Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *May 3, 2007 *MNDL0705.03-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 3, 2007
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, May 4, 2007 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.
Weather is warming up in the northwest, the sun is shining, and we are looking for migrants. Right now, however, we are in that pause between the earliest wave and the big push of migration. We are reading longingly of the warblers being found further south. Thrushes and sparrows are the most common first of the year birds being reported.
Dan and Sandy Thimgan found 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES in Wilkin County on May 3.
Jeff and Amy Drake in Otter Tail County reported YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BARN SWALLOW, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on April 27. Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 2, and on the 3rd they saw WESTERN GREBE and CLIFF SWALLOW.
Pat Beauzay and the Fargo-Moorhead Audubon group were birding near Bluestem Prairie in Clay County on April 28 where they found a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD. This bird has not been relocated since then so is presumed to have moved on. Other species seen included UPLAND SANDPIPER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, VESPER SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR. A ROSS' GOOSE was seen by Ben Fritchman on the berm of the Moorhead wastewater treatment ponds on April 27. Mel and Elaine Bennefeld saw an OSPREY at Buffalo River State Park, and a GOLDEN EAGLE at the Ponderosa Golf Club on May 1.
On April 28, Pat Rice saw LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BONAPARTE'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, FORSTER'S TERN, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in Polk County, most at the Erskine wastewater treatment ponds. Bruce Flaig in the southern part of Polk County reported the first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD of the season and also EASTERN BLUEBIRD.
Three GRAY JAYS were seen by Bob Janssen and Dave Cahlander in Red Lake County at the intersection of CR 13 and CR 18 on April 25. It was thought that these birds would have left the area by now. Shelley Steva and I found CANADA GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, TUNDRA SWAN, almost all the common duck species, EARED GREBE, and AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at the rice paddies in the far northeast section of the county on April 28. In addition, MARBLED GODWIT, WILSON'S SNIPE, BONAPARTE'S GULL, COMMON RAVEN, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD were seen in the county. A BROWN THRASHER was found at the Oklee City Park. A BALD EAGLE on a nest was also found.
Pat Rice reported WILSON'S PHALAROPE at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds on April 28. Tom Nelson and Jim Hughes found SNOW GOOSE and EARED GREBE there on April 30. Several PINE SISKINS appeared in our yard on April 27 for the first time since late last fall .
Marshall County sightings reported by Tom Nelson and Jim Hughes included AMERICAN BITTERN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. A group of Itasca Community College students visited Agassiz NWR on the weekend. They had good success and reported TRUMPETER SWAN, all the common ducks, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-NECKED GREBE, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD , and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD among others.
Kelly Larson reported CHIMNEY SWIFTS in Bemidji, Beltrami County on April 26. On May 2, Pat Rice reported RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBER, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. On April 30 she saw WOOD DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, and COMMON GOLDENEYE, and found an OSPREY on the nest.
Lyle and Sally Lauber at Dixon Lake in western Itasca County saw the first of the season RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD on May 3.
In Clearwater County, Kelly Larson reported COMMON LOON, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, BARRED OWL, NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER, and HERMIT THRUSH on April 26.
Tom Nelson and Jim Hughes were in Roseau County also where they found RUFFED GROUSE, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, and HERMIT THRUSH on April 30.
Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Mel and Elaine Bennefeld, Bruce Flaig, Maggie Anderson, Bob Janssen, Jeff and Amy Drake, Kelly Larson, Lyle and Sally Lauber, Pat Rice, Pat Beauzay, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Tom Nelson and Jim Hughes 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 11, 2007.
Jeanie Joppru Pennington County
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