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

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*July 19, 2007
*MNDL0707.19

-Birds mentioned
American Bittern
Green Heron
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great Gray Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 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 Thursday, July 19,
2007 sponsored by the Detroit Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may
also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

Last week's report was lost in a computer crash, but we are up and
running again this week. It is the fullness of summer now in the
northwest and the sounds of young birds are everywhere. Parent birds are
frantic to protect the young until they are able to fend for themselves,
and have learned the hard lessons, which in nature rarely give second
chances.

One intriguing sighting reported last week by Kurt Gaskill, visiting
Virginia birder, was that of a GREAT GRAY OWL seen at the end of the
Webster Trail in the interior of Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in
Marshall County on July 5.

>From Polk County, Danielle Olson sent in a list of birds seen at Rydell
NWR this week. Included were AMERICAN BITTERN, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER,
and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.

Anita Vettleson has been seeing a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in their yard
near Oklee in Red Lake County this week.

Shelley Steva reported a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in her yard in Pennington
County on July 17 and a MERLIN has been seen on the east side of Thief
River Falls. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been coming to our feeders this
week, visiting the sunflowers and the oriole nectar feeder.

Melissa Galland sighted an adult BALD EAGLE in Clearwater County along
MN 92 south of Clearbrook on July 16.

Larry Wilebski had a probable GREEN HERON at his Shorebird Park near
Lancaster in Kittson County on July 18.

Thanks to Anita Vettleson, Danielle Olson, Kurt Gaskill, Larry Wilebski,
Melissa Galland, and Shelley Steva 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, July 26,
2007.
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