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Jeanie Joppru <[log in to unmask]>
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Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]>
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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 12, 2010
*MNDL1008.12

-Birds mentioned
American Bittern
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern
Short-eared Owl
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 12, 2010
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 12,
2010 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.

This has been a sizzling hot period so few reports have come in as
everyone is sticking close to the air conditioners. The fields and
roadsides are bright with colored flowers as the plants like this
weather much better than we do.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County reported sightings from the
Battle Lake WTP on August 4. The sightings included SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL,
and FORSTER'S TERN. Brad and Dee Ehlers saw a pair of SANDHILL CRANES
with two colts about 4 miles north of Battle Lake on August 1.

Connie Cox reported two young BROAD-WINGED HAWKS flexing their wings at
their nest in Itasca State Park on July 30.

In Becker County, Connie Cox saw 7 SANDHILL CRANES on August 1.

Brandon Bowey reporting from Rydell NWR in Polk County mentioned
sightings of AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, CEDAR WAXWING, and YELLOW WARBLER
on August 4.

Perhaps the most interesting sighting were the two fledgling TURKEY
VULTURES that apparently came from a nest in an old building south of
Holt in Marshall County. Cliff Steinhauer reported those, and also a
family of SHORT-EARED OWLS with two fledglings, and two young AMERICAN
BITTERN babies that were seen in a CRP field near Holt.

Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Brandon Bowey, Connie Cox, Cliff
Steinhauer, and Dan and Sandy Thimgan 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, August 19,
2010.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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