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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 7, 2015
*MNDL1505.07

-Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
Bufflehead
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
American Avocet
Upland Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Forster's Tern
White-winged Dove
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Western Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
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Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 7, 2015
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 7, 2015
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.

The warm weather we had earlier this week has brought in more migrants.
Most counties reported OSPREY, PURPLE MARTIN, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and most
of the sparrows. As far north as Polk County, warblers seen in one or
more northwest counties included PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH,
YELLOW WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and NASHVILLE
WARBLER.

Steve Midthune reported a WHITE-WINGED DOVE in his yard in Detroit Lakes
at 15368 Sunset Hill Drive on May 1.

In Clay County, Jesse Ellis reported that a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
was seen and photographed by Kara Susag, who was unable to relocate the
bird which was last seen flying north.

At Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds, Sandy Aubol found an
AMERICAN AVOCET on May 1.

From Otter Tail County, Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported PURPLE MARTIN,
and FIELD SPARROW on May 1, BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 3, GRAY CATBIRD and
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 4, FORSTER'S TERN on May 5, and AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 6. Alma Ronningen added
HOUSE WREN on May 5, and AMERICAN REDSTART and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
on May 7.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County observed BROAD-WINGED HAWK,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BARRED OWL on May 1, BARN SWALLOW, BROWN
THRASHER, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK on May 3, LINCOLN'S SPARROW on May 4,
and HOUSE WREN and HARRIS’S SPARROW on May 7 among others.

From Becker County, Sandy Aubol reported many species of warblers
already at Tamarac NWR on May 3. Other species seen included FORSTER'S
TERN, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, HARRIS’S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
Steve Midthune reported there were shorebirds at Hamden Slough NWR on
May 4, and he also observed several GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.

Patrick Beauzay reported an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL in Clay County on May
4.

In Polk County, Gary Tischer reported on May 7 that there are still 400
-500 TUNDRA SWANS still at the rice paddies along the Clearwater River
in the eastern part of the county. Sandy Aubol found an UPLAND SANDPIPER
along US 2 at the western edge of Glacial Ridge NWR on May 3. She also
spotted an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the East Grand Forks greenway on
May 4. She saw a BLUE-HEADED VIREO in the yard on May 5, LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, HARRIS’S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 7. Bruce
Flaig had BALTIMORE ORIOLE and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in the southern
part of the county on May 5.

In addition to the AMERICAN AVOCET, Sandy Aubol found EARED GREBE,
HORNED GREBE, and WILSON'S PHALAROPE at the Thief River Falls wastewater
treatment ponds in Pennington County on May 1. Jeff Lannoye reported
PURPLE MARTIN in Thief River Falls on May 4. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW showed
up at our feeders on May 3, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on May 6. A
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and BALTIMORE ORIOLE arrived today, May 7.

From Itasca State Park, Connie Cox reported SWAINSON'S THRUSH, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, VESPER SPARROW , and many other migrants this week.

Jim Strommer in Bemidji, Beltrami County, saw two HARRIS'S SPARROWS at
the RV Park there on May 4.

Beth Siverhus in Roseau County reported BUFFLEHEAD , FRANKLIN'S GULL,
BELTED KINGFISHER, PURPLE MARTIN, BROWN THRASHER, BROWN CREEPER, and
PINE SISKINS, and many other migrants this week. An EVENING GROSBEAK
visited her feeders in Warroad on May 3. Kris Guggisberg saw a GREAT
GRAY OWL northeast of Roseau this week. On May 4, a CACKLING GOOSE was
present at the Warroad city park. BALTIMORE ORIOLE arrived on May 5.

In Lake of the Woods County, Gretchen Mehmel reported that a NORTHERN
HAWK OWL had been seen just north of McDonagh's Corner on the East Moose
River Road on April 30.

Thanks to all who sent in their sightings 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 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, May 14,
2015.


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