-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 22, 2011
*MNDL1109.22

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 22, 2011
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 22, 2011 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 week has seen the first general frost, and a few frosty mornings after that, but now it promises to warm up for a few days. We can still seen the signs that warm weather is nearly over, as leaves are really starting to show some yellows, and in a few cases in the northwest some red. Migrants are streaming through as we see and hear many chips and chirps in our yards.

Dave Hochhalter saw a GREEN HERON at Dunton Locks in Becker County this week.

Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported three RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeder on September 17, and had the last sighting on September 20. New this week at East Grand Forks were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted on the East Grand Forks water tower on September 21. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and many COMMON GRACKLES were also seen this week.

Here in Pennington County, a TURKEY VULTURE was circling over the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls on September 19.

Cliff Steinhauer reported a TURKEY VULTURE in Marshall County near Agassiz NWR this week. Maggie Anderson at Agassiz NWR reported that seven TRUMPETER SWAN cygnets have been seen on Thief Bay Pool lately so they must have had a good year.

Kelly Larson in Clearwater County near Bagley saw the first DARK-EYED JUNCO and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS of the fall season on September 18.

Thanks to Cliff Steinhauer, Dave Hochhalter, Kelly Larson, Maggie Anderson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, September 29, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1316740784====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:41:52 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/23/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1316832112====" --====1316832112==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 23, 2011 *MNDU1109.23 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Western Grebe Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Eurasian Collared-Dove Bohemian Waxwing -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 23, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 23rd, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. As many as four PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen and others saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 17th between 22nd and 31st Street on Park Point. Peder also saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and a WESTERN GREBE on the 17th at the first parking lot on Wisconsin Point, as well as a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 16th. Shawn Conrad reports that at least two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES are still present in Itasca County along Clover Lane in Grand Rapids. Shawn also saw eight ROSS'S GEESE and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 16th at the Cohasset power plant in Itasca County. Three ROSS’S GEESE flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 16th, as well as a very early BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Two SWAINSON’S HAWKS were seen at Hawk Ridge on the 21st and another was seen on the 22nd. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 29th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1316832112==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 23, 2011
*MNDU1109.23

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 23, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 23rd, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

As many as four PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen and others saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 17th between 22nd and 31st Street on Park Point. Peder also saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and a WESTERN GREBE on the 17th at the first parking lot on Wisconsin Point, as well as a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 16th.

Shawn Conrad reports that at least two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES are still present in Itasca County along Clover Lane in Grand Rapids. Shawn also saw eight ROSS'S GEESE and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 16th at the Cohasset power plant in Itasca County. Three ROSS’S GEESE flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 16th, as well as a very early BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Two SWAINSON’S HAWKS were seen at Hawk Ridge on the 21st and another was seen on the 22nd.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 29th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1316832112====-- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:25:17 -0500 Reply-To: Peder Svingen Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Peder Svingen Subject: Pacific Loon, Sabine's Gulls, Great Black-backed Gull, Parasitic Jaegers at Duluth MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099 --20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 At 5:30 PM this afternoon (Saturday, 24 September) I spotted four juvenile Sabine's Gulls from the Beach House on Park Point, Duluth. Shortly thereafter all four birds were refound by Barb and Denny Martin from the 22nd Street public access on Park Point. The flock of four was last seen flying towards Wisconsin Point. A juvenile Pacific Loon seen from the 12th Street public access on Park Point this afternoon was refound late in the afternoon off 22nd Street. This was probably the same juvenile found late yesterday by Karl Bardon at the Superior Entry. Interestingly, the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology "Jaegerfest" field trip to Wisconsin Point found an adult Pacific Loon this morning that ranged between parking lot #1 and parking lot #12 (parking areas on Wisconsin Point are sequentially numbered and clearly marked). Doug Kieser, Scott Meyer, Barb and Denny Martin and others reported 2 juvenile Parasitic Jaegers on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry this afternoon. Yesterday (23 September), I saw and photographed 2 juvenile Parasitics from the Beach House on Park Point. I also saw *4 juvenile jaegers* flocking together near Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point the previous day (22 September). The WSO group has been seeing several juvenile Parasitics and at least one adult light-morph Parasitic from parking lot #1 on Wisconsin Point on a regular basis this entire week. A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull was observed on both sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin state line today; this individual was first found by Karl Bardon on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry on the 23rd. Recent observations of Bonaparte's, Thayer's, Lesser Black-backed, and Great Black-backed gulls in the Duluth-Superior area, in addition to the aforementioned Sabine's Gulls and 2 different Franklin's Gulls (one of these at Park Point), makes a total of 8 species of gull this week to herald the onset of gull-watching season. Other birds of interest seen only at Wisconsin Point include a White-winged Scoter and a male Surf Scoter between parking lot #1 and Gull Bluff on the 24th, the first Harris's Sparrows of the season on the 23rd, and a total of 21 species of warbler for the WSO weekend field trip. -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN --20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

At 5:30 PM this afternoon (Saturday, 24 September) I spotted four juve= nile Sabine's Gulls from the Beach House on Park Point, Duluth. Shortly= thereafter all four birds were refound by Barb and Denny Martin from the 2= 2nd Street public access on Park Point. The flock of four was last seen fly= ing towards Wisconsin Point.=A0

A juvenile Pacific Loon seen from the 12th Street publi= c access on Park Point this afternoon was refound late in the afternoon off= 22nd Street. This was probably the same juvenile found late yesterday by K= arl Bardon at the Superior Entry. Interestingly, the Wisconsin Society for = Ornithology "Jaegerfest" field trip to Wisconsin Point found an a= dult Pacific Loon this morning that ranged between parking lot #1 and parki= ng lot #12 (parking areas on Wisconsin Point are sequentially numbered and = clearly marked).=A0

Doug Kieser, Scott Meyer, Barb and Denny Martin and oth= ers reported 2 juvenile Parasitic Jaegers on the Minnesota side of the Supe= rior Entry this afternoon. Yesterday (23 September), I saw and photographed= 2 juvenile Parasitics from the Beach House on Park Point. I also saw *4 ju= venile jaegers* flocking together near Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point the= previous day (22 September). The WSO group has been seeing several juvenil= e Parasitics and at least one adult light-morph Parasitic from parking lot = #1 on Wisconsin Point on a regular basis this entire week. =A0

A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull was observed on both= sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin state line today; this individual was fir= st found by Karl Bardon on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry on the = 23rd. Recent observations of Bonaparte's, Thayer's, Lesser Black-ba= cked, and Great Black-backed gulls in the Duluth-Superior area, in addition= to the aforementioned Sabine's Gulls and 2 different Franklin's Gu= lls (one of these at Park Point), makes a total of 8 species of gull this w= eek to herald the onset of gull-watching season. =A0

Other birds of interest seen only at Wisconsin Point in= clude a White-winged Scoter and a male Surf Scoter between parking lot #1 a= nd Gull Bluff on the 24th, the first Harris's Sparrows of the season on= the 23rd, and a total of 21 species of warbler for the WSO weekend field t= rip.=A0

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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN
--20cf305e236ddb2e0b04adbac099-- ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:36:17 -0600 Reply-To: Robert P Russell Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Robert P Russell Subject: [mou-net] Smith's Longspurs and Western Grebes, Sibley County Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saturday found me birding the shallow prairie lakes of Sibley County for th= e first time. Wonderful day to be out with most surprising 3 Smith's Longs= pur on a large drying pond (fuddle) on the south side of route 12 about a h= alf mile west of Arlington (sorry very approximate--messed up odometer) wit= h nice views looking down on birds seeing the broader white outer tail feathers (broader than Lapland), overall buffy coloration, and dry rattle. = Birds were jumpy and frequently flushed but mudflats are extensive so be p= atient if not immediately visible. A few Laplands heard flying over a mile= to the west of here. Also 8+ Western Grebes on Swan Lake SW of Gibbon vis= ible from south end of lake. Most dramatic moment was scoping approximatel= y 900 Franklin's Gulls on Silver Lake east of Arlington when a NE wind came= up and all the birds rose simultaneously and within minutes were soaring i= n a huge, loose swirl 500 feet to a couple of thousand feet up as they rode= the thermals in a generally south direction. A half hour later a smaller = flock of 200 did a similar move on Titlow Lake in the town of Gaylord as th= ey also headed south en masse, again with a rising NE tailwind. Neat to be= there at that exact moment when the urge to migrate and weather conditons = coincide and you are in the perfect location to witness the force of migrat= ion. Hard to believe these "prairie doves" turn pelagic and winter off the= west coast of northern South America. Other highlights today included a f= amily of Trumpeter Swans at the Fairfax sewage ponds along with a couple of= American Golden-Plover on the back dikes. Bob Russell ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:24:37 -0600 Reply-To: Stevan Hawkins Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Stevan Hawkins Subject: [mou-net] FW: [ND-BIRDS] Whooping cranes-Ward Co Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Minnesotans: If you are not particularly interested in going to Texas's Central Coast to look for Whooping Cranes, then an alternative is to monitor ND-Birds ( North Dakota Birds) https://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/nd-birds.html . The map that the Wisconsin Natural Resources has for migratory routes of Whooping Cranes http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/birds/wcrane/pdfs/Section3.pdf is close to what a number of other organizations show. The problem with that map is that it does not match reports in the ND-Birds archives. The map that the Corpus Christi Birding group http://www.ccbirding.com/twc/1997/WhooperMaps.htm does a better job of showing the path that Whooping Cranes use when passing through North Dakota. Hope this helps. Onward! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX From: Birding Discussion List for North Dakota [mailto:ND-BIRDS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Hiatt Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:49 PM To: ND-BIRDS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU Subject: [ND-BIRDS] Whooping cranes-Ward Co The 3 whoopers were still there this morning sw of Ryder. Thanks to Janelle who reported them. I got some pretty good pictures as they circled near me. They sure are huge! I also had 13 Forster's terns on Lake Audubon and 30+ western and clarks grebes on White Lake NW of Stanley along with thousands of shovelers, mallards, coots, gadwall, ruddy's, and more. 12 orange crowned warblers at the lake also. Good birding, Chris Hiatt Bowman **************************************************************************** ********************************* Masters, Janelle [janelle.masters@BISMARCKSTATE.EDU] Pat Bradley and I saw three whooping cranes southwest of Ryder today Saturday the 24th. Two adults and one juvenile with about 100 sandhill cranes. Janelle Masters Mandan Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:41:17 -0600 Reply-To: Chris West Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Chris West Subject: [mou-net] Wisconsin Point, Tues morning- PACIFIC LOON Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey everyone, My good friend Erik Bruhnke (of Naturally Avian) and I spent the morning birding Wisconsin Point (Superior, WI) yesterday morning. Had a pretty decent haul despite the relative lack of birds. The morning started gray and dismal with drifting fog out over the lake that made visibility quite poor. Eventually, the clouds lifted somewhat, but visibility remained less than ideal all morning. The star of the morning was the adult PACIFIC LOON that was found during Jaegerfest. Alas, I have no photos though. The bird was sitting low in the water about a "mile" out. Even with the scope at 60X it was difficult to identify, but we eventually made out the white throat, obviously small bill, dark back, etc. Other birds for the morning included: about a thousand Greater Scaup, a few Redhead Ducks 1 Green-winged Teal around ten-thousand gulls (Bonaparte's, Ring-billed and Herring), 1 1st winter Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Franklin's Gull 1 Common Loon, 4 Horned Grebes, 6 Sanderling, 2 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Am Golden Plover, 1 Dunlin, After Erik took off, I birded a little bit farther down the point and came up with: 3 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 American Pipit, 4 species of Warblers (Myrtle, Palm, Nashville and Orange-crowned), White-throated, White-crowned, Song and Swamp Sparrows, both Kinglets, 1 Hermit Thrush, 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, a few Flickers, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 flock of Cedar Waxwings and about a dozen Bald Eagles. I left Duluth at 5:30 ish and arrived home at 11pm last night. (that story later) Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi Explorer Cruises http://mississippiexplorer.com/ chris@mississippiexplorer.com http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ http://www.nabirding.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:26:30 -0600 Reply-To: Anthony Hertzel Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Anthony Hertzel Subject: MOU RBA 29 September 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317335190====" --====1317335190==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *September 29, 2011 *MNST1109.29 -Birds mentioned Pacific Loon Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Sabine's Gull Franklin's Gull Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Common Raven Winter Wren Gray-cheeked Thrush Bohemian Waxwing Smith's Longspur Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota Statewide Date: September 29, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org Reports: (763) 780-8890 Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org) This is the Minnesota Birding Report for September 29th, 2011. Several interesting birds were seen from Park Point in Duluth on September 24th. Four juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen by Peder Svingen from the Beach House. He also found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON at the 12th Street public access. Doug Kieser reported two PARASITIC JAEGERS on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry at the end of Park Point — Peder had seen four jaegers on the 22nd near the Sky Harbor Airport. The raptor count at Hawk Ridge in Duluth now stands at 49,865 birds, including 32,865 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 12,754 SHARP-SHINED HAWKS, and 863 BALD EAGLES. On the 25th, Bob Russell discovered several SMITH'S LONGSPURS in Sibley County, on the south side of county road 12 about a half mile west of Arlington. I also have new reports of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, THAYER'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, FOX SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO. 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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*September 29, 2011
*MNST1109.29

-Birds mentioned
  • Pacific Loon
  • Bald Eagle
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Thayer's Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Common Raven
  • Winter Wren
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Bohemian Waxwing
  • Smith's Longspur
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: September 29, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel (rba@moumn.org)

This is the Minnesota Birding Report for September 29th, 2011.

Several interesting birds were seen from Park Point in Duluth on September 24th. Four juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen by Peder Svingen from the Beach House. He also found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON at the 12th Street public access. Doug Kieser reported two PARASITIC JAEGERS on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry at the end of Park Point — Peder had seen four jaegers on the 22nd near the Sky Harbor Airport.

The raptor count at Hawk Ridge in Duluth now stands at 49,865 birds, including 32,865 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 12,754 SHARP-SHINED HAWKS, and 863 BALD EAGLES.

On the 25th, Bob Russell discovered several SMITH'S LONGSPURS in Sibley County, on the south side of county road 12 about a half mile west of Arlington. I also have new reports of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, THAYER'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, FOX SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO.

The next scheduled update of this tape is October 6th, 2011. --====1317335190====-- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:17:08 -0600 Reply-To: Jeanie Joppru Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jeanie Joppru Subject: Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 29, 2011 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317345428====" --====1317345428==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 29, 2011 *MNDL1109.29 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan American Wigeon Mallard Green-winged Teal Bald Eagle Swainson's Hawk Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Olive-sided Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Western Meadowlark Purple Finch -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: September 29, 2011 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 29, 2011 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. What a lovely week of fall weather this has been, but the cold wind reminded us not to get too comfortable. Although the forecast is for cooler weather, it isn't to be very cold with little or no more frost in the next few days. Trees are coloring up, and I hear that those areas with more colorful species are starting to look very beautiful. Pat DeWenter saw 4 BALD EAGLES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in Beltrami County on September 24. In Marshall County on September 23, Cliff Steinhauer reported a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD still coming to his feeder. Maggie Anderson reported that there are 31000 dabbling ducks at Agassiz NWR including MALLARDS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and AMERICAN WIGEON. About 150 TUNDRA SWANS are on Agassiz Pool which has recently been reflooded. About 1000 shorebirds including peeps and yellowlegs are presently on the refuge, along with numerous immature BALD EAGLES. On September 25, there were two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and several PURPLE FINCHES in our yard near Thief River Falls. On September 25 and 26, the yard was full on migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS feeding furiously in the warm sunshine. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, Polk County, reported YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on September 24. On September 26, she saw DARK-EYED JUNCO, NASHVILLE WARBLER; several COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen flying overhead. Clay County sightings by Nancy Jackson included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, RED-EYED VIREO, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on September 25. At Felton Prairie she saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK and WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Steve Midthune reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the grove behind the old headquarters at Hamden Slough NWR on September 25. Also at the refuge were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHTIE-THROATED SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW. I have a secondhand report of a group of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS seen on September 26 in Becker County. Marshall Howe in Hubbard County had the unfortunate experience of finding a WOOD THRUSH killed on his window on September 27. Species seen alive included YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and DARK-EYED JUNCO. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, October 6, 2011. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN --====1317345428==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 29, 2011
*MNDL1109.29

-Birds mentioned
  • Tundra Swan
  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Bald Eagle
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Harris's Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Western Meadowlark
  • Purple Finch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 29, 2011
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 29, 2011 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.

What a lovely week of fall weather this has been, but the cold wind reminded us not to get too comfortable. Although the forecast is for cooler weather, it isn't to be very cold with little or no more frost in the next few days. Trees are coloring up, and I hear that those areas with more colorful species are starting to look very beautiful.

Pat DeWenter saw 4 BALD EAGLES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in Beltrami County on September 24.

In Marshall County on September 23, Cliff Steinhauer reported a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD still coming to his feeder. Maggie Anderson reported that there are 31000 dabbling ducks at Agassiz NWR including MALLARDS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and AMERICAN WIGEON. About 150 TUNDRA SWANS are on Agassiz Pool which has recently been reflooded. About 1000 shorebirds including peeps and yellowlegs are presently on the refuge, along with numerous immature BALD EAGLES.

On September 25, there were two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and several PURPLE FINCHES in our yard near Thief River Falls. On September 25 and 26, the yard was full on migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS feeding furiously in the warm sunshine.

Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, Polk County, reported YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on September 24. On September 26, she saw DARK-EYED JUNCO, NASHVILLE WARBLER; several COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen flying overhead.

Clay County sightings by Nancy Jackson included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, RED-EYED VIREO, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on September 25. At Felton Prairie she saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

Steve Midthune reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the grove behind the old headquarters at Hamden Slough NWR on September 25. Also at the refuge were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHTIE-THROATED SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and SAVANNAH SPARROW.

I have a secondhand report of a group of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS seen on September 26 in Becker County.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County had the unfortunate experience of finding a WOOD THRUSH killed on his window on September 27. Species seen alive included YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and DARK-EYED JUNCO.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, October 6, 2011.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

--====1317345428====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:28:42 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Lind Sender: Rare Bird Alert From: Jim Lind Subject: Duluth RBA 9/30/11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="====1317382122====" --====1317382122==== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 30, 2011 *MNDU1109.30 -Birds mentioned White-winged Scoter Pacific Loon American White Pelican Sandhill Crane Buff-breasted Sandpiper Sabine's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Black-backed Woodpecker -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 30, 2011 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 29th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Four SABINE'S GULLS were found by Peder Svingen on the 24th at the Park Point Recreation Area beach house. Karl Bardon found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON on the 23rd at the Superior Entry, and others saw one on the 24th at 12th Street and 22nd Street on Park Point. An adult PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 24th and the 28th at Wisconsin Point. A juvenile GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was first seen on the 23rd and is being reported along Park Point and Wisconsin Point, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again seen over the weekend at Wisconsin Point. Several PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 26th and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 27th at the Park Point Recreation Area. The first BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER of the season flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 28th. Eighty SANDHILL CRANES were seen on the 27th and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are being seen on an almost daily basis. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 6th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1317382122==== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 30, 2011
*MNDU1109.30

-Birds mentioned
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Pacific Loon
  • American White Pelican
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Black-backed Woodpecker
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 30, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 29th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Four SABINE'S GULLS were found by Peder Svingen on the 24th at the Park Point Recreation Area beach house. Karl Bardon found a juvenile PACIFIC LOON on the 23rd at the Superior Entry, and others saw one on the 24th at 12th Street and 22nd Street on Park Point. An adult PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 24th and the 28th at Wisconsin Point. A juvenile GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was first seen on the 23rd and is being reported along Park Point and Wisconsin Point, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again seen over the weekend at Wisconsin Point. Several PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported by many observers at the Park Point Recreation Area and at Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 26th and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 27th at the Park Point Recreation Area.

The first BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER of the season flew by the Hawk Ridge overlook on the 28th. Eighty SANDHILL CRANES were seen on the 27th and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are being seen on an almost daily basis.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 6th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. --====1317382122====--