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• Green Heron
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• Red-headed Woodpecker
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• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Least Flycatcher
• Say's Phoebe
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Marsh Wren
• Eastern Bluebird
• Swainson's Thrush
• Gray Catbird
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Black-and-white Warbler
• Tennessee Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Wilson's Warbler
• Henslow's Sparrow
• Scarlet Tanager
• Lazuli Bunting
• Indigo Bunting
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Orchard Oriole
• Baltimore Oriole
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 23, 2013
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@mncable.net)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 23, 2013 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. What an interesting week it has been , what with all the rain, more than anyone wanted, then the lovely sunny weather that followed. Tonight, it appears that the wind has finally dropped. Many areas experienced a warbler fallout early in the week during the bad weather, and now that the sun has returned, activities in yards and feeders has lessened. From Douglas County on May 19, Judith Clayton reported EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and on the 20th GRAY CATBIRD and INDIGO BUNTING. In Ottertail County, the Detroit Lakes Festival birders reported a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at Maplewood State Park. Gary and Marion Otnes saw a LAZULI BUNTING under their feeders . Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported SPOTTED SANDPIPER, many PINE SISKINS, and ORCHARD ORIOLE on May 18, a wave of warblers on May 19 and also RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, GREAT GRESTED FLYCATCHER, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, GRAY CATBIRD, and SWAINSON'S THRUSH. On the 20th, LEAST SANDPIPER, and RED-EYED VIREO showed up. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were seen on May 23. Ben Wieland found a WHIMBREL at the Walker wastewater treatment ponds on May 20. At Itasca SP , the festival participants found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER near the headquarters. The Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds identified 150 species of birds on Friday and Saturday including 20 warblers. A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was seen at Tamarac NWR. Linda Schumann reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, INDIGO BUNTING, SCARLET TANAGER, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Rainbow resort on May 19. Kay Hartness also saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Detroit Lakes on May 17. Marshall Howe reported AMERICAN BITTERN, MARSH WREN, BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at Hamden Slough on May 18. Paul Budde ,Doug Kieser and Mark Ochs found a SAY'S PHOEBE at Felton Prairie on the longspur road on May 22. A HORNED GREBE was seen on the lake there. Shelley Steva, Emily Hutchins, Vanessa Lane and I found a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW in the rain at the big cemetery in downtown Crookston, Polk County on May 20. Other birds that we saw included HUDSONIAN GODWITS and CASPIAN TERNS at several locations. An amazing fallout of warblers and thrushes were seen in Crookston, at the cemetery, and at UMC campus. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks reported OVENBIRD,SCARLET TANAGER, ORCHARD ORIOLE and PINE SISKIN on May 17. Bill Blackburn found a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER at the Audubon Center on May 17 along with many other species of warbler including COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. On May 18, Shelley Steva reported WILSON'S PHALAROPES, HUDSONIAN GODWITS, and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS at the impoundments near there, and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE near the intersection of CR 23 and CR 68. On May 19, Bill Blackburn found 18 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS flying over the impoundment on CR 23. Andy Forbes discovered a LONG-TAILED DUCK and an immature GREATER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds in Pennington County on May 20. Bill Blackburn observed a RUDDY TURNSTONE at the impoundment east of Radium in Marshall County on May 19. From Beltrami County, Pat Dewenter reported a warbler wave on May 19 that included BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL, YELLOW WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER. George-Ann Maxson reported a nesting GREEN HERON on the shores of Lake Beltrami and also a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. In Hallock in Kittson County, Paul Clay saw a SCARLET TANAGER on May 21. Thanks to all who sent in sightings this week. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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, May 30, 2013.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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