Detroit Lakes RBA

Detroit Lakes RBA phone number: 1-800-433-1888

Previous reports: June 9 16 23 30 , July 7 14 21 28 .
Other Hotlines: Minnesota Statewide | Minnesota Duluth/North Shore 

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 11, 2000
*MNDL0008.11

-Birds mentioned
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 11, 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, August 11th 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

Small flocks of warblers in early migration have been observed over the past week, moving through the Detroit Lakes and Tamarac NWR areas. Some species identified include: TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART.

On August 6th, two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES were seen sitting on a wire along Clay CR 24, ½ mile east of its junction with State Hwy. 32.

The EURASIAN TREE SPARROW is still present at a lake cabin northeast of the town of Rollag in Clay County, reported on August 11th by Forest & Kirsten Strnad and Gordon & Artis Martinson. For directions to see this bird, please call the state-wide hotline at 763-780-8890.

At the Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County, shorebirds activity remains much the same as reported last week. Species found there on August 11th included:

Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Common Snipe Wilson's Phalarope

Thanks to everyone who shared sightings. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, August 18th.



Return to Home Page