Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *July 19, 2007 *MNDL0707.19-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 19, 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, July 19, 2007 sponsored by the Detroit Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.
Last week's report was lost in a computer crash, but we are up and running again this week. It is the fullness of summer now in the northwest and the sounds of young birds are everywhere. Parent birds are frantic to protect the young until they are able to fend for themselves, and have learned the hard lessons, which in nature rarely give second chances.
One intriguing sighting reported last week by Kurt Gaskill, visiting Virginia birder, was that of a GREAT GRAY OWL seen at the end of the Webster Trail in the interior of Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County on July 5.
From Polk County, Danielle Olson sent in a list of birds seen at Rydell NWR this week. Included were AMERICAN BITTERN, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
Anita Vettleson has been seeing a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in their yard near Oklee in Red Lake County this week.
Shelley Steva reported a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in her yard in Pennington County on July 17 and a MERLIN has been seen on the east side of Thief River Falls. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been coming to our feeders this week, visiting the sunflowers and the oriole nectar feeder.
Melissa Galland sighted an adult BALD EAGLE in Clearwater County along MN 92 south of Clearbrook on July 16.
Larry Wilebski had a probable GREEN HERON at his Shorebird Park near Lancaster in Kittson County on July 18.
Thanks to Anita Vettleson, Danielle Olson, Kurt Gaskill, Larry Wilebski, Melissa Galland, 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, July 26, 2007.
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