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*June 16, 2002
*MNDL0206.16

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Trumpeter Swan
• Mallard
• Blue-winged Teal
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Swainson's Hawk
• Ruffed Grouse
• Black-bellied Plover
• American Avocet
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Caspian Tern
• Black-billed Cuckoo
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Cape May Warbler
• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Mourning Warbler
• Scarlet Tanager
• Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 16, 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, June 14, 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.

On June 12th, John Richardson found two SWAINSON'S HAWKS at the Tympanuchus Prairie along Polk CR 45. (Site #18 on the Pine to Prairie Birding Trail) He also found three singing NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at the SE corner of the junction of Polk CR 44 and U.S. Hwy. 2.

Bob Scherzer reported a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WILSON'S PHALAROPES and three AMERICAN AVOCETS at the Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County on the 7th. A pair of avocets are nesting at Hamden, but entry to this area is restricted to minimize disturbance. If the nesting attempt is successful, that information will be passed along.

At the Tamarac NWR in Becker County, birds reported this week included COMMON LOONS with chicks, TRUMPETER SWANS with cygnets, MALLARD and BLUE-WINGED TEAL broods, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, RUFFED GROUSE with chicks, CASPIAN TERN, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER and PINE SISKIN.

Because of the flooding in parts of northwestern Minnesota, especially in areas around Roseau, Warroad, the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, etc., birders are advised to call ahead to check on conditions. Toll free numbers for the Chamber of Commerce offices are: Thief River Falls: 1-800-827-1629; Roseau: 1-800-815-1824; Warroad: 1-800-328-4455. Agassiz NWR: 1-218-449-4115. Numbers for other birding sites are listed in the Pine to Prairie Birding Trail Guide...I'm sure you ALL have a copy...

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, June 21, 2002.

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