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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 8, 2016
*MNDL1609.08

-Birds mentioned
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Winter Wren
Gray Catbird
Golden-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 8, 2016
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, September
8, 2016 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.

There is no doubt now that summer is on the way out. Leaves are subtly
changing and a few are falling. The early part of the weekend was very
windy and warm, then the rain came, and the last two days included
thunderstorms and heavy rain for much of Sunday and part of Monday.
Flowers are winding down and starting to get that tired look that
signals the end of the season. Migration is going full blast. This week
we have seen an unusual number of TURKEY VULTURES, hundreds of migrating
NORTHERN FLICKERS, and blackbirds. There have been many observations of
AMERICAN KESTRELS in family groups all along the power lines in rural
areas. Most of the swallows have departed, with stragglers of most
species still to be seen.

Despite very difficult conditions, the Minnesota Birding Weekend group
led by Kim Eckert found 160 species including 18 species of shorebirds,
and 20 species of warblers on the 3 ½ days of the weekend.

The MBW group found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in the burn area 7.5 miles
northeast of Hayes Lake State Park along the Thompson Forest Road in
Roseau County.

In Beltrami County, Nancy Wasik reported eight NORTHERN FLICKERS in her
yard on September 2.

In Marshall County, the MBW group found an immature LITTLE BLUE HERON
with a group of about 40 GREAT EGRETS at Farmes Pool at Agassiz NWR on
September 4. In addition they located 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, AMERICAN
GOLDEN PLOVER, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, at the drawn down Headquarters
Pool . There were 14 shorebird species seen at Agassiz, most at Farmes
Pool. On September 5, they discovered a SNOWY EGRET with the great
egrets there. Also there, the group saw numbers of GREEN HERONS,
AMERICAN BITTERNS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, and SORAS. 18 of the 20 species of
warblers seen on the weekend were found at the Headquarters of Agassiz
NWR including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER, and NORTHERN PARULA.

Of note in Pennington County, the MBW group found 40 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES at the Thief River Falls WTP, and a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
was seen on September 5 near the grain elevators in Thief River Falls.
The only BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER of the weekend was seen in Pennington
County on September 2. Today, I had a TURKEY VULTURE fly over the yard.
Several RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS are still coming to the nectar, and a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and GRAY CATBIRD were seen in the yard today.

In Red Lake County, the MBW group saw a GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN, and a
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen in both counties on the county line
with Pennington County on September 2. A PEREGRINE FALCON flew by at the
Red Lake Falls WTP.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported YELLOW-THROATED VIREO on
September 4, 10 warbler species in one flock came by on September 5 ,
including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WILSON'S
WARBLER . Other species seen on September 5 included COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and RED-EYED VIREO. On September 6, he
observed a migrating SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.

Charlene Nelson in Grant County reported two WINTER WRENS in her yard on
September 8.

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, September
15, 2016




Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN



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