-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 31, 2018
*MNDL1805.31

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Cinnamon Teal
American Black Duck
Gray Partridge
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Horned Grebe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
American Avocet
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Dunlin
Willet
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Least Bittern
Rough-legged Hawk
Common Raven
Wood Thrush
Red Crossbill
Orchard Oriole
Golden-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 31, 2018
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, May 31,
2018 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You
may also see this report on the Chamber of Commerce website:
https://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/birding-report

This has been a very hot week throughout the state, but the far
northwest has not received the rain that has provided some relief from
the drought in the more southern parts of the area. Birds have been
going about their business of settling down to raise the year's young,
and migration happened in the space of about a day this year. The MOU
weekend in Northwest Minnesota found 181 species, a little bit down from
the usual number. I will not try to enumerate them all. Only 14 species
of warbler were seen on the weekend.

From Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County, Alice Martin reported a HOODED
WARBLER on May 25. It is one of only three ever reported in that county.

Wayne Perala observed COMMON LOON, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON RAVEN,
NORTHERN PARULA, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER at
Tamarac NWR on May 30.

Kim Eckert's MOU group reported a CINNAMON TEAL on May 28 at the Agassiz
Impoundment. The bird was seen on both sided of the Polk/ Marshall
County line. Among other species seen there were ORCHARD ORIOLE, and
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in Polk County.

The MOU group found a WOOD THRUSH in Red Lake Falls in Red Lake County
on May 25. Near the gravel pit were SNOW GOOSE, a GREATER
PRAIRIE-CHICKEN lek, WHIMBREL, and GRAY PARTRIDGE, and at Old Treaty
Crossing at Huot were YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, and ORCHARD ORIOLE. Fifteen
species of shorebirds were found at the rice paddies in the northeast
corner of the county. They included AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT,
and WILLET. An AMERICAN BLACK DUCK was also there.

In Pennington County on May 27, the MOU group found HORNED GREBE ,
DUNLIN, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BONAPARTE’S GULL, and
HERRING GULL at the Thief River Falls WTP.

Marshall County sightings, besides the CINNAMON TEAL at the Agassiz
Impoundment, included SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, and EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE on
May 26. At Agassiz NWR among species found were LE CONTE'S SPARROW and
NELSON’S SPARROW, and several species of shorebirds at Headquarters and
Tamarac Pools. A LEAST BITTERN was reported at the Radium impoundment.

Nancy Wasik observed 8-10 RED CROSSBILLS in Eckles township , Beltrami
County, on May 31.

The MOU group went to Kittson County on May 26 where they found a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and SNOW GOOSE at the gravel pit south of Karlstad.

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 numbers 218-847-5743 or 218- 847-9202. Please include the
county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this
report is Thursday, June 7. 2018.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN