-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 21, 2015
*MNDL1505.21

-Birds mentioned
Red-necked Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Black Tern
Common Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Short-eared Owl
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Sedge Wren
Veery
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Grasshopper Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 21, 2015
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 21,
2015 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.

The last wave of migrants is coming to the northwest this week. All the
warblers are being seen throughout the area, and the vireos and wrens
are starting to be reported. Weather this week has been warming slowly
and winds have been light.

In Grant County, Charlene Nelson reported INDIGO BUNTING and ORCHARD
ORIOLE on May 19. HARRIS'S SPARROW was seen on May 20.

Marion and Gary Otnes in Otter Tail County observed SORA, SANDHILL
CRANE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, BLACK TERN, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, WOOD THRUSH,
and EASTERN KINGBIRD on May 20. Alice Martin saw CAPE MAY WARBLER, and
SCARLET TANAGER on May 21.

From Hubbard County, Marshall Howe reported LEAST FLYCATCHER, and
SCARLET TANAGER on May 15, EASTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER,
WARBLING VIREO, INDIGO BUNTING , and GRAY CATBIRD on May 16, RED-EYED
VIREO and MOURNING WARBLER on May 17, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and COMMON TERN
on May 18, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO on May 19. An occupied BROAD-WINGED HAWK nest was
seen on May 20.

At the Detroit Lake birding festival last weekend, 28 species of
warblers were found including a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER spotted by Bob
Janssen. Only 12 species of shorebirds were seen due to heavy rain that
came through the region covering up the mudflats. A trip to Felton
Prairie in Clay county saw all the expected specialties being found
including UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR,
and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. At Tamarac NWR on May 16, Heather Hundt found a
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and reported it on eBird. Also from eBird was a
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD reported by Shawn Goodchild at Tamarac NWR on May
16.

Joanne Johnson in Polk County reported BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on May 15. On
that day, Russ Wilbur observed a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at their
traditional nest site at the East Grand Forks campground. Two COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS were seen over East Grand Forks by Sandy Aubol on May 19.
Other species that she reported that day included TURKEY VULTURE,
OSPREY, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, SEDGE WREN, VEERY,
GRAY-CHEEKDED THRUSH, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and several other species of
warbler.

In Pennington County this week, I have hundreds of PINE SISKINS at the
feeders. Both RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS are
being seen at the feeders. Today there was a big increase in SWAINSON'S
THRUSHES and PALM WARBLERS.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported SHORT-EARED OWL, EASTERN
TOWHEE, and WILSON'S WARBLER on May 15, RED-NECKED GREBE, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, ORCHARD ORIOLE and SCARLET TANAGER on May 18, and a SHORT-EARED
OWL on May 19.

Thanks to all who sent in their sightings this week.

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, May 28,
2015


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN