Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *August 16, 2007 *MNDL0708.16-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 16, 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, August 16, 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.
Fall weather is creeping up on us now - one day it is very hot, the next it feels like mid-September, and the birds are showing that they feel it too. Days are getting shorter, and large flocks of swallows, and family groups of many species are gathering to prepare for the journey south. Shorebirds are already well on their way south, with the juveniles starting to show up now.
This week, Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County reported three OSPREY chicks from the nesting nearby, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS with young, juvenile PILEATED WOODPECKERS, VEERY, CEDAR WAXWING, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Mark Otnes birded in Tamarac NWR in Becker County on August 12 where he found a CAPE MAY WARBLER at the head of the River Road Trail. At Hamden Slough NWR, there were shorebirds northeast of the headquarters. Also there were GREAT EGRETS, GREAT BLUE HERON, and a GREEN HERON.
A family of young RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS this week showed up at our feeders accompanied by their parents who came to introduce them to "fast food".
The weekly shorebird survey at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on August 11 tallied 3,084 individuals of 18 species including 7 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, over 1000 each of LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 37 STILT SANDPIPERS, most at Tamarac Pool in the northwest corner of the refuge. SANDHILL CRANES are gathering in the fields along the western edge of the refuge.
Gretchen Mehmel at Norris Camp in Lake of the Woods County reported that several species of woodpeckers including BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER have been visiting a dying white pine about two miles east of Norris Camp.
Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Mark Otnes, and Gretchen Mehmel 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, August 23, 2007
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