-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*May 16, 2013
*MNST1305.16

-Birds mentioned
Whimbrel
Say's Phoebe
Townsend's Solitaire
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Brewer's Sparrow
Western Tanager
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: May 16, 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 16th, 2013.

On May 15th, Ed Brekke-Kramer reported a BREWER'S SPARROW at his home in
Fairmont, Martin County near the intersection of Prairie Avenue and
First Street. This is just west of the small church at the corner of
that intersection. The bird was feeding with a mixed flock of Harris's,
White-throated, White-crowned, and Lincoln's sparrows.

On the 10th, Dave Bartkey reported a Black-necked Stilt at Rice Lake
State Park in Steele County. The bird was in the southeastern corner of
the lake.

A SAY'S PHOEBE was at the Felton Prairie in Clay County on the 12th, on
the south side of county road 108 across from the parking area at the
interpretive kiosks.

Dave Zumeta found a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER on the 10th at Whitewater
State Park in Winona County and it was still present on the 14th. The
bird was in the hardwoods and white pines around the parking lot for the
state park nature store, and also in the picnic area across the
Whitewater River from the swimming beach.

Vanessa Lane and Sandy Aubol briefly observed a WHIMBREL at the East
Grand Forks sewage lagoons in Polk County on the 12th.

On May 16th, Allen Loken found a Little Gull in a flock of about 200
Bonaparte's Gulls at Hearding Island in Duluth.

The NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD that was found on the 6th in Nowthen, Anoka
County, was seen again on the 10th. This is along the 7300 block of
Hillendale Road. Another mockingbird was at the Tamarac Refuge feeders
in Becker County on the 11th. On the 12th, one was at the junction of
Jamaica Avenue and Washington County Road 12. And on the 13th, a
mockingbird was at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul, in the
stand of oaks in the center of the sanctuary.

Unusual was the late TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE seen on the 11th at the Rice
Lake Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County. It was found about a half a mile
down the main access road.

On the 11th, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was reported from Murphy Hanrehan
Park Reserve in Scott County. It was about 25 yards from trail marker
16.

Also on the 11th, Karl Roe reported a female summer tanager at the
southeast corner of 34th Avenue and 33rd Street in south Minneapolis. A
male WESTERN TANAGER was at Steve Richards' feeder in eastern Rochester,
Olmsted County on the 12th and again on the 14th.

The next scheduled update is May 23rd, 2013.