Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update July 3 2013
Although it seems early, shorebirds begin their migration south during the month of July. To learn about upcoming 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 Northern Mockingbird was found on June 29th along the Gunflint Trail in Cook County, just north of Greenwood Lake Road. It was in a large clearing on the north side of South Brule River.
Randy Frederickson reported a Bell's Vireo south of Willmar in Kandiyohi County on June 20th. To view this bird, begin at the junction of Highway 23 and Highway 71 south of Willmar, then travel south on Highway 71 for four and a half miles. Turn west on to 105th Avenue SE, then north on 7th Street SW. Drive to the wildlife management area and look for the vireo on the east side of the road in the northwest corner of the shelter belt.
Henslow's Sparrows have been heard at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Sherburne County. Birders will want to check just east of Blue Hill Trailhead on the north side of County Road 9. Another has been seen near the Prairie Trail parking area on the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive. And one was in Benton County on the 2nd. It was found on the north side of 155th Street NE (two miles south of the Morrison County line), about 100 yards west of 195th Avenue (the Mille Lacs County line).
And an early Black-Bellied Plover was seen July 1st on the lake side of Park Point in Duluth.
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.
