-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*July 1, 2010
*MNDL1007.01

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 1, 2010
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, July 1, 2010 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.

This week's weather has been more like summer than last week, but still we have not had the really hot temperatures and it still rains or sprinkles almost every day. Birds are very busy now with nestlings everywhere.

John Ellis reported a WILSON'S WARBLER at his cabin near Miltona in Douglas County on June 25.

Bob Dunlap observed a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW at the northwest corner of the intersection of CR 44 and 350th St southeast if Crookston in Polk County on June 25.

In Red Lake County on June 26, Shelley Steva spotted two territorial MERLINS at St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery east of Red Lake Falls while on a BBS. Later in the day we went back and discovered the nest with at least two half grown sleepy nestlings .

Beth Siverhus, while doing point counts in Agassiz NWR wilderness area in Marshall County found a RUFFED GROUSE, WILSON'S WARBLERS, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW on June 24. On the 29th, she got BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and a singing CONNECTICUT WARBLER. Please note that this is in an area not accessible to the public.

In Roseau County, Beth saw a SHORT-EARED OWL along CR 9 9.5 miles south of Roseau on June 25, and a BROWN THRASHER at their yard in Warroad.

Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Bob Dunlap, John Ellis, and Shelley Steva 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, July 8, 2010.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN