-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 11, 2012
*MNST1205.11

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Neotropic Cormorant
Least Bittern
White-faced Ibis
American Avocet
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
Common Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western Kingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dickcissel
Orchard Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 11, 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 May 10th, 2012.

An apparent NEOTROPIC CORMORANT is being seen at the Sherburne NWR in
Sherburne County. It was first reported on May 9th near Stickney Pond
along the Wildlife Drive, but it may have been present at the Nelson
Pool as far back as a week ago.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS was at the 180th Street marsh in Dakota County on the
6th, and two more were at the Old Cedar Avenue bridge in Bloomington on
the 4th.

In Duluth, eight WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and a SURF SCOTER were off Park
Point on the 7th on the harbor side of Lake Superior, and eight
RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on the 9th on the lake side. In Lake
County, fifteen LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found on the 10th at Burlington
Bay in Two Harbors. And a LONG-TAILED DUCK was at the Moose Lake sewage
ponds in Carlton County on May 6th.

On May 2nd, nine AMERICAN AVOCETS were at Prescott Lake of Delaware
Township, Grant County, just to the north of the junction of 180th
Street and 260th Avenue.

Among the many recently arriving spring migrants, I have reports of
LEAST BITTERN, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK TERN, COMMON TERN,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, DICKCISSEL, and
ORCHARD ORIOLE.

The next scheduled update of this tape is May 17th, 2012.