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March 4, 2008
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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* March 4, 2008
* NDST0803.04
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: March 4, 2008
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: March 4, 2008
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
American Woodcock
American Robin
Gray Partridge
Eastern Bluebird
Ferruginous Hawk
American Tree Sparrow
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pine Siskin
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden Eagle
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North
Dakota Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, March 4.
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.
Several birders report signs of spring this week.
Larry Igl witnessed two male AMERICAN WOODCOCKS calling and doing aerial
displays along the James River at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center on Feb. 25. He returned to the site the following two evenings,
and saw one bird on Feb. 26, but none on the 27th.
Larry also reports an increase in the number of AMERICAN ROBINS
in the Jamestown and Wimbledon areas in the past couple weeks.
For details, contatct him at 253-5511.
Jean Legge has been watching a covey of GRAY PARTRIDGE near her
home north of Valley City. On Feb. 28, she saw a fight between
two of the birds. The covey had seven members all winter, but
she counted eight the day of the fight. For more information,
call Jean at 845-4762.
It was a very early EASTERN BLUEBIRD that Sherry Leslie's husband saw in
their yard near Burlington on Feb. 28. Sherry says it's at least a week
earlier than their previous yard record of March 5,
2000. You can reach her at 725-4389.
Two AMERICAN ROBINS appeared in Linda Gregg's yard at Horace on
March 1. You can contact her at lgregg@wah.midco.net
Ted Nordhagen drives a bus route from Westby, MT, that includes
parts of extreme northeastern Montana and extreme northwestern
North Dakota. On March 3, he saw an early FERRUGINOUS HAWK go
back and forth between the two states, and an AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW about 10 miles southeast of Westby, in Divide County, ND. For
more information, contact Ted at soraart@NEMONT.NET
You can add Courtenay to the list of North Dakota communities
where EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES have been reported. Stacy Adolf-Whipp saw a
pair of the birds in Courtenay, which is northeast of
Jamestown, on Feb. 26. She had seen one before Christmas.
For details, it's sadolf@hotmail.com
Bob Anderson discovered a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at a feeder
just north of Trinity Lutheran Church in Valley City on March 3.
You can reach him at 605-695-1344 or bob.anderson@VCSU.EDU
After a three-week absence, Bernice Houser returned to the New
Town area to find fewer PINE SISKINS and no common redpolls.
She says the TREE SPARROW was still present on Feb. 27, along
with one yellow-shafted NORTHERN FLICKER, DOWNY WOODPECKERS,
HAIRY WOODPECKERS and one WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Contact
Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
Kay Buri was in the southeastern part of North Dakota when
she saw a GOLDEN EAGLE on Feb. 27. She says the eagle was on
a utility pole north of Nome, which is southeast of Valley City.
For more information, contact Kay at kayaktheprairie@srt.com
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding Society.
This report is normally updated each Tuesday.
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