-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 3, 2018
*MNDL1805.03

-Birds mentioned
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Common Goldeneye
Ruffed Grouse
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
American Avocet
Killdeer
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Rough-legged Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Sedge Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 3, 2018
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, May 3, 2018
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

Migrants are streaming in very quickly this week now that the weather
has turned more spring like. DARK-EYED JUNCOS are greatly reduced in
numbers as are ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. In their place we are seeing all the
common sparrows. One day there was no sparrow song, the next we could
identify five or six species within a few minutes. WESTERN MEADOWLARKS
have arrived in most of the counties of the northwest .Waterfowl
migration is proceeding rapidly now that the water is open. A few early
warblers are being seen, but most of the warblers are still to come.

At the North Ottawa impoundment, Wayne Perala reported LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER , AMERICAN AVOCET, LEAST SANDPIPER, and WILSON'S PHALAROPE on
May 3. Other species reported that day included WESTERN GREBE, EARED
GREBE, FORSTER’S TERN and NASHVILLE WARBLER. A YELLOW WARBLER was seen
the previous day, May 2.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted on May 2 at Lake Carlos SP in
Douglas County.

Various folks reported that the GREAT EGRETS, BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS have arrived at the rookery
in Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported EASTERN PHOEBE on April 26, and
COMMON GOLDENEYE in Park Rapids on April 28. On April 29 he saw
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW , and PINE SISKIN; BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER came
on April 30, PALM WARBLER on May 1, and SWAMP SPARROW, LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, and EASTERN BLUEBIRD on May 2. Also in Hubbard County, Becca
Engdahl found a CASPIAN TERN on Old Logging Road at North Twin Lake on
April 29.

Cleone Stewart reported a flock of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS near Frazee
on April 27. She also mentioned that the OSPREY have returned to the
nesting site along MN 10. Dave and Betty Hochhalter found TURKEY
VULTURE, WOOD DUCK, GREAT EGRET , COMMON LOON, and NORTHERN CARDINAL in
Becker County this week.

A SEDGE WREN was observed at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead in Clay
County on April 30, and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH was seen at Gooseberry Park.
SWAINSON’S HAWK was reported at Bluestem Prairie on May 2.

I saw a MARBLED GODWIT in Crookston, Polk County, today- May 3. Sandy
Aubol reported a SWAINSON'S THRUSH at the Red Lake River Greenway on May
1. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen by Sandy Aubol and Judy Johnson at
Tympanuchus WMA on April 28.

Allyson Engelstad saw a SHORT-EARED OWL south of Thief River Falls in
Pennington County on April 26. A RUFFED GROUSE was reported by Josh
Tharaldson on May 1. A flock of TUNDRA SWANS flew over the Red Lake
River on April 27. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER arrived on May 2. That day six
species of sparrow showed up in the yard- SONG SPARROW, LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and
SAVANNAH SPARROW. CLAY-COLORED SPARROW arrived on May 3. Two COMMON
LOONS floated past the house on May 2.

Beth Siverhus found a RUSTY BLACKBIRD at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County
on April 28.

Doug Johnson reported a EURASIAN WIGEON at Kolkin's Pond in Beltrami
County on April 27.

In Roseau County, Beth Siverhus a wide variety on species this week
including a few shorebirds such as LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
and KILLDEER. COMMON LOON, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and TENNESSEE WARBLER were other species she
found in Roseau County this week.

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 10, 2018.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN