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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*June 22, 2017
*MNDL1706.22

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
King Rail
Black-necked Stilt
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Dunlin
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Loon
American White Pelican
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Red-headed Woodpecker
Pine Siskin
Spotted Towhee
Le Conte's Sparrow
Dickcissel
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Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 22, 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 Thursday, June 22,
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.

After a few days of summer weather, we are back into cooler and wetter
conditions. Flowers of all kinds love this kind of weather, and both the
woods and the yards are bright with color this week. Dickcissels are
apparently irrupting into all counties of Minnesota; Shelley Steva and I
found a dickcissel in both Marshall and Polk County on June 18, and I
got one on my breeding bird route this morning also in Marshall County.

Kathleen MacAulay reported BONAPARTE'S GULL and CASPIAN TERN at the
Roseau WTP, Roseau County , on June 19.

At the gravel quarry in Red Lake County on June 18, Shelley Steva and I
found TRUMPETER SWANS, UPLAND SANDPIPERS, MARBLED GODWIT, FRANKLIN'S
GULL, BLACK TERN, 2 COMMON LOONS, and a number of AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS . Several RING-BILLED GULLS were there, sitting unmoving on one
of the stony “islands”; we suspect they are nesting.

In Polk County, Sandy Aubol reported a SNOW GOOSE at the East Grand
Forks WTP on June 20. She also noted about 40 pairs of nesting EARED
GREBES there. Along with the DICKCISSEL, we heard LE CONTE'S SPARROWS
near the Agassiz Impoundment.

A WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE was still at Buffalo River SP in Clay County as of
June 20. Patrick Beauzay reported a SPOTTED TOWHEE there on June 18.
Noah Kuck observed a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO there on June 16.

At Lake Osakis in Douglas County, John Jonas reported WESTERN GREBES on
June 18.

From Otter Tail County, Alice Martin reported a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at
Paul Miller Park, and a PINE SISKIN was seen in the eastern part of the
county. Chicks are being hatched at Grotto Lake in Fergus Falls
including GREAT EGRETS and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS.

The big hot spot this week continues to be the North Ottawa Impoundment
in Grant County where two KING RAILS continue to be seen at least as
recently as June 19. Other species reported there include two
BLACK-NECKED STILTS, GREAT EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, WHITE-FACED IBIS, DUNLIN,
BONAPARTE'S GULL, and on June 20, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. The king rail
location is along 250th St at the intersection where the culverts are
lined up above ground. Be sure to check on conditions before going as
the roads are subject to flooding and can be muddy.

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, June 29,
2017.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN



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