- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* March 14, 2006
* NDST0603.14
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Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: March 14, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: March 14, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
American Kestrel
Red-winged Blackbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Harrier
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Western Meadowlark
Ferruginous Hawk
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Grackle
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Snow Goose
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Rough-Legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Great Horned Owl
Blue Jay
Eastern Bluebird
Red-Tailed Hawk
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Common Raven
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Lapland Longspur
American Robin
Mourning Dove
Snow Goose
American Tree Sparrow
Northern Flicker (Yellow-Shafted)
House Finch
Townsend's Solitaire
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Bluebird
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Horned Lark
Welcome to the Birding Hotline operated by the North Dakota Birding Society and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... This report was recorded on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
Transcriber's Note: Birds listed in ALL CAPS in the Birds Mentioned section signify
that the
Revised Checklist of North Dakota Birds lists them as Occasional, Accidental,
Extirpated, or
never having occured before for the season being reported.
Lots of waterfowl sightings this week, but plenty of other species, too.
Dan Rogers scored 38 species in 212 miles of driving between Mandan and the
South Dakota border on March 11. Highlights included an AMERICAN KESTREL
in southeast Mandan, 20 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in two different locations, a
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, six NORTHERN HARRIERS, 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Fort
Lincoln, 40 PINTAILS, five WESTERN MEADOWLARKS and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. For
more information, contact Dan at daniel.rogers@bsc.nodak.edu
Clark Talkington birded Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge on March 7. He
observed 20 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 500 CACKLING GEESE, 27,000 CANADA
GEESE, seven GADWALLS, six NORTHERN PINTAILS, four GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 16
REDHEADS, six LESSER SCAUP, 14 COMMON GOLDENEYE, eight COMMON MERGANSERS
and a COMMON GRACKLE. Other sightings included two AMERICAN WIGEON and a
RING-NECKED DUCK, plus a SNOW GOOSE and 600 MALLARDS in Mandan. You can
reach Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
Corey Ellingson repeated Clark's trip on March 8. He also observed the
seven species of ducks Clark found in the total duck mix of about 125
birds. Other sightings included two adult BALD EAGLES, three female and
one male NORTHERN HARRIERS, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE, a
male MERLIN, a PRAIRIE FALCON, three SANDHILL CRANES, one GREAT HORNED OWL
on a nest and another in a shelterbelt, two NORTHERN SHRIKES, eight BLUE
JAYS and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK. For details, contact Corey at
tcellingson@juno.com
Mike McEnroe reports a tremendous movement of CANADA GEESE around the
Bismarck area on March 8. He recorded an EASTERN BLUEBIRD in northwest
Bismarck on that date. Mike notes extremely dry conditions all the way
from Bismarck to Crystal Springs. You can reach him at
memcenroe@bis.midco.net
Ron Martin hooked up with Corey Ellingson and David Walsh on March 12 for
some McHenry County birding. They counted 36 species, with highlights
including a RED-TAILED HAWK, 400 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 60 CEDAR WAXWINGS at
the Denbigh Experimental Forest, 25 adult and six immature BALD EAGLES,
five NORTHERN HARRIERS, an AMERICAN KESTREL, three COMMON RAVENS, seven
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS including three dark-morphs, and a EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE at Velva. On March 10, Ron visited Garrison Dam and Audubon
National Wildlife Refuge. He reports about 25,000 CANADA GEESE and
CACKLING GEESE, but just a few ducks. Other sightings included a BALD
EAGLE on a nest near Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery, SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE at two leks south of Benedict, and flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS in
several places. Ron saw his first AMERICAN ROBINS and MOURNING DOVES in
the Minot area on March 7, and his first SNOW GOOSE and CACKLING GOOSE on
March 9. For details, contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Six BLUE JAYS paid a brief visit to Charles Taft's yard in west Minot on
March 11. You can reach him at cjtaft@mac.com
>From Burlington, the first small flock of 15 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS arrived
in Sherry Leslie's yard on March 12. She's at sherry_leslie@excite.com
Bernice Houser says a yellow-shafted NORTHERN FLICKER appeared in her yard
near New Town on March 7, followed by a variant male HOUSE FINCH on March
8. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
Larry Igl reports lots of new arrivals in the Stutsman County area. March
7 sightings included an AMERICAN KESTREL at the Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center, plus MALLARDS, NORTHERN PINTAILS and CANADA GEESE near
Millarton. Other sightings included a flock of 50 or 60 SNOW GEESE over
the center on March 9, a singing AMERICAN ROBIN in Jamestown that evening
and another the following morning, six EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in
northeastern Jamestown on March 8, a WESTERN MEADOWLARK near Pipestem Dam
on March 8, four adult BALD EAGLES over the center on March 7, several
reports of MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE on March 7 and 8, and a male HOUSE
FINCH singing at the center on the evening of March 8. For more
information on those sightings, contact Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Kay Buri reports eagle sightings from Wells County. She saw an adult BALD
EAGLE south of Fessenden, and a second adult BALD EAGLE between Bowdon and
Heaton on March 8. Contact Kay at kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Jean Legge reports her earliest-ever Barnes County WESTERN MEADOWLARK
sighting on March 8. That compares to the average first date of March 23.
Contact Jean at 845-4762.
Dennis Wiesenborn reports a fall-off in raptor numbers in southwestern
North Dakota. His visit of March 5 and 6 included three or four immature
and two adult GOLDEN EAGLES, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, four or five NORTHERN
HARRIERS, a PRAIRIE FALCON west of Scranton, one or two TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRES, two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and many AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS.
Contact Dennis at d.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Jesse Kolar spent much of March 8 near Beach. On his way there from
Dickinson, he saw a RED-TAILED HAWK at Teddy Roosevelt National Park, a
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on the Billings-Golden Valley County line, and another
near Trotters. Contact Jesse at jekolar@hotmail.com
Linda Gregg had two sightings of the Great Horned Owl that hangs out near
Aaker's Business College in Fargo. Linda saw the owl on March 7 and 8.
Contact her at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Becky Oberlander reports groups of CANADA GEESE over north Fargo on March 9
and 10. She's at raoberlander@hotmail.com
>From Grand Forks County, Eve Freeberg reports a MALLARD northwest of town
on March 6, a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Oakville Prairie, and WESTERN MEADOWLARKS
in three different locations. On March 3, Eve found an immature SNOWY OWL
on County Road 6, and another one northwest of Grand Forks on March 8,
along with two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, plus a pair of NORTHERN HARRIERS north
of Mekinock. On March 9, Eve saw CANADA GEESE at Kellys Slough National
Wildlife Refuge, two AMERICAN KESTRELS north of the Air Force Base, a male
MERLIN calling near Columbia Mall and another near the UND Medical School,
plus one more northwest of Mekinock. Contact Eve at 741-8105.
Also from northeastern North Dakota, Janne Myrdal reports the first
NORTHERN HARRIER and the first flocks of EUROPEAN STARLINGS appeared over
the weekend of March 10-11. Janne also notes SNOW BUNTINGS are
disappearing and HORNED LARKS are becoming more plentiful. There was also
a flyover by a single CANADA GOOSE. Contact Janne at mybros@polarcomm.com
And, Brian and Jamie Putnam of Rugby saw three adult BALD EAGLES feeding on
a deer carcass west of Towner and two more just east of that location on
March 8. You can reach them at putnams@stellarnet.com
That concludes this report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
North Dakota Birding Society. This report is normally updated each
Tuesday. The Fish and Wildlife Service operates 62 National Wildlife
Refuges and 1,100 Waterfowl Production Areas in North Dakota...offering
some of the best birding opportunities in the state. Contact refuge
managers for more information about visiting. For phone numbers of
individual refuges, as well as additional information, go to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service web site at www.fws.gov Click on Offices, and click
on North Dakota on the map.
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* North Dakota
* Statewide
* March 14, 2006
* NDST0603.14
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: March 14, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: March 14, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
American Kestrel
Red-winged Blackbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Harrier
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Western Meadowlark
Ferruginous Hawk
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Grackle
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Snow Goose
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Rough-Legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Great Horned Owl
Blue Jay
Eastern Bluebird
Red-Tailed Hawk
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Common Raven
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Lapland Longspur
American Robin
Mourning Dove
Snow Goose
American Tree Sparrow
Northern Flicker (Yellow-Shafted)
House Finch
Townsend's Solitaire
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Bluebird
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Horned Lark
Welcome to the Birding Hotline operated by the North Dakota Birding Society and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... This report was recorded on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
Transcriber's Note: Birds listed in ALL CAPS in the Birds Mentioned section signify
that the
Revised Checklist of North Dakota Birds lists them as Occasional, Accidental,
Extirpated, or
never having occured before for the season being reported.
Lots of waterfowl sightings this week, but plenty of other species, too.
Dan Rogers scored 38 species in 212 miles of driving between Mandan and the
South Dakota border on March 11. Highlights included an AMERICAN KESTREL
in southeast Mandan, 20 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in two different locations, a
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, six NORTHERN HARRIERS, 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Fort
Lincoln, 40 PINTAILS, five WESTERN MEADOWLARKS and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. For
more information, contact Dan at daniel.rogers@bsc.nodak.edu
Clark Talkington birded Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge on March 7. He
observed 20 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 500 CACKLING GEESE, 27,000 CANADA
GEESE, seven GADWALLS, six NORTHERN PINTAILS, four GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 16
REDHEADS, six LESSER SCAUP, 14 COMMON GOLDENEYE, eight COMMON MERGANSERS
and a COMMON GRACKLE. Other sightings included two AMERICAN WIGEON and a
RING-NECKED DUCK, plus a SNOW GOOSE and 600 MALLARDS in Mandan. You can
reach Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
Corey Ellingson repeated Clark's trip on March 8. He also observed the
seven species of ducks Clark found in the total duck mix of about 125
birds. Other sightings included two adult BALD EAGLES, three female and
one male NORTHERN HARRIERS, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE, a
male MERLIN, a PRAIRIE FALCON, three SANDHILL CRANES, one GREAT HORNED OWL
on a nest and another in a shelterbelt, two NORTHERN SHRIKES, eight BLUE
JAYS and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK. For details, contact Corey at
tcellingson@juno.com
Mike McEnroe reports a tremendous movement of CANADA GEESE around the
Bismarck area on March 8. He recorded an EASTERN BLUEBIRD in northwest
Bismarck on that date. Mike notes extremely dry conditions all the way
from Bismarck to Crystal Springs. You can reach him at
memcenroe@bis.midco.net
Ron Martin hooked up with Corey Ellingson and David Walsh on March 12 for
some McHenry County birding. They counted 36 species, with highlights
including a RED-TAILED HAWK, 400 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 60 CEDAR WAXWINGS at
the Denbigh Experimental Forest, 25 adult and six immature BALD EAGLES,
five NORTHERN HARRIERS, an AMERICAN KESTREL, three COMMON RAVENS, seven
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS including three dark-morphs, and a EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE at Velva. On March 10, Ron visited Garrison Dam and Audubon
National Wildlife Refuge. He reports about 25,000 CANADA GEESE and
CACKLING GEESE, but just a few ducks. Other sightings included a BALD
EAGLE on a nest near Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery, SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE at two leks south of Benedict, and flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS in
several places. Ron saw his first AMERICAN ROBINS and MOURNING DOVES in
the Minot area on March 7, and his first SNOW GOOSE and CACKLING GOOSE on
March 9. For details, contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Six BLUE JAYS paid a brief visit to Charles Taft's yard in west Minot on
March 11. You can reach him at cjtaft@mac.com
>From Burlington, the first small flock of 15 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS arrived
in Sherry Leslie's yard on March 12. She's at sherry_leslie@excite.com
Bernice Houser says a yellow-shafted NORTHERN FLICKER appeared in her yard
near New Town on March 7, followed by a variant male HOUSE FINCH on March
8. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
Larry Igl reports lots of new arrivals in the Stutsman County area. March
7 sightings included an AMERICAN KESTREL at the Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center, plus MALLARDS, NORTHERN PINTAILS and CANADA GEESE near
Millarton. Other sightings included a flock of 50 or 60 SNOW GEESE over
the center on March 9, a singing AMERICAN ROBIN in Jamestown that evening
and another the following morning, six EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in
northeastern Jamestown on March 8, a WESTERN MEADOWLARK near Pipestem Dam
on March 8, four adult BALD EAGLES over the center on March 7, several
reports of MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE on March 7 and 8, and a male HOUSE
FINCH singing at the center on the evening of March 8. For more
information on those sightings, contact Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Kay Buri reports eagle sightings from Wells County. She saw an adult BALD
EAGLE south of Fessenden, and a second adult BALD EAGLE between Bowdon and
Heaton on March 8. Contact Kay at kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Jean Legge reports her earliest-ever Barnes County WESTERN MEADOWLARK
sighting on March 8. That compares to the average first date of March 23.
Contact Jean at 845-4762.
Dennis Wiesenborn reports a fall-off in raptor numbers in southwestern
North Dakota. His visit of March 5 and 6 included three or four immature
and two adult GOLDEN EAGLES, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, four or five NORTHERN
HARRIERS, a PRAIRIE FALCON west of Scranton, one or two TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRES, two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and many AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS.
Contact Dennis at d.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Jesse Kolar spent much of March 8 near Beach. On his way there from
Dickinson, he saw a RED-TAILED HAWK at Teddy Roosevelt National Park, a
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on the Billings-Golden Valley County line, and another
near Trotters. Contact Jesse at jekolar@hotmail.com
Linda Gregg had two sightings of the Great Horned Owl that hangs out near
Aaker's Business College in Fargo. Linda saw the owl on March 7 and 8.
Contact her at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Becky Oberlander reports groups of CANADA GEESE over north Fargo on March 9
and 10. She's at raoberlander@hotmail.com
>From Grand Forks County, Eve Freeberg reports a MALLARD northwest of town
on March 6, a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Oakville Prairie, and WESTERN MEADOWLARKS
in three different locations. On March 3, Eve found an immature SNOWY OWL
on County Road 6, and another one northwest of Grand Forks on March 8,
along with two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, plus a pair of NORTHERN HARRIERS north
of Mekinock. On March 9, Eve saw CANADA GEESE at Kellys Slough National
Wildlife Refuge, two AMERICAN KESTRELS north of the Air Force Base, a male
MERLIN calling near Columbia Mall and another near the UND Medical School,
plus one more northwest of Mekinock. Contact Eve at 741-8105.
Also from northeastern North Dakota, Janne Myrdal reports the first
NORTHERN HARRIER and the first flocks of EUROPEAN STARLINGS appeared over
the weekend of March 10-11. Janne also notes SNOW BUNTINGS are
disappearing and HORNED LARKS are becoming more plentiful. There was also
a flyover by a single CANADA GOOSE. Contact Janne at mybros@polarcomm.com
And, Brian and Jamie Putnam of Rugby saw three adult BALD EAGLES feeding on
a deer carcass west of Towner and two more just east of that location on
March 8. You can reach them at putnams@stellarnet.com
That concludes this report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
North Dakota Birding Society. This report is normally updated each
Tuesday. The Fish and Wildlife Service operates 62 National Wildlife
Refuges and 1,100 Waterfowl Production Areas in North Dakota...offering
some of the best birding opportunities in the state. Contact refuge
managers for more information about visiting. For phone numbers of
individual refuges, as well as additional information, go to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service web site at www.fws.gov Click on Offices, and click
on North Dakota on the map.
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