[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, April 19, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*April 19, 2007
*MNDL0704.19

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Gray Partridge
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Osprey
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Snipe
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 19, 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 20,
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 definitely here now. Every day now new species of birds are
arriving, full of the energy of spring, and eager to get to their
nesting area. Soft spring breezes and warm temperatures have given us
all a dose of spring fever. There are many reports of migrating
waterfowl, cranes, and sparrows, and soon we will have the flycatchers
as bugs seem to be getting more numerous. SANDHILL CRANES can be seen in
grassland areas throughout the area this week.

Susan Wiste observed AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and BALD EAGLE in Douglas
County on April 14.

While birding in Wilkin County, Patrick Beauzay located six GREATER
PRAIRIE-CHICKEN leks, RED-NECKED GREBES, six MARBLED GODWITS, 30 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

Roland Jordahl, in Otter Tail County, reported WILD TURKEY, COMMON LOON,
GREAT BLUE HERON, OSPREY, BELTED KINGFISHER, TREE SWALLOW, and HARRIS'S
SPARROW on April 18. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT EGRET, RED-NECKED GREBE,
BONAPARTE'S GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, PURPLE MARTIN, and VESPER SPARROW
among others on April 19.

Clay County species reported by Matt Mecklenburg on April 15 included 4
GRAY PARTRIDGE at 60th Ave S and 170th St. Other species seen included
TUNDRA SWAN, more than 500 SANDHILL CRANES, and MERLIN. Mel and Elaine
Bennefeld saw a TREE SWALLOW at the Ponderosa Golf Club on April 18.
Patrick Beauzay saw 46 TUNDRA SWANS over Bluestem Prairie on April 15.

Marilyn Erickson near Erskine in Polk County reported YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER on April 14. Pat Rice and I were birding in Polk County around
Glacial Ridge NWR on April 15, where SANDHILL CRANES appeared to be
everywhere. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS were
displaying on several leks. Other species seen included AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, KILLDEER, MARBLED GODWIT, and AMERICAN PIPIT. On the 16th, I
heard several GREAT HORNED OWLS in the county. Nate Emery reported that
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, PIED-BILLED GREBE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
WILSON'S SNIPE, and EASTERN PHOEBE have shown up. Zeann Linder and
Shelley Steva reported both TRUMPETER SWANS and TUNDRA SWANS in great
numbers on the rice paddies north of Gully.

An EASTERN PHOEBE was heard singing in Red Lake Falls in Red Lake County
on April 15.

In Pennington County, the ice went out on the Red Lake and Thief Rivers
this week, and that event brought several species of ducks to the river,
including WOOD DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and HOODED MERGANSER. Other
species seen in our yard near Thief River Falls included FOX SPARROW on
April 17, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and HERMIT THRUSH on April 18.
Maggie Anderson saw several FRANKLIN'S GULLS flying over Thief River
Falls on April 19.

Linda Johnson reported SNOW GOOSE, CANADA GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN , and
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN on April 14 in northwestern Marshall County.
Kathy Jones saw several SANDHILL CRANES in that part of Marshall County
on the weekend. At Agassiz NWR a GREAT BLUE HERON was seen on April 13.
A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, WILSON'S SNIPE, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were seen there on April 15. Gary Tischer reported
TRUMPETER SWAN, BUFFLEHEAD, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED
GREBE, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, and others on April 16. BALD EAGLES are
in residence on a new nest in Parker Pool. Becky Carlson saw an AMERICAN
BITTERN on April 18. John Braastad saw a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on
April 19. Other species seen recently included BELTED KINGFISHER,
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, and FOX SPARROW.

Pat Rice observed NORTHERN PINTAIL, RING-NECKED DUCK, REDHEAD, and
RED-NECKED GREBE at Kabekona Narrows in Cass County, and SANDHILL CRANES
at Federal dam , all on April 13.

In Beltrami County Pat saw GREAT BLUE HERON on April 13. Mary Lou
Marchand reported 75 COMMON LOONS, 12 LESSER SCAUP, REDHEAD, 6 COMMON
MERGANSER, 15 COMMON GOLDENEYE, and RING-BILLED GULL at the Mississippi
River inlet in Bemidji on April 18.

Kittson County sightings sent in by Larry Wilebski included several duck
species, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, PIED-BILLED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE,
and FOX SPARROW at his shorebird park northwest of Lancaster.

Thanks to Mel and Elaine Bennefeld, Gary Tischer, Kathy Jones, Linda
Johnson, Maggie Anderson, Marilyn Erickson, Mary Lou Marchand, Matt
Mecklenburg, Pat Rice, Patrick Beauzay, Roland Jordahl, Shelley Steva,
Susan Wiste and Zeann Linder 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 27, 2007

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County
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