-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 3, 2012 *MNST1205.03 -Birds mentioned Cinnamon Teal Surf Scoter Red-throated Loon American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Caspian Tern White-winged Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Northern Mockingbird Smith's Longspur Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Wilson's Warbler Le Conte's Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: May 3, 2012 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (r...@moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for May 3rd, 2012. The WHITE-WINGED DOVE reported April 22nd in Lewiston, Winona County, was still present on the 29th. It was last seen in a maple tree across from St. Johns Church. A pair of CINNAMON TEAL was found on April 29th at the Haydenville WMA in Lac qui Parle County, about five miles west of Madison. In Duluth, ten RED-THROATED LOONS were on Lake Superior on May 2nd, out from the Sky Harbor airport on Park Point. A SURF SCOTER has been at the Prairie Island spillway in Winona, Winona County since April 28th. Dedrick Benz found it just east of the entrance to McNally Landing, along Prairie Island Road, two miles northwest of Riverview Drive. On May 1st, Chad Heins found an AMERICAN AVOCET at Perch Lake northeast of Mapleton along Blue Earth County Road 4. Andrew Krenz reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on April 30th at the Watonwan County DNR station south of state highway 60 and west of Madelia. It was in the southwest corner of a prescribed burn area. Dozens of new spring arrivals have been reported in the past week. Highlights include UPLAND SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CASPIAN TERN, WHIP-POOR-WILL, CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SMITH'S LONGSPUR, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. The next scheduled update of this tape is May 10th, 2012. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html