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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 21, 2014
*MNDL1408.21

-Birds mentioned
Eared Grebe
American Bittern
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Black Tern
Northern Hawk Owl
Short-eared Owl
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Purple Martin
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 21, 2014
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, August 21,
2014 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 has begun in the northwest, as the landscape starts to turn to
brown and gold more slowly than usual due to the timely rains.

Charlene Nelson reported that AMERICAN AVOCETS were still present at the
North Ottawa Impoundment as recently as August 15. Other shorebirds
present there included MARBLED GODWIT, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and
WILSON'S PHALAROPE as well as BLACK TERNS. Tony Lau reported 8
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and 400 FRANKLIN’S GULLS there on August 8.

Wadena County birds reported by Herb Dingmann and Craig Mandel included
MERLIN, and GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS at Yaeger Lake WMA.

In Hubbard County Marshall Howe reported migration starting. On August
12 he saw a TENNESSEE WARBLER, and by the 14th he saw PINE WARBLER,
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, and SCARLET TANAGER. August 16 brought an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and the 20th were
WILSON'S WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and about 100 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS .

Herb Dingmann found RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and a TENNESSEE WARBLER at the
Ada WTP in Norman County on August 13. In Mahnomen County, he found
those two species at the Waubun WTP.

Recent Polk County sightings by Sandy Aubol included RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS feeding young, MERLIN, RED-TAILED HAWK, and INDIGO BUNTING
at East Grand Forks on August 3. There were shorebirds at the Parnell
impoundment on August 9 including SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
both yellowlegs, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and WILSON'S SNIPE. Sandy reported
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, TENNESSEE
WARBLER, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in East Grand Forks on August 16. On
the 17th, she reported BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCON, 5 COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS, and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER among others.

Herb Dingmann and Craig Mandel found EARED GREBE, OSPREY, and RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES at the Red Lake Falls WTP in Red Lake County on August 14.
Other species seen in the county included PURPLE MARTIN, 7 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, and WILSON'S
WARBLER.

In Pennington County they found BROAD-WINGED HAWK, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and a similar list of warblers.

Shelley Steva and Zeann Linder saw AMERICAN BITTERN, and two SHORT-EARED
OWLS near Agassiz NWR on August 17.

In Beltrami County, Christine Herwig reported two BONAPARTE'S GULLS on
the north end of Lake Bemidji on August 12.

In Lake of the Woods County, Gretchen Mehmel observed a NORTHERN HAWK
OWL in a remote area 6 miles west of the Faunce Rangeline road in the
Red Lake WMA on August 20.

Thanks to all those who sent in their sightings in the last two weeks.

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

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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