-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*July 1, 2010
*MNDL1007.01

-Birds mentioned
Ruffed Grouse
Merlin
Black-billed Cuckoo
Short-eared Owl
Brown Thrasher
Tennessee Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Henslow's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 1, 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, July 1,
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 week's weather has been more like summer than last week, but still
we have not had the really hot temperatures and it still rains or
sprinkles almost every day. Birds are very busy now with nestlings
everywhere.

John Ellis reported a WILSON'S WARBLER at his cabin near Miltona in
Douglas County on June 25.

Bob Dunlap observed a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW at the northwest corner
of the intersection of CR 44 and 350th St southeast if Crookston in Polk
County on June 25.

In Red Lake County on June 26, Shelley Steva spotted two territorial
MERLINS at St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery east of Red Lake Falls while
on a BBS. Later in the day we went back and discovered the nest with at
least two half grown sleepy nestlings .

Beth Siverhus, while doing point counts in Agassiz NWR wilderness area
in Marshall County found a RUFFED GROUSE, WILSON'S WARBLERS, and a
LINCOLN'S SPARROW on June 24. On the 29th, she got BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, and a singing CONNECTICUT WARBLER. Please note that
this is in an area not accessible to the public.

In Roseau County, Beth saw a SHORT-EARED OWL along CR 9 9.5 miles south
of Roseau on June 25, and a BROWN THRASHER at their yard in Warroad.

Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Bob Dunlap, John Ellis, and Shelley Steva 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, July 8,
2010.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN