[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 31, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 31, 2007
*MNDL0705.31

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Northern Pintail
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Great Egret
Green Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Golden-winged Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Bobolink
Purple Finch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 31, 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, May 31,
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.

Now that Memorial Day weekend is over, we expect warm sunny summer
weather, and so far not a lot of that has materialized. We have had
clouds, storms, and wind , followed finally by sunny, albeit cool
weather. Judging by the songs in our yards, migration is about over, as
the babble of busy migrants is quiet now.

Joel and Lisa Swanstrom made a birding trip over the weekend, and in
Wilkin County, they found NORTHERN PINTAIL, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, and
MARBLED GODWIT at Rothsay WMA.

At Felton Prairie in Clay County, they were impressed by the large
number of BOBOLINKS on May 24, and on the 25th, they saw MARBLED
GODWITS, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.

At Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County, they found BLACK TERN on May 24.
At Tamarac NWR on May 25, Joel and Lisa Swanstrom observed COMMON LOON,
OSPREY, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and MAGNOLIA WARBLER among others.

Danielle Olson at Rydell NWR in Polk County reported TRUMPETER SWAN,
COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, GREEN HERON, AMERICAN WOODCOCK,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and PURPLE FINCH at the refuge this week along
with many other species.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, a shorebird survey on May 27 tallied
311 shorebirds of 18 species. Most were at Farmes Pool, including a
WILLET and two RUDDY TURNSTONES. On May 30, a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was
singing along CR 7 within the refuge between the Airport Road and the
east kiosk.

>From Kittson County, Larry Wilebski reported on May 29 a pair of nesting
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, and two GREAT HORNED OWL nests, one with two
young and one with three. On May 30, he reported a GREAT EGRET on his
property near Lancaster.

Thanks to Danielle Olson, Joel and Lisa Swanstrom, Larry Wilebski, and
Peder Svingen 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 Thursday, June 7, 2007.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County
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