[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, April 21, 2006
Jeanie Joppru
ajjoppru@wiktel.com
Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:28:38 -0500
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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, April 21,
2006 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.
Spring is progressing and migration is accelerating. Waterfowl and
raptors are mostly back, shorebirds are starting to appear, and now we
are into the beginning of migration for the insect eaters with swallows
coming back. A few early warblers are also arriving.
Pat Roth observed a SNOWY OWL in northern Roseau County on April 16, two
miles north of Roseau. On the 12th, he saw a COOPER'S HAWK, and at the
Roseau wastewater treatment ponds, BUFFLEHEAD and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
Kelly Larson in Beltrami County on April 16 reported RED-NECKED GREBE,
AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, AMERICAN KESTREL, WILSON'S SNIPE, and BELTED
KINGFISHER. On April 17, Pat Rice saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK along Power
Dam Road northeast of Bemidji. On April 16, she had COMMON LOONS, and
TREE SWALLOWS at their place.
Gary Tischer reports that a long list of returning migrants have
reappeared at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County.
RED-NECKED GREBE and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER showed up on April 13. Other
species back include a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS, many species of ducks,
AMERICAN BITTERN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, FRANKLIN'S GULL, and WINTER WREN.
Here in Pennington County, Shelley Steva saw a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on
April 9. PURPLE FINCHES, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, now back in their
bright summer plumage, are common at feeders. Several COMMON MERGANSERS
were seen on the Red Lake River on April 16. A CHIPPING SPARROW was
heard in our yard on April 20.
>From Clay County, Bob O'Connor reported that MARBLED GODWIT, LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS are back at
Felton Prairie. He also saw a NORTHERN GOSHAWK flying over south
Moorhead on April 17.
In Otter Tail County, Gary Otnes saw a pair of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at
Lake Christina on April 19. Amy Drake reported CHIPPING SPARROW on April
17. Dan and Sandy Thimgan observed FIELD SPARROW on April 16,
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on April 18, and PURPLE MARTIN and PALM WARBLER
on April 19. Other species seen this week included COMMON LOON,
RED-NECKED GREBE, TURKEY VULTURE, EASTERN PHOEBE, and VESPER SPARROW. A
partial albino AMERICAN ROBIN was photographed in Pelican Rapids on
April 19 by Roland Jordahl.
Bob and Joan Burke were at Rothsay on April 19 where they reported
GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, NORTHERN HARRIERS, MARBLED GODWIT, and a
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT.
Ben Fritchman in Todd County reported first county record GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on April 15 where two were discovered at the
Browerville wastewater treatment ponds. Beau Shroyer on April 16 found
hundreds of WESTERN GREBES at Lake Osakis. Other species found there
included RED-NECKED GREBES, OSPREY, and COMMON TERN.=20
In Douglas County, Beau Shroyer found a MARBLED GODWIT in Alexandria on
April 13, and 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Belle Prairie on April 12. John
Ellis reported a WINTER WREN in Douglas County on April 17, while Beau
Shroyer saw a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD one mile north of Nelson along CR 17
on April 18.
Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Beau Shroyer, Pat Rice, Gary Tischer, Amy
Drake, Kelly Larson, Pat Roth, John Ellis, Bob O'Connor, Dan and Sandy
Thimgan, Roland Jordahl, Bob and Joan Burke, and Gary Otnes for their
reports.
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@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 Friday, April 28, 2006.
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<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">This is the Northwest Minnesota =
Birding Report for Friday, April 21, 2006 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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Spring is progressing and =
migration is accelerating. Waterfowl and raptors are mostly back, =
shorebirds are starting to appear, and now we are into the beginning of =
migration for the insect eaters with swallows coming back. A few early =
warblers are also arriving.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Pat Roth observed a SNOWY OWL in =
northern Roseau County on April 16, two miles north of Roseau. On the =
12th, he saw a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">COOPER'S</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi"> </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">HAWK</FONT><FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, and at the Roseau wastewater treatment =
ponds, </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">BUFFLEHEAD</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi"> and =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">LESSER =
YELLOWLEGS</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Kelly Larson in Beltrami County =
on April 16 reported </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">RED-NECKED GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, AMERICAN =
KESTREL, WILSON'S SNIPE</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, and =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">BELTED =
KINGFISHER</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">. On April 17, Pat =
Rice saw a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">RED-SHOULDERED HAWK</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">along Power Dam Road northeast of Bemidji. On April 16, she had =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">COMMON =
LOONS,</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">and </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">TREE SWALLOWS</FONT> =
<FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">at their place.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Gary Tischer reports that a long =
list of returning migrants have reappeared at Agassiz National Wildlife =
Refuge in Marshall County.</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi"> RED-NECKED GREBE</FONT><FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi"> and </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER</FONT> <FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">showed up on April 13. Other species back =
include a pair of </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">TRUMPETER SWANS</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, many =
species of ducks, </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">AMERICAN BITTERN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, FRANKLIN'S GULL</FONT><FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, and </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">WINTER WREN</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Here in Pennington County, =
Shelley Steva saw a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">on April 9. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">PURPLE FINCHES</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, and =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">AMERICAN =
GOLDFINCHES</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, now back in =
their bright summer plumage, are common at feeders. Several </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">COMMON MERGANSERS</FONT> =
<FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">were seen on the Red Lake River on =
April 16. A </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">CHIPPING SPARROW </FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">was heard in our yard on April 20.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">From Clay County, Bob O'Connor =
reported that </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">MARBLED GODWIT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, CHESTNUT-COLLARED =
LONGSPURS</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, and </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">BREWER'S =
BLACKBIRDS</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">are back at Felton =
Prairie. He also saw a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">NORTHERN GOSHAWK</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">flying over south Moorhead on April 17.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">In Otter Tail County, Gary Otnes =
saw a pair of </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">at =
Lake Christina on April 19. Amy Drake reported </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">CHIPPING =
SPARROW</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi"> on April 17. Dan and =
Sandy Thimgan observed </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">FIELD SPARROW</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">on =
April 16, </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">on April 18, and </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">PURPLE MARTIN</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">and </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">PALM WARBLER</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">on April =
19. Other species seen this week included </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, TURKEY =
VULTURE, EASTERN PHOEBE</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, =
and</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi"> VESPER =
SPARROW</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">. A partial albino =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">AMERICAN =
ROBIN</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">was photographed in =
Pelican Rapids on April 19 by Roland Jordahl.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Bob and Joan Burke were at =
Rothsay on April 19 where they reported </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, =
NORTHERN HARRIERS, MARBLED GODWIT</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">, and a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">SPRAGUE'S PIPIT</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Ben Fritchman in Todd County =
reported first county record </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE</FONT> <FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">on April 15 where two were discovered at =
the Browerville wastewater treatment ponds. Beau Shroyer on April =
16 found hundreds of </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">WESTERN GREBES</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">at Lake Osakis. Other species found there included </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">RED-NECKED GREBES, =
OSPREY</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">, and </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">COMMON TERN</FONT><FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">In Douglas County, Beau =
Shroyer found a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">MARBLED GODWIT</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">in Alexandria on April 13, and 12 </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">GREATER YELLOWLEGS</FONT> <FONT =
FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">at Belle Prairie on April 12. John Ellis =
reported a </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">WINTER WREN</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">in Douglas =
County on April 17, while Beau Shroyer saw a </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">NORTHERN =
MOCKINGBIRD</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">one mile north of =
Nelson along CR 17 on April 18.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Beau =
Shroyer, Pat Rice, Gary Tischer, Amy Drake, Kelly Larson, Pat Roth, John =
Ellis, Bob O'Connor, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Roland Jordahl, Bob and Joan =
Burke, and Gary Otnes for their reports.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Please report bird sightings to =
Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic =
Demi">ajjoppru@wiktel.com</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">OR =
call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. =
Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi">Please include the =
county where the sighting took place.</FONT> <FONT FACE=3D"Franklin =
Gothic Demi">When reporting by email please put "NW Bird =
Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled =
update of this report is Friday, April 28, 2006.</FONT></P>
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