Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
|
Previous reports: December 23 30, January 6 13 20, May 25 30.
Other Hotlines: Minnesota Statewide | Minnesota Duluth/North Shore
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *May 30, 2006 *MNDL0605.30-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 30, 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 Wednesday, May 31, 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.
Summer came quickly to the northwest this year, and now the migration appears to be mostly over. If you see migrants now, they can be considered late, as most of the later migrants seem to be here now. Leaves are fully out, making birding the treetops a real challenge.
At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, a shorebird survey conducted on May 28 found 418 individuals of 16 species, all in the interior of the refuge where some pools are drawn down. Highlights included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 130 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, one SANDERLING, and two WILSON'S PHALAROPES. A TUNDRA SWAN was also seen.
Here in Pennington County, a pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, and a GRAY CATBIRD appear to have chosen our yard for nesting possibilities. Shelley Steva reported two SHORT-EARED OWLS on May 30. One was 5 miles south of the junction of CR 22 with MN 1, the other a couple of miles south of the intersection of CR 23 and CR 3.
While birding in Polk County on May 29, Shelley Steva , Zeann Linder and I found 5 TRUMPETER SWANS at the Erskine wastewater treatment ponds, and elsewhere in the county saw COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, and CEDAR WAXWING.
In Norman County on May 29, we saw one TRUMPETER SWAN, GRAY PARTRIDGE, SORA, MARBLED GODWIT, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, COMMON RAVEN, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and INDIGO BUNTING.
Clay County sightings on May 29 at Felton Prairie included UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and of course CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR. Patrick Beauzay on May 29 found a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW at CR 27 and 140th St. A YELLOW RAIL was heard 0.6 miles south of the intersection of CR 27 and CR 34 on the west side of the road; other species reported included AMERICAN BITTERN, SORA, SHORT-EARED OWL, and LE CONTE'S SPARROW.
From Glendalough State Park Jeffrey Wiersma reported that a HENSLOW'S SPARROW was found recently in the park by Carole Brysky, the camp host. He also mentioned that birding hikes are being offered through June 29 every Thursday and Saturday at the park starting at 7:00 A.M.
In Hubbard County, Patrick Beauzay discovered two WOOD THRUSHES near Lake George. The location was 1/2 mile east of the junction of the Halverson Forest Road and CR 4. Other species reported included VEERY, and sixteen species of warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, and PINE WARBLER.
Thanks to Jeffrey Wiersma, Patrick Beauzay, and Shelley Steva 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, June 10, 2006.
Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our internet list sevice:
MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu.
Learn more about MOU-net.
