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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *July 21, 2000 *MNDL0007.21 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 21, 2000
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Transcriber: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 21st sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling 1-800-433-1888 or (218) 847-5743.
Everyone is encouraged to share interesting sightings from Northwestern Minnesota. Please report them by Thursday noon to: Betsy Beneke (218) 847-2641 betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 1-800-542-3992
On a Clay County trip July 19th Dedrick Benz found both LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES and CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS at the Felton Prairie.
At the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in Becker County, EVENING GROSBEAKS have been seen at the visitor center feeders several times during the past week. A pair of CASPIAN TERNS were observed there at Jim's Marsh on the 17th and 18th. On the 21st, twenty-three COMMON LOONS were observed on North and South Tamarac Lakes.
>From the Buffalo River Bird Monitoring Station in Clay Co. on July 15th, birds reported by Joe Gartner and Dennis Wiesenborn included FIELD SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, INDIGO BUNTING, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, OVENBIRD, NASHVILLE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and PURPLE MARTIN. Thirteen species were also banded that day.
Rick Julian, Manager at the Rydell National Wildlife Refuge in Polk Co., provided information on a nest predation project being conducted there. Savannah Sparrow nests were video taped and the following "predators" were shown raiding nests: short-tailed weasel, long-tailed weasel, "bambie", 13-lined ground squirrel, fox, skunk and garter snake. One weasel was observed returning to the nest three times to finish hauling away the loot.
Thank you to everyone who providing sightings this week. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, July 28th.
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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, July 28th sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling 1-800-433-1888 or (218) 847-5743.
Everyone is encouraged to share interesting sightings from Northwestern Minnesota. Please report them by Thursday noon to: Betsy Beneke (218) 847-2641 betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 1-800-542-3992
It seems the summer heat and lack of bird activity hasn't inspired much birding in northwestern Minnesota this past week, as no reports were received other than those by yours truly. Both of the following reports come from Becker County.
At the Hamden Slough NWR northeast of the town of Audubon, Homstead Lake near the refuge headquarters is once again in drawdown. A "quick" survey of shorebirds done there during the mid afternoon of the 27th showed nine species:
Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Stilt Sandpiper
Flocks of cliff, barn, tree and bank swallows were also present at Hamden Slough.
That pair of Caspian Terns is still being seen at the Tamarac NWR as of the 27th. Evening Grosbeaks are also being seen daily at the visitor center feeders; usually only in the early morning.
The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, August 4th.
