-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 24, 2017
*MNDL1708.24

-Birds mentioned
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
King Rail
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-necked Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Black Tern
Common Loon
American Bittern
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Merlin
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Red Crossbill
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Dickcissel
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 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 Thursday , August 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.

We are still dry in the far northwest, but a few spots got a little rain
this week. After that, the temperatures dropped, and now it feels like
fall in the mornings. We are hoping it will warm up as we are not ready
for the cold. Birds , however, are surely getting the message that it is
time to migrate. Notable species seen migrating this week included
common nighthawks, Franklin's gulls, and a large variety of warblers.
Swallows are slowly disappearing from the northern part of the area, but
are being reported in greater numbers further south in Minnesota. There
is an irruption of red crossbills which are being seen in most counties
in the central and north central part of the state, but likely partly
due to the smaller numbers of birders, there are few reports of them in
the far northwest.

Beth Siverhus in Roseau County reported dozens of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and
FRANKLIN'S GULLS catching dragonflies on August 17.

In Red Lake County, Allyson Engelstad reported a late BARN SWALLOW nest
with dependent nestlings on August 21.

In East Grand Forks, Polk County , on August 23, Sandy Aubol observed
TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN
REDSTART, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and YELLOW WARBLER in her yard. Two
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS also visited, and at least five young
COOPER'S HAWKS also watched the feeder within the last two weeks.

RED CROSSBILLS were seen by Ron Erpelding in southwestern Clay County at
the Clara Lutheran Cemetery on August 20. A RED-SHAFTED FLICKER was seen
by Beau Shroyer a half mile east of MN 32 north of Hitterdahl on August
24. The WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE at Buffalo River SP, and the SAY'S PHOEBE at
Felton Prairie were both seen on August 20.

Tamarac NWR in Becker County reported RED CROSSBILLS there on August 17.

From Hubbard County, Marcella Chester observed 25 COMMON LOONS and a
MERLIN in the Park Rapids area on August 21. Marshall Howe reported a
mixed flock of warblers including eleven species on August 21.
Fifty-three COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen there on August 23.

In Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Mark Otnes found some RED CROSSBILLS
on August 18.

RED CROSSBILLS were seen by Herb Dingmann in Wilkin County near the
intersection of CR 11 and 200th Street on August 22. A FERRUGINOUS HAWK
was found on the west side of US 75 south of CR 50. Craig Mandel
reported LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BLACK TERN, and
WESTERN KINGBIRD at the Breckenridge WTP on August 18. OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER was seen at the Brown WPA. A variety of warblers , a FIELD
SPARROW, and DICKCISSEL were among the other species seen in Wilkin
County that day.

A FOX SPARROW was reported at Lake Carlos SP in Douglas County by Corey
Erickson on August 23.

In Grant County, the KING RAIL was seen as recently as August 19 at the
N. Ottawa impoundment. Other species seen there on August 22 included
AMERICAN BITTERN, 12 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 13 CATTLE EGRETS, a
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and a GREAT HORNED OWL. Charlene Nelson observed
two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and a juvenile TURKEY VULTURE near Elbow Lake on
August 18. Craig Mandel located RED CROSSBILLS at Wheaton Cemetery in
Traverse County, and at Pine Ridge Park in Grant County. He also
reported a variety of warblers, and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Grant
County on August 17.

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, August 31,
2017.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN