-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 18, 2017
*MNDL1705.18
-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Eared Grebe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Sora
Black-necked Stilt
Semipalmated Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Northern Shrike
Cliff Swallow
Sedge Wren
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Purple Finch
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 18, 2017
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 18,
2017 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.
The calendar says it is spring in the northwest, but the cold north wind
says otherwise. Migration is proceeding, but not as fast as we would
like, especially away from the Red River Valley. Most of the early
species have been seen, and I think everyone has reported the much
awaited colorful species such as Baltimore orioles, rose-breasted
grosbeaks, and ruby-throated hummingbirds. Migration has seemed slow in
much of the northern areas, or maybe we are being too impatient.
From Grant County, Ann Luloff reported a BLACK-NECKED STILT at the North
Ottawa Impoundment on May 12. On May 15, Wayne Perala observed 25
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 25 MARBLED GODWITS, 20 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 6
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 50 DUNLINS, 20 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and the
aforementioned stilt there. On May 17, Charlene Nelson found 10 BLACK
TERNS there.
In Otter Tail County, Alma Ronningen reported NORTHERN CARDINAL on May
15, GRAY CATBIRD on May 18, and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and YELLOW
WARBLER on May 19 in Dent. Jann Kline reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and
ORCHARD ORIOLE on May 17.
From Becker County, Dave and Betty Hochhalter reported RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ORCHARD ORIOLE, INDIGO BUNTING,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and PURPLE FINCH among others.
Kimberly Onnen in Barnesville, Clay County, reported a EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE on May 15. Noah Kuch found GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS,
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, and BOBOLINKS at Felton Prairie among other
species on May 12.
In Polk County on May 14, Sandy Aubol found GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS,
MARBLED GODWITS, SEDGE WRENS, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, and BOBOLINK at
Pankratz Prairie; at Glacial Ridge she observed SORA, OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, CLIFF SWALLOW, OVENBIRD, YELLOW WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a GREAT HORNED OWL with owlets; at Rydell NWR
she picked up RUFFED GROUSE, VEERY, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD,
and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. At the Erskine WTP she found 18 CASPIAN
TERNS, FORSTER’S TERNS, and WILSON’S PHALAROPES. At the Brandt-Angus
impoundment there were AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, GREAT EGRETS, and
AMERICAN BITTERN, and at the East Grand Forks WTP there was SNOW GOOSE,
EARED GREBE, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE.
Jonathan Earkes with The Nature Conservancy found EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
, WOOD THRUSH, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK at the Wallace Dayton Conservation
area in Kittson County on May 12.
In Lake of the Woods County, Gretchen Mehmel reported a NORTHERN HAWK
OWL 1.5 miles north of the Norris Fire Tower on May 10, and a NORTHERN
SHRIKE two miles north of that in the Beltrami Island State Forest on
May 8. A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen at Norris Camp and
WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard.
Thanks to all who sent in their sightings this week.
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at [log in to unmask] 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 Wednesday, May 24,
2017.
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
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