[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, April 24, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*April 24, 2008
*MNDL0804.24

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 24, 2008
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, April 24,
2008 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 warm weather did wonders for the snow and the spirits, but as
of this writing, cooler temperatures are back, although not as cold as
previously. Spring is reluctant this year and migration is late for
those that follow the water. The first thunderstorm, albeit a cold one,
arrived in the northwest early Thursday morning.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported on the migration from Otter Tail County.
The new arrivals this week included COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, and
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET on April 16, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on the 17th,
PURPLE MARTIN, and CHIPPING SPARROW on the 18th, a pair of COMMON LOONS
and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on the 21st, VESPER SPARROW on the 22nd, and
RED-NECKED GREBE, OSPREY, BONAPARTE'S GULL and BARN SWALLOW on the 23rd,
and LINCOLN'S SPARROW on the 24th.

A SNOWY OWL was reported at the Osakis wastewater treatment ponds on
April 18 by John Ellis, but the bird was not re-located later in the
week.

>From Becker County, Beau Shroyer observed a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in Detroit
Lakes on April 16. Michael Ossler reported nesting WOOD DUCKS, BALD
EAGLE, NORTHERN CARDINAL, EASTERN PHOEBE, BARN SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER,
and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on April 21. Among the species Dave
Hochhalter reported on April 24 were HOUSE WREN, NORTHERN CARDINALS, and
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

The first NORTHERN FLICKER showed up in our yard in Pennington County on
April 18; a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen on April 22, several
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and a BROWN CREEPER on April 23. Also on April
23, a fishing OSPREY cruised by over the Red Lake River, and on April
24, a COMMON LOON swam by.

Gary Tischer reported that a pair of BALD EAGLES are attending a nest at
Parker Pool in the location used previously at Agassiz NWR in Marshall
County.

Pat Rice birded in Clearwater County on April 19 where she observed
about 1000 TUNDRA SWANS on the rice paddies north of Clearbrook. Other
species seen in the county included a variety of ducks, TURKEY VULTURE,
nesting BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN HARRIER, EARED GREBE, MARBLED GODWIT,SONG
SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

In Beltrami County, Mary Lou Marchand reported COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED
MERGANSER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and RING-BILLED
GULL on April 17. On April 19, Pat Rice saw TRUMPETER SWAN. Both
reported COMMON LOONS, and by April 20, the number had grown to 10 at
the Mississippi River inlet.

An OSPREY is nesting on the north side of US 2 in a snag 1.3 miles east
of Sucker Bay Road.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County saw SHORT-EARED OWL, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET, and HERMIT THRUSH on April 20, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET on
April 21.

Dawn Plattner reported from Roseau River WMA in Roseau County. A variety
of ducks, and PIED-BILLED GREBE were present on April 15. She reported
two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on April 17, and TUNDRA SWANS on April 18.

Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Dawn Plattner, Dave Hochhalter, Gary Tischer,
John Ellis, Larry Wilebski, Mary Lou Marchand, Michael Ossler, Pat Rice,
and Dan and Sandy Thimgan 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, May 1, 2008



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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