[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, April 12, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*April 12, 2007
*MNDL0704.12

-Birds mentioned
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Lesser Scaup
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Osprey
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Short-eared Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Gray Jay
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 12, 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 Friday, April 13,
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.

Spring is surely, but slowly, arriving in northern Minnesota. It
shivered to a halt last week when the latest stretch of cold weather
arrived , but migration has started to move again as temperatures rise.
We hope that not too many individuals were lost due to cold and hunger
when insect food failed to be available. Robins are singing loudly again
so it seems that we are back on track.

The most exciting sighting this week was the observation of 7 WHOOPING
CRANES by Ross Hier over the grasslands about 12 miles southeast of
Crookston near the Pembina Trail WMA on April 10.

Connie Cox reported that the VARIED THRUSH that has been around most of
the winter is still coming to her feeder 6 miles north of Itasca State
Park in Clearwater County this week.

Larry Wilebski in northern Kittson County reported that as recently as
April 11, two GRAY JAYS are still coming to his cabin northwest of
Lancaster. On April 6, Larry reported that he had located three active
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE leks in the county. He also observed an AMERICAN
WOODCOCK on April 6. On the 8th, he saw RUFFED GROUSE, on the 11th, WOOD
DUCK, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GRAY PARTRIDGE, and EASTERN BLUEBIRD.

In Clearwater County, Connie Cox saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on April 9.

Pat Rice, reporting from Beltrami County saw two SNOW BUNTINGS along
Power Dam Road on April 6. COMMON REDPOLLS were still hanging around her
yard, and a MERLIN was seen in Bemidji. On April 7, she had a PINE
SISKIN in the yard.

Pat relocated the BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at Kabekona Narrows on Leech Lake
in Cass County on April 10.

Mary Broten reported 12 TUNDRA SWANS in Marshall County south of
Newfolden on April 8.

Bruce Flaig in southern Polk County observed MOURNING DOVES and EASTERN
PHOEBE on April 10. Nate Emery has been observing GREATER
PRAIRIE-CHICKENS and SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in the Glacial Ridge area and
reported that there are several active leks in the area with large
numbers of males displaying. Other species seen there included TUNDRA
SWANS, RING-BILLED GULLS, WILSON'S SNIPE, SHORT-EARED OWLS, SONG
SPARROW, and several species of ducks.

Glenace Metcalfe in Otter Tail County saw WOOD DUCK, LESSER SCAUP,
HOODED MERGANSER, and OSPREY on April 8. Tom and Sheryl Smith observed
TUNDRA SWAN, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, PIED-BILLED GREBE, RED-TAILED HAWK,
NORTHERN HARRIER, AMERICAN KESTREL, KILLDEER, HERRING GULL, and HORNED
LARK on April 9. The GREAT EGRETS and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS have
returned to Lake Alice. Teresa Jaskiewicz observed a very early
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at her suet feeder on April 6, along with
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. On the 8th, she saw SHARP-SHINNED HAWK , SANDHILL
CRANE, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPURS, WESTERN MEADOWLARKS and
many others in the county.

Douglas County sightings sent in by Deb Johnson included MOURNING DOVE,
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO,
PURPLE FINCH, RED CROSSBILL, and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL on April 11.
Susan Wiste near Alexandria reported NORTHERN CARDINAL, AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO on April 7.

Thanks to Bruce Flaig, Connie Cox, Deb Johnson, Glenace Metcalfe, Larry
Wilebski, Mary Broten, Nate Emery, Pat Rice, Susan Wiste, Teresa
Jaskiewicz, and Tom and Sheryl Smith for their reports.

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 Friday, April 20, 2007.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County
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