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-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Red-necked Grebe
• Western Grebe
• Clark's Grebe
• Least Bittern
• Green Heron
• Canada Goose
• American Black Duck
• Mallard
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Gray Partridge
• Virginia Rail
• Sora
• Common Moorhen
• American Coot
• Semipalmated Plover
• American Avocet
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Marbled Godwit
• Least Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Dunlin
• Franklin's Gull
• Forster's Tern
• Black Tern
• Short-eared Owl
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Willow Flycatcher
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Gray Jay
• Black-billed Magpie
• Sedge Wren
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Veery
• Hermit Thrush
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Scarlet Tanager
• Northern Cardinal
• Indigo Bunting
• Grasshopper Sparrow
• Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
• Yellow-headed Blackbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 5, 2003
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)
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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, June 6, 2003 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

It looks as if the birds this year read the calendar, and saw the end of the spring season. This week it is summer in the northwest- most if not all the migrating warblers have moved to their breeding grounds, and the many shorebirds that were in the area have moved out. Even last weekend shorebirds counts at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge and at Hamden Slough were way down from the week before, indicating a large movement of birds on the south winds we had. Duane and Marilyn Olson in Becker County had an interesting report of COMMON LOONS and a CANADA GOOSE pair successfully raising families on the same muskrat mound. Apparently, some disputes were seen but at the end of the day, both pairs raised their broods to the point where the nest was no longer an issue.

That said, some interesting birds were found this week. In looking for the ibis reported last week at Hamden Slough, Bob O'Connor found instead a COMMON MOORHEN. As of Monday, the bird was still there. To get there from Hamden Slough Headquarters: go east from the headquarters building past the lake and turn left (north) at the next corner. Follow the road over the hill about 0.7 mile where you will see a small lake on the left and a pond on the right. The bird was in the pond on the right side of the road. That is the same area where the ibis seen last fall was located for those of you who went there then. The latest ibis was never refound.

In Kittson County on June 2nd, Peder Svingen located a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at Lake Bronson State Park on the west side of the park where a trail follows a stream below the dam.

A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was observed by Peder Svingen in Roseau County also on June 2nd.

>From Beltrami County, Pat Rice reported some shorebirds at Kolkin's Pond at the intersection of CR 404 and 407; she saw LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and DUNLIN. Also in Beltrami County, Carol Schumacher reported SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and GRAY JAY. At Itasca State Park, she found LEAST BITTERN, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, and SCARLET TANAGERS.

In Marshall County at Agassiz NWR a CLARK'S GREBE was found with WESTERN GREBES on Headquarters Pool. Nests of WESTERN GREBES, RED-NECKED GREBES, FRANKLIN'S GULLS, FORSTER'S TERNS, and BLACK TERNS are being found. The first broods of MALLARDS and AMERICAN COOTS are being seen on the refuge. VIRGINIA RAILS and SORAS are common there. An AMERICAN AVOCET is also nesting there this year. A SHORT-EARED OWL and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER were observed on the Maakstad hiking trail on June 3rd. The marshes are alive with the calls of YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS and many other species too numerous to mention.=20

Pat Rice birded in Cass County this week, and reported GREEN HERON, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, SCARLET TANAGER, INDIGO BUNTING, and 9 species of warblers on May 30th along the Wood Tick Trail.

Shelley Steva found a NORTHERN CARDINAL at Oak Knolls Golf Course in Red Lake Falls, Red Lake County, on May 29th.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted by Shelley in Polk County on May 30th.

Paul Spreitzer and Sally Heuer were in Clay County on May 31st where they found MARBLED GODWIT, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR, and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at Felton Prairie, a RED-NECKED GREBE along CR 3, and BLACK TERNS. Rick Gjervold spotted an AMERICAN BLACK DUCK at the Buffalo River crossing on CR 87; he saw two GRAY PARTRIDGE fly across the same county road further east.

Becker County birds reported by Paul Spreitzer and Sally Heuer included YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, SEDGE WREN, VEERY, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. Shar Legenhausen reports that a baby COMMON LOON was born the weekend of June 1st in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

Thanks to Shelley Steva, Peder Svingen, Bob O'Connor, Rick Gjervold, Pat Rice, Carol Schumacher, Shar Legenhausen, Kari Odefey, Paul Spreitzer, and Sally Heuer for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, June 13, 2003.

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