-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *June 11, 2009 *MNDL0906.11-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 11, 2009
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 11, 2009 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.
It seems that summer is poised to finally appear in the northwest. The last days have been warmer, and much more pleasant, and we have been rewarded with bird song everywhere. Migration may be over but the fun is not!
Gretchen Mehmel in Lake of the Woods County reported that the SCARLET TANAGER she reported earlier is still coming to the Norris Camp feeder.
Bob Dunlap reporting from Roseau County has been seeing some interesting species including a LARK SPARROW along MN 11 about a half mile west of CR 105 near the gravel pit area. Also in Roseau County, Beth Siverhus observed her first COMMON NIGHTHAWK of the season in Warroad on June 10.
In Kittson County on June 10, Bob Dunlap found no less than 7 YELLOW RAILS at the east end of the Caribou WMA. A SPOTTED TOWHEE was heard singing from the locked gate leading to the group camp on the south side of Lake Bronson State Park. Other species seen included a SHORT-EARED OWL along CR 7, and at Caribou WMA SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, EASTERN TOWHEE, and SCARLET TANAGER.
A LARK SPARROW was also found by Bob Dunlap along Marshall County Road 6 a mile west of CR 114. A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen walking along CR 7 near Agassiz NWR headquarters on June 10.
Here in Pennington County I saw a SHORT-EARED OWL along 160 St NE about 6 miles east of Thief River Falls on June 11.
In Polk County, John Loegering saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Oakdale Cemetery in Crookston on June 6.
Mel and Elaine Bennefeld saw a SCARLET TANAGER at the Pondorosa Golf Club in Clay County on June 6, and on June 10 a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were seen there.
Kim Eckert reported that on June 8 there were three LEAST BITTERNS calling along the Clay/ Otter Tail County line on 460 St,one mile east of Otter Tail CR 21. Other species seen in the county included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and both cuckoos.
Thanks to Beth Sverhus, Bob Dunlap, John Loegering, Mel and Elaine Bennefeld, and Kim Eckert for their reports.
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 18, 2009.
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN