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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *June 9, 2000 *MNDL0006.09 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 9, 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, June 9nd, 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 (218) 847-2641 betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 1-800-542-3992 (Chamber)
BIRDING REPORT:
On June 2nd, Paul Prior reported seeing a third summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Crookston Sewage Lagoons in Polk County. No more information has been received on this bird.
At the new Buffalo River Bird Monitoring Station located at the Moorhead Regional Science Center in Clay County, banding has begun. Joe Gartner reports that 30 different species were banded on May 31st. Some of these included MOURNING WARBLERS, MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, AMERICAN KESTREL & BELTED KINGFISHER.
At the Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Becker County, the following shorebirds were seen by Jim Mattsson and Steve Lewis on June 2nd: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, & DUNLIN.
At Lake Bronson State Park in Kittson County, staff reports BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS are present as the result of the forest tent caterpillar outbreak that is occurring in northern Minnesota this year. Other birds reported from the park include: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, FORSTER'S TERN, SHORT-EARED OWL, & the SANDHILL CRANE chicks have hatched!
Roland Jordahl was photographing birds this week at Lake Alice in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, and reports GREEN HERON, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, & GREAT EGRETS. Also wood ducks and mallards with young.
TRUMPETER SWAN cygnets have been appearing over the past couple of weeks. Kay Hartness observed a pair with four young on Albertson Lake in Frazee, Becker County. There is also a pair with a minimum of four young on Rat Farm Lake southeast of Ogema in Becker County.
On a June 3rd trip to the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, some birds seen by Bob & Pat DeWenter included DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, GREEN HERONS, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, & ALDER FLYCATCHER.
Beth Siverhus reported a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Warroad on June 4th, always a rare treat for that area of Minnesota.
And for those of you who are interested in the outcome of the CAROLINA WREN nest that was built and four eggs laid in Otter Tail County, Eddy Edwards reports that the bird abandoned the nest soon after and she hasn't been seen in the area recently.
Thank you to everyone who reported birds this week.
The next update of this report will be on Friday, June 16th.
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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, June 16th 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 (218) 847-2641 betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 1-800-542-3992 (Chamber)
BIRDING REPORT:
On the 12th, Colin Gjervold found a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW on the Flickertail WPA in Clay County. From the town of Ulen, go four miles west on Co. Rd. 34, then one mile south on a gravel road. At this point you're at the southeast corner of the WPA, and should walk about 50-100 yards in. There will be a wetland on your right.
I've received reports of DICKCISSELS in Clay and Otter Tail Counties. The easiest location to check would be at Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail Co., as reported by Dan & Sandy Thimgan. Look at the restored prairie just across County Road 16 from the park entrance sign.
In Clay Co., go four miles west of Hawley on State Hwy. 10, then 1.5 miles south on Co. Rd. 23. Turn west on the 1st gravel road and go .5 mile. A bird was seen near the shelterbelt on the north side of the road. This bird was reported by Colin Gjervold.
Steve Millard reports that there were four CATTLE EGRETS and a SNOWY EGRET at Lake Alice in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co. on the 14th. Teresa Jaskiewicz also reports four CATTLE EGRETS in the butterfly garden at the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center on Hwy. 210 in Fergus Falls.
At Old Mill State Park in Kittson Co., Mary Broten reports LONG-EARED OWLS in the pine plantation near the office.
Holly Peirson and Jack and Nancy Moore visited the Rothsay Prairie in Wilkin Co. on June 8-9. Some of the birds reported were a number of PRAIRIE CHICKENS, and SHORT-EARED OWLS, as well as MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPER, numerous BOBOLINKS, CLAY-COLORED AND GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. They also found a WILLOW FLYCATCHER at the junction of Co. Rds. 11 and 15.
Lee Aide birded the Bluestem Prairie SNA in Clay Co. on June 9th and found SHORT-EARED OWL, many grassland sparrows and an unidentified falcon.
Jeannie Joppru has been doing point counts at the Agassiz NWR in Marshall Co. She reports finding NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS & ORCHARD ORIOLE.
Lee Aide also visited the Agassiz NWR in Marshall Co. on June 10th. Some species reported there included FORSTER'S & BLACK TERNS, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, FRANKLIN'S GULLS, AMERICAN BITTERN, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, RED-NECKED GREBE, and the largest colony of CLIFF SWALLOWS he'd ever seen!
Jerry Rodriguez reported a WESTERN GREBE on Cotton Lake in Becker Co. on June 11th. I also received a late report of a pair of WESTERN GREBES that were seen by Larry Hanson on June 4th on Bad Medicine Lake in Becker County. The pair was observed doing a courtship display, which is odd because there really is no grebe-type habitat on the entire lake!
NOTE: I'd like to encourage birders who visit some of our state or federal areas that have a headquarters or office on-site, to share your bird lists and location maps for the more interesting species with them. Then they in turn can share information with folks who come after you.
Thank you to everyone who reported birds this week! The next update of this report will be on Friday, June 23rd.
