-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*August 15, 2019
*MNDL1908.15

-Birds mentioned
Wood Duck
Common Merganser
Semipalmated Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Prairie Falcon
American Crow
Common Raven
Red Crossbill
American Tree Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 15, 2019
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 218-847-5743 or 218-847-9202
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 15,
2019 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

The weather has cooled, and now feels like fall already, although there
is still more heat that will surely come. Birds are even now starting to
move around, flock up, and generally get ready for that fall journey.
Some species are definitely on the move, including turkey vultures which
have been seen in many places in the last two weeks. That said, exciting
birding is by no means over for the season. Blue grosbeaks are showing
up all over the state, though not many in the northern half of the
state. The first red crossbills have been reported from several
locations.

In Grant County at the North Ottawa Impoundment, shorebirds such as
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS are
among the many species being reported this week. Wayne Perala found a
WILLET there on August 14. Frank Fabbro observed a PRAIRIE FALCON
overlooking cell C on August 9th.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen several days at the Breckenridge WTP in Wilkin
County since August 4th. I have not seen any reports in the last few
days.

An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was reported from Otter Tail County on August
8th. WOOD DUCK and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were observed in Fergus
Falls by Wayne Perala this week, and James McCoy found a COMMON
MERGANSER along CR 20 on August 11th.

A RED CROSSBILL was seen by Scott Dirks in Todd County on August 11th.

In Polk County, Russ Wilbur reported more than 80 AMERICAN CROWS on the
Polk County side of the south pedestrian bridge over the Red River on
August 15th. Sandy Aubol reported the first RED CROSSBILL at her feeder
in East Grand Forks on August 10th, and two more had joined it the next
day. Ron Fischer reported that the East Grand Forks BALD EAGLE nest has
fledged two young eaglets. The first BROAD-WINGED HAWK of the season was
observed by Sandy Aubol on August 7th.

Here in Pennington County, I saw two TURKEY VULTURES along Johnson Drive
on August 11th, and a COMMON RAVEN in the town of Thief River Falls that
day.

At Old Mill State Park in Marshall County, Judy and Tim Walker reported
a SCARLET TANAGER on August 10th. At Agassiz NWR, they observed several
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS.

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, August 22, 2019.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN