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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*April 25, 2019
*MNDL1904.25

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Horned Grebe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Sandhill Crane
Marbled Godwit
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Loon
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Egret
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Snow Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
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Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 25, 2019
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 218-847-5743 or 218-847-9202
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, April 25,
2019 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

This has been a wonderful spring week with increasing temperatures, and
now the snow is all gone except for small remnants in sheltered areas.
Migration continues with waterfowl flooding in, most resident raptors
are now here, all the blackbirds have been spotted in the northwest,
sparrows are starting to appear, and even a few early warblers have been
reported. That said, now the weather forecasters are predicting possible
snow for the beginning of the week. We hope that won't have a large
impact in our region.

From Itasca State Park in Clearwater County, Connie Cox reported
TRUMPETER SWANS, BALD EAGLES, WILD TURKEYS, RUFFED GROUSE, SANDHILL
CRANES, NORTHERN FLICKER, HERMIT THRUSH, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and
SONG SPARROW among others. She also reported MALLARDS, WOOD DUCK, and
HOODED MERGANSER.

Here in the Thief River Falls area this week, we observed MERLIN, three
COMMON LOONS, and a GREAT EGRET on April 19th. On the 20th, HOODED
MERGANSER and WOOD DUCK were prospecting for homes in our yard, SAVANNAH
SPARROW and SONG SPARROW came to the feeder, and EASTERN BLUEBIRD was
also seen. On the 24th, NORTHERN FLICKERS came in, along with
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.
I took a ride to the rice paddies in the eastern part of the county on
April 21, where I found hundreds of TUNDRA SWANS, a few TRUMPETER SWANS,
all the common ducks including GREATER SCAUP, and LESSER SCAUP. A group
of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS flew over from Polk County to Pennington
County while we were there. Zeann Linder reported this week that the
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES have returned to Thief River Falls.

A GREAT HORNED OWL nest with two very large owlets was observed by Nancy
Hofstad in Red Lake Falls in Red Lake County on April 22nd.

The list for the rice paddies in Polk County was virtually the same as
in Pennington. We also saw NORTHERN HARRIERS in both counties. Sandy
Aubol reported LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, CHIPPING
SPARROW , and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on April 24th , and a YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER in her yard in East Grand Forks today. Interestingly, she
photographed two SNOW BUNTINGS in the county on April 20th.

The Minnesota Birding Weekend led by Kim Eckert last weekend was birding
in Otter Tail, Wilkin, and Grant Counties. In Otter Tail County on April
21st , many waterfowl were reported , including all the common duck
species. A MERLIN and a WINTER WREN were seen at Oak Grove Cemetery. At
the Orwell WMA they observed BONAPARTE'S GULL, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK,
COOPER’S HAWK, NORTHERN CARDINAL, PALM WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,
and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

In Wilkin County at the Breckenridge WTP on April 20th , the group found
ten shorebird species including a DUNLIN. In the County they reported
MARBLED GODWIT, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, AMERICAN BITTERN, four
SWAINSON'S HAWKS, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK.

The MBW group was in Grant County on April 19th where they observed SNOW
GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, most species of duck, HORNED GREBE, EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE, BONAPARTE'S GULL, TREE SWALLOW, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN
THRASHER, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

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 2, 2019.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN



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