[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 8, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 8, 2008
*MNDL0805.08

-Birds mentioned
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Broad-winged Hawk
Virginia Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Forster's Tern
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Smith's Longspur
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 8, 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, May 8, 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.

Most reluctantly, the weather is warming up, and this is the first week
when there has been no snow reported in the northwest. Migration
continues, and I have several reports of songbirds that did not make it
through the cold spell last week. Meantime, some warblers and other
insect eaters are starting to show up so we hope that the weather does
not have another relapse. Two unusual sightings were reported this week:
Lawrence Lewandowski sent in a photo of a hen MALLARD perched on the
roof of a wood duck box in Becker County, and Bob O'Connor reported what
appeared to be a junco/white-throated sparrow hybrid in his yard on May
5.

Jerry Bonkoski found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Itasca County
on May 4 at the Lost Forty SNA in the northern part of the county. The
bird was seen along the hiking trail.

Jeff and Amy Drake in Otter Tail County reported their observations of
GREATER SCAUP, HORNED GREBE, EARED GREBE, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 3.
Sarah Knutie at Big Pine Lake saw RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CHIPPING
SPARROW, and NORTHERN CARDINAL on May 6. Brad and Dee Elhers saw
HARRIS'S SPARROW and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in Fergus Falls on May 6.
Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported SORA on May 5, Bank Swallow on May 6,
CHIMNEY SWIFT, CLIFF SWALLOW, GRAY CATBIRD, and YELLOW WARBLER on May 7,
and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD on May 8.

Kelly Blackledge at Tamarac NWR in Becker County reported YELLOW
WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK on May 2. Susan and John Kroll saw a pair of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
at the refuge on May 3. Char Legenhausen saw an AMERICAN BITTERN on May
8, while Judy Welu reported two pairs of NORTHERN CARDINALS and a BELTED
KINGFISHER at Lake Sallie.

In Clay County, Patrick Beauzay found 8 SMITH'S LONGSPURS along the
longspur road just north of the wind generators at Felton Prairie. Mel
and Elaine Bennefeld observed BARN SWALLOW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the Pondorosa Golf Club on May 6.

Bruce Flaig in Polk County saw a large flock of DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS on the lake near his home in the southern part of the county
on May 5.

Shelley Steva observed about 200 swans moving through Red Lake County on
May 2, and also the first BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. On May 4 I saw a variety
of ducks, HORNED GREBE, and EARED GREBE at the Red Lake Falls WTP. Also
in Red Lake County, there were BARN SWALLOWS, PALM WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW.

Michael Furtman , while birding at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County,
spotted 30 WILSON'S PHALAROPES at Tamarack Pool, and 5 MARBLED GODWITS
at South Pool. Agassiz staff reported some new arrivals such as RUDDY
DUCK, AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY,PEREGRINE FALCONS, VIRGINIA RAIL,
FORSTER'S TERN, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and SWAMP SPARROW
among others. They reported the presence of thousands of ducks on Farmes
Pool.

Kelly Larson in Clearwater County, reported RUFFED GROUSE, SANDHILL
CRANES, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and PURPLE FINCH , all
present on May 2.

In Beltrami County on May 6, Kelly Larson reported that CHIMNEY SWIFTS
were back in Bemidji. Dave Carman observed HARRIS'S SPARROW, and
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 7. Mary Lou Marchand had eight species of
sparrows on May 6, and reported BROWN THRASHER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on
May 7.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON'S
PHALAROPE, CLIFF SWALLOW, and PALM WARBLERS on May 7 near Lancaster.

Beth Siverhus in Roseau County mentioned several common ducks, as well
as HORNED GREBE, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN THRASHER, FOX
SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD, and EVENING GROSBEAK on May 6.

Thanks to all who sent in their sightings 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, May 15,
2008.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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