* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* April 3, 2007
* NDST0704.03
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: April 3, 2007
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: April 3, 2007
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson AT fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Goldeneye
Double-crested Cormorant
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Sandhill Crane
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Swainson's Hawk
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
California Gull
Long-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
Lesser Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Pied-billed Grebe
American Pipit
Ferruginous Hawk
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Hermit Thrush
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Flicker
Rusty Blackbird
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Northern Pintail
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Horned Lark
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Phoebe
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Wood Duck
Common Redpoll
Mourning Dove
Song Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Short-eared Owl
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Rock Pigeon
Merlin
Chukar
Northern Cardinal
Great Horned Owl
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, April 3. 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.
Lots of new arrivals again this week, including at least one very rare one.
Larry Igl passes along word of a BARROW’S GOLDENEYE sighting at Arrowwood
National Wildlife Refuge on April 1, and he says it’s no April Fool’s Day
prank. Steve Stucker found the bird with COMMON GOLDENEYES on a small
lake
in the extreme southeast corner of the refuge. He tried unsuccessfully to
relocate the bird later that day as well as the following day. Other
first
arrivals in the Jamestown area: DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT near Woodworth on
March 24; WOOD DUCK on March 25; GREEN-WINGED TEAL east of Jamestown on
March 25; NORTHERN SHOVELER east of Jamestown on March 26; GADWALL,
SANDHILL CRANE and AMERICAN WIGEON near Millarton on March 24; CANVASBACK,
REDHEAD and RING-NECKED DUCK near Wimbledon on March 23; LESSER SCAUP in
Kidder County on March 23; GREATER SCAUP near Woodworth on March 24;
BUFFLEHEAD east of Jamestown on March 28; SWAINSON’S HAWK southeast of
Jamestown on March 27; AMERICAN COOT east of Jamestown on March 28;
GREATER
YELLOWLEGS southeast of Jamestown on March 26; CALIFORNIA GULL and
LONG-EARED OWL near Woodworth on March 24; BELTED KINGFISHER east of
Jamestown on March 27; SONG SPARROW southeast of Jamestown on March 24;
and
COMMON GRACKLE in Jamestown on March 23. The Jamestown sewage lagoon
hosted LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE’S GULL and
FRANKLIN’S GULL on March 28, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen at Nickeus
Park in Jamestown that same day. For more information on those sightings,
call Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Ron Martin rounded up 80 species in a March 31 “big day” in McHenry County.
The highlight was three AMERICAN PIPITS at Lake Lemer, north of Drake.
Others included a couple of FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
at the Denbigh Experimental Forest. On March 29, Ron recorded his
earliest
ever spring PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the Minot sewage lagoons and three
BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS. For details, contact him at jrmartin@srt.com
Jean Legge recorded her first-of-season SONG SPARROWS, along with a lone
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and several DARK-EYED JUNCOS near Valley City on
March 29. Jean is at 845-4762.
Mark Otnes had a HERMIT THRUSH in his Fargo yard on March 29. He says the
arrival is at least a couple weeks early. Mark visited Englevale Slough
in
Ransom County on March 30, discovering two male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
NORTHERN FLICKER, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, SONG SPARROW and GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
Later that day, his feeder attracted a FOX SPARROW, and the HERMIT THRUSH
returned. Call Mark at 241-4194.
Keith Corliss recorded his first GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS of the year on
March 29 along the bike path in West Fargo’s Elmwood Park. He’s at
kcorliss@forumcomm.com
Dean Riemer had lots of action at the West Fargo lagoons on March 31,
including NORTHERN SHOVELER, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER
SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK for
waterfowl species. Other sightings included eight BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS,
FRANKLIN’S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL and HERRING GULL. On March 29, Dean
found two male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and NORTHERN PINTAIL. For more
information, try 282-6462.
Patrick Beauzay found a good variety of waterfowl at Lake Bertha in
southwestern Cass County on April 1. His discoveries included 1,000
TUNDRA
SWANS, almost that many SNOW GEESE, plus GREEN-WINGED TEAL, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, two male GREATER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON
MERGANSER and COMMON GOLDENEYE. Others on his tally for the day included
six GREATER YELLOWLEGS, about 300 RING-BILLED GULLS, five RED-TAILED
HAWKS,
four AMERICAN KESTRELS, HORNED LARK, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and EUROPEAN
STARLING. In Fargo, Pat saw a flock of 25 TUNDRA SWANS fly over the NDSU
campus on March 29. Call him at 231-9491.
Connie Norheim and Carol Spurbeck checked out Lake Bertha on March 30.
Despite a drizzle, they saw a couple of small flocks of TUNDRA SWANS fly
over, the first LESSER YELLOWLEGS of the season and a possible GREATER
YELLOWLEGS. They also saw many COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSERS and
HOODED MERGANSERS. Contact Connie at 232-4386.
Gary Nielsen birded Lindenwood Park in Fargo on March 31. He heard EASTERN
PHOEBES calling in two locations and saw one near the restrooms. Gary
counted about 165 AMERICAN ROBINS and about 125 CEDAR WAXWINGS. Call him
at 232-3855.
Linda Gregg recorded her first RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER of the season at
Horace on April 1. A pair of WOOD DUCKS checked out her nest box that
day.
She still has a large number of slate-colored and a few Oregon DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, but the COMMON REDPOLL population has dropped. Linda notes the
first MOURNING DOVES showed up a week ago. Contact her at
lgregg@wah.midco.net
Terry Adams reported two SONG SPARROWS in his back yard on South 9th Street
in Fargo on March 31. He’s at atsdr@msn.com
About 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS and a large number of AMERICAN ROBINS stopped in
Wanda Peterson’s yard near Fargo during the April 1 snowfall. She says a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK made an appearance, and an EASTERN BLUEBIRD dropped in
twice– a newcomer to her yard list. You can call her at 293-6059.
The first SONG SPARROW of the year visited Dave Lambeth’s feeders in Grand
Forks on March 30. Others included three PURPLE FINCHES, a PINE SISKIN,
COMMON REDPOLL and dozens of DARK-EYED JUNCOS. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK has
been a regular visitor. Earlier that week, Dave saw one FOX SPARROW on
March 27 and two more the following day. His yard had up to 50 COMMON
REDPOLLS on March 27, but very few before that. A March 30 visit to
Kellys
Slough National Wildlife Refuge turned up the first pair of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, although RING-NECKED DUCKS were the most numerous waterfowl, with
CANVASBACKS and scaup on the increase. He also counted up to four
SHORT-EARED OWLS in one field. Contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Eve Freeberg recorded 62 NORTHERN HARRIERS and her first SONG SPARROW of
the season in Grand Forks County on March 27. The weather brought in huge
numbers of AMERICAN ROBINS on March 31. Eve counted 1,300 AMERICAN ROBINS
in and around Grand Forks on that date. Eve says both the harrier and
robin numbers could be one-day records for her. You can reach her at
741-8105.
Dan Ackerman watched a PEREGRINE FALCON attack a ROCK PIGEON in mid-air in
Grand Forks on March 27. Contact him at 330-5781.
The only bird at Sleepy Hollow Park in Bismarck on March 30 was a
LONG-EARED OWL. Corey Ellingson’s neighborhood finds included a pair of
MOURNING DOVES, flock of at least 25 COMMON GRACKLES, lots of singing
AMERICAN ROBINS and a flock of 75 CEDAR WAXWINGS. He’s at
tcellingson@juno.com
Mark Gonzalez saw a MERLIN near the YMCA in Bismarck on March 27. He also
saw three CHUKARS in his neighborhood in northwest Bismarck on the same
day. Call Mark at 250-4443, ext. 106.
A SONG SPARROW visited Clark Talkington’s yard in Mandan on March 30. Also
that day, he found a BLUE-WINGED TEAL at McKenzie Slough, east of
Bismarck. Clark also passes along reports of a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER just
north of Bismarck and a female NORTHERN CARDINAL in Bismarck. Contact him
at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
And Kathy Jacobson says the bird she reported last month as a long-eared
owl in Deering turned out to be a GREAT HORNED OWL. She’s at
wesjacob@minot.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
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* April 3, 2007
* NDST0704.03
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: April 3, 2007
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: April 3, 2007
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson AT fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Goldeneye
Double-crested Cormorant
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Sandhill Crane
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Swainson's Hawk
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
California Gull
Long-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
Lesser Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Pied-billed Grebe
American Pipit
Ferruginous Hawk
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Hermit Thrush
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Flicker
Rusty Blackbird
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Northern Pintail
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Horned Lark
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Phoebe
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Wood Duck
Common Redpoll
Mourning Dove
Song Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Short-eared Owl
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Rock Pigeon
Merlin
Chukar
Northern Cardinal
Great Horned Owl
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, April 3. 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.
Lots of new arrivals again this week, including at least one very rare one.
Larry Igl passes along word of a BARROW’S GOLDENEYE sighting at Arrowwood
National Wildlife Refuge on April 1, and he says it’s no April Fool’s Day
prank. Steve Stucker found the bird with COMMON GOLDENEYES on a small
lake
in the extreme southeast corner of the refuge. He tried unsuccessfully to
relocate the bird later that day as well as the following day. Other
first
arrivals in the Jamestown area: DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT near Woodworth on
March 24; WOOD DUCK on March 25; GREEN-WINGED TEAL east of Jamestown on
March 25; NORTHERN SHOVELER east of Jamestown on March 26; GADWALL,
SANDHILL CRANE and AMERICAN WIGEON near Millarton on March 24; CANVASBACK,
REDHEAD and RING-NECKED DUCK near Wimbledon on March 23; LESSER SCAUP in
Kidder County on March 23; GREATER SCAUP near Woodworth on March 24;
BUFFLEHEAD east of Jamestown on March 28; SWAINSON’S HAWK southeast of
Jamestown on March 27; AMERICAN COOT east of Jamestown on March 28;
GREATER
YELLOWLEGS southeast of Jamestown on March 26; CALIFORNIA GULL and
LONG-EARED OWL near Woodworth on March 24; BELTED KINGFISHER east of
Jamestown on March 27; SONG SPARROW southeast of Jamestown on March 24;
and
COMMON GRACKLE in Jamestown on March 23. The Jamestown sewage lagoon
hosted LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE’S GULL and
FRANKLIN’S GULL on March 28, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen at Nickeus
Park in Jamestown that same day. For more information on those sightings,
call Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Ron Martin rounded up 80 species in a March 31 “big day” in McHenry County.
The highlight was three AMERICAN PIPITS at Lake Lemer, north of Drake.
Others included a couple of FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
at the Denbigh Experimental Forest. On March 29, Ron recorded his
earliest
ever spring PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the Minot sewage lagoons and three
BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS. For details, contact him at jrmartin@srt.com
Jean Legge recorded her first-of-season SONG SPARROWS, along with a lone
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and several DARK-EYED JUNCOS near Valley City on
March 29. Jean is at 845-4762.
Mark Otnes had a HERMIT THRUSH in his Fargo yard on March 29. He says the
arrival is at least a couple weeks early. Mark visited Englevale Slough
in
Ransom County on March 30, discovering two male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
NORTHERN FLICKER, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, SONG SPARROW and GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
Later that day, his feeder attracted a FOX SPARROW, and the HERMIT THRUSH
returned. Call Mark at 241-4194.
Keith Corliss recorded his first GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS of the year on
March 29 along the bike path in West Fargo’s Elmwood Park. He’s at
kcorliss@forumcomm.com
Dean Riemer had lots of action at the West Fargo lagoons on March 31,
including NORTHERN SHOVELER, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER
SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK for
waterfowl species. Other sightings included eight BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS,
FRANKLIN’S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL and HERRING GULL. On March 29, Dean
found two male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and NORTHERN PINTAIL. For more
information, try 282-6462.
Patrick Beauzay found a good variety of waterfowl at Lake Bertha in
southwestern Cass County on April 1. His discoveries included 1,000
TUNDRA
SWANS, almost that many SNOW GEESE, plus GREEN-WINGED TEAL, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, two male GREATER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON
MERGANSER and COMMON GOLDENEYE. Others on his tally for the day included
six GREATER YELLOWLEGS, about 300 RING-BILLED GULLS, five RED-TAILED
HAWKS,
four AMERICAN KESTRELS, HORNED LARK, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and EUROPEAN
STARLING. In Fargo, Pat saw a flock of 25 TUNDRA SWANS fly over the NDSU
campus on March 29. Call him at 231-9491.
Connie Norheim and Carol Spurbeck checked out Lake Bertha on March 30.
Despite a drizzle, they saw a couple of small flocks of TUNDRA SWANS fly
over, the first LESSER YELLOWLEGS of the season and a possible GREATER
YELLOWLEGS. They also saw many COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSERS and
HOODED MERGANSERS. Contact Connie at 232-4386.
Gary Nielsen birded Lindenwood Park in Fargo on March 31. He heard EASTERN
PHOEBES calling in two locations and saw one near the restrooms. Gary
counted about 165 AMERICAN ROBINS and about 125 CEDAR WAXWINGS. Call him
at 232-3855.
Linda Gregg recorded her first RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER of the season at
Horace on April 1. A pair of WOOD DUCKS checked out her nest box that
day.
She still has a large number of slate-colored and a few Oregon DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, but the COMMON REDPOLL population has dropped. Linda notes the
first MOURNING DOVES showed up a week ago. Contact her at
lgregg@wah.midco.net
Terry Adams reported two SONG SPARROWS in his back yard on South 9th Street
in Fargo on March 31. He’s at atsdr@msn.com
About 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS and a large number of AMERICAN ROBINS stopped in
Wanda Peterson’s yard near Fargo during the April 1 snowfall. She says a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK made an appearance, and an EASTERN BLUEBIRD dropped in
twice– a newcomer to her yard list. You can call her at 293-6059.
The first SONG SPARROW of the year visited Dave Lambeth’s feeders in Grand
Forks on March 30. Others included three PURPLE FINCHES, a PINE SISKIN,
COMMON REDPOLL and dozens of DARK-EYED JUNCOS. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK has
been a regular visitor. Earlier that week, Dave saw one FOX SPARROW on
March 27 and two more the following day. His yard had up to 50 COMMON
REDPOLLS on March 27, but very few before that. A March 30 visit to
Kellys
Slough National Wildlife Refuge turned up the first pair of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, although RING-NECKED DUCKS were the most numerous waterfowl, with
CANVASBACKS and scaup on the increase. He also counted up to four
SHORT-EARED OWLS in one field. Contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Eve Freeberg recorded 62 NORTHERN HARRIERS and her first SONG SPARROW of
the season in Grand Forks County on March 27. The weather brought in huge
numbers of AMERICAN ROBINS on March 31. Eve counted 1,300 AMERICAN ROBINS
in and around Grand Forks on that date. Eve says both the harrier and
robin numbers could be one-day records for her. You can reach her at
741-8105.
Dan Ackerman watched a PEREGRINE FALCON attack a ROCK PIGEON in mid-air in
Grand Forks on March 27. Contact him at 330-5781.
The only bird at Sleepy Hollow Park in Bismarck on March 30 was a
LONG-EARED OWL. Corey Ellingson’s neighborhood finds included a pair of
MOURNING DOVES, flock of at least 25 COMMON GRACKLES, lots of singing
AMERICAN ROBINS and a flock of 75 CEDAR WAXWINGS. He’s at
tcellingson@juno.com
Mark Gonzalez saw a MERLIN near the YMCA in Bismarck on March 27. He also
saw three CHUKARS in his neighborhood in northwest Bismarck on the same
day. Call Mark at 250-4443, ext. 106.
A SONG SPARROW visited Clark Talkington’s yard in Mandan on March 30. Also
that day, he found a BLUE-WINGED TEAL at McKenzie Slough, east of
Bismarck. Clark also passes along reports of a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER just
north of Bismarck and a female NORTHERN CARDINAL in Bismarck. Contact him
at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
And Kathy Jacobson says the bird she reported last month as a long-eared
owl in Deering turned out to be a GREAT HORNED OWL. She’s at
wesjacob@minot.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