-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 6, 2010
*MNDL1005.06
-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Common Loon
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow Rail
Sora
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 6, 2010
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 6, 2010
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.
Spring is toying with us this week, April is coming in May, and we are
wet and shivering in the northwest. Grass is growing fast, and we need a
dry day or two to get ahead of the yard work. Every day more species
come in, but the big push of migration is still ahead. Most of the
resident sparrows are making an appearance, and a few warblers have
started to show up; swallows are here and finding it hard to find bugs.
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD visited the headquarters of Agassiz NWR in
Marshall County on May 3. The bird was back the next day also. Two
YELLOW RAILS were heard by Jenna Frank during a night survey on May 3,
and Maggie Anderson heard two NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS in the eastern part
of the refuge that night.
John Ellis reported some sightings from Douglas County on May 3. Among
them were BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE, HERMIT THRUSH, and
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
From Otter Tail County, Alma Ronningen reported BROWN THRASHER,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 1. Dan and
Sandy Thimgan identified SORA on April 30, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on May
1, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 4.
Dave and Betty Hochhalter in Detroit Lakes, Becker County, on May 5,
reported COMMON LOON, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN CARDINAL, and
EASTERN BLUEBIRD among others.
In Becker, Dan and Sandy saw three OSPREY on May 4th.
Barb and Butch Ukura went to Felton Prairie on May 5 where they reported
GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, MARBLED GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, and CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR among many other
species.
Shelley Steva found a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Twin Valley in Norman
County on May 1.
In Polk County at East Grand Forks, Sandy Aubol saw WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW in East Grand Forks on
April 30. On May 3, she saw a flock of 65 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS fly
over the city. On the 4th, BROAD-WINGED HAWK and PURPLE MARTIN showed
up. John Loegering saw a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Crookston wastewater
treatment ponds on April 29. Bette Olson found GREAT BLUE HERON, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, TREE SWALLOW, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS in Polk County on May
1.
At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, on May 3, 12 AMERICAN PIPITS were
found at Agassiz Pool, a GREEN HERON was seen at Elm Lake WMA, and a
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW made an appearance at the Headquarters feeders. On
May 4, Gregg Knutsen saw a PEREGRINE FALCON fly over Mud River Pool, and
a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen at headquarters. TRUMPETER SWANS were
seen at Farmes Pool this week.
Beth Siverhus in Roseau County reported a WESTERN MEADOWLARK along CR 9
south of Hayes Lake State Park on April 30. On May 1, 10 EVENING
GROSBEAKS visited her yard in Warroad, and other birds seen in the area
this week included CLIFF SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, TREE SWALLOW, PURPLE
MARTIN, and BROWN THRASHER.
Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Barb and Butch Ukura, Beth Siverhus, Bette
Olson, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Dave and Betty Hochhalter, Gregg Knutsen,
Gary Tischer,John Ellis, John Loegering, Maggie Anderson, Sandy Aubol ,
and Shelley Steva for their reports.
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 Thursday, May 13,
2010.
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
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