[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 17, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 17, 2007
*MNDL0705.17

-Birds mentioned
Red-breasted Merganser
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow Rail
Black-bellied Plover
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
White-winged Dove
Great Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Henslow's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 17, 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 18, 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 migration is spreading like a sunrise with most species having
already arrived in the southern portions of the area , and teasers of
most species being seen in the north. It is evident that the bulk of the
migration has not arrived in the far northern counties, but still
several species of warblers have been reported, and shorebirds are
finding the few areas of habitat that are available.

Ben Fritchman , birding with a group on International Migratory Bird
Day, found two unusual warblers in Todd County. A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
was seen along 295th Ave about a half mile south on MN 27, and one was
seen east of Burtrum at the intersection of 341st Ave and 168th St. A
CERULEAN WARBLER was discovered in Oak Ridge WMA on the east side of
341st Ave. If you want to look for it park at the pull off and walk east
towards the lake. A CLARK'S GREBE was observed at Lake Osakis.

In Hubbard County, Patrick Beauzay found several WOOD THRUSHES in the
Paul Bunyan State Forest north of Akeley on May 12. Directions are to
take MN 64 north to East Gulch Forest Road, and turn west one mile.Other
species seen included HERMIT THRUSH, VEERY, and OVENBIRD.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County on May 12 included GREAT
EGRETS, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT,
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 11 species of warbler , and 11 species of sparrow on
their list.

In Clay County on May 12, Bob O'Connor reported RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
along CR 37 two miles east and 2 miles north of Hitterdahl, an OSPREY at
Lake Fifteen, and PHILADELPHIA VIREO and MOURNING WARBLER at Moorhead's
Gooseberry Park. Patrick Beauzay found a HENSLOW'S SPARROW at Bluestem
Prairie near Glyndon on May 13. On May 15, Bob O'Connor reported 15
species of warbler in Clay County including a CANADA WARBLER.

Beau Shroyer in Becker County reported GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Hamden Slough
NWR on May 12.

On May 9, Nathaniel Emery reported a YELLOW RAIL on the Pembina Trail
Preserve in Polk County, and elsewhere in the county , PALM WARBLER, and
YELLOW WARBLER. There was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on private property
adjacent to the Glacial Ridge Project. Katie Haws observed UPLAND
SANDPIPER and MARBLED GODWIT at Glacial Ridge NWR on May 13. On May 12,
Donna and Leon Thoreson reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, WARBLING VIREO,
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, and ORCHARD ORIOLE among others.

In Pennington County, we have seen WARBLING VIREO on May 11, CHIMNEY
SWIFT and BLACKPOLL on May 13, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on May 15, GREAT
BLUE HERON on May 16, and an INDIGO BUNTING at the feeder on May 17.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on May 15, a shorebird survey revealed
more than 700 shorebirds of 16 species, most at Tamarac Pool. Highlights
included a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Middle CCC Pool, a pair of
AMERICAN AVOCETS at South Pool, a total of 68 HUDSONIAN GODWITS , and 48
DUNLINS. A BALD EAGLE pair is on a nest in Parker Pool. Four WESTERN
GREBES were found on Headquarters Pool on May 17. On May 12, Pam Coy saw
an EASTERN TOWHEE at the refuge.


Pat DeWenter in Beltrami County reported a BROAD-WINGED HAWK , CHIMNEY
SWIFTS, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN
PARULA, and many more species on May 10. On the 15th, she saw
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and PINE SISKIN. Pat Rice had HARRIS'S SPARROW
and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in their yard on May 10. YELLOW WARBLER and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE were reported by Katie Haws on May 13.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported that the WHITE-WINGED DOVE was
still in Lancaster as recently as May 13 going between the few feeders
in the town. On May 11, Larry reported AMERICAN BITTERN, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, VEERY, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, and PINE SISKIN.

Beth Siverhus in Roseau County reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 15, and mentioned that WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS
have returned to the area. A GREAT HORNED OWL with nestlings has been
found. On May 16th Beth saw a YELLOW WARBLER in the county.

At Norris Camp in Lake of the Woods County on May 17, Gretchen Mehmel
discovered a nesting BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in a jack pine tree in the
Norris Camp Picnic Ground east of Norris Camp. There is a BELTED
KINGFISHER nest at the Trapper Pete Gravel Pit just west of the
Roosevelt Forest Road.

Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Beau Shroyer, Beth Siverhus, Bob O'Connor, Dan
and Sandy Thimgan, Gretchen Mehmel, Gary Tischer, Katie Haws, Larry
Wilebski, Nathaniel Emery, Pat DeWenter, Pat Rice, Patrick Beauzay, and
Donna and Leon Thoreson 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, May 25, 2007.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County
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