A short time ago Ron Erpelding called to say that the eight Whimbrels – which
flew in at 0940 this morning – are still in the northwest corner of the large
pond at the Albany sewage ponds here in Stearns Co.
Phil Chu
Department of Biology
St. John’s University
Collegeville, MN 56321
As possibly the last person in MN to go look for the Tropical Kingbird,
yesterday (15 July) I spent from 7:00 AM to 1:45 PM in the vicinity of trail
marker 36 at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve. During that time I saw the kingbird
for about one minute at roughly 8 AM, and it was not at the
Today I found two Black-necked Stilts at Getchell Lake in Oak Twp., Stearns Co.
I watched them from about 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM, and then I left; the stilts
were still there.
To get to Getchell Lake, take I-94W to the Albany exit; at the foot of the exit
ramp, turn left and go under the freeway
The Garganey was present from 1100 to 1200 – there when I arrived, still there
when I left. Throughout it was in the eastern of the two channels on the south
side of Abel Rd.; the two channels lie just to the east of where Abel
intersects with County Rd. F.
Phil Chu
Department of Biology
St.
The Townsend's Solitaire found on Thursday evening by Milt Blomberg was seen
again this morning.
Milt found the solitaire along CR 143 at the north end of Fuller Lake, roughly
1 mile WNW of the town of Clearwater, at about 5:45 PM on Thursday; this
morning at about 8:15 AM, Bob Janssen and
The Hoary Redpoll in Stearns County's St. Joseph Twp. – found on Saturday by
Marco Restani, and seen again yesterday by Herb Dingmann – remains in the
northwest quadrant of the intersection of CR 2 and 270th St. It's in a flock
of roughly 100 Common Redpolls; while I was there, between 0830
As Dave Cahlander reported, the Sprague’s Pipit was heard and seen again this
morning.
The previously posted directions (“first fence north of the windmills, walk
east along the fenceline to metal pipeline post”) are excellent, though, as
Dave noted, when the bird was first heard it was
This afternoon from about 1:00 to at least 3:30 PM there was a Snowy Owl in
Stearns Co. - specifically, along 390th St., 0.7 miles E of CR 26. This
location is in Ashley Twp., the northwesternmost township in the county.
Phil Chu
Department of Biology
St. John's University
Collegeville, MN
I received a first-hand report of the Duluth Glaucous-winged Gull on 31
December.
Yesterday I spoke with Duluth folks, and if memory serves then none of them
knew about 1 January, but they told me that the gull was NOT seen on 2 January
– and I can say from personal experience that it was NOT
This afternoon at about 4 PM there was an immature White-winged Scoter at Pearl
Lake in Maine Prairie Twp., Stearns Co. As best as I could tell - it can be
kind of hard to judge these things - the bird was in the NE quadrant of the
lake.
Phil Chu
Department of Biology
St. John's University
Today from about 11:00 to 12:15 there was a female Long-tailed Duck along the
Mississippi River just north of St. Cloud. Initially it was about 350 yards NW
of the 9th Ave. bridge, but eventually it moved farther NW to the Sauk River
mouth. As far as I could tell, it was always in Stearns
Today, from 12:30 to 5:15 PM, I did *not* see any Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in
Dodge Co. My time was spent driving successively larger loops, till I had
covered every road within three or four miles of the intersection of CR 1 and
555th St. - with, of course, every loop bringing me back to
This morning - from 0805 (when I arrived) through 0925 (when I left) - there
was a Red-throated Loon on Sauk Lake, in the town of Sauk Centre. The loon was
in winter plumage, and I suspected it to be less than a year old because of how
weakly red-tinged the iris was.
To get to the spot from
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