- RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* August 9, 2005
* NDST0508.09
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: August 9, 2005
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: August 9, 2005
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
Cooper's Hawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
LeConte's Sparrow
Peregrine Falcon
Great Crested Flycatcher
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Pine Siskin
Turkey Vulture
Franklin's Gull
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
Killdeer
Common Raven
Burrowing Owl
Lark Bunting
Great Egret
Nashville Warbler
Cattle Egret
Black-bellied Plover
Stilt Sandpiper
Mountain Bluebird
Black-headed Grosbeak
Clay-colored Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Black-and-White Warbler
Welcome to the Birding Hotline operated by the North Dakota Birding Society
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... This report was recorded on Tuesday,
August 9, 2005.
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 occured before for the season being reported.
This week, some good sightings and some unusual behavior.
Sue Taft got a close look at some COOPER'S HAWKS in west Minot on August 6.
She watched an adult huddled over some prey, accompanied by a likely
juvenile begging for food. A third hawk was in a nearby tree, and Sue
heard a fourth in another nearby tree. She watched for more than five
minutes, and the hawks didn't seem to pay any attention. Meanwhile, the
Tafts have had a pair of RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS in their yard for at
least a month. You can contact Sue or Charles at 852-1981.
Dave Lambeth watched a fledged BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD get fed twice by a
LECONTE'S SPARROW on August 6 in the prairie grasslands west of Grand
Forks. He says the PEREGRINE FALCON continues to use the water tower at
DeMers and Washington in Grand Forks. Contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS have been hanging out in Larry Igl's northeast
Jamestown yard and neighborhood for a couple of weeks. Larry says the
species normally is seen only during spring migration, but he counted four
of them calling on the morning of August 3. Also, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
has been inconsistently visiting his feeders for about a month, and four
PINE SISKINS have been using his feeders; the first ones in about 2 ½
months. Contact Larry at 253-5511.
Dan Buchanan had a close look at a juvenile COOPER'S HAWK in a residential
area of northeast Jamestown on August 3. He believes it's the offspring of
a pair that nested in the area this year. Contact Dan at 252-6604.
Karen Kreil says about 30 TURKEY VULTURES have been roosting on a water
tower in a residential area of Bismarck. And Ken Torkelson reported eight
TURKEY VULTURES were circling over the north end of Ft. Lincoln State Park
on August 6. You can reach Karen at 355-8506, and Ken at 355-8528.
Keith Corliss and Dean Riemer visited the Fargo lagoons on August 7, hoping
for shorebirds, but finding thousands of FRANKLIN'S GULLS. They said the
shorebird numbers and diversity were nothing special, but they did find a
flock of at least 70 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in a plowed field just west
of the lagoons. Keith found nothing but dead birds on top of the Forum
building in downtown Fargo on August 8. Species included ROCK PIGEON,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, SORA and KILLDEER. Call Keith at 241-5452.
Connie Norheim and Becky Oberlander went to the Fargo lagoon area on the
evening of August 7, but couldn't find the sandpipers anywhere. Call
Connie at 232-4386.
Clark Talkington discovered a COMMON RAVEN standing on a sandbar in the
Missouri River near Huff in Morton County. His other August 4 sightings
included 55 BURROWING OWLS at prairie dog towns near Breien, Solen and Ft.
Rice in southern Morton County, and 222 LARK BUNTINGS in the same area.
You can reach Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
>From northeastern North Dakota, Eve Freeberg found five GREAT EGRETS at
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge on August 3, a NASHVILLE WARBLER in
her Grand Forks yard on August 4, two CATTLE EGRETS at the refuge on August
5, good shorebird numbers at the refuge on August 8, and a BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER on the north portion of the refuge on August 9. A visit to the
Balfour Slough on August 7 turned up about 2,000 shorebirds, mostly STILT
SANDPIPERS. For more information, call Eve at 741-8105.
The first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD of the season stopped briefly at one of
Bernice Houser's feeders near New Town on August 4. Other recent visitors
included at least two dozen MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and CHIPPING SPARROWS. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
stopped at the yard on August 3. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.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. According to the
American Bird Conservancy, nine of the 13 Globally Important Bird Areas in
North Dakota are National Wildlife Refuges. Contact individual 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.
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* North Dakota
* Statewide
* August 9, 2005
* NDST0508.09
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: August 9, 2005
Number: 701-250-4418
To Report: 701-250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: August 9, 2005
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@fws.gov
- Birds Mentioned
Cooper's Hawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
LeConte's Sparrow
Peregrine Falcon
Great Crested Flycatcher
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Pine Siskin
Turkey Vulture
Franklin's Gull
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
Killdeer
Common Raven
Burrowing Owl
Lark Bunting
Great Egret
Nashville Warbler
Cattle Egret
Black-bellied Plover
Stilt Sandpiper
Mountain Bluebird
Black-headed Grosbeak
Clay-colored Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Black-and-White Warbler
Welcome to the Birding Hotline operated by the North Dakota Birding Society
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... This report was recorded on Tuesday,
August 9, 2005.
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 occured before for the season being reported.
This week, some good sightings and some unusual behavior.
Sue Taft got a close look at some COOPER'S HAWKS in west Minot on August 6.
She watched an adult huddled over some prey, accompanied by a likely
juvenile begging for food. A third hawk was in a nearby tree, and Sue
heard a fourth in another nearby tree. She watched for more than five
minutes, and the hawks didn't seem to pay any attention. Meanwhile, the
Tafts have had a pair of RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS in their yard for at
least a month. You can contact Sue or Charles at 852-1981.
Dave Lambeth watched a fledged BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD get fed twice by a
LECONTE'S SPARROW on August 6 in the prairie grasslands west of Grand
Forks. He says the PEREGRINE FALCON continues to use the water tower at
DeMers and Washington in Grand Forks. Contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS have been hanging out in Larry Igl's northeast
Jamestown yard and neighborhood for a couple of weeks. Larry says the
species normally is seen only during spring migration, but he counted four
of them calling on the morning of August 3. Also, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
has been inconsistently visiting his feeders for about a month, and four
PINE SISKINS have been using his feeders; the first ones in about 2 ½
months. Contact Larry at 253-5511.
Dan Buchanan had a close look at a juvenile COOPER'S HAWK in a residential
area of northeast Jamestown on August 3. He believes it's the offspring of
a pair that nested in the area this year. Contact Dan at 252-6604.
Karen Kreil says about 30 TURKEY VULTURES have been roosting on a water
tower in a residential area of Bismarck. And Ken Torkelson reported eight
TURKEY VULTURES were circling over the north end of Ft. Lincoln State Park
on August 6. You can reach Karen at 355-8506, and Ken at 355-8528.
Keith Corliss and Dean Riemer visited the Fargo lagoons on August 7, hoping
for shorebirds, but finding thousands of FRANKLIN'S GULLS. They said the
shorebird numbers and diversity were nothing special, but they did find a
flock of at least 70 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in a plowed field just west
of the lagoons. Keith found nothing but dead birds on top of the Forum
building in downtown Fargo on August 8. Species included ROCK PIGEON,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, SORA and KILLDEER. Call Keith at 241-5452.
Connie Norheim and Becky Oberlander went to the Fargo lagoon area on the
evening of August 7, but couldn't find the sandpipers anywhere. Call
Connie at 232-4386.
Clark Talkington discovered a COMMON RAVEN standing on a sandbar in the
Missouri River near Huff in Morton County. His other August 4 sightings
included 55 BURROWING OWLS at prairie dog towns near Breien, Solen and Ft.
Rice in southern Morton County, and 222 LARK BUNTINGS in the same area.
You can reach Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
>From northeastern North Dakota, Eve Freeberg found five GREAT EGRETS at
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge on August 3, a NASHVILLE WARBLER in
her Grand Forks yard on August 4, two CATTLE EGRETS at the refuge on August
5, good shorebird numbers at the refuge on August 8, and a BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER on the north portion of the refuge on August 9. A visit to the
Balfour Slough on August 7 turned up about 2,000 shorebirds, mostly STILT
SANDPIPERS. For more information, call Eve at 741-8105.
The first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD of the season stopped briefly at one of
Bernice Houser's feeders near New Town on August 4. Other recent visitors
included at least two dozen MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and CHIPPING SPARROWS. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
stopped at the yard on August 3. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.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. According to the
American Bird Conservancy, nine of the 13 Globally Important Bird Areas in
North Dakota are National Wildlife Refuges. Contact individual 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