-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 3, 2017
*MNDL1708.03

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Ruddy Duck
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Chimney Swift
Black-necked Stilt
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Black Tern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Common Raven
House Wren
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Indigo Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 3, 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 3,
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.

The heat has finally diminished in the northwest and elsewhere in
Minnesota. Yards in the far northwest still need more rain, but the damp
day yesterday did help.

Alma Ronningen in Grant County reported that two young OSPREY from the
nearby nest in the Elbow Lake area have started to fly. CHIMNEY SWIFTS
have nested in the Maplewood Lutheran Church chimney again this year.
Species seen in her yard in Dent included RED-EYED VIREO, EASTERN
PHOEBE, HOUSE WREN, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
AMERICAN REDSTART, and YELLOW WARBLER. At the N. Ottawa impoundment, the
BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen as recently as August 2. A BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON was spotted on August 2 also. On July 30, a good selection
of shorebirds could be found there, and WESTERN GREBES, EARED GREBES,
RUDDY DUCKS, BLACK TERNS, and WESTERN KINGBIRD were seen there. Four
GREAT HORNED OWLS were found on July 30 along the roads in the area.

From Todd County, Alex Sundvall reported a CLARK'S GREBE on Lake Osakis
on July 28.

A SNOW GOOSE is still present at the East Grand Forks WTP as reported by
Sandy Aubol on August 1.

In Pennington County, Shelley Steva reported two COMMON RAVENS and a
COOPER'S HAWK in the city of Thief River Falls on August 2. Here at our
feeder east of the city, we now have PINE SISKINS and HOUSE FINCHES.

Shelley and I went to western Polk County on the afternoon of July 30
where we found 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS at the Warren WTP as reported
earlier by Sandy Aubol. At that location and the Agassiz impoundment, we
found a total of 12 species of shorebirds that day. There could have
been others that we did not identify at the impoundment which was very
busy.

In Roseau County on July 28, I had the unusual experience of listening
to the singing of both a HERMIT THRUSH and an INDIGO BUNTING
simultaneously. The location was at the interface with the recently
logged off area burned year before last, and the standing live pine
trees. It was an interesting example of how habitat influences which
birds are there.

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 10,
2017.




Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN