-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*July 7, 2017
*MNDL1707.07

-Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
King Rail
Common Gallinule
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Hermit Thrush
Northern Parula
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 7, 2017
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 Friday, July 7, 2017
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.

Once again the main stories are dickcissels, and the birds at the North
Ottawa Impoundment. Ron Erpelding, Herb Dingmann, and Mark Junghans took
a trip through northwest Minnesota this last weekend and found
dickcissels in Marshall, Polk , Red Lake, Pennington, Norman and Becker
Counties, and there were dickcissels at the North Ottawa Impoundment
area also. Ron's group did not find a dickcissel in Lake of the Woods,
Roseau or Mahnomen counties, but that does not mean they were not there.
Wilson’s snipe were found in every county visited, and they saw American
bitterns in four counties.

Starting with Grant County, at the N. Ottawa Impoundment , the two KING
RAILS were seen by many observers as recently as July 6. Other species
included BLACK-NECKED STILT reported up to July 3, BONAPARTE'S GULL seen
there on July 6, CATTLE EGRET, GREAT EGRET, WILSON’S SNIPE, and
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD among many others. A COMMON GALLINULE was found
on July 2 along the southern boundary of the impoundment. On July 5,
Elissa Gallien reported a WESTERN KINGBIRD and 5 GRAY PARTRIDGE there.
Brian Bielfelt found two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the impoundment
on July 5. On June 30 Shelley Steva and I found an assortment of
shorebirds there including one WILLET.

In Traverse County, Brian Bielfelt found a GREAT EGRET along US 75 north
of Wheaton.

Shelley Steva and I visited Grotto Lake in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County on June 30 where we found nesting GREAT EGRETS, BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT HERON, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS , most with very large
chicks. Two TURKEY VULTURES were cruising overhead hoping, I assume,
that some chicks would fall out of the nest and die.

Tamarac NWR in Becker County reported a NORTHERN PARULA there on July 4.

At Buffalo River SP in Clay County on June 30, we found the WESTERN
WOOD-PEWEE still there.

In Norman County Ron Erpelding's group found TRUMPETER SWANS, LARK
SPARROW, and a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE with her brood.

A RING-NECKED PHEASANT hen with a brood was found on July 1 by Ron's
group in Mahnomen County.

Sandy Aubol reported a SNOW GOOSE at the East Grand Forks WTP in Polk
County on July 1. A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found in Fertile on June
30.

At the gravel quarry in Red Lake County, on June 30, a COMMON LOON with
a chick was found. Other species seen there were GRASSHOPPER SPARROW,
ALDER FLYCATCHER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. A EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE was observed at the south end of Red Lake Falls.

Ron's group heard a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO in Pennington County on June 30.

In Marshall county on June 30, a SCARLET TANAGER was found at Old Mill
SP; a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was seen at the Agassiz impoundment,
and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was also found in Marshall County.

From Bemidji SP in Beltrami County, Arul Arasu reported BLACK TERN,
GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER , and HERMIT THRUSH on July 2.

Noah Kuck observed two CASPIAN TERNS on Pine Lake in Clearwater County
on July 3.

In Kittson County on June 29, Ron's group reported two BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, WILLOW FLYCATCHER , and , on the east edge of US 59 between Halma
and Lake Bronson, two GRAY PARTRIDGE. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen in
Donaldson.

From Roseau County, Ron reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, WESTERN
KINGBIRD, and WILLOW FLYCATCHER on June 29.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found in Lake of the Woods County on June
28.

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 13,
2017.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN