-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 8, 2005
*MNDL0509.08
-Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Common Merganser
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Black-bellied Plover
Marbled Godwit
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Tern
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Purple Finch
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 8, 2005
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 9,
2005 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You
may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.
Autumn color is starting to show in the northwest, and migration is in
full swing now. Frost has avoided us so far , and gardeners are hoping
for a couple more weeks of warm weather to finish off all those
vegetables that had to be planted late.
Pat Rice reports that the Carolina Wren coming to her backyard birdbath
was still visiting on September 2nd. You can find out what its current
status in by calling Pat at 218-751-0137 .
Kim Eckert lead a Minnesota Birding Weekend from Roseau over the Labor
Day Weekend. That group, birding in warm, windy weather found 151
species including 18 species of shorebirds ( mostly at Roseau River WMA)
and 18 species of warblers. In Lake of the Woods County, they observed
COMMON MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, COMMON TERN, and NORTHERN CARDINAL among
many others.
In Roseau County, the Eckert group reported TUNDRA SWAN, SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE, GREAT EGRET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE at the Warroad wastewater treatment ponds, 12 SHORT-EARED
OWLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and BAY-BREASTED WARBLER among others.
Larry Wilebski in Kittson County saw GREAT EGRET, RED-EYED VIREO,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, OVENBIRD, and CANADA WARBLER on
his property near Lancaster this week.
Shelley Steva saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in Red Lake County on
September 8 about 2.5 miles east of the intersection of CR 1 and US 59.
In southern Polk County, Bruce Flaig reported many CEDAR WAXWINGS in the
town of Fertile on September 7th, and twelve TRUMPETER SWANS sunbathing
along CR 12 near Fertile. Melissa Galland saw a GREAT GRAY OWL along MN
92 near Trail in eastern Polk County on September 2nd.
Pat Rice reported from Beltrami County that she saw more than 100
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 50-75 COMMON MERGANSERS on Lake Bemidji on August
30. She had COMMON RAVEN, AMERICAN REDSTART, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in
the county on September 2.
On September 5, Mark Otnes found a large mixed flock of warblers and
vireos at Dunton Locks County Park in Becker County . Among them were 17
species of warblers including BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER.
Ben Fritchman did some birding in Clay County on September 6. At
Riverside Cemetery in north Moorhead, he found eight WILD TURKEYS,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and PURPLE FINCH. At Gooseberry Park, he
reported YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
EASTERN PHOEBE, RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, and nine species
of warbler including TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW
WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and WILSON'S WARBLER.
Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Mark Otnes, Pat Rice, Melissa Galland, Larry
Wilebski, Kim Eckert, Shelley Steva, and Bruce Flaig for their reports.
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes
Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders
please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took
place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the
subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report
is Friday, September 16, 2005.
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 8, 2005
*MNDL0509.08
-Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Common Merganser
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Black-bellied Plover
Marbled Godwit
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Tern
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Purple Finch
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 8, 2005
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 9,
2005 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You
may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.
Autumn color is starting to show in the northwest, and migration is in
full swing now. Frost has avoided us so far , and gardeners are hoping
for a couple more weeks of warm weather to finish off all those
vegetables that had to be planted late.
Pat Rice reports that the Carolina Wren coming to her backyard birdbath
was still visiting on September 2nd. You can find out what its current
status in by calling Pat at 218-751-0137 .
Kim Eckert lead a Minnesota Birding Weekend from Roseau over the Labor
Day Weekend. That group, birding in warm, windy weather found 151
species including 18 species of shorebirds ( mostly at Roseau River WMA)
and 18 species of warblers. In Lake of the Woods County, they observed
COMMON MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, COMMON TERN, and NORTHERN CARDINAL among
many others.
In Roseau County, the Eckert group reported TUNDRA SWAN, SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE, GREAT EGRET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE at the Warroad wastewater treatment ponds, 12 SHORT-EARED
OWLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and BAY-BREASTED WARBLER among others.
Larry Wilebski in Kittson County saw GREAT EGRET, RED-EYED VIREO,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, OVENBIRD, and CANADA WARBLER on
his property near Lancaster this week.
Shelley Steva saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in Red Lake County on
September 8 about 2.5 miles east of the intersection of CR 1 and US 59.
In southern Polk County, Bruce Flaig reported many CEDAR WAXWINGS in the
town of Fertile on September 7th, and twelve TRUMPETER SWANS sunbathing
along CR 12 near Fertile. Melissa Galland saw a GREAT GRAY OWL along MN
92 near Trail in eastern Polk County on September 2nd.
Pat Rice reported from Beltrami County that she saw more than 100
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 50-75 COMMON MERGANSERS on Lake Bemidji on August
30. She had COMMON RAVEN, AMERICAN REDSTART, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in
the county on September 2.
On September 5, Mark Otnes found a large mixed flock of warblers and
vireos at Dunton Locks County Park in Becker County . Among them were 17
species of warblers including BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER.
Ben Fritchman did some birding in Clay County on September 6. At
Riverside Cemetery in north Moorhead, he found eight WILD TURKEYS,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and PURPLE FINCH. At Gooseberry Park, he
reported YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
EASTERN PHOEBE, RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, and nine species
of warbler including TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW
WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and WILSON'S WARBLER.
Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Mark Otnes, Pat Rice, Melissa Galland, Larry
Wilebski, Kim Eckert, Shelley Steva, and Bruce Flaig for their reports.
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes
Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders
please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took
place. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the
subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report
is Friday, September 16, 2005.