This should have gone out as the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report!
 
Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
 
From: Rare Bird Alert [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anthony
Hertzel
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 7:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [mou-rba] MOU RBA 13 July 2017Anthony Hertzel <[log in to unmask]>
 
 
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Minnesota Statewide
*July 13, 2017
*MNST1707.13
 
-Birds mentioned 
*	Black-billed Cuckoo 
*	King Rail 
*	Common Gallinule 
*	Black-necked Stilt 
*	Double-crested Cormorant 
*	Least Bittern 
*	Great Egret 
*	Green Heron 
*	Black-crowned Night-Heron 
*	Merlin 
*	Acadian Flycatcher 
*	Say's Phoebe 
*	Western Kingbird 
*	House Wren 
*	Golden-winged Warbler 
*	Lark Sparrow 
*	Le Conte's Sparrow 
*	Scarlet Tanager 
*	Northern Cardinal 
*	Dickcissel 
*	Bobolink 
*	Orchard Oriole 
-Transcript 
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: July 13, 2017
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 13, 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. 
True summer weather has been in place this week with the up and down
temperatures, and stormy weather. Many people are busy with storm cleanup,
and /or the local fairs. Birds , too, are very busy bringing up the young,
and now is a good time to confirm nesting when you see the young being fed
by their parents. 
Shelley Steva observed a MERLIN in downtown Thief River Falls, Pennington
County, on July 11 in the courthouse parking lot. Here in the yard east of
the city, I found a nest of baby HOUSE WRENS in one of our bird houses
yesterday. 
The previously reported SAY'S PHOEBE was re-located at Felton Prairie in
Clay County by Shawn Goodchild on July 9. The WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE was seen
that day as well so I think we can say that it may be nesting at Buffalo
River State Park. 
In Otter Tail County an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen at Maplewood SP as
recently as July 10. Various folks have seen the BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS,
GREAT EGRETS, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS at Grotto Lake in Fergus Falls
this week. Those young birds must be getting close to fledging by now. Aaron
Ludwig found a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Prairie Wetlands Learning Center on
July 9. A NORTHERN CARDINAL was seen in Oak Grove Cemetery in Fergus Falls.
At Glendalough SP, there was GREEN HERON, ORCHARD ORIOLE, GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER among others, and at Maplewood SP, SCARLET TANAGER, and BOBOLINK.
Other species seen in Otter Tail County this week included LARK SPAR ROW,
DICKCISSEL, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, and a SWAINSON'S HAWK near Rothsay. 
Wayne Perala found another "good" bird at the N. Ottawa Impoundment on July
10- a LEAST BITTERN. Still being seen by various folks are the KING RAILS,
COMMON GALLINULE, BLACK-NECKED STILTS, WESTERN KINGBIRD, and a KRIDER'S
RED-TAILED HAWK. 
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, July 20, 2017. 
Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN