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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *June 14, 2007 *MNDL0706.14-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 14, 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 Thursday, June 14, 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.
Birding has been quiet in the northwest this week , and weather has been unsettled. There has been much wind, quite a lot of rain, and this has no doubt kept birds quiet, and birders inside. Now is the time to view many species of wildflowers in the northwest among them the several species of wild orchids.
In Polk County, Dave Lambeth, while birding in the East Grand Forks Greenway along the Red River of the North, found a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW singing less than 100 yards south of the Point Bridge. There was a LE CONTE'S SPARROW about 200 yards south of that. Other species seen in the Greenway included RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 3 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and BOBOLINK. Shelley Steva and Zeann Linder found a TRUMPETER SWAN pair with two cygnets on a lake in the eastern part of the county between Bagley and Shevlin on June 12. Danielle Olson at Rydell NWR reported COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, COOPER'S HAWK, and SWAINSON'S HAWK among others at the refuge this week.
In Red Lake County, Bob Janssen found several SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at the Red Lake Falls wastewater treatment ponds on June 13. An AMERICAN BITTERN was heard later that evening pumping in a marsh south of Red Lake Falls.
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues to come to our feeder near Thief River Falls in Pennington County.
Gary Tischer at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County reported on June 14, that several WOOD DUCK broods are being seen, one with as many as 16 ducklings. At least two broods of BUFFLEHEADS were spotted this week. CANADA GOOSE broods are down this year, probably due to the eggs freezing in the cold spell we had in April. A pair of COMMON LOONS with two chicks is being seen in the north side of Parker Pool, the first nesting record for the refuge. Four pairs of BALD EAGLES with young have been found at the refuge. FRANKLIN'S GULLS have mostly abandoned the colony this year, and it is thought that this might be due to predation by mammals or other birds such as BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS. Other species seen this week included WESTERN GREBES, EARED GREBES, and an OSPREY.
Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at his Shorebird Park on June 9. Some GREAT HORNED OWL owlets fledged on June 10 on his property. Other species he reported included HORNED LARKS, and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER.
Thanks to Bob Janssen, Danielle Olson, Dave Lambeth, Gary Tischer, Larry Wilebski, Shelley Steva, and Zeann Linder 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 Thursday, June 21, 2007.
Jeanie Joppru Pennington County
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