*RBA
*North Dakota
*Statewide
*February 20, 2007
*NDST0702. 20
Hotline: North Dakota
Update Date: February 20, 2007
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: February 20, 2007
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson at fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
Snow Bunting
Common Redpoll
Ring-necked Pheasant
Sharp-tailed Grouse
European Starling
House Sparrow
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Northern Shrike
Northern Goshawk
Eastern Screech-owl
Common Grackle
Greater Prairie-chicken
Hoary Redpoll
Horned Lark
Black-billed Magpie
Red-winged Blackbird
American Robin
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
GRAY JAY
Pine Grosbeak
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Rock Pigeon
GYRFALCON
Bald Eagle
FERRUGINOUS HAWK
-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. 20. 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....census results, reports from northeastern North Dakota,
a trip to South Dakota, and more.
Forest Service staffers counted 32 species in a Feb. 13-14 mid-winter
census on the Sheyenne National Grassland in southeastern North
Dakota. Mark Gonzalez says the most abundant birds were SNOW BUNTING,
COMMON REDPOLL, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, EUROPEAN
STARLING and HOUSE SPARROW. He notes raptor numbers were down
considerably, but they did find dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN,
three NORTHERN SHRIKES and four NORTHERN GOSHAWKS. Other finds
included an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, six COMMON GRACKLES in McLeod,
GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, and a lone HOARY REDPOLL. For details,
contact Mark at 250-4443, ext. 106.
From Grand Forks County, Eve Freeberg says she is now seeing HORNED
LARKS off and on, and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES have been showing up for
the past few days. On Feb. 14, she saw a flock of 70 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS south of Manvel, three AMERICAN ROBINS, flocks of up to
100 COMMON REDPOLLS, 12 to 15 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and up to three
NORTHERN HARRIERS per day in the grasslands. On Feb. 16, Eve found
a NORTHERN GOSHAWK south of Grand Forks, GOLDEN EAGLES in the
grasslands and one or two SNOWY OWLS per day. On Feb. 17, she
counted 22 SHORT-EARED OWLS in 11 miles of driving–most of them
near the lagoons. She added four more on Feb. 19. For more
information, call Eve at 741-8105.
Dave Lambeth birded north from Grand Forks on Feb. 17. Just south
of Hensel, he counted at least 200 redpolls in a feedlot, but couldn’t
get close before they left. He said quite a few appeared to be
extremely light with little if any streaking on the flanks,
unstreaked rumps and pushed-in faces. At Icelandic State Park, he
counted one GRAY JAY and two PINE GROSBEAKS. Just south of Cavalier,
Dave saw a flock of more than 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. He notes that
CEDAR WAXWING numbers have increased in Grand Forks, but ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS and SHORT-EARED OWLS have become harder to find. Dave is at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
From Wolford, Angie Erickson says hundreds of COMMON REDPOLLS have
been coming to her feeders. Contact her at baileybobby6@hotmail.com
In the far west, Diane Bingeman is finally seeing her first COMMON
REDPOLLS of the winter at Beach, while they have been common since
mid-December just eight miles away. You can reach her at
bingeman@midstate.net
The loud thump behind Dan Buchanan’s office in downtown Jamestown
on Feb. 15 was apparently a NORTHERN GOSHAWK taking a ROCK PIGEON.
Dan says the goshawk was a "lifer" for him. He’s at 252-6604.
Jan Sailer and her husband drove from Hettinger to Rapid City, SD
on Feb. 13. Taking the route which includes Prairie City, Reva, Slim
Buttes, Newell and Sturgis, they saw many raptors. Sightings
included a gray-phase GYRFALCON east of Prairie City, at least
10 BALD EAGLES between Prairie City and Newell, three GOLDEN EAGLES,
a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, about 15 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and one unidentified
raptor. For more information, contact Jan at jngsailer@yahoo.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 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 20, 2007
*NDST0702. 20
Hotline: North Dakota
Update Date: February 20, 2007
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: February 20, 2007
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson at fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
Snow Bunting
Common Redpoll
Ring-necked Pheasant
Sharp-tailed Grouse
European Starling
House Sparrow
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Northern Shrike
Northern Goshawk
Eastern Screech-owl
Common Grackle
Greater Prairie-chicken
Hoary Redpoll
Horned Lark
Black-billed Magpie
Red-winged Blackbird
American Robin
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
GRAY JAY
Pine Grosbeak
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Rock Pigeon
GYRFALCON
Bald Eagle
FERRUGINOUS HAWK
-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. 20. 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....census results, reports from northeastern North Dakota,
a trip to South Dakota, and more.
Forest Service staffers counted 32 species in a Feb. 13-14 mid-winter
census on the Sheyenne National Grassland in southeastern North
Dakota. Mark Gonzalez says the most abundant birds were SNOW BUNTING,
COMMON REDPOLL, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, EUROPEAN
STARLING and HOUSE SPARROW. He notes raptor numbers were down
considerably, but they did find dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN,
three NORTHERN SHRIKES and four NORTHERN GOSHAWKS. Other finds
included an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, six COMMON GRACKLES in McLeod,
GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, and a lone HOARY REDPOLL. For details,
contact Mark at 250-4443, ext. 106.
From Grand Forks County, Eve Freeberg says she is now seeing HORNED
LARKS off and on, and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES have been showing up for
the past few days. On Feb. 14, she saw a flock of 70 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS south of Manvel, three AMERICAN ROBINS, flocks of up to
100 COMMON REDPOLLS, 12 to 15 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and up to three
NORTHERN HARRIERS per day in the grasslands. On Feb. 16, Eve found
a NORTHERN GOSHAWK south of Grand Forks, GOLDEN EAGLES in the
grasslands and one or two SNOWY OWLS per day. On Feb. 17, she
counted 22 SHORT-EARED OWLS in 11 miles of driving–most of them
near the lagoons. She added four more on Feb. 19. For more
information, call Eve at 741-8105.
Dave Lambeth birded north from Grand Forks on Feb. 17. Just south
of Hensel, he counted at least 200 redpolls in a feedlot, but couldn’t
get close before they left. He said quite a few appeared to be
extremely light with little if any streaking on the flanks,
unstreaked rumps and pushed-in faces. At Icelandic State Park, he
counted one GRAY JAY and two PINE GROSBEAKS. Just south of Cavalier,
Dave saw a flock of more than 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. He notes that
CEDAR WAXWING numbers have increased in Grand Forks, but ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS and SHORT-EARED OWLS have become harder to find. Dave is at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
From Wolford, Angie Erickson says hundreds of COMMON REDPOLLS have
been coming to her feeders. Contact her at baileybobby6@hotmail.com
In the far west, Diane Bingeman is finally seeing her first COMMON
REDPOLLS of the winter at Beach, while they have been common since
mid-December just eight miles away. You can reach her at
bingeman@midstate.net
The loud thump behind Dan Buchanan’s office in downtown Jamestown
on Feb. 15 was apparently a NORTHERN GOSHAWK taking a ROCK PIGEON.
Dan says the goshawk was a "lifer" for him. He’s at 252-6604.
Jan Sailer and her husband drove from Hettinger to Rapid City, SD
on Feb. 13. Taking the route which includes Prairie City, Reva, Slim
Buttes, Newell and Sturgis, they saw many raptors. Sightings
included a gray-phase GYRFALCON east of Prairie City, at least
10 BALD EAGLES between Prairie City and Newell, three GOLDEN EAGLES,
a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, about 15 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and one unidentified
raptor. For more information, contact Jan at jngsailer@yahoo.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 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