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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*April 16, 2015
*MNDL1504.16

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Osprey
Northern Goshawk
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Franklin's Gull
Herring Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl
Great Gray Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 16, 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, April 16,
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.

Spring has finally arrived in the north, and the flood of migrants is
increasing. The first wave of returning species includes most of the
ducks, the resident hawks, KILLDEER, MOURNING DOVE, some gulls, NORTHERN
FLICKER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, TREE SWALLOW, a large variety of
sparrows, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, COMMON GRACKLE, and
PURPLE FINCH.

Gretchen Mehmel reported that a group doing a goshawk survey in the
Beltrami Island State Forest on April 11 found a SNOWY OWL at Norris
Camp of all places. A GREAT GRAY OWL was also seen on Dick's Parkway
during the survey, and at least one NORTHERN GOSHAWK was reported.

In Roseau County, Beth Siverhus observed a flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at
Warroad on April 10.

Hillary Stoltman found a male SNOWY OWL 10 miles east of Fourtown in
Beltrami County on April 9.

In Marshall County, Cliff Steinhauer reported SANDHILL CRANE and 14
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on April 9. Gary Tischer reported an EASTERN
BLUEBIRD seen by Jerome Sorenson. Gary saw a FRANKLIN'S GULL at Agassiz
NWR on April 13, reported a major migration of TUNDRA SWANS on April 14,
and found two GREATER YELLOWLEGS near Strandquist on April 15.

Here in Pennington County, a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS came to our part of
the Red Lake River on April 10. On April 12, there were DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS and HOODED MERGANSERS, and on April 14, twenty WOOD DUCKS
were seen feeding on the lawn.

In southern Polk County, Bruce Flaig reported EASTERN PHOEBE, and COMMON
LOON on April 11. I saw a large flock of TUNDRA SWANS along CR 252 , and
a MERLIN near the campus of UMC Crookston today, April 16. Sandy Aubol
in East Grand Forks reported NORTHERN FLICKER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, and a variety of sparrow species
along the river on April 13.

Steve Midthune in Becker County saw a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Bisson Lake
at Hamden Slough NWR on April 10.

From Hubbard County, Marshall Howe reported TUNDRA SWANS east of Lake
George on April 10, OSPREY and a large flock of PINE SISKINS on April
11, NORTHERN FLICKER on April 12, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER on April 13,
a TREE SWALLOW on April 14, EASTERN PHOEBE, FOX SPARROW, and PURPLE
FINCH on April 15, and VESPER SPARROW on April 16.

Otter Tail County sightings sent in by Alice Martin included HERRING
GULL on April 10, GREEN-WINGED TEAL on April 12, BLUE-WINGED TEAL on
April 13, PIED-BILLED GREBE and BELTED KINGFISHER on April 14, and
LESSER SCAUP on April 16. Alma Ronningen observed BROWN CREEPER on April
11, OSPREY on April 12, BROWN THRASHER and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER on
April 16.

John Ellis found a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE at the public landing in
Osakis in Douglas County on April 9.

Thanks to all who sent in sightings this week.

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, April 23,
2015.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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