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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*June 30, 2000
*MNDL0006.30

-Birds mentioned

• Snow Goose
• Ferruginous Hawk
• Gray Partridge
• Sandhill Crane
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Upland Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Franklin's Gull
• Short-eared Owl
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Alder Flycatcher
• Winter Wren
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Swainson's Thrush
• Hermit Thrush
• Wood Thrush
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Cape May Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Connecticut Warbler
• Mourning Warbler
• Scarlet Tanager
• Indigo Bunting
• Lark Sparrow
• Grasshopper Sparrow
• White-winged Crossbill

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 30, 2000
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Transcriber: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, June 30th sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling 1-800-433-1888 or (218) 847-5743.

Everyone is encouraged to share interesting sightings from Northwestern Minnesota. Report sightings to: Betsy Beneke (218) 847-2641 betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 1-800-542-3992

A FERRUGINOUS HAWK was reported flying over I-94 near the Dalton exit in Otter Tail Co. on the 30th by Bob Ekblad.

On a trip from the Northwest Angle to Thief River Falls on the 24th, some of the birds recorded by Shelley Steva included WINTER WREN, PINE WARBLERS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, CAPE MAY WARBLERS and HERMIT THRUSH.

Reports from Doug Johnson on the 29th include two SNOW GEESE, eight SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, five LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a variety of ducks at the Warren sewage lagoons in Marshall Co. In Beltrami County, a SHORT-EARED OWL three miles southeast of Fourtown, along with SANDHILL CRANES and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. And at the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall Co., Doug reported one WILSON'S PHALAROPE and eight GREATER YELLOWLEGS.

Gretchen Mehmel and Beth Siverhus completed their Breeding Bird Survey this week in the Red Lake WMA & Beltrami Island State Forest. Some of the birds recorded were OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS, ALDER FLYCATCHERS, INDIGO BUNTING, SCARLET TANAGER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, WOOD THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, MOURNING WARBLERS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was also heard by Brown's Lake just east of Norris Camp.

At Frenchman's Bluff in Norman Co. on the 25th, Shelley Steva and Jeanie Joppru found LARK SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER and INDIGO BUNTING. The same day at the Twin Valley Prairie they found UPLAND SANDPIPER, SHORT-EARED OWL and SANDHILL CRANE.

While conducting a Breeding Bird Survey in Norman Co. on the 26th, birds found by Betsy Beneke included two GRAY PARTRIDGE, both GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and many FRANKLIN'S GULLS. The water birds were seen along the floodplain of the Wild Rice River, where numerous fields and croplands remain under water following torrential rains.

Thank you to everyone who provided bird sightings this week. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, July 7th .

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