-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 2, 2013
*MNDL1305.02

-Birds mentioned
White-winged Scoter
Gray Partridge
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
Forster's Tern
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Horned Owl
Great Gray Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Tanager
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 2, 2013
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, May 2, 2013
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 couple of warm windy days, nearly all the snow has gone in the
northwest. Migration has exploded with large migrations of common loons
and grebes which apparently were trapped by icebound conditions that are
now not a problem. Migrant species reported by most observers included
all the common ducks, swans, COMMON LOONS, all the grebes, RED-TAILED
HAWKS, NORTHERN HARRIERS, AMERICAN KESTRELS, MERLINS, NORTHERN FLICKERS,
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, CHIPPING
SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW,
SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, DARK-EYED
JUNCO, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, COMMON GRACKLE, and
PURPLE FINCH.

WHITE-FACED IBIS and/or GLOSSY IBIS were reported in five counties of
the northwest this week. Two of the ibis reported in Becker County last
week northeast of Lake Park and later seen along MN 32, were relocated a
half mile east of US 59 on 330 St. on April 28. Bill Blackburn observed
two WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Euclid East Watershed impoundment about two
miles east of Euclid in Polk County on April 25. Another in Polk County
was seen near the Erskine WMA at the intersection of 110th St. SE and
210 Ave. SE. Scott Wockenfuss and Dave Myhrer reported several on Lower
CCC Pool at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on 5-02. Karen Colson saw a
WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods in Lake of
the Woods County on April 26 along CR 49 about as far north as you can
get in US . May 1, Larry Wilebski saw 3 WHITE-FACED IBIS in northwestern
Kittson County between St Vincent and the Red River bridge. If you see
one of these birds, please document as well as you can so we can
definitely determine the species.

Teri Horner saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in Lake of the Woods County along CR 2
at 60th St NW two miles south of Long Point on April 27.

Beth Siverhus reported TURKEY VULTURE, GREAT EGRET, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK,
EASTERN PHOEBE, PALM WARBLER, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD among many
others in Roseau County on May 1.

Larry Wilebski found a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Lancaster, Kittson
County, on May 2.

From Clearwater County, Kelly Larson reported 20 species of waterfowl at
the rice paddies along the Clearwater River on April 28. Other species
seen in the county included a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at her Bagley farm. On
May 1, she reported 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 60-70
RED-NECKED GREBES, a PEREGRINE FALCON, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at the rice paddies.

Many species of waterfowl can be seen at the Agassiz Impoundment in
Marshall County north of the Audubon Center. Bill Blackburn observed a
large flock of LAPLAND LONGSPURS on 240 St north of MN 1. A LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE was found along CR 7 east of the ANWR headquarters on April 28. A
GREAT HORNED OWL nest was seen at headquarters with at least one owlet
in it. Many species of water birds are back at Agassiz NWR now,
including AMERICAN BITTERN seen by Sean Lofgren on April 29. Three
MARBLED GODWITS were seen this week along CR 7 . An OSPREY was seen at
the northeast corner of the refuge on May 2. Bill Blackburn reported a
GREAT HORNED OWL and an EASTERN PHOEBE along the Snake River in Warren
on April 29.

In Thief River Falls in Pennington County, the big news has been 11
COMMON LOONS, 150 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 10 HORNED GREBES, 6
FORSTER'S TERNS, four WESTERN GREBES and several species of ducks at the
confluence of the Red Lake and Thief Rivers both yesterday and today.
Also a large flock of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS was there for a brief
period. Across from our yard east of the city an OSPREY has been seen
several days this week.

Polk County sightings by Emily Hutchins included dancing GREATER
PRAIRIE-CHICKENS in the Glacial Ridge NWR. She also saw HERMIT THRUSH,
and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on April 26. Sandy Aubol reported
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW on April 27. She still is
reporting up to 200 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in her area of East Grand Forks.

Kristy May in Mahnomen County reported TREE SWALLOWS, and NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS on May 2.

Kristy May saw DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, TURKEY VULTURES, and WILSON'S
SNIPE in Clay County on April 28. At Gooseberry Park in Moorhead, Tim
Lamey saw WINTER WREN, BROWN CREEPER , HERMIT THRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH among others that day. At Bluestem
Prairie, there were SWAINSON'S HAWK, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, UPLAND
SANDPIPERS, and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE on May 2.

Mark Otnes reported COMMON LOONS, WESTERN GREBES, 2 WILLETS, and large
numbers of waterfowl at Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County on April 28.
Linda Schumann at Rainbow Resort observed that an EVENING GROSBEAK is
still occasionally coming to the feeders there. Steve Midthune reported
a WESTERN TANAGER at Big Sugar Bush Lake on April 30.

Species seen this week in Hubbard County included BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
HERMIT THRUSH, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on May 1.
Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported that 10 RED CROSSBILLS were
seen near Dorset on April 28. Roland Jordahl reported TREE SWALLOW and
EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Hubbard County on May 2.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County saw 85 COMMON LOONS on April
30 north of the town of Ottertail. On May 1 they reported HERRING GULL,
BONAPARTE'S GULL, and CLIFF SWALLOW. Two CATTLE EGRETS were seen south
of Fergus Falls on May 1. Steve Aversano reported GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
PURPLE MARTIN, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in Otter Tail County on May
1. Alma Ronningen saw BROWN THRASHER on April 28.

The MBW lead by Kim Eckert saw a SMITH'S LONGSPUR along Wilkin CR 15 on
April 27. Another highlight were three GRAY PARTRIDGE west of Rothsay.
In Grant County, the group saw two CATTLE EGRETS in Grant County by the
Wendall elevators.

In Douglas County, Judith Clayton observed 43 COMMON LOONS, and an
OSPREY at Lake Winona in Alexandria on April 30.

Thanks to all who sent in sightings this week.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[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, May 9, 2013.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN