-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*April 14, 2016
*MNDL1604.14

-Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Woodcock
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Brown Creeper
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Snow Bunting
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 14, 2016
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, April 14,
2016 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 weather has finally straightened out, and birds are flocking in.
This week most counties are reporting a lot of waterfowl species; turkey
vultures have arrived, rough-legged hawks have reached Roseau County,
dark-eyed juncos are in the northwest in large numbers as are purple
finches. Fox sparrows are being reported in several counties. Large
flocks of tundra swans are arriving this week.

In Roseau County, Ron Erpelding and I found at least 12 ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS in the Roseau area on April 10. We drove through the burn area
northeast of Bemis Hill where we found at least two BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKERS still there, even though most of the burned trees were now
almost fully debarked by the birds and winds.

In Marshall County on the weekend , Ron found COMMON MERGANSER,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, TURKEY VULTURE, and a single SNOW BUNTING.

In Pennington County, Ron and I found a RING-NECKED PHEASANT in
northwestern Thief River Falls on April 10. Here at home this week, I
had TUNDRA SWANS, COOPER'S HAWK, GREAT BLUE HERON, FOX SPARROW, many
DARK-EYED JUNCOS and PURPLE FINCHES, and an EASTERN PHOEBE showed up on
April 14. At least one of our WOOD DUCK boxes is occupied by a hen who
has already laid several eggs.

Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks , Polk County, had a EURASIAN TREE
SPARROW visit her yard on April 8, last reported on April 13. She also
reported a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on April 9, and by April 14 had
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER CEDAR WAXWING, SONG SPARROW, AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, a few YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and many DARK-EYED JUNCOS and
PURPLE FINCHES. Leon Thoreson near Climax reported MOURNING DOVE, and
BROWN CREEPER, among others. He also saw a late SNOWY OWL along the
railroad tracks on US 75 two miles east of Eldred on April 10. Ron
Erpelding reported several species of waterfowl from the impoundments in
the Red River valley including TUNDRA SWAN, COMMON MERGANSER, and
GREATER SCAUP. He also observed HERMIT THRUSH, FOX SPARROW, and a few
SNOW BUNTINGS.

In Mahnomen County, Ron Erpelding found TUNDRA SWAN, TURKEY VULTURE, and
FOX SPARROW.

15 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were observed by Ron at Ada wastewater
treatment ponds in Norman County. He also saw TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, GREATER SCAUP, a GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
there.

Dave and Betty Hochhalter reported a COMMON LOON , TRUMPETER SWAN, and
MALLARDS on Little Detroit Lake in Becker County on April 13. In his
yard, he saw WILD TURKEY, NORTHERN FLICKER, AMERICAN KESTREL,
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN CARDINAL, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. I
have a secondhand report that Donna Dustin working for Tamarac NWR has
banded the first hatch of AMERICAN WOODCOCKS on April 13.

Marshall Howe in Hubbard County reported YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and
EASTERN PHOEBE on April 10.

Alma Ronningen in Dent, Otter Tail County reported that the OSPREYS have
returned to nest on a pole in her yard. Also seen this week were EASTERN
PHOEBE, and PURPLE FINCH. Alice Martin reported NORTHERN FLICKER, FOX
SPARROW, a partial albino AMERICAN ROBIN, and one COMMON REDPOLL.

Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Alice Martin, Dave and Betty Hochhalter, Donna
Dustin, Leon Thoreson, Marshall Howe, Ron Erpelding, 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 April 21, 2016.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN