- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* May 2, 2006
* NDST0605.02
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: May 2, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: May 2, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Swainson's Thrush
Barn Swallow
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow Warbler
Ovenbird
Solitary Sandpiper
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Osprey
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Blue Jay
Pileated Woodpecker
Veery
White-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Peregrine Falcon
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
CASPIAN TERN
Forster's Tern
Say's Phoebe
Blackburnian Warbler
American Woodcock
Greater Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Burrowing Owl
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Western Grebe
Sora
Wilson's Phalarope
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Marsh Wren
Stilt Sandpiper
Northern Waterthrush
LeConte's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
American Bittern
Snowy Egret
House Wren
Upland Sandpiper
THAYER'S GULL
SNOWY EGRET
Sprague's Pipit
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Baird's Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Blackpoll Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Great Blue Heron
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Merganser
Barn Owl
Turkey Vulture
White-crowned Sparrow
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, May 2. 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 occured before for the season being reported.
The spring migration continues to bring great sightings.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE showed up at Mark Otnes' feeder in south Fargo on April
30. The bird stayed for about 15 minutes that morning, and came back for
about five minutes that afternoon, but no reported sightings since then.
Contact Mark at 241-4194.
>From north Fargo, Dennis Wiesenborn says a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was
singing repeatedly on April 30. Other highlights for the day included a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH on the Minnesota side of the
Red River, and a BARN SWALLOW and BROAD-WINGED HAWK near Woodland Drive.
Dennis found a YELLOW WARBLER and an OVENBIRD near the Red River on April
29. Other sightings that day included one or two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at
Mickelson Field, HERMIT THRUSHES and a BROWN THRASHER near the toll booth
on the Minnesota side, 10 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS along the river, five
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS along the river, up to 50 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and a
HARRIS' SPARROW. Dennis reports an OSPREY in north Fargo on April 27. He
says the species show up in this location only about once every two years.
Contact Dennis at D.Wiesenborn@NDSU.EDU
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE visited Becky Oberlander's Fargo yard on May 2.
Other birds included a BLUE JAY and PILEATED WOODPECKER. She adds that
several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS appeared on May 1. Becky closed out April
with feeder birds including VEERY, BROWN THRASHER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
CHIPPING SPARROW and HARRIS' SPARROW. Contact her at
raoberlander@hotmail.com
>From Horace, Linda Gregg reports a large flock of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS
at her feeders on April 29, along with a few CHIPPING SPARROWS and one
HARRIS' SPARROW. She's at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Good news from downtown Fargo. The PEREGRINE FALCON nest has four eggs
for the fourth straight year. The first egg came on April 12, with the
other three by April 19. The adults have been back since mid-March,
according to an article in the Fargo Forum.
Jean Legge says the first CLAY-COLORED SPARROW of the season reached her
yard near Valley City on April 29. The first BROWN THRASHER of the year
arrived on April 28, and the first SAVANNAH SPARROW showed up on April 26.
Jean is at 845-4762.
>From Jamestown, Steve Stucker recorded an OSPREY over the city on April 24,
two CASPIAN TERNS and six FORSTER'S TERNS at Pipestem Reservoir on April 23
and a SAY'S PHOEBE in Jamestown on April 25. There have been several
reports of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in the area as early as April 18, and a
singing male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER in northeast Jamestown on April 26. That
evening, Larry Igl watched a male AMERICAN WOODCOCK doing aerial displaying
in the James River valley at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. He
says it's the third year in a row for that activity at that site. Contact
Larry at 253-5511.
Carl Stangeland saw a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and some PECTORAL SANDPIPERS near
the James River at Jamestown on April 25, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK next to
the river on April 26. He's at carlcs@daktel.com
Kay Buri saw one BURROWING OWL on the shoulder of Highway 53 east of Butte
on May 2. She had seen them near there last year. Kay is at
kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Eve Freeberg says BLACK-NECKED STILTS could be nesting at Kellys Slough
National Wildlife Refuge near Grand Forks. She saw one bird on April 26,
and two on April 28. Other sightings in Grand Forks County on the 26th
included WESTERN GREBE, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, SORA and WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
followed on April 28 by SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, MARSH WREN and BARN
SWALLOW. April 29 sightings included BROWN THRASHER, followed by STILT
SANDPIPER on April 30. Call Eve at 741-8105.
Dave Lambeth discovered three NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH along the English Coulee
in Grand Forks on April 29. He reports a PEREGRINE FALCON has been seen at
the water tower at the corner of DeMers and Washington in Grand Forks,
where a nesting box was installed last fall. Earlier, Dave heard several
LECONTE'S SPARROWS and SWAMP SPARROWS singing on the wet prairies near
Grand Forks on April 25, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW visited Dave's yard on
April 26. Contact him at davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Participants in the April 29 Steele Birding Safari recorded 89 species.
Highlights of the tour led by Clark Talkington included AMERICAN BITTERN,
SNOWY EGRET, HOUSE WREN and HARRIS' SPARROW at Long Lake National Wildlife
Refuge, PEREGRINE FALCON at McKenzie Slough, UPLAND SANDPIPER in a pasture
in Stutsman County, a second-winter THAYER'S GULL at Lake Etta and a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at south Alkaline Lake. On April 27, Clark found
another SNOWY EGRET and two SPRAGUE'S PIPITS at DeWald Slough in Kidder
County, three BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS at Long Lake refuge, a COOPER'S
HAWK at the Dawson WMA in Kidder County, 27 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at two
locations in Kidder County, and 24 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS at Horsehead
Lake. On April 28, he added a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the Tesoro Refinery in
Mandan. April 25 birding in Burleigh and Kidder counties brought sightings
of 20 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, a WILLET, 300 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and 375
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at Long Lake refuge, plus 85 WILSON'S PHALAROPES
and about 1,000 FRANKLIN'S GULLS at the YMCA Waterfowl Production Area.
Contact Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
A single BLACKPOLL WARBLER arrived in Minot's Oak Park on May 1. Ron
Martin also saw a PEREGRINE FALCON. On April 30, he found EASTERN PHOEBE
and SAY'S PHOEBE at Velva. He says the birds were calling from adjacent
buildings. Ron also found a GREAT BLUE HERON colony near Velva with 14
nests. Back home in Sawyer on April 28, Ron heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
calling late that night. You can reach him at jrmartin@srt.com
Jesse Kolar hit the jackpot of 17 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS near Amidon on April
25. The same puddle contained two MARBLED GODWITS and two LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS. Jesse added two more LONG-BILLED CURLEWS not far from the
first location. He reports SPRAGUE'S PIPITS could be heard in many
locations in the grasslands that day, and he saw many CHESTNUT-COLLARED
LONGSPURS and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES. Contact him at jekolar@hotmail.com
>From Hettinger, Jan Sailer recorded a drake CINNAMON TEAL at Mirror Lake on
April 29, plus a spring-first NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Jan notes a
pair of BELTED KINGFISHERS have been around the lake for a couple of weeks,
and a pair of AMERICAN KESTRELS for about one week. In addition,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS of the Myrtle variety have been common. Jan adds
that a male COMMON MERGANSER was at Buffalo Springs in Bowman County on
April 29. Contact her at jngsailer@yahoo.com
Jack Lefor discovered a BARN OWL about an hour before sunset on May 1 in
Dunn Center. Contact him at jpl@ndsupernet.com
Bernice Houser reports six TURKEY VULTURES flew over her house near New
Town on April 27. Her yard attracted a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, CHIPPING
SPARROWS and several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Contact Bernice at
sanishnd@hotmail.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.
- End Transcript
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* May 2, 2006
* NDST0605.02
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: May 2, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: May 2, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Swainson's Thrush
Barn Swallow
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow Warbler
Ovenbird
Solitary Sandpiper
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Osprey
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Blue Jay
Pileated Woodpecker
Veery
White-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Peregrine Falcon
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
CASPIAN TERN
Forster's Tern
Say's Phoebe
Blackburnian Warbler
American Woodcock
Greater Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Burrowing Owl
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Western Grebe
Sora
Wilson's Phalarope
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Marsh Wren
Stilt Sandpiper
Northern Waterthrush
LeConte's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
American Bittern
Snowy Egret
House Wren
Upland Sandpiper
THAYER'S GULL
SNOWY EGRET
Sprague's Pipit
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Baird's Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Blackpoll Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Great Blue Heron
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Merganser
Barn Owl
Turkey Vulture
White-crowned Sparrow
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, May 2. 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 occured before for the season being reported.
The spring migration continues to bring great sightings.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE showed up at Mark Otnes' feeder in south Fargo on April
30. The bird stayed for about 15 minutes that morning, and came back for
about five minutes that afternoon, but no reported sightings since then.
Contact Mark at 241-4194.
>From north Fargo, Dennis Wiesenborn says a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was
singing repeatedly on April 30. Other highlights for the day included a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH on the Minnesota side of the
Red River, and a BARN SWALLOW and BROAD-WINGED HAWK near Woodland Drive.
Dennis found a YELLOW WARBLER and an OVENBIRD near the Red River on April
29. Other sightings that day included one or two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at
Mickelson Field, HERMIT THRUSHES and a BROWN THRASHER near the toll booth
on the Minnesota side, 10 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS along the river, five
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS along the river, up to 50 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and a
HARRIS' SPARROW. Dennis reports an OSPREY in north Fargo on April 27. He
says the species show up in this location only about once every two years.
Contact Dennis at D.Wiesenborn@NDSU.EDU
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE visited Becky Oberlander's Fargo yard on May 2.
Other birds included a BLUE JAY and PILEATED WOODPECKER. She adds that
several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS appeared on May 1. Becky closed out April
with feeder birds including VEERY, BROWN THRASHER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
CHIPPING SPARROW and HARRIS' SPARROW. Contact her at
raoberlander@hotmail.com
>From Horace, Linda Gregg reports a large flock of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS
at her feeders on April 29, along with a few CHIPPING SPARROWS and one
HARRIS' SPARROW. She's at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Good news from downtown Fargo. The PEREGRINE FALCON nest has four eggs
for the fourth straight year. The first egg came on April 12, with the
other three by April 19. The adults have been back since mid-March,
according to an article in the Fargo Forum.
Jean Legge says the first CLAY-COLORED SPARROW of the season reached her
yard near Valley City on April 29. The first BROWN THRASHER of the year
arrived on April 28, and the first SAVANNAH SPARROW showed up on April 26.
Jean is at 845-4762.
>From Jamestown, Steve Stucker recorded an OSPREY over the city on April 24,
two CASPIAN TERNS and six FORSTER'S TERNS at Pipestem Reservoir on April 23
and a SAY'S PHOEBE in Jamestown on April 25. There have been several
reports of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in the area as early as April 18, and a
singing male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER in northeast Jamestown on April 26. That
evening, Larry Igl watched a male AMERICAN WOODCOCK doing aerial displaying
in the James River valley at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. He
says it's the third year in a row for that activity at that site. Contact
Larry at 253-5511.
Carl Stangeland saw a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and some PECTORAL SANDPIPERS near
the James River at Jamestown on April 25, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK next to
the river on April 26. He's at carlcs@daktel.com
Kay Buri saw one BURROWING OWL on the shoulder of Highway 53 east of Butte
on May 2. She had seen them near there last year. Kay is at
kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Eve Freeberg says BLACK-NECKED STILTS could be nesting at Kellys Slough
National Wildlife Refuge near Grand Forks. She saw one bird on April 26,
and two on April 28. Other sightings in Grand Forks County on the 26th
included WESTERN GREBE, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, SORA and WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
followed on April 28 by SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, MARSH WREN and BARN
SWALLOW. April 29 sightings included BROWN THRASHER, followed by STILT
SANDPIPER on April 30. Call Eve at 741-8105.
Dave Lambeth discovered three NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH along the English Coulee
in Grand Forks on April 29. He reports a PEREGRINE FALCON has been seen at
the water tower at the corner of DeMers and Washington in Grand Forks,
where a nesting box was installed last fall. Earlier, Dave heard several
LECONTE'S SPARROWS and SWAMP SPARROWS singing on the wet prairies near
Grand Forks on April 25, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW visited Dave's yard on
April 26. Contact him at davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Participants in the April 29 Steele Birding Safari recorded 89 species.
Highlights of the tour led by Clark Talkington included AMERICAN BITTERN,
SNOWY EGRET, HOUSE WREN and HARRIS' SPARROW at Long Lake National Wildlife
Refuge, PEREGRINE FALCON at McKenzie Slough, UPLAND SANDPIPER in a pasture
in Stutsman County, a second-winter THAYER'S GULL at Lake Etta and a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at south Alkaline Lake. On April 27, Clark found
another SNOWY EGRET and two SPRAGUE'S PIPITS at DeWald Slough in Kidder
County, three BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS at Long Lake refuge, a COOPER'S
HAWK at the Dawson WMA in Kidder County, 27 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at two
locations in Kidder County, and 24 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS at Horsehead
Lake. On April 28, he added a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the Tesoro Refinery in
Mandan. April 25 birding in Burleigh and Kidder counties brought sightings
of 20 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, a WILLET, 300 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and 375
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at Long Lake refuge, plus 85 WILSON'S PHALAROPES
and about 1,000 FRANKLIN'S GULLS at the YMCA Waterfowl Production Area.
Contact Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
A single BLACKPOLL WARBLER arrived in Minot's Oak Park on May 1. Ron
Martin also saw a PEREGRINE FALCON. On April 30, he found EASTERN PHOEBE
and SAY'S PHOEBE at Velva. He says the birds were calling from adjacent
buildings. Ron also found a GREAT BLUE HERON colony near Velva with 14
nests. Back home in Sawyer on April 28, Ron heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
calling late that night. You can reach him at jrmartin@srt.com
Jesse Kolar hit the jackpot of 17 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS near Amidon on April
25. The same puddle contained two MARBLED GODWITS and two LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS. Jesse added two more LONG-BILLED CURLEWS not far from the
first location. He reports SPRAGUE'S PIPITS could be heard in many
locations in the grasslands that day, and he saw many CHESTNUT-COLLARED
LONGSPURS and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES. Contact him at jekolar@hotmail.com
>From Hettinger, Jan Sailer recorded a drake CINNAMON TEAL at Mirror Lake on
April 29, plus a spring-first NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Jan notes a
pair of BELTED KINGFISHERS have been around the lake for a couple of weeks,
and a pair of AMERICAN KESTRELS for about one week. In addition,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS of the Myrtle variety have been common. Jan adds
that a male COMMON MERGANSER was at Buffalo Springs in Bowman County on
April 29. Contact her at jngsailer@yahoo.com
Jack Lefor discovered a BARN OWL about an hour before sunset on May 1 in
Dunn Center. Contact him at jpl@ndsupernet.com
Bernice Houser reports six TURKEY VULTURES flew over her house near New
Town on April 27. Her yard attracted a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, CHIPPING
SPARROWS and several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Contact Bernice at
sanishnd@hotmail.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.
- End Transcript