-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 9, 2014
*MNDL1405.09

-Birds mentioned
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Sora
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Snowy Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 9, 2014
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 Friday, May 9, 2014
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.

Birds have streamed north this week in spite of the inclement weather.
Not many really rare sightings this week, but all the expected migrators
are showing up all over the area. There are way too many to report all
of everyone's sightings, so please understand if you don't see all or
any of yours in this report. All of the expected ducks,most of the
hawks, gulls, woodpeckers, sparrows, and blackbirds are here or moving
through. We are starting to see the first warblers and flycatchers also,
and are hoping for some warmer weather to bring out the bugs. Warblers
reported in northwest Minnesota within the last few days included
OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE MAY WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
PALM WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER with the southern counties reporting the most
species. They are coming!

This week Vanessa Lane reported a SAY'S PHOEBE at the UMC Crookston
campus in Polk County on May 7. The bird is most easily seen near the
horse manure piles on the north end of the campus. No one was able to
relocate the white ibis reported by Denny and Barb Martin at the Norland
impoundment in Roseau County late last week.

Beth Siverhus reported finding a banded 32 year old BALD EAGLE in Roseau
County. The bird was injured and had to be euthanized. An emaciated
SNOWY OWL was also found and transported to the raptor center where it's
prognosis is poor. This bird was banded this past winter in Laurel,
Maryland. Beth also reported a variety of species in her yard including
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. On the waterfront in
Warroad were OSPREY, many ducks, and COMMON LOON. Among the other
species seen in Roseau County this week were MARBLED GODWITS. At the
Norland Impoundment Sandy Aubol and I found almost all the ducks,
RED-NECKED GREBE, and TREE SWALLOWS. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen along
MN 11 on the way home.

Kittson County birds seen by Gary Tischer this week included GREAT BLUE
HERON and 25 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS.

Maggie Anderson reported the EARED GREBES, HORNED GREBES, and RED-NECKED
GREBES have come back to Headquarters Pool and Parker Pool at Agassiz
NWR in Marshall County as of May 5, and on May 7, a WESTERN GREBE was on
Headquarters Pool, and SORA was heard.

Maggie saw both TREE SWALLOWS and BARN SWALLOWS in Thief River Falls in
Pennington County on May 7. Gary Tischer reported that swans were still
migrating through the county on May 2. Here near the feeder east of the
city, we had a BROWN CREEPER on May 4, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW , and a
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on May 6.

In Crookston in Polk County, Vanessa Lane reported TURKEY VULTURE,
OSPREY, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and CHIMNEY SWIFT among others on May 6.
Sandy Aubol reported SWAINSON'S THRUSH at the Oakdale cemetery in
Crookston on May 5, and a WILLET at the Grand Marais River near East
Grand Forks. Two BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
were at the Parnell impoundment along CR 17 east of US 75. Emily
Hutchins reported GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW and others at
Glacial Ridge NWR on May 6.

Sandy Aubol saw a BALTIMORE ORIOLE in Clay County near Moorhead on May
6.

A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE and eight species of sparrow was observed by Steve
Midthune at Hamden Slough NWR in Becker County on May 8. Linda Schumann
at Rainbow resort reported HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT among many others on May 7. On May 6, Steve Midthune
reported 75 yellowlegs, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and two WILSON'S
PHALAROPES in the drawdown at three pools east of Hamden Slough NWR
along the east side of CR 104 just past Hesby Lake.

From Hubbard County, Marshall Howe reported BROAD-WINGED HAWK on May 4,
HERMIT THRUSH on May 5, two GOLDEN EAGLES on May 6, LEAST FLYCATCHER,
and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and several species of warblers on May 7, and
on May 8 , a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD showed up.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan in Otter Tail County got HOUSE WREN and BALTIMORE
ORIOLE on May 6, FIELD SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK on May 7, and GREEN HERON, GRAY CATBIRD, and OVENBIRD on May 8.
Teresa Jaskiewicz reported a long list of warblers and sparrows
including CAPE MAY WARBLER and LINCOLN'S SPARROW on May 5, and at the
Prairie Wetlands Learning center a SORA on May 6.

Benjamin Eckhoff in Douglas County at Lake Carlos State Park had a long
list of migrants including BLUE-HEADED VIREO, LEAST FLYCATCHER, and
EASTERN PHOEBE, and many warblers and sparrows.

Thanks to all, too numerous to mention individually , who sent in
sightings this week. Keep those sightings coming. They are all noted and
appreciated.


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 15, 2014.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN