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*April 28, 2005
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-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Horned Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Least Bittern
• Cattle Egret
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Tundra Swan
• Trumpeter Swan
• Osprey
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Peregrine Falcon
• Gray Partridge
• Spruce Grouse
• Ruffed Grouse
• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Marbled Godwit
• Mourning Dove
• Great Gray Owl
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Belted Kingfisher
• Eastern Phoebe
• Winter Wren
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• Hermit Thrush
• Brown Thrasher
• Cedar Waxwing
• Northern Shrike
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Savannah Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Bobolink
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Purple Finch
• Pine Siskin
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 28, 2005
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)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, April 29, 2005 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

This has been a cold week, and it is having an effect on both the migrants and the birders. New reports of arriving migrants have dwindled, but somehow the leaves continue to progress, and if the recent frosts do not damage them , we will have leaves by the time the warblers show up.

In Todd County on April 24, Beau Shroyer observed a BROAD-WINGED HAWK near CR 2 and US 71 . Mary Kroll reported a calling NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL from a tamarac bog five miles NE of Long Prairie. Ben Fritchman reported two CATTLE EGRETS in Todd County on April 28. To get to their location, go south from Long Prairie on US 71 to CR 10, then east on CR 10 to CR 11, north on CR 11 for one mile and turn left on a dead end road. The egrets were with the cattle.

Susan Wiste reported CEDAR WAXWINGS and a lingering PINE SISKIN in Douglas County near Alexandria this week.

Bob O'Connor was birding at Felton Prairie in Clay County on April 24. He reported a variety of species including GRAY PARTRIDGE, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, COMMON LOON, OSPREY, MARBLED GODWIT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD.

Shelley Steva was the first to report a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in Pennington County on April 24.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on April 24, I found BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and SWAMP SPARROW among others. A CATTLE EGRET was observed on April 24 by Dave Myhrer 6.5 miles east of Agassiz NWR headquarters. Elsewhere in Marshall County, Dave saw a BOBOLINK northwest of Holt on April 24, and 2500 TUNDRA SWANS were seen six miles NE of Warren. The first LEAST BITTERN of the year at Agassiz was reported by Jay Cuicci on April 24.

Pat Rice saw two TRUMPETER SWANS along US 2 west of Bemidji in Beltrami County on April 21. On the 27, she added three HORNED GREBES, and RED-NECKED GREBES on Lake Bemidji, four OSPREY, two SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, and EASTERN BLUEBIRD.

In Clearwater County, Pat found thousands of TUNDRA SWANS, 19 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on a lek along CR 7, five MARBLED GODWITS, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and SONG SPARROW.

Melanie Torkelson reported that a PEREGRINE FALCON was observed at the main dike south of Pool 2 at the Roseau River WMA in Roseau County on the 21st.

Gretchen Mehmel , reporting from Lake of the Woods County on April 23, mentioned SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, MOURNING DOVE, and PURPLE FINCH. Jenny Moorman reported a WINTER WREN a quarter mile from Norris Camp, and GREAT GRAY OWL a few miles away. Jane Sindelir saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE near the Rainy River. Gretchen Mehmel reported two SPRUCE GROUSE - one a half mile east of Norris Camp, the other 2.5 miles east of Norris Camp. Other species reported from that county included RUFFED GROUSE, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and EVENING GROSBEAK.

Thanks to Susan Wiste, Pat Rice, Melanie Torkelson, Gretchen Mehmel, Shelley Steva, Bob O'Connor, Mary Kroll, Beau Shroyer, Ben Fritchman, Gary Tischer, and Jenny Moorman 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, May 6, 2006.

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