-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 23, 2013
*MNDL1305.23

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
Horned Grebe
American Bittern
Green Heron
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Golden-Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Red-eyed Vireo
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Henslow's Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 23, 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 23,
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.

What an interesting week it has been , what with all the rain, more than
anyone wanted, then the lovely sunny weather that followed. Tonight, it
appears that the wind has finally dropped. Many areas experienced a
warbler fallout early in the week during the bad weather, and now that
the sun has returned, activities in yards and feeders has lessened.

From Douglas County on May 19, Judith Clayton reported EASTERN BLUEBIRD,
and on the 20th GRAY CATBIRD and INDIGO BUNTING.

In Ottertail County, the Detroit Lakes Festival birders reported a
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at Maplewood State Park. Gary and Marion Otnes saw a
LAZULI BUNTING under their feeders .

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported SPOTTED SANDPIPER, many PINE
SISKINS, and ORCHARD ORIOLE on May 18, a wave of warblers on May 19 and
also RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, GREAT GRESTED FLYCATCHER, COMMON NIGHTHAWK,
GRAY CATBIRD, and SWAINSON'S THRUSH. On the 20th, LEAST SANDPIPER, and
RED-EYED VIREO showed up. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, and
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were seen on May 23. Ben Wieland found a
WHIMBREL at the Walker wastewater treatment ponds on May 20. At Itasca
SP , the festival participants found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER near the
headquarters.

The Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds identified 150 species of birds on
Friday and Saturday including 20 warblers. A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED
SPARROW was seen at Tamarac NWR. Linda Schumann reported RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, INDIGO BUNTING, SCARLET TANAGER,
and BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Rainbow resort on May 19. Kay Hartness also saw
a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Detroit Lakes on May 17. Marshall Howe
reported AMERICAN BITTERN, MARSH WREN, BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, and
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at Hamden Slough on May 18.

Paul Budde ,Doug Kieser and Mark Ochs found a SAY'S PHOEBE at Felton
Prairie on the longspur road on May 22. A HORNED GREBE was seen on the
lake there.

Shelley Steva, Emily Hutchins, Vanessa Lane and I found a singing
HENSLOW'S SPARROW in the rain at the big cemetery in downtown Crookston,
Polk County on May 20. Other birds that we saw included HUDSONIAN
GODWITS and CASPIAN TERNS at several locations. An amazing fallout of
warblers and thrushes were seen in Crookston, at the cemetery, and at
UMC campus. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks reported OVENBIRD,SCARLET
TANAGER, ORCHARD ORIOLE and PINE SISKIN on May 17. Bill Blackburn found
a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER at the Audubon Center on May 17 along with many
other species of warbler including COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER. On May 18, Shelley Steva reported WILSON'S PHALAROPES,
HUDSONIAN GODWITS, and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS at the impoundments near
there, and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE near the intersection of CR 23 and CR 68.
On May 19, Bill Blackburn found 18 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS flying over
the impoundment on CR 23.

Andy Forbes discovered a LONG-TAILED DUCK and an immature GREATER
BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds in
Pennington County on May 20.

Bill Blackburn observed a RUDDY TURNSTONE at the impoundment east of
Radium in Marshall County on May 19.

From Beltrami County, Pat Dewenter reported a warbler wave on May 19
that included BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL, YELLOW WARBLER,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, and
WILSON'S WARBLER. George-Ann Maxson reported a nesting GREEN HERON on
the shores of Lake Beltrami and also a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.

In Hallock in Kittson County, Paul Clay saw a SCARLET TANAGER on May 21.

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 30, 2013.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN