-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 10, 2016
*MNDL1608.10
-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
American Bittern
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Red Knot
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-headed Woodpecker
Merlin
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 10, 2016
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 week has seen the countryside blossom with many wild flowers that
are enjoying the many showers. Late summer wildflowers like asters, and
black-eyed susan cover every pasture and uncultivated field. Combined
with a few sunflower fields, the landscape is a riot of color now. Young
birds are everywhere.
From Grant County, Charlene Nelson reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on
August 6. A RED KNOT was found on August 10 with other shorebirds on the
north side of the Ottawa Impoundment.
Steve Midthune found shorebirds on the north side of US 10 in a flooded
bean field 2.5 miles west of Lake Park on August 6. Present were
PECTORAL SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, and KILLDEER. TRUMPETER SWAN and GREEN HERON were also seen
there.
Here in Pennington County on August 10, the RED-HEADED WOODPECKER pair
showed up at the feeder. On August 4, a group of birders led by Craig
Mandel found a variety of ducks including 21 RUDDY DUCKS at the Thief
River Falls WTP. Other species seen included PIED-BILLED GREBE,
RED-NECKED GREBE, and EARED GREBE, small numbers of 8 common shorebirds,
FRANKLIN'S GULLS, BLACK TERNS, a MERLIN, and three YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRDS.
I joined Craig's group in a trip to Kittson County where we found COMMON
LOON, HORNED GREBE , BLACK TERN, and AMERICAN BITTERN at Twin Lakes;
WILD TURKEY, TURKEY VULTURE, and CHIMNEY SWIFTS were also seen in the
county. A very cooperative BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was found near Larry
Wilebski’s place, and a LE CONTE’S SPARROW allowed itself to be seen
perched in a weedy field.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was reported by Nathan Martineau at Zippel Bay
State Park campground in Lake of the Woods County on August 5.
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 18,
2016
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
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