-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*June 25, 2009
*MNDL0906.25
-Birds mentioned
Gray Partridge
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Red-necked Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Barred Owl
Whip-poor-will
Western Kingbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Orchard Oriole
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 25, 2009
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,June 25,
2009 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.
Summer took a long while to get here, but the last week has been
extremely pleasant after the long cool spring. Plants and trees have
taken off, and all is verdant green. Birds are feeding young throughout
the area.
In Marshall County, Beth Siverhus saw a pair of SANDHILL CRANES with a
colt along the west side of Agassiz NWR this week.
Linda Timm in Pennington County observed three baby GREAT HORNED OWLETS
in her yard on June 20. Shelley Steva saw two TURKEY VULTURES near the
intersection of US 59 and CR 3 on June 25.
In Red Lake County, Shelley Steva heard a WHIP-POOR-WILL singing on June
25.
Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekend found a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE at the
Gary Pines on June 19, but, although several birders found it, the bird
was not found by birders in the last few days. Other species seen in
Norman County by Kim's group included booming GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS,
a MERLIN at the Norman Motel in Ada, a BARRED OWL south of Frenchman's
Bluff, and LE CONTE'S SPARROW.
In Clay County, the MBW group found a pair of GRAY PARTRIDGES at Felton
Prairie, RED-NECKED GREBE with three babies at Hitterdahl, a WESTERN
KINGBIRD at the Starlite Motel, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Nancy
Jackson, during the previous week, found MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND
SANDPIPER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW,
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR, and ORCHARD ORIOLE at Felton Prairie.
Holly Anderson found two SANDHILL CRANES two miles west of Ponsford in
Becker County on June 23.
Thanks to Holly Anderson, Kim Eckert, Linda Timm, Nancy Jackson, 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, July 2,
2009
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
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