-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 24, 2017
*MNDL1705.24

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Sora
American Avocet
Upland Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
Forster's Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
White-faced Ibis
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Purple Martin
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Hermit Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Canada Warbler
Le Conte's Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 24, 2017
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 Wednesday, May 24,
2017 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.

Finally, it looks as if we are going to get some warmer weather and even
a south wind! Migrants are coming, albeit slowly. Depending where you
are at a given moment, most migrants have been seen somewhere in the
northwest, but we haven't had the usual big rush of migrants in the
northwest. We fear that many will fly right over us as it gets later and
later.

A HOUSE WREN was reported this week in Roseau County in the city of
Warroad.

Keith Wheeler reported HERMIT THRUSH in Thief River Falls on May 22.
Here in our yard, we at last have YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHER. BALTIMORE ORIOLES are visiting the feeder but not in
the usual numbers.

In southwestern Red Lake County, Bob Ekblad observed two COMMON LOONS, a
RUDDY TURNSTONE, and a HUDSONIAN GODWIT at the gravel quarry north of US
2.

The Detroit Lakes Birding Festival was held last weekend and Noah Kuck
shared some of his sightings. In Polk County at Glacial Ridge NWR, he
saw TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, SORA, UPLAND SANDPIPER,
MARBLED GODWIT, and LE CONTE'S SPARROW among others. At Rydell NWR, he
mentioned COMMON LOON, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and MARSH WREN.

Steve Midthune at a wetland two miles north of Ulen in Clay County
observed a pair of AMERICAN AVOCETS, HUDSONIAN GODWITS, DUNLIN, a RUDDY
TURNSTONE, and GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS.

At Hamden Slough in Becker County, Noah Kuck saw COMMON LOON, and WILD
TURKEY among others. At Tamarac NWR there were TRUMPETER SWANS, GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and PINE WARBLER among many others.

In Otter Tail County, Wayne Perala reported two FORSTER'S TERNS on May
21, and on May 22, he saw COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, MARSH WREN, HOUSE WREN,
SEDGE WREN, EASTERN KINGBIRD, PALM WARBLER, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
At Oak Grove Cemetery in Fergus Falls, Noah Kuck reported GREEN HERON,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, CANADA WARBLER and
others. A PURPLE MARTIN was seen at the Prairie Wetlands Learning
Center. Nesting at Grotto Lake in Fergus Falls were DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS, GREAT EGRETS with very young chicks, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT
HERONS.

In Grant County, Charlene Nelson reported an ORCHARD ORIOLE at her
feeder on May 23. On May 24, Wayne Perala found two WHITE-FACED IBIS,
twelve DUNLIN, GREAT BLUE HERON, and GREAT EGRET at the North Ottawa
Impoundment.

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, June 15,
2017.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN