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• Long-tailed Duck
• Common Goldeneye
• Snowy Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Sandhill Crane
• Marbled Godwit
• Chimney Swift
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Least Flycatcher
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Sedge Wren
• Gray Catbird
• Common Yellowthroat
• Hooded Warbler
• Wilson's Warbler
• Scarlet Tanager
• Henslow's Sparrow
• Le Conte's Sparrow
• Northern Cardinal
• Indigo Bunting
• Bobolink
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Baltimore Oriole

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 12, 2008
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 12, 2008 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.

This has been a rough week for birds and birders alike with all the wind, rain, and storms. That said, some of the missing species that we noted last week have arrived, including the flycatchers, vireos, and wrens. Most of the migrant warblers have also moved on, getting on with the business of nesting further north or east.

Beth Siverhus reported a WILSON'S WARBLER in Warroad, Roseau County on June 9.

Doug Johnson, reported species seen on June 8 at Lake Bemidji State Park, Beltrami County. The most interesting was a lone YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER heard calling. Also present were EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and SCARLET TANAGER. He also saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Diamond Point Park at a nest hole.

Gary Tischer reported that a LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen June 1 on Farmes Pool, Agassiz NWR, Marshall County. Diana Morkassel near Warren reported a GRAY CATBIRD, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE among other species in her yard on June 5.

Here in Pennington County, John Braastad, while kayaking, saw two male HOODED WARBLERS along the Red Lake River a few miles northeast of Thief River Falls on June 8. Unfortunately, the area is inaccessible except through private property. Also in the county on the weekend, I saw SANDHILL CRANES, MARBLED GODWITS, CHIMNEY SWIFT, SEDGE WREN, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, BOBOLINK, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, all in Smiley Township.

Elizabeth Almlie reported from Rydell NWR in Polk County that a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER had been sighted this week.

Matt Mecklenburg found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER north of Downer on 70th Ave S about three-quarters of a mile east of MN 9 in Clay County on June 12.

From Becker County, Mary Ault reported a brood of 10 COMMON GOLDENEYE chicks and a pair of NORTHERN CARDINALS southwest of Detroit Lakes on June 10. Scott Kahan mentioned SANDHILL CRANES, MARBLED GODWIT, and the ever present COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in and around Hamden NWR. Audrey Savig observed a GRAY CATBIRD at Audubon. Betty Hochhalter reported an INDIGO BUNTING at their feeder on June 5.

At Rothsay in Wilkin County, Parker Backstrom found a HENSLOW'S SPARROW which was relocated on June 9 by the VENT tour group. LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were also seen in the area. From the south side of the town of Rothsay, turn W on Wilkin CR 26, go 4 miles and turn N on 300th Ave, go 2 miles and turn W on 190 St., go 0.1 mile to the first 2-track road going north, and listen along the road for the sparrow.

Ben Fritchman reported a SNOWY EGRET just north of Olson's Bay Rd in Douglas County on the east side of the Grant /Douglas County line on June 8.

In Grant County, Ben found 8 CATTLE EGRETS on Ashby Estates Rd with the cattle near the lake.

Thanks to Audrey Savig, Ben Fritchman, Beth Siverhus, Betty Hochhalter, Diana Morkassel, Doug Johnson, Elizabeth Almlie, Gary Tischer, John Braastad, Mary Ault, Matt Mecklenburg, Kim Eckert, and Scott Kahan 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, June 19, 2008.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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