- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* April 11, 2006
* NDST0604.11
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: April 11, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: April 11, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
WHOOPING CRANE
Sandhill Crane
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Hermit Thrush
Fox Sparrow
Red-breasted Merganser
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
ANHINGA
EURASIAN WIGEON
MOUNTAIN PLOVER
Woodcock
Long-eared Owl
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Brewer's Blackbird
Green-winged Teal
California Gull
Gray Partridge
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown Creeper
Snowy Owl
Greater Yellowlegs
American Avocet
Baird's Sandpiper
Ross' Goose
Pied-billed Grebe
Ferruginous Hawk
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Lesser Yellowlegs
Burrowing Owl
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Turkey Vulture
Tree Swallow
Wilson's Snipe
Vesper Sparrow
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Egret
Clay-colored Sparrow
Ruddy Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Song Sparrow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bufflehead
American Tree Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
American Kestrel
Northern Harrier
Say's Phoebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Wood Duck
Prairie Falcon
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE
Chipping Sparrow
Purple Finch
Bohemian Waxwing
Merlin
Tundra Swan
White-fronted Goose
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Hooded Merganser
American Coot
American White Pelican
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
WOOD STORK (SD)
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North Dakota
Birding Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This report was
prepared on Tuesday, April 11. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers
mentioned are area code 701.
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 occurred before for the season being reported.
More very rare birds this week.
Kristin Gonzalez saw a lone WHOOPING CRANE with a flock of about 30
SANDHILL CRANES over northwest Bismarck on April 10. She says the birds
were heading northwest with a strong southeast wind. For more information,
try Mark Gonzalez at 250-4443, ext. 106.
Bernice Houser reports a friend saw six WHOOPING CRANES flying with a flock
of SANDHILL CRANES northeast of New Town on April 9. This flock was
traveling northward. For more information, contact Bernice at
sanishnd@hotmail.com
Dan Svingen and Bryan Stotts discovered an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
at the Bismarck landfill on April 7. They also saw five HERMIT THRUSH and
four FOX SPARROWS at Sleepy Hollow Park in Bismarck. Bryan found three
male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at Alkaline Lake along the Kidder-Logan County
line. For details, call Dan at 250-4443, ext. 107.
Corey Ellingson and Ron Martin visited the Bismarck landfill on April 8.
In addition to the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, they also turned up a
first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. That evening, they added another
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on McKenna Lake near Napoleon. Those two are
likely the second and third state records for the species. On April 9, Ron
picked out a soaring ANHINGA in a flock of SANDHILL CRANES at the Dawson
Wildlife Management Area. Ron also passed along Steve Stucker's report of
a EURASIAN WIGEON in Stutsman County on April 8. The bird was reported in
a small wetland in corn stubble northeast of Streeter or southeast of
Medina. For more information, contact him at jrmartin@srt.com
Corey Ellingson received a report of a MOUNTAIN PLOVER on a lek northeast
of Marmarth. Corey says the last report of the species was in the
mid-1930s at Crown Butte Dam in Morton County. Clark Talkington joined
Corey for some Burleigh County birding on April 7. They saw a WOODCOCK at
Menoken Grove; LONG-EARED OWL and a fuzzy young GREAT HORNED OWL at
McKenzie Slough WMA; EASTERN PHOEBE and two YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS at the
Menoken 4-H camp; a total of six HERMIT THRUSH at Sleepy Hollow Park,
Menoken and the McKenzie Slough WMA; and a total of 15 FOX SPARROWS between
the Tesoro refinery, Sleepy Hollow Park, Menoken and the McKenzie Slough
WMA. Ron Martin joined Clark and Corey on April 8, and they birded Morton,
Burleigh, Emmons and Kidder counties. Highlights included two
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD in Morton County, 700
GREEN-WINGED TEAL and more than 1,000 CALIFORNIA GULLS at the Bismarck
landfill, GRAY PARTRIDGE at Napoleon, seven BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Goose Lake
in Emmons County, BROWN CREEPER and FOX SPARROW in Linton, HERMIT THRUSH at
the Linton golf course, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and SNOWY OWL in Kidder
County and 1,300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Alkaline Lake in Kidder County. On
April 5, Clark found three GREATER YELLOWLEGS, an AMERICAN AVOCET and 22
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at McKenzie Slough in Burleigh County. On April 4, he
visited Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and observed BROWN CREEPER,
SNOWY OWL and 50 ROSS' GEESE. Other sightings included a PIED-BILLED GREBE
at the refuge, four FERRUGINOUS HAWKS in two nests at Long Lake and 38
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in Burleigh County on April 3. April 1 brought five
GREATER YELLOWLEGS and one LESSER YELLOWLEGS to Long Lake refuge. For more
information on those sightings, contact Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
Eve Freeberg's discovery of a BURROWING OWL at the Grand Forks lagoons on
April 11 is probably a county first. Eve says she got within 50 feet of
the bird. Other early-April highlights from her birding at Kellys Slough
NWR, along the Turtle River and in Grand Forks included yellow-shafted
NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, HERMIT THRUSH, TURKEY VULTURE, TREE
SWALLOW, WILSON'S SNIPE, VESPER SPARROW and what Eve called the most FOX
SPARROWS she had ever seen at one time...16 in one flock. For details,
call her at 741-8105.
Some Stutsman County sightings from Larry Igl. Marsha Sovada reported
several BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS and GREAT EGRETS near Chase Lake NWR on
April 10. Dan Buchanan found a WILSON'S SNIPE near Montpelier, at least
one HERMIT THRUSH below the Jamestown Dam and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in
Jamestown on April 8. Larry Igl observed a male YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in
Jamestown as well as several male and female RUDDY DUCKS on the Jamestown
sewage lagoon on April 8. Earlier, Larry found BELTED KINGFISHERS near
Valley City and Absaraka, several male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS between
Jamestown and Valley City and a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD pair near Valley City
on April 4, plus an EASTERN PHOEBE and two male SONG SPARROWS at the
Northern Prairie center on April 5. Terry Shaffer saw TREE SWALLOWS on
April 7 and a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW on April 6 near Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center. For details on those sightings, call
Larry Igl at 253-5511.
On April 9, Russ Dawson found three BUFFLEHEADS, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW,
WESTERN MEADOWLARK and six male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on the trails at the
ND Game & Fish Dept. headquarters. On April 4, he saw a lone male TREE
SWALLOW at the same site. Russ and his family saw four female and six male
AMERICAN KESTRELS south on US 83 from I-94. Going north on 1804, they
added a female NORTHERN HARRIER at the Hazelton campground, and 11 more
male AMERICAN KESTRELS from the Burleigh County line north. Contact Russ
at nicroft@bis.midco.net
Dan Rogers saw an SAY"S PHOEBE at an abandoned farm house southwest of
Mandan, and 10 TURKEY VULTURES just west of Mandan on April 11. On April
8, Dan recorded 48 species in Morton County. Highlights included
PIED-BILLED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON and
BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Sweet Briar Dam, RING-NECKED DUCK and WOOD DUCK at Fish
Creek Dam, HERMIT THRUSH at the Big Muddy Bottoms and a PRAIRIE FALCON.
You can reach Dan at 224-5530.
Todd Hanson discovered lone TURKEY VULTURES overhead near Cannon Ball and
near the Veteran's Cemetery south of Mandan on April 7, plus a BALD EAGLE
near Cannon Ball. Contact Todd at nordak89@hotmail.com
>From Horace, Linda Gregg saw a possible MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE in her yard on
the evening of April 8, and her first CHIPPING SPARROW of the season
earlier that day. She's at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Connie Norheim and Becky Oberlander saw their first NORTHERN FLICKERS of
the season on April 5. The six males were just south of the Mapleton exit
off I-94. Contact Connie at 232-4386.
On April 6, Dave Lambeth recorded a dozen PURPLE FINCHES at his platform
feeder in Grand Forks, followed by three TURKEY VULTURES soaring near his
home. On April 4, Dave reported BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS apparently hawking
insects from tall trees in the Greenway. You can reach Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Betsy Batstone-Cunningham birded Grand Forks County on April 8 with Ben
Bartos, Pat Wilber and Russ Wilber. Highlights included a MERLIN near the
fire station at 17th Avenue and 20th Street; 2,000 TUNDRA SWANS, more than
3,000 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS,
FOX SPARROWS and SAVANNAH SPARROWS near Larimore; GREAT BLUE HERON, VESPER
SPARROW and COOPER'S HAWK at Larimore dam; and HOODED MERGANSERS,
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, AMERICAN COOTS and an adult SNOWY OWL near Kellys
Slough NWR. For details, call Betsy at 218-791-5079.
Ron Martin reports new arrivals in the Minot area on April 6 included a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and eight
RUDDY DUCKS. Contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Kay Buri watched 15 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS soaring and then landing in a
wetland in southern McHenry County between Balfour and Bergen on April 4.
They were her first of the season. She's at kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Kathy and Wes Jacobson saw a GREAT EGRET in a pond about six miles north of
Granville on April 10. Contact them at wesjacob@minot.com
>From rural Burlington, Sherry Leslie had three pairs of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS
anxious to move into new bluebird houses on April 8. The same day brought
her first SONG SPARROW yardbird of the year. For details, write to
sherry_leslie@excite.com
Bernice Houser reports three MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on April 9 near New Town,
along with several SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and a flock of SANDHILL CRANES. On
April 10, Bernice's husband found AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in the New Town
area. Bernice is at sanishnd@hotmail.com
An unusual sighting from South Dakota. Jim McLaird saw a WOOD STORK flying
with SANDHILL CRANES near Long Lake in Sanborn County on April 4. That's
two for Jim...in South Dakota. He saw one last year in Davison County.
Contact him at jimmclaird@yahoo.com
Recently we mentioned the grouse viewing blinds at Long Lake National
Wildlife Refuge. Of course, Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge near
Berthold also has blinds. For more information, call 468-5467.
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.
- End Transcript
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* April 11, 2006
* NDST0604.11
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: April 11, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: April 11, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
WHOOPING CRANE
Sandhill Crane
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Hermit Thrush
Fox Sparrow
Red-breasted Merganser
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
ANHINGA
EURASIAN WIGEON
MOUNTAIN PLOVER
Woodcock
Long-eared Owl
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Brewer's Blackbird
Green-winged Teal
California Gull
Gray Partridge
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown Creeper
Snowy Owl
Greater Yellowlegs
American Avocet
Baird's Sandpiper
Ross' Goose
Pied-billed Grebe
Ferruginous Hawk
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Lesser Yellowlegs
Burrowing Owl
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Turkey Vulture
Tree Swallow
Wilson's Snipe
Vesper Sparrow
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Egret
Clay-colored Sparrow
Ruddy Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Song Sparrow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bufflehead
American Tree Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
American Kestrel
Northern Harrier
Say's Phoebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Wood Duck
Prairie Falcon
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE
Chipping Sparrow
Purple Finch
Bohemian Waxwing
Merlin
Tundra Swan
White-fronted Goose
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Hooded Merganser
American Coot
American White Pelican
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
WOOD STORK (SD)
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North Dakota
Birding Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This report was
prepared on Tuesday, April 11. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers
mentioned are area code 701.
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 occurred before for the season being reported.
More very rare birds this week.
Kristin Gonzalez saw a lone WHOOPING CRANE with a flock of about 30
SANDHILL CRANES over northwest Bismarck on April 10. She says the birds
were heading northwest with a strong southeast wind. For more information,
try Mark Gonzalez at 250-4443, ext. 106.
Bernice Houser reports a friend saw six WHOOPING CRANES flying with a flock
of SANDHILL CRANES northeast of New Town on April 9. This flock was
traveling northward. For more information, contact Bernice at
sanishnd@hotmail.com
Dan Svingen and Bryan Stotts discovered an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
at the Bismarck landfill on April 7. They also saw five HERMIT THRUSH and
four FOX SPARROWS at Sleepy Hollow Park in Bismarck. Bryan found three
male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at Alkaline Lake along the Kidder-Logan County
line. For details, call Dan at 250-4443, ext. 107.
Corey Ellingson and Ron Martin visited the Bismarck landfill on April 8.
In addition to the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, they also turned up a
first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. That evening, they added another
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on McKenna Lake near Napoleon. Those two are
likely the second and third state records for the species. On April 9, Ron
picked out a soaring ANHINGA in a flock of SANDHILL CRANES at the Dawson
Wildlife Management Area. Ron also passed along Steve Stucker's report of
a EURASIAN WIGEON in Stutsman County on April 8. The bird was reported in
a small wetland in corn stubble northeast of Streeter or southeast of
Medina. For more information, contact him at jrmartin@srt.com
Corey Ellingson received a report of a MOUNTAIN PLOVER on a lek northeast
of Marmarth. Corey says the last report of the species was in the
mid-1930s at Crown Butte Dam in Morton County. Clark Talkington joined
Corey for some Burleigh County birding on April 7. They saw a WOODCOCK at
Menoken Grove; LONG-EARED OWL and a fuzzy young GREAT HORNED OWL at
McKenzie Slough WMA; EASTERN PHOEBE and two YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS at the
Menoken 4-H camp; a total of six HERMIT THRUSH at Sleepy Hollow Park,
Menoken and the McKenzie Slough WMA; and a total of 15 FOX SPARROWS between
the Tesoro refinery, Sleepy Hollow Park, Menoken and the McKenzie Slough
WMA. Ron Martin joined Clark and Corey on April 8, and they birded Morton,
Burleigh, Emmons and Kidder counties. Highlights included two
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD in Morton County, 700
GREEN-WINGED TEAL and more than 1,000 CALIFORNIA GULLS at the Bismarck
landfill, GRAY PARTRIDGE at Napoleon, seven BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Goose Lake
in Emmons County, BROWN CREEPER and FOX SPARROW in Linton, HERMIT THRUSH at
the Linton golf course, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and SNOWY OWL in Kidder
County and 1,300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Alkaline Lake in Kidder County. On
April 5, Clark found three GREATER YELLOWLEGS, an AMERICAN AVOCET and 22
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at McKenzie Slough in Burleigh County. On April 4, he
visited Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and observed BROWN CREEPER,
SNOWY OWL and 50 ROSS' GEESE. Other sightings included a PIED-BILLED GREBE
at the refuge, four FERRUGINOUS HAWKS in two nests at Long Lake and 38
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in Burleigh County on April 3. April 1 brought five
GREATER YELLOWLEGS and one LESSER YELLOWLEGS to Long Lake refuge. For more
information on those sightings, contact Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
Eve Freeberg's discovery of a BURROWING OWL at the Grand Forks lagoons on
April 11 is probably a county first. Eve says she got within 50 feet of
the bird. Other early-April highlights from her birding at Kellys Slough
NWR, along the Turtle River and in Grand Forks included yellow-shafted
NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, HERMIT THRUSH, TURKEY VULTURE, TREE
SWALLOW, WILSON'S SNIPE, VESPER SPARROW and what Eve called the most FOX
SPARROWS she had ever seen at one time...16 in one flock. For details,
call her at 741-8105.
Some Stutsman County sightings from Larry Igl. Marsha Sovada reported
several BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS and GREAT EGRETS near Chase Lake NWR on
April 10. Dan Buchanan found a WILSON'S SNIPE near Montpelier, at least
one HERMIT THRUSH below the Jamestown Dam and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in
Jamestown on April 8. Larry Igl observed a male YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in
Jamestown as well as several male and female RUDDY DUCKS on the Jamestown
sewage lagoon on April 8. Earlier, Larry found BELTED KINGFISHERS near
Valley City and Absaraka, several male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS between
Jamestown and Valley City and a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD pair near Valley City
on April 4, plus an EASTERN PHOEBE and two male SONG SPARROWS at the
Northern Prairie center on April 5. Terry Shaffer saw TREE SWALLOWS on
April 7 and a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW on April 6 near Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center. For details on those sightings, call
Larry Igl at 253-5511.
On April 9, Russ Dawson found three BUFFLEHEADS, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW,
WESTERN MEADOWLARK and six male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on the trails at the
ND Game & Fish Dept. headquarters. On April 4, he saw a lone male TREE
SWALLOW at the same site. Russ and his family saw four female and six male
AMERICAN KESTRELS south on US 83 from I-94. Going north on 1804, they
added a female NORTHERN HARRIER at the Hazelton campground, and 11 more
male AMERICAN KESTRELS from the Burleigh County line north. Contact Russ
at nicroft@bis.midco.net
Dan Rogers saw an SAY"S PHOEBE at an abandoned farm house southwest of
Mandan, and 10 TURKEY VULTURES just west of Mandan on April 11. On April
8, Dan recorded 48 species in Morton County. Highlights included
PIED-BILLED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON and
BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Sweet Briar Dam, RING-NECKED DUCK and WOOD DUCK at Fish
Creek Dam, HERMIT THRUSH at the Big Muddy Bottoms and a PRAIRIE FALCON.
You can reach Dan at 224-5530.
Todd Hanson discovered lone TURKEY VULTURES overhead near Cannon Ball and
near the Veteran's Cemetery south of Mandan on April 7, plus a BALD EAGLE
near Cannon Ball. Contact Todd at nordak89@hotmail.com
>From Horace, Linda Gregg saw a possible MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE in her yard on
the evening of April 8, and her first CHIPPING SPARROW of the season
earlier that day. She's at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Connie Norheim and Becky Oberlander saw their first NORTHERN FLICKERS of
the season on April 5. The six males were just south of the Mapleton exit
off I-94. Contact Connie at 232-4386.
On April 6, Dave Lambeth recorded a dozen PURPLE FINCHES at his platform
feeder in Grand Forks, followed by three TURKEY VULTURES soaring near his
home. On April 4, Dave reported BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS apparently hawking
insects from tall trees in the Greenway. You can reach Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Betsy Batstone-Cunningham birded Grand Forks County on April 8 with Ben
Bartos, Pat Wilber and Russ Wilber. Highlights included a MERLIN near the
fire station at 17th Avenue and 20th Street; 2,000 TUNDRA SWANS, more than
3,000 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS,
FOX SPARROWS and SAVANNAH SPARROWS near Larimore; GREAT BLUE HERON, VESPER
SPARROW and COOPER'S HAWK at Larimore dam; and HOODED MERGANSERS,
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, AMERICAN COOTS and an adult SNOWY OWL near Kellys
Slough NWR. For details, call Betsy at 218-791-5079.
Ron Martin reports new arrivals in the Minot area on April 6 included a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and eight
RUDDY DUCKS. Contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Kay Buri watched 15 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS soaring and then landing in a
wetland in southern McHenry County between Balfour and Bergen on April 4.
They were her first of the season. She's at kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Kathy and Wes Jacobson saw a GREAT EGRET in a pond about six miles north of
Granville on April 10. Contact them at wesjacob@minot.com
>From rural Burlington, Sherry Leslie had three pairs of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS
anxious to move into new bluebird houses on April 8. The same day brought
her first SONG SPARROW yardbird of the year. For details, write to
sherry_leslie@excite.com
Bernice Houser reports three MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on April 9 near New Town,
along with several SHARP-TAILED GROUSE and a flock of SANDHILL CRANES. On
April 10, Bernice's husband found AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in the New Town
area. Bernice is at sanishnd@hotmail.com
An unusual sighting from South Dakota. Jim McLaird saw a WOOD STORK flying
with SANDHILL CRANES near Long Lake in Sanborn County on April 4. That's
two for Jim...in South Dakota. He saw one last year in Davison County.
Contact him at jimmclaird@yahoo.com
Recently we mentioned the grouse viewing blinds at Long Lake National
Wildlife Refuge. Of course, Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge near
Berthold also has blinds. For more information, call 468-5467.
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.
- End Transcript