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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *July 3, 2003 *MNDL0307.03 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 3, 2003
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 4, 2003 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.
The landscape in the northwest is lush with the new growth of June, and loud with the squawks and peeps of baby birds everywhere. The weather has mostly been kind this year to brooding birds and the results are visible in every nook and cranny.
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, first reported by Grace Mayta, was refound by Peder Svingen on June 30th. This is the first sighting of this species in Pennington County.=20
Peder and I did a survey of shorebirds at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, Marshall County, on Sunday, June 29. Among them we found a WILSON'S PHALAROPE with three young chicks. A few returning shorebirds were also present including LEAST SANDPIPERS, and one SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. A total of 264 shorebirds were found. One AMERICAN AVOCET was seen on Thief Bay Pool, but the other bird and the chick were not located. Three BUFFLEHEAD broods were seen. In the course of doing some point counts, I had a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK fly over me, and I also found a BLACK-AND- WHITE WARBLER. On June 30th, Shelley Steva and I located the MERLINS that have returned to nest in the same yard in Newfolden that they nested in last year. It appears that they are feeding young.
Six GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS were observed along a minimum maintenance road going north from 190th St. NW two miles west of CR10 in Pennington County on June 28th. This is in Numedal Township. In the same general area, we also found a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, a SHORT-EARED OWL, and a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is coming fairly regularly to our feeder in rural Thief River Falls.
In Beltrami County , Carol Schumacher reported four WESTERN GREBES on Blackduck Lake. Other birds seen in the county included MERLIN, UPLAND SANDPIPER, GRAY JAY, SCARLET TANAGER, several species of warbler including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, and EVENING GROSBEAK.
Becker County birds of note seen by several individuals this week include the COMMON MOORHENS that are possibly nesting at Hamden Slough NWR. Other Becker County birds reported this week included GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Hamden Slough, and COMMON LOON, TRUMPETER SWAN, and 13 species of warblers at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.
Rick Hoyme birded Felton Prairie in Clay County on June 28th, and reported the "usual suspects": UPLAND SANDPIPER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR, and ORCHARD ORIOLE.
Thanks to those who sent in reports this week. Have a great fourth of July!
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, July 11, 2003.
