Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *August 31, 2006 *MNDL0608.31-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 31, 2006
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, September 1, 2006 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.
With the cool nights lately, there is no doubt that summer is winding down. Days in the northwest have a fall feel, although it has been pleasantly warm. It remains dry, encouraging the trees to start turning into fall colors. Migration is progressing, warblers are being reported from points further south already, and shorebird migration has apparently peaked, with numbers dropping.
SANDHILL CRANES are gathering in the northwest. Katie Haws reported hundreds of them east of the Roseau River WMA in Roseau County on August 23, and on August 26, several hundred were also present in various areas of Agassiz NWR. Best place to view them in numbers is in and around the northwest corner of the refuge and along the northern boundary.
From Beltrami County, Kelly Larson reported a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH outside her bedroom window on August 27. Pat DeWenter in Bemidji reported that on August 30, she saw RED-EYED VIREO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH in their mountain ash trees feeding on berries. Even a PILEATED WOODPECKER was there eating the fruit. The waterfall was visited by RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on August 25, over 1000 shorebirds of 14 species were tallied. There was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER in the northwest corner of the refuge on August 26. The raptors have discovered the shorebird banquet for we saw both MERLINS and a PEREGRINE FALCON there on August 26. Other species found that day included many GREAT EGRETS, SORA, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, TREE SWALLOW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
Thanks to Katie Haws, Pat DeWenter, and Kelly Larson 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, September 8, 2006.
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