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• Black-billed Cuckoo
• Great Gray Owl
• Common Nighthawk
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Alder Flycatcher
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Brown Creeper
• House Wren
• Sedge Wren
• Eastern Bluebird
• Veery
• Hermit Thrush
• Brown Thrasher
• Ovenbird
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• American Redstart
• Northern Parula
• Magnolia Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Lark Sparrow
• Scarlet Tanager
• Bobolink

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 2, 2016
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, June 2, 2016 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.

The summer resident species have arrived in the northwest, and all are busy attracting mates, building nests and settling down to raise the year's young. Surprisingly, the weather has also changed to summer conditions, complete with thunderstorms and rain which varies greatly from place to place. All is green now, and flowers are blooming everywhere.

In Polk County on May 30, Joanne Johnson reported BOBOLINKS, and LARK SPARROW in the meadow on the East Grand Forks side of the south bike bridge across the Red River.

Here in our yard near Thief River Falls, Pennington County, on May 26, I saw a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK. On May 29, a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was heard in the shrubbery, and on the 30th, a BROWN THRASHER greeted the day with his melodious song.

Connie Cox sent in a long list of species seen this week at Itasca State Park including the following warblers: GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, and OVENBIRD.

Mike Thiele in Warroad , Roseau County, reported HOUSE WREN, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, and EASTERN BLUEBIRD on May 30. ALDER FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and BLUE-HEADED VIREO were seen by Zeann Linder and me in the Roseau County area of the Beltrami Island State Forest. Gretchen Mehmel reported three GREAT GRAY OWLS this week. One has been seen 1-2 miles north of Faunce, and one was recently discovered south of Norris Camp along the airfield. A third was spotted along the Roosevelt Road about 2.5 miles north of the Faunce-Butterfield Road on May 30. Two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER nests have been found along the Thompson Forest Road in the fire-killed area.

Other species seen in the Beltrami Island State Forest included BROWN CREEPER, SEDGE WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, VEERY, many warblers, and SCARLET TANAGER on May 30.

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, June 9, 2016..

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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