-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*March 16, 2012
*MNST1203.16

-Birds mentioned
Tundra Swan
American White Pelican
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Northern Flicker
Loggerhead Shrike
Winter Wren
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: March 16, 2012
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 March 15th, 2012.

Lake Byllesby in Dakota County has been an excellent place to see
northbound migrants this month. In addition to the hundreds of ducks,
geese, and swans seen there, on March 15th eight PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and
two LESSER YELLOWLEGS were exploring the mudflats at the lake's western
shore. Just west of there, Bob Dunlap found a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS
along the Canon River on the 9th.

Brian Smith reported BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at the Sleepy Eye wastewater
treatment plant in Brown County on the 14th.

About a week and a half ahead of schedule, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was at
the industrial park complex north of Randolph in Dakota County on the
11th.

On the 13th, a WINTER WREN was heard singing at the Westwood Hill Nature
Center in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County. Other spring migrants
arriving over the last week include TUNDRA SWAN, MERLIN, PEREGRINE
FALCON, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, NORTHERN FLICKER, SONG
SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, WESTERN
MEADOWLARK, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this tape is March 22nd, 2012.