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November 4, 2008
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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* November 4, 2008
* NDST0811.104
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: November 4, 2008
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: November 4, 2008
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Loon
Greater Scaup
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Townsend's Solitaire
Bohemian Waxwing
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
THAYER'S GULL
Snow Bunting
Tundra Swan
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Cedar Waxwing
American Robin
Rusty Blackbird
Hooded Merganser
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Snowy Owl
American Tree Sparrow
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North
Dakota Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, November 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.
"Sea ducks" headline our report this week.
Ron Martin discovered an adult male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at Round Lake,
which is northwest of Anamoose in McHenry County, on Nov. 2.
As if that weren't enough, he also found two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS,
two BLACK SCOTERS, two COMMON LOONS, 22 GREATER SCAUP, two GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. At the Denbigh Experimental
Forest that same day, Ron added TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, BOHEMIAN
WAXWING, PINE GROSBEAK, 35 PURPLE FINCHES, four RED CROSSBILLS,
a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, two COMMON REDPOLLS and 30 PINE SISKINS.
On Halloween Day, Ron teamed up with Corey Ellingson to bird
Williams County. They saw a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL in Ray, a
PINE GROSBEAK near Lewis and Clark State Park and a THAYER'S
GULL at the Williston landfill. For details on those sightings,
contact Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
A lone SNOW BUNTING visited Jean Legge's yard north of Valley
City on Nov. 1. At Meadow Lake WPA, which is south of the
Eckelson exit off I-94, she counted about 100 TUNDRA SWANS,
and said they had been there several days. For more information,
you can reach Jean at 845-4762.
Mark Otnes reported a flyover by a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
near the Blue Cross/Blue Shield building in Fargo on Oct. 28.
Then, on Oct. 31, he saw three more of that species at Camp
Grassick, in the Dawson area of Kidder County. Mark observed a
good variety of finches south of Dawson, including two flocks
of COMMON REDPOLLS, PURPLE FINCHES, PINE SISKINS, HOUSE FINCHES
and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. He also noted a good number of CEDAR
WAXWINGS, AMERICAN ROBINS and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. On the north
side of Lake Isabel, Mark recorded more than 200 HOODED MERGANSERS.
He said Dewald Slough was covered with SNOW GEESE and CANADA
GEESE, plus good numbers of TUNDRA SWANS. Contact Mark at 241-4194.
Keith Corliss and Dean Riemer birded the Fargo lagoons and
the Harwood area on Nov. 2. Keith reports the lagoons held large
numbers of waterfowl, but no surprises. At Harwood, they saw
three of the resident EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES, and the Sheyenne
Gardens nursery hosted large numbers of AMERICAN ROBINS, CEDAR
WAXWINGS and up to eight PURPLE FINCHES. You can reach Keith at
koolhand@juno.com
Dave and Cec Lambeth toured several areas in Grand Forks County
on Nov. 1. They saw a SNOWY OWL just west of Grand Forks, a
couple redpolls, about 10 TREE SPARROWS and many PINE SISKINS
in a sunflower field, plus six WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in Bellevue
Cemetery, north of Larimore. For more information, contact Dave at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding Society. This
report is normally updated each Tuesday.
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