Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update April 10, 2013
The very popular Salt Lake Birding Weekend will be held April 27 & 28, with guided field trips to Salt Lake, Big Stone Refuge, and surrounding areas. To learn of other birding weekends, visit the Minnesota Birding Weekends site.
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Information in this report has been provided courtesy of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union and their affiliates. This report is brought to you by ExploreMinnesota.com.
The following is a list of recent, significant sightings:
A Cinnamon Teal has been at the southeast corner of the Silver Creek Reservoir near Rochester in Olmsted County since April 8th. The Reservoir is along 55th Avenue NE, just north of Silver Creek Road.
On the 9th, a Barrow's Goldeneye was still being seen off the 19th Street public access of Park Point in Duluth. Another was at the Coon Rapids Dam on the Anoka-Hennepin County line on the 8th.
Dedrick Benz found an adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull on the 7th at the Prairie Island spillway in Winona County.
Also on the 8th, Dana Mucha reported a Varied Thrush in Golden Valley, Hennepin County, near the Theodore Wirth Golf Course.
Far to the south was the Common Raven reported on the 6th in Woodbury, Washington County. The bird was along Lake Road near I-494.
Brian Smith found an American Golden-Plover in Brown County on the 6th. Other spring arrivals include Bufflehead, Red-Breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Great Egret, Pectoral Sandpiper, Tree Swallow, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Fox Sparrow, and Eastern Meadowlark.
Information in this statewide birding report is provided by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. View photographs of recent sightings at the MOU website. To submit a bird sighting, email the MOU birding report compiler at rba@moumn.org.
