-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 12, 2011
*MNDL1105.12

-Birds mentioned
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Yellow Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Spotted Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Long-eared Owl
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 12, 2011
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 12,
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.

Migration is going full out now, and every day brings more species back
to the area. Weather has not warmed up very much, but the grass has
turned green overnight one night last week and trees are budding. So
many species have arrived in the area that I will be forced to list
separately only the most interesting. All the sparrows that migrate
through or nest here have returned now, most swallows are here in small
numbers, a few shorebirds are starting to show up, and now the warblers
are coming in. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS , ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and
BALTIMORE ORIOLES have returned to most of the area. Unusual numbers of
PINE SISKINS have appeared at northern feeders this week.

In Kittson County on May 8, Larry Wilebski reported LEAST BITTERN,
BONAPARTE'S GULL, LONG-EARED OWL on a nest, and an EASTERN TOWHEE.

At Itasca SP Connie Cox reported that a WHIP-POOR-WILL returned on May
7, and a GRAY CATBIRD was seen on May 11.

Birds are returning in force to Agassiz NWR in Marshall County this
week. Maggie Anderson reported that the first goslings were seen this
week. On May 11 a WESTERN TANAGER was seen at the headquarters feeders.
AMERICAN BITTERN , LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, and YELLOW RAIL
have all been observed there this week. COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on May
7. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and NORTHERN PARULA were observed on May 11.

In Pennington County, Shelley Steva observed five TURKEY VULTURES
soaring over Thief River Falls on May 8. Keith Wheeler reported HARRIS'S
SPARROWS at his home on May 8.

Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW,
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, LARK SPARROW , PALM WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH,
and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on May 7. Ron Fischer observer two eaglets
in the BALD EAGLE nest near East Grand Forks on May 11. On May 12, Mike
Christopherson observed a CAPE MAY WARBLER in Crookston.

Clay County sightings by Mel and Elaine Bennefeld included WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, and HARRIS'S SPARROWS at the Ponderosa Golf Club on May 10.

Becker County sightings by Beau Shroyer included a SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BROWN THRASHER on May 6, and on May 12 he saw
11 species of warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER at Dunton Locks
County Park. Dave and Betty Hochhalter had an INDIGO BUNTING at their
feeder on May 10. Steve Midthune , reporting from Tamarac NWR on May 11
included 12 species of warblers including ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.

Janet McMillen found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD along the Heartland Trail in
Hubbard County on the east side of Park Rapids between CR 1 and CR 4
near the golf course on May 6. Marshall Howe reported a CASPIAN TERN and
SWAINSON'S THRUSH in Park Rapids on May 8. On May 10 he saw
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, and VEERY in Hubbard County. A
NORTHERN CARDINAL was seen by Charlene Nelson at Perham on May 10. A
BROWN THRASHER was seen by Roland Jordahl on May 12 in Pelican Rapids.
Alma Ronningen reported INDIGO BUNTING on May 11, and GRAY CATBIRD on
May 12..

Brad and Dee Ehlers reported that 23 BLUE JAYS dropped down in his yard
in Otter Tail County on May 9. Craig Menze found a SNOWY EGRET on the
west side of I-94 just north of the Douglas County line on May 8. Gary
and Marion Otnes observed COMMON TERN, FORSTER'S TERN, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, FIELD SPARROW, and an ORCHARD ORIOLE in Otter Tail
County on May 9.

The list of warblers reported this week includes GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN
PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CAPE
MAY WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT

Thanks to all who sent in their sightings this week. Space did not allow
inclusion of all sightings individually, but all were noted and
recorded.

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 19,
2011.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN