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April 29, 2008
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*RBA
*North Dakota
*Statewide
*April 29, 2008
*NDST0804.29
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Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: April 29, 2008
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: April 29, 2008
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02 AT juno.com
-Birds Mentioned
LITTLE GULL
THAYER'S GULL
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
LaplandLongspur
Horned Grebe
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Purple Finch
Green Heron
Hermit Thrush
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Barn Swallow
Clark’s Grebe
Willet
Marbled Godwit
CaliforniaGull
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Winter Wren
Northern Waterthrush
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
SavannahSparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Brown Thrasher
Solitary Sandpiper
Fox Sparrow
Great Horned Owl
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Harris’s Sparrow
Ovenbird
Chukar
Wood Thrush
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallow
Black-crowned Night-heron
Hooded Merganser
American Avocet
Ross’s Goose
American Bittern
Black-billed Magpie
PEREGRINE FALCON
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
American White Pelican
Red-breasted Merganser
Brewer’s Blackbird
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson’s Hawk
Winter Wren
Eastern Phoebe
Burrowing Owl
Black-bellied Plover
American Woodcock
Bonaparte’s Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Palm Warbler
Cinnamon Teal
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
WESTERN TANAGER
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Flicker
White-faced Ibis
Wilson’s Snipe
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Long-billed Curlew
Black-and-white Warbler
Short-eared Owl
Purple Martin
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Snow Bunting
Cackling Goose
Cooper’s Hawk
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North Dakota Birding
Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. All phone numbers
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.
A gull tops our report this week, but it wasn't found in Bismarck.
Mark Otnes had a quick look at an adult LITTLE GULL in breeding plumage on April
26. It was on the south side of Round Lake, just north of I-94 between the
Sanborn and Rogers exits. On April 23, Mark saw a THAYER'S GULL north of the
Fargo landfill. His journey to Barnes County on April 26 revealed YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in many sheltered
areas, plus LAPLAND LONGSPURS in open country and large numbers of common ducks.
He adds that HORNED GREBES were abundant. Mark's other sightings included
OSPREY and BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Valley City, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, SWAMP SPARROW,
BROWN CREEPER and five PURPLE FINCHES at Bald Hill Dam, GREEN HERON, HERMIT
THRUSH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and BARN SWALLOW at Faust Park, CLARK'S GREBE and
WILLET on the north side of Hobart Lake, and both WILLET and MARBLED GODWIT at
Eckelson Lake. For more information, call Mark at 241-4194.
Dean Riemer discovered the first-cycle THAYER'S GULL north of the Fargo landfill
on April 22. His other sightings that day included two CALIFORNIA GULLS, five
HERRING GULLS, 500 RING-BILLED GULLS and 57 FRANKLIN'S GULLS. Contact Dean at
driemer@kwh.com
Dennis Wiesenborn found many small songbirds on the ground near the northwest
corner of Trefoil Park in north Fargo on April 24. He counted numerous
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS plus WINTER WREN, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, and heard LARK SPARROW before seeing it near Oak Grove High School.
On the Moorhead side, he encountered a flock of sparrows that included numerous
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, CHIPPING SPARROWS and SONG SPARROWS plus several
SAVANNAH SPARROWS, VESPER SPARROWS and LINCOLN'S SPARROWS plus one SWAMP
SPARROW. On April 22, Dennis saw one or two CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS on the
Moorhead side, and reported that TURKEY VULTURES were appearing regularly. The
HORNED GREBE that Dennis saw near the north Fargo toll bridge on April 26 was
only his third in 19 years. He also found an OSPREY there. Other sightings that
day included two BROWN THRASHERS, a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, two LARK SPARROWS and a FOX SPARROW. Contact
Dennis at d.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Keith Corliss found a WINTER WREN in an unusual location on April 22. The bird
was in a parking garage at Fargo's Hector Airport. For details, try Keith at
koolhand@juno.com
Connie Norheim spent some time in and near Trefoil Park in Fargo on April 29.
She was amazed at the number of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS in the snow, heard a
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER calling repeatedly, saw BROWN CREEPER, ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, GREAT HORNED OWL on the nest, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and lots of
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and CHIPPING SPARROWS.
Connie is at 232-4386.
Rick Holbrook's feeders were popular with Fargo-area birds on April 24 and 26.
He recorded HARRIS' SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, FOX SPARROW and OVENBIRD on
the 24th, followed by a pair of LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and a SONG SPARROW on the
26th. Rick is at fholbrook@cableone.net
Wanda Peterson saw two CHUKARS near the North Broadway bridge in Fargo on April
27, with a BROWN THRASHER in the same yard. She's at 293-6059.
Todd Larson's birding began even before he left his yard near Larimore on April
27. He and Tracey Reistad saw a WOOD THRUSH and a HERMIT THRUSH, plus eight
sparrow species and a couple YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS before they headed into
Nelson County. They saw two COMMON LOONS and a pair of COMMON MERGANSERS at
Hillesland Lake north of Aneta, a few ducks and a RED-NECKED GREBE at Aneta dam,
BELTED KINGFISHER and two TREE SWALLOWS at McVille dam. At a large marsh
northwest of McVille, they added all five grebe species including 15 RED-NECKED
GREBES, plus BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, HOODED MERGANSER, seven pairs of COMMON
MERGANSERS and at least 50 AMERICAN AVOCETS. For the day, they totaled more than
1,000 LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Near Lamb's Lake National Wildlife Refuge, they
watched a flock of about 40 COMMON MERGANSERS. Todd notes that a ROSS' GOOSE has
been in a slough hear his house for over a week. On April 28, he drove to
Turtle River State Park, and found
BROWN CREEPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BELTED KINGFISHER, PURPLE FINCH and a
flyover AMERICAN BITTERN. For details, try Todd at 343-6483.
Magnus Elfwing saw the WOOD THRUSH near Larimore on April 29, as well as LARK
SPARROW, three BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES and a COMMON LOON. He's at
magnus.elfwing@GMAIL.COM
Dave Lambeth says more PEREGRINE FALCONS have been seen checking out water
towers and other structures in Grand Forks. Dave's feeders were busy on April 26
thanks to the wet snow and strong winds. He counted one YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD--only the second in 13 years--two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 25 or more
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, plus two SWAMP SPARROWS, five LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, two
CHIPPING SPARROWS, 10 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 25 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and 10 SONG
SPARROWS. On April 28, Dave saw an early Nelson's SHARP-TAILED SPARROW in some
native prairie, while the English Coulee Retention Dam ponds held 50 TUNDRA
SWANS, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, three SNOW GEESE, 10 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS, 10 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, three HOODED MERGANSERS, 20 RED-NECKED
GREBES and COMMON LOON. Try Dave at davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Eve Freeberg discovered a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD and EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Grand Forks
County on April 23, followed by COMMON LOON, OSPREY and dowitchers on April 24,
SWAINSON'S HAWK on April 25 and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on April 28. Call Eve at
741-8105.
Carl Stangeland birded the area below Jamestown Dam on April 28. He came up with
WINTER WREN, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, three
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, EASTERN PHOEBE, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT
HERON, OSPREY and BROWN CREEPER. For more information, try Carl at
carlcs@daktel.com
After hearing two or three reports, Wayne Easley was finally able to actually
see a BURROWING OWL in Wells County, at the edge of a friend's driveway. For
details, call 324-2344.
Ron Martin and Corey Ellingson saw the Wells County BURROWING OWL on April 25,
and a lot more bird life in their travels through Wells and Eddy counties. They
recorded three COMMON LOONS, 190 HORNED GREBES, CLARK'S GREBE, six RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS and a BLACK- BELLIED PLOVER at Goose Lake in Wells County, three
OSPREY and what could be Eddy County's first AMERICAN WOODCOCK south of Warwick,
630 BONAPARTE'S GULLS in Eddy County, 12 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and a
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW in Eddy County, two BARN SWALLOWS and 10 BROWN
CREEPERS; a SWAINSON'S THRUSH in New Rockford, PALM WARBLER in Eddy County and a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in Wells County. Ron discovered a pair of CINNAMON TEAL at
the Minot lagoons on April 24, and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the
same site on April 26--only the second record for Ward County. You can find Ron
at jrmartin@srt.com
Sherry Leslie saw the pair of CINNAMON TEAL at the Minot lagoons on April 28,
and she added a WESTERN TANAGER while making a delivery to Minot. During an
April 26 drive through Pierce, Rolette, Towner and Ramsey counties, Sherry
recorded 198 TUNDRA SWANS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, MARBLED
GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, five
FOX SPARROWS, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, two HERMIT THRUSH, 24 NORTHERN FLICKERS,
PURPLE FINCHES, WHITE-FACED IBIS, three YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, COMMON SNIPE,
four SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, SONG
SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Contact Sherry at sherry_leslie@excite.com
Ryan Shively reports a possible HUDSONIAN GODWIT just south of Douglas on April
25. He says the bird had orange markers and an aluminum band on its legs.
Contact Ryan at ryan_shively@fws.gov
Dan Ackerman saw two large flocks of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS soaring overhead
when he was fishing Channel A of Devils Lake on April 19 and 20. He also
reported numerous AMERICAN AVOCETS and MARBLED GODWITS feeding nearby. Try Dan
at 330-5781.
Bob Peterson says the BELTED KINGFISHER is still at the Harvey dam. Try Bob at
kq9af@gondtc.com
On April 26, Floramay Miller reported a HERMIT THRUSH in her Bismarck yard. The
bird was back the following day, and she described it as an adult in full
breeding plumage, and said it was a new yard bird.
Also from Bismarck, Rich Cunningham birded Sertoma Park on April 27, finding
several RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, plus a SWAINSON'S HAWK
perched near the zoo entrance. He's at richcunningham@bis.midco.net
Diane Bingeman had a brief visit from a male and a female PURPLE FINCH at her
feeders near Beach on April 24. She says the spacies isn't seen there very
often. She's at 872-3256.
From the Badlands, Jesse Kolar's dad saw two pairs of LONG-BILLED CURLEWS about
10 to 15 miles northeast of Camel's Hump while turkey-hunting the weekend of
April 19-20. Try Jesse at jekolar@hotmail.com
April 25 turned into a five-warbler day for Corey Ellingson. After picking up
four with Ron Martin, Corey continued on to Rugby, where he recorded a
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER for number five. He also saw a SHORT-EARED OWL west of
Wolford. On the following day, Corey saw four COMMON LOONS, 11 MARBLED GODWITS,
seven YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, three HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER and four
FOX SPARROWS at Bisbee and at the nearby Big Coulee Dam. Corey covered the
Munich, Langdon and Mount Carmel Dam areas of Cavalier County later that day
with Sherry Leslie. They recorded five RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, six COMMON
LOONS, a flock of 20 WILSON'S SNIPES, at least 55 NORTHERN FLICKERS, 11 more
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, four PURPLE MARTINS, three GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,
nine HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 26 FOX SPARROWS plus three more in
Starkweather, 12 SWAMP SPARROWS, 11 PURPLE FINCH and a SNOW BUNTING. On April
27, Corey joined up with Ron Martin again
to bird Lakota and Red Willow Lake in Nelson County, Binford in Griggs County
plus Lake Juanita and Carrington experiment station in Foster County. They found
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, COMMON LOON, CLARK'S GREBE,
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, OSPREY, COOPER'S HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET,
HERMIT THRUSH, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and FOX SPARROW. For more information on
those sightings, contact Corey at tcellingson@juno.com
That concludes this week’s report from the North Dakota Birding Society.
-end transcript
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