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This is the Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, April 27th. A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen on the 22nd on U. S. Highway 75 three =20 miles south of Bellingham in Lac Qui Parle County and the following =20 day it had moved a mile to the northwest. Another was at Carlos Avery =20= National Wildlife Refuge in Anoka County on the same day, but it has =20 not been seen since it was discovered there by Joan McKearnan. This =20 bird was at Pool Number 4. Bill Marengo reported at least three =20 YELLOW RAILS here on the 23rd. A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen by George Skinner in Lac Qui =20 Parle County on the 23rd. It was on the south side of U.S. Highway =20 212, four and a half miles west of U. S. Highway 75. On the 25th, Terry Brashear reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE in =20 Chanhassen, Carver County. It was heading in a southeast direction =20 towards the Eden Prairie Mall. On the 22nd, Bob Dunlap found a CATTLE EGRET at the Nicollet sewage =20 ponds in Nicollet County. To get there, go west on U.S. Highway 14 =20 past the town of Nicollet. Take the first right after the =20 Conservation Club and drive to a parking area by the stream. There is apparently a SNOWY EGRET in the freeway holding ponds in the =20= SE corner of U.S. Highway 169 and Scott County Road 18 in Shakopee. =20 The best place to look for the bird is from the nearby Sam=92s Club =20 parking lot. Ken Vail visited Spindler Pond in Steele County on the 27th and found =20= nine AMERICAN AVOCETS. The pond is three-quarters of a mile west of =20 the Rice Lake State Park entrance. Cheri Steinmueller was at Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County on the 22nd =20 and reported a SHORT-EARED OWL hunting the fields just southwest of =20 the intersection of Wilkin County Roads 165 and 30. Also of note were the arrivals of AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, =20 WILLET, COMMON TERN, CHIMNEY SWIFT, PURPLE MARTIN, HOUSE WREN, =20 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, LARK SPARROW, HENSLOW=92S =20 SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and SMITH=92S LONGSPUR. The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday, May 4th. - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhert...@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-17-381777780 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; ">This is the Minnesota Birding Report for = <B>Thursday, April 27th</B>.=A0</P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; ">A = <B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#AD1A07">WHITE-FACED = IBIS</FONT></B> was seen on the 22nd on U. S. Highway 75 three miles = south of Bellingham in Lac Qui Parle County and the following day it had = moved a mile to the northwest. Another was at Carlos Avery National = Wildlife Refuge in Anoka County on the same day, but it has not been = seen since it was discovered there by Joan McKearnan. This bird was at = Pool Number 4. Bill Marengo reported at least three <B><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0057AD">YELLOW RAILS</FONT></B> = here on the 23rd.</P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font: normal = normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 11px; "><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; ">A = <B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#AD1A07">SCISSOR-TAILED = FLYCATCHER</FONT></B> was seen by George Skinner in Lac Qui Parle County = on the 23rd. It was on the south side of U.S. Highway 212, four and a = half miles west of U. S. Highway 75.</P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; ">On the = 25th, Terry Brashear reported a <B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#AD1A07">MISSISSIPPI KITE</FONT></B> in Chanhassen, Carver = County. It was heading in a southeast direction towards the Eden Prairie = Mall.</P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal = 9px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; ">On the 22nd, Bob Dunlap found a <B><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0057AD">CATTLE EGRET</FONT></B> at = the Nicollet sewage ponds in Nicollet County. To get there, go west on = U.S. Highway 14 past the town of Nicollet. Take the first right after = the Conservation Club and drive to a parking area by the stream.</P><P = style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal = 9px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; ">There is apparently a <B><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0057AD">SNOWY EGRET</FONT></B> in = the freeway holding ponds in the SE corner of U.S. Highway 169 and Scott = County Road 18 in Shakopee. The best place to look for the bird is from = the nearby Sam=92s Club parking lot.</P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; ">Ken = Vail visited Spindler Pond in Steele County on the 27th and found nine = <B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0057AD">AMERICAN = AVOCETS</FONT></B>. The pond is three-quarters of a mile west of the = Rice Lake State Park entrance.</P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; ">Cheri = Steinmueller was at Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County on the 22nd and = reported a <B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#0057AD">SHORT-EARED OWL</FONT></B> hunting the fields just = southwest of the intersection of Wilkin County Roads 165 and 30.</P><P = style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font: normal normal normal = 9px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: = -12px;margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 12px; ">Also of note were the arrivals of <B><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0057AD">AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN = HERON, WILLET, COMMON TERN, CHIMNEY SWIFT, PURPLE MARTIN, HOUSE WREN, = LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, LARK SPARROW, HENSLOW=92S = SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW</FONT></B>, and <B><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0057AD">SMITH=92S = LONGSPUR</FONT></B>.</P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: 6px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font: normal = normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 11px; "><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: -12px;margin-top: = 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; ">The = next scheduled update of this tape is <B>Thursday, May 4th.</B></P><DIV = style=3D"text-indent: -12px;"><BR></DIV><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style=3D"">- - = -</DIV><DIV style=3D""><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV = style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#004080"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); ">Anthony = Hertzel -- </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); = font-style: italic; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 64, 128); font-style: italic; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); font-style: italic; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); font-style: = italic; "><A = href=3D"mailto:axhert...@sihope.com">axhert...@sihope.com</A></SPAN></SPAN= ></SPAN></I></FONT></DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" = style=3D""></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-17-381777780--