These are some of the places we could maybe hit on the way there and back this weekend :-)
Monica Bryand 651-246-5522 Monica Bryand Photography http://monicabryandphotography.com/ <http://monicabryandphotography.com/> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Jeanie Joppru <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, June 21, 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> > https://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/birding-report > > This is turning into a very hot, humid week in the northwest. That doesn't > seem to deter the birds, and there are beginning to be lots of bugs to feed > nestlings. The yards and woods are loud with the unfamiliar calls of > begging > baby birds. > > During a breeding bird survey in Lake of the Woods County, Beth Siverhus > found MARBLED GODWITS, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW on June 21. > > In the Roseau part of Beltrami Island State Forest, Beth found SHARP-TAILED > GROUSE, RUFFED GROUSE, and RED CROSSBILLS. In the Palsburg burn area she > found many INDIGO BUNTINGS, and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Other species tallied in > that part of Roseau County included WESTERN MEADOWLARK, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, > FIELD SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN > WARBLER. CASPIAN TERNS were seen on Lake of the Woods; MARBLED GODWIT and > a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were also seen in the county. > > The MOU weekend birding group were in Clearwater and Beltrami Counties last > weekend. In Clearwater County at the rice paddies east of CR 5 they found > two AMERICAN AVOCETS, 20 plus WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, MARBLED GODWIT, > WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and several AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS. At Upper Rice Lake > 105 TRUMPETER SWANS and 69 RED-NECKED GREBES were counted. > > In Beltrami County, the MOU group found BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, > CONNECTICUT > WARBLER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and RED > CROSSBILLS. Four DICKCISSELS were found along Sunnyside Road south of > Power > Dam Road. > > In Pennington County, Allyson Engelstad reported RED-TAILED HAWK, NORTHERN > HARRIER, SANDHILL CRANES and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Today I noticed baby GRAY > CATBIRDS, and CHIPPING SPARROWS begging in our yard. > > At the Agassiz Impoundment that straddles the Marshall- Polk County line on > June 15, I found the CINNAMON TEAL previously reported to be still there > hanging out with the BLUE-WINGED TEALS. Also there on the Marshall County > side was a GREAT EGRET. > > On the Polk County side of the impoundment, along with the CINNAMON TEAL , > I heard many DICKCISSELS and BOBOLINKS in the field south of the > impoundment, as well as many YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS along the water's > edge. At least one pair of the many DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS appeared to > be nesting in the dead trees in the impoundment. At Rydell NWR , also in > Polk County, Allyson Engelstad found TRUMPETER SWANS with cygnets, a GREAT > HORNED OWL, and PIED-BILLED GREBE among other species. > > At Felton Prairie, in Clay County, Kimberley Emerson and John Hockema > discovered a SAY'S PHOEBE on June 16. It was hanging out on one of the > buildings that can be seen from the road. > > Wayne Perala saw a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail > County, on June 21. > > In Grant County, Wayne found LE CONTE'S SPARROW, DICKCISSELS, BOBOLINKS, > WILSON'S PHALAROPES, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and GREAT EGRETS at the North > Ottawa Impoundment on June 21. There were few shorebirds there today. > > Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than > Thursday each week, at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 28, 2018. > > > > 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
