-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*May 21, 2020
*MNDL2005.21

-Birds mentioned
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Snipe
Willet
California Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Veery
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: May 21, 2020
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 Friday, May 22, 2020
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

Summer seems to have really come to the northwest, perhaps completely
by-passing spring! Warbler migration seems to have been largely
nonexistent so far. Weather has turned warm , even hot, and the resident
species are very active in preparation for nesting. The colorful species
like rose-breasted grosbeaks, Baltimore orioles, ruby-throated
hummingbirds, and American goldfinch are decorating the feeders of the
northwest. It appears that something has caused the tanager migrations
to be miss-directed as both western tanagers and summer tanagers are
showing up all over the state , and the northwest has not been missed.

SUMMER TANAGER was reported by Harriet Worker at her feeder in Viking in
Marshall County on May 21st. Another was seen in rural Crookston, Polk
County, on May 15th and reported by John Loegering. Yet another was
reported at the home of Kurt and Deb Anderson outside of Detroit Lakes,
Becker County, on May 11th. There was one at Noonan's Park in
Alexandria, Douglas County on May 12th.

A WESTERN TANAGER was reported by Ida Fetterer in Friberg Township, of
Otter Tail County, on May 9th.

VEERY has been observed by Sharron Lee in Lake of the Woods County on
May 17th.

Here in Pennington County migration has been slow, and very few species
of warblers have migrated through, and even the resident ones are not
back in numbers yet. All the resident sparrows are here ,and BALTIMORE
ORIOLES, BROWN THRASHERS, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, EASTERN PHOEBE, and
LEAST FLYCATCHERS have returned. On May 17th, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
showed up at the feeders, and YELLOW WARBLER was heard on May 20th.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was observed by Cory Floden twelve miles east of
East Grand Forks, Polk County , on May 18th. Kathy Hertel reported that
the RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have returned to the campground at East Grand
Forks as of May 18th.

Patrick Beauzay found a CALIFORNIA GULL just south of the Clay County
landfill in Clay County on May 10th.

From Becker County, Deb Muzzy reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and
WILSON'S SNIPE at Tamarac NWR on May 20th.

From Wilkin County, Jill Blaufuss reported an INDIGO BUNTING at
Breckenridge on May 17th.

Alma Ronningen observed a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Dent in Otter Tail
County on May 14th.

Charlene Nelson reported that the North Ottawa Impoundment in Grant
County on May 15th was quiet with most species being in small numbers.
Most of the duck species were seen and there was a nice selection of
shorebirds in small numbers. Among them were AMERICAN AVOCET,
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and WILLET.

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 Friday, May 29, 2020.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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