- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* June 13, 2006
* NDST0606.13
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: June 13, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: June 13, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Western Tanager
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Ring-billed Gull
Marsh Wren
Willet
American Avocet
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Marbled Godwit
Franklin's Gull
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
Black-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Verry
Yellow Rail
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
American Bittern.
Orchard Oriole
Northern Flicker
Spotted Sandpiper
Belted Kingfisher
Lazuli Bunting
Cedar Waxwing
Golden Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Warbling Vireo
House Wren
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Long-billed Curlew
Upland Sandpiper
American Wigeon
Lark Bunting
Loggerhead Shrike
White-throated Sparrow
Great Crested Flycatcher
Indigo Bunting
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Turkey Vulture
Least Bittern
Sandhill Crane (SD)
Cattle Egret (SD)
BLUE GROSBEAK (SD)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (SD)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (MT)
Dunlin
Golden Eagle
Vesper Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
Bobolink
Northern Harrier
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 13. 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.
A rare visitor from the East tops our report this week.
Ron Martin heard and saw an EASTERN MEADOWLARK near the Watford City sewage
lagoons on June 8. If you're going there, be prepared to do some walking.
Ron says the bird, listed as an "accidental", was seen about 250 yards from
the gate. He also checked out the WHITE-WINGED DOVE in Hettinger that day.
The location was the Sailer residence in the northeast corner of town. Ron
adds the bird was seen on three days that week. Contact him at 624-5241.
Ben Kessel reports a female WESTERN TANAGER is eating out of his thistle
feeder in north Fargo. The bird was seen on June 7 and 8. Contact Ben at
quietwolf@cableone.net
Derek Bakken birded Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge and McKenzie Slough
on June 10. Highlights included a CINNAMON TEAL swimming with GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, two LEAST TERNS with a couple of FORSTER'S TERNS, and a CASPIAN TERN
fishing with a bunch of RING-BILLED GULLS, along with MARSH WREN, WILLET,
AMERICAN AVOCET, BOBOLINK and DICKCISSEL at the Refuge. At McKenzie
Slough, Derek added MARBLED GODWITS, FRANKLIN'S GULLS and two WHITE-FACED
IBIS. Contact him at spottedtowhee@gmail.com
On June 9, Pat Beauzay took Corey Ellingson and Dean Riemer along to Mirror
Pool Wildlife Management Area in Ransom County. They re-found the
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO originally spotted by Pat on June 4. Other birds seen
or heard, or both seen and heard included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, PILEATED
WOODPECKER, RED-EYED VIREO, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
SCARLET TANAGER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED OWL and VEERY. Pat wanted to
correct an earlier identification error. He reported hearing a wood thrush
at the same location, but now believes it was a veery. On June 6, Becky
Oberlander joined Pat to check out the Sheyenne National Grasslands. They
found YELLOW RAIL, several Nelson's SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and another at
the Alice Waterfowl Production Area. For more information, call Pat at
231-9491.
The highlight of that trip for Becky was the AMERICAN BITTERN. Another
notable bird that day was ORCHARD ORIOLE. Contact Becky at
raoberlander@hotmail.com
Jean Legge birded Teddy Roosevelt National Park in early June. In addition
to a hybrid NORTHERN FLICKER, she recorded a SPOTTED SANDPIPER and BELTED
KINGFISHER along the Little Missouri River, along with LAZULI BUNTINGS,
CEDAR WAXWINGS, GOLDEN EAGLE, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO, HOUSE WREN, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ORCHARD ORIOLE,
YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, LARK SPARROW and SPOTTED TOWHEE by
the campground. Back in Barnes County on June 7 and 8, Jean had a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD in her yard, along with male and female RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS. On June 6, she noted a DICKCISSEL near Amidon in Slope
County, along with LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, MARBLED GODWITS, UPLAND SANDPIPER,
WIGEON , abundant LARK BUNTINGS and a few LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES. For the
second year in a row, Jean observed a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at her feeder
in June. This one was on June 11. Jean ventured into Griggs County on
June 10, finding BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and
INDIGO BUNTING along the Sheyenne River, and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER near
the Cooperstown Bible Camp river road. Back in Barnes County that day,
Jean saw a TURKEY VULTURE south of Valley City and DICKCISSELS in alfalfa
fields. Call her at 845-4762.
Larry Igl completed a BBS route between Buchanan and Carrington on June 10.
He noted that male DICKCISSELS were common in the Missouri Coteau section
of the route, but he heard very few in the Drift Prairie portion. He heard
at least one LEAST BITTERN calling from a wetland, and several Nelson's
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS in different locations. Earlier in June, Larry
teamed up with Kelsey Dalton to conduct bird surveys in Butte County, S.D.,
Fallon County, MT. and Hettinger County, N.D. South Dakota highlights
included a SANDHILL CRANE, CATTLE EGRET, BLUE GROSBEAK, and a pair of
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES. The Montana list included an adult SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER and relatively common DICKCISSELS. In Hettinger County, they
discovered a flock of about 20 DUNLINS, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE and low
numbers of DICKCISSELS. You can reach Larry at 253-5511.
Bernice and Alvin Houser birded northwest of New Town on June 7. Bernice
says it was fairly quiet, except for lots of VESPER SPARROWS, a couple of
BROWN THRASHERS, BOBOLINKS and a female NORTHERN HARRIER. Contact her 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
* June 13, 2006
* NDST0606.13
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: June 13, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: June 13, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Western Tanager
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Ring-billed Gull
Marsh Wren
Willet
American Avocet
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Marbled Godwit
Franklin's Gull
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
Black-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Verry
Yellow Rail
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
American Bittern.
Orchard Oriole
Northern Flicker
Spotted Sandpiper
Belted Kingfisher
Lazuli Bunting
Cedar Waxwing
Golden Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Warbling Vireo
House Wren
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Long-billed Curlew
Upland Sandpiper
American Wigeon
Lark Bunting
Loggerhead Shrike
White-throated Sparrow
Great Crested Flycatcher
Indigo Bunting
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Turkey Vulture
Least Bittern
Sandhill Crane (SD)
Cattle Egret (SD)
BLUE GROSBEAK (SD)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (SD)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (MT)
Dunlin
Golden Eagle
Vesper Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
Bobolink
Northern Harrier
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 13. 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.
A rare visitor from the East tops our report this week.
Ron Martin heard and saw an EASTERN MEADOWLARK near the Watford City sewage
lagoons on June 8. If you're going there, be prepared to do some walking.
Ron says the bird, listed as an "accidental", was seen about 250 yards from
the gate. He also checked out the WHITE-WINGED DOVE in Hettinger that day.
The location was the Sailer residence in the northeast corner of town. Ron
adds the bird was seen on three days that week. Contact him at 624-5241.
Ben Kessel reports a female WESTERN TANAGER is eating out of his thistle
feeder in north Fargo. The bird was seen on June 7 and 8. Contact Ben at
quietwolf@cableone.net
Derek Bakken birded Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge and McKenzie Slough
on June 10. Highlights included a CINNAMON TEAL swimming with GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, two LEAST TERNS with a couple of FORSTER'S TERNS, and a CASPIAN TERN
fishing with a bunch of RING-BILLED GULLS, along with MARSH WREN, WILLET,
AMERICAN AVOCET, BOBOLINK and DICKCISSEL at the Refuge. At McKenzie
Slough, Derek added MARBLED GODWITS, FRANKLIN'S GULLS and two WHITE-FACED
IBIS. Contact him at spottedtowhee@gmail.com
On June 9, Pat Beauzay took Corey Ellingson and Dean Riemer along to Mirror
Pool Wildlife Management Area in Ransom County. They re-found the
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO originally spotted by Pat on June 4. Other birds seen
or heard, or both seen and heard included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, PILEATED
WOODPECKER, RED-EYED VIREO, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
SCARLET TANAGER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED OWL and VEERY. Pat wanted to
correct an earlier identification error. He reported hearing a wood thrush
at the same location, but now believes it was a veery. On June 6, Becky
Oberlander joined Pat to check out the Sheyenne National Grasslands. They
found YELLOW RAIL, several Nelson's SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and another at
the Alice Waterfowl Production Area. For more information, call Pat at
231-9491.
The highlight of that trip for Becky was the AMERICAN BITTERN. Another
notable bird that day was ORCHARD ORIOLE. Contact Becky at
raoberlander@hotmail.com
Jean Legge birded Teddy Roosevelt National Park in early June. In addition
to a hybrid NORTHERN FLICKER, she recorded a SPOTTED SANDPIPER and BELTED
KINGFISHER along the Little Missouri River, along with LAZULI BUNTINGS,
CEDAR WAXWINGS, GOLDEN EAGLE, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO, HOUSE WREN, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ORCHARD ORIOLE,
YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, LARK SPARROW and SPOTTED TOWHEE by
the campground. Back in Barnes County on June 7 and 8, Jean had a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD in her yard, along with male and female RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS. On June 6, she noted a DICKCISSEL near Amidon in Slope
County, along with LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, MARBLED GODWITS, UPLAND SANDPIPER,
WIGEON , abundant LARK BUNTINGS and a few LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES. For the
second year in a row, Jean observed a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at her feeder
in June. This one was on June 11. Jean ventured into Griggs County on
June 10, finding BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and
INDIGO BUNTING along the Sheyenne River, and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER near
the Cooperstown Bible Camp river road. Back in Barnes County that day,
Jean saw a TURKEY VULTURE south of Valley City and DICKCISSELS in alfalfa
fields. Call her at 845-4762.
Larry Igl completed a BBS route between Buchanan and Carrington on June 10.
He noted that male DICKCISSELS were common in the Missouri Coteau section
of the route, but he heard very few in the Drift Prairie portion. He heard
at least one LEAST BITTERN calling from a wetland, and several Nelson's
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS in different locations. Earlier in June, Larry
teamed up with Kelsey Dalton to conduct bird surveys in Butte County, S.D.,
Fallon County, MT. and Hettinger County, N.D. South Dakota highlights
included a SANDHILL CRANE, CATTLE EGRET, BLUE GROSBEAK, and a pair of
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES. The Montana list included an adult SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER and relatively common DICKCISSELS. In Hettinger County, they
discovered a flock of about 20 DUNLINS, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE and low
numbers of DICKCISSELS. You can reach Larry at 253-5511.
Bernice and Alvin Houser birded northwest of New Town on June 7. Bernice
says it was fairly quiet, except for lots of VESPER SPARROWS, a couple of
BROWN THRASHERS, BOBOLINKS and a female NORTHERN HARRIER. Contact her 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