[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, June 21, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*June 21, 2007
*MNDL0706.21

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Least Bittern
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Virginia Rail
Sora
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Arctic Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Horned Lark
Winter Wren
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Orchard Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 21, 2007
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru at wiktel.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, June 21,
2007 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You
may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

Summer is definitely here with all the thunderstorms, and the baby birds
showing up everywhere. Now is the time to document nesting records. Many
new sounds are being heard with all the juveniles trying out their
voices.

Topping the list of species found this week is an ARCTIC TERN found by
Bob Janssen on Garden Island in Lake of the Woods on June 15. This area
is only accessible by boat. On June 20, Beth Siverhus did a breeding
bird survey in Lake of the Woods County along the Rapid River Road where
she found CONNECTICUT WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and an INDIGO BUNTING
among others. Among the species seen by Pat DeWenter on June 17 in the
same area were BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, ALDER FLYCATCHER, and BLUE-HEADED
VIREO.

In Roseau County, Bob Janssen reported several LEAST BITTERNS at the
Roseau River WMA on June 14, and BLACK DUCKS in the rice beds along CR
123. Beth Siverhus on another BBS on June 11 found several MARBLED
GODWITS along CR 124, and several warbler species including MOURNING
WARBLERS.

An OSPREY was seen by Bob Janssen in Kittson County on June 14. Other
species spotted by Bob that day in the county included TRUMPETER SWANS
at Twin Lakes, and WESTERN GREBES at Lake Bronson.

Pat DeWenter visited the Big Bog area in Beltrami County on June 17
where she saw YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, NASHVILLE
WARBLERS, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and CONNECTICUT WARBLER
among others.

In Clearwater County, the Minnesota Birding Weekend trip led by Kim
Eckert and Craig Mandel last weekend reported SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, BARRED
OWL, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, WINTER WREN, WOOD THRUSH, GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER, and CANADA WARBLER among the species seen in and around Itasca
State Park.

Hubbard County sightings by the MBW group included BARRED OWL,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, NORTHERN
PARULA, PINE WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, and many others.

>From Marshall County on June 14, Bob Janssen reported a WILD TURKEY
north of Florian, and a NORTHERN CARDINAL at the west end of Old Mill
State Park. Sue Braastad reported from Agassiz NWR that the pair of
COMMON LOONS that are nesting there have been seen with their two chicks
in Parker Pool along the county road some days.

Danielle Olson reporting from Rydell NWR in Polk County included
TRUMPETER SWAN, HOODED MERGANSER, and GREEN HERON among the species seen
at the refuge this week.

John Ellis observed a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW along Clay County
Road 26 on June 14. Nancy Jackson was at Felton Prairie on June 16 where
she saw some specialties of the area including MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND
SANDPIPER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, HORNED LARK, GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR, and ORCHARD ORIOLE.

In Douglas County, John Ellis reported a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO carrying
nesting material at his cabin on June 16.

A HENSLOW'S SPARROW was reported by Herb Dingmann and Ron Erpelding in
Todd County on June 14. The bird was singing on the west side of 335 Ave
about a quarter mile north of MN 27 east of Long Prairie.

In Wadena County, the MBW group on June 15 found COMMON LOON, WILD
TURKEY, TURKEY VULTURE, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, both
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
PINE WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, and DICKCISSEL among
many other species.

Alma Ronningen observed a DICKCISSEL in Otter Tail County four miles
east of Rothsay; RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was among oher species seen near
her home at Dent.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at ajjoppru at wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes
Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders
please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took
place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the
subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report
is Thursday, June 28, 2007.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County
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