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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *April 26, 2007 *MNDL0704.26-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 26, 2007
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 27, 2007 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 bursting out all over! Even lawns are greening up in the warm spring sunshine. Little precipitation has fallen so conditions are pleasant for birding with good road conditions and dry paths to walk. The first wave of migrants are flooding in. Soon we will experience the pause when , for a couple of weeks, few more species will arrive. Folks in the south are already seeing some warblers and shorebirds which won't arrive in the northwest for another three weeks or so.
Beth Siverhus reported many species of ducks on Lake of the Woods at Warroad this week including NORTHERN PINTAIL, CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, as well as two TRUMPETER SWANS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. MERLINS have returned to Warroad.
Pat Rice reported 15 species of ducks on the Clearwater County rice paddies on April 25. Also seen in that county were SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, EARED GREBES, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, MARBLED GODWIT, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, FRANKLIN'S GULLS, a GRAY JAY, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS among others.
In Beltrami County, Pat reported WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on April 25.
From Agassiz NWR in Marshall County this week, Gary Tischer reported the following species: WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on April 19, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET on April 21, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on April 22, HORNED GREBES on Agassiz Pool and Dahl Pool on April 23, 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, and MARBLED GODWITS on April 23, TURKEY VULTURE on April 24, and PEREGRINE FALCONS on April 25.
In Pennington County on April 21, there were TRUMPETER SWANS, TUNDRA SWANS, and many species of ducks on the rice paddies along the Clearwater River in the eastern part of the county. GREATER YELLOWLEGS and MARBLED GODWIT were also seen. The first WHITE-THROATED SPARROW appeared on April 25 at our feeder near Thief River Falls, and to my surprise, also that day the two GRAY JAYS that have been coming occasionally all winter showed up again in the yard. A large push of migrating NORTHERN FLICKERS was seen in the area on Sunday.
Both Shelley Steva and Steve Dahl saw a GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN along CR 1 east of Plummer in Red Lake County on April 24. One rice paddie in the far northeastern part of the county held a good variety of swans, and ducks. On April 21, The woods behind the Oak Grove cemetery near Red Lake Falls was alive with YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
Nate Emery reported NORTHERN SHRIKE, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and VESPER SPARROW in Polk County on April 20. On the 23rd he saw AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN COOT, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD at Glacial Ridge NWR. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS are still dancing on the leks there. Marilyn Erickson reported WOOD DUCK at Erskine, and a BALD EAGLE nesting in the woods near there. The rice paddies along the Clearwater River in the eastern part of the county held a few TRUMPETER SWANS, and large numbers of TUNDRA SWANS, and nearly all the common species of ducks on April 21. HORNED GREBE was also present. LESSER YELLOWLEGS and MARBLED GODWIT represented the shorebirds.
In Becker County, Becky Oberlander and Connie Norheim visited Hamden Slough NWR on April 20 where they found many species of ducks, GREAT EGRET, GREAT BLUE HERON, FRANKLIN'S GULL, TREE SWALLOW, EASTERN PHOEBE, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD among others. At Tamarac NWR on April 23, they found RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and CHIPPING SPARROW. Maureen Gibbon observed a GREAT EGRET in eastern Becker County.
In Clay County, Becky Oberlander and Connie Norheim found FOX SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the MSUM Science Center on April 20. On April 24, a SWAMP SPARROW was seen east of Downer, and at the Sabin wastewater treatment ponds there were HOODED MERGANSER, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and HORNED GREBE.
Dan and Sandy Thimgan saw 12 HORNED GREBES on Battle Lake in Otter Tail County on April 23. Other species mentioned included COOPER'S HAWK, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS , FIELD SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. On April 24, they saw CHIMNEY SWIFT, and on the 26th, a VIRGINIA RAIL. Maureen Gibbon saw HORNED GREBES also on Star Lake, along with PIED-BILLED GREBE, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Cheri Steinmuller reported WILD TURKEY, GREAT BLUE HERON, BELTED KINGFISHER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and EASTERN BLUEBIRD on April 20.
Thanks to Becky Oberlander, Cheri Steinmuller, Connie Norheim, Gary Tischer, Marilyn Erickson, Maureen Gibbon, Nate Emery, Pat Rice, Steve Dahl, Shelley Steva, and Dan and Sandy Thimgan 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, May 4, 2007.
Jeanie Joppru Pennington County
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