[mou] [rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, May 29, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 29, 2008
*MNDL0805.29

-Birds mentioned
Ruddy Duck
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Golden-winged Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 29, 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 29,
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.

Leaves are struggling to expand and grow in the northwest, but rain
received on Thursday will surely help. Warmer temperatures will also
help. Woods are carpeted with wildflowers, and wild fruit trees are all
in blossom. Migration is winding down, but the warblers have finally
arrived and are not expected to stick around for long, as it is late
already.

Martin Kehoe, Cindi McDougall , and Jenny Moorman did a Big Day in Lake
of the Woods County on May 24. Among the species seen were 16
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on a lek along CR 75, and COMMON TERN, CASPIAN TERN,
and WINTER WREN at Zippel Bay SP. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was among the
list of 17 warbler species seen in the county.

Steve Patterson reported an INDIGO BUNTING on the north side of Lake
Bemidji in Beltrami County on May 25, and a SCARLET TANAGER on the shore
of Big Turtle Lake on May 28. On May 29 I saw a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER
at the Big Bog SRA; PALM WARBLER and MOURNING WARBLER were among the
warblers seen .

On May 26, four of us did a Big Day in Clearwater County where we found
122 species during a difficult, cold misty day. We found good numbers of
warblers in the morning at Itasca SP including BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and
MOURNING WARBLER. Other species of note included RUDDY DUCK, 42 WILSON'S
PHALAROPES, and 3 CASPIAN TERNS at the Clearbrook WTP, a DICKCISSEL a
few miles northwest of Bagley, and EVENING GROSBEAKS at Bert's cabins at
Itasca SP. On May 29, Pat DeWenter found 13 warbler species at Itasca SP
including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. Also seen was a HERMIT THRUSH. Kelly
Larson reported GREEN HERONS on May 26 at the farm; at Sandy Lake she
saw AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and DUNLIN; other species seen in the county
included BROWN THRASHER in Bagley, and INDIGO BUNTINGS.

Diana Morkassel in Marshall County near Warren reported INDIGO BUNTING
on May 23, ORCHARD ORIOLES on May 25 , and SCARLET TANAGER on May 28.
Cliff Steinhauer saw 4 TURKEY VULTURES near Agassiz NWR on May 26.

Shelley Steva saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Plummer in Red Lake County
on May 29.

Nathaniel Emery, reporting from the Glacial Ridge Project, mentioned
nesting GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, NORTHERN
HARRIER,MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPERS, and a pair of SANDHILL CRANES
with two colts on May 26. Other species seen included SAVANNAH SPARROW,
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, and BOBOLINK. On May 28, there
were two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and 13 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at
Glacial Ridge.

Beau Shroyer reported 9 RUDDY TURNSTONES at the city beach in Detroit
Lake, Becker County, on May 27.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County observed a COMMON MOORHEN in
the central part of the county on May 23. Contact Dan and Sandy @
218-862-5594 for more information if you wish to see the bird.

>From Cass County, Ben Wieland reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD near the
intersection of CR 41 and MN 87 near the Hubbard County line on May 26.
On that day, there was an ORCHARD ORIOLE at Pine Mountain Lake, and a
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER near Pillager along CR 36. Ben and his group found
22 warbler species in Cass County on Memorial Day.

Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Ben Wieland, Cliff Steinhauer, Diana Morkassel,
Jenny Moorman, Kelly Larson, Nate Emery, Pat DeWenter, Shelley Steva,
Steve Patterson, 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, June 5,
2008.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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