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*April 20, 2006
*MNDL0604.20

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Red-necked Grebe
• Western Grebe
• American Bittern
• Trumpeter Swan
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• White-winged Scoter
• Bufflehead
• Common Merganser
• Turkey Vulture
• Osprey
• Northern Harrier
• Cooper's Hawk
• Northern Goshawk
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• American Kestrel
• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Marbled Godwit
• Wilson's Snipe
• American Woodcock
• Franklin's Gull
• Common Tern
• Snowy Owl
• Belted Kingfisher
• Eastern Phoebe
• Purple Martin
• Tree Swallow
• Winter Wren
• American Robin
• Northern Mockingbird
• Sprague's Pipit
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Chipping Sparrow
• Field Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Purple Finch
• American Goldfinch

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 20, 2006
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, April 21, 2006 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.

Spring is progressing and migration is accelerating. Waterfowl and raptors are mostly back, shorebirds are starting to appear, and now we are into the beginning of migration for the insect eaters with swallows coming back. A few early warblers are also arriving.

Pat Roth observed a SNOWY OWL in northern Roseau County on April 16, two miles north of Roseau. On the 12th, he saw a COOPER'S HAWK, and at the Roseau wastewater treatment ponds, BUFFLEHEAD and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.

Kelly Larson in Beltrami County on April 16 reported RED-NECKED GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, AMERICAN KESTREL, WILSON'S SNIPE, and BELTED KINGFISHER. On April 17, Pat Rice saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK along Power Dam Road northeast of Bemidji. On April 16, she had COMMON LOONS, and TREE SWALLOWS at their place.

Gary Tischer reports that a long list of returning migrants have reappeared at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County. RED-NECKED GREBE and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER showed up on April 13. Other species back include a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS, many species of ducks, AMERICAN BITTERN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, FRANKLIN'S GULL, and WINTER WREN.

Here in Pennington County, Shelley Steva saw a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on April 9. PURPLE FINCHES, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, now back in their bright summer plumage, are common at feeders. Several COMMON MERGANSERS were seen on the Red Lake River on April 16. A CHIPPING SPARROW was heard in our yard on April 20.

>From Clay County, Bob O'Connor reported that MARBLED GODWIT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS are back at Felton Prairie. He also saw a NORTHERN GOSHAWK flying over south Moorhead on April 17.

In Otter Tail County, Gary Otnes saw a pair of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Lake Christina on April 19. Amy Drake reported CHIPPING SPARROW on April 17. Dan and Sandy Thimgan observed FIELD SPARROW on April 16, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on April 18, and PURPLE MARTIN and PALM WARBLER on April 19. Other species seen this week included COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, TURKEY VULTURE, EASTERN PHOEBE, and VESPER SPARROW. A partial albino AMERICAN ROBIN was photographed in Pelican Rapids on April 19 by Roland Jordahl.

Bob and Joan Burke were at Rothsay on April 19 where they reported GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, NORTHERN HARRIERS, MARBLED GODWIT, and a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT.

Ben Fritchman in Todd County reported first county record GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on April 15 where two were discovered at the Browerville wastewater treatment ponds. Beau Shroyer on April 16 found hundreds of WESTERN GREBES at Lake Osakis. Other species found there included RED-NECKED GREBES, OSPREY, and COMMON TERN.

In Douglas County, Beau Shroyer found a MARBLED GODWIT in Alexandria on April 13, and 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Belle Prairie on April 12. John Ellis reported a WINTER WREN in Douglas County on April 17, while Beau Shroyer saw a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD one mile north of Nelson along CR 17 on April 18.

Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Beau Shroyer, Pat Rice, Gary Tischer, Amy Drake, Kelly Larson, Pat Roth, John Ellis, Bob O'Connor, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Roland Jordahl, Bob and Joan Burke, and Gary Otnes 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, April 28, 2006.

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