My apologies!!! I had some difficulty getting this report to post last evening, and it appears that on one of my attempts, I forgot to change the header to the Northwest Birding report. My OOPS!
Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN > -----Original Message----- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Anthony Hertzel > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 29 July 2010 > > -RBA > *Minnesota > *Minnesota Statewide > *July 29, 2010 > *MNST1007.29 > > -Birds mentioned > Gray Partridge > Greater Prairie-Chicken > Osprey > Osprey > Broad-winged Hawk > Merlin > Sandhill Crane > Spotted Sandpiper > Baird's Sandpiper > Stilt Sandpiper > Wilson's Snipe > Bonaparte's Gull > Franklin's Gull > Black Tern > Northern Hawk Owl > Barred Owl > Alder Flycatcher > Black-billed Magpie > Purple Martin > Red-breasted Nuthatch > Nashville Warbler > Black-and-white Warbler > Grasshopper Sparrow > Scarlet Tanager > Brewer's Blackbird > Orchard Oriole > -Transcript > > Hotline: Minnesota Statewide > Date: July 29, 2010 > Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org > Reports: (763) 780-8890 > Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([email protected]) > > This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, > July 29, 2010 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. > > This has been a typical summer week in the northwest , with > hot temperatures punctuated by showers and thunderstorms. > Flowers are everywhere, and baby birds are noisy like all > youngsters finding their voices. A few migrants are already > starting to show up also. > > Beth Siverhus reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN 72 in > Lake of the Woods County near Baudette on July 15. > > Doug Johnson, reporting from Bemidji, Beltrami County > mentioned that BONAPARTE'S GULLS have returned to Lake > Bemidji near the country club dock. Several pairs of MERLINS > are nesting along the north shore of Lake Bemidji, and a > family of BARRED OWLS are being seen in the campground and > along the Bass Creek Trail. > > In Polk County, Bruce Flaig saw more than 20 BLACK-BILLED > MAGPIES along CR 41 between CR 12 and MN 32 on July 24. Sandy > Aubol reported that a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH has returned to > her yard in East Grand Forks. > > In Mahnomen County on the weekend, Ron Erpelding and Herb > Dingmann found one GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, a pair of GRAY > PARTRIDGE on 250 St, and some shorebirds at a flooded > cornfield. Other species seen there included OSPREY, MERLIN, > ALDER FLYCATCHER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, > and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. > > In Norman County, Ron and Herb found SCARLET TANAGER, > BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, and ORCHARD ORIOLE. > > Clay County sightings by Ron and Herb included SEMI-PALMATED > PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at the > Moorhead WTP, and an immature FRANKLIN'S GULL at the Ulen > wastewater treatment ponds. > > Nancy Jackson reported 9 BLACK TERNS along CR 13 in Hubbard > County near the town of Hubbard, one of which was carrying food. > > In Otter Tail County, Nancy Jackson observed 9 SANDHILL > CRANES, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and WILSON'S SNIPE near Deer Creek > this week. James and Rita Loftness observed that a pair of > OSPREY are building a nest on a pole about a mile south of > Battle Lake. > > Nancy Jackson saw 2 juvenile BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and about 20 > PURPLE MARTINS near Betsy Ross Resort on Lake Ida in Douglas > County this week. > > Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Bruce Flaig, Doug Johnson, James and > Rita Loftness, Nancy Jackson, Ron Erpelding, Herb Dingmann, > and Sandy Aubol for their reports. > > Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no > later than Thursday each week, at [email protected] 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 5, 2010. > > > > Jeanie Joppru > Pennington County, MN > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
