*RBA
*North Dakota
*Statewide
*February 13, 2007
*NDST0702.13
Hotline: North Dakota
Update Date: February 13, 2007
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: February 13, 2007
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson at fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Canada Goose
Mallard
LONG-TAILED DUCK
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Goshawk
Short-eared Owl
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Bald Eagle
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Eastern Screech-Owl
Northern Flicker
Townsend’s Solitaire
Red Crossbill
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
HOARY REDPOLL
Red-breasted Nuthatch
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
Merlin
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Golden Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Harrier
Snowy Owl
Horned Lark
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
-Transcript
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, Feb. 13. All
phone numbers mentioned are area code 701 unless otherwise noted.
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...a late teal, updates on the rosy finch, and more.
Ron Martin found a very late GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Garrison Dam
on Feb. 9. Other sightings in that area included 7,500 CANADA
GEESE, about 1,700 MALLARDS, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, 34 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, a HOODED MERGANSER and 70 COMMON MERGANSERS. Also
that day, he saw a NORTHERN GOSHAWK north of Mandan on Highway
1806. Back in Sawyer that evening, he discovered a SHORT-EARED
OWL sitting on a fencepost in his pasture. On Feb. 8, he
counted 30 AMERICAN ROBINS and 30 CEDAR WAXWINGS feeding on
crab apples at the State Capitol. And, the Garrison Dam tailrace
area had 18 BALD EAGLES on Feb. 7. Ron moved on to McHenry County
on Feb. 11, discovering three EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Velva,
and single EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS and SHORT-EARED OWLS northeast
of Velva. At Denbigh, Ron added a hybrid NORTHERN FLICKER and
a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE. For more information, contact Ron at
jrmartin@srt.com
Mark Gonzalez counted 16 species in some northwest Bismarck
yard birding on Feb. 3-4. Highlights included up to 18 RED
CROSSBILLS, six PINE GROSBEAKS including one male mixed with
RED CROSSBILLS, up to 100 COMMON REDPOLLS, a single HOARY REDPOLL
and a single flock of 45 AMERICAN ROBINS. You can reach Mark at
250-4443, ext. 106.
Corey Ellingson birded the same area on Feb. 10, finding a mixed
flock of 50 birds that included his first RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
of the year, and a HOARY REDPOLL. Other sightings included an
adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and a MERLIN in the same block of
northwest Bismarck. Corey’s total for the day was 21 species.
Contact him at tcellingson@juno.com
There were good sightings of the gray-crowned ROSY FINCH on
Feb. 6 and 7. Dave Lambeth says the bird was still present in
Rogers on the 6th, and Wayne Easley and his wife saw it on the
7th. The Easleys also observed a female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.
On the way home, they saw a GOLDEN EAGLE just north of McHenry
in Eddy County. The Easleys are at 324-2344.
Although their numbers have dropped off some, there are still
quite a few hawks and owls in the grasslands of Grand Forks
County. Eve Freeberg counted 12 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS on Feb. 7
and 15 more on Feb. 12, plus 20 SHORT-EARED OWLS on Feb. 11.
Eve says most of them are being found near the Grand Forks Air
Force Base. Other sightings included a GOLDEN EAGLE, three
NORTHERN HARRIERS, a male SNOWY OWL, and a flock of nine HORNED
LARKS northwest of Mekinock, all on Feb. 12. For details, call
Eve at 741-8105.
The female HAIRY WOODPECKER that has been an occasional visitor
to Marcia Kuma’s yard at Dickinson made two stops on Feb. 6. On
the following day, the male showed up. She says a pair of
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES stopped by on Feb. 7. Other occasional
visitors have been a COMMON GRACKLE accompanied by a RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD. For details, contact Marcia at lirien9@yahoo.com
A HOARY REDPOLL and lots of COMMON REDPOLLS and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES
Have been enjoying Rita Satermo’s feeders near New Town. She also
had a brief visit by a NORTHERN FLICKER. Rita’s new e-mail address
is rsatermo@rtc.coop
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 more than 1,100 Waterfowl Production
Areas in North Dakota...offering some of the best birding opportunities
in the state. Contact Refuge offices for more information about
visiting. For phone numbers of individual Refuges, as well as
additional information, go to the 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
*February 13, 2007
*NDST0702.13
Hotline: North Dakota
Update Date: February 13, 2007
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: February 13, 2007
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson at fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Canada Goose
Mallard
LONG-TAILED DUCK
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Goshawk
Short-eared Owl
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Bald Eagle
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Eastern Screech-Owl
Northern Flicker
Townsend’s Solitaire
Red Crossbill
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
HOARY REDPOLL
Red-breasted Nuthatch
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
Merlin
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Golden Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Harrier
Snowy Owl
Horned Lark
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
-Transcript
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, Feb. 13. All
phone numbers mentioned are area code 701 unless otherwise noted.
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...a late teal, updates on the rosy finch, and more.
Ron Martin found a very late GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Garrison Dam
on Feb. 9. Other sightings in that area included 7,500 CANADA
GEESE, about 1,700 MALLARDS, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, 34 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, a HOODED MERGANSER and 70 COMMON MERGANSERS. Also
that day, he saw a NORTHERN GOSHAWK north of Mandan on Highway
1806. Back in Sawyer that evening, he discovered a SHORT-EARED
OWL sitting on a fencepost in his pasture. On Feb. 8, he
counted 30 AMERICAN ROBINS and 30 CEDAR WAXWINGS feeding on
crab apples at the State Capitol. And, the Garrison Dam tailrace
area had 18 BALD EAGLES on Feb. 7. Ron moved on to McHenry County
on Feb. 11, discovering three EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Velva,
and single EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS and SHORT-EARED OWLS northeast
of Velva. At Denbigh, Ron added a hybrid NORTHERN FLICKER and
a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE. For more information, contact Ron at
jrmartin@srt.com
Mark Gonzalez counted 16 species in some northwest Bismarck
yard birding on Feb. 3-4. Highlights included up to 18 RED
CROSSBILLS, six PINE GROSBEAKS including one male mixed with
RED CROSSBILLS, up to 100 COMMON REDPOLLS, a single HOARY REDPOLL
and a single flock of 45 AMERICAN ROBINS. You can reach Mark at
250-4443, ext. 106.
Corey Ellingson birded the same area on Feb. 10, finding a mixed
flock of 50 birds that included his first RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
of the year, and a HOARY REDPOLL. Other sightings included an
adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and a MERLIN in the same block of
northwest Bismarck. Corey’s total for the day was 21 species.
Contact him at tcellingson@juno.com
There were good sightings of the gray-crowned ROSY FINCH on
Feb. 6 and 7. Dave Lambeth says the bird was still present in
Rogers on the 6th, and Wayne Easley and his wife saw it on the
7th. The Easleys also observed a female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.
On the way home, they saw a GOLDEN EAGLE just north of McHenry
in Eddy County. The Easleys are at 324-2344.
Although their numbers have dropped off some, there are still
quite a few hawks and owls in the grasslands of Grand Forks
County. Eve Freeberg counted 12 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS on Feb. 7
and 15 more on Feb. 12, plus 20 SHORT-EARED OWLS on Feb. 11.
Eve says most of them are being found near the Grand Forks Air
Force Base. Other sightings included a GOLDEN EAGLE, three
NORTHERN HARRIERS, a male SNOWY OWL, and a flock of nine HORNED
LARKS northwest of Mekinock, all on Feb. 12. For details, call
Eve at 741-8105.
The female HAIRY WOODPECKER that has been an occasional visitor
to Marcia Kuma’s yard at Dickinson made two stops on Feb. 6. On
the following day, the male showed up. She says a pair of
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES stopped by on Feb. 7. Other occasional
visitors have been a COMMON GRACKLE accompanied by a RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD. For details, contact Marcia at lirien9@yahoo.com
A HOARY REDPOLL and lots of COMMON REDPOLLS and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES
Have been enjoying Rita Satermo’s feeders near New Town. She also
had a brief visit by a NORTHERN FLICKER. Rita’s new e-mail address
is rsatermo@rtc.coop
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 more than 1,100 Waterfowl Production
Areas in North Dakota...offering some of the best birding opportunities
in the state. Contact Refuge offices for more information about
visiting. For phone numbers of individual Refuges, as well as
additional information, go to the Fish and Wildlife Service web
site at www.fws.gov Click on Offices, and click on North Dakota on
the map.
-end transcript