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• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• American White Pelican
• Turkey Vulture
• Virginia Rail
• American Avocet
• Marbled Godwit
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Black Tern
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Black-billed Cuckoo
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Willow Flycatcher
• Say's Phoebe
• Eastern Kingbird
• Gray Jay
• Black-billed Magpie
• Brown Creeper
• Winter Wren
• Cedar Waxwing
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Northern Waterthrush
• Connecticut Warbler
• Wilson's Warbler
• Lark Sparrow
• Henslow's Sparrow
• Le Conte's Sparrow
• Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
• Bobolink
• Western Meadowlark
• Red Crossbill

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 18, 2009
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, June 18, 2009 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.

Here in the northwest , we think summer has finally arrived, but we don't celebrate too much lest it disappear! Birds are taking full advantage of the warmer weather to get down to the business of raising the next generation. Birders are busily searching out the most interesting sightings.

Nancy Jackson found a WILLOW FLYCATCHER in Otter Tail County. I'm sorry, but I don't have the exact location.

In Hubbard County, Marshall Howe has confirmed the nesting of a pair of LARK SPARROWS near Dorset. He also found a family of GRAY JAYS in the Lake Alice bog on June 10. On May 30, he saw four RED CROSSBILLS and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at that location. AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were also found in Hubbard County.

I have a secondhand report of a SAY'S PHOEBE at the gravel pit area at Felton Prairie in Clay County in the same general area where they were seen a couple of years ago. Directions: From Felton go south 2 miles on MN 9, then turn east on CR 108 for about three miles until you reach the T, turn left and loop into the gravel pit area. Beware of heavy machinery. Also at Felton Prairie, Nancy Jackson reported WESTERN MEADOWLARK, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and BOBOLINK.

Bob Dunlap found several WILLOW FLYCATCHERS at the Wamback WMA in Mahnomen County on June 13.

From Polk County, Nate Emery reported from Glacial Ridge NWR that on June 17 he found the nests of GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, and saw VIRGINIA RAIL, MARBLED GODWITS, WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 70 BLACK TERNS, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

On June 16, Al Walker reported a sighting of five TURKEY VULTURES near Red Lake Falls in Red Lake County. Bob Dunlap found a LARK SPARROW along CR 3 on June 12. On June 14, both BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO were found at Old Treaty Crossing at Huot near the bridge north of the village. Bob Dunlap found LARK SPARROWS along CR 3 on June 12.

Bob Dunlap also found a LARK SPARROW in Pennington County along CR 10 on June 12, but the most interesting sighting he had was of a WILLOW FLYCATCHER on the north side of the Pembina WMA along CR 61 west of CR 10. The latter bird was relocated on June 13 at the same place.

In Marshall County during shorebird surveys on June 12 AND 13, two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Parker Pool along with good numbers of MARBLED GODWITS, and a RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Ditch 83 within the restricted part of the refuge.

Beth Siverhus, in Roseau County on June 11, reported SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, MARBLED GODWIT, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, BROWN CREEPER, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and LE CONTE'S SPARROW.

In Lake of the Woods County on June 15, Beth reported MARBLED GODWIT, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, WINTER WREN, and a variety of warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and WILSON'S WARBLER. During a Big Day on June 2, Jenny Moorman, Cindy McDougall, and Martin Kehoe found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the Pitt Grade near the Rapid River Bridge.

Thanks to Al Walker , Beth Siverhus, Bob Dunlap, Dan Thimgan, Jenny Moorman, Marshall Howe, Nancy Jackson, and Nate Emery for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.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 25, 2009.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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