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-Birds mentioned

• Turkey Vulture
• Yellow Rail
• Sandhill Crane
• Caspian Tern
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Western Kingbird
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Northern Mockingbird
• Northern Parula
• Indigo Bunting
• Dickcissel
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Lark Sparrow
• Grasshopper Sparrow
• Henslow's Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 23, 2005
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, June 24, 2005 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.

Summer appears to have arrived finally with warm, even hot, temperatures and severe weather. Many reports of young birds are coming in, and now is the time to record those nesting reports.

The most exciting report I have seen this week is of a species seen south of our northwestern area by a North Dakota birder, Larry Igl who reported on the North Dakota net that he had found a BREWER'S SPARROW in Grant County north of Herman. No exact location was given as the location is on private property.

The Black-headed Grosbeak in Marshall County apparently has not been seen since late Thursday afternoon, June 16, although several people have looked for it.

Erika Sitz reported SANDHILL CRANES on June 19 near the Todd- Wadena County line along MN 10.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen in Clay County at the Ponderosa Golf Club by Mel and Elaine Bennefeld on June 21.

>From Norman County, Melissa Driscoll and Carol Schumaker reported a LARK SPARROW at Frenchman's Bluff SNA on June 17. Other species seen there included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and INDIGO BUNTING.

Nathaniel Emery reported a HENSLOW'S SPARROW in Polk County on June 17. The bird was seen south of the first grove of aspens on the south side of CR 45 going east from MN 32. Just west of that location which is about a half mile east of MN 32 along CR 45 there were several YELLOW RAILS clicking away about 9:30 am. He also reported DICKCISSELS at Glacial Ridge NWR.

Beau Shroyer found a NORTHERN PARULA in northern Hubbard County on June 20.

Jenny Moorman reported from Lake of the Woods County that TURKEY VULTURES had been seen this week near Graceton. Other species seen in that county included CASPIAN TERNS, and a WESTERN KINGBIRD seen by Tom Heinrich.

Thanks to Beau Shroyer, Erika Sitz, Nathaniel Emery, Melissa Driscoll and Carol Schumacher, Mel and Elaine Bennefeld, and Jenny Moorman for their reports.

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 1, 2005.

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