[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, August 16, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 16, 2007
*MNDL0708.16

-Birds mentioned
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Veery
Cedar Waxwing
Cape May Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 16, 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, August 16,
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.

Fall weather is creeping up on us now - one day it is very hot, the next
it feels like mid-September, and the birds are showing that they feel it
too. Days are getting shorter, and large flocks of swallows, and family
groups of many species are gathering to prepare for the journey south.
Shorebirds are already well on their way south, with the juveniles
starting to show up now.

This week, Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County reported three OSPREY
chicks from the nesting nearby, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS with young,
juvenile PILEATED WOODPECKERS, VEERY, CEDAR WAXWING, AMERICAN REDSTART,
OVENBIRD, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

Mark Otnes birded in Tamarac NWR in Becker County on August 12 where he
found a CAPE MAY WARBLER at the head of the River Road Trail. At Hamden
Slough NWR, there were shorebirds northeast of the headquarters. Also
there were GREAT EGRETS, GREAT BLUE HERON, and a GREEN HERON.

A family of young RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS this week showed up at our
feeders accompanied by their parents who came to introduce them to "fast
food".

The weekly shorebird survey at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on August
11 tallied 3,084 individuals of 18 species including 7 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS, over 1000 each of LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPERS, and
37 STILT SANDPIPERS, most at Tamarac Pool in the northwest corner of the
refuge. SANDHILL CRANES are gathering in the fields along the western
edge of the refuge.

Gretchen Mehmel at Norris Camp in Lake of the Woods County reported that
several species of woodpeckers including BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER have
been visiting a dying white pine about two miles east of Norris Camp.

Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Mark Otnes, and Gretchen Mehmel 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, August 23,
2007
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