two weeks in Dakota
County along 140th Street about a mile and a quarter east of US Highway
52.

A few southbound shorebirds have been reported recently, including
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST
SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPIER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.

I'm not sure what to make of the secondhand report of a Steller's Jay
from Carver County on July 13th. The bird was seen in the afternoon
along Creek Road between County Roads 61 and 10.

Unless something noteworthy is reported, the next scheduled update of
this tape will be August 4th, 2011.