- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* August 1, 2006
* NDST0608.01
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Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: August 1, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: August 1, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson AT fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SNOW GOOSE
Burrowing Owl
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
Prairie Falcon
Forster’s Tern
Northern Bobwhite
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
Baird’s Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
American Golden Plover
Sprague’s Pipit
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
COMMON LOON
Stilt Sandpipers
Caspian Tern
Black-Billed Cuckoo
Alder Flycatcher
Leconte’s Sparrow
Virginia Rail
Brown Thrasher
Downy Woodpecker
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yellow Warbler
American Goldfinch
American White Pelican
House Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Lazuli Bunting
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Turkey Vulture
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, August 1. 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.
This week...a rare gull, lots of shorebirds, and some other good
sightings.
Corey Ellingson found a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Lake Etta in
Kidder County on July 30. He believes it was a first-summer/second-
winter bird, and the species is listed as a "hypothetical." Moving
on, Corey saw a lone SNOW GOOSE at Napoleon, and a family of BURROWING
OWLS just into Emmons County, west of Napoleon. On July 29, Corey
conducted a shorebird survey for Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
He recorded more than 1,500 birds of 23 species. His highlights
included two flocks of BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS...one with seven birds
and the other with 16, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, three UPLAND SANDPIPERS,
two RUDDY TURNSTONES, five SANDERLINGS and 88 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
Other species of note included a PRAIRIE FALCON, 141 FORSTER’S TERNS
and two NORTHERN BOBWHITES. Nearby, Corey counted at least 30
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in a harvested grain field across from
McKenzie Slough, which has almost completely dried up. For more
information, contact Corey at tcellingson AT juno.com
Ron Martin totaled 26 shorebird species in three counties on July
30. Highlights included seven LONG-BILLED CURLEWS in a field south
of McKenzie Slough. Ron says that was his first sighting of the
species east of the Missouri River in 25 years. He also found a
total of 202 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 330 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS,
740 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, a flock of 3,000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
at Long Lake NWR, 67 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 69 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
23 PIPING PLOVERS in Kidder County, an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER at
Lake Etta in Kidder County and a RUDDY TURNSTONE. Other sightings
included 14 SPRAGUE’S PIPITS in a field south of McKenzie Slough,
and two calling Nelson’s SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS. On July 28, Ron
found three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the dike between cells 1
and 2 at the Minot lagoons. He also birded the lagoons on July 22,
finding a MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, 230 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, two
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES just north of the lagoons, four singing
Nelson’s SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS around the lagoons and three more
singing from grain fields. Ron visited the Devils Lake area and
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge on July 23. He saw a
COMMON LOON at the Narrows on Hwy. 57 at Devils Lake, two RUDDY
TURNSTONES at Davis Flats, some 1,450 STILT SANDPIPERS a couple
miles southeast of the Narrows, and a CASPIAN TERN at Davis Flats.
At the refuge, Ron recorded four BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS including
one young-of-the-year, two singing ALDER FLYCATCHERS, several
singing SPRAGUE’S PIPITS and a LECONTE’S SPARROW feeding young.
Back at the Minot lagoons, Ron saw three RUDDY TURNSTONES on
July 24 and 19 species of shorebirds including one RUDDY TURNSTONE
on July 25. For details, contact Ron at jrmartin AT srt.com
Dave Lambeth reported a VIRGINIA RAIL in his back yard at Grand Forks
on July 29. He believes the bird was a migrant attracted to water in
his yard. You can reach Dave at davidlambeth588201 AT yahoo.com
Dan Rogers found a total of 77 BURROWING OWLS in a count conducted
in Morton and Sioux counties on July 30. His Morton County total of
33 included counts of six at Fort Rice, four southwest of Mandan,
three just north of Solen, and 13 west of Breien. The Sioux County
total of 44 was made up of 36 west of Fort Yates and eight near
the turnoff to Fort Yates. If you want precise locations, call
Dan at 224-5530.
Also from Fort Yates, Thane Popelka reported good birding on July 29.
He saw two BROWN THRASHERS, a DOWNY WOODPECKER and four BLACK-HEADED
GROSBEAKS. On July 28, he recorded a YELLOW WARBLER, an AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH and about 30 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS. Contact him at
lightningfog AT yahoo.com
Bernice Houser spent part of August 1 enjoying birds in her yard
near New Town. The list included HOUSE SPARROW, LARK SPARROW,
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, FIELD SPARROW, MOURNING DOVE, LAZULI BUNTING,
AMERICAN ROBIN, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE and AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH. Bernice also reports a lone TURKEY VULTURE making regular
flights over the northern edge of New Town. You can reach her at
sanishnd AT 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.
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* North Dakota
* Statewide
* August 1, 2006
* NDST0608.01
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: August 1, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: August 1, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson AT fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SNOW GOOSE
Burrowing Owl
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
Prairie Falcon
Forster’s Tern
Northern Bobwhite
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
Baird’s Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
American Golden Plover
Sprague’s Pipit
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
COMMON LOON
Stilt Sandpipers
Caspian Tern
Black-Billed Cuckoo
Alder Flycatcher
Leconte’s Sparrow
Virginia Rail
Brown Thrasher
Downy Woodpecker
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yellow Warbler
American Goldfinch
American White Pelican
House Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Lazuli Bunting
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Turkey Vulture
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, August 1. 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.
This week...a rare gull, lots of shorebirds, and some other good
sightings.
Corey Ellingson found a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Lake Etta in
Kidder County on July 30. He believes it was a first-summer/second-
winter bird, and the species is listed as a "hypothetical." Moving
on, Corey saw a lone SNOW GOOSE at Napoleon, and a family of BURROWING
OWLS just into Emmons County, west of Napoleon. On July 29, Corey
conducted a shorebird survey for Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
He recorded more than 1,500 birds of 23 species. His highlights
included two flocks of BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS...one with seven birds
and the other with 16, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, three UPLAND SANDPIPERS,
two RUDDY TURNSTONES, five SANDERLINGS and 88 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
Other species of note included a PRAIRIE FALCON, 141 FORSTER’S TERNS
and two NORTHERN BOBWHITES. Nearby, Corey counted at least 30
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in a harvested grain field across from
McKenzie Slough, which has almost completely dried up. For more
information, contact Corey at tcellingson AT juno.com
Ron Martin totaled 26 shorebird species in three counties on July
30. Highlights included seven LONG-BILLED CURLEWS in a field south
of McKenzie Slough. Ron says that was his first sighting of the
species east of the Missouri River in 25 years. He also found a
total of 202 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 330 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS,
740 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, a flock of 3,000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
at Long Lake NWR, 67 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 69 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
23 PIPING PLOVERS in Kidder County, an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER at
Lake Etta in Kidder County and a RUDDY TURNSTONE. Other sightings
included 14 SPRAGUE’S PIPITS in a field south of McKenzie Slough,
and two calling Nelson’s SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS. On July 28, Ron
found three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the dike between cells 1
and 2 at the Minot lagoons. He also birded the lagoons on July 22,
finding a MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, 230 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, two
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES just north of the lagoons, four singing
Nelson’s SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS around the lagoons and three more
singing from grain fields. Ron visited the Devils Lake area and
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge on July 23. He saw a
COMMON LOON at the Narrows on Hwy. 57 at Devils Lake, two RUDDY
TURNSTONES at Davis Flats, some 1,450 STILT SANDPIPERS a couple
miles southeast of the Narrows, and a CASPIAN TERN at Davis Flats.
At the refuge, Ron recorded four BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS including
one young-of-the-year, two singing ALDER FLYCATCHERS, several
singing SPRAGUE’S PIPITS and a LECONTE’S SPARROW feeding young.
Back at the Minot lagoons, Ron saw three RUDDY TURNSTONES on
July 24 and 19 species of shorebirds including one RUDDY TURNSTONE
on July 25. For details, contact Ron at jrmartin AT srt.com
Dave Lambeth reported a VIRGINIA RAIL in his back yard at Grand Forks
on July 29. He believes the bird was a migrant attracted to water in
his yard. You can reach Dave at davidlambeth588201 AT yahoo.com
Dan Rogers found a total of 77 BURROWING OWLS in a count conducted
in Morton and Sioux counties on July 30. His Morton County total of
33 included counts of six at Fort Rice, four southwest of Mandan,
three just north of Solen, and 13 west of Breien. The Sioux County
total of 44 was made up of 36 west of Fort Yates and eight near
the turnoff to Fort Yates. If you want precise locations, call
Dan at 224-5530.
Also from Fort Yates, Thane Popelka reported good birding on July 29.
He saw two BROWN THRASHERS, a DOWNY WOODPECKER and four BLACK-HEADED
GROSBEAKS. On July 28, he recorded a YELLOW WARBLER, an AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH and about 30 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS. Contact him at
lightningfog AT yahoo.com
Bernice Houser spent part of August 1 enjoying birds in her yard
near New Town. The list included HOUSE SPARROW, LARK SPARROW,
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, FIELD SPARROW, MOURNING DOVE, LAZULI BUNTING,
AMERICAN ROBIN, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE and AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH. Bernice also reports a lone TURKEY VULTURE making regular
flights over the northern edge of New Town. You can reach her at
sanishnd AT 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