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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *April 28, 2000 *MNDL0004.28 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 28, 2000
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Betsy Beneke (Betsy_Beneke@fws.gov)
Transcriber: Betsy Beneke (Betsy_Beneke@fws.gov)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, April 28, 2000 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. It is also available by calling 1-800-433-1888 or (218) 847-5743.
Sightings from NW Minnesota are welcomed from everyone and requested no later than Thursday morning each week. Contact:
Betsy Beneke betsybeneke@lakesnet.net (218) 847-6681 1-800-542-3992 (Chamber)
BIRDING REPORT:
Dark-eyed juncos and common redpolls have been making their exit over the past week, but are being replaced by pine siskins and American goldfinches. White-throated, white-crowned and fox sparrows are becoming more common.
The first CLAY-COLORED SPARROW of the season was reported by Mary Wyatt near Detroit Lakes on the 22nd. She also has YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS eating grape jelly daily.
From Lake Bronson State Park on the 23rd, Gladwin Lynne reported COMMON LOON, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, RING-BILLED GULLS, NORTHERN SHRIKE, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, EASTERN PHOEBES, FOX SPARROWS, and SONG SPARROWS.
At Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, birds reported by Gary Tischer and Liis Veelma this week were RED-NECKED GREBE, FRANKLIN'S GULL, FORSTER'S TERN, GREAT EGRET, PEREGRINE FALCON, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN PHOEBE, HOUSE WREN, FOX SPARROW, & YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. There are four active BALD EAGLE nests on the refuge this year and a GREAT HORNED OWL nest can be seen near the headquarters. SHORT-EARED OWLS can be observed in the evenings on private land west of the refuge, and a refuge neighbor has a LONG-EARED OWL nesting on his property.
Bob & Jennie Scherzer reported four AMERICAN AVOCETS at the Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge this week. Other birds seen there were 13 SPECIES OF WATERFOWL, MARBLED GODWIT, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
At the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge on the 27th, a SWAINSON'S HAWK was found, which is rare for the area. Other birds reported this week were BONAPARTE'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, HERRING GULLS, FORSTER'S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, WILD TURKEY, PINE WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and EVENING GROSBEAK.
Sally Hausken reported the first HOUSE WREN on the 27th in Detroit Lakes.
Jeannie Joppru and Shelley Steva reported many birds from their trip to see the long-billed curlew in Wilkin Co. on the 21st. Some interesting finds were over 1000 TUNDRA SWANS and 250 SANDHILL CRANES in Norman Co., LAPLAND LONGSPURS in Clay Co., and GREATER SCAUP, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, SNOW BUNTING and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW in Wilkin Co.
And lastly, regarding the many sick common redpolls that have been reported over the last month, two separate necropsy reports revealed Salmonella. So, please clean up those feeding areas and feeders. Scrub them well, rinse with a 10% solution of hilex water and allow to dry completely, preferably in the sun, before refilling with seed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted sightings this week.
The next update of this report will be on Thursday, May 4th.
