-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*June 21, 2012
*MNDL1206.21

-Birds mentioned
Ring-necked Duck
Gray Partridge
Sharp-tailed Grouse
American Bittern
Northern Harrier
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Connecticut Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Le Conte's Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: June 21, 2012
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 21,
2012 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.

Summer has come and with it many young birds and their noisy chatter.
Parent birds are hurrying around frantically trying to keep all the
little mouths fed. The landscape is looking greener in the northwest due
to several timely rains. Fortunately, we have not been the recipients of
the deluges received elsewhere.

In Lake of the Woods County, Beth Siverhus found a DICKCISSEL south of
Williams on June 16.

On June 16,Kyle TePoel found five EASTERN TOWHEES, and a singing
CONNECTICUT WARBLER at Lake Bronson SP in Kittson County on June 16.
Last week he observed two GRAY PARTRIDGES near Hallock, 4 UPLAND
SANDPIPERS between Lake Bronson and Beaches WMA, an AMERICAN BITTERN
northwest of Karlstad, and LE CONTE'S SPARROWS widely throughout the
county.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, Gregg Knutsen reported a brood of
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE about 10 days old on June 1, and on June 15, there
were 12 RING-NECKED DUCKS on Headquarters Pool.

At our place east of Thief River Falls in Pennington County, a
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER has been feeding a juvenile at our feeder since
June 20.

Holly and Myron Peterson saw two NORTHERN HARRIERS, and 12 BOBOLINKS at
Malmberg Prairie SNA, 2 miles west and 3 miles north of Eldred in Polk
County on June 20. Sandy Aubol saw the DICKCISSEL reported at the East
Grand Forks greenway still present on June 16.

While conducting surveys in Norman County, Randy Frederickson found a
SHORT-EARED OWL seven miles east of Borup on June 21. A RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was seen about a half mile north on a dead end road off CR 1
about 4 miles west of MN 32. A few days ago, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
was seen at the intersection of MN 75 and MN 200 in Halstad.

Marshall Howe saw a DICKCISSEL in Akeley Township in Hubbard County
about a mile west of the Cass County line on June 15. On June 16, he
found a singing CONNECTICUT WARBLER in Lake Alice Township along CR 3.

Barb and Dennis Martin relocated the ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Maplewood SP
in Otter Tail County that had been found on June 11 by a VENT tour. It
was still there on June 20 on the right side of the road about a quarter
miles beyond the contact station. On June 19, Gary and Marion Otnes
reported a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL and an INDIGO BUNTING at their place in
Fergus Falls, and nesting MARBLED GODWITS and UPLAND SANDPIPERS in
Western Township. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was also seen in that township.

Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Barb and Dennis Martin, Gary and Marion Otnes,
Gregg Knutsen, Holly and Myron Peterson, Kyle DePoel, Marshall Howe,
Randy Frederickson, and Sandy Aubol 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 28,
2012.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN