-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*July 2, 2015
*MNDL1507.02

-Birds mentioned
Wood Duck
Common Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Eared Grebe
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Veery
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 2, 2015
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, July 2,
2015 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.

Baby birds and fledglings are everywhere in the northwest, and one hears
strange “baby talk” all around. Weather has been pleasant for the last
few days, but due to forest fires in northern Saskatchewan, skies have
been hazy or overcast much of the time. We have been treated to some
beautiful sunrises and sunsets due to that haze.

Charlene Nelson in Grant County, reported an ORCHARD ORIOLE near Elbow
Lake on July 1.

From Douglas County this week, Benjamin Eckhoff reported seeing many
fledglings being fed by their parents. He also reported a pair of
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS near the new Alexandria High School, an AMERICAN
BITTERN at Glacial Lakes SP, and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD north of Lake
Carlos State Park.

Craig Mandel was in Wilkin and Otter Tail Counties last weekend where
Wilkin County sightings included GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, EARED GREBE at
the Breckenridge WTP, a pair or RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in Breckenridge
at the intersection of Oak St. and Central Ave, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
at the same location, NELSON'S SPARROW on CR 15 a fifth of a mile east
of CR 30, and LE CONTE’S SPARROW on 190th St 1.5 miles east of CR 15.

Larry Sirvio observed an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Maplewood State Park, 0.2
miles west of the entrance station on June 25, and a KRIDER'S RED-TAILED
HAWK, also in Otter Tail County. Craig Mandel’s group reported a LEAST
BITTERN a quarter mile west of US 59 on the south side of Otter Tail CR
24 and at Maplewood SP- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, RUFFED GROUSE and
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.

Sandy Aubol reported a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at her feeders in East
Grand Forks, Polk County on July 1. She also counted 90 EARED GREBE
nests at the East Grand Forks WTP.

In Pennington County, Sandy Aubol observed a LEAST BITTERN on the Red
Lake County line just east of Pennington CR 10 on June 28. Other species
seen along CR 10, also known as the Pembina Trail, included 5 WILD
TURKEYS on the east side of CR 10 north of CR 58, OVENBIRD, VEERY, LE
CONTE'S SPARROW on CR 61 just west of CR 10, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and
VESPER SPARROW. Here along the river near Thief River Falls, I was
surprised to see a COMMON MERGANSER on June 26. A mother WOOD DUCK
brought her family of eight delightful babies up on the yard where they
may have been born a couple of weeks earlier.

Thanks to Benjamin Eckhoff, Charlene Nelson, Craig Mandel, Larry Sirvio,
and Sandy Aubol 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 9,
2015.