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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *June 30, 2005 *MNDL0506.30 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 30, 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, July 1, 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.
It is very wet in the northwest this summer, and reports of rails and other wet meadow dwellers are greatly increased. Everything is lush and green, except for some of the crops which are tending towards the yellow hues.
Breeding Bird Surveys in Roseau, Kittson, and Marshall counties revealed that there are YELLOW RAILS in greater numbers than usual in all three counties. If you want to hear one, this is the summer to do it, as they have been calling even as late as 9:30 A.M. One was heard on the Grygla BBS, and no fewer than 14 were heard on the Greenbush BBS at 10 stops.
Two MERLINS were seen on the Grygla BBS on Saturday, May 25. In addition SCARLET TANAGER and EASTERN TOWHEE were also tallied. From Agassiz NWR, Ben Fritchman and Gary Huschle reported that the TRUMPETER SWANS that nested in Pool 8 have just two cygnets this year, but it has been a good year for the BALD EAGLES where several nests have young in them. Ben reported finding shorebirds in a flooded field just east of the refuge where he saw 9 species on June 28 : SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, MARBLED GODWIT, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, and WILSON'S SNIPE. A SHORT-EARED OWL was again seen near the intersection of CR 7 and CR 12 this week, and WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard near Parker Pool along the county road. Two AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS have spent the summer at Agassiz NWR, and a VIRGINIA RAIL family was observed crossing the road this week. Numbers of BLACK TERNS at Agassiz NWR are much increased over last year's count, and two more smaller colonies of FRANKLIN'S GULLS have been discovered at the refuge.
Shelley Steva reported seeing a COOPER'S HAWK carrying food in its talons in Thief River Falls on June 25. We have baby RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, and DOWNY WOODPECKERS at the feeder this week.
>From Polk County, Nathaniel Emery reported relocating the HENSLOW'S SPARROW on the prairie east of MN 32 and south of US 2. Shelley Steva found two families of COMMON LOON in Polk County on June 26. One was 3 miles south of the junction of US 2 and US 59, and one was north or Winger along US 59. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen three miles north of the junction of US 2 and US 59.
Shelley also saw a MERLIN at the Perkins in Detroit Lakes in Becker County on June 27.
Chet Myers found the ROCK WREN at Felton Prairie on June 26. Chet also reported WESTERN KINGBIRD, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR there. At least one SAY'S PHOEBE was present at the more northerly gravel pit on June 26.
Thanks to Shelley Steva, Chet Myers, Ben Fritchman, Gary Huschle, and Nathaniel Emery 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 8, 2005.
