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*May 02, 2002
*MNDL0205.002

-Birds mentioned

• Dowitcher
• Horned Grebe
• American Bittern
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Trumpeter Swan
• Snow Goose
• Common Merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Turkey Vulture
• Bald Eagle
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Virginia Rail
• Sora
• Killdeer
• American Avocet
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Willet
• Hudsonian Godwit
• Marbled Godwit
• Least Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Franklin's Gull
• Forster's Tern
• Snowy Owl
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Gray Jay
• Black-billed Magpie
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Winter Wren
• Sedge Wren
• Marsh Wren
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Northern Cardinal
• Dickcissel
• Lark Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Snow Bunting
• Common Redpoll
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 02, 2002
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)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, May 3, 2002, sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

With continued cold temperatures, migration continued at a slow pace this week.

Two SNOWY OWLS were reported, one bird on 4/26 along Pennington CR 3 just east of U.S. Hwy. 59, observed by Gary Tischer. The other on 4/30, 6 miles west of Warren along Marshall CR 1, observed by Mary Broten.

Celeste Colson reported from the Northwest Angle on 5/2. She still had COMMON REDPOLLS at her feeders and has been seeing SNOW BUNTINGS in the area. Other birds observed were TRUMPETER SWAN, TURKEY VULTURE, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, GRAY JAY, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and EVENING GROSBEAK.

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, NORTHERN CARDINAL, SONG SPARROW and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were reported at Old Mill State Park, Marshall County, by Mary Broten on 4/28.

At the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, Gary Tischer reported HORNED GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, SNOW GEESE (still present on 5/01), TRUMPETER SWAN, PEREGRINE FALCON, MARBLED GODWIT and an active BALD EAGLE nest visible west of the Parker Pool observation deck along CR 7.

In Becker County, at the Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Ben Fritchman observed BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES on 4/28. Shorebirds observed by Mary Wyatt, Bob Scherzer and others included KILLDEER, AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, DOWITCHER, and COMMON SNIPE. At the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, some species observed this week included MERLIN, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, FORSTER'S TERN, WINTER WREN, SEDGE WREN, MARSH WREN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, LARK SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and EVENING GROSBEAK. Other birds reported from Becker County included AMERICAN BITTERN, COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, PEREGRINE FALCON, (pink-breasted) FRANKLIN'S GULLS and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

In Otter Tail County, at Lake Alice in Fergus Falls, Ben Fritchman reported a SNOWY EGRET along with GREAT EGRETS and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS on 4/28. On 4/27 an unconfirmed report of an early DICKCISSEL was received. The bird was seen ground-feeding by the museum in Perham.

Thanks to the MANY people who shared sightings this week!

To report bird sightings, contact Betsy Beneke by e-mail, no later than Thursday each week, at: betsybeneke@lakesnet.net OR call the Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202.

The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, May 10, 2002.

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