* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* September 19, 2006
* NDST0609.19
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: September 19, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: September 19, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson AT fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Wilson's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
SABINE’S GULL
Scarlet Tanager
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Osprey
American Golden-plover
Black-bellied Plover
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
Sandlering
Northern Mockingbird
Merlin
Northern Waterthrush
Solitary Sandpiper
Red-headed Woodpecker
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Caspian Tern
Say's Phoebe
Bay-breasted Warbler
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Eastern Towhee
RED PHALAROPE
Peregrine Falcon
Snow Goose
American Pipit
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, September 19. Unless otherwise noted,
any 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
occurred before for the season being reported.
This week...another rare hummingbird plus other good sightings, and a
request for information.
It was a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD that visited Bernice Houser’s feeder near New
Town on Sept. 16. Corey Ellingson and Ron Martin saw the bird the
following day and got photos, too. Bernice recorded some first-of-fall
birds, with YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and adult male
WILSON’S WARBLER on Sept. 15; ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on Sept. 14 and
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on Sept. 12. For more information on any of those
sightings, contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
After Corey and Ron left New Town, they traveled through Garrison Dam,
finding a juvenile SABINE’S GULL just down river from the boat ramp. On
Sept. 16, Corey and his mother birded the Bismarck area. They saw a
SCARLET TANAGER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and likely RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD. The tanager was Corey’s first in 11 years in Bismarck. At
the Mandan experiment station, they added two SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a
COOPER’S HAWK and an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Moving on to Long Lake
National Wildlife Refuge, they recorded an OSPREY, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
and five BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. Contact Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK first seen at the Jamestown lagoons on
Sept. 10 apparently likes the location. Jack Lefor saw it on Sept. 12,
along with three SANDERLINGS. Becky Oberlander and Connie Norheim, along
with Larry Igl and Marsha Sovada saw the bird on Sept. 13. Larry and
Marsha also flushed a juvenile NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD between the lagoon and
the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Larry saw it again on the
15th on the west edge of the east cell. Mark Otnes also saw it that day.
Peder Svingen and Dan Svingen watched the duck feeding at the lagoons on
Sept. 16. For more information, call Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Jack Lefor’s other stops on Sept. 12 included Jamestown, where he saw
COOPER’S HAWK, MERLIN and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in McElroy Park, and three
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER at Jamestown Dam and reservoir. He added a COOPER’S HAWK at
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge, plus two CASPIAN TERNS, SAY’S PHOEBE
and two BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS in the Spiritwood Lake area. Contact Jack at
jpl@ndsupernet.com
Becky Oberlander and Connie Norheim stopped briefly at Lake Bertha in Cass
County on Sept. 13, and found several GREAT EGRETS and three SNOWY EGRETS.
Contact Becky at raoaberlander@hotmail.com
Mark Otnes observed a fairly large warbler flock at Crystal Springs on
Sept. 15. The mix included ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS and
YELLOW WARBLERS. He also saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Mark also birded Oak
Grove Park in Fargo that day, finding a fairly decent flock of warblers.
They included TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. Call
Mark at 241-4194.
Dennis Wiesenborn watched a cooperative BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at Trefoil
Park in north Fargo on Sept. 16. He says it appeared to be moving with a
mixed flock of warblers and vireos that included a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
Contact Dennis at D.Wiesenborn@NDSU.EDU
The gnatcatcher, considered an “accidental,” was seen by Dean Riemer, Keith
Corliss, Pat Beauzay, Becky Oberlander, Ron Martin and Corey Ellingson on
Sept. 17. Other highlights for Dean and Keith were BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, two BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS and two EASTERN
TOWHEES. For details, contact Dean at driemer@kwh.com
Ron Martin discovered RED PHALAROPES at widely-separated locations in North
Dakota. On Sept. 17, he saw a molting juvenile in the middle west cell of
the Fargo lagoons. On Sept. 18, he found another RED PHALAROPE in the
southeast corner of cell #1 of the Minot lagoons. For more information,
contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Carl Stangeland and Dan Buchanan recorded a PEREGRINE FALCON on the south
side of the east pond at the Jamestown lagoons on Sept. 16. Contact Carl
at carlcs@daktel.com
Eve Freeberg observed three SNOW GEESE and a SABINE’S GULL in Grand Forks
County on Sept. 13. She saw another SABINE’S GULL four days later. Other
sightings included single OSPREYS on Sept. 15th, 17th and 18th. On the
18th, Eve found seven warbler species and six raptors. The raptors
included PEREGRINE FALCON, two MERLINS and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK. The same
day brought 11 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and she found three AMERICAN GOLDEN
PLOVERS on Sept. 17. Eve recorded the first-of-fall AMERICAN PIPITS
northwest of Grand Forks on Sept. 12, and added 30 more on Sept. 18. For
more information, call her at 741-8105.
Dave Lambeth watched an adult PEREGRINE FALCON cough up several pellets
from its perch on the northwest side of the smiley-face water tower in
Grand Forks on Sept. 15. If you really want the details, contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Finally, if you see a whooping crane, you’re asked to pass along the
pertinent information to Gregg Knutsen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service at 387-4397 or Mike Johnson and Mike Szymanski of the N.D. Game
and
Fish Dept. at 328-6300. Gregg says most of the confirmed sightings
normally come in late September, but there have already been some
unconfirmed reports this year.
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
* September 19, 2006
* NDST0609.19
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: September 19, 2006
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: September 19, 2006
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson AT fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Wilson's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
SABINE’S GULL
Scarlet Tanager
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Osprey
American Golden-plover
Black-bellied Plover
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
Sandlering
Northern Mockingbird
Merlin
Northern Waterthrush
Solitary Sandpiper
Red-headed Woodpecker
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Caspian Tern
Say's Phoebe
Bay-breasted Warbler
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Eastern Towhee
RED PHALAROPE
Peregrine Falcon
Snow Goose
American Pipit
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, September 19. Unless otherwise noted,
any 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
occurred before for the season being reported.
This week...another rare hummingbird plus other good sightings, and a
request for information.
It was a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD that visited Bernice Houser’s feeder near New
Town on Sept. 16. Corey Ellingson and Ron Martin saw the bird the
following day and got photos, too. Bernice recorded some first-of-fall
birds, with YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and adult male
WILSON’S WARBLER on Sept. 15; ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on Sept. 14 and
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on Sept. 12. For more information on any of those
sightings, contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
After Corey and Ron left New Town, they traveled through Garrison Dam,
finding a juvenile SABINE’S GULL just down river from the boat ramp. On
Sept. 16, Corey and his mother birded the Bismarck area. They saw a
SCARLET TANAGER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and likely RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD. The tanager was Corey’s first in 11 years in Bismarck. At
the Mandan experiment station, they added two SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a
COOPER’S HAWK and an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Moving on to Long Lake
National Wildlife Refuge, they recorded an OSPREY, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
and five BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. Contact Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK first seen at the Jamestown lagoons on
Sept. 10 apparently likes the location. Jack Lefor saw it on Sept. 12,
along with three SANDERLINGS. Becky Oberlander and Connie Norheim, along
with Larry Igl and Marsha Sovada saw the bird on Sept. 13. Larry and
Marsha also flushed a juvenile NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD between the lagoon and
the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Larry saw it again on the
15th on the west edge of the east cell. Mark Otnes also saw it that day.
Peder Svingen and Dan Svingen watched the duck feeding at the lagoons on
Sept. 16. For more information, call Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Jack Lefor’s other stops on Sept. 12 included Jamestown, where he saw
COOPER’S HAWK, MERLIN and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in McElroy Park, and three
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER at Jamestown Dam and reservoir. He added a COOPER’S HAWK at
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge, plus two CASPIAN TERNS, SAY’S PHOEBE
and two BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS in the Spiritwood Lake area. Contact Jack at
jpl@ndsupernet.com
Becky Oberlander and Connie Norheim stopped briefly at Lake Bertha in Cass
County on Sept. 13, and found several GREAT EGRETS and three SNOWY EGRETS.
Contact Becky at raoaberlander@hotmail.com
Mark Otnes observed a fairly large warbler flock at Crystal Springs on
Sept. 15. The mix included ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS and
YELLOW WARBLERS. He also saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Mark also birded Oak
Grove Park in Fargo that day, finding a fairly decent flock of warblers.
They included TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. Call
Mark at 241-4194.
Dennis Wiesenborn watched a cooperative BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at Trefoil
Park in north Fargo on Sept. 16. He says it appeared to be moving with a
mixed flock of warblers and vireos that included a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
Contact Dennis at D.Wiesenborn@NDSU.EDU
The gnatcatcher, considered an “accidental,” was seen by Dean Riemer, Keith
Corliss, Pat Beauzay, Becky Oberlander, Ron Martin and Corey Ellingson on
Sept. 17. Other highlights for Dean and Keith were BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, two BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS and two EASTERN
TOWHEES. For details, contact Dean at driemer@kwh.com
Ron Martin discovered RED PHALAROPES at widely-separated locations in North
Dakota. On Sept. 17, he saw a molting juvenile in the middle west cell of
the Fargo lagoons. On Sept. 18, he found another RED PHALAROPE in the
southeast corner of cell #1 of the Minot lagoons. For more information,
contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Carl Stangeland and Dan Buchanan recorded a PEREGRINE FALCON on the south
side of the east pond at the Jamestown lagoons on Sept. 16. Contact Carl
at carlcs@daktel.com
Eve Freeberg observed three SNOW GEESE and a SABINE’S GULL in Grand Forks
County on Sept. 13. She saw another SABINE’S GULL four days later. Other
sightings included single OSPREYS on Sept. 15th, 17th and 18th. On the
18th, Eve found seven warbler species and six raptors. The raptors
included PEREGRINE FALCON, two MERLINS and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK. The same
day brought 11 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and she found three AMERICAN GOLDEN
PLOVERS on Sept. 17. Eve recorded the first-of-fall AMERICAN PIPITS
northwest of Grand Forks on Sept. 12, and added 30 more on Sept. 18. For
more information, call her at 741-8105.
Dave Lambeth watched an adult PEREGRINE FALCON cough up several pellets
from its perch on the northwest side of the smiley-face water tower in
Grand Forks on Sept. 15. If you really want the details, contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Finally, if you see a whooping crane, you’re asked to pass along the
pertinent information to Gregg Knutsen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service at 387-4397 or Mike Johnson and Mike Szymanski of the N.D. Game
and
Fish Dept. at 328-6300. Gregg says most of the confirmed sightings
normally come in late September, but there have already been some
unconfirmed reports this year.
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