[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 10, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 10, 2007
*MNDL0705.10

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Common Loon
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black Tern
White-winged Dove
Great Horned Owl
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Smith's Longspur
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 10, 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, May 11, 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.

Migration is proceeding fast in the northwest. Already the warblers are
arriving, along with the first of the flycatcher family. Weather
continues to be dry through most of the area in spite of rain last
weekend of up to 1 inch in places. It appears that the strong winds of
last weekend blew a few species off course, as several unusual sightings
were reported.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was reported by Larry Wilebski at his home in
Lancaster on May 4. The bird was seen as recently as May 7. Larry's home
is on the east side of US 59 in Lancaster where the Business District
sign points west. The sign is in his yard.

>From Roseau County, Beth Siverhus reported PURPLE MARTIN and CHIPPING
SPARROW on May 5. On May 9, an AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered on the
main dike road at the Roseau River WMA along the shoreline of Pool #1E
about a mile west of CR 3.

Larry Wilebski reported on May 7 that shorebirds are starting to arrive
at his Shorebird Park north of Lancaster , most being yellowlegs.

Pat Rice found SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and several species
of warbler including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in Clearwater County on May
9. Kelly Larson also mentioned SORA, and PINE SISKIN on that day.

Mary Lou Marchand in Beltrami County reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
on May 8, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 2 in her yard. Pat Rice had a
visit from a pair of COMMON LOONS , two EVENING GROSBEAKS , and 24 PINE
SISKINS on May 4.

Marshall County sightings at Agassiz NWR sent in by Beth Siverhus on May
2 included GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and a GREAT HORNED OWL nesting at the
woods along the Maakstad Trail. Gary Tischer reported an AMERICAN AVOCET
at South Pool on May 6. Among other species seen at Agassiz NWR this
week were PEREGRINE FALCON, BLACK TERN, CLIFF SWALLOWS, BROWN THRASHER,
SEDGE WREN, MARSH WREN, SWAMP SPARROW, and BOBOLINK. Of note was a
CATTLE EGRET seen at Headquarters on May 10. 22 SNOW GEESE were found on
a field adjacent to the refuge on May 8.

In Pennington County in our yard new arrivals included RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, and EASTERN KINGBIRD and today a
TENNESSEE WARBLER. PINE SISKINS seem to be sticking around also.

I made a quick trip to Red Lake County on May 8 where I saw MERLIN,
BROWN THRASHER, and LARK SPARROW. Anita Vettleson reported a BALTIMORE
ORIOLE had come to her feeder this week.

Kim Eckert observed at least one HENSLOW'S SPARROW along Polk CR 45
about 1.5 miles west of MN 32 on May 9. The bird was singing just north
of the parking area that is just west of the prairie-chicken blinds. He
also found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR along US 2 about 4.5 miles west of MN 32
and a quarter mile south of the highway. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD flew or
was blown across US 2 east of Fosston on May 6, where it was observed by
Peder Svingen. As the wind was roaring at the time, no one can guess
where it is now. Pat Rice was in Polk County on May 9 where she reported
an AMERICAN AVOCET at the Erskine wastewater treatment ponds. Other
species seen in the county included MARBLED GODWIT, WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
FRANKLIN'S GULL, BONAPARTE'S GULL, and BOBOLINK . Nathaniel Emery
reported SORA, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at Glacial Ridge NWR on May 8.
Bruce Flaig observed ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
on May 8.

Mel and Elaine Bennefeld found a GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN on the first
fairway at the Ponderosa Golf Club in Clay County on May 8. Dean Reimer
observed a WHIP-POOR-WILL in Moorhead on May 8, and a WORM-EATING
WARBLER about 100-200 feet south of the 12th Ave toll bridge on May 6. A
BLUE GROSBEAK came to the home of Bob O'Connor in Moorhead on May 6.
Neither the warbler nor the grosbeak has been relocated since.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW in Otter
Tail County on May 9. On the 8th, they saw GREEN HERON, CLIFF SWALLOW,
and GRAY CATBIRD. Tom Smith reported a BROWN THRASHER there on May 7. At
Glendalough State Park Dan and Sandy Thimgan found GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, SEDGE WREN, AMERICAN REDSTART, and 20
OVENBIRDS on May 10.

Ben Fritchman sent in a secondhand report of a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at a
home in Long Prairie on May 5.

Some other species reported by our observers included RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN PHOEBE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, YELLOW WARBLER,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, OVENBIRD,
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, CHIPPING SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, VESPER
SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

Thanks to all the people who sent in reports this week.

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, May 18, 2007.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County
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