[rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, August 7, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 7, 2008
*MNDL0808.07

-Birds mentioned
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Green Heron
Sandhill Crane
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Le Conte's Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 7, 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, August 7,
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.

As fall migration begins, the prairie flowers are at their peak, and all
restored prairies are extra beautiful as the big bluestem rises tall
among the blazing stars and coneflowers. Families of all sorts of
species of birds are gathering in fields and woods to glean much needed
nutrition before undertaking the long distance flights. Young birds are
trying out their voices with sometimes amusing results, and confusing
birders who identify by ear.

In Lake of the Woods County, Brad Bolduan reported several flocks of
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS along the Faunce Road between the Butterfield
Forest Road and Oaks Corner on August 4.

In Kittson County on August 5, Shelley Steva and I found a brood of
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, a GREEN HERON, juvenile BLACK TERN, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, and EASTERN KINGBIRDS among others. Noteworthy were many
easily seen BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS , and several families of GREAT-CRESTED
FLYCATCHERS at Larry Wilebski's Evergreen Acres. Also common were LE
CONTE'S SPARROWS in the meadows surrounding his property. Ten species of
shorebirds were seen, but were hard to find as there is little open
water in northern Kittson County especially this year. No area held many
shorebirds. Several family groups of SANDHILL CRANES were seen.

Gary and Cindy Nelson flushed a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along the boardwalk
at Big Bog State Park in Beltrami County on August 3.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, numbers of shorebirds at Parker Pool
along CR 7 are increasing as habitat improves. This is the easiest place
at the refuge to look at shorebirds at binocular distance, although , of
course, a scope would make the ID easier.

Thanks to Brad Bolduan, and Gary and Cindy Nelson 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, August 15,
2008.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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