-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 2, 2013
*MNST1305.02

-Birds mentioned
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Black-bellied Plover
Forster's Tern
Chimney Swift
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Sedge Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Smith's Longspur
Northern Waterthrush
Blackpoll Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Le Conte's Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 2, 2013
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 May 2nd, 2013.

In Olmsted County, an apparent GLOSSY IBIS and a WHITE-FACED IBIS were
seen by Chuck Krulas on the 30th on the north side of the Silver Creek
Reservoir near Rochester. Another probable Glossy was found on the 27th
at the Root River canoe access along Houston County Road 26. A
WHITE-FACED IBIS has been in Nicollet County since April 28th on the
northeast side of Swan Lake. This bird had been initially identified as
a Glossy Ibis.

A SAY'S PHOEBE was photographed in Polk County on April 30th. Emily
Hutchins found it perched on a fence near the DNR office on state
highway 32, three miles south of U.S. Highway 2.

On April 1st, Betsy Beneke found a CATTLE EGRET at the intersection of
state highway 95 and Benton County Road 6. It was in a grassy area on
the north side of the road. Two more were seen on April 28th by the
grain elevators in Wendell, Grant County. Two SNOWY EGRETS were found on
the 26th, along Houston County Road 7 about a mile west of highway 27.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was in Duluth on April 29th. Dave Benson reported
it from the Duluth Rowing Club of Park Point.

In Steele County, Gary Johnson found a SUMMER TANAGER at the Forest
Hills Cemetery in Owatonna on April 30th.

Spring migration is well underway now, and a sampling of recent reports
includes BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, FORSTER'S TERN, CHIMNEY SWIFT, EASTERN
KINGBIRD, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, SEDGE WREN,
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, SMITH'S LONGSPUR, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, INDIGO BUNTING, EASTERN TOWHEE, LE
CONTE'S SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday May 9th, 2013.