-Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Ross's Goose
Oldsquaw
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellowlegs
Black-headed Gull
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Great-tailed Grackle
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Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: April 1, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (612) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel
Transcriber: Anthony Hertzel (tony@millcomm.com)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday April 1st sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Terry Brashear and Steve Roman found a BLACK-HEADED GULL at Sprit Lake in
Jackson County on March 26th. This was along Jackson County Road 2 at the
Minnesota/Iowa border, 8 miles south and 5 1/2 miles west of the town of
Jackson. They also reported that GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES have returned to
the Grover's Lake area in Jackson County, just west of Spirit Lake.
Jay Hamernick found COMMON LOONS on Lake Vadnais in Ramsey County on the
28th. Several HORNED GREBES were also present there. Two very early
RED-NECKED GREBES were seen on Silver Lake in Sibley County on the 27th.
This is one of the earliest dates on record for this species. Another
RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on the 28th at the Bass Ponds area of
southeastern Hennepin County by Perry Daniels.
Several DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were reported from Prior Lake, Scott
County near Mystic Lake on March 30th. And Dave Thurston found a few
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS at Carlos Avery Refuge in Anoka County on April
1st.
A MUTE SWAN is being seen at Gray's Bay on Lake Minnetonka in western
Hennepin County. It has been seen as recently as March 26th.
TRUMPETER SWANS were seen by Erika Sitz on March 31st as they passed over
the town of Ramsey in Anoka County.
Craig Mandel called to report a ROSS'S GOOSE on the 25th in a flooded
field at the junction of Sibley County Roads 9 and 15. Another ROSS'S
GOOSE was seen March 31st in Ramsey County on a pond at the north end of
the 3M plant in Maplewood. From I-94 take the McKnight Road exit. Go north
about half a mile, then turn left onto Fifth St.
On March 28th Dedrick Benz reported an OLDSQUAW at Prairie Island in
Winona County. This was along the Mississippi River near the Two Pines
Plantation, and the bird was reported again on April 1st. An early FIELD
SPARROW was also reported from this area.
The first LESSER YELLOWLEGS of the year were reported on April 1st by John
Kroll when he saw three at the Bowerville sewage ponds in central Todd
County.
On March 31st a CAROLINA WREN visited the yard of Mary Hunt in St. Paul in
Ramsey County.
Among the many additional reports of common spring migrants are most every
species of duck, PIED-BILLED GREBE, GREAT EGRET, TUNDRA SWAN, TURKEY
VULTURE, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, FOX SPARROW, and SONG
SPARROW.
Thanks to Barb Kull, Chet Meyers, John Rabine, Julie Brophy, Brock Orwig,
Allen Kuntz, and Oscar Johnson.
The next scheduled update of this tape is Thursday April 8th.