[rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, August 14, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 14, 2008
*MNDL0808.14

-Birds mentioned
Common Loon
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Western Kingbird
Le Conte's Sparrow
Bobolink
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 14, 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 14,
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.

This week has brought a great variety of weather condition including
heat, rain, storms, and beautiful sunshine. Absent has been long periods
of high winds, much to everyone's relief. Some area have received a
great deal of rain , particularly in the far southern portion of the
northwest area, and near the Red River of the north.

Kim Eckert reported on the species that his Minnesota Birding Weekend
group saw in Traverse County. Interesting sightings included an AMERICAN
BITTERN at the Mud Lake public access, WESTERN KINGBIRD at Wheaton, LE
CONTE'S SPARROW at Miller Prairie East, and a BOBOLINK at Miller Prairie
West.

In Otter Tail County , Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf found two juvenile
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS in Fergus Falls at Adams Park on August 14.
Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported a COMMON LOON chick found by one of his
neighbors struggling to cross the road from his natal area to the bigger
lake across the road.

Ben Fritchman in Todd County reported PINE SISKINS at his feeders for
the last several weeks, and lately some PURPLE FINCHES have also come.
These are quite unusual there in the summer.

On August 9, a shorebird survey tallied over 2600 individuals of 18
species at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County. Most were seen at Tamarack
Pool in the interior of the refuge, but the easiest to view were
approximately 140 birds seen at Parker Pool and South Pool along CR 7.
Most common species was LESSER YELLOWLEGS, but included in the total
were 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 21 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 17 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 112 WILSON'S SNIPE, and 156
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and 9 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. On Tuesday, another
observer found a WILLET at Webster Pool. Gregg Knutsen reported that a
YELLOW RAIL was seen at Parker Pool last week, and this week a LEAST
BITTERN was flushed from Agassiz Pool. A GREEN HERON was seen along
Ditch 11.

Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Kim Eckert, Shawn Conrad, and Gregg Knutsen 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 21,
2008.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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