- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* June 5, 2006
* NDST0606.06
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: June 6, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: June 5, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte's Gull
Ruddy Turnstone
Wood Thrush
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Black-billed Cuckoo
Dickcissel
Orchard Oriole
Northern Cardinal
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
Scarlet Tanager
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Black Duck
American White Pelican
Canvasback
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Bald Eagle
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Red-necked Grebe
Common Raven
Yellow Rail
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
American Avocet
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Wood Pewee
Ovenbird
Alder Flycatcher
Black Tern
Lark Bunting
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Lazuli Bunting
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Bobolink
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-headed Grosbeak
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Willet
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
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, June 6. 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.
More rare visitors this week.
Dave and Carolyn Griffiths found a WHITE-WINGED DOVE at the cemetery in
Hettinger on June 1. Jan Sailer saw the bird that day, again the following
day near the water tower, and on June 4 in her own yard. Contact Jan at
567-2989.
Pat Beauzay discovered a LITTLE GULL with a flock of 25 BONAPARTE'S GULLS
and about 400 RUDDY TURNSTONES north of Minnewaukan on June 1. In the
Sheyenne National Grassland on June 4, Pat heard and saw a WOOD THRUSH in
the Mirror Pool area, where he also stumbled onto a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.
Other highlights included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at
Mirror Pool, many DICKCISSELS, an ORCHARD ORIOLE at the North Country Trail
trailhead near Barrie, and a NORTHERN CARDINAL at the Orchard Glen area,
south of Fargo. You can reach Pat at 231-9491.
Mark Otnes recorded a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER on June 3 at Forest River, just
south of Fargo. He believes the species nests in that area, after he heard
it a couple times last summer. On June 5, Mark returned to the area,
hearing a SCARLET TANAGER and noting a single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at
Orchard Glen. Call Mark at 241-4184.
Bob O'Connor birded the north Fargo sewage lagoons on June 4. Highlights
included a BLACK DUCK, along with AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, CANVASBACK,
GADWALL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, HOODED
MERGANSER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and BALD EAGLE. Bob is at robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu
David Lambeth discovered two CASPIAN TERNS in the marsh across from the
Devils Lake lagoons on June 4. He added a BLACK-NECKED STILT a short
distance north of Stump Lake, which is reported on the rise. In the Turtle
Mountains that weekend, Dave noted that RED-NECKED GREBES are far more
numerous than a few years ago. And, he recorded several observations of
COMMON RAVENS, especially along the northernmost trail in Lake Metigoshe
State Park. In the Sheyenne Grassland in late May and early June, Dave
reported what he called incredible numbers of DICKCISSELS. He also
observed YELLOW RAILS at two locations in Ransom County, as well as on the
saline grasslands in Grand Forks County. Contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Betsy Batstone-Cunningham found lots of shorebirds in the north pond of
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Grand Forks on May 30. Her
list included DUNLIN, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED
GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, AMERICAN AVOCET, SANDERLING, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. That
afternoon, a yard north of Grand Forks held a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. In Grand Forks, she added a GREAT HORNED OWL. For
more information, contact Betsy at batsham@gra.midco.net
Jean Legge saw lots of DICKCISSELS along the Sheyenne Scenic Byway from
south of Valley City to Little Yellowstone Park on June 1. Also, lots of
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, EASTERN WOOD PEWEES and OVENBIRDS. One day
earlier, Jean saw many ALDER FLYCATCHERS and one DICKCISSEL along the
Byway. On May 30, she recorded BLACK TERNS in Barnes County and later in
Dickey County. Call Jean at 845-4762.
Carl Stangeland found a lone DICKCISSEL about 10 miles northwest of Kensal
on June 2. On May 31, he saw a female HOODED MERGANSER with a brood of 11
by the Memorial Bridge in Jamestown. Carl is at carlcs@daktel.com
Wayne Easley saw his first LARK BUNTING in almost five years of birding the
Harvey area. The bird was about 15 miles northeast of Harvey on May 31.
Contact Wayne at easley57@yahoo.com
Corey Ellingson and Jack Lefor observed an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON at
Painted Woods Wildlife Management Area near Washburn on June 1. Corey and
Clark Talkington saw three DICKCISSELS along Apple Creek Road near Bismarck
on May 30. Corey says it's the first time he has seen the species in May
in North Dakota. Other sightings that day included DUNLIN at the south end
of McKenzie Slough, five LAZULI BUNTINGS in the west unit of the McKenzie
Slough WMA, and 22 WHITE-FACED IBIS that flew in to settle in the slough.
Contact Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
Mark Gonzalez has been biking River Road and Highway 1804 north of
Bismarck. Among the birds commonly heard in late May were DICKCISSEL,
BOBOLINK, FIELD SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, LAZULI BUNTING and BLACK-HEADED
GROSBEAK. Mark visited the Ponderosa Pines area in Slope County in late
May. He saw three separate pairs of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the Deep
Creek fire area of 2005, and reports numerous LARK BUNTINGS. Call Mark at
250-4443, ext. 106.
Bernice and Alvin Houser found many birds on a June 3 drive north of New
Town. Highlights included many EASTERN KINGBIRDS, also WESTERN KINGBIRDS,
VESPER SPARROWS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, LARK SPARROWS,
WILLETS, more BOBOLINKS than normal, LARK BUNTINGS, TREE SWALLOWS and BANK
SWALLOWS. On May 31, Bernice had a visit from a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and
later, two first-year male ORCHARD ORIOLES, plus a singing GRAY CATBIRD. A
small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS hung around her yard on May 30, and several
YELLOW WARBLERS were singing. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
And, this note for your calendar: the First Annual Burke County Birding
Festival is set for June 23 and 24 at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge and
Powers Lake. Opening day highlights include guided birding tours, the
grand opening of the Lostwood tower, a bird walk, lunch, wildflower walk,
youth activities, and a free barbeque supper. June 24 includes more guided
birding tours, seminars on shorebirds and waterfowl, and the Powers Lake
Celebration of Summer, which includes music and art, a food fest and
farmers market, family events and an evening barbeque. For information and
registration, call 377-5627.
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
* June 5, 2006
* NDST0606.06
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: June 6, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: June 5, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte's Gull
Ruddy Turnstone
Wood Thrush
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Black-billed Cuckoo
Dickcissel
Orchard Oriole
Northern Cardinal
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
Scarlet Tanager
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Black Duck
American White Pelican
Canvasback
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Bald Eagle
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Red-necked Grebe
Common Raven
Yellow Rail
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
American Avocet
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Wood Pewee
Ovenbird
Alder Flycatcher
Black Tern
Lark Bunting
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Lazuli Bunting
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Bobolink
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-headed Grosbeak
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Willet
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
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, June 6. 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.
More rare visitors this week.
Dave and Carolyn Griffiths found a WHITE-WINGED DOVE at the cemetery in
Hettinger on June 1. Jan Sailer saw the bird that day, again the following
day near the water tower, and on June 4 in her own yard. Contact Jan at
567-2989.
Pat Beauzay discovered a LITTLE GULL with a flock of 25 BONAPARTE'S GULLS
and about 400 RUDDY TURNSTONES north of Minnewaukan on June 1. In the
Sheyenne National Grassland on June 4, Pat heard and saw a WOOD THRUSH in
the Mirror Pool area, where he also stumbled onto a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.
Other highlights included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at
Mirror Pool, many DICKCISSELS, an ORCHARD ORIOLE at the North Country Trail
trailhead near Barrie, and a NORTHERN CARDINAL at the Orchard Glen area,
south of Fargo. You can reach Pat at 231-9491.
Mark Otnes recorded a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER on June 3 at Forest River, just
south of Fargo. He believes the species nests in that area, after he heard
it a couple times last summer. On June 5, Mark returned to the area,
hearing a SCARLET TANAGER and noting a single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at
Orchard Glen. Call Mark at 241-4184.
Bob O'Connor birded the north Fargo sewage lagoons on June 4. Highlights
included a BLACK DUCK, along with AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, CANVASBACK,
GADWALL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, HOODED
MERGANSER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and BALD EAGLE. Bob is at robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu
David Lambeth discovered two CASPIAN TERNS in the marsh across from the
Devils Lake lagoons on June 4. He added a BLACK-NECKED STILT a short
distance north of Stump Lake, which is reported on the rise. In the Turtle
Mountains that weekend, Dave noted that RED-NECKED GREBES are far more
numerous than a few years ago. And, he recorded several observations of
COMMON RAVENS, especially along the northernmost trail in Lake Metigoshe
State Park. In the Sheyenne Grassland in late May and early June, Dave
reported what he called incredible numbers of DICKCISSELS. He also
observed YELLOW RAILS at two locations in Ransom County, as well as on the
saline grasslands in Grand Forks County. Contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Betsy Batstone-Cunningham found lots of shorebirds in the north pond of
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Grand Forks on May 30. Her
list included DUNLIN, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED
GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, AMERICAN AVOCET, SANDERLING, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. That
afternoon, a yard north of Grand Forks held a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. In Grand Forks, she added a GREAT HORNED OWL. For
more information, contact Betsy at batsham@gra.midco.net
Jean Legge saw lots of DICKCISSELS along the Sheyenne Scenic Byway from
south of Valley City to Little Yellowstone Park on June 1. Also, lots of
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, EASTERN WOOD PEWEES and OVENBIRDS. One day
earlier, Jean saw many ALDER FLYCATCHERS and one DICKCISSEL along the
Byway. On May 30, she recorded BLACK TERNS in Barnes County and later in
Dickey County. Call Jean at 845-4762.
Carl Stangeland found a lone DICKCISSEL about 10 miles northwest of Kensal
on June 2. On May 31, he saw a female HOODED MERGANSER with a brood of 11
by the Memorial Bridge in Jamestown. Carl is at carlcs@daktel.com
Wayne Easley saw his first LARK BUNTING in almost five years of birding the
Harvey area. The bird was about 15 miles northeast of Harvey on May 31.
Contact Wayne at easley57@yahoo.com
Corey Ellingson and Jack Lefor observed an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON at
Painted Woods Wildlife Management Area near Washburn on June 1. Corey and
Clark Talkington saw three DICKCISSELS along Apple Creek Road near Bismarck
on May 30. Corey says it's the first time he has seen the species in May
in North Dakota. Other sightings that day included DUNLIN at the south end
of McKenzie Slough, five LAZULI BUNTINGS in the west unit of the McKenzie
Slough WMA, and 22 WHITE-FACED IBIS that flew in to settle in the slough.
Contact Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
Mark Gonzalez has been biking River Road and Highway 1804 north of
Bismarck. Among the birds commonly heard in late May were DICKCISSEL,
BOBOLINK, FIELD SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, LAZULI BUNTING and BLACK-HEADED
GROSBEAK. Mark visited the Ponderosa Pines area in Slope County in late
May. He saw three separate pairs of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the Deep
Creek fire area of 2005, and reports numerous LARK BUNTINGS. Call Mark at
250-4443, ext. 106.
Bernice and Alvin Houser found many birds on a June 3 drive north of New
Town. Highlights included many EASTERN KINGBIRDS, also WESTERN KINGBIRDS,
VESPER SPARROWS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, LARK SPARROWS,
WILLETS, more BOBOLINKS than normal, LARK BUNTINGS, TREE SWALLOWS and BANK
SWALLOWS. On May 31, Bernice had a visit from a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and
later, two first-year male ORCHARD ORIOLES, plus a singing GRAY CATBIRD. A
small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS hung around her yard on May 30, and several
YELLOW WARBLERS were singing. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
And, this note for your calendar: the First Annual Burke County Birding
Festival is set for June 23 and 24 at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge and
Powers Lake. Opening day highlights include guided birding tours, the
grand opening of the Lostwood tower, a bird walk, lunch, wildflower walk,
youth activities, and a free barbeque supper. June 24 includes more guided
birding tours, seminars on shorebirds and waterfowl, and the Powers Lake
Celebration of Summer, which includes music and art, a food fest and
farmers market, family events and an evening barbeque. For information and
registration, call 377-5627.
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