-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 2, 2019
*MNDL1905.02

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Horned Grebe
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet
Marbled Godwit
Willet
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Loggerhead Shrike
Tree Swallow
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Pine Siskin
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 2, 2019
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 218-847-5743 or 218-847-9202
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, May 2, 2019
sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may
also see this report on the Chamber of Commerce website:
https://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/birding-report

Birds are flooding in now that the weather has turned around. Most
waterfowl are already present or on the way north to nest. Raptors are
nesting , and great horned owls are already feeding young . The
blackbird clan is back, and resident sparrows are increasing in numbers
every day. We eagerly await the return of most of the warblers, although
the early migrants are coming in. The grass is turning green after the
recent wet weather.

In Grant County, the N. Ottawa Impoundment does not disappoint. All the
usual ducks are present, the NORTHERN HARRIERS and BALD EAGLES are busy
harassing the waterfowl, GREAT EGRETS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, and AMERICAN
BITTERNS are getting ready to nest. Wayne Perala found 11 AMERICAN
AVOCETS there on April 29th .

In Wilkin County, Hebe Shipp found a CATTLE EGRET at the Manston WMA.
Other species reported there included LE CONTE'S SPARROW , a variety of
ducks, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. Becca Engdahl found SEDGE WRENS and
a WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Meadows WPA on April 27th .

Alma Ronningen , reporting from Otter Tail County observed a NORTHERN
CARDINAL, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW and PINE SISKIN
last week. On April 26th , a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK came through, and TREE
SWALLOWS are back in the area. The OSPREY pair are already on the nest.
In Fergus Falls, the heron colony is now very active at Grotto Lake.
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS are also there. At Maplewood SP, Wayne Perala
saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK on April 30th . Jean Perryman found WILLETS at
Battle Lake on April 29th . TURKEY VULTURES were seen in the county this
week, and Becca Engdahl found MARSH WRENS there on April 27th .

A CASPIAN TERN was discovered by Becca Engdahl along Willow Road in
Hubbard County on April 30th . Marshall Howe observed a LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE about six miles NE of Park Rapids on April 28th .

From Becker County, Vicky Buckwitz reported a large group of AMERICAN
WHITE PELICANS at Lake Ida on April 30th. At Tamarac NWR on April 28,
Wayne Perala saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on April 28th. Other species
seen there included PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER,
and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Pat Doeden saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK there on
April 29th.

Two MARBLED GODWITS were seen by Nina Hale at Bluestem Prairie SNA this
week. On May 2nd Wayne Perala found a BROWN THRASHER at Felton Prairie.
A SWAINSON'S THRUSH was seen by Linda Slagter at MB Johnson Park on May
2nd, and a SEDGE WREN was reported at the Moorhead Country Club by
Dennis Weisenborn.

A GREAT EGRET was seen by Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann along CR 1 in
Norman County at Weller's Slough on May 1st.

In Mahnomen County, Ron and Herb found two MARBLED GODWITS at Ada, and a
PEREGRINE FALCON was also seen in the area. At Waubun State Forest, they
saw two BARRED OWLS . A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was found in some
conifers.

Sandy Aubol saw a PEREGRINE FALCON on the railing of the water tower in
north East Grand Forks , Polk County on April 28th. Sparky Stensaas was
at Tympanuchus WMA on April 26 where he enjoyed the dancing of GREATER
PRAIRIE-CHICKENS. Also seen were MARBLED GODWITS, over 800 SANDHILL
CRANES near Glacial Ridge NWR, and some TRUMPETER SWANS. About 150
FRANKLIN'S GULLS were seen to fly over there, and 90 were seen on the
lake at Erskine.

Two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were found at the old gravel pit in the
southwest corner of Red Lake County on May 1st.

I have had a FOX SPARROW, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW here at the
feeders in Pennington County this week. One or two TURKEY VULTURES have
also been seen.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, all the other common ducks are back,
but I did not see the ruddy ducks yet. Several HORNED GREBES were seen
on April 27th on Headquarters Pool.

At the rice paddies on the Clearwater River in Clearwater County, Becca
Engdahl found a EURASIAN WIGEON on May 2nd.

It should be noted that the rice paddies in both Pennington County and
Polk County are also holding a large number of swans which include some
trumpeter swans along with the tundra swans. Almost any species of duck
could be found there on any given day.

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 numbers 218-847-5743 or 218- 847-9202. Please include the
county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this
report is Thursday, May 9, 2019.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN