- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* July 11, 2006
* NDST0607.11
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: July 11, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: July 11, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
Piping Plover
Common Merganser
Least Tern
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
Turkey Vulture
Dickcissel
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
White-faced Ibis
GREATER YELLOWLEG
MARBLED GODWIT
Sedge Wren
LeConte's Sparrow
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Common Raven
Northern Waterthrush
Killdeer
American Avocet
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
STILT SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
SNOW GOOSE
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Indigo Bunting
BLUE GROSBEAK
Bell's Vireo
Ferruginous Hawk
Grasshopper Sparrow
Naltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Clark's Grebe
Great Egret
LITTLE BLUE HERON
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
SNOWY EGRET
CASPIAN TERN
Cattle Egret
Bufflehead
Common Loon
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, July 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 occured before for the season being reported.
Good shorebird reports from at least a couple of locations, but there are
other good sightings, too.
Dan Svingen reports excellent shorebird habitat north of "C" dike at Long
Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Burleigh County. Among the
7500 shorebirds there on July 8 was a PIPING PLOVER. On the other hand,
Dan says shorebird populations are down considerably as McKenzie Slough WMA
is quickly drying. About 1000 shorebirds remained on July 9. While
canoeing near Cross Ranch State Park on July 9, Dan's daughter, Elena
Svingen noticed an adult hen COMMON MERGANSER with 10 ducklings. Dan
believes it's the first brood of that species in North Dakota in several
decades. They also saw about 15 PIPING PLOVERS including young and about
eight LEAST TERNS. For details, contact Dan at 250-4443, ext. 107.
Ron Martin discovered a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW at J. Clark Salyer
National Wildlife Refuge near Upham in northern McHenry County on July 9.
He reports the bird was singing vigorously early in the morning, but only
sporadically later in the day. His sighting was at the very end of the
refuge's auto tour route. Other sightings that day included seven TURKEY
VULTURES, a species for which there are no confirmed nesting records in
McHenry County, a male DICKCISSEL feeding a short-tailed fledgling; more
than 1000 LESSER YELLOWLEGS; 42 WHITE-FACED IBIS; 54 GREATER YELLOWLEGS;
150 MARBLED GODWITS; 30 SEDGE WRENS; 16 LECONTE'S SPARROWS; nine SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS; four Nelson's SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS; five SWAMP SPARROWS; and
single COMMON RAVEN and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. Ron visited the Minot
lagoons on July 8, finding 130 KILLDEER, 68 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 140 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 17 WILLETS, 22 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, eight MARBLED GODWITS, 80
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 144 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 64 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 23
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 195 STILT SANDPIPERS, nine LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 160
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 305 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and single SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. Other sightings
from that morning included two SNOW GEESE at the Minot lagoons, a EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE in Minot and single INDIGO BUNTINGS at Sawyer and at the
Minot lagoons. Ron adds that the bunting is a rare breeder in the area.
For more information, contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Corey Elllingson and Linda Ellingson birded Emmons County in the early
morning of July 8. Near the Beaver Bay Recreation Area, they saw at least
three BLUE GROSBEAKS with a possible female paired, four BELL'S VIREOS
including one at the campground, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK flyover, lots of
DICKCISSELS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, NORTHERN ORIOLES and ORCHARD ORIOLES.
In Linton, they located and photographed a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Seeman
Park, two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Hazelton, and CLARK'S GREBE,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and hundreds of AMERICAN AVOCETS, phalaropes and
"peeps" at "C" dike at Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge. You can reach
Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
Some mid-June sightings from visiting birder/photographer Randy Korotev of
St. Louis. At Audubon National Wildlife Refuge, he found three PIPING
PLOVERS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS on June 12. Long Lake refuge held a GREAT
EGRET, LITTLE BLUE HERON, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and six WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
on June 12. At Arrowwood refuge, Randy observed a SNOWY EGRET and a
CASPIAN TERN on June 11. From Kelly's Slough refuge, he saw 24
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER. He recorded six CATTLE
EGRETS in Stutsman County and three more in Kidder County. Randy logged
DICKCISSELS in Richland, Stutsman, Dunn and Bottineau counties plus six
more in the North Unit of Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Randy also
spotted a BUFFLEHEAD at Pelican Lake in Bottineau County and two COMMON
LOONS at Lake Metigoshe State Park on June 18. For more information on
those sightings, you can contact him at rlkorote@artsci.wustl.edu
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
* July 11, 2006
* NDST0607.11
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: July 11, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: July 11, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
Piping Plover
Common Merganser
Least Tern
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
Turkey Vulture
Dickcissel
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
White-faced Ibis
GREATER YELLOWLEG
MARBLED GODWIT
Sedge Wren
LeConte's Sparrow
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Common Raven
Northern Waterthrush
Killdeer
American Avocet
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
STILT SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
SNOW GOOSE
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Indigo Bunting
BLUE GROSBEAK
Bell's Vireo
Ferruginous Hawk
Grasshopper Sparrow
Naltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Clark's Grebe
Great Egret
LITTLE BLUE HERON
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
SNOWY EGRET
CASPIAN TERN
Cattle Egret
Bufflehead
Common Loon
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, July 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 occured before for the season being reported.
Good shorebird reports from at least a couple of locations, but there are
other good sightings, too.
Dan Svingen reports excellent shorebird habitat north of "C" dike at Long
Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Burleigh County. Among the
7500 shorebirds there on July 8 was a PIPING PLOVER. On the other hand,
Dan says shorebird populations are down considerably as McKenzie Slough WMA
is quickly drying. About 1000 shorebirds remained on July 9. While
canoeing near Cross Ranch State Park on July 9, Dan's daughter, Elena
Svingen noticed an adult hen COMMON MERGANSER with 10 ducklings. Dan
believes it's the first brood of that species in North Dakota in several
decades. They also saw about 15 PIPING PLOVERS including young and about
eight LEAST TERNS. For details, contact Dan at 250-4443, ext. 107.
Ron Martin discovered a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW at J. Clark Salyer
National Wildlife Refuge near Upham in northern McHenry County on July 9.
He reports the bird was singing vigorously early in the morning, but only
sporadically later in the day. His sighting was at the very end of the
refuge's auto tour route. Other sightings that day included seven TURKEY
VULTURES, a species for which there are no confirmed nesting records in
McHenry County, a male DICKCISSEL feeding a short-tailed fledgling; more
than 1000 LESSER YELLOWLEGS; 42 WHITE-FACED IBIS; 54 GREATER YELLOWLEGS;
150 MARBLED GODWITS; 30 SEDGE WRENS; 16 LECONTE'S SPARROWS; nine SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS; four Nelson's SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS; five SWAMP SPARROWS; and
single COMMON RAVEN and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. Ron visited the Minot
lagoons on July 8, finding 130 KILLDEER, 68 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 140 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 17 WILLETS, 22 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, eight MARBLED GODWITS, 80
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 144 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 64 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 23
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 195 STILT SANDPIPERS, nine LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 160
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 305 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and single SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. Other sightings
from that morning included two SNOW GEESE at the Minot lagoons, a EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE in Minot and single INDIGO BUNTINGS at Sawyer and at the
Minot lagoons. Ron adds that the bunting is a rare breeder in the area.
For more information, contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Corey Elllingson and Linda Ellingson birded Emmons County in the early
morning of July 8. Near the Beaver Bay Recreation Area, they saw at least
three BLUE GROSBEAKS with a possible female paired, four BELL'S VIREOS
including one at the campground, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK flyover, lots of
DICKCISSELS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, NORTHERN ORIOLES and ORCHARD ORIOLES.
In Linton, they located and photographed a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Seeman
Park, two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Hazelton, and CLARK'S GREBE,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and hundreds of AMERICAN AVOCETS, phalaropes and
"peeps" at "C" dike at Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge. You can reach
Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
Some mid-June sightings from visiting birder/photographer Randy Korotev of
St. Louis. At Audubon National Wildlife Refuge, he found three PIPING
PLOVERS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS on June 12. Long Lake refuge held a GREAT
EGRET, LITTLE BLUE HERON, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and six WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
on June 12. At Arrowwood refuge, Randy observed a SNOWY EGRET and a
CASPIAN TERN on June 11. From Kelly's Slough refuge, he saw 24
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER. He recorded six CATTLE
EGRETS in Stutsman County and three more in Kidder County. Randy logged
DICKCISSELS in Richland, Stutsman, Dunn and Bottineau counties plus six
more in the North Unit of Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Randy also
spotted a BUFFLEHEAD at Pelican Lake in Bottineau County and two COMMON
LOONS at Lake Metigoshe State Park on June 18. For more information on
those sightings, you can contact him at rlkorote@artsci.wustl.edu
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