[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 6, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 6, 2007
*MNDL0709.06

-Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Osprey
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
Willet
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Sabine's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Long-tailed Jaeger
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Short-eared Owl
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
Black-billed Magpie
Purple Martin
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 6, 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, September
6, 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.

This has been a week of sharp temperature contrasts and wind. One day it
is very hot, the next quite like fall, and wind seems to be part of most
days. Trees are beginning to change and the cool temperatures every
morning make us think of the possible frost coming soon.

The big news this week is that the LONG-TAILED JAEGER in Marshall County
south of Agassiz NWR was seen by many birders including Kim Eckert's MOU
weekend group. However the last sighting was recorded on Sunday,
September 2 and the bird appears to have left the area. Coincidentally,
an adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER was spotted by a member of Kim's group on
Monday, September flying over Springsteel Island near Warroad.

Kim's group found CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERN, and FORSTER'S TERN in Lake
of the Woods County on September 3 among many other species.

In Roseau County, SHORT-EARED OWL, migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, PURPLE
MARTIN, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW were among the species seen.

HORNED GREBE, EARED GREBE, VIRGINIA RAIL, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were among the species
seen in Kittson County by the MOU weekend group.

Pat Rice in Beltrami County northeast of Bemidji reported a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW under their feeders on September 5.

With all the eyes that were in the area on the weekend, many species
besides the jaeger were reported in Marshall County besides the jaeger,
many species were reported . The weekly shorebird survey counted more
than 2500 individuals of 20 species including 9 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, a
WILLET, one SANDERLING, one WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, more than 900
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and 8 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. Kim Eckert's
group also located a RUDDY TURNSTONE and a RED KNOT. Most birds were at
Tamarac Pool, but the latter two were at South Pool. On Labor Day, Kim
and Cindy Risen located the SABINE'S GULL reported by Bill Unzen earlier
at Headquarters Pool, and also several RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. Al
Schirmacher reported 5 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, and, at the jaeger location ,
26 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES.

In Pennington County, Adele Rosencrans saw an adult BALD EAGLE flying
over the Thief River last week near the 8th street bridge. Here in the
yard there were migrant warblers on September 6, including TENNESSEE
WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER. Kim Eckert's group found a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Thief River
Falls wastewater treatment ponds.

At her home in Red Lake County near Oklee, Anita Vettleson saw a flock
of 50-100 migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS which stopped to glean insects on
August 30 over her yard. The Minnesota Birding Weekend group observed
HORNED GREBE, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, 8 species of shorebirds and 9 species
of warbler in Red Lake County on August 30.

Mel and Elaine Bennefeld found an OSPREY and a BALD EAGLE at Buffalo
River State Park in Clay County on September 4.

Forest Strnad reported this week that Artis and Gordon Martinson saw 3
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Breckenridge, Wilkin County, on August 29
near the United Methodist Church at 910 Main Street.

Thanks to Adele Rosencrans, Anita Vettleson, Al Schirmacher, Craig
Mandel, Forest Strnad, Kim and Cindy Risen, Kim Eckert, Mel and Elaine
Bennefeld, and Pat Rice 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, September
13, 2007.
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