[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, July 26, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*July 26, 2007
*MNDL0707.26

-Birds mentioned
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Turkey Vulture
Bonaparte's Gull
Great Horned Owl
Common Raven
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
Northern Cardinal
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 26, 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 25,
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.

A week of very hot weather has dampened the enthusiasm for birders to go
out in the field, and as the nesting season draws to a close, the birds
are not singing so much. The result is that there are fewer species to
report this week. Most notable in the area this week are the many young
birds, many trying out their voices and confusing all of us.

Larry Wilebski reported on July 20 that he is seeing SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE, and a few TURKEY VULTURES on his properties near Lancaster in
Kittson County. On the 23rd, he reported large numbers of swallows
including CLIFF SWALLOWS and BARN SWALLOWS starting to gather before the
journey south which will begin for them in the next few weeks.

>From Beltrami County, Pat Rice reported a female NORTHERN CARDINAL in
her yard near Bemidji on July 18.There were also five BONAPARTE'S GULLS
on Lake Bemidji that day.

Two COMMON RAVENS were observed by Shelley Steva in Pennington County on
July 24 two miles west of the intersection of CR 3 and CR 23.

Donna Thoreson had a secondhand report of a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL in an
evergreen in the town of Climax in Polk County this week. The list of
species sent in by Danielle Olson at Rydell NWR this week included GREAT
HORNED OWL, GRAY CATBIRD, and PURPLE FINCH.

Thanks to Danielle Olson, Donna Thoreson, Larry Wilebski, Pat Rice, 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, August 3,
2007.
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